It was 30 years ago today.....
Cyn
*hears groans all over the internet at that tidbit*
Cyn
=^..^=
George Hiebert wrote:
> .....that the Mash pilot first aired, Sep 17, 1972. I think that deserves at
> least a toast or something.
>
> How about a little roll call. Who among us tuned in on that fateful day when
> the new show called Mash debuted?
>
>
>
George Hiebert
Susan Cleary
> least a toast or something.
LG, what were you doing/thinking 30 years ago today?
Were you anxious about the pilot airing?
> How about a little roll call. Who among us tuned in on that fateful day when
> the new show called Mash debuted?
Can't recall...I was almost 10 years old, and I was probably
more concerned about the Partridge Family & Brady Bunch
at the time.
Douglas Krause
George Hiebert <ge...@shaw.ca> wrote:
#.....that the Mash pilot first aired, Sep 17, 1972. I think that deserves at
#least a toast or something.
#
#How about a little roll call. Who among us tuned in on that fateful day when
#the new show called Mash debuted?
I was a very late comer. I think I started watching around 80 or 81.
There were 3 reruns a day where I lived so I did lots of catching up.
Elsig
Were you anxious about the pilot airing?
>
Thirty years ago today, I was busy working on future scripts for the balance of
our first season.
I was anxious, of course, having seen some of the show's reviews in advance
(TIME magazine said we were the biggest disappointment of the year), I was
anxious to see what sort of ratings we'd get (ratings meaning either an
extended run or a death sentence), anxious to see what the public, my friends,
my family, my peers thought.
We. who were responsible for the show, felt extremely proud of what we had
done, but we had no idea whether others would view our work as positively.
How could just a few days ago turn so inexplicably into thirty years? I must
get myself a slower calendar.
LG
,
ron...@webtv.net
club and my late dad watched me that day and for most of that episode he
was changing my diaper so neither of us watched much of it lol i was
only one but tonight at 8:30 eastern im going to have a martini one so
dry in honor of hawkeye and watch the pilot on dvd without the laugh
track
Radar:here it comes.
spearchucker:i dont hear anything.
Radar:wait for it.
as was in the pilot's opening
September 17th 1972
Davehall1148
>From: dkr...@ratcage.com (Douglas Krause)
>Date: 9/17/2002 8:29 AM Pacific Daylight Time
>Message-id: <3d8749a0$0$347$45be...@newscene.com>
Major. You did not speak while M*A*S*H was on, or you got thrown out of the
living room.
>
>
>
>
Hogne B. Pettersen
I was born nine days later...... wich reminds me I'll be 30 in 9 days....
M*A*S*H wasn't on norwegian tv at that time either.
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Dwayer
Hiebert" <ge...@shaw.ca> wrote:
Well, I'll have to pop that into the DVD player and have a martini.
I was not watching, as my debut was still 3 years away.
Cheers.
Will
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TheBab5Kat
>the new show called Mash debuted?
Guilty -- I was there watching...
Kat
Webshrink
Coming from a military family, Mash was a must see and no disturbances
allowed. Loved it then and still love it now!
:)Webshrink
Erin Q.
I was born almost five months after the last episode first aired, does
that count? I'm still playing catchup. (Which no one who knows me
believes whenever I tell them that I still haven't seen every
episode.)
Erin Q.
ESolomonso
>Date: 09/17/2002 8:56 AM
>.....that the Mash pilot first aired, Sep 17, 1972. I think that deserves at
>least a toast or something.
>
I'll have the "or something" please.
>How about a little roll call. Who among us tuned in on that fateful day when
>the new show called Mash debuted?
>
Ahh, I remember it well. I was worried about going to Viet Nam at the time. I
was 17. I watched the Pilot with my father.
I had made up my mind that war isn't something I would put on my list of things
to do today.
Eddie
======================================
If I want to chew the fat, I'll eat a sandwich.
AlanAlda1Fan
From A Big Alan Alda M*A*S*H Fan Kirsten
Brad
"Hogne B. Pettersen" <e...@elfworld.org> wrote in message
news:sdlm60z...@yme.mo.himolde.no...
> "George Hiebert" <ge...@shaw.ca> writes:
>
> | .....that the Mash pilot first aired, Sep 17, 1972. I think that
deserves at
> | least a toast or something.
> |
> | How about a little roll call. Who among us tuned in on that fateful day
when
> | the new show called Mash debuted?
> |
>
> I was born nine days later...... wich reminds me I'll be 30 in 9 days....
I was born 3 months and two days later ... which reminds me, I'll be 30 in 3
months and two days ... 2 months and 24 days after you :P
--
Brad
COLLECTORZZONE
George Hiebert
"ESolomonso" <esolo...@aol.comnospam> wrote in message
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> > "George Hiebert" ge...@shaw.ca
> >Date: 09/17/2002 8:56 AM
>
> >.....that the Mash pilot first aired, Sep 17, 1972. I think that deserves
at
> >least a toast or something.
> >
>
> I'll have the "or something" please.
I get your meaning,
heh heh.
> >How about a little roll call. Who among us tuned in on that fateful day
when
> >the new show called Mash debuted?
> >
>
> Ahh, I remember it well. I was worried about going to Viet Nam at the
time. I
> was 17. I watched the Pilot with my father.
> I had made up my mind that war isn't something I would put on my list of
things
> to do today.
I was a young lad of 10 and I remember it like yesterday. I convinced my dad
it was something we should watch that night, and having seen the movie, he
agreed.
My first taste of Elsig humour, I was hooked.
leiza_jayne
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Shari
when
> the new show called Mash debuted?
I couldn't quite make out what was going on through the slats in my crib ;-)
Brent Seguine
>From: "George Hiebert" ge...@shaw.ca
>Date: 9/17/02 8:56 AM Eastern Daylight Time
>
>How about a little roll call. Who among us tuned in on that fateful day when
>the new show called Mash debuted?
Yo! (Sorry, couldn't keep it to myself.)
Thomas Stillabower
that Sunday night. M*A*S*H was sandwiched between Anna & the King
(starring Yul Brenner and lasted only 13 weeks) and the second season of
the New Dick Van Dyke Show. I had audiotaped the show with commercials
intact (I think the tape is somewhere around the house, but the leader
is broken and I haven't gotten around to fixing it). Anyway, I think
I'll also dig out the DVD and watch it again.
PAUL GADZIKOWSKI
: I was born almost five months after the last episode first aired, does
: that count? I'm still playing catchup. (Which no one who knows me
: believes whenever I tell them that I still haven't seen every
: episode.)
Remind them that there are two hundred and fifty-one.
--
Paul Gadzikowski, scar...@iglou.com since 1995
http://members.iglou.com/scarfman
I don't use "Coke" generically. I just assume a restaurant serves it till
I discover otherwise.
ESolomonso
>Date: 09/17/2002 8:54 PM
>I was a young lad of 10 and I remember it like yesterday. I convinced my dad
>it was something we should watch that night, and having seen the movie, he
>agreed.
>My first taste of Elsig humour, I was hooked.
>
It didn't take a whole lot of watching to get hooked on Elsig's brand of
comedy. I'm still hooked.
Mary L. Wallace
have been hooked ever since.
Finest Kind!
Mary Lou Wallace
"Ahhhh....Bach!"
Dan
>the new show called Mash debuted?
Yes, and I clearly remember it.
I was 7 years old. my brother was stationed in Korea at the time, and I
remember my Dad turning on MASH because he "wanted to see what Korea looked
like."
And...we decided to stick around for 11 years or so :-)
Thanks, Elsig!
Dan
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Ron
I was a mere (Negative) -11 years old when MASH came out 30 years
ago. I did remember the anniversary though because I marked it on my
calendar. In memory of this great show, I got tanked by drinking Dry
Martinis all day (Note it was daytime not night, stupid me) then my
friends and I walked back to my house, I put on my military school
BDU's and they said I was walking around singing the Gilligan's Island
Theme while asking women if they wanted to play doctor. It is now
2:16AM and I just regurgitated what looks like tacos but I'll clarify
that later today when I ask my friends. I also blew over 100 dollars
at the American Legion with drinks, took a hard blow to the head when
I fell into a urinal, and missed a full day of work. Sounds unreal? I
have pictures that are being developed tomorrow and my scanner is nice
and ready. So in this good day or yesterday's good day you've made
this 19 year old JROTC/ROTC boy into a clumsy singing martini drinking
drunk for a day -
Thanks MASH and until next year's adventure-
Happy 30th
Elsig
LG (the kid hooker)
Elsig
now you have to pay (DVD) for your fix.
Thanks.
LG
Elsig
LG
John Baxindine
> I was anxious, of course, having seen some of the show's reviews in advance
> (TIME magazine said we were the biggest disappointment of the year), I was
> anxious to see what sort of ratings we'd get (ratings meaning either an
> extended run or a death sentence), anxious to see what the public, my friends,
> my family, my peers thought.
One hopes that the television critic at TIME eventually saw the light...
Happy anniversary, Elsig.
John
ESolomonso
>Date: 09/18/2002 12:00 PM
An excellent analogy. But before the DVD's (Hardcore) there were the Columbia
House tapes.(The mild start)
ESolomonso
>Date: 09/18/2002 3:45 AM
> Yo! [General Bartford Hamilton Steele: "Keep your 'yos' to
>yourself."]
The was Sherman Potter who said that when he took command.
Elsig
Heather Cason
I'm new to the group!!! I didn't tune in that night, and this is the best reason
of all. I wasn't born yet (Oct 22, 1973).
Heather
George Hiebert wrote:
> .....that the Mash pilot first aired, Sep 17, 1972. I think that deserves at
> least a toast or something.
>
Heather Cason
twinkle in their parents' eyes.
Heather
David Brunt
> Hi, y'all!!
>
> I'm new to the group!!! I didn't tune in that night, and this is the best
reason
> of all. I wasn't born yet (Oct 22, 1973).
Hi Heather
Welcome to the madhouse. There are many people here younger than you, as
well as those who are starting to drop years off their age....
David
ESolomonso
>Date: 09/17/2002 8:54 PM
>> I'll have the "or something" please.
>
>I get your meaning,
>heh heh.
Something along the lines of SNL, I suppose. :-)
TheUberBob
I was celebrating my third birthday.
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Brad Filippone
We'll have 251 parties spread over 11 years, and we can even have 40th
anniversary parties before we finish!
The Other Brad
ShandaRose
week's episode to celebrate? (it would be the 24th, right? uhh which day is
that?)
This could really drive my teenage daughter crazy -- a party a week -- to
celebrate Mash!!! heeheehee I love doing stuff to annoy her, just to see her
expressions!
Shanda
Brad Filippone
: >s have a party to celibrate the 30th anniversary of EVERY episode now!
Is everyone from this group invited?
The Other Brad
Ron
That sounds inviting, but is there anykind of MASH conventions? I
think I shall hold one in Chicago. Get Alan and LG to come, you know
cause I know them so well with all the money I saved up begging on the
street. I'm up to a dollar and 2 buttons. But seriously, MASH
Convetions...?
-Ron
ESolomonso
>Date: 09/23/2002 4:19 PM
>But seriously, MASH
>Convetions...?
>
I was actually turning that thought last night. What would it entail? How does
one go about starting it?