The movie and TV show seem to be completely about something different. In the REAL army of that period, their shenanigans would have them in court-martial in less time than you could say 'I like Ike.' Everyone excepting Radar, Father Mulchay and Spearchucker comes across as stuck-up morons.

I guess they feel they are such good surgeons that they don't have to obey any Army regulations. Hawkeye and Trapper just walk over anyone and everybody to have their way. In the movie however, despite Trapper avenging Frank's blaming an intern for a soldiers death and Hawkeye's helping Painless's 'problem', I found the movie's characters extremely self-centered, hard-nosed, mean-spirited and hubristic. The first deployment of a MASH unit occurred during the Korean War.

Michael Debakey, these mobile units were fully self-contained, working medical hospitals. Hawkeye, Trapper or BJ might have teased Frank, Hot Lips or Winchester, but always with a twinkle in their eye. When was the first MASH unit in the US Army First established in 1945 by Dr. The TV show's characters had a warmth and comradeship, especially in the later seasons. I too, like another reviewer, had seen this pic only after being accustomed to the TV series.

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