There were two jarring moments of my youth: when during the MASH finale we realized the theme song had lyrics and during the Cheers finale when we all realized the theme song had more than one verse.
Previous MASH finale song thoughts from Xmastime HERE:
Of course, I had never seen the movie, which had the full song in it, and I found out HERE that the lyrics on such a heavy subject were written by Robert Altman's 14 year-old son, for reasons that make perfect sense when you think about it: who better to write such a thought about suicide than a teenage boy, what with the main requirement being "angsty teen poetry"? Brilliant.
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