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Summary: still the best
Review: MASH survived many casting changes, and did so with style and grace. Season 6 brought the final "new" cast member to the show -- Winchester. And it breathed new life into the series in it's 6th year. Remember, the war itself only lasted 3, and the show nearly got cancelled early on. No one expected it to be this successful. So here they were, six years in and looking at many more. Sure, eventually the stories got a bit too serious and hokie, but for now, they still kept a fine balance between the serious and the silly. this season finds an almost pitch perfect balance.Early seasons had more characters and lots of silliness, but as time went on, they whittled things down to a more managable size. This season shows that at it's finest. And of course we get Sid Freedman back this year, as well as the infamous Hawkeye and Hotlips romantic encounter. Plus more glimpses at the chinks in Hawk's humor-armor. A great show that will never be outdone. They should release the seasons more than two a year though.
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Summary: Season 6 is what everyone remembers
Review: Say what you want about season six, but the fact is your impressions of Colonel Potter, Hawkeye are created by the Season 6 episodes. This is the point in MASH where these two characters change profiles. Colonel Potter ages 10 years and Hawkeye is now the son of a lonely widower. If it wasn't for this and following seasons you would all be claiming that Hawkeye definitely had a mother and sister and the Potters had only been married 27 years. How much did the later seasons weigh in the minds of MASH affectionados? We remember these characters for what they were in the later seasons and call the earlier season references "bloopers".
Most of my favorite episodes have been released now with the 6th season. But I will put any ninth or tenth season episode against any so-called comedy of today. I am looking forward to the rest of them.
Brent
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Summary: Mish MASH
Review: Season 6 contains the next-to-last adjustment to the cast with the addition of pompous Maj. Charles Emerson Winchester. (Radar will leave later in the series.) I think the best episodes of this season center around him, including "The Smell of Music" in which Charles noisily takes up the French horn to the dismay of everyone else. Hawkeye and BJ counter by not bathing. Potter gets the funny punchline, though. In another episode, Charles is dictating an audio tape to his family, and as he pulls a hidden rubber chicken from his teapot, implores them to get him "the hell out of here." Other events for Charles include his uniform secretly being switched causing him to believe he is gaining and losing weight, and popping pep pills. Only a few clunkers in a pretty good season. The DVD picture quality is only fair as the colors have faded and shifted to a slightly sepia tone. Sound is a bit harsh. No DVD extras, but each episode has its own individually-styled menu, and you can turn off the laugh track. Includes a booklet with brief episode details.
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Summary: Season 6 is the last great season
Review: Season 6, here, is the show's last great season. After this, M.A.S.H. slowly became inconsistent, self-important and preachy. They still had the occasional great show, but the gaps between them grew larger each year. Season 7 is good, but the downhill slide starts there.
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Summary: One of the BEST seasons of M*A*S*H
Review: The SIXTH SEASON of MASH is, in my opinion, one of the best, if not the best season of all! It contains one of the best episodes, "Fallen Idol", where Hawkeye and Radar's friendship is transformed. I believe that the arrival of David Ogden Stiers as Major Charles Emerson Winchester, brought a new life and energy to the show. Not to diminish the efforts and contribution of the Larry Linville. But I believe he took the Frank Burns as far as it could go. I am a fan of all eleven seasons of the show - a show which I believe was the classiest and most consistently high-quality of any television dramatic/comedy series. The show and its characters grew over time. Each season, impressive in its own right. I anxiously await season six - as well as the rest!
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Summary: Marvelous--Just too Slow Being Released
Review: There is little to add to any previous praises for this set, but that never stopped me before. MASH is without a doubt my favorite TV series ever. I put it above "The Andy Griffith Show" and "All in the Family" (other personal favorites), as one the finest sitcoms ever put on TV, and there are many fine ones.
The movie was a tremendous picture, IMHO, and the TV series was even better. Why? Many reasons including cast, writing, chance to expand on the characters more each week, and overall just plain great TV. I won't list all the characters and bore you with stuff you probably know better than I, but it suffices to say, the series was put together with complimenting, professional personalities. I have seen every episode, in reruns--several times over, even before this series of DVDs began to come out. Each time I watch one, I almost feel as if I am back in very familiar surroundings with close friends. Weird?? I suppose, but each time I watch any episode, even though I have seen it several times before, I enjoy it more.
My only complaint is, and many others have said the same thing, it is taking a very long time to get the series out--almost six months or more between each of the seasons. I am an old man and would like to get them all before I am gone. Please! I hope they don't stop this series before completion, as sometimes happens.
If you like "MASH", the TV series, as I do, this is a must.
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Summary: Season Six
Review: This DVD set includes 24 episodes from the 1977-1978 season. On the first episode of this set ("Fade Out, Fade In"), we are introduced to a new castmember: Major Charles Emerson Winchester III -- who replaces "Ferret Face" Frank Burns. Winchester is an arrogant type from Boston. This was an okay season, Major Winchester is a good fool to laugh at. And you better get used to him, because he stays until the end of the series
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Summary: Another great season
Review: This season is said to have been kind of pale at times compared to the earlier seasons. Either way, a laugh riot as always and definitely worth having on DVD. Swamp-mates change again since season 4. Frank Burns leaves the show in this season and is replaced by Major Charles Emerson Winchester the 3rd played by David Ogden Stiers. List of the 6th Season episodes (24): "Fade Out, Fade In" (double-length episode introducing David Ogden Stiers as Major Charles Emerson Winchester the 3rd), "Fallen Idol," "Last Laugh," "War of Nerves," "The Winchester Tapes," "The Light That Failed," "In Love and War," "Change Day," "Images," "The M*A*S*H Olympics," "The Grim Reaper," "Comrades in Arms (Part 1)," "Comrades in Arms (Part 2)," "The Merchant of Korea," "The Smell of Music," "Patient 4077," "Tea and Empathy," "Your Hit Parade," "What's Up, Doc?," "Mail Call 3," "Temporary Duty," "Potter's Retirement," "Dr. Winchester and Mr. Hyde," and "Major Toppo".
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Summary: Turning Point
Review: This season represents a definite turning point in the series, but unfortunately not for the better. Winchester was an injection of new energy with Frank's character pretty well played out. The show was at its best in terms of social commentary when it stuck with the insanity of war and the people stuck in the middle of one. When they tried to develop more complex relationships and more nuanced characters, it tends to fall short. Good season, but not as good as season three or four.
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Summary: Turning Point
Review: This season represents a definite turning point in the series, but unfortunately not for the better. Winchester was an injection of new energy with Frank's character pretty well played out. The show was at its best in terms of social commentary when it stuck with the insanity of war and the people stuck in the middle of one. When they tried to develop more complex relationships and more nuanced characters, it tends to fall short. Good season, but not as good as season three or four.
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