From: utzoo!decvax!microsof!uw-beave!uw-june!emma
Newsgroups: net.trivia
Title: Re: Comments on MASH theme
Article-I.D.: uw-june.199
Posted: Wed Nov 17 10:53:13 1982
Received: Thu Nov 18 05:33:55 1982
References: brl-bmd.445

The dentist was indeed known as the Painless Polack.  His real name was
Waldowski (anybody out there know his first name?).  He was the guy who
was going to commit suicide, prompting the song in the first place....