"M*A*S*H"
Der Tag (1976)

Director:

Gene Reynolds

Writers:

James Fritzell (writer)
Everett Greenbaum (writer)

TV Series:

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

Original Air Date:

6 January 1976 (Season 4, Episode 17)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | War

Plot:

Hawkeye and B.J. place a toe tag on a passed-out Frank as part of a drunken practical joke. But the joke backfires on them when he is accidentally shipped out to the front lines. |

Plot Keywords:

Entire Title Is Capitalized Acronym | Sitcom | Asterix In Title | Major | Dramedy

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. / Sgt. Maxwell "Max" Q. Klinger
William Christopher	...	Lt. / Capt. Father Francis J. Mulcahy
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Joe Morton	...	Captain Saunders
Kellye Nakahara	...	Nurse Kellye

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Trivia:

This episode's title is German for "The Day".

Goofs:

Anachronisms: The comic book that Radar sleeps with is Marvel Comics' Avengers. If that issue were from the original printing, it would be dated about 1969. As you know, the Korean War occurred from 1950-1953.

Movie Connections:

References The Jolson Story (1946)