From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!ihnp4!ixn5c!inuxc!burton
Newsgroups: net.trivia
Title: MASH trivia answer
Article-I.D.: inuxc.518
Posted: Tue Nov 16 11:18:11 1982
Received: Wed Nov 17 03:21:32 1982

Here it is, the answer you've all been waiting for with worms on
your tongues (i.e., baited breath). The question? Oh, yeah, the question
was, "What was different about the opening of the first MASH TV show?"
And the answer is (envelope please; Maestro, could we have a drum roll?):


In the opening of the very first MASH TV show, before you hear the
theme song or see the helicopters come over the ridge, there is
a scene with Radar catching a football; as he catches it, he
turns somewhat toward the camera, stops, says something like "Here
they come", someone else then says "Where", he says "Wait for it",
and THEN the theme "Suicide is Painless" starts up and you see
the helicopters come over the ridge. Has anyone else noticed this?
No one sent me a right answer. A lot of people thought that the
theme wasn't played in the first show's opening.
I first noticed it out in California while in Grad school; there
were a couple of channels out there that showed MASH re-runs, and
being an addict, I would watch it every chance I got. Naturally,
the first show was shown more than once, so I got a couple of
chances to verify the singularity.

			Trivially yours,
			Doug Burton
			inuxc!burton