Mash first episode

In the episode, Ho-Jonthe houseboy of Captains Hawkeye Pierce and Trapper John McIntyrehas been accepted to Hawkeye's college, but they must raise tuition for him if he is to attend, mash first episode. They hold a fund-raising party while their commanding officer, Lt. Col Henry Blakeis away.

It was originally shown on September 17, and repeated twice, on April 1 and August 5, It was written by Larry Gelbart and directed by Gene Reynolds. It is Korea, "A hundred years ago" , and personnel of the th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital are milling around, keeping themselves busy in between sessions in the O. Majors Frank Burns and Margaret Houlihan are in her tent, reading and playing footsie under the table. Colonel Henry Blake , the company's C. Spearchucker Jones and Cpl.

Mash first episode

The season developed the characters which had been taken from the movie MASH , in particular highlighting Hawkeye Pierce as the prime character of the ensemble cast. With only one or two possible exceptions the episodes " Cowboy " and " Showtime " , Hawkeye is either the focus of each story, an agent provocoteur for the events of the story, or else acts as a link between vignette events as in the "Dear Dad" episodes. The remaining main characters are given greater volition as the season goes on, that is, they are seen to act on their own rather than simply in reaction to something done by Hawkeye or Trapper. The first episode - Pilot - utilises many, but not all, of the personnel of the th as seen in the first half of the movie. Blake's aide who is regularly outfoxed by Radar. Boone , Lesley Scorch and Ugly John are seen but have no dialogue, "Knocko" McCarthy is portrayed and credited but has no dialogue, and one new character Ginger appears and has dialogue in the O. Wiki Content. Explore Wikis Community Central. Don't have an account? Current Wiki.

Then, we see shots of each primary character as they are announced by their actors' names. Oliver Harmon 'Spearchucker' Jones.

By the way, this is not going to be a scholarly, informative lecture series about the long-running TV series. We see Hawkeye and Trapper John wearing Hawaiian shirts, chipping golf balls into a mine field located yards away from the camp. Trapper sets off a mine with his shot and they cheer. Zany, irrevrent guys staring death in the face and making a good time of it. We see Henry Blake and a pretty nurse, in scrubs, looking serious as they huddle over, perhaps, a complicated surgical procedure.

It was originally shown on September 17, and repeated twice, on April 1 and August 5, It was written by Larry Gelbart and directed by Gene Reynolds. It is Korea, "A hundred years ago" , and personnel of the th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital are milling around, keeping themselves busy in between sessions in the O. Majors Frank Burns and Margaret Houlihan are in her tent, reading and playing footsie under the table. Colonel Henry Blake , the company's C. Spearchucker Jones and Cpl. The opening credits play over scenes of the staff rushing to the chopper pad and tending to the wounded, featuring most of the scenes that would become the regular opening credit sequence for the rest of the series. Pierce starts a letter to his father trying to describe living and working in Korea during the Korean War. During the O. Frank Burns gets into an argument with Nurse Ginger Bayliss about which instrument the doctor asked for versus which one he really wanted.

Mash first episode

The camp raises money to send Ho-Jon to Maine by raffling a weekend in Tokyo with a nurse, much to Margaret : Those two, they're ruining this war, for all of us! Sign In Sign In.

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January 28, Pierce starts a letter to his father trying to describe living and working in Korea during the Korean War. The raffle is rigged and Fr. Edit page. Comedy Drama War. The following personnel are assigned to the th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital. Featured review. Oliver Harmon 'Spearchucker' Jones. Bruno Kirby in his only appearance as Boone. Wayne Rogers Capt. DKosty May 30, Hawkeye and Trapper take a sample of Frank's blood while he's sleeping, but the recipient starts showing signs of hepatitis. Runtime 25 minutes. Release date September 17, United States.

The staff of an Army hospital in the Korean War find that laughter is the best way to deal with their situation. Hawkeye : War isn't Hell. War is war, and Hell is Hell.

George Morgan pilot only and William Christopher. Hawkeye declares a filmmaker's documentary about the th to be propaganda and decides to make his own, with characters based on Groucho Marx and Harpo Marx. Hawkeye and Trapper invent an imaginary captain to cover their donations to an orphanage. They're ruining this war! Burns then goes on a tirade about how Pierce and McIntyre are corrupting Ho-Jon, about their snide remarks towards him, about how they are turning the camp into a brothel and the fact that they are operating a still. Frank's moral duplicity is also highlighted by his licentious relationship with Houlihan, with whom he colludes by day for stricter GI standards around the camp and by night for carnal pleasure. Article Talk. More to explore. Major Frank Burns played by Larry Linville is a figure of ridicule, portrayed immediately as a blundering or incompetent surgeon at the same time as being a hair-splitter on rank, military discipline and regulations. William Christopher does not appear in this episode. Without fail, this threat is followed up with a moralist speech about The Really Important Things In Life and a reminder that these doctors are necessary for the saving of lives and subsequently, their hijinks are overlooked, much to the chagrin of Burns and Houlihan. Technical specs Edit. In frustration, Pierce hurls a rock in Burns' general direction, but it strikes the P. Alternate versions Syndicated versions omit the original opening sequence and replace it with the standard opening. In the episode, Ho-Jon , the houseboy of Captains Hawkeye Pierce and Trapper John McIntyre , has been accepted to Hawkeye's college, but they must raise tuition for him if he is to attend.