50 years ago this week, two of the most memorable programs of the Seventies – or any decade – debuted on CBS: the “All in the Family” spinoff “Maude”; and the TV show based on a book and movie called “M*A*S*H.”
M*A*S*H: A Novel About Three Army Doctors was written by Richard Hooker and featured the characters of Benjamin Franklin “Hawkeye” Pierce, “Trapper” John McIntyre, Walter “Radar” O’Reilly, Margaret “Hot Lips” Houlihan, Father Francis “Dago Red” Mulcahy, Frank “Ferret Face” Burns, and their commanding officer, Henry Blake.
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