M*A*S*H: THE COMEDY THAT CHANGED TELEVISION – Crew Neck Productions / John Scheinfeld, Filmmaker

MAS*H: THE COMEDY THAT CHANGED TELEVISION

Now Streaming on HULU
FOX Network Premiere Jan 1, 2024

The thing that I loved about M*A*S*H is that it could be very funny and very serious at the same time. We could work in every conceivable style. Burlesque, drama, melodrama, satire, and sometimes all at once, sometimes all in the same episode.

Alan Alda

Early in my career, Gene Reynolds and Burt Metcalfe, the two executive producers of M*A*S*H, were my mentors and became dear friends. There hadn’t been a proper documentary on the groundbreaking series in many, many years and I very much wanted to make one to honor them. It took an incredible effort (and many years!) to get funded, but thanks to Dan Harrison at FOX, we now have the definitive story of this iconic show and its beloved characters as told by the people who made it. I’m so proud of this documentary, but heartbroken that Gene (died at age 96 in 2020) and Burt (died in 2022 at age 87) did not live to see it.

John Scheinfeld

“We were dealing with the insanity of war and had a bunch of doctors who created their own insanities so as not to go crazy themselves.”

Burt MetcalfeExecutive Producer

“We had terrific characters, this beautiful writer in Larry Gelbart and a fantastic format. A little hospital, where the goal is to save lives, in the middle of a war where the goal is to destroy life. The format is just powerful, overwhelming, touching, funny. It gave a us a wonderful opportunity.”

Gene ReynoldsExecutive Producer

“The show resonated with people in a way that…has not happened before and has not happened since. The cliché was people who said, “I never watch television and I never miss M*A*S*H.” The one I hear today more than any other is, “I used to watch the show with my father, or I used to watch the show with my grandfather. Now I watch the show with my children.”

Actor Mike FarrellB.J. Hunnicutt