Alan Alda on the process of learning lines with the ensemble cast of M*A*S*H and the importance of laughter with fellow actors
05:08
Alan Alda on the relationship between the writers and the actors on M*A*S*H, as facilitated by director Gene Reynolds
03:46
Alan Alda on his fidelity to Larry Gelbart's script to the extent that he spoke a typo on M*A*S*H: "Larry wrote it, so I said it"
02:18
Alan Alda on the way improvisation was incorporated into the classic M*A*S*H episode "The Interview"
01:46
Alan Alda on the approach of making a comedy show about war in developing M*A*S*H
04:36
Alan Alda on the way Larry Gelbart got around the censors to use the word "virgin" in an episode of M*A*S*H
01:14
Alan Alda on the research done on M*A*S*H
00:32
Alan Alda on the network's objection to the sight of a jock strap on an episode of M*A*S*H
01:48
Alan Alda on his M*A*S*H character, "Hawkeye" Pierce
02:59
Alan Alda on getting shots just as the sun set while directing M*A*S*H
01:51
Alan Alda on his impressions of M*A*S*H producer Gene Reynolds
02:29
Alan Alda on M*A*S*H show creator/writer Larry Gelbart
01:39
Alan Alda on the philosophy behind adding new characters to M*A*S*H
00:41
Alan Alda on M*A*S*H executive producer Burt Metcalfe
01:09
Alan Alda on working out a scene with Wayne Rogers on M*A*S*H, after shooting for the satisfaction of getting it right
01:43
Alan Alda on Loretta Swit's contribution to making her M*A*S*H character three-dimensional.
01:37
Alan Alda on working with Harry Morgan on M*A*S*H, and Morgan's sense of humor
01:28
Alan Alda on the M*A*S*H episode "Sometimes You Hear the Bullet"-- its dramatic significance and Alda's critique of a scene in which he cries on camera
01:23
Alan Alda on writing the M*A*S*H episode "Dear Sigmund" and the performance of Allan Arbus as "Major Sidney Freedman"
02:14
Alan Alda on the M*A*S*H episode "Inga"
01:07
Alan Alda on the content and the shooting of the last scene shot of M*A*S*H
04:03
Alan Alda on the M*A*S*H finale
02:14
Alan Alda on how CBS believed in M*A*S*H despite initial low ratings
00:58
Alan Alda on why M*A*S*H was a successful television show
02:04