Fallen Idol (M*A*S*H) Fallen Idol (M*A*S*H) "Fallen Idol" is the third episode of the sixth season of the American situation comedy-series "M*A*S*H" (after the two-part "Fade Out, Fade In") and its 125th overall. The episode aired on CBS on September 27, 1977 and is the first episode where the character of Frank Burns does not play a part in (although Larry Linville, the actor who played Burns, left the series at the end of the fifth season, the character was used in "Fade Out, Fade In", where an unseen and unheard Frank was making a phone call to Col. Sherman Potter). Radar O'Reilly
M*A*S*H on the book, television show and movie, was published in both one-act and full versions. The play incorporates many of the characters but omits more of the dark comedy aspects. It is occasionally produced by community theater and high school theater companies. The crew from the "M*A*S*H" series appeared in advertising for IBM products, such as the PS/2 line that introduced the PS/2 connector for keyboards and mice. Fox developed a "M*A*S*H" video game that was released for the Atari 2600, Atari 8-bit computers and the Texas Instruments TI 99/4A. Players alternate between controlling a helicopter picking up wounded soldiers