[the Mountie explains that Honey has been taken to the capital]
Boomer: The capital, Toronto.
RCMP Officer at Headquarters: No, the capital of Canada is Ottawa.
Boomer: [laughing] Yeah, right. Do we look that stupid? Ottawa!
Roy Boy: Nice try, Dudley.

#CanadianBacon #JohnCandy #AlanAlda

We hiked out to the site of the MASH TV programme set from the 1970s. Sore feet but well worth it. People outside of #losangeles think it's all concrete and anonymous cuboid buildings, but we have tens of thousands of wilderness parks within the county, and Malibu Creek Stae Park is jusylt one of several huge open spaces.

#mash #m*a*s*h #AlanAlda #hawkeyepierce #malibucreekstatepark #calabasas #movielocation #tvlocation #koreanwar #televisonshow #television

Today's feature blog post is: Matilda’s Lab Hall of Fame – Alan Alda
#alanalda #scicomm
https://matildaslab.wordpress.com/2019/09/03/matildas-lab-hall-of-fame-alan-alda/

42 years ago today:
M*A*S*H
S9E20: The Life You Save
After Charles is nearly felled by a sniper's bullet, he develops a philosophical obsession with death. Meanwhile, the officers have all been assigned new responsibilities.
Airdate: 1981-05-04
https://themoviedb.org/tv/918/season/9/episode/20
#MASH #AlanAlda #MikeFarrell #GWBailey #CBS #AlanAlda #AlanAlda #Television

From the Hawkeye Pierce academy of life: What doesn't kill you makes you funnier.

#MASH #AlanAlda

42 years ago today:
M*A*S*H
S9E19: The Foresight Saga
The 4077th is given a gift of fresh-grown vegetables by a grateful Korean; and Potter questions the veracity of an upbeat letter from Radar.
Airdate: 1981-04-13
https://themoviedb.org/tv/918/season/9/episode/19
#MASH #AlanAlda #MikeFarrell #CBS #TV

41 years ago today:
M*A*S*H
S10E21: That Darn Kid
Klinger buys a goat, with the intention of getting rich by selling it's milk. Then the goat eats the 4077th's $22,340 payroll, leaving paymaster Hawkeye holding the bag. Meanwhile, Charles also thinks he can make a killing when he sees an ancient vase.
Airdate: 1982-04-12
https://themoviedb.org/tv/918/season/10/episode/21
#MASH #AlanAlda #MikeFarrell #GWBailey #CBS #DavidOgdenStiers #ClassicTV

Tonight in 1977 — #AlanAlda, #MaryTylerMoore, and #EdAsner won awards for Outstanding Achievement in Comedy at The Television Critics Circle Awards.

The ceremony aired on CBS.

#OnThisDay #ClassicTV #Nostalgia #MASH #TheMaryTylerMooreShow

41 years ago today:
M*A*S*H
S10E20: Picture This
Potter's attempts to assemble the crew for a family portrait are thwarted by a feud between bunkmates Pierce, Hunnicutt, and Winchester. Things are not helped by the efforts of Margaret, Klinger and Mulcahy to bring the Swampmen back together.
Airdate: 1982-04-05
https://themoviedb.org/tv/918/season/10/episode/20
#MASH #AlanAlda #MikeFarrell #CBS #ClassicTV

44 years ago today:
M*A*S*H
S7E25: The Party
Talk of a post-war reunion gives BJ an idea- planning a present-day stateside gathering of 4077th families. He continues to obsess with the idea even under the duress of bug-out instigated by a Chinese breakthrough. Also, Klinger fears that the party will blow his cover, as his mother doesn't know...
Airdate: 1979-03-12
https://themoviedb.org/tv/918/season/7/episode/25
#MASH #CBS #AlanAlda #tvshows

A New ‘M*A*S*H’ Scene: Written by ChatGPT, Read by Hawkeye and B.J.

„For the first time in more than 40 years, Alan Alda and Mike Farrell sat down for a table read of a new scene of “M*A*S*H,” …

But the script wasn’t by Larry Gelbart or any of the other writers who shaped the television show over more than a decade — it was the work of ChatGPT, …“

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/07/arts/television/mash-chatgpt-alan-alda.html

#mash #chatgpt #fail #alanalda #script #tv #usa #nyt

The actor, Alan Alda, who started the Alan Alda Center for Science Communications in 2009, hosts the podcast "Clear + Vivid". In this just released episode, Alda doesn't talk about chat bots--he chats with the bots.

***And, for the first time in forty years, Alda with guest, Mike Farrell, reprise their rolls as Hawkeye Pierce and B.J. Hunnicutt in a chat bot written M*A*S*H scene!***

Check it out!

https://clear-vivid-with-alan-alda.simplecast.com/episodes/alan-chats-with-the-bots

#MASH #AlanAlda #Podcast #TV #ChatBot #ChatGPT

"alan alda hawkeye haunted stare, black hair, operating room, blood, drinking a martini++ korean war medic scrubs, Drew Struzan style"

#mash #stablediffusion #aiart #invokeai #alanalda

"alan alda hawkeye haunted stare, black hair, operating room, blood, drinking a martini++ korean war medic scrubs, Drew Struzan style"

#mash #stablediffusion #aiart #invokeai #alanalda

42 years ago today:
M*A*S*H
S9E15: Bottoms Up
One of Margaret's nurses tries to hide her severe drinking problem, and Hawkeye is scorned after a practical joke he plays on Winchester backfires.
Airdate: 1981-03-02
https://themoviedb.org/tv/918/season/9/episode/15
#MASH #CBS #AlanAlda #ClassicTV #TV #Television #tvseries #tvshows

40 years ago today:
M*A*S*H
S11E16: Goodbye, Farewell and Amen
Hawkeye is sent to a mental hospital; a freak accident causes Father Mulcahy to lose his hearing; Margaret worries about her post-war plans; Charles run across a band of Chinese musicians; BJ is sent home, much to Hawkeye's dismay; Klinger decides to stay in Korea to marry Soon-Lee; a ceasefire is d...
Airdate: 1983-02-28
https://themoviedb.org/tv/918/season/11/episode/16
#MASH #GWBailey #CBS #AlanAlda #AlanAlda #ClassicTV #TV

41 years ago today:
M*A*S*H
S10E16: Where There's a Will, There's a War
Hawkeye goes to help at an aid station, and under heavy shelling he draws up a will, leaving various items to his friends at the 4077th.
Airdate: 1982-02-22
https://themoviedb.org/tv/918/season/10/episode/16
#MASH #CBS #AlanAlda #ClassicTV #TV #Television #tvseries #tvshows

43 years ago today:
M*A*S*H
S8E22: Dreams
The 4077th can't escape the Korean War, even in its dreams. Exhausted after two days without sleep, members of the 4077th steal away for catnaps and experience dreams that reveal their fears, yearnings and frustrations.
Airdate: 1980-02-18
https://themoviedb.org/tv/918/season/8/episode/22
#MASH #CBS #AlanAlda #AlanAlda #ClassicTV #TV #Television #tvseries #tvshows

50 years ago today:
M*A*S*H
S1E19: The Longjohn Flap
The camp suffers from the severe cold, except for Hawkeye who has received some long john's from his father. They get passed around from person to person, as a gift, a gambling stake, a trade, a bribe, stolen, given up to Father Mulcahy, who gives them to Henry, who returns them to Hawkeye as thanks...
Airdate: 1973-02-17
https://themoviedb.org/tv/918/season/1/episode/19
#MASH #CBS #AlanAlda #ClassicTV #TV #Television #tvseries #tvshows

42 years ago today:
M*A*S*H
S9E12: Depressing News
Klinger's army newspaper reports on Hawkeye's monument to military stupidity; a giant tower made from a half million erroneously shipped tongue depressors.
Airdate: 1981-02-09
https://themoviedb.org/tv/918/season/9/episode/12
#MASH #CBS #AlanAlda #ClassicTV #TV #Television #tvseries #tvshows