M*A*S*H - Season Six (Collector's Edition) | 
| Directors: Hy Averback, Jackie Cooper, Larry Gelbart, William K. Jurgensen, George Tyne
Actors: Alan Alda, Wayne Rogers
Studio: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  42 reviews
Sales Rank: 5540
Format: Box Set, Color, Dubbed, Dvd-video, Full Screen, Subtitled, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Dubbed)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Number Of Items: 3
Running Time: 367
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 1.1
MPN: 024543113881
UPC: 024543113881
EAN: 0024543113881
ASIN: B0001ZJ1HW
Theatrical Release Date: September 17, 1972
Release Date: June 8, 2004
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Product Description
Explores the day-to-day lives of the people who live and work at the Mobile Army Surgical Hospital (MASH) stationed three miles from the front during the Korean War.
Genre: Television
Rating: NR
Release Date: 8-JUN-2004
Media Type: DVD
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From a human standpoint, things are pretty tight at the 4077th. But adding a new character to a long-embedded, close-knit ensemble is a delicate operation. By M*A*S*H's sixth season, Hawkeye (Alan Alda) and BJ (Mike Farrell) were partners in outrage against the war and army bureaucracy. With the departure of Larry Linville's Frank Burns, the much decorated series was in need of some new blood. Enter David Ogden Stiers as Charles Emerson Winchester III. Just as Henry Morgan's authoritative Col. Potter was the anti-Henry Blake, so was Charles just what the doctor ordered to give Hawkeye and BJ a worthy foil. Charles was pompous and arrogant, but, unlike Frank, he was Hawkeye's equal in the operating room. And he gave as good as was given to him, as witness the conclusion of his inaugural Emmy-nominated episode, "Fade Out, Fade In," in which he turns the tables on one of Hawkeye and BJ's reptilian practical jokes. In season 6, Gary Burghoff's Radar is mostly missing in action (he would transfer out of the series in season 8), but he figures prominently in "Fallen Idol," one of Burghoff's and Alda's finest half-hours, in which Hawkeye lashes out at Radar's "Iowa naivete" and hero worship. The season's primary dramatic arc is Margaret's (Loretta Switt) marital woes, culminating in the Emmy-nominated two-parter, "Comrades in Arms," in which Hawkeye and Margaret, trapped by enemy fire, engage in a little close-order drill. The humanization of Margaret continues in "Temporary Duty," which also features one of the most memorable visitors to the 4077th, George "Goober" Lindsey, as the wild and wooly Roy Dupree, a temporary transfer who drives BJ and Charles crazy. Alan Arbus's psychiatrist Dr. Sidney Freedman, one of the series' most welcome recurring characters, makes a memorable return in "War of Nerves," one of his most dramatic episodes, in which a soldier Freedman sent back into combat, is unforgiving in blaming Sidney for his injuries. Two excellent ensemble episodes are "The Light That Failed, "in which the reading-starved camp shares a mystery novel, but doesn't have a clue what happens after the last page is missing, and "Mail Call Three," in which the camp reacts to news from home. Demerits again for no cast commentary, but this set once again offers viewers of the option of watching the episodes with or without a laugh track. --Donald Liebenson
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 On Season six, still the best show going August 5, 2008
Season 6 is a great seaon, not as good as season 5 (the best in the series), but still a good season. After seeing Season 5 it would be an easy temptation to be dissappointed with 6, but keep in mind that 5 was perfection, and with faces changing you have to give 6 a chance to grow on you, and it will.
Frank is gone, and Charles is here. Charles is a great counterpart to Hawkeye and BJ in that he is just as smart and capable as they are, only in a different kind of way.
Radar is seen less and less in this season, and it's a shame. Klinger and Mulcahy start to have a more prominent role in the series, and I think for the most part that's a good thing.
The season has a lot of great shows: Fade out- fade in, Last Laugh, Winchester tapes, Comrades in Arms(a two part show that gives you what you always wanted: Hawkeye and Hot lips), & Major Topper (probably the best of the season)
This is certainly not the best season in the series, probably not even in the top half, but the series was so strong even the weaker seasons overshadow many of the other popular tv shows of all time.
Great dvd December 20, 2007
The Mash dvd I purchased was well worth the money. My husband watches it while he is on the treadmill. He has really enjoyed the dvd and it keeps him walking!!!
M*A*S*H will always be one of my favorite series. November 4, 2007
I still continue to enjoy the M*A*S*H series on DVD. I thoroughly enjoy the humor of these fine actors. The drama interwoven with the humor is well balanced, and makes for good entertainment.
Mash is great even after all these years. March 8, 2007
I bought these for my husband and I also enjoy watching them. We never get tired of them. The quality of the DVD's are excellent.
 The addition of Charles was the best thing that happened to the later MASH seasons January 10, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This was Charles Emerson Winchester's first season (wonderfully played by David Odgen Stiers, a great character actor who is still doing wonderful work today). He replaced Frank Burns, who was quickly becoming a caricature in the 4th and 5th seasons. I ended up liking Charles much more than I probably should have. The audience was supposed to dislike him because he was a snob, an egomaniac, and a blue blood who stuck his nose up at the rest of the camp. Yet, he was a brilliant surgeon who knew about great wine, food, and art. In these later episodes, BJ and Hawkeye grew increasingly PC, preachy, and sanctimonious. Charles used to rib them endlessly, but I ended up liking his upper class, blue blood insults on Hawk and BJ, because I disliked Hawkeye and BJ so much. Charles was not as gung ho as Burns, as was much more human as the war (and seasons) progressed. He really was the only character who seemed to grow as the series went on. Hawkeye and BJ continued in the same preachy vein, and none of the other characters really ever grew out of their initial portrayals, so Charles was definitely the best part of the later MASH seasons.
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