Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 791.4572
EAN: 9780810980839
ISBN: 0810980835
Label: Harry N. Abrams
Manufacturer: Harry N. Abrams
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 240
Publication Date: March 15, 1988
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
Sales Rank: 469986
Studio: Harry N. Abrams
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Full of the people, scenes, and emotions that made M*A*S*H an eleven-year television sensation, this is an homage of wit and warmth. Each of the 251 episodes are reprised, complete with interviews of the people who made it and acted in it. More than 200 photos capture key scenes as well as intimate backstage moments.
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Rating:  - great book...
The Complete Book of M*A*S*H is wonderful. I purchased it for my 14 year old daughter's birhday. She loves all things M*A*S*H! It was the highlight of her gifts. It has great inside interviews with the actors and episode info. If you're a M*A*S*H person as well, you'll love this book.
Rating:  - Not exactly the most accurate book
I have watched M*A*S*H for years and own the DVD collection. This book contains exerpts from every single episode. The only people I can see having an interest is a very, very big fan, such as myself. Unfortunately, the exerpts are only about 50% accurate at best. I think that either the author a) never watched the shows b) watched the beginning and the end only or c) possibly got the exerpts from reading the scripts that may have been changed when the episode was filmed. Whatever the case, the book is extremely disappointing. There are some biased letters from the cast and some really good pictures (some with the wrong episode/caption). I got this as a gift, thank goodness, because it is not worth much even to a big fan such as myself.
Rating: - Where are the Supporting Characters?
We all know that the principle characters were the heart of this show. But I never hear or read anything about the cast of supporters who have also contributed to this classic TV series. They have also been around a long time and probably have interesting stories of their own to tell. Those include:
Nurse Kelley
Grizzo
Igor
Col. Flagg (my favorite)
Dr. Sidney Freedman
There are a few more but you get the idea. They are absent here and don't deserve to be.
Rating: - THE COMPLETE BOOK OF M*A*S*H IS A GREAT BOOK!
THE COMPLETE BOOK OF M*A*S*H IS A GREAT BOOK EVERY MASH FAN SHOULD HAVE THIS BOOK!
I LOVE THE PICTURES IN IT THEY ARE GREAT!
FROM A BIG MASH FAN FOR 6 YEARS NOW KIRSTEN
Rating: - The Good but Disappointing Book of M*A*S*H
I vacillated between giving this book 3 or 4 stars. While in some respects it is almost a "four star", I settled on three due to nature of the episode synopses, as you will see from the following. I bought this book more than twelve years ago, and have referred to it numerous times, so it does have many redeeming features, but overall I would classify this as a relatively good, yet disappointing book. The moniker "'Complete' Book of M*A*S*H" is quite the misnomer. As Suzy Kalter notes in her introduction, she purposely excluded all the 2 or 3 subplots within each episode. This section could have been (and should have been) much more complete. By leaving this information out, it cheats the reader of some vital memories, tears, and laughter. Some of the funniest, saddest and most cleaver moments appeared in these "subplots". A lot a character development took place here as well. The finale was essentially five episodes in one, and yet the book left out a huge amount of the plot and lost a lot of the essence of this episode. The synopses section is by far the most deficient part of the book. For example, in the synopses of "Adam's Ribs", she notes that "Henry" was upset that Hawkeye had forgotten to order the cole slaw; as you know, Henry never said that. It was the Sgt. at Supply who expressed surprise that Hawkeye had sent all the way to Chicago and didn't order it! Honestly, the synopses read as though they were written by a person who either was: a) only a casual viewer of the series; ... Read More
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