Should AfterM*A*S*H and Walter be on DVD?

[PatrickHerman]

Hi everyone,

Just taking an informal poll as to whether AfterM*A*S*H and Walter should be released on DVD following the release of all eleven seasons of M*A*S*H on dvd? Anyone?

Bye for now.

Sincerely,

Patrick

[jeffersonsfan]

No.

[gilligan fanatic]

Since Walter was only a pilot it could be an extra on season 11 of MASH. I would love to see After MASH but I don't think it would sell that good.

[Dr. Thong]

It would be cool, but the projected sales for these DVDs would be very low, I imagine. They're not going to put it out for a few hundred or thousand fans. From a business standpoint, I could understand this reasoning.

[TJL]

Since Walter was only a pilot it could be an extra on season 11 of MASH.

That's a good idea. Heck, package the AfterMASH pilot and the Walter pilot together as a bonus disc.

[teddybare]

Guys please dont kill a huge Mash fan of many yrs but I watched both AfterMash and Walter and I thought they were both awful without Alan Alda and Mike Farrell as Hawkeye and BJ whom most ppl liked the most on MASH.

No I dont think they should be aired on tv. Another thing that bothered me was Klingers Korean wife cant remember the characters name think Rosalind Chow played her had to big of a role on AfterMash she just isnt that good an actress or funny.

[Dr. Thong]

Guys please dont kill a huge Mash fan of many yrs but I watched both AfterMash and Walter and I thought they were both awful without Alan Alda and Mike Farrell as Hawkeye and BJ whom most ppl liked the most on MASH.

No I dont think they should be aired on tv. Another thing that bothered me was Klingers Korean wife cant remember the characters name think Rosalind Chow played her had to big of a role on AfterMash she just isnt that good an actress or funny.

I don't think you're going to find a lot of pro-AfterMASH or W*A*L*T*E*R fans here. I mean, I only watched a few of the episodes and I don't really remember them. They are not held in the same regard as the show they were spun off from even by people who liked them.

I don't see why they can't be aired on TV Land once in a while, or given a DVD release. I would like to see them as it's been such a long time since the first and only times I ever got to see them. If people choose not to watch, then they don't have to.

At least they gave After-MASH a season-and-a-half. They just dumped WALTER onto the summer schedule as an afterthought since they'd already paid for it. At least back then they aired unsold pilots.

[teddybare]

I don't think you're going to find a lot of pro-AfterMASH or W*A*L*T*E*R fans here. I mean, I only watched a few of the episodes and I don't really remember them. They are not held in the same regard as the show they were spun off from even by people who liked them.

I don't see why they can't be aired on TV Land once in a while, or given a DVD release. I would like to see them as it's been such a long time since the first and only times I ever got to see them. If people choose not to watch, then they don't have to.

At least they gave After-MASH a season-and-a-half. They just dumped WALTER onto the summer schedule as an afterthought since they'd already paid for it. At least back then they aired unsold pilots.


In my opinion AfterMash and Walter. Wwere two attempts by the network after the huge ratings of the MASH finale to take a few of the popular characters like Col Potter and Klinger etc.,

thinking that just because it had the Mash name in the title that the Mash fans would love AfterMash no matter how bad the shows were.

[Dr. Thong]

In my opinion AfterMash and Walter. Wwere two attempts by the network after the huge ratings of the MASH finale to take a few of the popular characters like Col Potter and Klinger etc.,

thinking that just because it had the Mash name in the title that the Mash fans would love AfterMash no matter how bad the shows were.

Well, they took the three weakest characters and tried to build a new situation around them. Not a great recipe for success. This was also tried later on in the early '90s with The New WKRP In Cincinnati, where it was also built around three supporting characters and it too, failed.

Let them put these shows on DVD and TV Land and the hardcore fans who have to have them will buy and/or watch them and those who don't...won't.

[TJL]

Since I have never seen the "Walter" piolt, I would love to get a look at it.
As for "AfterMASH," I remeber watching it on CBS, and I would probably buy it on DVD.

I say bring it on!

;)

[Adamantium]

From a business standpoint I could see why they might pass on the idea. But as a DVD collector, I want "AfterMash" and "Walter" on DVD.

[bry]

my guess is, the last episode may be a dvd set unto itself. if so, then why not put the shows in question on a second disc with it as extras?

[Dr. Thong]

my guess is, the last episode may be a dvd set unto itself. if so, then why not put the shows in question on a second disc with it as extras?

The final season was about only a half season, so there's no reason why the farewell couldn't be included as part of the season eleven box.

They can issue a separate AfterMASH DVD box if they want...but I wouldn't count on it. Many people don't even know it ever existed on TV.

[Heidi Dawn]

I can see Fox putting this on the season 11 set 'Includes the final episode - Goodbye, Farewell, and Amen'. I've noticed in the sets so far that special episodes are mentioned on the back cover (Inga, Dear Sigmund, The Interview). Fox can make a lot of sales by having GFA with the rest of the final season episodes, they can mark the box specially that way.

As for AfterMASH and the Walter pilot, if Sony can release the entire series of 'That's My Mama' (which only ran for 1 season and a half season), then Fox may very well do the same. Go to http://tvshowsondvd.com/ and vote for AfterMASH.

[Prince Michael]

When I saw the question "Should AfterM*A*S*H and W*A*L*T*E*R be on DVD ?", I thought "YES ! YES ! YES ! YES ! YES ! YES ! YES !" , I wish they'd never done "W*A*L*T*E*R", and "AfterM*A*S*H" wasn't exactly the best TV show in the Milky Way, but I'd love to see it again . If they don't think an "AfterM*A*S*H" and "W*A*L*T*E*R" DVD collection will be a big seller, they could come out with "M*A*S*H : The Complete Series" and throw in "AfterM*A*S*H" and "W*A*L*T*E*R" as a bonus . No matter how God -- awful a movie is or how lame a TV show is, if it's been filmed, it should be on DVD !

[hawkeye123]

I say yes they should, because I never got to see either one. I am sure they don't hold a candle to MASH. But at the same time as a huge Mash fan I would love to see them.

[Marvo301]

Well, they took the three weakest characters and tried to build a new situation around them. Not a great recipe for success. This was also tried later on in the early '90s with The New WKRP In Cincinnati, where it was also built around three supporting characters and it too, failed.

Let them put these shows on DVD and TV Land and the hardcore fans who have to have them will buy and/or watch them and those who don't...won't.
The reason Aftermash was built around those three characters is because they took an informal poll of the cast of M*A*S*H to see who wanted to keep going for another season and ther three who wanted to carry on where Harry Morgan, William Christopher, and Jamie Farr. They couldn't do another season of M*A*S*H with only three main cast members so instead they wrote a spinoff around those three characters.

[Dr. Thong]

The reason Aftermash was built around those three characters is because they took an informal poll of the cast of M*A*S*H to see who wanted to keep going for another season and ther three who wanted to carry on where Harry Morgan, William Christopher, and Jamie Farr. They couldn't do another season of M*A*S*H with only three main cast members so instead they wrote a spinoff around those three characters.

Known that for a long time. But still, when you're building a show around what are basically supporting characters, it's tough to make it work.

[Stuck In The '70's]

It's funny how AfterMASH was considered the biggest show of the 1983-84 season. The network really promoted it. TV Guide had a few big articles on it. The show actually ended up being the top rated sitcom of that season.Then a year later, the network ran away from it. They moved it opposite the A-Team, forced a bunch of cast changes and couldn't wait for it to get off the air.

[Marvo301]

Known that for a long time. But still, when you're building a show around what are basically supporting characters, it's tough to make it work.
Almost every spinoff ever made was based around a character who only a supporting character on the originating show!!

[70s show watcher]

sure they should besides aftermash is not nearly as bad as legend would have you believe

[visaman666]

WALTER is on Dailymotion. http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xstu3k_walter-1984-cbs-special-radar-from-mash_shortfilms

[vintagetvguy]

...AfterMASH, as Larry Gelbart agreed, lacked a good lead character. WALTER, ironically, was Burghoff's best portrayal of Radar since about season 6 of MASH. Unfortunately, the script just wasn't up to par. If you want to see something very MASH-like, petition to get House Calls, the series, on to dvd. It starred Wayne Rogers, and was very much the humor of early MASH. When it aired, I always kept thinking, WAYNE! You're playing a doctor, on TV, at 9:30pm!! Why not just go back on MASH??!". Ah, to revise TV history.

[Dr. Thong]

I didn't buy Radar (Walter) as a policeman. He was a farmer and it seemed contrived to try and make him into a cop.