"M*A*S*H" Major Fred C. Dobbs (1973)

User Rating:

7.9/10   

Director:

Don Weis

Writers:

Sid Dorfman (written by)
Larry Gelbart (developer)

TV Series:

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

Original Air Date:

11 March 1973 (Season 1, Episode 22)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | War

Plot:

Frank applies for a transfer out of the 4077, and Hawkeye and Trapper can't resist broadcasting his goodbye to Margaret through the camp P.A. The prospect of gold in the region gives Frank second thoughts. |

Plot Keywords:

Gold | Nurse | Colonel | Doctor | Korean War

Cast

Alan Alda	...	Capt. Benjamin Franklin 'Hawkeye' Pierce
Wayne Rogers	...	Capt. John Francis Xavier 'Trapper' McIntyre
McLean Stevenson	...	Lt. Col. Henry Braymore Blake
Loretta Swit	...	Maj. Margaret 'Hot Lips' Houlihan
Larry Linville	...	Maj. Frank Marion 'Ferret Face' Burns
Gary Burghoff	...	Cpl. Walter Eugene 'Radar' O'Reilly
Harvey J. Goldenberg	...	Kaplan
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:

Per the title, Fred C. Dobbs was the treasure-hungry character played by Humphrey Bogart in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948).

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): Frank Burns claims to have a 30 foot yacht, yet he also claims to live in Fort Wayne, Indiana (in other episodes) which is a land locked city with no body of water large enough nearby (Lake Michigan & Lake Erie about 2.5 hours drive away) to put a yacht in the water.

Quotes:

Trapper: It's a little chilly out there, how bout a drink?
Hawkeye: If you need a reason to drink, you shouldn't.
Trapper: A double or a triple?
Hawkeye: How about the first quintuple martini in medical history? How about you Frank, one for the road?
Frank Burns: I make it a point never to drink with strangers and as of right now, I don't know either one of you.
Hawkeye: It's chilly in here too. Make Frank a Shirley Temple and put it on my tab.
Frank Burns: You're nothing but common drunks.
Hawkeye: That is a rumor started by people I've fallen over.
Frank Burns: Laugh now, but when this war is over, I'll go back to my Country Club and my 30 foot yacht, and you two will be ship's doctors on a garbage scow somewhere.
Hawkeye: The typical love/hate complex. Freud said it best when he said, "Never ask for light chocolates."
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Movie Connections:

References The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)