Here’s today’s image. Can you name the episode it’s from? Feel free to post guesses in the comments section. As always, the winner gets bragging rights.

And the Winner Is: Purple Hayes, who correctly identified “Friends and Enemies.”

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I’ve updated the M*A*S*H on Jeopardy! page with the latest question about M*A*S*H, from the Thursday, September 17th, 2009 edition. During the Jeopardy! round the $400 clue was as follows:

“Hawkeye and Trapper John shared a tent called the swamp on this show.

This was the first game of the 2009-2010 “Million Dollar Celebrity Invitational” and actress Dana Delany rang in with the correct answer.

During last night’s series premiere of NBC’s new drama Mercy there was a reference to M*A*S*H. Nurse Veronica Callahan (played by Taylor Schilling) has returned from Iraq and is working at a hospital. In one scene, she is talking with her brother Mike (played by Diego Klattenhoff) about her love life and the following exchange takes place:

Mike: “You told me about that guy in Iraq, remember, at mom’s birthday party?”
Veronica: “Shut up! I only told you that because we were wasted and I didn’t think you were going to remember.”
Mike: “Well, I do remember.”
Veronica: “Well shut up about it, okay? He cheated first. Besides, I was at war. I was fighting for my country. I could have died. Haven’t you ever seen M*A*S*H?”

If you’re in the United States you should be able to watch the following clip:

I have updated M*A*S*H References on Television with this reference.

Here’s today’s image. Can you name the episode it’s from? Feel free to post guesses in the comments section. As always, the winner gets bragging rights.

And the Winner Is: 5 o’clock Charlie, who correctly identified “Check-Up.”

Name That Episode

Here’s today’s image. Can you name the episode it’s from? Feel free to post guesses in the comments section. As always, the winner gets bragging rights.

And the Winner Is: Big Daddy O’Reilly Has Returned, who correctly identified “Tea and Empathy.”

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This slipped past me but Aaron Handy III sent me an e-mail reminding me that it was 35 years ago last week that the feature film version of MASH had its network broadcast premiere. CBS aired the movie from 9-11PM as part of its CBS Friday Night Movie (it followed the series premiere of Planet of the Apes). The third season of M*A*S*H had premiered three days earlier on Tuesday, September 10th.

The broadcast ranked 18th for the week (for the record, M*A*S*H was 11th and Planet of the Apes 37th) [1]. CBS aired the movie again on Friday, March 5th, 1976. Here’s part of a full-page ad CBS ran in The New York Times promoting its Friday line-up:

New York Times Ad for MASH

Anyone remember watching this first network broadcast of the movie that spawned the series?

Sources:
“Rhoda Debut Tops National Nielsens.” Los Angeles Times. 19 Sep. 1974: H22.