Mash or Monk ?

Bellman · 04-29-06, 10:06 PM

Did either get you chuckling ?
70s M*A*S*H or the dysfunctional Monk ?

http://www.tv.com/m-a-s-h/show/119/summary.html
http://www.thrillingdetective.com/eyes/adrian_monk.html

blue3golf · 04-29-06, 11:13 PM

Loved MASH. I bought all the seasons on DVD. Seen them a million times and still laugh even though I know what joke is coming. Probably one of the most realistic views on how the army is, everything is change 2000.

Gizzmoe · 04-29-06, 11:35 PM

I loooooove MASH! In my opinion this is one of the few series where later seasons are better than the early ones. I really prefer Hawkeye/BJ/Charles/Col. Potter to Hawkeye/Trap/Frank/Col. Blake. The mixture of humour and sometimes very tragic scenes is great.

I donÂ´t know "Adrian Monk", but it sounds good.

Oberon · 04-29-06, 11:53 PM

"It's a Jungle out there..."

I loved watching MASH back when it was on the TV in the late 1980s, I wasn't old enough to get a lot of the jokes, but it was still funny.
Monk I've watched more recently, BBC1 had it on around 2-3ish on the weekdays...but now they've replaced it with Murder She Wrote

Abraham · 04-30-06, 02:09 AM

M*A*S*H for me, anytime.
But then I don't know Monk...

Type941 · 04-30-06, 03:35 AM

MONK all the way, superb, especially the earlier seasons. One of the best syndicated series I watched, MASH - never really got into it, and I don't like the theme of it as much either.

I can be wrong ... but I'm not.

kiwi_2005 · 04-30-06, 05:19 AM

Mash all the way, never heard of Monk. Another favourite although not a comedy, was Kung fu - with grasshopper

STEED · 04-30-06, 06:28 AM

M*A*S*H

Great series from start to finish for my money Ltd/Col. Henry Blake was more funny, more so with Radar. What a double act those two were. One of my favourite episodes is the one where Hawkeye nicks Henry's oak table, cracks me up that one. Don't forget the film M*A*S*H got the ball rolling for a TV series.

http://www.mash4077.co.uk/index.php

Type941 · 04-30-06, 08:54 AM

hey, but MASH and MONK are so different in genres. Not very good comparison may be. They are different times, different themes.

Might as well compare MASH and Saved by the Bell.

Tchocky · 04-30-06, 09:32 AM

M*A*S*H film was anarchic comic genius, one of my favourite war films, and one of the greatest comedies ever filmed.

the series started out wonderfully, in the same vein as the film and novel, but once Alan Alda picked up a pen, it became moral, didactic rubbish.

Monk, never appealed to me quite as much, but still valid

August · 04-30-06, 09:49 AM

Mash the movie was great. I tried to like the TV series but Alan Alda just irritates the heck out of me. Bad choice for Hawkeye imo.

Torplexed · 04-30-06, 10:12 AM

Frank Burns eats worms. One of my favorite lines.

Type941 · 04-30-06, 10:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Tchocky

but once Alan Alda picked up a pen, it became moral, didactic rubbish.

Ok, I can't stand that guy, only MASH i've seen was with him, and as I find him very annoying. So may be if I saw MASH without him it would have been more interesting, but juding by Alda films, it was very nothing special.

GreyOctober · 04-30-06, 10:49 AM

Definatelly M*A*S*H

Tchocky · 04-30-06, 10:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Type941

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tchocky

but once Alan Alda picked up a pen, it became moral, didactic rubbish.

Ok, I can't stand that guy, only MASH i've seen was with him, and as I find him very annoying. So may be if I saw MASH without him it would have been more interesting, but juding by Alda films, it was very nothing special.

Read Richard Hooker's novel, then watch the film.

Elliott Gould, Donald Sutherland.....cant be bad

04-29-06, 10:06 PM	#1
Bellman Sea Lord Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 1,945 Downloads: 220 Uploads: 0	Mash or Monk ? Did either get you chuckling ? 70s MAS*H or the dysfunctional Monk ? http://www.tv.com/m-a-s-h/show/119/summary.html http://www.thrillingdetective.com/eyes/adrian_monk.html __________________ Liberty, Equality, Fraternity

04-30-06, 02:09 AM	#5
Abraham Eternal Patrol Moderator Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,572 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Mash or Monk ? MAS*H for me, anytime. But then I don't know Monk... __________________ RIP Abraham

04-30-06, 03:35 AM	#6
Type941 Ace of the Deep Join Date: May 2005 Location: U-52 Posts: 1,270 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	MONK all the way, superb, especially the earlier seasons. One of the best syndicated series I watched, MASH - never really got into it, and I don't like the theme of it as much either. I can be wrong ... but I'm not. __________________ Sink the Bismarck SH3 Movie

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kiwi_2005 Eternal Patrol Join Date: May 2004 Location: Aeoteroa Posts: 7,382 Downloads: 223 Uploads: 1	Mash all the way, never heard of Monk. Another favourite although not a comedy, was Kung fu - with grasshopper __________________ RIP kiwi_2005 Those who can't laugh at themselves leave the job to others.

04-30-06, 06:28 AM	#8
STEED Lucky Jack Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down Town UK Posts: 27,695 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 48	MASH Great series from start to finish for my money Ltd/Col. Henry Blake was more funny, more so with Radar. What a double act those two were. One of my favourite episodes is the one where Hawkeye nicks Henry's oak table, cracks me up that one. Don't forget the film MASH got the ball rolling for a TV series. http://www.mash4077.co.uk/index.php __________________ Dr Who rest in peace 1963-2017. To borrow Davros saying...I NAME YOU CHIBNALL THE DESTROYER OF DR WHO YOU KILLED IT!

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blue3golf Weps Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Traverse City, MI Posts: 352 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Loved MASH. I bought all the seasons on DVD. Seen them a million times and still laugh even though I know what joke is coming. Probably one of the most realistic views on how the army is, everything is change 2000.

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Gizzmoe Silent Hunter Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Germany Posts: 3,668 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	I loooooove MASH! In my opinion this is one of the few series where later seasons are better than the early ones. I really prefer Hawkeye/BJ/Charles/Col. Potter to Hawkeye/Trap/Frank/Col. Blake. The mixture of humour and sometimes very tragic scenes is great. I donÂ´t know "Adrian Monk", but it sounds good.

04-29-06, 11:53 PM	#4
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	"It's a Jungle out there..." I loved watching MASH back when it was on the TV in the late 1980s, I wasn't old enough to get a lot of the jokes, but it was still funny. Monk I've watched more recently, BBC1 had it on around 2-3ish on the weekdays...but now they've replaced it with Murder She Wrote

04-30-06, 08:54 AM	#9
Type941 Ace of the Deep Join Date: May 2005 Location: U-52 Posts: 1,270 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	hey, but MASH and MONK are so different in genres. Not very good comparison may be. They are different times, different themes. Might as well compare MASH and Saved by the Bell. __________________ Sink the Bismarck SH3 Movie

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Tchocky Navy Seal Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 5,874 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	MAS*H film was anarchic comic genius, one of my favourite war films, and one of the greatest comedies ever filmed. the series started out wonderfully, in the same vein as the film and novel, but once Alan Alda picked up a pen, it became moral, didactic rubbish. Monk, never appealed to me quite as much, but still valid __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]

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August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,197 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Mash the movie was great. I tried to like the TV series but Alan Alda just irritates the heck out of me. Bad choice for Hawkeye imo. __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.

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Torplexed Let's Sink Sumptin' ! Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 5,823 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	Frank Burns eats worms. One of my favorite lines.

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GreyOctober Sonar Guy Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Bucharest, Romania Posts: 394 Downloads: 30 Uploads: 0	Definatelly MAS*H __________________