Introduction
AfterMASH is an American sitcom produced as the second spin-off and continuation of MASH that aired on CBS from 26 September 1983 to 31 May 1985.
Outline
The series takes place immediately following the end of the Korean War and chronicles the adventures of three characters from the original series: Colonel Sherman T. Potter (played by Harry Morgan), Maxwell Klinger (played by Jamie Farr) and Father John Mulcahy (played by William Christopher).
MASH supporting cast-member Kellye Nakahara joined them, albeit off-camera, as the voice of the hospital’s public address system.
Rosalind Chao rounded out the starring cast as Soon-Lee Klinger, a Korean refugee whom Klinger met, fell in love with and married in the M*A*S*H series finale “Goodbye, Farewell and Amen” (S11E16).
Cast
- Harry Morgan as Colonel Sherman Potter.
- Jamie Farr as Maxwell Klinger.
- William Christopher as Father John Mulcahy.
- Kellye Nakahara as PA Announcer.
- Rosalind Chao as Soon-Lee Klinger.
- Brandis Kemp as Alma Cox.
- Barbara Townsend and Anne Pitoniak as Mildred Potter.
- Patrick Cranshaw as Bob Scannell.
- John Chappell as Mike D’Angelo.
- David Ackroyd as Dr. Mark Boyer.
- Lois Foraker as Nurse Coleman.
- Jay O. Sanders as Dr. Gene Pfeiffer.
- Peter Michael Goetz as Wally Wainwright.
- Noble Willingham/Wally Dalton as Harry (Recovery Room bartender).
- Wendy Girard as Dr. Lenore Dudziak.
- Wendy Schaal as Bonnie Hornbeck.
- Carolsue Walker as Sarah (prostitute turned Recovery Room waitress).
- Tom Isbell as Dr. Andy Caldwell.
- Gary Burghoff as Walter “Radar” O’Reilly.
- Edward Winter as Samuel Flagg.
Trivia
- AfterMASH made frequent references to M*A*S*H, and likewise featured storylines that highlighted the horrors and suffering of war, from the non-combat perspective of a veterans’ hospital.
- The series was cancelled after twenty-nine broadcast episodes.
- AfterMASH premiered in late 1983 in the same Monday at 9:00 P.M. EDT time slot as its predecessor, M*A*S*H.
- It finished 10th out of all network shows for the 1983–1984 season according to Nielsen Media Research television ratings.
- For its second season, CBS moved the show to Tuesday nights at 8:00 EST, opposite NBC’s Top 10 hit The A-Team, and launched a marketing campaign featuring illustrations by Sanford Kossin of Max Klinger in a female nurse’s uniform shaving off Mr. T’s signature mohawk, theorising that AfterMASH would take a large portion of the A-Team audience.
- In fact, however, the opposite occurred, as AfterMASH’s ratings plummeted to near the bottom of the television rankings, leading to its cancellation just nine episodes into its second season, while The A-Team continued until 1987, with 97 episodes.
AfterMASH Series
- Series 01 (1983-1984).
- Series 02 (1984-1985).
You can find a full index and overview of the M*A*S*H franchise here.
Production & Filming Details
- Creator(s): Larry Gelbart, Gene Reynolds, Ken Levine, and David Isaacs.
- Director(s): Burt Metcalfe, Nick Havinga, Will Mackenzie, Edward H. Feldman, Larry Gelbart, Burt Brinckhoff, Peter Levin, Gabrielle Beaumont, Hy Averback, and Charles S. Dubin.
- Producer(s): Dennis Koenig, Burt Metcalfe, Standford Tischler, David Isaascs, and Ken Levine.
- Writer(s): Larry Gelbart, Ken Levine, David Isaacs, Dennis Koenig, Everett Greenbaum, Elliot Reed, Gordon Mitchell, Janis Hirsch, Larry Balmagia, Tom Straw, and Jay Folb.
- Music: Patrick Williams.
- Cinematography: Emil Oster and Dominic Palmieri.
- Editor(s): Stanford Tischler, John Farrell, and Larry L. Mills.
- Production: 20th Century Fox Television.
- Distributor(s): CBS.
- Release Date: 26 September 1983 to 31 May 1985.
- Running time: 22-25 minutes (per episode).
- Country: US.
- Language: English.
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