"M*A*S*H" Carry On, Hawkeye (1973)

User Rating:

8.0/10   

Director:

Jackie Cooper

Writers:

Bernard Dilbert (story)
Bernard Dilbert (teleplay)

TV Series:

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

Original Air Date:

24 November 1973 (Season 2, Episode 11)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | War

Plot:

All the surgeons except for Hawkeye, and most of the support staff except for Margaret, Radar, and Mulcahey come down with the flu. In this Korea-wide epidemic, they can't even find someone to come in and help with casualties. |

Plot Keywords:

Flu Epidemic | Nurse | Colonel | Doctor | Korean War

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
Lynette Mettey	...	Nurse Sheila Anderson (as Lynnette Mettey)
William Christopher	...	Father Francis Mulcahy
Marcia Gelman	...	Nurse Jacobs
Gwen Farrell	...	Nurse Wilson

Runtime:

30 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Photophone Sound Recording)

Company:

20th Century Fox Television

Trivia:

At the end of the episode, several announcements are made, one is that Ralph Bunche has won the Nobel Peace Prize. While there is no set date for the announcement of the winner, it usually occurs on a Friday in mid October, which would place this episode in October 1950. Bunche won the award for his work on an armistice agreements between Israel and the Arab states in 1948-1949.

Quotes:

Hawkeye: You know that little shot you gave me for the flu?
Margaret: Yes.
Hawkeye: Well it worked, I got it.
Margaret: Are you sure?
Hawkeye: I've got enough nausea to light up the city of Toledo, okay? First I'm hot, then I'm cold, and my knees are in business for themselves. My tongue has gone cashmere, and I'd like to find an all night latrine that takes servicemen. Now, have I got the flu or am I just in love?
Margaret: Do you think you can operate?
Hawkeye: I've got to. What am I going to tell the casualties? To stop bleeding until I feel better?
Hawkeye: [Hawkeye takes out the thermometer]
[...]

Movie Connections:

References Double Indemnity (1944)