M*A*S*H Pilot Episode Intro/Opening
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- , M*A*S*H is a 1972-1983 American television series developed by Larry Gelbart, adapted from the 1970 feature film MASH, which, in turn, was based on the 1968 novel MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors, by Richard Hooker).starring Alan Alda as Hawkeye Pierece, Loretta Swit as Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan,
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Song: Johnny Mandel - Suicide is Painless
What I love about this series is when they don’t have injures they are just chilling and fooling around. But when the helicopters appears over the hill they go full serious mode.
I was just thinking the exact same thing.
During the Korean and VietNam War the MASH hospital people could be seen looking north towards the fighting awaiting the incoming wounded
even klinger despite trying for a section 8 was always serious when it counted
I remember TV Guide always had the description Comedy-Drama, I dont know why I always thought that was weird when I was little
I agree .... it's a beautiful "sitcom" !!!
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Ther's a 4D version here where the comments are switched off !!!!
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The detail is beyond belief ... and there's no other place i would ever want to be than in the real life situation !!!
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I've had my life saved on multiple occasions at Wales NHS hospitals so i know the feeling !!!
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NINE "blood taps" to keep me alive :-)
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And the doctors were "COOL" ... lol ... i love em mate !!!
I love how the first couple of minutes of the first season perfectly sets the tone of the entire show.
Alan Alda simply irreplaceable ❤️ you
Remember the series was based on a hugely popular movie (which was based on a novel), so a lot of people watching the original broadcast would have seen the movie and/or read the book and would already know the characters very well. The show’s writers needed for this opening sequence to hook those viewers right away. For example, a viewer who loved Donald Sutherland as Hawkeye would need to accept Alan Alda in the same role, or else that viewer would be lost right from the start. What the writers needed to do was not only get those viewers to accept Alan Alda, but also make them like Alda enough they would want to keep watching. And of course they had to do this with each character, since almost all of them were played by different actors than in the movie.
This intro to the TV series really could not have been more perfect in doing the job it needed to do.
Yes, but the characters started to all blend together and turn into clones of Hawkeye as the series wore on. That tends to happen on TV series as they go on - the characters lose their distinctiveness. Even Major Winchester, who came in later as a snob, started to turn into Hawkeye. The show was still watchable, but I wish they had kept the characters separate.
This opening, like the whole series, is something special.
The show got much worse before it got somewhat better. For example, the verite style of camerawork in this opening is something they damn well should have continued, and didn't.
@@Wiley_Coyote Completely disagree, the first 3 seasons are some of the best television in history.
@@saiya2521 Ive seen the first 3 seasons at least 5 times but I could never finish the rest, i tried S04 but it didnt feel right without Blake.
I agree. Mash was the best
This series should be in reruns, for eternity. Its lessons were timeless.
Still is.
@@CraigMcfly1985let's hope in another 50 years it is
I couldn’t agree more ! Life in simpler times ….. I’ll never get tired of watching MASH 🫡
@@retiredveteran6812Just the first 4 seasons - I never liked the "dramedy" years later on
In 2050!
This show is remembered by a lot of folks as a comedy, but this opening is just so heartbreaking to me.
The show is actually a dramedy basically it tried to balance comedy with hard-hitting drama. But yes most people remember just the comedy.
It's Comedy Drama.
The Vietnam war was still ticking away. Then coincidentally during the end of Vietnam, Nixon was on his way of getting DXed. If I'm not mistaken Nixon was ousted before the last helicopter left Vietnam.
Anyways, yeah it wasn't a good idea to produce a TV series about war then. Especially after _'Hogan's Heroes'_ and _'Gomer Pyle USMC'_ both successfully treaded around the subject in a careful manner.
Edit: yeah, I forgot about _'McHale's Navy'_ and _'SGT Bilko'_ ... as they were really the pioneers of sit-com military/war entertainment.
@@maxmulsanne7054 the US won the Vietnam war in the Paris Peace Talks. The VC had been destroyed by closing their flanking path through Laos and Cambodia. South Vietnam was secured with a DMZ just like S Korea. The US was to intervene or at least replace equipment if the NVA crossed the neutral zone.
Then the Democrat controlled 94th Congress passed the War Powers Act...remember it was LBJ and a Democrat congress that had authorized the beginnings of the war for the US in 1964.
Nixon resigned over WG. Ford took over. That was seen as an opportunity by the NVA. They restarted the war by crossing the DMZ. Congress refused to let Ford replace lost hardware or intervene as the treaty had called for. The SVA couldn't stand up to them. The remaining US observers, Saigon airport troops and embassy troops finally pulled out chaotically with SV civilians and SVA trying desperately to get a ride to the US fleet and Tokyo. Then SV civilians started fleeing by overloaded fishing boats. That was 75 if i recall.
Doesn't that sound familiar?
Spin it baby. Trump is still a traitor. A rapist too. Ask E Jean Carroll.. @@STho205
Just to give you an idea how big MASH was :
The final episode in 1983 was watched by almost half the US population at the time.
40 years later and it's still the largest number of people ever to have watched a prime-time television episode.
I remember it vividly, here in Australia. 'Goodbye, Farewell, and Amen'. I think i have watched the entire series at least three times...
*When this show comes on at night that's mean its past our bedtime..*
90's kids moments..
And now this 90’s kid watches it before going to bed. 😉
1 of my favorite shows ever.
My dad was in Korea and let me stay up to watch it.
And this 60-70s kid saw the movie and the series with my Dad.....
Growing up in the 70's when this show started it meant it was time for me to head to bed. I would slowly climb the stairs and listen to the theme song. I knew the song well but had no idea what the show was about for a few years!
Same here but an early 2000s baby kinda nostalgic hearing the intro as I’d always sleep or wake up to watch my favourite shows and this would be before or after depending when I’d wake up really early during the morning or sleep late during weekends
Father Mulcahy going to swat a fly and reflexively doing the sign of the cross is hilarious.
😆😆😆😆
The Father Mulcahy in this first episode was played by George Morgan (he had no lines but was in several scenes). By the third episode he was replaced by William Christopher who played him for the remaining seasons till the finale. He IS however in every episode because he is part of the group going to the helicopter with Hawkeye in the opening credits.
Hahaha wow i never noticed all these years xD
@@trimule in the movie he was Clayton from Benson.
@@trimule Funny thing: Radar is seen going up the steps until long after he had gone home. Plus Gary Burghoff is credited for some 8 or more episodes after his finale.
The iconic music will be forever remembered as the introduction to one of the greatest TV comedy/dramas ever.
"Suicide is Painless" - for those who didn't already know
@@RacerSpeed2020 Lyrics written by the teenage son of the movie's director, Robert Altman. Though featured in the film, the lyrics were never heard on the TV show. Because of copyright rules, however, the lyricist is entitled to a cut whenever the music is played, whether in the original run or in reruns. Alman once joked that the generous sum he was paid to direct the movie was nothing compared to what his son earned for writing "Suicide is Painless". Great words and a fantastic score.
The guitar was performed by Tommy Tedesco, and The Wrecking Crew. The son of Tommy made The Wrecking Crew documentary, it's on HULU and is excellent, especially if you love the music of the 60s.
@@murraystewartjAll true except for the amount that Altman was paid to direct the film being generous. It was $75,000, the DGA Guild minimum for directing a feature film in 1970. Altman’s only previous film credit had been a critical and commercial failure, so directing MASH was kind of a Hail Mary pass for him. Due to its use on the TV series, the theme music wound up netting Michael Altman over $1 million in residual payments over the years.
On this day in 1983, a record-breaking 106 million Americans tune in to watch the final episode of M*A*S*H. Set during the Korean War, the series ran 11 years; the war itself spanned just three.
Its the best pilot ive ever seen for a show..
@@Fqllout You mean finale .
A record that's never been broken since by any tv show. Only by a Superbowl.
In 1983, you were considered lucky if you had 6 TV channels, Though 10% of households were connected to a cable network, it was mainly just a copy of the broadcast networks, cable networks were just in it's infancy. Most Americans only got CBS, ABC, NBS, PBS and two or three UHF channels. Very limited things to watch.
Book was set in Vietnam but the war was still too hurtful so for the film and TV they just put the Korea war......great show but the film was brilliant
Alan Alda and Loretta Swit were the only two cast members to be in the entire show from pilot to finale, and Alan Alda was the only member to appear in every episode.
Klinger ?
@@daveyboy_ He didn’t appear in the pilot, though I did read he provided the voice for the PA system in several episodes including the pilot
your forgetting that the guy who played radar is the only actor from the movie to play the same character.
lol I made the same comment right before I saw yours!! Should have realized someone would have beaten me to the punch!
@@daveyboy_ he was only supposed to be in 1 episode, spent the whole series trying to get out of Korea and in the end is the only one who stays behind
Think about how much they introduced in just over two minutes while barely speaking a word. Outstanding story telling.
I used to watch this show with my dad. He was a Korean War vet and loved the show. He died in 1986. I can’t hear this song and not get a little sad.
Me too. I watched it with my dad. He actually was "Radar" in a mobile medical unit in South Korea.
What a smooth opening sequence. And so interesting to see all of the major characters from the film here in the pilot, many of whom didn't make the transition to the regular series. LOVED Seasons 1 - 3, tolerated the series after that, later learning to appreciate Col. Potter, BJ Hunicutt, & Maj. Winchester. Was part of the massive last episode audience. We don't watch TV like that anymore.
I grew up on the Potter/Hunnicut/Winchester episodes. Only last year after not seeing a single episode for 40 years did I acquire a box set of the first series. Unexpected early characters but just as good as the later ones. Saw the feature film for the first time sometime in the 1980s and disliked it intensely. Once they started with the football thing I just got bored.
@@3replybiz oh my god, you should watch again. You must have had something distracting on your mind, or perhaps you watched the pan-and-scan version, which isn’t good with a pic like this one that imparts so much info through the images. I would urge you to watch the picture again, and be sure you have the widescreen version.
TV like this cant exist anymore... itd never get greenlit
One of the greatest shows to see television
it sure is '"you tell em ferret face "
RIKO THE MAN agree and im 10
The writers sure messed up one hell of and original cast though when they made Hawkeye the main character and gave him all the best scenes and jokes over Col. Blake and Trappers characters. Those 3 guys were comedy gold along with the other cast members.
@@marcusaurelius8717 and they proved it by leaving the show and having STELLAR careers afterwards. 🙄
David Ogden Stiers and Mike Farrell were more than happy to step into the void and play second-fiddle to Alda.
Same with Harry Morgan. He played second banana to Jack Webb on DRAGNET and knew it wasn't such a bad gig. 😉
@Unsesquipedalian no, it’s not the movie. Different cast, for one thing.
50th anniversary this week. Greatest show ever. Only about 28 years left
Holy shit you're right! I hope someone goes to this State Park in California to recreate & film this scene in 2050.
When i was a young kid, I watched MASH for the first time. I was always really impressed with all those running medical personnel. Gave me the feeling they had no time to lose for the patients that came in.
You got the good feeling. ;)
I can't tell you how many hundreds of times I watched the show without realizing Radar had a football under his right arm as he watched the copters arriving.
The actor Gary Burghoff was born with a hand deformity and went to great lengths to hide his hand during scenes showing Radar whether it was holding a clipboard or something. Gary’s hand is deformed.
@@scottknode898 Yeah that's not what they're talking about though. I think it's that we all know the opening scene but this shows the moments leading up to it and now we'll all see the football (for those of us that never noticed it).
Korea, 1950
A hundred years ago.
Still makes me laugh : D
In one of the last Episodes they buried a time capsule so it makes Sense.
@Gold Talon lol yea right as a kid I used to get pissed when this show came on 😆
@@guineapigsrock6182 i agree..another 29 years to go😄😄30.10.2021 Saturday😉😉
We're only 27 years away from 1950 being 100 years ago. I hope in 2050 MASH fans go to the park that MASH was filmed at in California & film themselves recreating this scene
Father Mulcahy was played by George Morgan in the "M*A*S*H" TV pilot as he was replaced by the late great William Christopher who took over the role for the rest of the shows run.
I always had this theory that this was the pilot that was shown to the heads of Fox. But they didn't have time to reshoot the pilot and just went with this because if you look at this episode and then the next episode the actors look somewhat younger in this one, then in the next episode the characters look somewhat older.
@@TheStewieOne Well, the pilot was apparently filmed almost a year before the show debuted in September 1972. I read this pilot was filmed in December 1971, so 9 months out.
The Padre was known as Django Red!
@@charlesreed3672 That's "Dago Red" a slang term at some time in earlier 20th century for 'cheap Italian red wine".
@@WendyCR72 That's typical for "pilot season." Not only to R&D, film, and tweak, but to sell -- and then tweak some more.
‘The game of life is hard to play, I’m gonna lose it anyway, the losing card I’ll someday lay’
What an iconic opening scene for a great show. Having done the M*A*S*H hike a couple times, and looking at those same rugged hills that Radar O'Reilly was looking at, I always felt like I was transported to the 1950s and could almost hear those choppers coming.
Today in 1972, American TV viewers are introduced to the doctors and nurses of the fictional Korean War army hospital M*A*S*H 4077. The sitcom, which is based on a 1968 novel and 1970 film, runs 11 years and chalks up more than 100 Emmy nominations.
Happy 50th Anniversary M*A*S*H!
With these people, television wouldn't be what it is today. This show is pure sitcom gold
Don't know why this show garners the love it receives. Beyond season 3, Mash was the most over hyped, over rated piece of melo dramatic drivel to hit the air waves.
@@loujaffee9125 it definitely peaked in season 3, you are 100% right. After that it became the alan alda show.
So sad to hear about the loss of Johnny Mandel today June30 2020, Rest in peace to a brilliant Composer!!!!
😮 This is the first I've heard of it
Outstanding opening! The whole dramaturgy of daily life on a battlefield, the unique combination of situational comedy and the awful dehumanization of war is so on point!!
A fond memory of my youth was hiking to the film site to see them shoot an episode. Quite a bit remained for years after the series ended. There are still some bits and pieces(an old hospital Jeep for one), but now even the helo pad has grown back to nature.
One of the greatest shows of all time. Nothing could surpass this. The opening is good. Plus when Hawkeye state Trapper run to the choppers. They made things so realistic, you forget the patient didn't really get injured or the didn't die.
You've made an excellent point. This really WAS one of the greatest TV shows of all time!! I always forget about MASH. The Simpsons, The Sopranos, Arrested Development, MASH....huh...I don't include Seinfeld although MANY would...what else?
@@wangson only fool and horses
You "forgot" that nobody was injured or died? Are you serious?
@@jk-kr8jt What I meant is that the actors performance was very authentic. I forget that the actors playing the characters don't actually die. I feel the urgency and emotions portrayed by the doctors.
@@calebduprest6438 i see. I never get that feeling but i rarely watch tv or movies, just not something that thrills me.
These two minutes 30 seconds brings pure joy to my spirit... Gulf war veteran-- Field Artillery 24th infantry Div
Tony - Thank-You
Thank you for your service, Tony! 🌺🇺🇸
@@hallieharker4384 yes thank you for your support!
@@tonyg4438 You're welcome!
Thank you!!!!
Huh, never knew the opening was actually part of an extended sequence, cool.
It was rarely ever seen when the show went into syndication. They used the opening from a regular episode for the pilot ep.
R.I.P. Timothy Brown (Spearchucker Jones)
I didn't realize that his name was racist til i got older 😂
@@1snorelax the in-canon explanation is that he's actually called that because he's so good at football
but yeah, it's pretty racist >_>
It's a holdover from the book, which paints several of the characters in a manner that reads to modern sensibilities as much less 'heroic' than they're generally shown in the series. Hawkeye in particular is kind of a shitter.
@@SavageGreywolf holy shit had no idea about that :) didn't even know there was a book wow going to look for it now to read
I read that the character got the name from competing at javelin.
@@SavageGreywolf He's called spearchucker because he was a javelin thrower as well as a footballer in college.
Wow, you can really see the deformity of Gary Bergoff's left hand in the full opening. After this, notice that in all episodes after, his left hand is always covered somehow.
Mash represents being with my divorced dad on weekends, although over the years, me and my father have had a strained relationship, I still love him. He verbally abused me when i was growing up, but i still look back and smile at the best moments during those weekends, watching the 89 batman movie with him, watching Mash and the brady bunch. Playing with my toy cars and laughing at his jokes, My father is a flawed man but he made those weekends great. My love for comic books came from him, he got me into cars and i know studying to become a auto technician. He caused my depression that I’m still fighting, I cut ties with him three times but I will always love my father.
Know when people say they don't make things like they used to? M*A*S*H* is a textbook example of what they mean.
I think anyone watching this as it first aired knew they were about to embark on something pretty remarkable given the opening. But even then we truly had no idea. What an amazing show.
Plus the fact that we were embroiled in another conflict not far from the setting of this show, that was a bold move in deciding to create/air this series. Many folks were learning sadly firsthand that the comedy was not part of the daily routine for most in uniform. I have seen every episode.. then once in a while they air one that I'll be damned I don't remember seeing!
Yes and that was a reoccurring theme for most of the shows of the time. it was during a the end of the transition period where TV shows were corp owned for advertising purposes of their products. to a network owned version.
These days we have either ... liver or fish.
I can't imagine how many ppl been in and out of this tv series.. I still love this even when it turns 50 in sept
Always watched the beginning, then my dad would turn over he couldn't watch it said to many memories
Was he in the war?
@@ExplorerDS6789 yes Korean
Well, then I'm sure your dad would agree that in real life, someone like Hawkeye would've gotten his ass kicked on a daily basis.
Yes, I remember when I would watch this with my Grandparents my Grandfathed could never watch the begining either for he was also in the Korean War
@@ExplorerDS6789 Hawkeye isn't that bad of a soldier plus he expresses many times he doesn't want to be in the war
That's former Philadelphia Eagles' star Timothy Brown as Spearchucker, throwing the football. He was the fourth man in the Swamp for 6 episodes before being dropped from the series.
It's a shame. He seemed like a pretty cool guy, not to mention handsome. He could've played "straight man" to Hawkey and Trapper. I like to call him "Chucker Jones" to go with the theme of name, "Trapper John".
I miss this show and i miss radar
Botts King me too
Botts King you can go to this link and watch it, I’m sending the link I use to get to my current place. But type in, “M*A*S*H,” and then click on what pops up and choose which season you wanna watch. 123movies.lt/episodes/mash-season-8-episode-2/?watching=ldMdiz8Dyr7F5aPgmFClQXTeq
Bradley Porter lol i bought them all already
@@bradleyporter5454 soap2day works better for M*A*S*H and all the episodes are on Hulu
In just 28 years, 1950 really will be a hundred years ago.
So Trapper John had the first spoken word of the series, huh?
Actually spoken number. "4"
k ma 😁👍🏼
@@kma5699 lol.
@@kma5699 fore
And Hawkeye head the last spoken word, “What?”
This is one of my favorite TV shows!!! Always great when it comes on!!!.....😁😁
seeing the original cast is like seeing family, Henry, Trapper, Hawk, Spearchucker, Frank💜🤗
SUPER RARE shot of Gary Burghoff's left hand (catching the football). The shots were usually framed with that hand off camera.....
came here to say the same thing. They normally hid it.
Didn’t keep him from being a decent drummer, he got to show off his skills on the show a few times. A bit more trivia, before this, he was drumming for a band whose singer was a young actress named Linda Carter.
Wow, did he have an injury or birth defect?
I believe a birth defect
@@wannamontana4130 it poland syndrome
At university, every Tuesday evening, we all gathered and watched MASH
The first three seasons of this show were possibly some of the funniest shows ever on tv.
You know all these years of watching this great show I always heard that radar had a mesed up hand and finally actually see a clear shot of it during the football game.
That's because Gary Burghoff (aka: Radar) was born with a deformed hand on his left side.
You're right. His fingers are cut off. Didn't know. Thanks.
In real life he probably wouldn't have been aloud to pass the Physical to be sent to the real North Korea. Maybe that was aloud then > ?
As a clerk doing administrative tasks sure. For regular infantry no.
I think it did say in the documentary that they did try and hide it as much as they could for that reason
The 1st 3 seasons were the best. I have the DVD box collection w/ deleted scenes, the deleted scenes added into the episodes were HYSTERICAL to say the least & added so much more to each episode.
I'm with you, I prefer "Funny 'MASH'". While I appreciate it for having a lot of great drama and stuff, I always preferred to leave the TV with a smile on my face. Plus, the Korean War lasted only a few years, anyway.
I'm one of those weirdos who pretend there are two different MASH continuities. I cut off the last couple of minutes of "Abyssinia, Henry" so the whole 3 season series of lighthearted, zany, goofy 'MASH' ends with Blake happily going home and the war ending soon after.
"Funny 'MASH'" is the "prime" continuity while the rest of the shows run takes place in an alternate universe where the Korean War lasted over a decade and the decade was a weird hybrid of the Fifties and Seventies.
This "Two Universes" concept can also explain away continuity errors concerning characters, their backgrounds, etc. I mean, how can an adorkable nerdy psychic kid regain his virginity (I think it was implied somewhere that Radar did 'do it' at one point in his life but in the seasons after 3, he's a complete ingenue who knew nothing of sex)?
I also like the idea of people being goofy as a means of warding off stuff like PSTD... and succeeding ... instead of succumbing with stuff about a dead baby being a chicken.
While I appreciate the show's entire run (even the silly first 3 seasons) for its message of "War is Hell" and how it messes you up, I confess to being a pushover for happy endings and hope. "MASH" caters to all temperaments.
I prefer "Funny MASH" because it shows people overcoming the darkness. It still states that war is hell, but it also shows people responding to the malefic darkness by laughing in its face. It's a nice, positive message.
I like seeing Hawkeye being a silly lovable but kind-hearted scamp and Klinger the silly weirdo who's always cooking up some zany scheme to get Section 8 (while being a fabulous proud crossdressing icon!). I like Burns being an annoying "ferret face" and Radar being a combo of innocent but naughty with genuine psychic powers. I like Henry as the befuddled head guy with the fisherman's hat.
Fun fact; the song used for the opening, "Suicide is Painless", which was originally written for the movie that inspired the show, was actually written by the directors 14 year old son. He has continued to get royalties for the use of the song and has made over 2 million dollars from it.
Thanks, did not know that!
This opening gave me stress. I didn't understand the show as a kid and was scared of it. I watched the whole series 😭 decades later in order without spoilers. Man the feels.
Wait why did it scare you??💀
Very, very interesting. You can tell where the producers made edits for the opening credits as the series progressed.
I literally was just thinking the original had Hawkeye and Trapper both in their Hawaiian shirts… and after they brought BJ on they had to redo that clip🤷🏻♀️
My mom loved Radar or as she called him, "Little Radar" or "Poor little Radar". It was so touching when Radar left Korea he left behind him Teddy Bear. Of course it wasn't the original Teddy Bear. I seem to remember that Radar's bear went to the Smithsonian.
This show is one great TV shows of all time truly what a show what a great wonderful time I still witch it on TV to this day how mine more people which this show and still love it
Just finished the series for the first time and now I am here again
22 years ..... I watch this TV Series for the last 22 years DAILY from DVD. If I'm finished I start again with the 1st. And the theme song is my ringtone on the mobile and I play it on guitare or piano.
I think I like the series.
at the 0:57 mark you can get a rare clear glimpse of Gary Burghoff's left hand. He was born with brachydactyly, which made three of his fingers very small. He kept it hidden by carrying items or keeping his hand in his pocket
This is the Coldest Cold Open to a new series I can imagine. Viewers must have been very surprised, even though they knew the show was based on the 1970 film.
Lt Dish( her face behind Hawkeye) was an actual singer with Sergio Mendes & Brasil 66'
Her name is Karen Phillipp and was only in two episodes of Mash through the shows run but was shown in the credits sequence the hat and blonde hair.
Great characters, great actors and awesome writing= MASH
You are so right. Where has all the talent for writers gone? Hollywood is really struggling with what they are producing today.
Korea, 1950 a hundred years ago.... I always loved that
What does that mean?
@@andyinpa1 not really sure but I like to think that the show takes place in the year 2050
@@andyinpa1 to the people who served in Korea...it felt like that long ago. Kind of like how now, in 2020, it feels like people aged 10 years.
@@andyinpa1 I always took it to mean that the 70s were culturally so different from the 50s, that the difference felt more like a hundred years.
Watched the first episode with a aunt that was visiting us . She was a nurse in North Africa, Italy and France during WW2, called up for Korea.
In case anyone is wondering, that's why he's called Radar. His ears are an early detection system
"Sometimes I know whats going to happen before it happens..."
Plus, the early seasons imply he's straight-up psychic.
"Korea, 1950 a hundred years ago" Wait 36 years and it'll be a technically correct statement.
A sitcom, set in war, that has the most dramatic moments on tv, almost every week.
Such a great show! The original cast and first three seasons especially were brilliant. Charles was awesome too. He definitely made the later seasons worth watching.
Harry Morgan was far better than McClean Stevenson. Wayne Rogers leaving and Will Farrell coming on was a definite upgrade too.
And EVERYBODY would agree that the way Larry Linville was treated that David Ogden Stiers would be a better fit. And he was.
@@donarthiazi2443 Will Ferrell? Do you mean Mike Farrell?
And even though Frank was a sniveling insect, you just had to love him! Larry Linville was a very gifted actor. May he, David Ogden Stiers, William Christopher, Harry Morgan, McLean Stevenson, Wayne Rogers and the others RIP. They all made and still make my life all the better!!
@@nancydemoss7904
Yes(Mike), I need to proofread better as CZcams believes it knows what I intended to post better than me.
Never show this intro, in the reruns. It explains why Hawkeye and Trapper wore Hawaiian shirts.
because they played golf?
I love M*A*S*H so much! One of the best shows ever
Rest in Peace Mr Gene Reynolds (Co Creator)
I dunno, from what I've heard, that guy caused more trouble for the cast and crew than he was worth.
I never saw the pilot show so thank you for posting. When the series was first shown in the UK in the seventies (on the BBC) they shelved the canned laughter and it made such a difference and made the show funnier.
This episode was filmed 22 years after the events on screen. That's like us in 2022 filming a story about something that happened in 2000.
Funny how that doesn't feel the same for some reason
I still remember waiting all day for MASH to come on TV. I'd even take Studying Breaks to watch MASH, & back to my studies.. Life was so much fun back them. What U see in 2022, never happened when MASH was on... I could be in Italy, & just hearing the Theme Intro music, I could name it real fast...
I wish they made shows like this now
Unfortunately it wouldn’t be the same. Everything would be PC. And people wonder why there is a longing of the past decades as opposed to the times we live in. But I do agree. I wish they could do shows like this... Mash, Star Trek, hogans hero’s, a lot of 70-80s shows that were better then anything today.
@@martinr8278 and truth be told they lasted longer too
That’s right
@@orvillemeadows3492 I just hope they stay available to watch
A series full of heart in the face of cruelty. Satire, comedy, drama, sitcom all in about 11seasons.
I was too young to watch the pilot episode, but begin watching the series almost immediately after. It wasn't until years later that I saw this in syndication, and I was shocked to see that that was supposed to be Radar watching the helicopters come in in all the opening credit scenes!
Trivia note. Alan Alda was the only cast member to appear in each and every single episode of MASH. Also Alan Alda and Loretta Swit were the only two actors who appeared in the very first and the very last TV episode (also obviously the TV movie but just talking about the original episodes)
What fond memories I have watching the TV show M.A.S.H. when I was a kid growing up in the 1970s. I really believe that kids today really missed out on some very well written and acted TV shows like this one.
You can see Gary Burghoff's left hand in the football toss sequence, during the series they usually covered that up, the same way Star Trek tried to conceal James Doohan's maimed hand[he served in the Canadian artillery and landed on D-Day and was shot in a friendly(?)incident].
Gary Burghoff was born with hand deformed and went to great lengths through out his time on show to hide his hand whether it was holding a clipboard or something else.
My All Time Favorite!
I learned so much about medicine and I have Many Brave Veterans in My Life.
WOW, doesn't express how seeing those episodes makes a impact on your Life.
Sacarfice All over The world.
God Bless Us All Everywhere 🙏❤️!
Love not War!
This intro is also one of the few times throughout the show where they clearly show Radar's deformed left hand (1:02)
I still watch it every weekday
The greatest show ever!
My favorite show of all-time! I have the complete series on DVD and my kids wanted to watch it all the time. We used to play MASH trivia - and they would win!
Mash came out today back in 1972
Great show, seasons 1-3. Good show, seasons 4-6. Freakin train wreck beyond that.
I learned the other day that the hat Hawkeye wears in this scene is the same hat Worn by Donald Sutherland in the film.
Rogers had a nice golf swing.
I remember this show only by the theme music as i was too young to watch and understand it at the time. Grew up in the 80s and 90s and now as a grown man i come back to rediscover it for what it really was.
i was in high school when it first aired, and divorced and watched the series finale with my first gf post-divorce. Decades later, and now a grandfather, I still watch when I can.
I used to watch this show every day with my old man.....dam i miss the old days.
Fun fact: M*A*S*H was nearly cancelled after its first season due to poor ratings. It ranked 46th out of 85 shows during the 1972-73 season, with a 17.5 household rating and a 27 percent audience share, ranking third in its timeslot behind ABC's The F.B.I. (#29, 19.2 rating), and NBC's The Wonderful World of Disney (#9, 23.5 rating).
Another fact, the black doctor was cut out I think after the first season, cos there was no black doctors in the Korean War.
@@zombiehunter1152 You mean the Korean War
@@CJODell12 yeah
If you notice the closeup shot of the choppers when the MASH logo appears on screen, I think that's an unused shot from the film....the soldier's arm is dangling from the stretcher just like in the movie opening.
This was 22 years after 1950. We are now 52 years after this episode.
Never tire of watching this show.
I haven't actually seen the first episode, I've seen this show, it's one of the greatest shows of all time
I recommend watching it online because a lot of cable TV channels that show M.A.S.H show the episodes cut.
For example the pilot episode if you watch it on TVland it does not have this intro it starts right at the choppers coming in.
More like the greatest show of all time.
thanks for showing, in 1972 i was 11, and a lot of us missed the opening. we didnt get to record and watch again untill the late 70's to the 80 when we got our first VHS recorder. with the r-runs that show today, they have started to play the t.v. show fully, with the parts cut for commercials, back in the way it was first aired. thanks for posting
I wasn't ever assigned to a CSH but I was assigned to the medical company of a FSB.
When we had wounded inbound the Dr.s (actually P.A.s) were at the treatment tent and the UNIT DENTIST was the triage officer. The 91Bs (medics) served as EMTs and transported patients to treatment as the Dentist directed.
One of the best (if not _the_ best) shows of all time.
Thank You for posting this!! I knew that I had seen it once before, but couldn't remember the details. The perfect intro! 👌
Youre welcome 👍
Love this show have the complete series with the movie included watch it everyday.
Yo can you tell me where'd you get it, online? I'm looking for it everywhere I just can't seem to find it!
@@darshanmakavelistaythuggish I got at Walmart u can also get it on Amazon online
Thanks yo! I thought you had link to free download of mash tv series! Have a good one!
@@darshanmakavelistaythuggish Ur welcome
It was a fun show for the first few years.
Happy 50th Aniversary To This Classic War Comedy TV Show.
I only started this series last year and I’m already nostalgic