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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.

Mike Farrell (left) and Alan Alda (right, with co-star Loretta Swit in 1975) reunited in honor of the 50th anniversary of M*A*S*H. (Photo: Silver Screen ...

The actor joined the show as a new sidekick for Hawkeye following the departure of Wayne Rogers, who played Capt. [Alan Alda](https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/tagged/alan-alda) and Mike Farrell reunited on Saturday to mark the 50th anniversary of [M*A*S*H](https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/tagged/mash), which premiered on Sept. After a contract dispute with producers, Rogers’s role was recast a few years later for the spinoff Trapper John, M.D. Alda, who played Capt. A spinoff of Robert Altman’s 1970 film of the same name, the CBS series about medics in the Korean War ran for 11 seasons and is regarded as having one of the most viewed, and critically lauded, finales in television history. Mike Farrell and I today toasting the 50th anniversary of the show that changed our lives – and our brilliant pals who made it what it was.

Mike Farrell (left) and Alan Alda (right, with co-star Loretta Swit in 1975) reunited to celebrate 50th anniversary of M*A*S*H. (Photo: Silver Screen.

Alda, who also wrote and directed several episodes of M*A*S*H, won five Emmys during its time on the show and is the only series to appear regularly in every episode of the 1972-1983 series. After a contract dispute with producers, Rogers’ role was recast for the film a few years later. Actors Alan Alda and Mike Farrell reunited on Saturday to mark the 50th anniversary of M*A*S*Hwhich premiered on September 17, 1972.

There were some war stories shared for sure this weekend, as Alan Alda and Mike Farrell (aka Hawkeye Pierce and Mike Hunnicutt on the show) reunited to ...

It remains the most-watched finale of any television series and scripted series. It followed a team of doctors and support staff stationed in South Korea during the Korean War from 1950-1953. 1983 as a spin-off of the film and book of the same name.