References to M*A*S*H have found their way into various other types of media, ranging from other television series to movies to songs, thanks to the impact the show left on the collective consciousness of all who watched it. What follows is a list of television shows that mention M*A*S*H in some capacity, be it a quick throwaway line or a full-on parody.
All In The Family - Submitted by chrissie
In an episode entitled "Stale Mates" Archie is reading the National Enquirer and on the cover you can see a picture of Jamie Farr and some women.
Becker
In one episode, after a woman leaves the diner, Jake turns around to apologize to her (not realizing she is gone). Bob cuts him off by saying "Hey, Radar, she left."
The Carol Burnett Show
On the first episode to air after the M*A*S*H episode "Abyssinia, Henry," the show opened with a scene of a man on a raft, supposedly Henry Blake, waving and screaming "I'm okay! I'm okay!".
Distraction - Submitted by Corporal Shawna Marie
In the new game show "Distraction" while the contestants had to drink hot sauce to answer a question one of the questions went "Hey Hot Lips, In what 1970's sitcom would you find Loretta Swit play Hot Lips Houlihan?"
The Drew Carey Show
In one episode, when Drew is having flashbacks to his high school years, the 1972 or 1976 flashback, can't recall, starts with the M*A*S*H theme playing.
Ed - Submitted by Twilight
Ed's sitting in his office working, then Shirley comes in, arms full and says:
Ed: "I didn't ask for any"
Shirley: "I'm trying to stay one step ahead of you...like Radar O'Reilly did with Colonel Potter"
Ed: "Right..."
Family Guy
In one episode, Brian comes into a room with a surgical mask, parodying the scene in "Abyssinia, Henry" when Radar comes into the OR to tell of Henry's death. [ More On This Reference ]
Family Guy
In the episode "A Hero Sits Next Door," Peter is complaining about things he hates and has the following dialoge: "More than I hate spinach, traffic jams, and the last few years of M*A*S*H. You know, when Alan Alda took over behind the camera and the show got all dramatic and preachy? Huh? Am I right? Who's with me? Huh?"
Family Guy - Submitted by NWTTCC
In the episode "The Thin White Line," when Brian is in rehab he is confronted by a nurse concerning his behavior, he responds with "Hey, Hot Lips."
Family Guy
In the episode "Breaking Out Is Hard to Do," the family is hiding out in Asiantown. While being chased by a helicopter, the Asian co-pilot says "When I fire rockets, I always pretend I shooting at Alan Alda and Jamie Farr. Take that, wise-cracking meatball surgeon!"
Family Guy - Submitted by Lauren
In the Family Guy movie "The Stewie Griffin Story", Stewie gets drunk and starts blurting out the lyrics to "Suicide is Painless".
Family Guy - Submitted by Sarah
During the Sunday, October 7th, 2007 episodes titled "Believe It Or Not Joe's Walking On Air," the character of Joe (a police officer in a wheelchair) is about to undergo a leg transplant. The doctor puts on an informational video and Jamie Farr appears on the television set. He says, "Hi, I'm Jamie Farr, and you're about to perform leg surgery." This cuases Joe to pass out.
Frasier - Submitted by Joanne
In the episode "Door Jam," Daphne and Martin are talking about M*A*S*H. Martin says Hawkeye reminds him of himself, and Daphne replies that she sees him as more of a Colonel Potter type. Martin gets annoyed, and they argue until Daphne gives in and pretends to agree with him.
Freaks and Geeks - Submitted by Anne
In one episode of Sam, Neal and Bill are arguing about whether or not M*A*S*H is funny. Then one of them tells the others that Radar "always carries a clipboard" because two of his fingers are shorter than normal, and the others act impressed.
Friends - Submitted by kristin
In the episode "The One With The Ski Trip" Carol and Ross have the following conversation:
Ross: "Well, oh just ah, I was just wondering, when you and I split up, did you get the tape that was half the last episode of M*A*S*H and half the hostages coming home?"
Carol: "Ah yeah, but now it’s Susan and me in Mexico and the hostages coming home."
Futurama
In the episode "War Is The H-Word", there is a M*A*S*H unit, and when the scene changes to the M*A*S*H unit, the theme from M*A*S*H plays, and one of the robotic doctors is based on Hawkeye, and has a switch that goes from Maudlin to Comedic.
Futurama - Submitted by Michael
There is a 'PA announcer' durring the segment. In the commentarytrack on the episode David X Cohen stated that they got Todd Susman (one of the pa announcers of MASH) to come in and do the lines for the PA Announcements in that episode.
Gilmore Girls
In one episode, Lorelei is helping her father out by acting as his secretary for a few days, and her father comments that she is "just like that short fellow on M*A*S*H, always anticipating things," or something to that effect.
Gilmore Girls
In the episode "We've Got Magic to Do," while organizing a Daughters of the Revolution party, Rory calls her assistant Radar and asks if she hears helicopters coming. Later, the same assistant finally gets the joke.
Gloria - Submitted by kb341
In this pilot for the All In The Family spin-off, Gloria moved in with a veterinarian to be his assistant after a divorce from Mike. When she reports for her first day, she witnesses a case about a gay dog. Another assistant remembers the episode of M*A*S*H when Major Burns wants a discharge for a soldier because he is gay.
Golden Girls - Submitted by Rebekah
In one episode, the girls are holding a celebrity auction, and Rose asks Dorothy if the dress Jamie Farr wore on M*A*S*H has come in yet. She replies no, and Rose says something to the effect of, "Boy! You couldn't trust Klinger on guard duty, and you can't trust him now!" After Rose leaves, Sophia stands and says that the dress DID come, and when Dorothy asks her where it is, she replies, "How do I look?"
Golden Girls - Submitted by Carrie
There is another reference to M*A*S*H on the Golden Girls. They are talking about money and Sophia wants a new televsion for her room and she says something like this I" want to watch the last episode of M*A*S*H that everyone has been going on about."
The King of Queens - Submitted by Joe
Once on "The King of Queens" some of Dougs friends at work asked him to play football. He said he couldn't because he had to go to a dinner with Carrie (his wife) and "she'll kill me if I don't go". One of the guys said "OK, but before she does, let us know what kind of dress you wanna be buried in" and laughed. Doug said "Ha ha, very funny" and started saying how marriage is a two-way street, you can't always do what you want because you have to please your spouse, etc. Then he paused and said "Oh, who am I, Alan Alda? C'MON, LET'S PLAY SOME FOOTBALL"!!
The Loop
At the start of an episode of The Loop ("Lady Business," originally aired June 24th, 2007) the character of Sam is told to throw a pair of gloves into a helicopter. As he runs towards the chopper, one of his co-workers asks him why he's ducking. His reply? "I don't know, I saw it on M*A*S*H!"
Mad About You - Submitted by Rich
The character played by Paul Riser was watching a MASH marathon, and said 'Oh this is the epsiode where Hawkeye and Hotlips kiss.' Or something like that. Also in the same episode (or another one, I saw it a long time ago) William Christopher was playing a priest, and at the end during the credits was complaining that he always plays a priest and that he can be a tough guy too.
Malcolm in the Middle
In one episode, Francis talks about how he'd rather have Hawkeye operate on him over Trapper John.
Mork & Mindy - Submitted by Joanne
There's an episode where Mork says something about Klinger.
My Name Is Earl
On the third season premiere of My Name Is Earl, Joy covers Randy's mouth with duct tape. She then remembers that Randy has a deviated septum and thus cannot breathe through his nose. She picks up a pen, pulls out the ink, and then jams the pen through the duct tape into Randy's mouth so he can breathe. With a grin, she tells Randy she "saw that on M*A*S*H."
Mystery Science Theater 3000
Various episodes of this series had comments about characters from M*A*S*H.
News Radio
In one episode, the character of Dave Nelson says "Hey, I didn't just sign for a stolen jeep, did I Radar?", referencing the way Radar would trick whoever is his CO into signing for odd things.
News Radio - Submitted by Savannah
MASH is referenced twice more times on NewsRadio than what you mention. There's a second time involving Jimmy James asking Dave if he has his wife canidate list and then says "you didn't try to make time with any of my ladies did you Dave?" and he said "no sir Loretta Switt's a little out of my league." Jimmy replies "yeah mine too."
The third time is when he says he takes her off his list and dave asks "married already?" Jimmy's answer- "no, it's just no one can seem to find her."
Saturday Night Live - Submitted by Corporal Shawna Marie
In one broadcast, during a rapping skit, one of the rappers tossed out the following lines: "Every day I make a big wod of cash/And I like to drink more than Hawkeye from MASH."
Saturday Night Live - Submitted by Jamie
In SNL: The Best of Chris Rock, there was a sketch where Chris was a talk show host called Nat X and he was talking about the OJ Simpson trial. He said (basically) that the black people were happy that he was acquitted and the white people weren't. Then he said "I haven't seen that many mad white people since they cancelled M*A*S*H!"
Scrubs - Submitted by Cathy W.
In the episode "My Super Ego," J.D. mentions playing M*A*S*H with his older brother. Then he flashes back to when he was a kid, and he has a blond wig on. He complains, "I don't want to be Hot Lips again." Then his brother's voice, off-camera, says, "Shut up and kiss Frank." The dog, presumably "Frank," has a green Army-issue hat on.
Scrubs - Submitted by Mandi
In the episode "My Mentor," Dr. Cox enters a room and begins to ask a question. John Dorian interrupts him with, "Done, copied and highlighted." Dr Cox replies, "Unfortunately, Radar, I'm fresh out of gold stars."
Sesame Street - Submitted by Chloe
Big Bird's teddy bear is named Radar.
St. Elsewhere
In one episode, Dr. Mark Craig mentions his friend Dr. B.J. Hunnicut to his wife.
St. Elsewhere - Submitted by Jan
In the last episode there was a patient #4077 named Colonel Henry Blake who was injured in a helicopter crash.
The Simpsons
In one episode, in a wax museum that had melted, the sign the stood at the entrance to the camp, "M*A*S*H Best Care Anywhere", can be seen, as can puddles of melted wax that no doubt were once characters from the show.
The Simpsons
In one episode, after Marge gets into a helicopter, she looks down and sees "Don't Take Your Clothes Off" written in stones by Homer, a parody of the final scene from Goodbye, Farewell, and Amen.
The Simpsons
In one episode, Lisa gives Homer a book called "My Core Beliefs" written by Mike Farrell. Homer flips through it and says something along the lines of "He really hated Wayne Rogers."
The Simpsons - Submitted by Rakrehbiel
In one episode Dr. Hibbard offers Lisa a "M*A*S*H" coloring book to amuse herself while her eardrops are settling in. He starts to flip through it, notices the pictures of Hawkeye and one of the other characters harrassing Major Burns and walks out of the room with it, chuckling. The M*A*S*H logo and a sketch of Hawkeye are visible on the cover.
Here's a description of the sequence from Pat:
Dr. Hibbert has just put drops in Lisa's ears and has told her she needs to let them sit for a few minutes. In the meantime he suggests to her: "If you get bored, here's a M*A*S*H coloring book" (He flips through the book) "Here's a good one: Hawkeye's antics irritate the other surgeons." (Laughs).
The Simpsons
In one episode (in a flashback) Marge is talking to two of her girlfriends, and they have the following conversation:
Woman 1: That Mike Farrell really boils my potatoe.
Woman 2: I miss the Klinger already.
The Simpsons - Submitted by Amy
I have spotted another M*A*S*H refernce in The Simpsons that is not listed on your site. In teh episode 'A Millhouse Divided' Lisa says to Homer "Do you mean the poker shack in the Swamp? She knows"
Star Trek: The Next Generation
In the episode "Half A Life", which guest-starred David Ogden Stiers (Major Charles Emerson Winchester, III), his character was utilizing a computer terminal, the number of which was #4077.
Standoff
In the pilot episode, during a hostage situation in a coffee shop, a cell phone begins ringing; its ringtone is the theme to M*A*S*H.
That Eighties Show - Submitted by hotlips
In one episode, Katie's boyfriend was reading in the paper about how the 1982 - 1983 season of M*A*S*H would be ending, and he became upset over the show ending.
That '70s Show - Submitted by Katelyn
In an episode entitled "The Girl I Love" Jamie Farr guest stars as himself. During a daydream sequence involving Battle of the Sexes, Farr explains that he is ashamed because the Boys Team is losing to the Girls Team. Because he wears dresses on M*A*S*H, however, he decides to switch to the Girls Team.
This Hour Has 22 Minutes - Submitted by Jacqueline
In one episode, in scene with two people watching television, a woman asks "What's this, MASH?" and a man answers, "No, it's the war."
The West Wing - Submitted by Jess
In one episode, while on a flight, Toby gets drunk and starts singing the theme song to M*A*S*H.
What About Brian
During the February 20th, 2007 episode of What About Brian ("What About Temptations ...") the character of Adam Hillman is trying to persuade his boss that he loves the Iowa Hawkeyes: "I love the Hawkeyes, are you kidding me? My mom was a Hawkeye. You know, my favorite character on M*A*S*H -- Hawkeye. My favorite baseball player -- Andre Dawson, the hawk."
World Series of Poker - Submitted by chaz
During the 2006 World Series of Poker, an announcer quips, "Yeah, I heard he even beat Hawkeye Pierce."
Yes, Dear - Submitted by Ali
In one episode, Greg is giving Jimmy a long explanation and Jimmy starts day dreaming. He day dreams this: "I like grape soda. Radar liked grape soda. M*A*S*H was a great show."
Yes, Dear
In the episode "Kiss and Yell," Greg is talking to his mother on the phone when Jimmy walks in, wearing his wife Christine's robe, and Greg says "Mom, I gotta go, Corporal Klinger just showed up."
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