Trivia: The movie shown in the mess tent in this episode is "State Fair". Everybody boos when it comes on. Harry Morgan (Col. Potter) played a crooked carney in "State Fair".
Goodbye, Farewell, and Amen - S11-E16
Trivia: A real wildfire occurred at the Fox Ranch M*A*S*H outdoor set, located in Malibu Creek State Park, destroying the entire set. The fire was filmed, and the producers and writers decided to incorporate the fire in the reworked script for the series finale.
Goodbye, Farewell, and Amen - S11-E16
Trivia: The M*A*S*H finale "Goodbye, Farewell and Amen" was actually shot earlier in season 11's production schedule. "As Time Goes By" was the final episode shot.
Trivia: The final episode of the series to be filmed was "As Time Goes By" and the very last scene shot was the scene with the time capsule. The cast of M*A*S*H buried a real time capsule to commemorate the production wrap.
Trivia: In the swamp, there's a black and white photo of a lady hanging over Winchester's area that can be seen behind Mulcahy as he rants at Charles. If you look closely, it's the same photo referred to many times by Frank Burns as a picture of his mother.
Trivia: Most of the time in the series, when they're filming on the sound stage, you can see the apex of the roof, and the background behind it. But this time, they hung cargo netting that draped just below the top of the roof so that you can't see the background. This is also noticeable when you can tell that they're filming on location. There's no cargo netting at the tops of buildings.
Trivia: In this episode, the guest is Dennis Dugan playing Bob Wilson. He guest starred in Season 3 Episode 20 "Love and Marriage" as Private Danny McShane.
Answer: Even an Army field hospital would have SOME weapons for self-defense if the enemy attacked. What's meant is that it's not a combat outfit, and therefore wouldn't have enough weapons to actually attack anyone. (It's also mentioned a few times that the Officer of the Watch is supposed to carry a pistol at all times, but Hawkeye refuses to do it when he's in charge and Colonels Blake and Potter don't enforce the rule).
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