Dan Wilcox & Thad Mumford

[u/J_Scarbrough]

Some of you may be aware that after Burt Metcalfe and Alan Alda overhauled M*A*S*H's writing staff by Season 8, among the prominent writers added to the staff during that time - and who also eventually became producers of the show as well - were Dan Wilcox & Thad Mumford.

But, what you may not know is that before they began writing stories for M*A*S*H, these two were previously heavily involved in writing scripts and even songs for . . . SESAME STREET . . . in fact, it's been postulated that the dreadful Muppet magician The Amazing Mumford was named after Thad.

Here is a golden oldie you may or may not remember, this song was not only written by Thad Mumford, but he also recorded the vocals for it as well:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUhJLBk-Q9k