Tuesday was the 29th anniversary of “Goodbye, Farewell, and Amen” airing on CBS (it was originally broadcast on Monday, February 28th, 1983). To commemorate the anniversary, here’s a segment from Entertainment Tonight about the end of M*A*S*H:

I’ve had this spotlight available as a feature for years but the above is a much higher quality version.

I’ve updated my feature on the 1972 CBS Fall Preview for M*A*S*H with a higher quality video than the one I had available before. I’ve also embedded it below:

For the sake of comparison, here is a still from the old video:

A Still from the Old Video

Here’s another “bumper” for AfterMASH. Last year I posted another version, one that was used during the first half of the hour-long premiere (“September of ’53″) on September 26th, 1983. Bumpers were used by the networks to remind viewers that after the commercial break their show would be coming back. The only real difference between this version and the earlier bumper is the inclusion of the show’s title. Notice, however, that the still image — a nurse helping a wounded veteran walk down a path — has been flipped. In the first version the two are on the right side; in this second version they are on the right. Strange.

I’m not quite sure when the second version was first used. I do know it appeared as early as the sixth episode (“Night Shift”), which was broadcast on October 24th, 1983.

Here’s a “bumper” for AfterMASH that aired near the end of the first half of the hour-long premiere (“September of ’53″) on September 26th, 1983. These bumpers were used to remind viewers that the very show they were in the process of watching would, in fact, return after a commercial break. I can’t say whether bumpers were used during every episode of AfterMASH or just during the premiere.

Here’s what may or may not be an incomplete promotional spot for “It Had to Be You,” the January 23rd, 1984 episode of AfterMASH. The episode guest-starred Gary Burghoff as Walter “Radar” O’Reilly (he had a cameo in the previous episode). It’s very short but does appear to fade out at the end rather than cut off abruptly.

Speaking of bumpers, M*A*S*H used them, too. You can find one at my feature Watching M*A*S*H in the 1970s. According to this post at the BCA Message Board, it’s actually Harry Morgan doing the “We’ll Be Right Back” voiceover. I didn’t recognize his voice.