Fun fact: That fire was a real forest fire. It came through while they were filming the series finale and forced them to move the set temporarily, so they wrote it into the episode.
The fire destroyed the show’s entire outdoor sets. The series finale was not the last episode filmed; there was one more (As Time Goes By), and because the outdoor sets were destroyed, it had to be filmed on indoor sets. That episode was the next to last episode to air.
The wildfire that scorches acres of Malibu Canyon State Park. Of course, the 20th Century Studios crew saved as much of the M*A*S*H set as they could, but fire destroyed parts of the outdoor set. As we all know, Col. Potter had to ride Sophie, once again, leading the troops to their relocated base, near the pond, which was actually in an unaffected portion of the park!!!
One of my favorite scenes from the finale. They really did a good job with reusing the season 5 bug out scene with voiceovers, music, and cutting it at just the right time. Thanks for uploading!
I actually cried when I saw the scene where they returned to the camp to see what happened to it it's so sad the 4077th survived all kinds of stuff from snipers to heavy artillery fire to an unexploded bomb landing in the heart of the compound to near encounters with the Chinese army and even a runaway tank with an idiot major at the wheel only to be nearly destroyed by a forest fire that was started by incendiary bombs that was just heart wrenching seeing the looks on the faces of the personnel who called the M.A.S.H. 4077th home.
no show in history hit the feels like mash did. and how they could go from so light and trolly, fun, to super serious, then to mega drama, ultra tragedy, bring you to tears, and always end on an upbeat note or something deep, was like no other cast
Interesting trivia: the bug out to escape the wildfire was not in the original script but was added due to an actual brushfire in the Southern California hills during filming that burned large parts of the 4077 set
Very true, when they came back later in this episode, they found parts of the compound charred, and still smoldering. When Hawkeye left in the chopper, you could see where the fire had gone through.
I don't think that's correct. The actors wouldn't have been involved in dismantling the set (to escape a fire) due to union rules. Also, if the fire destroyed the camp it really wouldn't have damaged a lot of set, as they were mostly canvas and wood and could be cheaply replaced. So much MASH trivia doesn't hold up under scrutiny.
@@formermpc10 The fire did happen though and the set did have to be evacuated. The shows writers then decided include event in the show. The scene with the camp being disassembled though was done by reusing pervious footage of an episode where the 4077 does a bug out drill and some clever editing. Also current SAG rules were less strict in the late 70s and early 80s.
@@patchbunny During filming of Elmer Gantry they had trouble setting a fire for the fire scene. The director asked the on set fire official what they could do. He told them he didn't know. The director said the fireman knew fire otherwise he would have been a police officer. The fireman then said if the ran old film among the streamers then they would have a fire. They did and almost had a disaster it worked so well.
Like with Star Trek and the U.S.S. Enterprise to people who were fans of M.A.S.H. the 4077th was more than just a t.v. show set it had character all it's own and the fans of the show loved it with all the drama and everything else that was seen in and around the camp so after the bug out and when they all returned to see what happened there most likely wasn't a single dry eye in every household and especially for those that were most likely there in Korea during the Korean war who probably saw similar scenes upto the day the war ended.
You know I was never able to bring myself to watch the last episode completely. Couldn't see Hawkeye as a patient of Sydney. Which encoding is this? Blueray?
@@markschroeder2578 I know. I have watched the entire MASH series several times now but I have still not been able to get myself to watch the last episode. Somehow it means to me end of the series and that is something I am not ready to accept yet.
Actually, I seem to remember in at least the last couple of seasons, when I starting watching, the show looked much sharper visually than the reruns of the earlier seasons. Must have been improved cameras and technology.
I know what this feels like. When I was in the army, I was part of a Rapid Response Force and we had to be able to assemble and disassemble our medical setup in 30 minutes.
If I'm not mistaken, there were three bug outs in the TV series: 1. The Chinese have broken through, and MASH sets up the OR in a whorehouse. They had to leave Margaret, Radar, and Hawkeye behind with a patient who couldn't be moved. 2. When they moved camp while BJ was trying to organize a reunion of all of the family members in the states. 3. The finale episode. I remember watching the finale when it was broadcast. I was in kindergarten, and the fire scared me.
@@PittsburghSportsFan43 yea he did. Man on PA mentions resources now being diverted to vietnam. klinger: "vietnam? wheres that? potter:" southeast asia. "
A question to the military experts here: Is "Bug Out" a recognised military order? If someone got on the PA and called out "Bug Out!" would they really all know what to do?
Well, old son, they'd be stashed in a lil area called the motor pool. As for the men they were likely other staff of the 4077th, orderlies and other bodies in other words.
Was Radar actually in this scene? According to IMDB, though he left the show a few years earlier, Radar can be seen here in old footage that they lifted from an earlier bugout episode.
It's an instrumental version of the MASH main theme (Suicide is painless) with some shifts. Most likely recorded for the episode by studio musicians. (The horns playing the melody).
Chances are they recycled the footage because the bug-out was a very last minute change due to an actual forest fire that burned down most of the set, so they probably didn't have the time to film a whole new bug-out scene.
Thanks for clipping this, it was always one of my favoriye scenes from Goodbye, Farewell & Amen
Fun fact: That fire was a real forest fire. It came through while they were filming the series finale and forced them to move the set temporarily, so they wrote it into the episode.
I came here to post this same thing. It was a brilliant adapt and overcome response to a devastating situation by the MASH crew
The fire destroyed the show’s entire outdoor sets. The series finale was not the last episode filmed; there was one more (As Time Goes By), and because the outdoor sets were destroyed, it had to be filmed on indoor sets. That episode was the next to last episode to air.
The wildfire that scorches acres of Malibu Canyon State Park. Of course, the 20th Century Studios crew saved as much of the M*A*S*H set as they could, but fire destroyed parts of the outdoor set. As we all know, Col. Potter had to ride Sophie, once again, leading the troops to their relocated base, near the pond, which was actually in an unaffected portion of the park!!!
They recycled much of the bugout scene from the original "Bug Out" episodes in Season 5
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One of my favorite scenes from the finale. They really did a good job with reusing the season 5 bug out scene with voiceovers, music, and cutting it at just the right time. Thanks for uploading!
i think at one point you can actually see Radar run out from a tent
I actually cried when I saw the scene where they returned to the camp to see what happened to it it's so sad the 4077th survived all kinds of stuff from snipers to heavy artillery fire to an unexploded bomb landing in the heart of the compound to near encounters with the Chinese army and even a runaway tank with an idiot major at the wheel only to be nearly destroyed by a forest fire that was started by incendiary bombs that was just heart wrenching seeing the looks on the faces of the personnel who called the M.A.S.H. 4077th home.
so true, it was heartbreaking to watch. that place was like home
no show in history hit the feels like mash did. and how they could go from so light and trolly, fun, to super serious, then to mega drama, ultra tragedy, bring you to tears, and always end on an upbeat note or something deep, was like no other cast
That awkward moment when all the times Burns made them tear down and rebuild the camp when he was CO proved useful.
"Forget those tent stakes! We'll make new ones!"
Interesting trivia: the bug out to escape the wildfire was not in the original script but was added due to an actual brushfire in the Southern California hills during filming that burned large parts of the 4077 set
@@transformerbrett6619957470 Actually all that packing footage was reused from the season 5 episode titled Bug Out. LOL
Very true, when they came back later in this episode, they found parts of the compound charred, and still smoldering. When Hawkeye left in the chopper, you could see where the fire had gone through.
I don't think that's correct. The actors wouldn't have been involved in dismantling the set (to escape a fire) due to union rules.
Also, if the fire destroyed the camp it really wouldn't have damaged a lot of set, as they were mostly canvas and wood and could be cheaply replaced.
So much MASH trivia doesn't hold up under scrutiny.
@@formermpc10 The fire did happen though and the set did have to be evacuated. The shows writers then decided include event in the show. The scene with the camp being disassembled though was done by reusing pervious footage of an episode where the 4077 does a bug out drill and some clever editing. Also current SAG rules were less strict in the late 70s and early 80s.
The odds of a real fire happening during the series finale had to have been astronomical
That's why every production has an on-staff arsonist.
@@patchbunny I hope you're not being serious
@@scotthamp384Of course not. It's much cheaper to hire an arsonist on a pay-for-play basis.
@@patchbunny
During filming of Elmer Gantry they had trouble setting a fire for the fire scene. The director asked the on set fire official what they could do. He told them he didn't know. The director said the fireman knew fire otherwise he would have been a police officer.
The fireman then said if the ran old film among the streamers then they would have a fire.
They did and almost had a disaster it worked so well.
Like with Star Trek and the U.S.S. Enterprise to people who were fans of M.A.S.H. the 4077th was more than just a t.v. show set it had character all it's own and the fans of the show loved it with all the drama and everything else that was seen in and around the camp so after the bug out and when they all returned to see what happened there most likely wasn't a single dry eye in every household and especially for those that were most likely there in Korea during the Korean war who probably saw similar scenes upto the day the war ended.
This is the cleanest and sharpest MASH video I have ever seen.
You know I was never able to bring myself to watch the last episode completely. Couldn't see Hawkeye as a patient of Sydney. Which encoding is this? Blueray?
Thanks. I need to buy a better print. A thumbs up for your efforts.
From the series finale "Goodbye, Farewell, and Amen."
@@markschroeder2578 I know. I have watched the entire MASH series several times now but I have still not been able to get myself to watch the last episode. Somehow it means to me end of the series and that is something I am not ready to accept yet.
Actually, I seem to remember in at least the last couple of seasons, when I starting watching, the show looked much sharper visually than the reruns of the earlier seasons. Must have been improved cameras and technology.
I know what this feels like. When I was in the army, I was part of a Rapid Response Force and we had to be able to assemble and disassemble our medical setup in 30 minutes.
If I'm not mistaken, there were three bug outs in the TV series:
1. The Chinese have broken through, and MASH sets up the OR in a whorehouse. They had to leave Margaret, Radar, and Hawkeye behind with a patient who couldn't be moved.
2. When they moved camp while BJ was trying to organize a reunion of all of the family members in the states.
3. The finale episode.
I remember watching the finale when it was broadcast. I was in kindergarten, and the fire scared me.
I remember hearing Klinger mentioning something about Vietnam in this episode when everyone was working in the o.r. was that true.
No.
@@PittsburghSportsFan43 yea he did.
Man on PA mentions resources now being diverted to vietnam.
klinger: "vietnam? wheres that?
potter:" southeast asia. "
Trivia Question.. how many times did the 4077 actually Move to a.different location?
Like watching real footage from a documentary, doesn't even seem like a tv series.
"That's no sunset. That's a forest fire!"
That was a real forest fire, they improvised.
"It's too big to be a forest fire."
i like watch farwell mash😀
A question to the military experts here: Is "Bug Out" a recognised military order? If someone got on the PA and called out "Bug Out!" would they really all know what to do?
2:00 Radar running out of the tent for no reason? 😂
I never noticed that till now.
Always wondered where all those trucks and men came from. Never seen them in any season
@@Johndoe-jd It was from the final episode
Well, old son, they'd be stashed in a lil area called the motor pool. As for the men they were likely other staff of the 4077th, orderlies and other bodies in other words.
@@mikegallant811 yeah we've seen that motorpool. One jeep.......
I don't remember them using incendiary munitions in the battle of the bulge. You sure you were in the Ardennes, colonel?
Could have been WW1, also non incendiary munitions can still star fires.
I even saw the rabbits bugging out!!!!!! Lol
yeah lol
The poor rabbits were running for the lives to get away from the fire.
Poor bunnies
Was Radar actually in this scene? According to IMDB, though he left the show a few years earlier, Radar can be seen here in old footage that they lifted from an earlier bugout episode.
i wanna say yes since the footage was lifted from an earlier episode like you said but I can't tell for sure
Sure got light in a hurry.
I watched all of the episodes and sometimes the Director was Jackie Cooper. I wonder if’s the same Jackie Cooper of the Little Rascals.🤷♀️
And also probably the same Jackie Cooper who played Mr White in the Superman movies for all we know!
any chance that anyone would know the song playing in the background during the bug out?
It's an instrumental version of the MASH main theme (Suicide is painless) with some shifts. Most likely recorded for the episode by studio musicians. (The horns playing the melody).
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it always bothered me how this bug out scene was recycled from an earlier episode.
What do you mean?
@@howtogetdisowned7478 the scene was from season 5 episode 1called bug out, where they had to move the mash unit when the enemy got closer
I noticed that
Chances are they recycled the footage because the bug-out was a very last minute change due to an actual forest fire that burned down most of the set, so they probably didn't have the time to film a whole new bug-out scene.
@@LAMProductions99 correct
Run thumper run!
What season is this
Final episode, "Goodbye, Farewell, and Amen" (Season 11, Episode 16)
I'm broke dude.
I can't go anywhere and I don't have anywhere to go anyways.
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