Boy if they surpressed that episode, I'm surprised they never surpressed the entire series of MASH, which was a continual whitewash of the nature of North Korea.
I know very little about the music on that episode, but I would think that obtaining the rights to the Bee Gees biggest hits would be particularly expensive.
As you seem to be aware of music replacement, I will ask you. I watched the season 1 episode "No Blue Skies" on the dvd release about the lounge singer who is also a cat burgler, and I was struck by the fact that, although the diaglogue makes apparent references to the song "Blue Skies," we...