Pilot (M*A*S*H) - Trivia

Trivia

• George Morgan played Father Mulcahy in this episode only; afterwards, William Christopher had the role.
• This episode's opening title sequence features many shots not found in any other. It is also the only one to announce the setting as "Korea, 1950 - a hundred years ago".
• This and "Germ Warfare" are the only two episodes in which Karen Philipp appeared as Lt. Dish.
• While counting the money they've earned, Hawkeye says aloud, "...ten dollars for the Painless Pole...", referring to Walter Waldowski, the camp dentist as seen in the 1970 film. No other reference was ever made to him in the series.
• Gary Burghoff, who played Radar in the film and television series, has a deformed left hand. Though it was usually hidden by the constant presence of a clipboard, bugle, or other object, the deformity is relatively clear in the opening titles as he announces the arrival of the choppers.
• This episode, like "Dear Dad", "Welcome to Korea", and a few others, ended with a list of the entire main cast of the show, calling them "personnel permanently assigned to the 4077". Strangely, G. Wood and Patrick Adiarte are both listed, despite the fact that neither General Hammond nor Ho-Jon are technically 4077 personnel.