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Both the movie M*A*S*H and the TV show M*A*S*H were based on the experiences of Dr Richard Hooker. In 1968, he authored, MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors. Subsequently he refused to watch the TV show, feeling it was too liberal. See more...

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Letters (season 9, episode 2)

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Factual error: In this episode, the regulars receive and respond to letters from a Fourth-Grade class in Hawkeye's home town. Charles receives one from a little girl who says she's sent him a birch leaf. Unfortunately, the leaf he removes from her glassine envelope is a maple leaf. (Note: there was no indication that this was supposed to be her mistake.)

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A War for all Seasons (season 9, episode 6)

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Continuity: When Maj. Winchester hears that the Giants won, he drops his baseball cap. A few shots later we see him lying on his back, clasping his cap in his hand.

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Deliberate "mistake": Winchester is listening on the radio to the 1951 Giants win the pennant. In the MASH series, Potter was supposed to have arrived 19 Sept. 1952, and Charles Winchester after Potter did. The Giants won the pennant during the previous year, not when Winchester was there.

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Depressing News (season 9, episode 12)

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Other: When Alan Alda and Mike Farrell are walking into frame in the scene where Hawkeye and BJ discover the huge shipment of tongue depressors, Alda's feet are visible for about two seconds and he has bright blue early '80s shoes on.

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Rumor at the Top (season 10, episode 3)

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Visible crew/equipment: In the scene following BJ's shower, when Hawkeye and BJ enter their tent, you can see the tip of the boom mike drop for a couple seconds.

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The Birthday Girls (season 10, episode 11)

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Plot hole: In this episode, Margaret is required to give a lecture on the use of Levophed, because it is being introduced. However, in the Episode "Period of Adjustment"(8-6), Hawkeye orders an IV of Levophed for one of his patients.

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Where There's a Will, There's a War (season 10, episode 16)

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Revealing: When Hawkeye injects the adrenalin into the chest of the dying soldier at the battalion aid station, you can see that he is actually injecting into a piece of rubber foam soaked with prop blood.

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Continuity: As Hawkeye climbs under the table to hide there are three small stacks of white bandage boxes on the table. When the shelling starts, all the boxes in two of the stacks fall off the table, leaving one stack. When the shot changes, there are suddenly two stacks of boxes on the table.

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Heroes (season 10, episode 18)

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Continuity: When the Champ falls forward, he gets wine all over his sweater - you can see it when Potter and Hawkeye lift him. After the cut, his sweater is clean again. Considering the position of the stains relative to Hawk's hand, at least some stains would be visible.

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Foreign Affairs (season 11, episode 3)

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Continuity: When Col. Potter runs out of his tent to say goodbye to Capt. Lal, he wears only one slipper. When the jeep drives away and Potter's feet once more are visible, both feet are in slippers.

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The Joker is Wild (season 11, episode 4)

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Continuity: When Hawkeye gets into the chow line and Igor suggests the peas and carrots, Hawkeye asks about the beans. As the peas and carrots are being scooped to be served to Hawkeye, he grabs Igor's arm and peas and carrots are spilled into the beans. Peas are VERY visible in the beans. The next shot with the beans, the peas and carrots have been removed from the beans.

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Bombshells (season 11, episode 6)

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Factual error: At the end, after BJ has received his Bronze Star, Colonel Potter dismisses the formation with "At Ease. Dismissed." According to Drill and Ceremonies as I learned them, this is impossible. The only legal command from the at-ease position is "Attention."

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Strange Bedfellows (season 11, episode 11)

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Continuity: In the beginning scene in the mess hall, Charles' rank insignia & medical insignia are on the wrong sides of his collar, the next scene they are on the correct side.

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Goodbye, Farewell and Amen (season 11, episode 16)

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Continuity: Early in the episode a tank is driven into the MASH compound by a wounded soldier (demolishing the latrine in the process). The tank is an M24 Chaffee dating from the mid 1940s - it is squat and angular in shape. Later on in the episode after the tank has been hidden under a tent Hawkeye decides to drive the tank into the camp dump (demolishing the new latrine on the way). The tank has changed into an M4 Sherman - it is a lot higher and more rounded in shape.

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Revealing: In "Goodbye, Farewell and Amen," Col. Potter is taking Sophie to the orphanage at the end of the show. Sophie is a male horse. Look closely.

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Other: When Hawkeye drives the damaged tank out of the camp, the front MG is missing. Why would a tank in combat be missing one of its MGs?

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Factual error: When Hawkeye leaves the tank after parking it in the trash heap, he comes out of the cupola hatch. He should be coming out of the driver's hatch, because he sure as hell didn't drive that tank from the turret.

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Continuity: B.J. is holding a Korean child who is subbing in for his own daughter when Margaret hands B.J. a piece of cake. Just as it looks as if he is about to feed the cake to the girl, the scene cuts to a full facial shot of Hot Lips, then cuts back to B.J. The cake has disappeared. There wasn't enough time to eat it all, and neither the child nor B.J. is eating. B.J. has no icing on his fingers; it has just disappeared.

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Factual error: In "Goodbye, Farewell and Amen", the shot of the helicopter pilot's hands show him wearing nomex flight gloves. These were not used until 1967 in Vietnam. Black leather flying gloves were used during the Koren war.

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M*A*S*H (1972) - 179 mistakes in entire show

Letters (season 9, episode 2)

A War for all Seasons (season 9, episode 6)

Depressing News (season 9, episode 12)

Rumor at the Top (season 10, episode 3)

The Birthday Girls (season 10, episode 11)

Where There's a Will, There's a War (season 10, episode 16)

Heroes (season 10, episode 18)

Foreign Affairs (season 11, episode 3)

The Joker is Wild (season 11, episode 4)

Bombshells (season 11, episode 6)

Strange Bedfellows (season 11, episode 11)

Goodbye, Farewell and Amen (season 11, episode 16)

MAS*H (1972) - 179 mistakes in entire show