Loretta Swit reminisces about her 攻撃する,衝突する TV series M*A*S*H and 明らかにする/漏らすs the secret to the show's 大規模な success while 賞賛するing her co-星/主役にするs

  • Swit, 86, played Major Margaret 'Hot Lips' Houlihan in the series, which ran 11 seasons from 1972 to 1983, adapted from Robert Altman's 1970 film
  • ?The series finale - Goodbye, 別れの(言葉,会) and Amen - was watched by 105 million テレビ視聴者s - one of the most-watched narrative TV episodes of all time
  • Swit opened up in a wide-範囲ing 雑談(する) with First For Women , where she spoke about the camaraderie she had with her cast members?

Just over 40 years after the 攻撃する,衝突する TV series M*A*S*H* 空気/公表するd its iconic finale - still one of the most-watched TV broadcasts of all time - 星/主役にする Loretta Swit is reminiscing.

Swit, 86, played Major Margaret 'Hot Lips' Houlihan in the series, which ran 11 seasons from 1972 to 1983, adapted from Robert Altman's 1970 film.

The series finale - Goodbye, 別れの(言葉,会) and Amen - was watched by 105 million テレビ視聴者s - one of the most-watched narrative TV episodes of all time.?

Swit - who recently spoke about how she almost left the show - opened up in a wide-範囲ing 雑談(する) with First For Women, where she spoke about the camaraderie she had with her cast members.

She also 明らかにする/漏らすd what she believes was the secret to the success of the show, 始める,決める まっただ中に the Korean War, that made it stand out in the TV landscape.

Swit - who recently spoke about how she almost left the show - opened up in a wide-ranging chat with First For Women , where she spoke about the camaraderie she had with her cast members

Swit - who recently spoke about how she almost left the show - opened up in a wide-範囲ing 雑談(する) with First For Women , where she spoke about the camaraderie she had with her cast members

The 初めの Robert Altman film was a dark comedy that starred Donald Sutherland as Hawkeye Pierce, Elliot Gould as Trapper John McIntyre and Sally Kellerman as Hot Lips Houlihan, based on the 1968 novel?MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors.

For the TV series, Alan Alda stepped into the Hawkeye 役割, with Wayne Rogers playing Trapper John and Gary Burghoff (レーダ O'Reilly) becoming the only cast member from the movie to reprise that 役割 for the TV series.?

The half-hour comedy series was known for its ability to blend both comedy and 演劇, though Swit believes it was the humor that made the show stand out.

'最初 when we started out, everyone wondered how we were going to be able to pull off a comedy about the war, but we did. The secret behind M*A*S*H's?success,' she 認める.

Swit 追加するs, 'Laughter and humor were our 弁護 against standing in 血 and working on 団体/死体s that were young enough to be in school.'

She 認める there was nothing inherently funny about war, but 追加するd, 'you needed the funniest people in the world to make this believable and this cast 越えるd that and more.'

Swit won two Emmys for playing Hot Lips, and has nothing but 賞賛する for the 称讃するd series finale.

'The last program, 肩書を与えるd Goodbye, was the jewel of the 栄冠を与える, and M*A*S*H was a very important piece of Americana, so it was an 栄誉(を受ける) to be a part of that 魔法,' she said.

For the TV series, Alan Alda (middle left) stepped into the Hawkeye role, with Wayne Rogers (center) playing Trapper John and Gary Burghoff (middle right, Radar O'Reilly) becoming the only cast member from the movie t
o reprise that role for the TV series.

For the TV series, Alan Alda (middle left) stepped into the Hawkeye 役割, with Wayne Rogers (中心) playing Trapper John and Gary Burghoff (middle 権利, レーダ O'Reilly) becoming the only cast member from the movie to reprise that 役割 for the TV series.

The half-hour comedy series was known for its ability to blend both comedy and drama, though Swit believes it was the humor that made the show stand out

The half-hour comedy series was known for its ability to blend both comedy and 演劇, though Swit believes it was the humor that made the show stand out

Swit adds, 'Laughter and humor were our defense against standing in blood and working on bodies that were young enough to be in school.'

Swit 追加するs, 'Laughter and humor were our 弁護 against standing in 血 and working on 団体/死体s that were young enough to be in school.'

She added of the cast, 'Everyone liked coming to work. The camaraderie was unlike anything I ever experienced because we were all connected deeply'

She 追加するd of the cast, 'Everyone liked coming to work. The camaraderie was unlike anything I ever exp erienced because we were all connected 深く,強烈に'

She 追加するd of the cast, 'Everyone liked coming to work. The camaraderie was unlike anything I ever experienced because we were all connected 深く,強烈に.'

'The chemistry was real and the energy everyone brought to the 始める,決める was off the charts, which was a part of the 推論する/理由 the show developed a 抱擁する/loyal fan base,' she 追加するd.

The actress said she still emails Alan Alda, though they 港/避難所't seen each other in person since the COVID-19 pandemic.

M*A*S*H won 14 Emmy Awards, earned 109 指名/任命s, 加える the series took home a Peabody Award in 1975.?