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From: jer@peora.UUCP (J. Eric Roskos)
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Subject: Re: M*A*S*H trivia question
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Dave Lowery, writing about Mash's theme song "Suicide is Painless," writes:

> That had to be one of the cheeriest (is that a word?) songs I
> have heard in a long time! :-)

It had some distant connection to the plot of the original movie, though;
in it, a dentist nick-named "Painless" is given a "suicide pill" (which
actually is a mere placebo of sorts) by some of his fellow-physicians,
because he is suffering from low self-esteem.
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