After MASH opening credits

Here are all the opening credits for the short lived spin-off "After MASH". The series starred Harry Morgan, Jamie Farr, and William Christopher who all worked at a stateside Veterans hospital after the Korean war. Many of MASHs behind the scenes crew were involved in this spinoff. Gary Burghoff appeared as Radar in one episode (a promo of which is featured as part of this clip) and Edward Winter returned in a season two episode as Col. Flagg. Burghoff would star in the ill-conceived pilot W*A*L*T*E*R which was dumped on the air in the summer of 1984 between the two seasons of After MASH.

There were some good moments and while it finished somewhat strong in the ratings after the first season, things quickly spun out of control as After MASH entered it's second season. There were cast changes and a 'to be continued' story arc that followed the plight of Klinger who was in trouble yet again. The 'theme' as you will see in this clip, was given a more contemporary feel, perhaps to compete with comedy/drama shows like St. Elsewhere which were popular at that time. With the show trapped in a 1950's setting, things lost direction very soon. The cast (what was left) and crew of MASH had said all they needed to say. The show was canceled by CBS and two remaining episodes were never aired. The series has never been seen in syndication to our knowledge.

Surprisingly, with only 32 episodes this show has three different opening title sequences!! All three of them are featured here along with two episode promos.

• Category

  Entertainment

[Dirtfire]

Is David Ackroyd the brother of Dan Ackroyd?

[ToonORama]

They're not related. Dan's last name is Aykroyd. However, Dan's brother Peter is a writer, producer and occasional actor.

[CommanderThunderush]

I love how they go from the sad MASH theme to a cheerful one.

[JoelRowan]

Impressive.  With each new intro, it gets more and more mid-1980's...

[DocZombiePhD]

Why is Klinger dressed in drag in the openings? He didn't dress in drag in MASH because he was a transvestite, he did it because he was trying to get discharged for being mentally unstable. In fact, later in the series, he stopped doing it altogether and he got promoted. Did they just make him a hobby transvestite in this show?

[DocZombiePhD]

I am just now learning about this show. What a horrible idea for a spinoff.

[hipstermi]

Three intros and they all suck...especially that first one. It's like "hey lets start to use the old song, then smooth jazz it...and now do a 50s montage!"

The original Mash opening worked because it was ONE CONCEPT.... then again it wasnt a shitty show like this one was.

[John Whitelock]

what GamieErik said is sae for me dam annoyed only finding out about this in 2013 :( but way life goes :P

[fjccommish]

They should have followed the books.

[LanceAnderson77]

They should have stuck with those classy first credits.They just feel right.

[dttilluminatihotmail]

It might have worked set in an offshore US military base; Potter training doctors / Klinger's family members scamming trying to make fast deals, creating conflict in his marriage / Williams' character helping bad cases.

One things for sure it would have been very difficult to write for that TV show.