"M*A*S*H"
Alcoholics Unanimous (1974)

Director:

Hy Averback

Writers:

James Fritzell (writer)
Everett Greenbaum (writer)

TV Series:

"M*A*S*H" (1972)

Original Air Date:

12 November 1974 (Season 3, Episode 9)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | War

Plot:

When Henry goes to Tokyo for a conference Frank outlaws alcoholic beverages and dismantles the still but discovers that it's not so easy to dry out the 4077th. |

Plot Keywords:

Dramedy | Anti Authority | Corporal | Cultural Conflict | Captain

Cast

Alan Alda	...	Capt. Benjamin Franklin "Hawkeye" Pierce
Wayne Rogers	...	Army Capt. "Trapper John" McIntyre
Gary Burghoff	...	Cpl. Walter "Radar" O'Reilly
Larry Linville	...	Maj. Frank Burns
Loretta Swit	...	Maj. Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan
Jamie Farr	...	Cpl. / Sgt. Maxwell "Max" Q. Klinger
William Christopher	...	Lt. / Capt. Father Francis J. Mulcahy
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Bobbie Mitchell	...	Nurse Baker

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Goofs:

Continuity: The projector Klinger is running blows up before the rain from the leaky ceiling begins pouring onto it.

Quotes:

Hawkeye: [Hawkeye, Trapper and Margaret are drunk. Hawkeye sings] I wish there were a radio way up in heaven/So I could say hello to Mother every day.
Hot Lips: I didn't know you could sing.
Hawkeye: Was I singing? I thought I was dancing.
[They all laugh]
Frank: What the devil's going on in here?
Trapper: Frank! Baby!
Hawkeye: [sings, followed by Trapper and Margaret] Come on in and take off your skin and rattle around in your bones!
Frank: Major Houlihan!
Hot Lips: Whoop!
Frank: This really cuts me to the quick!
[...]

Movie Connections:

Features Tin Pan Alley (1940)