burt styler – The Mind Reels

MAS*H (1972) – Bananas, Crackers and Nuts, Cowboy, and Henry, Please Come Home

I’m a little divided on the first episode of M*A*S*H up for review this week. Bananas, Crackers and Nuts was written by Burt Styler, and first debuted on 5 November, 1972 (it was a different time, I have to keep reminding myself) and while a lot of it is funny, and a solid commentary on…

MAS*H (1972) – Pilot, To Market, to Market, and Requiem for a Lightweight

On 17 April, 1972, the television landscape changed with the premiere of a show that would run for eleven seasons, and ably walk the line between comedy and drama as it explored life on a Mobile Army Surgical Hospital during the Korean War. Developed for television by Larry Gelbart from the Academy Award winning film…