The name ‘dies koreanwarcomedium’ (day of M*A*S*Hes) which it bears in the Latin edition of TV Guide probably dates from at least the early-mid 1970’s. On this day all the faithful viewers, according to custom, are exhorted to approach the television at the beginning of M*A*S*H, and be blessed there, in the opening credits, by the priest, Father Mulcahy. A small asterisk is sometimes smeared on the forehead in soot; this indicates that you are a complete M*A*S*Hole (affectionate term for one who enjoys M*A*S*H). M*A*S*H Wednesday coincides with the beginning of Dryer Lent, on the presumption that clothes were often hung up to dry (sans dryer) in the Korean War.

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