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Scott Moore
arrangement of "Suicide is Painless" played over the opening credits. I
think it was from the first or second season, but I cannot remember the
episode. It has been many years since I heard this arrangement.
If I ever heard it at all, that is.
This question has plagued me for some time. Your group here seems up to
the task of solving my problem. Many thanks in advance.
Scott Moore
http://community.webtv.net/sdmoore494/VastWasteland
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Scott Moore <sdmoo...@webtv.net> wrote in message
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> Somewhere in the dim recesses of my mind I hold this memory: a big-band
> arrangement of "Suicide is Painless" played over the opening credits. I
> think it was from the first or second season, but I cannot remember the
> episode. It has been many years since I heard this arrangement.
>
> If I ever heard it at all, that is.
>
> This question has plagued me for some time. Your group here seems up to
> the task of solving my problem. Many thanks in advance.
A different version of the theme song was used a couple of times in season
one. I think this is what you remember. Sticky Wicket was one of the eps.
Brad
Also 'Major Fred C. Dobbs' and 'The Army-Navy Game' have this
alternative theme song.
Brad
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Elsig
>arrangement of "Suicide is Painless" played over the opening credits. I
>think it was from the first or second season, but I cannot remember the
>episode. It has been many years since I heard this arrangement.
>
>If I ever heard it at all, that is.
>
I believe you heard it at the start of the 4th season ("Welcome to Korea").
The score for that two-part episode was written by Pete Rugolo, who was Stan
Kenton's key arranger many years earlier.
Pete's charts reflected many of the big bands of the swing era - Glenn Miller,
Tommy Dorsey, Benny Goodman and a good many others.
It was a giant effort and I feel he brought it off brilliantly.
LG
Brad
el...@aol.com (Elsig) wrote:
>
>I believe you heard it at the start of the 4th season ("Welcome
to Korea").
>
>
When I see it, it only has the regular opening theme song. Did
they change it back after it was shown once?
Brad --
"Today I saw a red-and-yellow sunset and thought,
How insignificant I am! Of course, I thought that
yesterday, too, and it rained ..." W.A.
David Long
Brad <whitf0rd...@eisa.net.au.invalid> wrote:
> In article <20000131131452...@ng-ch1.aol.com>,
> el...@aol.com (Elsig) wrote:
> >
> >I believe you heard it at the start of the 4th season ("Welcome
> to Korea").
> >
> >
> Was this for the original airing of 'Welcome To Korea' only?
> When I see it, it only has the regular opening theme song. Did
> they change it back after it was shown once?
>
> Brad --
> "Today I saw a red-and-yellow sunset and thought,
> How insignificant I am! Of course, I thought that
> yesterday, too, and it rained ..." W.A.
I don't recall that episode specifically, but I remember hearing
several different openings. Also, a reel of theme music from a
syndication package lists 30 separate tracks which vary in style,
instruments, and length of time. For instance, there are four 60 second
"Funky MASH" style: one with "dueling saxes," one with "raging guitar,"
one with "sax/guitar," and one with "rythm only." There are three "Lo-
Key MASH" style with "solo piano" which only vary in length of time. Of
course I can't be positive they were all used, but it seems to be they
could've since they were part of the package.
Abyssinia,
David Long
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> I remember hearing several different openings. Also, a reel of theme music
> from a syndication package lists 30 separate tracks which vary in style,
> instruments, and length of time. For instance, there are four 60 second
> "Funky MASH" style: one with "dueling saxes," one with "raging guitar,"
> one with "sax/guitar," and one with "rythm only." There are three "Lo-
> Key MASH" style with "solo piano" which only vary in length of time. Of
> course I can't be positive they were all used, but it seems to be they
> could've since they were part of the package.
>
> Abyssinia,
> David Long
>
> Gary Burghoff, "The Birdman of Malibu"
> http://members.tripod.com/gary_burghoff/
> Best Care Anywhere
> http://www.geocities.com/TelevisionCity/5576/
Wouldn't it be cool if a CD were released of all the different variations?? It
probably won't happen, but we can dream...
--- Cory
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Skylerman
afternoons and early 80's on local syndicated TV before any major
changes were to the themes (scenes were still cut of course, but not so
much). I remember the big band arrangement of the theme and liked it.
It showed up late in the first season on the Major Dobbs episode (my
titles are rusty--my apologies), then again when Hawkeye can't figure
out what's wrong with his patient, and one final time in the Army-Navy
game episode (a classic by the way). And after those 3 times in the
first season I never heard it again. Once the shows were recut in the
late 80's/early 90's (I can't remember exactly when), they went with the
same theme throughout the first season (including the pilot which was a
shame because I liked that longer theme and the little intro that was
originally there). I guessed the network thought the arrangement was
too depressing and wanted to jazz it up comedy wise to make it sound
like a wacky guys at the front kind of thing. Apparantly it didn't take
for whatever reason and came and went pretty fast. I didn't have much
of a life outside of TV growing up obviously, haha, so I remember those
alternate themes pretty vividly. Any help to clarify or correct is
always welcomed but that's how I remembered it :-)
Elsig wrote:
>
> >Somewhere in the dim recesses of my mind I hold this memory: a big-band
> >arrangement of "Suicide is Painless" played over the opening credits. I
> >think it was from the first or second season, but I cannot remember the
> >episode. It has been many years since I heard this arrangement.
> >
> >If I ever heard it at all, that is.
> >
>
> I believe you heard it at the start of the 4th season ("Welcome to Korea").
>
Malcolm
reruns. The cuts were really bad in those days. They either just cut out
abruptly and went to commercial and came back in the middle of a scene or
did a really bad edit that sometimes skipped or made a loud noise, but you
did know where the cuts were that way, haha.
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