MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors "In addition to the original manuscript of "MASH" by Richard Hooker, the works of Mr. Longfellow, a nineteenth-century poet and writer, are on display in the fictitious Androscoggin College Library". (Androscoggin is the "alma mater" of Hawkeye Pierce.) MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors is a 1968 novel by Richard Hooker (the pen name for former military surgeon Dr. H. Richard Hornberger and writer W. C. Heinz) which is notable as the inspiration for the feature film "MASH" (1970) and TV series "M*A*S*H". The novel is about a fictional U.S. Mobile Army
The Powers That Be (TV series) the actors, Joseph Gordon-Levitt took a role in "3rd Rock from the Sun", Robin Bartlett played a recurring part on "Mad About You", Peter MacNicol would soon reach fame with a similar eccentric character (as John Cage) in FOX's "Ally McBeal", and David Hyde Pierce was chosen for his role as Niles Crane in the series "Frasier" partly on the basis of his work in this program. Holland Taylor also went on to greater sitcom stardom later in the CBS sitcom "Two and a Half Men". The Powers That Be (TV series) The Powers That Be is an American sitcom