We’re thrilled to welcome Barbara Christopher to MASH Matters! In this episode, we discuss her husband’s career from college stage productions to Father Mulcahy Along the way, we hear stories about how they met, her guest appearance on M*A*S*H, her thoughts on Henry Blake’s demise, AfterM*A*S*H, and the story behind the book she and Bill wrote about their autistic son, Ned. Plus, at long last, we finally learn the answer to the burning question: What was William Christopher’s favorite punctuation mark?

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Watch William & Barbara Christopher on an episode of the TV game show Tattletales

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It’s an episode we never wanted to do, but we knew we needed to do it.

This one is for our dear, sweet friend, Loretta Swit.

Memorial donations may be made to Actors & Others For Animals or the SwitHeart Animal Alliance.

Loretta Swit was a four-time guest on MASH Matters. Listen to the episodes here:

Episode 29 (Part 1)

Episode 30 (Part 2)

Episode 59 (Part 1)

Episode 60 (Part 2)

Episode 80

Episode 82 (or watch the Q&A video)

Watch Korean War: The Untold Story

We love you. We miss you.

Can you feel the love? Jeff & Ryan dig deep into the mailbag to share some old love letters from M*A*S*H fans. Instead of listener questions and (questionable) answers, we serve up a heaping helping of unabashed adoration for our favorite TV series of all time.

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Jeff and Ryan open another big ol’ mailbag of listener questions in this episode of MASH Matters. We discuss phantom mess tent movies, square footage, showering at the 4077th, Igor’s sister’s wood, singing surgeons, and what happens when actors call in sick. Plus, we say Goodbye, Farewell, and Amen to another M*A*S*H actor, and we welcome our new co-host, Mark!

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Patrick Adiarte 1942-2025

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Thanks to listener Ron H. for the pics of the sausage casings box on display at Tony Packo’s in Toledo.

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Meet Jamie Farr, Loretta Swit, and Jeff Maxwell at FanX Salt Lake City, Sept 25-27!

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Check out listener Matt’s sweet tattoo!

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Special thanks to our friend Eric White (aka The M*A*S*H Historian) for pics of the CBS Television Reading Program’s edition featuring “Letters.”

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In this episode of MASH Matters, Jeff & Ryan welcome you into the VIP tent! You’ll hear three bonus mini-episodes that we recorded exclusively for our Patreon VIPs. We share some never-before-told stories (and a few that we’ve probably told multiple times). Plus, Jeff gives us a peek at his massive residual check from Starsky & Hutch.

A podcast for M*A*S*H fans… supported by M*A*S*H fans. 

MASH Matters is on Patreon! By becoming a MASH Matters VIP, you join a community of supporters who help us keep new episodes coming on the 1st and 15th of every month. We offer four tiers with perks including early access to new episodes, stickers, magnets, art prints, autographs, and private Zoom chats where we can talk about M*A*S*H!

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Dream big, kids!

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