There was a TV show. Each episode started with an acoustic guitar. The song started with a B minor chord. Then there was a theme song and opening images. While the theme song played, looking across the foothills was Radar O'Reilly. Flying across those same foothills were helicopters.
Then coming into view was the 4077 Mobile Army Surgical Hospital. Composing the theme song for MASH was Johnny Mandel. The song was called ' Suicide is Painless'. The color of MASH was all green. From the khaki colored landscape to the olive drabe wardrobe. Everything was green except the blood.
Before MASH, television military comedies were laugh tracked diversions from war. This included shows such as McHale's Navy, Gomer Pyle USMC, The Phil Silver's Show and Hogan's Heroes. The 251 episodes of MASH spawned 11 seasons. This was 8 years longer than the Korean War.
So what was the appeal of MASH?. The show melded great characters, drama and humor. The show dealt with love, death, joy and tragedy.
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