"M*A*S*H" The Kids (1975)

User Rating:

7.4/10   

Director:

Alan Alda

Writers:

James Fritzell (writer)
Everett Greenbaum (writer)

TV Series:

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

Original Air Date:

31 October 1975 (Season 4, Episode 8)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | War

Plot:

The 4077th takes in Nurse Cratty's Korean orphans during a shelling attack, including a pregnant girl with a bullet wound. But Frank accuses one of the orphans of stealing his newly (and dubiously) awarded Purple Heart. |

Plot Keywords:

Directed By Star | War Orphan | Dramedy | Asterix In Title | Combat Casualty

Cast

Alan Alda	...	Capt. Benjamin Franklin "Hawkeye" Pierce
Gary Burghoff	...	Cpl. Walter "Radar" O'Reilly
Larry Linville	...	Maj. Frank Burns
Loretta Swit	...	Maj. Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan
Mike Farrell	...	Capt. B.J. Hunnicut
Harry Morgan	...	Col. Sherman T. Potter
Jamie Farr	...	Cpl. Maxwell "Max" Q. Klinger
William Christopher	...	Father Mulcahy
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ann Doran	...	Nurse Meg Cratty
Darrin Lee	...	Korean Boy
Haunani Minn	...	Sung Lee (as Huanani Minn)
Kellye Nakahara	...	Nurse Kellye
Mitchell Sakamoto	...	Slicky Boy
Chrisleen Sun	...	Korean Girl

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Quotes:

Father Mulcahy: Klinger, I thought you were an atheist.
Cpl. Maxwell "Max" Q. Klinger: I gave that up for lent.

Relief From The Shelling!!

The opening part of the episode had started with Major Burns obtaining his (so called) Purple Heart Award. He flaunted his medal to Captains Pierce and Hunnicut. The obvious part: Nurse Crady and her children were forced to find shelter at the MASH 4077th. The weird part: the Korean woman (who was pregnant) was not with the group at the time of the shelling.

The kids and Nurse Crady obtained a checkup at the 4077th after reaching the camp. The slick kid (played by Mitch Sakamoto) did everything possible to make Major Burns's life quite difficult -- by taking 50 cents from him -- despite the fact they were struggling to survive in Korea. Colonel Potter did a fine job reading Army books to the kids at the camp during the night. Corporals O'Reilly and Klinger found the wounded pregnant woman inside the camp at the end of the first part of the show.

Captain Hunnicut operated on the wounded woman in surgery; then went after the baby. Colonel Potter scolded Major Burns for not helping out in surgery. First Lieutenant Mulcahy took Major Burns to the Pre-Operating Room for surgery to assist with the likes of Major Houlihan, Nurse Kellye, Captain Pierce, and the other assistants in surgery. The baby became born in the hospital. The mother and the baby recovered quite well after surgery. The baby received the Purple Heart from President Truman. The Final Grade: "B!!" Enjoy