M*A*S*H {MASH}: GIVE 'EM HELL, HAWKEYE (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, Hawkeye becomes frustrated when he realizes that the peace talks have been in session for a full year and there is no end in sight to the war. He decides to write a letter to President Truman reflecting on the conditions of the 4077th and the general standard of life in Korea. While writing the letter, the following events occur at the M.A.S.H. unit: Hawkeye and Winchester contend with a psychotic Turkish commanding officer who attempts to shoot one of his soldiers after deducing that the young man shot himself in the foot to avoid fighting; Winchester finds himself inoculating Korean prostitutes in order to reduce the rate of V.D. among the members of the 4077th; and a colonel, Ditka, offers the camp a new water heater if its members manage to beautify the compound. Commercials deleted.
Cataloging of this program was made possible by Alan Alda.
Details
- NETWORK: CBS
- DATE: November 16, 1981 9:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:24:46
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T:28741
- GENRE: Comedy
- SUBJECT HEADING: Comedy; Drama, medical; Korean War- Comedy
- SERIES RUN: CBS - TV series, 1972-1983
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Burt Metcalfe … Executive Producer
- John Rappaport … Supervising Producer
- Dan Wilcox … Producer
- Thad Mumford … Producer
- Dennis Koenig … Producer, Writer
- Stanford Tischler … Associate Producer
- Charles S. Dubin … Director
- Larry Gelbart … Developed by
- Lionel Newman … Music (Misc. Credits), Music Supervisor
- Johnny Mandel … Theme Music by, Theme song "Suicide Is Painless" by
- Alan Alda … Cast, Capt. Benjamin "Hawkeye" Pierce
- Mike Farrell … Cast, Capt. B.J. Hunnicutt
- Harry Morgan … Cast, Col. Sherman T. Potter
- Loretta Swit … Cast, Maj. Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan
- David Ogden Stiers … Cast, Maj. Charles Winchester
- Jamie Farr … Cast, Cpl. Maxwell Klinger
- William Christopher … Cast, Father Francis Mulcahy
- Stefan Gierasch … Cast, Colonel Ditka
- Lance Toyoshima … Cast, Kim Han
- Ed Vasgersian … Cast, Captain Broz
- John Lavachielli … Cast, the Young Turk
- Xander Berkeley … Cast, the Marine
- Kellye Nakahara … Cast, Nurse Kellye
- Mae Hi … Cast, the Korean Woman