"M*A*S*H" Operation Noselift (1974)

User Rating:

7.5/10   

Director:

Hy Averback

Writers:

Paul Richards (story)
Erik Tarloff (story)

TV Series:

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

Original Air Date:

19 January 1974 (Season 2, Episode 18)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | War

Plot:

Private Danny Baker has a big problem, and it's attached to his face. After he is caught trying to AWOL...

Plot Keywords:

Bandaged Nose | Plastic Surgery | Reference To Napoleon | Nurse | Colonel

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	...	Major Stanley 'Stosh' Robbins
Todd Susman	...	Private Danny Baker
William Christopher	...	Father Francis Mulcahy
Patricia Stevens	...	Nurse Mitchell
Louie Elias	...	MP Sergeant (as Lou Elias)
Bobbie Mitchell	...	Nurse Lyons

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:

Todd Susman did the bulk of the announcements in the early seasons, and appeared in the episode "Operation Noselift". The other PA announcer early in the series was Jimmy Lydon. By the end of the series, Sal Viscuso had taken over PA duties completely. Viscuso also appeared several times onscreen, but never making announcements.

Goofs:

Anachronisms: Henry mentions the camp having watched the movie "The Blob". However, that would be quite impossible, since that movie is from 1958, and the Korean war ended in 1953.

Quotes:

Hawkeye: Hey, Trap. Major Houlihan just had her pulse taken by an octopus. St. George time.
Trapper: [in Southern accent, taking Maj. Houlihan in his arms] There, there, my Margaret. Ain't nothin' gonna harm you lessen' you leave old Uncle Trapper's arms.

Movie Connections:

References The Thing from Another World (1951)