That's kind of the point. The same messages were present in both the

early seasons and the later seasons. The early season used wit and humor to delivery these messages while maintaining the tone and feel of the show. The later season used the subtlety of a brick to the face to deliver their message. Both can be effective...

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Posted: 02/28/2018 at 3:00PM

35 years ago today -- JoesterVT 02/28/2018 12:45PM

I can’t believe it was that long....gawd I am getting old... ** -- CLT Hokie1 02/28/2018 8:24PM

When it's not basketball season, I watch the double reruns on MeTV -- Newt 02/28/2018 7:51PM

I made a SPAM lamb for our M*A*S*H party -- Hokie bus guy 02/28/2018 5:31PM

Last episode was in february? Thought it was in May. ** -- 133743Hokie 02/28/2018 4:27PM

Am I the only one here that has no idea what this is? ** -- HokieNoVA 02/28/2018 4:04PM

Last episode of the most overrated TV show in history ** -- 81_Hokie 02/28/2018 4:10PM

Friends? -- EDGEMAN 02/28/2018 4:52PM

Shun ** -- MAHokie69 02/28/2018 5:10PM

That I May Serve.. -- UTPr0sim 02/28/2018 5:34PM

Bless you, sir ** -- MAHokie69 03/01/2018 10:02AM

Heh,heh. Kinda my feeling too... -- `lag 02/28/2018 4:31PM

Huh? -- SteveInBaltimore 02/28/2018 6:32PM

Thinking of Col Blake, rest of my comments stand. -- `lag 02/28/2018 6:56PM

Watched it from my apartment in Foxridge -- UEMcGill 02/28/2018 1:52PM

TV lounge in Major Bill ** -- SteveInBaltimore 02/28/2018 3:58PM

Yeah, that newspaper was *huge* to deliver that day -- statmanfromHCyrs 02/28/2018 1:13PM

That was long overdue -- EDGEMAN 02/28/2018 12:54PM

MASH was funny, well written show for the first several years. Then they -- McHokie 02/28/2018 6:35PM

The movie was fantastic ** -- EDGEMAN 02/28/2018 7:17PM

Yep. I don't know if a show ever "jumped the shark" as entirely and whole- -- Hokie5150 02/28/2018 1:49PM

It changed when Larry Gelbart left after 4-5 years. Even Wiki says it.... -- 48zip 02/28/2018 2:16PM

The early seasons used comedy as means of delivering drama in classic form. -- Hokie5150 02/28/2018 2:43PM

I think perhaps you're just not very deep... -- JoesterVT 02/28/2018 2:48PM

I think you just need to be spoon fed... -- Hokie5150 02/28/2018 2:52PM

It's like we're not even talking about the same show... -- JoesterVT 02/28/2018 2:05PM

+4077 ** -- 48zip 02/28/2018 1:22PM

...ferret face carried the show ** -- chumley 02/28/2018 1:17PM

Larry Linville came and spoke at Tech late 80s -- SteveInBaltimore 02/28/2018 4:01PM

...remember it well... -- chumley 02/28/2018 6:32PM

When was Coach K on the show? ** -- statmanfromHCyrs 02/28/2018 1:24PM

I really think that's sort of a myth... -- JoesterVT 02/28/2018 1:08PM

I kinda/sorta remember it getting 'preachy'er' more often in the later -- Late 80s Hokie 02/28/2018 1:12PM

Ehh...think about all the anti-war and social justice stuff in season 1 -- JoesterVT 02/28/2018 1:16PM

That's kind of the point. The same messages were present in both the -- Hokie5150 02/28/2018 3:00PM

Don't forget Bouncing Betty -- 48zip 02/28/2018 1:27PM

Could be the deeper stuff just went over my head when I was younger. ** -- Hokie360 02/28/2018 1:23PM

Was sitting there right in front of the TV...a 25" RCA color TV. ** -- Major Kong 02/28/2018 12:50PM

You still have that TV, don't you? -- Hokie CPA 02/28/2018 12:52PM

That last I heard of it it went to ETSU with my cousin in '88. ** -- Major Kong 02/28/2018 12:58PM

That's kind of the point. The same messages were present in both the

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