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Alan Alda Commemorates 50 Years Of ‘M*A*S*H’, Recalls Emotional Episode That ‘Shocked’ Viewers

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Alan Alda is looking back on one of the most emotional scenes that occurred on “M*A*S*H”‘s 11-season run. In honour of the show’s 50th anniversary on Sept.

17- exactly 50 years since the first episode premiered on Sept. 17, 1972- Alda reflected on an unexpected scene that “shocked the audience,” telling The New York Times it was when Colonel Henry Blake suddenly died.

The character was portrayed by late actor McLean Stevenson. “[Co-creator Larry Gelbart] showed me the scene. I think [it was] the morning of the shoot.

I knew, but nobody else knew. He wanted to get everybody’s first-time reactions,” Alda, 86, recalled. “And it really affected [co-star] Gary Burghoff on camera.

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