Unplugged, Unplanned, and Unprepared. Jeff & Ryan go off-script and talk about anything that comes to mind: injuries, wills, Jerry Lewis, and Jeff’s brief stint as a game show host. Don’t worry. we also talk about M*A*S*H… along with some thoughts on the passing of beloved guest star, Richard Lee Sung. Buckle up because we don’t know where this one’s gonna go.

Watch Jeff host the premiere episode of SHOPPERS CASINO (1987)

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We’re going back in time to when Jeff & Ryan first met… on the radio! The year was 1997. Ryan was working on the morning show on New Country Z100 in southern Illinois. One fateful morning, Jeff joined Ryan and his cohorts to promote his soon-to-be-classic cookbook. The rest is MASH Matters history. In this episode, for the first time in 24 years, you will hear the interview that started it all. Plus, stick around at the end for an update on Jeff’s book!

Jeff & Ryan – August 1999 – Pasadena, California

(L-R) Tim Miles, Pat Benton, Ryan Patrick – New Country Z100 – March 1997

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Jeff & Ryan welcome Gary Markowitz to MASH Matters. Gary was not only a writer on M*A*S*H, but he was also the stepson of M*A*S*H creator Larry Gelbart! In this candid conversation, Gary shares stories about Larry writing the M*A*S*H pilot, the original ending of the episode “George,” the beginning and end of the relationship with his writing partner, getting fired by his stepfather, and his thoughts on a M*A*S*H reboot.

Gary’s mother, Pat Marshall, on the M*A*S*H episode, Payday

M*A*S*H Notes

Watch a promo for the series UNITED STATES starring Beau Bridges & Helen Shaver

Click here to see the old writers building at 20th Century Fox

Listen to episodes of the old-time radio show Duffy’s Tavern

Watch a TV special about YOUR SHOW OF SHOWS’ legendary writing staff

The cast of UNITED STATES (1980)

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Let’s go to the phones! Jeff & Ryan unload a slew of listener voicemails. Topics include the evolving role of women on M*A*S*H, a radio show featuring the enlisted personnel, actors who have passed away, blooper reels, and the ever-changing theme song. Plus, will the Smithsonian do anything with the M*A*S*H set to celebrate the 50th anniversary? Find out on this episode of MASH Matters.

M*A*S*H Notes

Check out the M*A*S*H Blooper reel

Wait… how many chopper pads?

The music of M*A*S*H

Add the M*A*S*H set to Microsoft Flight Simulator

See Loretta Swit live on stage

What are TV’s best Halloween-themed episodes? (Check out #18)

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Emmy award-winning writer Dan Wilcox returns to MASH Matters! Dan sits down with Jeff & Ryan to talk about writing M*A*S*H with his partner Thad Mumford. We discuss their writing process, the genius of Gene Reynolds, continuity on M*A*S*H, the tricky balance of comedy & drama, his favorite characters to write for, and Mr. Snuffleupagus!

M*A*S*H Notes

RIP to M*A*S*H alumni Peter Palmer and Basil Hoffman

Watch Jamie Farr & Loretta Swit’s Q&A from Salt Lake City FanX 2021

Catching up with Kieu Chinh (Hawkeye’s love interest in the season 6 episode, “In Love and War”

Wanna hear a different version of the M*A*S*H theme song? Here are seven!

(L to R) Dan Wilcox, Thad Mumford, Loretta Swit, John Rappaport, Burt Metcalfe

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