>>Actually the earlier shows of M*A*S*H, pre-Honeycutt episodes, were very good... IMO.
>>Hawk-Eye, "Trapper John" McIntire, Frank Burns and Henry Blake characters made that show so good in it's early days.
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>>Then it started to go down hill when "Trapper" left the show.....
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>I think that's when Alan Alda took over. Once all the morality lessons started seeping in, that's when I lost interest.

Alen Alda "Hawkeye Pierce" was on the show from the beginning.