Lightning in a Bottle - a M*A*S*H* Video Essay

Did you want over an hour of me talking about a show that’s nearly 40 years old? Well here you go. Also this is not the most HD video ever. This show has never been released on Blu Ray so yeah :/

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0:00 - Intro
1:40 - Chapter 1: Mobile Army Surgical Hospital
19:25 - Chapter 2: A Product of Its Time
30:30 - Chapter 3: War is Hell
35:19 - Chapter 4: Insanity is Just a State of Mind
43:35 - Chapter 5: Comrades in Arms
50:27 - Chapter 6: Goodbye, Farewell, and Amen
57:11 - Chapter 7: Best Care Anywhere
1:02:11 - Credits

Sources:
That Margaret line
https://always-la-belle-epoque.tumblr...

Alan Alda Gets Personal About Life After MASH
https://www.nbcconnecticut.com/entert...

Henry’s Death Snopes article
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/scr...

Klinger Origins
https://americanhistory.si.edu/blog/m...

'M*A*S*H' Finale, 35 Years Later: Untold Stories of One of TV's Most Important Shows
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/fea...

Memories of 'M*A*S*H': Inside Stories of the Most Famous Episodes (and Castings)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/liv...

American Society, Stereotypical Roles, And Asian Characters In M*A*S*H (I never directly cited this paper but its a good read)
https://etd.ohiolink.edu/!etd.send_fi...

M*A*S*H* Films Final Scene, Says Goodbye After 11 Years
https://web.archive.org/web/201608090...

Why the Real-Life Hawkeye Pierce Hated ‘M*A*S*H’
https://www.history.com/news/why-the-...

M*A*S*H: Television's Serious Sitcom. A+E Networks, 2003.

Memories of M*A*S*H. CBS, 1991.

M*A*S*H 30th Anniversary Reunion. 20th Century Fox, 2002.

Gelbart, Larry. Laughing Matters, Random House, 1998, p. 27.

Kalter, Suzy. The Complete Book of M*A*S*H*, Harry N. Abrams, Inc, 1988, p.37

Wittebols, James H. Watching M*A*S*H, Watching America, McFarland, 2003
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