"M*A*S*H" Life with Father (1974)

User Rating:

7.6/10   

Director:

Hy Averback

Writers:

James Fritzell (writer)
Everett Greenbaum (writer)

TV Series:

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

Original Air Date:

29 October 1974 (Season 3, Episode 8)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | War

Plot:

Henry suspects his wife is having an affair, Hawkeye searches for presidents' faces to try to win a pony and Father Mulcahy officiates at a Jewish Bris with the help of a rabbi on a faraway aircraft carrier. |

Plot Keywords:

Circumcision | 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
William Christopher	...	Father Francis Mulcahy
Sachiko Penny Lee	...	Chim Sa
Patricia Stevens	...	Nurse Stevens

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:

The title is based on the movie/play Life with Father (1947) which in the 1940's was the longest running show on Broadway (NYC).

Goofs:

Anachronisms: During the bris ceremony, shots of an aircraft carrier - presumably the Essex, where the Rabbi is transmitting the instruction for the bris to the 4077th - are shown. In one of these shots, a CH-47 helicopter is seen flying near the carrier. The CH-46 took its maiden flight in 1962, and entered serial production in 1964 - both well after the "end" of the Korean War.

Quotes:

Nurse Baker: Shall I diaper, Doctor?
Capt. Benjamin Franklin "Hawkeye" Pierce: Yes, and then the baby.

Movie Connections:

References Life with Father (1947)