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After MASH

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Like it or hate it, this is a MUST for us M*A*S*H Completists. As far as I know, this series hasn't been seen since the Mid-80s when it originally aired. I personally have nothing but fond memories of it. (Although I hated it when they switched actresses playing Mildred Potter and made the character an idiot.)

There is a whole generation of M*A*S*H fans who have NEVER seen the show & would probably LOVE to judge for themselves. NOTHING could ever follow-up the greatest TV series ever..... But ....I found this show a nice attempt.

PLEASE FOX, FOLLOW UP THE FINAL M*A*S*H DVD RELEASE WITH THIS SINGLE "COMPLETE SERIES" BOX SET !!!!!!!!!

And don't forget to include the RARELY seen RADAR TV pilot.... W*A*L*T*E*R !!!!!!!

I think it is interesting to see a Prime Time Spin-Off of the popular TV Series M*A*S*H come out on DVD. AfterMASH was number 15 out of the 30 best TV Shows and getting 20.1% of viewers, according to the Nielsen rating (The Nielsen Rating is the percent of all TV-equipped homes tuned to the program on an average night, as measured by Nielsen Media Research).

AfterMASH first telecasted on September 26th, 1983 until December 18th, 1984. Some of the original cast were on the show such as Harry Morgan (as Dr.Sherman Potter), Jamie Farr (as Max Klinger) & William Christopher (as Father Francis Mulcahy). It is just fun to see those actors return to civilian life.

The show lasted for 2 Seasons (First season 21 episodes and the Second season 9 episodes for a total of 30 episodes) or a season and a half to be precise.

The First & Second season episodes are as follows:

The First Season episodes:
01- September of '53 - Aired 9/26/83
02- Together again - Aired 9/26/83
03- Klinger Vs. Klinger - Aired 10/3/83
04- Snap, Crackle, Plop - Aired 10/10/83
05- Staff Inspection - Aired 10/17/83
06- Night Shift - Aired 10/24/83
07- Shall We Dance - Aired 10/31/83
08- Littile Broadcast of '53 - 11/7/83
09- Sunday, Cruddy Sunday - 11/14/83
10- Thanksgiving of '53 - 11/21/83
11- Fallout - Aired 12/5/83
12- Bladder Day Saint - Aired 12/12/83
13- All About Christmas Eve - Aired 12/19/83
14- Chief Of Staff - Aired 1/2/84
15- C.Y.A. - Aired 1/9/84
16- Yours Truly - Max Klinger - Aired 1/16/84
17- It Had To Be You - Aired 1/23/84
18- Odds and Ends - Aired 1/30/84
19- Another Saturday Night - Aired 2/6/84
20- Fever Pitch - Aired 2/27/84
21- Up and Down Payments - Aired 3/12/84

The Second Season episodes:
22- Less Miserables - Aired 9/23/84
23- Calling Doctor Habibi - Aired 9/25/84
24- Strangers and Other Lovers - Aired 10/2/84
25- Trials - Aired 10/9/84
26- Madness To His Method - Aired 10/16/84
27- The Recovery Room - Aired 10/30/84
28- Ward is Hell - Aired 12/4/84
29- Saturday's Heros - Aired 12/11/84
30- Wet Feet - Aired 12/18/84

I Also would like to see another Spin-Off of M*A*S*H on DVD which is the "Trapper John, M.D." , first telecasted on September 23rd, 1979 until September 4th, 1986 for a total of Seven seasons and a total of 151 episodes.

Thank you for reading my review :)

I watched "AfterMASH" for the short time it was on, and I enjoyed just as much as I did "M*A*S*H". I was also lucky enough to have recorded all the episodes. It took "M*A*S*H" quite a while to find a core audience, but it eventually did. Unfortunately, CBS never gave "AfterM*A*S*H" the same chance, even though it was consistently in the top 30.

It might have aired for a only a season and a 1/2, but it deserves to be released on DVD.

This was a series that aired one year after M*A*S*H ended. At the start of the last season of M*A*S*H, Harry Morgan (who played Col. Potter), Jamie Farr (who played Klinger), and William Christopher (who played the priest) voted for another season to happen. So, a spin-off was made.

This show takes place in Potter's hometown. He works at a hospital with Klinger and the priest, Father Mulchay.

The show lasted for one, one and a half seasons. It featured two guest appearances by Gary Burghoff (who played Radar).

I hope aftermash will be released on dvd to complete the mash story . Is aftermash as good as mash ? No but its still entertaining to see some of the mash characters back home after the war . We now have all the mash episodes on dvd , please release all the aftermash episodes and complete the mash story.

I would love to see a dvd be produced for this show. With all the junk that is floating around out there; it would be refreshing to revisit this spinoff of the greatest TV show ever produced. I only remember a couple of episodes. I was 18 yrs old at the time, and just started college so I had a lot going on. Sure, this show was never going to match up to its "parent", but I am sure there are plenty of fans out there that would make a production of this dvd well worth while. If the "all knowing" network heads hadn't moved this show up against "A Team" on Tuesday nights at a different time, the show might have stood a chance to develop.

Once again, I find myself giving a good review to a product that is often given a bad one. I think people had too high of expectations for this show or the problem is they haven't seen it in a long time. I just watched most of the series for the second time in my life. The previous time I watched it was in the 80s, on CBS. It's a great show especially if you enjoy the more serious tone of the last seasons of M*A*S*H. The comedy / drama does show Potter, Klinger and Mulcahy dealing with even more government stupidity than they had in Korea. That issue, along with their interactions with their families and their patients are the basic plotline for the show. Plenty of funny moments as well and the secondary actors are quite good and recognizable. I even enjoy the theme song better than the original M*A*S*H theme. All this was true until the second season. Then they tried hard to change everything. Time slot, cast members, theme song. It crashed and burned in the middle of Season 2 trying to go against the A-Team. Overall, a main reason to write this review is to ask for the complete series to be released on DVD, ASAP! I know I am not the only fan out there and many people who liked the earlier series may check it out. Probably a four disc set and don't forget to include the pilot for W*A*L*T*E*R! The fact that TV Guide called it the worst spinoff ever is ridiculous, but could serve as a selling point to people would have never seen it.

One small correction. "Trapper John M.D. was not a sequel to the show-It was a sequel to the Robert Altman movie. MASH the t.v show was an acquired taste, though it was a dark comedy people remember the comical moments. AfterMash was kind of dark, it took place in a depressing place(A VA hospital) and the Hawkeye type doctor with the prosthetic leg was a little hard to get used too. I rememeber that there were problems with the timeslot , but had it been given enough time it would have worked itself out. They were well written characters they just needed more time to develop outside of Korea.

If Paramount owns it, everyone should stop panting... yes, I would be interested too... witness my appearance searching this site... but look what stingy creeps they are about controlling Star Trek for maximum $, refusing to allow fans to make respectful non-monetary tributes... and changing their own version till it is hardly recognizable. As noted by one reviewer, that's what they did to season 2 of AfterMASH... Yes, how would it hurt them to release it... but will they?

I was skeptical about this, thinking it was another poorly made sequal or spinoff like so many (See Three's A Crowd, the spinoff of Three's Company). I watched the pilot episode on Youtube in 5 ten minute intervals. I liked the characters of COL Potter and Klinger. This is not M*A*S*H, but I do like the perspective of the VA Hospital. There is the unnecessay conflict of the lady that has to approve the paperwork for Klinger, but it also shows how some veterans survive war and cannot leave the war after returning home. It is also hard to find shows with that early and mid 80's feeling. I greatly enjoyed this show and it is nice to see the familiar characters again.

The characters from the original show do not include anyone, but it seems fitting to only have COL Potter, Klinger and Father Mulcahy. Hawkeye does not belong in this show as he was so politically antiwar that he would probably spend many years in a VA Hospital after returning for PTSD. Klinger would obviously have problems since he tried so hard to be evicted from the Army, then conformed and when he had finally had acheived his goal of being able to leave Korea, he chose to stay and brought his wife to Toledo. Not gaining any desirable job skills, he chose to earn a living illegally. A sympathetic judge allows him to start a new life with his old Commander. COL Potter, realizes his war years left him enjoying leadership and responsibility and he finds retirement boring so he chooses to help veterans as a doctor and take care of his old clerk, Klinger. Father Francis Mulcahy returns from war and turns to alcohol when his hadicap won't allow him to hear confessions. A new surgery returns much of his hearing and he chooses to be the spiritual guide for the veterans in the VA Hospital.

I greatly enjoyed the pilot episode and will order the whole series. It may be cheesy, but that is how mid 80's shows should be. The familiar characters are a nice welcome and the perspective of a VA Hospital after a war is new and interesting. It may not be great, but it is better than a lot of shows on today.