What goes into reviving a long-out-of-print cookbook? Ask Arthur Healey! In this episode, Jeff & Ryan talk to the man responsible for bringing Jeff’s cookbook, Secrets of the M*A*S*H Mess: The Lost Recipes of Private Igor back from the paperback graveyard. We dive into the challenges of acquiring publishing rights, searching for photos from M*A*S*H scenes that don’t exist, adding new recipes (and losing a few), and spending hundreds of hours restoring a beloved book. Mister Rogers even contributes to the story, too!

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Meet Arthur Healey!

(L-R) Ryan Patrick, Arthur Healey, Heather Healey, Alison Garlic, and Jeff Maxwell at Malibu Creek State Park

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What was it like being Hawkeye’s daughter? Let’s find out! Jeff & Ryan are thrilled to welcome Elizabeth Alda O’Heaney to MASH Matters! We, of course, talk about Elizabeth’s famous father, Alan Alda. But we also discuss her equally awesome mother, growing up across the country from the 4077th, Elizabeth’s own short-lived acting career, goofing around with Igor on the set of M*A*S*H, and much more.

Elizabeth Alda O’Heaney

Carol Burnett & Elizabeth Alda in The Four Seasons (1981)

The Four Seasons television series (1984) featuring Elizabeth & Beatrice Alda, guest star Alan Alda, and another familiar M*A*S*H favorite!

Read more about THE LAST DAYS OF M*A*S*H by Alan & Arlene Alda

(from The M*A*S*H Historian)

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Let’s go to the phones… again! Jeff & Ryan listen to your (mostly) friendly voicemails and answer (mostly) your questions! Topics include quoting M*A*SH, scheduling around the weather, re-recording Igor’s lines, Trapper John MD, and assigning blame for Henry’s departure. Fill up the canvas bathtub, listen, and enjoy!

Wait! That’s not Wayne Rogers!

TRAPPER JOHN, MD (CBS, 1979-86)

Starring Pernell Roberts and Gregory Harrison – who also appeared on M*A*S*H in “The Nurses.”

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You grumbled, we listened! In this episode of MASH Matters, listeners share their LEAST favorite episodes of M*A*S*H. In addition to the usual suspects, (i.e. “Dreams” and “Hawkeye”), we learn that some episodes are not as beloved as we previously thought! Plus, for the first time, Jeff & Ryan reveal their own least favorite episodes. Buckle in… this is gonna get bumpy.

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Jeff & Ryan open the ol’ mailbag and answer questions about real-life relatives on M*A*S*H, the series’ impact on young viewers, typecasting, autographs, striking actors, Tom Mix, the first laugh track, loincloths, and a puppy named Tuttle! We also enlist the help of listeners to interpret the “Dreams” of Henry, Frank, and Radar.

Meet Captain Tuttle (photo courtesy of Wayne B.)

M*A*S*H Notes

Have you seen Pixar MASH?

Watch an episode of The Hank McCune Show

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Thanks to Shane S. for letting us know we’re Google famous!

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