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Title: Complete Book of Mash by Suzy Kalter ISBN: 0-8109-8083-5 Publisher: Harry N. Abrams Pub. Date: 15 March, 1988 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.98 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.11 (28 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: As Hawkeye would say.......
Comment: "We want something else!!!We want something else!!!'
The pictures are great. But.....
It saddens me to see someone want to make money off of an American institution like M*A*S*H, and not have any clue as to what she is talking about. ...
The episode guide is awful, just plain awful.
Entire storylines omitted, some storylines changed around, some storylines that never happened. What bothers me most is that in the beginning of the book, the author says there may be a few mistakes, and makes a flippant "take two asprin" comment. Well, in my opinion, if you are going to write a "Complete" book about something, there shouldn't be this many mistakes. ... The 2 stars are for the pictures
Rating: 4
Summary: I have good news, and I have bad news
Comment: The good news is, that the photography and cast interviews in this book are fantastic. There are hundreds of color stills from the series, capturing the flavor of the show and some of it's most memorable moments. Plus, the background material and the the interviews have some real depth, going into detail about casting, how the actors developed their characters, praises and complaints, interesting retrospective thoughts, etc. That part is GREAT!
The bad news is, that the episode summaries leave much to be desired. As the author herself states, she was working primarily from scripts. That's a bad idea because, as every media buff knows, there are often last-minute changes and ad libs during filming that aren't in the scripts. Not to mention what happens during editing. The definitive version isn't what's written down on paper, it's what you finally see on the screen. The result is, that characters are misquoted in the book, and sometimes the "wrong" plotline is given preference. I realize it's a daunting task to watch 11 years of episodes over and over, but that's a must if you are going to write the "complete" book about a TV series. So, for making those plot summary mistakes, I'm docking the book one star.
Still, it is a very nice hardcover reference, and will certainly help you put your tape collection in order. (Although, now that the series is coming out on DVD, with all the episodes already in order on the discs, that won't be as much of a problem...) Even with it's deficiencies, it belongs in every MASH collection.
Rating: 2
Summary: Concur With Mr. Geisler
Comment: This was a lame book that gives very little behind the scenes of the show. She may have worked hard to view every episode and review most or all the scripts but Ms. Kalter gave very little insight that a MASH buff (and I am not one of those) would not have known already.
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Title:M*A*S*H - Season Four (Collector's Edition) ASIN: B00008WJE5 Publisher: Fox Home Entertainment Pub. Date: 15 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $39.98 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $35.99 |
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Title:M*A*S*H - Season Five (Collector's Edition) ASIN: B00008YGS0 Publisher: Twentieth Century Fox Home Video Pub. Date: 09 December, 2003 List Price(USD): $39.98 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $27.99 |
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Title: Mash: A Novel About Three Army Doctors by Richard Hooker ISBN: 0688149553 Publisher: William Morrow Pub. Date: 02 April, 1997 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: Secrets of the M.A.S.H Mess: The Lost Recipes of Private Igor by Jeff Maxwell ISBN: 1888952415 Publisher: Cumberland House Pub. Date: October, 1997 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title:M*A*S*H - Season Three (Collector's Edition) ASIN: B000078UJW Publisher: Twentieth Century Fox Home Video Pub. Date: 18 February, 2003 List Price(USD): $39.98 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $35.99 |
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