WHAT IF...
...the producers had used the movie vocals from "Suicide is Painless" in the TV opening.
THE DISH ON MULCAHY...
...George Morgan, who played Father Mulcahy in the pilot, appears in almost every episode. He is on the far left, with red hair and holding a hat. Also, the woman to Hawkeye's right, with her hand on her hat, is Karen Phillip, who played Lt. Dish in the pilot and a couple of first season episodes.
THE AMBULANCE SHOT...
For decades fans have questioned the shot of the ambulance pulling into the compound. Full of dirt and scratches, it does not visually fit in with the rest of the open. Some have guessed that it is authentic Korean War footage, while others have claimed it's a clip from the movie version of MASH. Neither is true...
Most people remember the shot looking like this...
...but in the pilot episode the shot was pristine.
What happened? Who knows? When the open was re-edited after the pilot the shot somehow became damaged. This damaged version was used until MASH's final season, when the "clean" version was re-inserted. Fast-forward to the late 1990's when the entire series was remastered by 20th Century Fox. The clean version was inserted into more, but (curiously) not all episodes. For years this shot bothered the hell out of me, but now when I see the clean version, it never feels quite right...
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