A wounded soldier being treated at the 4077th provides a narrative through his eyes.A wounded soldier being treated at the 4077th provides a narrative through his eyes.A wounded soldier being treated at the 4077th provides a narrative through his eyes.
David Hunt Stafford
- The Soldier
- (as David Stafford)
Sal Viscuso
- P.A. Announcer
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaAccording to the notepad Private Rich uses, it is September 12, 1951.
- GoofsCol Potter commanding, visits a soldier in the ward writing home. He's dated the letter September 12, 1951. When Col Potter is assigned to the 4077th, the announcer stated the date of his arrival September 19, 1952, a year later.
- Quotes
Major Charles Winchester: You broke into my footlocker and you read through my personal diary, didn't you, swine?
Captain Benjamin Franklin Pierce: Charles, in all the times I've broken into your footlocker I have never looked at your diary.
Major Charles Winchester: Then who drew all these disgusting pictures in it?
Captain Benjamin Franklin Pierce: It's dry reading. You need illustrations.
Major Charles Winchester: I've had it with you, Pierce. It's two-by-fours at dawn.
- Crazy creditsThere is no music during either the opening or closing credits of this episode.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The 31st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1979)
Featured review
Gimmicky
While this is a novel concept I don't think it's strong enough to sustain an entire episode.
The points of view shown are unrealistic - patient Rich would have to be quite agile and sitting up, which is unlikely due to a serious throat injury.
Also, the MASH characters are entirely out of character and playing to the camera. How often do we see Radar explain triage to a patient? We never see BJ being cheery when meeting a patient.
Is patient Rich likely to see the top of a neighboring patient's head?
I did enjoy the aerial footage of flying over the entire MASH compound right to the chopped pad, where we see personnel waiting. But, a patient lying flat on the chopper skids would see only sky above, nothing below.
The improbability of it all is distracting. The strength of MASH episodes are in the interplay between characters.
Point of View is like a series of monologues.
The points of view shown are unrealistic - patient Rich would have to be quite agile and sitting up, which is unlikely due to a serious throat injury.
Also, the MASH characters are entirely out of character and playing to the camera. How often do we see Radar explain triage to a patient? We never see BJ being cheery when meeting a patient.
Is patient Rich likely to see the top of a neighboring patient's head?
I did enjoy the aerial footage of flying over the entire MASH compound right to the chopped pad, where we see personnel waiting. But, a patient lying flat on the chopper skids would see only sky above, nothing below.
The improbability of it all is distracting. The strength of MASH episodes are in the interplay between characters.
Point of View is like a series of monologues.
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- unclemc-95710
- Sep 19, 2023
Details
- Runtime25 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
- 4:3
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