Alan Alda

Alan Alda and Mike Farrell came together on Saturday to mark the 50th anniversary of TV show M*A*S*H and celebrate its legacy.

Klinger and Father Mulcahy respectively over the years, while David Ogden Stiers came onboard as Major Charles Emerson Winchester III in season five. Potter), while Loretta Swit (as nurse Major Margaret ‘Hot Lips’ Houlihan) stayed with the show throughout its entirety. Henry Blake), Larry Linville (Major Frank Burns), Gary Burghoff (as Cpl. [William Christopher](https://metro.co.uk/2017/01/01/william-christopher-who-played-father-mulcahy-in-mash-dies-aged-84-6354618/) recurred as Cpl. Walter ‘Radar’ O’Reilly) and Harry Morgan (Col. [replacing Wayne Rogers’ ‘Trapper’ John McIntyre ](https://metro.co.uk/2016/01/01/mash-star-wayne-rogers-better-known-as-trapper-john-mcintyre-has-died-5595000/)as Hawkeye’s fellow surgeon and best friend, and also dipping his toe in writing and directing on the show.

Mike Farrell and Alan Alda had a toast to commemorate the 50th anniversary of M*A*S*H premiering on television.

"I got the script submitted to me when I was making a movie in the Utah State Prison. I think that seeps into the unconscious of the audience." MASH was a great gift to us," Alda said in the tweet. They can be seen enjoying some wine, as if there was ever a perfect time to have a toast, it would be on the 50th anniversary of M*A*S*H. On the day of the 50th anniversary, Alda posted an image on Twitter of himself alongside Farrell, revealing that the two reunited for the special day. 17, 1972, the show aired its first episode, serving as a spinoff of the M*A*S*H movie that was released in 1970.

M*A*S*H celebrated its 50th anniversary on Saturday. Two of the show's longest-running surviving stars, Alan Alda and Mike Farrell, reunited to celebrate ...

"I had a letter from a man who complained that he had to console his 10-year-old son who was sobbing. "It shocked the audience, too," Alda told the Times. And it was the best script I had seen since I'd been in prison," Alda called in a new interview with One reason why the show continues to resonate is the reality embedded in the storylines, Alda said. The series finale, "Goodbye, Farewell and Amen," still holds the record for the most-watched scripted episode in the history of U.S. [McLean Stevenson](https://www.nytimes.com/1996/02/17/arts/mclean-stevenson-dies-at-66-star-of-tv-s-m-a-s-h-series.html)) died. "I called my wife and I said: 'This is a terrific script, but I don't see how I can do it. It could run a whole year.' To go from that to 50 years later, it's still getting, not only attention but it's still getting an audience, is a surprise." Two of the show's longest-running surviving stars, [Alan Alda](https://popculture.com/tv-shows/news/alan-alda-speaks-out-after-death-of-mash-co-star-kellye-nakahara/) and Mike Farrell, reunited to celebrate the occasion. [Alda, 86](https://popculture.com/celebrity/news/mash-star-alan-alda-reveals-parkinsons-diagnosis/), starred in all 256 episodes as Capt. The two stars clinked wine glasses and smiled for the camera. [M*A*S*H](https://popculture.com/movies/news/sally-kellerman-mash-back-to-school-star-dead-84/) celebrated its 50th anniversary on Saturday.