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M*A*S*H :: M*A*S*H - The Pilot (01x01)

Episode Information

Title:

M*A*S*H - The Pilot

Episode #:

01x01

Production Number:

J301

Original Airdate:

Sunday September 17th, 1972

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Episode Crew
Director:	Gene Reynolds
Writer:	Larry Gelbart

Episode Summary

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At the 4077th MASH (Mobile Army Surgical Hospital) in Korea, doctors "Hawkeye" Pierce and "Trapper" John McIntyre are ecstatic when they receive news that Ho-John, their Korean house boy was accepted into Hawkeye's college. To get the money needed to fly Ho-John to the U.S., Hawkeye and Trapper decide to throw a fundraiser party and raffle off a weekend pass to Tokyo with Nurse Lieutenant Dish.

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Guest Stars

Guest Stars
•G. Wood	played	Brigadier Gen. Hamilton Hartington Hammond	Recurring (first appearance)
•Gene Wood	played	Brigadier Gen. Hamilton Hartington Hammond	Recurring (first appearance)
•John Orchard	played	Ugly John	Recurring (first appearance)
•Karen Philipp	played	Lieutenant Maria 'Dish' Schneider	Recurring (first appearance)
•Linda Meiklejohn	played	Nurse Leslie Scorch	Recurring (first appearance)
•Odessa Cleveland	played	Ginger Bayliss	Recurring (first appearance)
•Patrick Adiarte	played	Ho-Jon	Recurring (first appearance)
•Timothy Brown (1)	played	Spearchucker Jones	Recurring (first appearance)
•Bruno Kirby	played	Pvt. Lorenzo Boone
•George Morgan	played	Father John Francis "Red" Mulcahy
•Laura Miller (1)	played	Knocko

Main Cast

•Alan Alda	played	Captain Benjamin Franklin "Hawkeye" Pierce
•Wayne Rogers (1)	played	Captain John Francis Xavier "Trapper" McIntyre
•McLean Stevenson	played	Lt. Colonel Henry Braymore Blake
•Loretta Swit	played	Major Margaret J. "Hot Lips" Houlihan
•Larry Linville	played	Major Franklin Delano Marion Burns
•Gary Burghoff	played	Corporal Walter Eugene "Radar" O'Reilly

Episode Notes

This is one of the few appearances of Timothy Brown as Spearchucker Jones. His character was dropped after it was revealed that no black surgeons served in MASH during the Korean War.

For the series theme song, the instrumental verison of the movie theme, "Suicide is Painless" is used. Due to the nature of the lyrics, the network could not air them on television.

This was the first series to be allowed to use the phrase "son-of-a-bitch" in dialogue.

This is the only episode in which Henry Blake wears his vest over his army green shirt.

The flashback scene where General Hammond recalls the romantic interlude with Margaret takes place at Ft. Benning near Columbus, Georgia. This is only scene in the entire series that takes place in The United States.

The producers were concerned about the backlash that might occur if they depicted the horrors of war too graphically. During the OR scenes in this episode, the doctors and nurses don't even have blood on their surgical gloves. This would change later in the series.

The 4077 staff treat Canadian soldiers in this episode. 516 Canadians were killed in the Korean War.