Margaret houlihanpenobscott leaves for her honeymoon, maj. The series finale finds the staff of the 4077th going their separate. The final episode of mash was broadcast on feb 28th 1983, and set on july 27, 1953. Mash 30th anniversary reunion special full episode may 2002 duration. The final episode, goodbye, farewell and amen, became the mostwatched show in american television history with 106 million viewers. This is also true of many of the nurses, corpsman, orderlies and drivers listed as guest stars. A guide listing the titles and air dates for episodes of the tv series mash. The real final halfhour mash episode aired a week befo. During its 11year run mash received 14 emmy awards. The episode was written by eight collaborators, including series star alan alda, who also directed. The chineese pows played the mozart song directed by major winchester.
What was the title of the mozart piece used in the last. Alan alda on writing the mash episode dear sigmund and the performance of allan arbus as m. The final episode of after mash was broadcast on may 31, 1985 and set in the year 1954. Why the reallife hawkeye pierce hated mash history. Inside stories of the most famous episodes and castings photofest to celebrate the 35th anniversary of the series finale, the stars and crew share some of their favorite.
Mash goodbye, farewell, and amen tv episode 1983 imdb. In this final episode, the staff of the 4077th mash unit find their lives no less hectic despite the fact that it appears that the war may soon be over. Whilst characters such as kellye, igor, rizzo, goldman and ginger are listed where they appear as specific characters central to the plot, they also appeared regularly as nonspeaking cast members. Goodbye, farewell and amen is a television film that served as the 256th and final episode of the american television series mash. The regular cast originally consisted of alan alda as.
Closing out the series 11th season, the twohour episode first aired on cbs on february 28, 1983, ending the series original run. Final episode of mash airs on february 28, 1983, the celebrated sitcom mash bows out after 11 seasons, airing a special twoandahalf hour episode watched by 77 percent of the television. Loosely based on the movie and novel of the same name, the series primarily followed the 4077 th mobile army surgical hospital mash during their time in the active warzone. New york the last episode of mas h was a royal flush with a million new yorkers using their bathrooms at the end of the program, sending an additional 6. No other scripted television show has come close to touching the mash finale. Meet the cast and learn more about the stars of of mash with exclusive news, photos, videos and more at. Larry linville was in the final episode of season 5, in which major houlihan gets married, and is not in the first episode of season 6. Final episode of mash airs on february 28, 1983, the celebrated sitcom mash bows out after 11 seasons, airing a special twoandahalf hour episode watched by. As with trapper john, when wayne rogers didnt want. The awful work of the real doctors who inspired mash. This is a list of all 256 episodes of the mash television series, which aired on cbstv for eleven seasons, premiering on september 17, 1972 and ending in a twohour series finale film episode goodbye, farewell and amen on march 28, 1983.
Rewatching that last episode the other week available on hulu, i was startled to find tears in both eyes as the cast said goodbye to one another and to the american public. The highest rated sitcom episode, and also the highest rated television show of all time is the final episode of mash, goodbye, farewell and amen. What was the title of the mozart piece used in the last episode of mash. The official final mash episode, goodbye, farewell and amen, was a twohour movie.