The original movie had a scene in which one character sang the song while another played guitar. It was a 'last supper' scene in which a supporting character commits faux suicide because he is unable to perform sexually and believes he may be homosexual.
The tv series had two episodes, from early in it's run, where Loudon Wainwright III played guitar and sang the songs listed below:
"North Korean Blues"
"If There's An Afterlife"
"I Wonder If They Miss Us"
He is credited with writing/composing these songs and sang them as a character from the camp.
The lyrics were written by the director's, Robert Altman, son for the original film when he was only 14. Altman told Johnny Carson that his son earned over a million dollars from royalties while the father received 70k for directing the original film.
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Wasn't it "Mash"? "Suicide Is Best"... the actual song is suicide is painless, if mash was the theme you were after..
Suicide is Painless Music by Johnny Mandel Lyrics by Mike Altman
The final episode of "MASH" was broadcast on Feb 28th 1983, and set on July 27, 1953. The final episode of "After MASH" was broadcast on May 31, 1985 and set in the year 1954.
In the 1970 Robert Altman movie, MASH, John Schuck played the character Capt "Painless Pole" or "Jawbreaker" Waldowski who was the resident dentist. Painless was engaged to 3 girls back home and didn't want to be unfaithful to any of them, even though he was 7000 miles away.
1983