Former 4077th M*A*S*H roommates Alan Alda and Mike Farrell reunited on Saturday to toast the fiftieth anniversary of the acclaimed warfare comedy’s premiere.
“Mike Farrell and I immediately toasting the fiftieth anniversary of the present that modified our lives – and our good friends who made it what it was,” Alda wrote on Twitter, sharing the photograph beneath of him and Farrell sharing some correct wine versus something from the Swamp’s nonetheless. “MASH was a fantastic reward to us.”
Alda starred as Capt. Benjamin Franklin “Hawkeye” Pierce on the Korean Struggle comedy, whereas Farrell joined the forged in Season 4 as as Capt. B. J. Hunnicutt. (Unique forged member Wayne Rogers performed Hawkeye’s unique BFF, Capt. “Trapper” John McIntyre, for the primary three seasons; Rogers died in December 2015.)
Of be aware, a complete of 4 CBS classics celebrated their fiftieth anniversaries this week: Maude (on Sept. 12), The Waltons (Sep. 14), The Bob Newhart Present (Sep. 16), and M*A*S*H (Sept. 17). That, youngsters, was a helluva week of TV.
Mike Farrell and I immediately toasting the fiftieth anniversary of the present that modified our lives – and our good friends who made it what it was. MASH was a fantastic reward to us. pic.twitter.com/FGd8ZwBgIq
— Alan Alda (@alanalda) September 17, 2022
M*A*S*H initially starred Alda, Rogers, McLean Stevenson (as Lt. Col. Henry Blake), Loretta Swit (as Maj. Margaret “Scorching Lips” Houlihan), Larry Linville (as Maj. Frank Burns) and Gary Burghoff (as Cpl. Walter “Radar” O’Reilly), whereas Jamie Farr and William Christopher recurred as Klinger and Father Mulcahy.
Come Season 4, Rogers and Stevenson had been succeeded by Farrell and Harry Morgan (as Col. Sherman T. Potter), and in Season 5, David Ogden Stiers’ Maj. Charles Emerson Winchester III changed Main Burns.
Of the above, Alda, Farrell, Swit, Burghoff and Farr are nonetheless with us.
