Alan Alda

Alan Alda, who portrayed Captain Hawkeye Pierce on the TV series M*A*S*H, co-wrote 18 episodes and directed 32. The series lasted eight years longer than the actual Korean War. The finale is still the most watched TV episode in American history. Alda is the only actor to have Emmys for acting, writing, and directing in the same series. We’ll find out how he got the part. Was he in the army? Do you know what M*A*S*H means? Did any of the events on M*A*S*H really happen in the Korean War? All that plus some very personal comments from Alda.