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Summary: DISK 3 DOESN'T WORK
Review: I have now purchased and returned two sets, unable to make Disk 3 work. Check your Disk 3 immediately in case you need to return your set. I tried #3 on two different players and it was bad both places. Otherwise the set is fabulous.
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Summary: Great shows - technical flaw
Review: I love MASH (period) I'd pay quite a bit if they'd release all seasons at once. Season 3 has great stuff on it, as expected. But, I can't get disk 3 to work past the 1st episode on any of my 3 dvds (two are PC, one is regular dvd player). I even rented a copy at Blockbuster with the same result. Unfortunately, it was an 02 christmas gift & I haven'treturned it. But, even w/ the flaw, I love it and can't wait to pick up season 4.
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Summary: Totally agree it's the best season of MASH
Review: I love the mixture of comedy and seriousness that pervades the entire season unlike the more slapsticky first two seasons. Now due to lack of special features on the DVD. Here are some season three bloopers not on this DVD.1) Stevenson and Burghoff laughing at (guest!) Harry Morgan saying "The irish were rotten Indian fighters" and other lines.2)A chorus of "We want something else" from the Adams Rib episode where we see Klinger and Rader sitting side by side humming and Burghoff laughng a bit.3) Another bit with guest Harry Morgan saying "My brother contacted Yellow fever during the digging of the Panama Canal." Trap (Rogers) Says something like "Well you should've called me sooner General" and gets dry mouth saying it.4) A breakout in laughter from Alda and Rogers while licking things in the ep where Radar saves the lamb's life.'
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Summary: Best Dramady Ever! Just Give Us Some Extras!
Review: I simply love M*A*S*H! I am so overjoyed at having it on DVD!
For the episodes themselves, M*A*S*H has never been better, more convenient, and funnier (thanks to long edited scenes rarely seen in syndicated TV)! If you've only seen M*A*S*H in syndication, by this set and hold on to your sides. They may just split from laughing!
Many of us have never seen M*A*S*H episodes unedited, or it has been nearly 20 years since we have. That is the allure of this (and future) sets of M*A*S*H on DVD.
The big draw of DVD's, in addition to the Sound and Picture Quality, are the "Extras". Other than the ability to take out the laugh tracks (Yes!), this has none. There are no cast interviews, no bloopers, no Director's/Producers/Writers Commentary, not even Cast Biographies. Even the insert is rather plan and has nothing extra to it. The episode description look as though they were written by some one who hadn't even watched the show. I was hoping for more when the DVD's came out. Like the book "Complete Book of M*A*S*H" was not complete in it's fullest sense by leaving out that which would have made it truly complete (the secondary story lines, etc.), this is not complete in the DVD's fullest sense...the extras we've all come to expect in them. In that respect I am disappointed. But I am not disappointed in having a whole season on only 3 DVD's! I am not disappointed in the quality of the sound and picture (much better than the Video's from Columbia House and the Broadcast versions).
This was both McLane Stevenson's and Wayne Rogers last season. The scene where Radar says "I have a message.. Lt Cl. Henry Blakes plane...was shot down over the Sea of Japan...it spun in...there were no survivors" still sends chills down my spine nearly 30 years later! What an awesome, but touching scene ... Even "Hotlips" was crying!
My only other complaint is with their painfully slow release schedule of only two seasons per year. At this rate, it's going to be the end of 2006 before the whole series is available.
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Summary: THE BEST TV SERIES EVER!!... Nothing else comes close.
Review: I totally agree with "A VIEWER from Kentucky", except that he says that he only plans on getting the first six seasons. How ludicrous is that? When a series of this caliber is released, you don't just buy half of it, you buy the whole set! That's what makes it a "COLLECTOR'S SET"!!... I will get the entire eleven box sets because I am a TRUE FAN of the show. "Kentucky", you may want to re-think your strategy and help to do the series justice. Buy them ALL! And don't forget that when "Married, with Children" is released in SEASON SETS, get those too! I WILL!!...
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Summary: M*A*S*H -- Season 3
Review: I've been watching MASH as long as I can remember. My Mom used to call me downstairs to watch it with her and I've been watching it ever since. MASH on DVD is by far the best deal out there. Not because of the price but because you get to watch each episode the way it was intended to be seen, the way I remember watching them. It's amazing how much has been edited out to make room for commercials. Each episode is uncut and unedited. You now can see all the missing pieces.
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Summary: I'm not sure which impresses me more...
Review: If you were new to MASH and asked a fan which season best represented the series, most fans would point you towards season 3. By this point the writers and cast had mastered walking the fine line between humour and drama, and knew how to make you laugh while also exploring some of the deeper issues of life. There are a lot of standouts this season, including Hawkeye's craving for Adam's ribs, a supposedly dead soldier that comes back to life, General MacArthur's visit to the camp, and future cast member Harry Morgan's guest appearance as a crazy general. Two of the more serious episodes include a tension-filled prisoner exchange and a trip to an aid station at the front lines. The one episode that most fans feel define this season is the season finale, where commanding officer Henry Blake goes home. However, I think there might actually be another episode that impresses me more, the oft-underrated "The Consultant." Guest-starring Alan Alda's father, the story revolves around a consultng doctor who shows up to demostrate a new medical procedure, only to become too drunk to operate when the time comes. While the premise could sound like a comedic episode, this is actually a very subtly done drama that shows MASH at its best. The lesson learned here is not one that gets shoved down the viewer's throats (like later MASH seasons), but is so deep yet understated that it'll take a rewind or two with the DVD remote to catch all the implications of the final scene. By now it's obvious that each MASH season will be a bare-bones set, and maybe that's okay at least for the moment. Each set is affordable, the audio/video quality is above broadcast standards, and viewers can turn the laugh track off. For new and old fans alike, MASH season 3 is definitely a season to check out.
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Summary: The Best Season of a Wonderful Show
Review: In my opinion, season 3 of M*A*S*H was the best one produced by far. It managed to combine comedy and drama effortlessly, and although season 2 did the same thing, season 3 did it much better, and after Henry and Trapper left the show, the show became more focused on plot, drama and sentimentality. Classics such as 'Rainbow Bridge', 'Adams Ribs' and 'Abyssinia, Henry' all feature in the box set, 'Abyssinia, Henry' being the saddest episode the show has ever produced.
If you're new to M*A*S*H, I would definitely reccommend this box set, but if you're a long time fan, you probably already own it.
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Summary: Another Fine Set of TV Memories
Review: M*A*S*H the series: Hawkeye Pierce (Alan Alda), Trapper John Wayne Rogers), Radar (Gary Burghoff), Klinger (Jamie Farr), Colonel Blake (McLean Stevenson), Hot Lips Houlihan (Loretta Swit), Father Mulcahy (William Christopher), and Frank Burns (Larry Linville) are the core of a great cast telling the story of a Mobile Army Surgical Hospital, just a few miles from the front in the Korean War, trying to stay sane in an insane situation. Great irreverent comedy. This VHS set: This is a three-tape set giving you the 24 episodes of the entire third season. I've been watching the reruns on late-night TV for years, and did not realize how much had been edited out of those (to squeeze in more commercials). Now, these tapes bring us the episodes uncut. It's fun watching them and going, "Hey, I don't remember that!" A good buy; a good set of tapes to have on the shelf for rainy (or snowy) days. My VCR did have some tracking battles with Tape One, but that might be my old VCR and not the tape.
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Summary: ONE OF THE GREATEST SERIES OF ALL TIME!
Review: Most of these DVD collections are a waste of time! Do we really need to see the first season of "FRIENDS" or "THE SHEILD"? NOT ME! MASH is the series to collect! The episodes look amazing, the jokes are still funny...switch OFF the "LAUGH TRACK" and enjoy! Now, if we could only get complete seasons of "SEINFELD" and "MAUDE"...
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