PILOT EPISODE - Larry Gelbart
Episode Number: J-301
Original Air Date: September 17, 1972 |
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After twelve hours of surgery,
Hawkeye and Trapper relax with martinis made with alcohol from a still
operating quietly in their tent. Hawkeye has good news. Ho-Jon, the Korean
houseboy he has been trying to enter into his own alma mater for medical
studies, has been accepted. Hawkeye's next problem is how to raise the
money for passage, clothes and tuition. He decides on a party with a
raffle... the prize to be a weekend in Tokyo with one of the nurses. Hot
Lips and Frank immediately take offense to this plan and demonstrate their
anger by breaking Hawkeye's still, creating a fight that finds Frank being
assaulted by both Hawkeye and Trapper. Blake is forced to withdraw the
passes and tells the pair to cancel the raffle. Finding out Blake's going
to Seoul to visit the General, Hawkeye and Trapper proceed with plans for
the party, using passes supplied by Radar. Frank is left in command, so
Hawkeye gives him a shot while he bends over a patient. Then he and
Trapper load him into a bed, cover his unconscious face with gauze, and
order a sedative to be administered hourly. The party goes off without a
hitch, earning all the money needed for Ho-Jon. Trouble starts when Hot
Lips suddenly recognizes Frank and gets him |
Original MASH Cast |
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up to alert General Hammond in
Seoul. Hammond is prepared to arrest the duo when a load of Canadian
wounded arrive. After the General sees the pair perform skillfully in the
operating room, he knows he cannot punish them. |
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CAST Hawkeye Pierce -
Alan Alda
Trapper John - Wayne Rogers
Henry Blake -
McLean Stevenson
Hot Lips -
Loretta Swit
Frank Burns -
Larry Linville
Radar -
Gary Burghoff
BEHIND THE SCENES
Producer - Gene Reynolds
Executive Story Consultant - Larry Gelbart
Associate Producer - Burt Metcalfe
Director - Gene Reynolds
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GUEST CAST Lt. Dish -
Karen Philip
Spearchucker - Timothy Brown
Ho-Jon - Patrick Adiarte
Ugly John - John Orchard
Capt. Scorch - Linda Meiklejohn
Capt McCarthy - Laura Miller
Lt Bayliss - Odessa Cleveland
Gen. Hammond - G. Wood
Father Mulcahy - George Morgan
Private Boone - B. Kirby, Jr.
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