TV Reviews
M*A*S*H: None Like It Hot
M*A*S*H: None Like It Hot deals with the latest heat wave to hit the 4077th as the Korean War rages on. It seems odd that this show precedes one that talks about a wind storm. Korea must have a lot of quick changing weather.
The thrust of None …
M*A*S*H: The Billfold Syndrome
M*A*S*H: The Billfold Syndrome centers on Sergeant Jerry Nielson, played by Kevin Geer, who is one of the medics who brings wounded to the 4077th via a bus. He appears to a be a nice guy who is doing his best to help the injured soldiers. Then …
M*A*S*H: Our Finest Hour
M*A*S*H: Our Finest Hour is a retrospective of the comedy show’s first seven seasons. While there is some new footage, several interview clips from season four’s The Interview are re-used. Clete Roberts, who also conducted the original interviews, returns here with additional scenes.
As in season four’s show, …
M*A*S*H: Lil
Carmen Mathews portrays Colonel Lillian Rayburn, the Lil of the title, in M*A*S*H: Lil. This seventh season show shows a budding relationship between Lil, who is visiting to check out how the nurses are doing at the 4077th, and Colonel Sherman Potter (Harry Morgan). They even go on a …
M*A*S*H: Peace on Us
It’s a piece of mayhem in M*A*S*H: Peace on Us. Once again, the rigors of the Korean War become unbearable for the doctors and nurses. The whole camp is on edge with everyone being overly testy. Margaret Houlihan (Loretta Swit) is fit to be tied over …
M*A*S*H: Commander Pierce
“If Frank Burns could see you now.”
The line is spoken about midway through the season seven opener, M*A*S*H: Commander Pierce. Margaret Houlihan (Loretta Swit) says it to Hawkeye Pierce (Alan Alda), who has been given command of the 4077th while Colonel Potter (Harry Morgan) is temporarily away.
Now what’s …
M*A*S*H: Major Topper
The final episode of the sixth season, M*A*S*H: Major Topper, is pretty good. What I like about it is how it shows off the power of the mind. Most people just don’t realize how much the human mind can do. It’s capable of far more than …
M*A*S*H: Dr. Winchester and Mr. Hyde
M*A*S*H: Dr. Winchester and Mr. Hyde is one of those shows that I want to like, but because I love animals I have a hard time really enjoying it. This is even though it all turns out okay. It’s just the thought that perturbs me.
The comedy portion …
M*A*S*H: Potter’s Retirement
M*A*S*H: Potter’s Retirement is a pretty decent episode from the sixth season of this great series. In the episode, Colonel Sherman Potter (Harry Morgan) learns that complaints have been made about his command of the 4077th. Now in years past, that was commonplace for Potter’s predecessor, Colonel …
M*A*S*H: Temporary Duty
M*A*S*H: Temporary Duty is a ridiculous show that is half comedy and half drama. While the drama is good, the comedy doesn’t make me laugh at all. The dialog in this part of the show was poorly written and the character of Captain Roy Dupree was over …
M*A*S*H: Mail Call Three
M*A*S*H: Mail Call Three is the third episode that is primarily devoted to the subject of mail call. It’s the various reactions to their mail that is the story. Some are humorous and some are more serious.
For B.J. Hunnicutt (Mike Farrell), he wonders if his wife still …
M*A*S*H: What’s Up, Doc?
M*A*S*H: What’s Up, Doc? is remembered most for me because of the threat to one of Radar O’Reilly’s pet bunnies. Hawkeye and Margaret want to conduct a pregnancy test, and at first, they don’t care that doing that test would result in the death of Radar’s Fluffy.
The thing …
M*A*S*H: Your Hit Parade
The 4077th is loaded with casualties in M*A*S*H: Your Hit Parade. It’s one incoming group of injured men after another, so Colonel Potter (Harry Morgan) tells Radar O’Reilly (Gary Burghoff) to continue playing songs over the public address system. Radar really goes to town, taking on a …
M*A*S*H: Tea and Empathy
M*A*S*H: Tea and Empathy just isn’t a show that held my interest, not even with all of the various storylines that made up the episode.
The thirty minute show was divided in part into a tale that include a patient of B.J. Hunnicutt’s (Mike Farrell) that is addicted to morphine. …
M*A*S*H: Patent 4077
On the surface, M*A*S*H: Patent 4077 doesn’t really seem like that much of a show, and yet it really has some strong moments in it that make you stop and go ‘wow’. It’s like the little episode that could.
The pop to this show concerns Margaret Houlihan’s wedding ring. …
M*A*S*H: The Smell of Music
M*A*S*H: The Smell of Music is a story of a war within a war. It has little to do with the Korean War that is the stage for this wartime comedy, but rather it’s about a battle of wills between Swamp-mates Hawkeye Pierce (Alan Alda), B.J. Hunnicutt (Mike …
M*A*S*H: The Merchant of Korea
I enjoy watching M*A*S*H: The Merchant of Korea. It’s a fun show that is prompted by a letter to B.J. Hunnicutt (Mike Farrell) from his wife, telling him that land they’d always wanted is available for sale. She just needs him to send her $200. …
M*A*S*H: Comrades in Arms: Part 2
M*A*S*H: Comrades in Arms: Part 2 continues the story begun the week before when Hawkeye Pierce (Alan Alda) and Margaret Houlihan (Loretta Swit) finally consummated their love-hate relationship amid being shot at away from the 4077th. It’s actually a pretty believable aftermath to everything that had transpired between …
M*A*S*H: Comrades in Arms: Part 1
M*A*S*H: Comrades in Arms: Part 1 brings to fruition something that probably just about every viewer probably thought would happen sooner or later. It begins with the 8063rd puts out an SOS for help and Hawkeye Pierce (Alan Alda) and Margaret Houlihan (Loretta Swit) head there to assist. …
M*A*S*H: The M*A*S*H Olympics
In M*A*S*H: The M*A*S*H Olympics, Colonel Sherman Potter (Harry Morgan) decides that his personnel are too out of shape and decides to institute an Olympics. This coincides with the Helsinki Olympics that were going on at the same time as the events of this episode.
The unit divides into …
M*A*S*H: Images
Her husband, Charles Frank, has already appeared on this series, and now it’s her turn to guest star. The ‘her’ is Susan Blanchard and the show is M*A*S*H: Images. These two met while working on All My Children years ago, and I always notice them when they …
M*A*S*H: Change Day
Philip Ahn guest stars as Mr. Kim, the tailor, in M*A*S*H: Change Day. Ahn has been in other episodes of this comedy, including the one in which Alan Alda virtually did a one-man show when Hawkeye Pierce was injured and had to keep talking in case he had …
M*A*S*H: In Love and War
In M*A*S*H: In Love and War, Susan Krebs guest stars as Nurse Gleason, brand new to the 4077th as of the first scene. Casual conversation as she takes off her jacket and prepares to get right to her job has Margaret Houlihan (Loretta Swit) suspicious to her husband, …
M*A*S*H: The Light That Failed
A lot of M*A*S*H: The Light That Failed centers around a mystery novel that Charles receives and everyone wants to receive. There’s a lot of shared reading as the main cast makes their way through a book called The Rooster Crowed at Midnight. Then the group …
M*A*S*H: The Winchester Tapes
In M*A*S*H: The Winchester Tapes, the newest member of the 4077th, Major Charles Emerson Winchester III, makes a tape to send home to his parents. The well-to-do character ended up replacing Frank Burns (Larry Linville) in the first show of the season.
In my opinion, it was a good …
M*A*S*H: War of Nerves
M*A*S*H: War of Nerves focuses on the troops of the 4077th just getting plain tired and sick of the war. They’re on the edge, frustrated, miserable, lonely, irritable, and all kinds of adjectives that scream they want out. Everyone is driving one another batty, and there just …
M*A*S*H: Last Laugh
M*A*S*H: Last Laugh is just too vaudeville and slapstick for me to enjoy very much. It’s such low quality compared to the excellency of the prior show that it’s even disappointing.
There are a couple of plots going on, neither of which held my interest. The main story centered …
M*A*S*H: Fallen Idol
M*A*S*H: Fallen Idol is an awesome, incredible episode, and that shouldn’t be a surprise since it was written and directed by Alan Alda.
There is a problem with the setup, though. Not all that long ago, there was a beautiful moment between Hawkeye Pierce (Alda) and Radar O’Reilly (Gary …
M*A*S*H: Fade Out, Fade In
Season 6 begins with the fading out of Major Frank Burns and the fading in of Major Charles Winchester in M*A*S*H: Fade Out, Fade In. There really just wasn’t any use of the Burns character anymore.
For the entire stint of the show, Frank had been a bumbling, cowardly …
M*A*S*H: Margaret’s Marriage
The final show of season six is M*A*S*H: Margaret’s Marriage, and wouldn’t you know that it’s all because Major Frank Burns (Larry Linville) practically goads his ex-lover, Margaret Houlihan (Loretta Swit) into confronting her fiance about setting a date. Ultimately, Lieutenant Colonel Donald Penobscott, played by Beeson Carroll, …
Ghost Hunter’s International: Gate to Hell
The more I watch the show Ghost Hunter’s International, the more I find myself not liking the show all that much. Last night’s episode “Gate to Hell” was another example as to why.
The case itself is interesting. They visited a castle with no strategic importance at all and was …
Cold Case: The Road
I don’t watch the show Cold Case all that often but got a chance to catch an episode of it yesterday afternoon; “The Road.” It turned out to be pretty decent.
Basically, a young woman is lured away from her engagement party and is kidnapped before anyone realizes she is …
Home Improvement: Young at Heart
It’s good working half days for a week because I get to see some shows I might not get a chance to see when I’m working all day (too bad that starts next week). One of the shows, Home Improvement, is one I’ve missed a bit.
The episode that showed …
Jon and Kate + 8
I am not completely sure how long the hit reality show “Jon and Kat + 8″ have been going on on TLC. I think it might have started last year though and I can distinctly remember wanting to see the pilot of it when I saw it advertising; since …
Larry King Live
Even before I got television in the early 2000s I would hear references to a show called “Larry King Live”. However, since I did not have cable at the time and thus did not know what it was about I suspected that it would be sort of like a …
Bones: The Baby in the Bough
I’ve been working half days all week and got a chance to watch an afternoon re-run of the show “Bones” yesterday; The Baby in the Bough. I missed the first few minutes but will admit it was a pretty good episode.
Basically, Booth and Bones are called in to investigate the …
Seven days Season 2 Episode 13
I really liked this episode. Not because it was realized greatly, because it wasn’t but because I really liked the plot. It was one of the best episodes of this show that I saw until now. It is about something that we all would like to happen to us. …
Seven days Season 2 Episode 12
This is a Sci-Fi show in which Frank Parker is sent seven days in time whenever some kind of disaster happens, so he has to warn the government about it and try to stop it.
So when a company blowing a tunnel blows up half of Seattle Franks has to …
Seven days Season 2 Episode 11
Frank Parker is a very strange man, he seems to be crazy but in the same time you can rely on him. He works for NSA on a backstep project and he gets sent seven days in the past in order to change some events that led to a …
Seven days Season 2 Episode 10
When I watch these old shows I really like to see some actors that I have seen somewhere else, in past or in present. In this episode Roxann Dawson appears, she had roles n different shows back in 90’s but I think that most of us remembers her as …
Seven days Season 2 Episode 9
There’s really nothing more annoying than when in a show they invent a country in Europe and of course that country has a princess who is in distress and the show protagonist saves the day and the princess, of course, saving that way the whole country, which never existed …
Seven days Season 2 Episode 8
I must say that this show is getting better and better, the first season really want as good as the second one. They really come up with all different kind of ideas for it. In this show, Mr. Parker makes a big mistake and he has to make it …
Johnny Depp on David Letterman Show
I totally love watching Johnny Depp on David Letterman Show. He is so charming, funny, good looking and definitely rugged-looking and suave. He looked very rugged and a bit very unkempt in this interview but he is just amazing. As usual, David Letterman has never-ending questions and …
Due South: Vault
I have to say that I was disappointed that we didn’t get more of the boys in Canada. Apparently, it was just for the first episode. I really wish we’d been able to see the cabin being rebuilt. It’s a shame that we’re back in Chicago so …
Dexter Tv Series: Season 1
I was never a fan of any Tv series but Smallville until this show came about. My ex girlfriend told me about this show a year ago and lent me the DVD of the first season of it. The show is named Dexter and I thought it was funny …
Ghost Hunters: Myrtles Plantation
Well, we started watching the second season of the show Ghost Hunters on DVD this past weekend and, so far, it doesn’t look a whole lot better than the first season, which was a disappointment considering I am a big fan of the series.
The first episode, however, isn’t too …
M*A*S*H: 38 Across
M*A*S*H: 38 Across is a fun show from the first third of the fifth season of this great comedy series. Somewhat bored, Captains Hawkeye Pierce and B.J. Huneycutt (Alan Alda and Mike Farrell, respectively) begin working on a crossword puzzle from the LA Times. All of the …
M*A*S*H: The Most Unforgettable Characters
While the main storyline in M*A*S*H: The Most Unforgettable Characters deals with Radar O’Reilly (Gary Burghoff) and his new creative writing course, the best plot is the one concerning Frank Burn’s (Larry Linville) birthday. Frank’s having a bad day. No one cares that it’s his birthday, especially not …
M*A*S*H: Hawk’s Nightmare
Hawkeye goes on a sleepwalking binge in M*A*S*H: Hawk’s Nightmare. Having nightmares he doesn’t want to admit to or think about, Hawkeye Pierce (Alan Alda) begins to sleepwalk, doing things to confuse the personnel like playing basketball, shooting invisible marbles, and talking about old school friends and …
M*A*S*H: The Colonel’s Horse
Colonel Sherman Potter (Harry Morgan) heads off for Tokyo to have some rest and relaxation with his wife, Mildred, in M*A*S*H: The Colonel’s Horse. I’d forgotten about this story and was very pleased to see that Mildred was flying in from home to see her husband. While …
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