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Mash Mania

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The idea of MASH anywhere BUT Korea may be considered bad because of the snore fest called AfterMASH. It was an ill conceived spin off created in hopes of keeping the audience from the TV series.
MASH Mania, however, tears down anything you remember about the TV show and builds up a series of vignettes by Richard Hooker about most of the MASH buddies following Hawkeye home.
Good to see that Henry Blake is still alive in the MASH universe, even if it is only a cameo appearance.
Lazy fun and good friends building their own hospital makes for a fine afternoon's reading.
Hooker knows his characters better than any TV writer does.
If you are a fan of the TV show, pass this one by. I say pass it by, but if you want to see the meat and not just the bare bones, fork over a penny and postage for a book you won't forget.

Hawkeye Pierce and a wacky cast of characters including Trapper John and Duke Forrest invade Crabapple Cove, Maine and the hijinks begin! A comedy tour-de-force for young and old alike, you will find it hard to put this book down once you begin reading. Enjoy!

I loved the TV series and thought that the movie was pretty good so I took this book out of the library when I saw it there. I read about half of the first page, read a paragraph or two on a couple of other pages and will be returning the book to the library tomorrow. Life is much too short to waste time reading garbage like this.

By this time the novelty of MASH had gone by the wayside. The movie had been nominated for an Academy Award and the TV series was in the works. Hooker was trying his damnedest to continue milking the cash cow, but its time was long past. You have to give him credit for trying, but taken out of the wartime scenario, the MASH characters become instantly forgettable.