M*A*S*H – What Even Die Hard Fans Don’t Know!

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Similar to modern day shows such as The Office, writers gained inspiration for M*A*S*H characters from real life individuals. Many of the patients from M*A*S*H’s season 6 and 7 were named after baseball players from the Los Angeles Dodgers, as well as the Angels.

Writers also drew inspiration from their personal lives to name everyone from Radar’s love interests to real-life family members. Radar’s love interests were named after previous girlfriends of one of the writers. Actor Mike Farrell, who was shown talking to his character’s family on the phone, requested that his daughter have the same name as his actual daughter, Erin.