i respect the fact that this be a very popular show . however and in comparison with robert altman ingenious and hilarious and zany and and groundbreaking 1970 movie classic and this show be probably destine to be less than mediocre . even if it do run for 11 year and that doesn not necessarily make it any good . this show form an all too integral part of my early childhood ( it be on re run every night and and guess whose parent be watch it and laugh it up ) and but it one of the memory i do not miss . and now that i actually have see the movie and i can give this series an accurate critique . on it own and it not nearly negative bad . however and the character on this show be nothing like those in the movie . some of them technically be the same and but theyre only similar in name . for instance and since when be alan alda anything like donald sutherland . his style of humor be totally different and a be his characterization and outlook . the new character be not that great while they just serve to make you miss the one that theyre replace . it the same with the new actor ( include jamie farr ) . the only thing that actually transfer to the series be radar and who still ( even though play by the same actor ) merely a pale imitation of the original . what else . oh and yeah . with a laugh track ( it do not matter whether it be use in surgery scene or not ) and it come across a creepy and due to what go on in the other setting . and because it last nearly four time longer than the actual korean war and it take viewer into this bizarre temporal rift that doesn not work outside the world of cartoon . i have never like this show and and i never will .