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  1. Pilot: Directed by Gene Reynolds. With Alan Alda, Wayne Rogers, McLean Stevenson, Loretta Swit. The Swamp's Korean houseboy, Ho-Jon, is accepted to attend school at Hawkeye's alma mater.

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    • Comedy, Drama, War
    • Gene Reynolds
    • 1972-09-17
  2. The pilot episode of M*A*S*H, the first episode of the first season was broadcast on September 17, 1972, although the initial script was first written in November 1971. The episode was written by Larry Gelbart and directed by Gene Reynolds, who received the Directors Guild of America Award for it.

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    • The Mysterious "Knocko" Mccarthy
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    The Swamp's Korean houseboy, Ho-Jon, is accepted to attend school at Hawkeye's alma mater. The camp raises money to send Ho-Jon to Maine by raffling a weekend in Tokyo with a nurse, much to the chagrin of Hot Lips and Burns.

    It is Korea, 1950 ("A hundred years ago"), and personnel of the 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital are milling around, keeping themselves busy in between sessions in the O.R. Captains Trapper John McIntyre and Benjamin Franklin "Hawkeye" Pierce are playing golf when one of McIntyre's shot lands in the mine field and blows up. Majors Frank Burns a...

    Viewers who pay close attention to the closing credits (see below) would have noticed a billing for Laura Miller as "Knocko". But where is she? Captain Bridget "Knocko" McCarthy is a character from the 1970 MASH movie. She is also listed in the script for the Pilot episode of the TV series where she is described as a 30-year old attractive no-nonse...

    This pilot's rather extended opening title sequence features many shots not found in any other episode. In syndication, however, the extended title sequence is replaced by the regular version used.
    The theme, Johnny Altman's "Suicide is Painless," was, as is well known, sung with lyrics in the main title sequence of the 1970 M*A*S*H movie (written by director Robert Altman's son Michael). It...
    The original movie version of M*A*S*H made extensive use of overlapping dialogue; that is - characters continue to talk from a previous scene while the next scene begins playing visually. This edit...
    Henry Blake wears his vest over his army green shirt; this is the only episode which he does.
    Karen Philipp as Lieutenant "Dish" Schneider
    Patrick Adiarte as Ho-Jon
    G. Wood as General Hammond
    Timothy Brown as Spearchucker Jones

    These notes are summarizing what lines/scenes are removed from the syndicated reruns on various cable tv channels - likely to make more time for commercials and sometimes for morality issues. This episode is relatively unscathed - just the longer introductory sequence and closing sequence - If anyone notices anything I miss in these segments, just ...

    Technical Specifications Runtime 25 min Sound Mix Mono (RCA Sound Recording) Aspect Ratio 1.33 : 1 Negative Format 35 mm Printed Film Format 35 mm

  3. "M*A*S*H" Pilot (TV Episode 1972) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.

  4. M*A*S*H Pilot Episode Intro/Opening. Apostolski. 581 subscribers. Subscribed. 5.4K. 701K views 6 years ago. , M*A*S*H is a 1972–1983 American television series developed by Larry...

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  5. Synopsis. After a gas line explosion leads to a hotel chancing fire, San Francisco Memorial Hospital is overrun with burn victims and other injured. Newly arrived surgeon George Alonzo 'Gonzo' Gates ends up swept-up in the before even getting the chance to apply for a job. Full episode summery.

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  7. S1.E1 ∙ Pilot. Sun, Sep 17, 1972. The Swamp's Korean houseboy, Ho-Jon, is accepted to attend school at Hawkeye's alma mater. The camp raises money to send Ho-Jon to Maine by raffling a weekend in Tokyo with a nurse, much to the chagrin of Hot Lips and Burns. 7.8/10 (1.3K)

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