M*A*S*H

Cultural  

1. A film and later a television series about the staff of a battlefield hospital during the Korean War; M*A*S*H is an acronym for “m obile a rmy s urgical h ospital.” The film and the television program offered humor and serious observations about politics, love, friendship, and war.

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Example Sentences

He played sports as a child but was inspired to go into medicine after growing up watching TV comedy “M*A*S*H” about combat doctors in the Korean War.

From The Wall Street Journal

Whatever happens to CBS News under its new conservative overlords, nothing the former Tiffany Network — home once to “M*A*S*H” and “All in the Family” — airs now on its prime-time schedule could be seen as objectionable, except by racists, homophobes, misogynists and the most extremely prudish.

From Los Angeles Times

“Doctor Strangelove,” “Catch-22,” and “M*A*S*H” collide in British journalist Phoebe Greenwood’s blistering debut novel, “Vulture,” a darkly comic, searing satire grounded in historic politics, suffused with incipient journalism and imbued with self-aggrandizement.

From Los Angeles Times

Loretta Swit, beloved for her groundbreaking role as Major Margaret “Hot Lips” Houlihan on M*A*S*H, died on May 30, 2025.

From Salon

Though set during the Korean War, M*A*S*H spoke to a generation grappling with Vietnam, Watergate, and shifting social norms.

From Salon