M*A*S*H {MASH}: SHOWTIME {FIRST SEASON FINALE} (TV)

Summary

One in this series of comedy programs about the men and women of the 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital (M*A*S*H) stationed behind the lines during the Korean War. In this episode, Jackie Flash's traveling entertainment troupe visits the 4077th amidst the following comic and tragic upheavals at the M*A*S*H unit: Trapper John fights to save the life of a badly wounded soldier with the spiritual aid of Father Mulcahy; Col. Blake learns that his wife has given birth thousands of miles away; unit dentist Capt. Kaplan tries to avoid illness and injury that will delay his return home; and Hawkeye and Frank engage in a duel of practical jokes. Commercials deleted.

Cataloging of this program was made possible by Alan Alda.

Details

• NETWORK: CBS
• DATE: March 25, 1973 8:00 PM
• RUNNING TIME: 0:25:43
• COLOR/B&W: Color
• CATALOG ID: T:28492
• GENRE: Comedy
• SUBJECT HEADING: Comedy; Korean War - Comedy
• SERIES RUN: CBS - TV series, 1972-1983
• COMMERCIALS: N/A

CREDITS

• Gene Reynolds … Producer
• Burt Metcalfe … Associate Producer
• Jackie Cooper … Director
• Larry Gelbart … Developed by, Writer
• Robert Klane … Writer
• Johnny Mandel … Theme Music by
• Alan Alda … Cast, Capt. Benjamin "Hawkeye" Pierce
• Wayne Rogers … Cast, Capt. John "Trapper John" McIntyre
• McLean Stevenson … Cast, Col. Henry Blake
• Loretta Swit … Cast, Maj. Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan
• Larry Linville … Cast, Maj. Frank Burns
• Gary Burghoff … Cast, Cpl. Walter "Radar" O'Reilly
• William Christopher … Cast, Father Francis Mulcahy
• Joey Forman … Cast, Jackie Flash
• John Orchard … Cast, Ugly John
• Harvey J. Goldenberg … Cast, Kaplan
• Stanley Clay … Cast, the Driver
• Sheila Lauritsen … Cast, the Nurse
• Oksun Kim … Cast, the Korean Woman
• Marilyn King … Cast, One of the Miller Sisters
• Jean Turel … Cast, One of the Miller Sisters
• Joan Lucksinger … Cast, One of the MIller Sisters