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
Doctor in the House (TV series) London (now Clock Court). The plot revolved around the trials of medical students at St Swithin's hospital in London. Well-known actors David Jason ("Only Fools and Horses"), and James Beck ("Dad's Army"), both appeared in the 1970 Series 2 episode: "What Seems to be the Trouble?". Series 1 Series 2 Doctor in the House (TV series) Doctor in the House is a British television comedy series based on a set of books and a film of the same name by Richard Gordon about the misadventures of a group of medical students. It was produced by London Weekend Television from 1969