Everything I know About the Korean War I Learned From M*A*S*H

Yes, the 4077 during its 12 season run taught us quite a bit about the Korean Conflict (or "Police Action"). Among the lessons during its extraordinarily long run:

• The 49th parallel is somewhere in Korea (I presume it separates the North from the South).
• A tracheotomy is relatively easy to perform. Even a priest can do it.
• B.J looks like a douche with a mustache.
• You can grow your hair much longer than Army regulations if you're a doctor (or in a M*A*S*H unit or if your show is popular in the 70s and 80s)
• War ages you a lot. Hawkeye looks so much older between the first and last episode.
• The war lasted from 1950 to 1952.
• Never be a regular on a successful series. Look what it did for the careers of Jamie Farr, Loretta Switt, Gary Burghoff, Odessa Cleveland and William Christopher. Do we need to mention that it killed McLean Stevenson and Larry Linville?
• Chinese are tricky little bastards. Frank "Ferret Face" Burns said so himself.
• The Korean War is nothing like Vietnam.
• You get laid a lot if you're a doctor in a war.