"M*A*S*H" Bananas, Crackers and Nuts (1972)

User Rating:

7.4/10   

Director:

Bruce Bilson

Writer:

Burt Styler (written by)

TV Series:

"M*A*S*H" (1972)

Original Air Date:

5 November 1972 (Season 1, Episode 7)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | War

Plot:

Hawkeye feigns insanity to prove he needs a leave. |

Plot Keywords:

Nurse | Colonel | Doctor | Korean War | Captain

Cast

Alan Alda	...	Captain Benjamin Franklin Pierce
Wayne Rogers	...	Captain John McIntyre
McLean Stevenson	...	Lt. Colonel Henry Blake
Loretta Swit	...	Major Margaret Houlihan
Larry Linville	...	Major Franklin Marion Burns
Gary Burghoff	...	Corporal Walter Eugene O'Reilly
Stuart Margolin	...	Captain Phillip G. Sherman
Marcia Strassman	...	Nurse Margie Cutler
Odessa Cleveland	...	Lt. Ginger Bayliss

Runtime:

30 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound Recording)

Company:

20th Century Fox Television

Trivia:

Stuart Margolin, who plays psychiatrist Captain Phillip G. Sherman in this episode, reappears in the second season as plastic surgeon Major Stanley 'Stosh' Robbins. In both episodes, he plays a man who sexually assaults Major Margaret Houlihan.

Quotes:

Maj. Frank Burns: [Hawkeye is elaborately eating while in surgical garb] What's this funny business?
Capt. Benjamin Franklin "Hawkeye" Pierce: There's nothing funny to me, Frank. I happen to be very serious about this delicious piece of liver.
Maj. Frank Burns: Where'd you get liver? They're serving hamburger.
Capt. Benjamin Franklin "Hawkeye" Pierce: You can't have any.
Maj. Frank Burns: Fine. But where did you get it?
Capt. Benjamin Franklin "Hawkeye" Pierce: From the North Korean.
Maj. Frank Burns: North Korean? What North Korean?
[beat]
Maj. Frank Burns: You mean the one that...
Capt. Benjamin Franklin "Hawkeye" Pierce: That's right. The one that bit it.
[...]

Soundtrack:

My Blue Heaven