M*A*S*H (1972 - 1983)

When not all of the actors decided to come back, M*A*S*H was finalized and several of the characters continued on the spin-off "AfterMASH" (a play on the word "aftermath").

Trapper John is a spin-off of the same character from M*A*S*H several decades after he was discharged from the army.

The Dean returns to the Anthropology class, telling everyone there is a Race "Kerfuffle" (the Dean's chosen word for "riot") taking place outside with the food trucks. He tells the class he didn't know there was a different between North and South Korean BBQ. He then goes on to talk about the Korean War, saying 'M*A*S*H' lasted longer than that war (The Korean War).

Springfield's wax museum features models of The Beatles and the cast of M*A*S*H,[2] and Bart plays Stratego on his own

The entire episode was full of references to the television series M*A*S*H. Abed tells Jeff that sending the journalism students out to buy liquor is "classic Hawkeye", and later asks Jeff to call him "Radar". The end credits of this episode were set to the music used in M*A*S*H, and the style of the credits were the same as those used in M*A*S*H.

In the opening sequence to Peter's retelling of 'Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi', the story scrolling on the screen reads that it takes place "after M*A*S*H, but before 'After M*A*S*H'..."

Near the beginning of the episode, Barney is trying to remember the name of Alan Alda, who played Hawkeye Pierce in the TV series M*A*S*H.

Detective Ouellette calls Shane Radar Fucking O'Reilly. This is a reference to the character from the series 'M*A*S*H'.

In trying to discribe his Army job to his brother, Jimmy says that he is a communication specialist like Radar from MASH.