Trapper John, M.D. season 4 (1982-83).wmv

Trapper John, M.D. fourth-season opening (1982-83) (contains FX logo on bottom right)

[@marcusmedlock847]

This was the golden age of television sitcoms. So many awesome themes, actors, and plot lines. Gosh I miss being an 80s kid.

[@scootover7]

Theme music and theme songs of many shows sounded so happy and upbeat back then.

[@bmasters1981]

Certainly did! Far too sad and dystopian now.

[@Drchainsaw77]

@Scott Meckley Most themes have been truncated or excised completely to sell 45 more seconds of advertising space.

[@jnadle1]

@@Drchainsaw77 Is it any wonder people have fled to streaming, so that things like this won't happen so frequently now?

[@lw570]

Brings back so many memories...life was soooooo much better back then.

[@DartsRme312]

ALWAYS KNEW WHEN THIS SHOW WAS ON....i was 9 yrs old....on sunday nights...i always had this theme song in my head..when i tried to fall asleep..my mom used to watch this on sunday nights....my bedroom was next to hers...and it would be still warm out...i'd share an air conditioner with her...and i'd hear this theme song come on....and i wouldn't be able to slee becaus this catchy tune would be in my head for hours...after it was over....:( R.I.P.MOM I LOVE YOU WITH ALL MY HEART

[@arthro9259]

lovely memory

[@juandi2570]

DartsRme312 , i was 11

[@jerbojones]

Yes. My mom watched this on Sunday night's too on CBS. This song was catchy as hell too!

[@manofmanyinterests]

I also remember, because the living room and my bedroom shared a common wall. I heard the theme every week, though never saw a complete episode. Our bedrooms were also nect to each other. Good memory of a different time.

[@ericsamuelson5656]

I was born that season. When I was a kid in the early 90s, I use to sleep with the TV on all night and superstation WGN Chicago aired reruns of this series in the middle of the night.

[@leomartin206]

The drummers timing is THERAPEUTIC.

[@brianpaschal7755]

I don't know who's the composer of this groovy ol'school musical masterpiece but I become immediately relieved of any pain & sorrow each time I hear it; everytime! Thanks so much Mr. Ben Masters, I can't actually really even begin to tell you what this post means to me because it brings tears of unfathomable joy to my spirit & heart. Now I just learned about the identity of the composer of this phenomenal introduction of symphonic serenity; he's John Parker. Long live JOHN PARKER, you're legendary!

[@bmasters1981]

Not a problem-- it's always been (and always will be) one of my favorites!

[@brianpaschal7755]

@@bmasters1981 I also like the intro musical theme of EMERGENCY, KNIGHT RIDER, HARRY-O, THE ROCKFORD FILES, THE SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN; but most of all the intro and outro music of KOLCHAK: THE NIGHT STALKER.

[@leomartin206]

I know thats RIGHT". MY NIZZLE.

[@leomartin206]

I thought i was the only one. The drummer "WASNT NO HOE"

[@KrakenMan5853]

He is better known for composing the theme from "CHiPs".

[@FaytLinegod]

This show needs to be on DVD

[@mixon270]

i been saying the same thing

[@maryhlad5277]

Pernell Roberts was wonderful as “Trapper John” McIntrye. The blending of his current post in SanFrancisco & reminiscing about his days while serving at the 4077th M.A.S.H was wonderfully played out over the 7 seasons.

[@SKOMediaGroup]

I always remember watching this show as a kid. I’ve seen some of the uploaded episodes here on KZbin.... They don’t make shows like this anymore and that’s a shame. Good clean and wholesome fun television.

[@bmasters1981]

I wish it would be on DVD-- I'd get it in a heartbeat!

[@cosmokramer1987]

My father lived this show. RIP DAD, this show brings memories of us watching this on FX in the mid 90's.

[@srinawatinina718]

I was a high school student in Jakarta. The theme song brings me to the distant recollections...

[@joannehines7806]

Lawd, have mercy!! The good old days when a lil gal was in love with actors Greg Harrison & Brian Mitchell!! 💘 🎶 😍 ➕ 👨 🌈 🚗

[@walterschivo9123]

I love that fast theme. Great show.

[@elainevankat5353]

Wow!! The good old days.... of awesome shows like this one! 👏♥️

[@DNSKansas]

Gregory Harrison still going strong in many a Hallmark Channel movie. Also had a nice run on One Tree Hill as Julian's dad. And he is STILL married to Randi Oakes of CHiPs fame after 40 years

[@bufnyfan1]

He made the decision to get out of Hollywood and raise his children in rural Oregon in the 1980s. I also heard he was at one time addicted to cocaine and spent time at the Betty Ford Centre and after that got out of Hollywood.

[@nathanphilpott2773]

He has been on General Hospital the past year or so.

[@ladiiblue2u634]

R.I.P Pernell Roberts and Madge Sinclair

[@royw4883]

two of my favorite actors and charles sierbet

[@mauriciosanchezgutierrez6292]

In remembrance to the star Chip Siebert

[@sarahthomas5405]

I remember when Gregory Harrison was the heartthrob and ladies man on the show. He would be on that RV just chilling. I miss those days.

[@DNSKansas]

Randi Oakes thought Gregory was sexier than Joe Namath!

[@vinylrecord68]

Name of the RV: "The Titanic".

[@LMays-cu2hp]

This was a great show back then..

[@marciaburns1870]

RIP Charlie

[@toddstein5407]

Madge Sinclair was the first actress to play the Helen Willis character from The Jeffersons , on an episode of All in the family.

[@shemcg7830]

Madge Sinclair... ✨ beautiful ✨!

[@fanboy2015]

Pernell Roberts and Wayne Rogers are gone. But the original still lives, Elliott Gould.

[@mrtsmith1972]

My childhood ... sunday nights

[@ashleyworden1887]

You know how disappointed I was that Wayne Rogers wasn't in this show?!!!!!!!😟

[@hssfan]

Long before Brian Stokes Mitchell became famous on the Broadway stage!

[@samuelgriffin4167]

This show lasted through 1986

[@aleksandard8884]

Wow that music takes me back

[@bufnyfan1]

I always wondered why the Trapper John depicted in this series couldn't have met the Hawkeye Pierce of this era in an episode. My understanding was that while MASH was still running first-run episodes the production company couldn't allow it

[@leomartin5965]

Can anybody hear the cow bell being played?its all through the song..but towards the end...DUDE..THE SONG JUST F×CKIN JAMS! ID REALLY LOVe to hear it on a really really good sound system. My money is too short right now though.

[@bmasters1981]

I think I can hear that in some evidence towards the end; where did you hear it?

[@leomartin5965]

@@bmasters1981 i just edited my post.

[@leomartin5965]

Thanks my friend. I truly thought i was the only one..who LOVED THAT SONG. TRUTHFULLY .. I CAN DANCE TO THAT SH×T.

[@morgan8757]

I allways loved ripples

[@tranurse]

Sunday nights at 10

[@jad8123]

What is Ripples holding in her hand in her shot? Obviously, they are medical supplies but what exactly are they? Are they still used today or are they obsolete? I’m not a doctor but..............

[@bmasters1981]

I think that's an IV (intravenous) bag.

[@jeffzebert4982]

Trivia Fact: "Trapper John, M.D." was a spinoff of the show "M*A*S*H".

[@HoJo66]

Actually, due to some legal issues, it was a spinoff of the movie MASH.

[@DisastrousDallas]

it's actually a spin-off of the book not the film as people incorrectly assume

[@bloke_19xx33]

Don't know all of the details, maybe it's a mixture of both: the 'TV' Trapper (Wayne Rogers) on and off made references to San Francisco, possibly his hometown? I recently watched the MASH Movie, and couldn't find the time when the movie Trapper (Elliott Gould?) referenced SF. Interesting TV/Movie conundrum, to say the least.

[@fromthesidelines]

It's really an updated retread of "MEDICAL CENTER" (co-created by Frank Glicksman), with Pernell and Gregory in the James Daly & Chad Everett roles, surrounded by "M*A*S*H"-inspired characters [and nicknames] and "Trapper John's" name. What CBS wanted an hour-long medical drama with a "M*A*S*H"-inspired theme.....and THEY initially promoted it as such.

[@stewartlynch7859]

@@fromthesidelines And produced by a different studio. MEDICAL CENTER was MGM TRAPPER JOHN was FOX. Both were on CBS, though.

[@leomartin206]

And the bridge....WOW. THATS MARY J BLIGE CALLS "LET IT BREATHE."

[@AlphanPeter]

sure miss the tv themes now. too commericals I guess what why tv doesn't have them anymore bring back the old days of tv themes were great.

[@smoothbro9711]

Another trivia fact pernell Roberts starred in bonanza as one of the Cartwright brothers

[@arthro9259]

yep. never knew that was the case 'til some years later

[@fromthesidelines]

Yes- and that's why he quit the series in 1965. He got tired of being one of the "Cartwrights"...and that almost sunk his acting career. When "TRAPPER JOHN" came along, Pernell was VERY grateful, and never took being in a weekly TV series for granted ever again. In the end, he achieved what he wanted out of life, and died of pancreatic cancer in 2010.

[@michaelglickman1300]

@@fromthesidelines Actually, Roberts left the series because he was annoyed at how the producers kept casting white actors to play non-white roles.

[@TheTheo58]

@@fromthesidelines I read where actor Guy Williams (Zorro, and Professor John Robinson Lost in Space) appeared on Bonanza as Will Cartwright, a long lost brother or something. It was something about Roberts wanting more money, the producers brought in Williams to show Permell Roberts he could be replaced.

[@supergacela]

EN MEXICO Y AMERICA LATINA A ESTA SERIE DE TELEVISION SE LE CONOCIO COMO "HOMBRES DE BLANCO"

[@christophermaclachlan2694]

How many people out there are today years old when you learned this is a M*A*S*H spin-off?

[@kildersouza1623]

👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@leomartin6533]

Who does not know how underated this theme song is? On a.good clear 2020 sound system its hard for a nigga not bob, and lean back to this muthafucka.

[@charlespennie3621]

Grey's Anatomy without the slutiness. Lord rest Parnell Roberts and Madge Sinclair. She will always be Sarabi to me...no offense to Alfre Woodard

[@jamesmcafee8348]

How many seasons are there and how many years too

[@bmasters1981]

7 seasons, 7 years, 1979-86.

[@ElJefeNLA]

mine too!

[@Sulla2300]

:32, was is really necessary to show the naked dude?

[@themirrorsofmymind]

Darn. I was gonna say that!

[@relaxsleepdreamrepeat_]

a woman name christopher?

[@Milesco]

IK,R?

[@ApartmentKing66]

Indeed. The only Christopher I ever thought was SEXY.

[@vinylrecord68]

There's also a woman named Michael. (Michael Learned, who played in "The Waltons".)

[@bmasters1981]

@@vinylrecord68 And one lately named Joey (King her surname), who is up for a Golden Globe and a SAG award!

[@stephy7475]

Very hot.

[@leomartin206]

Can anybody hear that cowbell?

[@smoothbro9711]

What ever happened to that gorgeous nurse played by Christopher Norris

[@fromthesidelines]

She temporarily retired from acting a while ago.

[@fromthesidelines]

She temporarily retired from acting a while ago.

[@fromthesidelines]

She temporarily retired from acting a while ago.