# Things that bother me about M asterisk A asterisk S asterisk H (the TV show)

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**Tags:** tv-shows-scripted
**Created:** [June 4, 2021, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-bother-me-about-m-asterisk-a-asterisk-s-asterisk-h-the-tv-show/943583 "2021-06-04T02:10:13Z")
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### Author: ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)
#### Post date: [June 7, 2021, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-bother-me-about-m-asterisk-a-asterisk-s-asterisk-h-the-tv-show/943583/146 "2021-06-07T13:35:15Z")

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I have a cite:

> [@Embarassingly obvious question about M\*A\*S\*H](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarassingly-obvious-question-about-m-a-s-h/760253/29):
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> Max Klinger may have spawned from one of the stories the pair related to co-creator Gene Reynolds, that of an otherwise shy and straight-laced doctor named Hall [who dressed up one Halloween as Marilyn Monroe](https://www.awesomestories.com/images/user/1b41937cdb.jpg).

> **[Rowdy medical unit inspired 'M\*A\*S\*H'](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2013/07/01/korean-war-inspired-mash/2480507/)**
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> Indiana couple served on Korean War medical unit that helped inspire 'M\*A\*S\*H.'

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