| MASH FAQ: Everything Left to Know about the Best Care Anywhere Contributor(s): Sherman, Dale (Author) |
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ISBN: 1480355895 ISBN-13: 9781480355897 Publisher: Applause Books OUR PRICE: $17.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Television - General - Performing Arts | Film - General |
| Dewey: 791.45 |
| LCCN: 2015042244 |
| Series: FAQ |
| Physical Information: 1.2" H x 6" W x 8.9" (1.40 lbs) 408 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Here's the lowdown on the unforgettable show about the Forgotten War. M*A*S*H began as a novel written by a surgeon who had been in a Mobile Army Surgical Hospital during the Korean War. After being rejected multiple times, the novel would go on to become a bestseller, leading to 14 sequels, an Oscar-winning movie that propelled its director and actors to stardom, and a multiple-Emmy-winning television series that lasted nearly four times the length of the war. MASH FAQ looks at how the novel came to be, its follow-ups in literary form, the creation of the popular movie, and - most importantly - the television series that transformed comedy and television in the 1970s. Included are chapters on the top-20 pranks of M*A*S*H, the cast members' careers before and after the television show, famous guest appearances, and movies shown in the mess hall. Beyond the fiction, MASH FAQ also features a brief chapter to put the war into perspective for easy referral - and looks at what led to the Korean War, how such medical units functioned, and how M*A*S*H shaped our perception of the era. |