M*A*S*H Ad: "That Darn Kid"

I love the idea of 20th Century Fox sending out promo stills of the goat.

M*A*S*H Ad: "The Yalu Brick Road"

This ad is clever, if awkward...they took a shot of Klinger from Season Eight's "Too Many Cooks (when he changed the Mess Tent into Chez Klinger) and used it for this episode, which, plot-wise, sort of sounds like it matches.

Hawkeye, for his part, just looks annoyed.

M*A*S*H Ad: "Guerilla My Dreams"

It took me a minute or two to figure out what episode they were talking about here...then I saw that small shot Mako in the center, which would mean this was for Season Eight's "Guerilla My Dreams." Not the most accurate write-up...

M*A*S*H Ad: "The Price"

A very silly write-up for what was one the show's more serious episodes. I guess the copywriter just couldn't resist.

M*A*S*H Ad: "Rainbow Bridge"

"And almost start World War III" is a little much...

M*A*S*H Ad: "Good-Bye, Radar"

Kind of an odd description of the episode, but thank goodness we know who played "Hondo"!

M*A*S*H Ad: "Goodbye, Farewell, and Amen"

Not sure when this blurb is from, presumably its sometime around late 1983 or 1984, when some stations were re-running the final episode. The blurb itself is remarkably well-written; methinks who ever wrote it was a M*A*S*H fan.

What I also find interesting is that still of the four doctors--I've never seen that particular promo shot before. Its not a scene from the show, so its some sort of staged PR piece.

M*A*S*H Ad: "Oh, How We Danced"

B.J. looks appropriately sad, Hawkeye looks...kinda manic, actually.

M*A*S*H Ad: "To Market, To Market"

Apparently the joke Hawkeye and Trapper heard was so funny they kept laughing all the way into the next episode!

M*A*S*H Ad: "Pilot"

This is one weird ad...picture and copy! Would you watch this series?

M*A*S*H Ad: "Officer of the Day"

An ad from one of my all-time favorite episodes. Bonus: clip out the Hawkeye and Trapper stamp and save 'em all!

M*A*S*H Ad: "Are You Now, Margaret?"

You could argue Hot Lips should be front and center on this one, but otherwise this ad is fairly accurate.

Should "Commies" really be capitalized?

M*A*S*H Ad: "Picture This"

Hot Lips gives this episode the thumbs up!

M*A*S*H Ad: ?

Ashamed as I am to admit this, I cannot for the life of me figure out which episode this ad is referring to! Anyone have an idea?

M*A*S*H Ad: "Back Pay"

If you can forgive Hawkeye's odd positioning, this ad works relatively well--they even worked in Col. Potter's disapproving look!

M*A*S*H Ad: "Life Time"

This episode is so special B.J. shaved his mustache off just for the ad!

M*A*S*H Ad: "Mr. and Mrs. Who?"

For once, a fairly accurate description of an episode's plot!

M*A*S*H Ad: "Rally 'Round The Flagg, Boys"

This was a tough one--I'm guessing it was from Season Seven's "Rally 'Round The Flagg, Boys" where Col. Flagg accused Hawkeye of being a Commie.

Of course, he did that in every episode...

M*A*S*H Ad: "Trick or Treatment"

This ad actually managed to get the episode title in, albeit indirectly. I wonder what other show made up this channel's "Great new comedy hour"?

M*A*S*H Ad: "As Time Goes By"

This ad isn't about the episode per se, but since "As Time Goes By" was the last episode of M*A*S*H filmed, it was at this shoot that all the press showed up to watch history being made.

M*A*S*H Ad: Making of M*A*S*H"

I'm not sure what "making of" special this is--probably 1981's Making M*A*S*H--in any case, its fairly unusual for a UHF station to run a special like this.

Sad to say, I still have never seen it!

M*A*S*H Ad: "Identity Crisis"

This description makes no mention of the main plot, involving Father Mulcahy and a young wounded soldier. *Sigh*

What's with the old, non-mustachioed shot of B.J.?

M*A*S*H Ad: "Goodbye Radar"

I love how they make it sound just a bit like Radar's going home has some connection to The White Shadow...TV show crossover!

M*A*S*H Ad: "That's Show Biz"

Those stock heads are kinda weird--Hawkeye's enjoying himself, but Potter and B.J. just look creepy!

M*A*S*H Ad: "Guerilla My Dreams"

Pretty accurate description of the episode, and for once the images used actually help convey the story. Though I might have added: "Hear Hawkeye say 'son of a bitch'!"

M*A*S*H Ad: "Welcome to Korea"

B.J. is "strictly G.I."--really?

M*A*S*H Ad: Re-Runs

Here's something a little different--an ad exclusively devoted to M*A*S*H re-runs!

Growing up, my local station ran M*A*S*H twice a night, five nights a week. Good times.

M*A*S*H Ad: "Friends and Enemies"

Hawkeye looks kinda bored! Maybe because this episode wasn't about him in either of the A or B plot?

M*A*S*H Ad: "Death Takes A Holiday"

I love that inappropriate "a-ok" Hawkeye shot that advertisers used more than once in these ads. Col. Potter seems to disapprove, however.

M*A*S*H Ad: "Give 'Em Hell, Hawkeye"

What an odd headline! I wonder what other CBS shows were involved in the "breaking taboos" theme of the night?

Also, B.J. looks very suspicious of Hawkeye, don't you think?