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♪ Through early morning fog
I see ♪
♪ Visions ofthe things to be ♪
♪ The pains that are
withheld for me ♪
♪ I realize and I can see ♪
♪ That suicide is painless ♪
♪ It brings on many changes ♪
♪ And I can take or leave it
if I please ♪
♪ The game of life
is hard to play ♪
♪ I'm gonna lose it anyway ♪
♪ The losing card
I'll someday lay ♪
♪ So this is all I have to say ♪
♪ Suicide is painless ♪
♪ Suicide ♪
♪ It brings on many changes ♪
♪ Changes ♪
♪ And I can take or leave it
if I please ♪
♪ The sword oftime
will pierce our skin ♪
♪ It doesn't hurt
when it begins ♪
♪ But as it works
its way on in ♪
♪ The pain grows stronger
Watch it grin ♪
♪ Suicide is painless ♪
♪ It brings on many changes ♪
♪ And I can take or leave it
if I please ♪
♪ A brave man
once requested me ♪
♪ To answer questions
that are key ♪
♪ Is it to be or not to be ♪
♪ And I replied
"Oh, why ask me" ♪
♪ Suicide is painless ♪
♪ It brings on many changes ♪
♪ And I can take or leave it
if I please ♪
♪ And you can do
the same thing ♪
♪ Ifyou please ♪♪
[ Helicopter Whirring ]
Radar!
Yes, sir.
Get ahold of Major Burns-
Guess I better call Major Burns
and tell him to put another...
day shift on the night shift.
Hold a couple surgeons over
from the day shift onto night shift.
I'll call General Hammond—
Get General Hammond down there
in Seoul. Tell him we gotta have two—
I hope he sends us those
two new surgeons.
We're sure gonna need 'em.
What was that, sir?
I gave everything
to Radar.
What?
What the hell do you think
you're doing?
Huh? Well, uh—
Just because you're a captain,
don't thinkyou run thejoint.
Come on, I wasn't—
I run it.
Yeah, all right.
I'm just supposed to—
I know what you're
supposed to do.
Your driver will be
with you shortly.
He's having his coffee now.
[ Whistles ]
Racist.
[ Man On P.A. ]
Attention.
The following men
report to the departure area:
Carey, Michael S.
Phelps, Robert A.
Colbert-
[ Indistinct ]
Cleaver, Herschell B.
Roosevelt, Charles B.
Bye, ladies. Thankyou.
Ralph, Roosevelt D.
Govowska, Theodore G.
Uh, 4077th MASH?
This is the jeep, yeah.
All right.
Okay, let's go, boy.
Get my other bag.
Yes, sir. Yes, sir.
Schermerhorn!
Get that son of a ***
that just stole myjeep!
Hey, watch where the hell
you're going, will ya?
[ Horn Honks ]
[ Tire Blows Out ]
[ Arguing, Indistinct ]
[ Chattering ]
There you are, sir.
The officers' mess.
Perhaps you would like
to take a small repast?
I don't think I could eat
after that ride you gave me.
You want any ofthis?
No, thank you, sir.
But I could do with my lunch.
Well, why don't you
come on in with me
and get a sandwich?
I'll follow you
anywhere, sir.
Oh, how about that piece
of scenery, Yankee, huh?
Yes, sir.
[ Chattering Continues ]
Who are those men?
Friends ofyours, Murrhardt?
No, sir. First time
I've ever seen them.
Well, maybe those are
the replacements, sir.
Don't be silly. We're expecting
some really sharp surgeons.
Well, I guess theyjust got separated
from their units and looking
for something to eat.
They've got a hell of a nerve
coming in here, eating our food.
[ Chattering ]
Can I ask you to move over
just a little bit?
Thank you. Ooh.
Be careful.
Yeah.
But you know she's got to use—
I think I'm in love.
that pHisoHex soap on her face.
She really has
a very bad complexion.
[ Chattering ]
Uh— Uh,
well, you see, the truth is,
Lieutenant, I don't have
anything to do tonight.
I just got into town,
and, uh, well,
I thought maybe
you could show me around.
Captain, I think ifyou'll
notice the lieutenant's
beautiful hand,
she is definitely married.
Well, I'm the commanding officer,
and I'm going to get
to the bottom ofthis.
Boy, Bandini,
they're eating here...
[ Man On P.A. ] Attention.
because they want to.
Attention, Captain Murrhardt-
[ Continues, Indistinct ]
You men just passing through?
I was just enjoying
that lovely dish there.
Uh, Captain, you are speaking
about a lieutenant in
the United States Army.
And I'm Colonel Blake.
Oh, Colonel.
I'm, uh, Duke Forrest,
your new cutter.
That's my driver.
Captain Hawkeye Pierce.
[ Whistles ]
[ Hawkeye ]
Are you leaving?
[ Woman ] Yes, I am.
Good afternoon, Lieutenant Dish.
Good afternoon,
Captain Hawkeye.
Captain Hawkeye Pierce.
I had a TWX about you.
It seems that you stole a jeep
up at headquarters.
No, no, no, sir.
No, I didn't steal a jeep.
No, it's right outside.
Right there.
Oh, so it is. Captain Forrest,
don't you know that when you report
to your new duty station,
you go to your
commanding officer
with a copy ofyour orders?
Uh, Captain, uh, Pierce,
is it?
Mm-hmm.
Captain Pierce and me
have been boozing all day
and worked up an appetite—
Good, good. You've been
working close to the front.
Now we have our slack periods here,
but when the action starts,
you'll get more work in 1 2 hours
than a civilian surgeon—
How many nurses do we have?
Seventeen.
How many nurses
will be on my-
Four.
I'd like to select
this young girl here.
Yes, I think it could be arranged.
And the young girl over here.
The blonde—
Oh, Father Mulcahy.
I'd like you to meet
Captain Pierce, our new surgeon.
This is a Catholic chaplain.
And this is Captain Forrest.
*** Red.
*** Red?
Captain Waldowski,
our dental officer.
Better known as
Painless Pole.
This is Captain Black,
our anesthesiologist.
I'm the dentist here.
John Black. I'll be
passing gas for you.
Duke? Welcome.
[ All Talking At Once ]
Ifyou boys have any problems,
my tent is right—
[ All Talking At Once ]
Radar! Oh, Corporal O'Reilly.
Gentlemen, I'm Corporal O'Reilly.
They call me Radar.
You'll be staying in
Major Burns's tent. I'll take
your things over there now.
Get everything out of the jeep.
Don't worry about the jeep.
I'll change the numbers.
Oh, and change the numbers
on thatjeep.
Corporal O'Reilly?
You're not billeting these
enlisted men...
in the officers' area now,
are you?
[ No Audible Dialogue ]
[ Airplane Passes Overhead ]
Excuse me.
I'm working for
my blind brother who can't
afford the trip to Korea.
Don't you trust that man.
He's a mad dog.
Unhand me, sir.
Uh, hey, Duke Forrest.
[ Whispering, Indistinct ]
[ Whistles ]
Now that one's mine.
[ Whispering, Indistinct ]
Hi, fellas.
Who? That one?
[ Whistles ]
Who told you that?
How do you know that?
[ Man ] "Yea, though I walk
through the valley...
"of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil,
for 'thoo' are with me."
Thou. Thou art.
Jesus Christ.
What's all that about?
That's Major Burns, sir.
Excuse me.
New personnel, Major.
[ Burns ]
Good.
Hi. Hawkeye Pierce.
How do you do?
Uh, Duke Forrest.
Frank Burns.
How are you?
Go ahead, Ho-Jon.
"My cup runneth over.
Surely goodness...
and mercy shall follow"-
Uh, what's this here?
This is Ho-Jon.
He's one of our mess hall boys.
I'm teaching him how to read.
[ Duke ]
Oh, is that right? Uh—
Reading the Bible, huh?
Now, that's nice.
Listen. I tell you what.
I got a book here.
It's got a lot of pictures in it,
and I think it's easier
to learn how to read
when you look at pictures.
- A little adventure— pictures.
- May I leave now, Major?
- Sure, Ho-Jon.
- You have fun, you hear?
[ Chattering ]
Yeah, get some suction.
[ Suction Sound ]
Here it is. Here it is.
Suture, Mary.
What kind of sutures
are these?
[ Duke ] I can't see
what the hell I'm doing.
Scorch, I need some more sponge clamps.
[ Scorch ]
Just a minute, Les.
Okay.
Give me some big hunks
of sponge or something,
for crying out loud.
Get that thing out ofthere.
You'll have to
use these for now.
Oh, that's bleeding.
That's gotta come out of there.
I can't stop
that bleeding down there.
Come on.
[ Chuckles ]
[ Duke ]
What's so funny?
Nothing, sir. Not a thing.
[ Duke ] Is that true
what I hear about you?
[ Murrhardt ]
Duke, back to the kidney. Come on.
Oh, yeah.
[ Scorch ] He's cute.
Get it out ofthere, man.
Give me a clamp. Give me a clamp.
Here we go.
[ Scorch ]
Captain Pierce, did you call me?
No, I didn't,
and my name's Hawkeye.
Give me the saw.
I can't really see.
It's like the Mississippi River
down there.
Give me another one.
Doesn't feel like it's in one piece.
I'll tell you that.
I think it's gotta
come out of there.
[ Duke ] Give me a knife.
And give me some more ofthat gauze.
[ Hawkeye ] That thread.
[ Scorch ]
Off the stick, or otherwise?
[ Indistinct ]
[ Duke ]
A big, honey.
It's— You know-
Ready?
I'm ready.
[ Sawing ]
Nurse, you got a clamp,
please?
Yes, sir.
[ Sawing Continues ]
Scratch my nose.
Just on— There.
A little harder, please.
[ Man On P.A. ]
Attention. Attention.
All... noncommissioned off-
Attention. Attention.
All noncommissioned officers...
will report for
short arm inspection at 0400.
[ Rattling ]
That is all.
What's that?
That's a "martin-eye," Frank.
Finest kind. We're training
Ho-Jon to be a bartender.
Would you care to imbibe, sir?
I don't drink.
Jesus Christ,
I think he means it.
[ Duke ] I think we've
been had, Hawkeye.
I think you're right, babe.
I don't think it's right
to involve a boy
who's not 1 7 years old yet.
You go to sleep now?
Yeah.
I go wash clothes.
[ Hawkeye ]
Okay.
Hey, you make a mean martini
there, Ho-Jon.
You keep it up, you hear?
[ Chuckles ]
[ Door Closes ]
"Our Father, who art in heaven,
hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come,
thy will be done
on Earth as it is in heaven."
You ever catch
this syndrome before, babe?
[ Frank Continues Praying ]
No. Not with anyone beyond
the age of eight years old, I haven't.
"And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom
and the power and the glory
forever and ever. Amen."
- Amen.
- Amen.
And, dear God,
protect our young men
on the field of battle,
that they may return home
to their dear ones.
And, dear God, protect
our supreme commander
on the field...
and our commander in chief
in Washington, D.C.
Frank, were you on this
religious kick at home,
or did you crack up over here?
Uh, Frank, how long
does this show go on?
It gets longer all the time.
Now I have your soul to pray for
and Captain Pierce's.
[ Hawkeye ]
♪ Onward Christian soldiers ♪
♪ Marching as to war ♪
[ Hawkeye And Duke ]
♪ With the cross ofJesus ♪
♪ Going on before ♪
♪ Christ, our royal master ♪
♪ Leads against the foe ♪
♪ Forward into battle ♪
♪ See his banners go ♪
♪ Onward Christian soldiers ♪
♪ Marching as to war ♪
♪ With the cross ofJesus ♪♪
[ Airplane Passes Overhead ]
[ Leslie ]
Yeah?
[ Blake ] What's the lineup?
[ Leslie ]
Four waiting for surgery,
two waiting for the I.V....
and two waiting for
the antibiotics to take over.
Well, we can probably
handle that if there's
no more choppers. Pickup.
Scissors.
[ Door Opens ]
Hi, Wade.
Oh, wait a second.
You can't go in the colonel's office.
That's who we're looking for, babe.
Henry, you've gotta do something.
We have stuck it out
for a whole week now.
Pretty girl, eh?
Yeah, she kinda
grows on you.
Uh, what is it, men?
That sky pilot.
You have got to
get him out of our tent.
Your tent?
Yeah. Get that nurse in there.
She doesn't look like
the kind keep you awake
all night praying.
I've been in the army a long time.
I know what you guys are trying to pull,
but you're not going to push me around.
Oh, now, Henry.
Henry, not for the world
would I push you around.
But look. There is one
more thing, now that
you're talking about it.
We need a chest cutter.
Yeah, we gotta get an A1
chest cutter in here quick, Henry,
or we're gonna be in
a hell of a lot oftrouble.
[ Henry ] Forget it.
No MASH unit has a chest surgeon.
We're not about to get one.
[ Radar ] Um, excuse me, sir.
They're behind in the O.R.,
and the pre-op ward is all jammed up.
The helicopters and the, uh,
ambulances are coming in full.
[ Henry ]
You guys are gonna have to
go to work early today.
[ Duke ]
What, add overtime to a 1 2-hour day?
What the hell is that?
The union will raise
all kinds of Cain with you.
[ Hawkeye ]
Boy, Henry, you work those kind
of hours, you sure need your rest.
You can't get 'em
with a sky pilotjabbering
to heaven—
[ Henry ]
Major Burns will be
out ofyour tent in 24 hours.
Tell them Captain Pierce
and Captain Forrest
are on their way.
[ Hawkeye ]
Henry, there's just
one more thing.
[ Henry ]
I told you Major Burns will be
out ofyour tent in 24 hours.
[ Hawkeye ]
The chest cutter.
[ Henry ] No.
I'll try, damn it.
You can't ask
any more than that.
[ Hawkeye Speaking, Indistinct ]
My abdominal operation
was doing fine. It's the head
wound that did him in.
[ Duke ] Dish, get over here
and hold this retractor.
Okay.
Now. No-
[ Man ] Dish, let me have
a long needle holder.
[ Giving Last Rites In Latin ]
[ Duke ]
Uh, go ahead.
[ Speaking Latin ]
[ Duke ]
***.
Pull it back, Duke.
Oh, hell. I can't—
Get hold of
the other one.
***.
[ Duke ] ***, I want you over here
to hold this retractor. Now.
Wha— Uh—
Please.
Come on, now.
Yes. I'm sorry, I—
[ Hawkeye ]
Hi, ***.
Hey, hold on. Don't wiggle it.
My hands—
Just hold on.
[ Hawkeye ]
Clamp.
I'm sorry, ***, but this man
is still alive, and that other man
is dead, and that's a fact.
[ Duke ]
Can you hold it
with two fingers, ***?
Hell. Where the hell—
Do you see it?
[ Car Engine Starts, Departs ]
Sergeant, you know
where Hawkeye is?
You mean Captain Pierce?
No, I'd have to look
at the duty roster.
They're in there.
[ Hawkeye ] Oh, baby.
[ Dish ] Hawkeye, you've gotta
remember. I'm married.
I'm married. I'm happy.
I love my wife.
If she was here,
I would be with her.
I'm very happily married.
There is no question
of loving anybody.
It is a question only of-
I made a vow to myself
that while I was gone,
I was gonna be—
I was gonna be faithful
to my husband.
Sure.
[ Dish Moans ]
[ Hawkeye ]
Those are the vows you make
when you're with somebody.
Hawkeye?
[ Knocks ]
Ho-Jon?
Duke say you better
haul *** home quick.
We got new chest cutter
in our tent.
Okay.
[ Both Chuckle ]
[ Man On P.A. ]
This is Radio Tokyo bringing
you musical interlude...
for your enjoyment.
I'll see you later?
♪♪ [ Big Band Jazz ]
♪♪ [ Woman Singing In Japanese ]
♪ Shoeshine boy ♪
♪♪ [ Continues In Japanese ]
[ Duke ]
That's him.
[ Hawkeye ] Hiya.
I'm Hawkeye Pierce.
Yeah. See? That's all
I can get out of him
is he's from "Bahston,"
and he's been
in the army two months.
Oh, yeah?
Yeah, that's all.
[ Glasses Clink ]
[ Duke Clears Throat ]
Well, listen, uh,
where were you
when you were drafted?
I was just curious.
[ Clears Throat ]
Back home. I told you before.
No. I mean,
what were you doing?
Were you, like, a resident,
or on staff someplace?
Mmm.
Where?
Hospital.
- Which hospital?
- Back home.
Is there some reason
I shouldn't know
which hospital?
I don't know. I will ask.
Is there some reason my friend
should not know the name
ofthe hospital?
There doesn't appear
to be any reason.
I've seen you somewhere before.
I don't know your name, stranger,
but your face is familiar.
Have you always had
that mustache?
Are you a beer drinker, sir,
or would you like to share
a martini with me?
A martini. I— That would be—
I'd love a martini.
Ho-Jon,
give the gentleman a martini.
I think you will find these
accommodating.
They're quite dry.
Don't you use olives?
Olives? Where the hell
you think you are, man?
We do have to make certain
concessions to the war.
We're three miles
from the front line, and—
Yes, but a man can't
really savor his martini
without an olive, you know.
Otherwise, you see, it just...
doesn't quite... make it.
[ Man On P.A. ]
Attention.
The Evangelical
United Brethren Church
has donated 34 "hymals"...
to the 4077th MASH unit.
These "hymals"
are located in the "clamp"—
in the camp library...
and may be checked out
by those with cards.
That is all.
Listen. Am I gonna get paid
for giving you guys lessons?
[ Hawkeye Chuckles ]
Rib-cutter.
[ Duke ]
Small bones, huh?
Deaver retractor also, please.
All right.
Let's get her, baby.
Okay. Can I tie this for you?
Don't hog the whole operation.
Knocko, gauze rolls.
You need some suction?
[ Man ]
Yeah, that's fine.
Now, pickups to me, please.
How's he doing?
[John ]
Doing well.
Yeah. Suture.
[ Man ] Yeah, looks like that's it.
Looks like that's it.
- [ Dish ] What the hell did you do
with our thread? It ran out.
- Wanna tie that off?
More thread, please,
and larger needles.
[ Man ] Will you let me?
Let me have another suture.
[ Man ]
All you surgeons are all alike.
I tell you that.
If this guy knew the clowns who were
operating on him, I think he'd faint.
[John ] I think he has.
Come on, Nurse.
I need a suture, please.
Coming.
[ Man ] Keep ahead of him, babe,
will you? We need a couple
more stitches in there.
That's fine. Yeah. Thank you.
[ Dish ]
Just turn it around.
It's a good thing you have
a nice body, Nurse, otherwise
we'd get rid ofyou quick.
- [ Man ] Don't stick me.
- [ Duke ]
Keep it clean.
[ All Laugh ]
[ Man ]
Here, I can tie that for you.
Okay. Let's have the big stitches
for closing up the chest.
Fine.
[ Dish ]
Larger needles, Knocko.
Now the sutures.
Start down here?
Looks like it needs
another one, huh?
[John ]
Does anybody know if this is
an officer or an enlisted man?
[ Hawkeye ]
He's an enlisted man.
[John ] Make the stitches big.
[ Man On P.A. ]
Attention. Captain Bandi—
Captain Bandini—
[ Clears Throat ]
Attention. Attention. Captain Bandini
is now performing a femoral pop—
[ Stammers ]
A femoral
P-O-P-L-I-T-E-R-A-L...
artery explor-
exploration and possible graft.
[ Clears Throat ]
[ Blowing Into Microphone ]
The following memo
has just come through:
Please remove all pictures,
postcards, nude calendars, et cetera,
from the walls,
so that our rooms
may look clean and orderly.
That is all.
Big "U"!
Duke, did I ever tell you
how Androscoggin College beat
Dartmouth in a raging blizzard,
6-nothing,
'cause I intercepted a pass?
Yeah, you told me.
They had this great passer, see?
And we held them
nothing-nothing...
till the last 20 seconds,
and then, snow and all,
he let one go.
Yeah, you told me.
And it went sailing— Boom!
Lucky your mouth wasn't open.
It would have got stuck in your throat.
Oh, baby!
Oh, it is TrapperJohn McIntyre!
I thought you'd never remember.
Man! Man! It's TrapperJohn.
John McIntyre. TrapperJohn.
Only man ever found fulfillment
in a Boston-Maine railway.
In the— In the ladies' can.
Conductor opened the door,
the girl looked out and yelled,
"Oh, you caught me! Oh, my God!
He trapped me!"
Is that right?
Honest to God. How are you?
I'm great.
Wh-What's going on over there?
[ Duke ] Oh, well, well, well.
It must be Painless Polish Day
in the shower tent.
[ Hawkeye ] Yes, sir.
[ Trapper ] Painless Polish Day
in the shower tent?
[ Hawkeye ]
Walt Waldowski, the dentist.
You know—
What, are those guys
waiting to scrub his back,
or something?
No, he's what you might call
the best-equipped dentist
in the army.
You might call it that.
Yeah.
Oh.
[ Both ]
Oh.
I saw- Once in med school—
in premed—
I did an autopsy on a guy.
He had been drowned
and all swollen up—
Are you an authority?
I heard that one too. You told that one.
The most extraordinary thing.
And a friend of mine—
Boy, man, I'd surely love
to see that angry.
[ Helicopter Whirring ]
[ Chattering ]
Nurse!
Boone, get me a c.c. of adrenaline
and a cardiac needle.
I'm sorry-
[ Stammers ]
Just get it!
- [ Man ] Pinch a bit.
- [ Man #2 ]
Looks like the lip looks pretty good.
[ Man #1 ]
That's it. Good.
[ Man #3 ]
And you can cut me
about a four-inch piece ofwire...
and about an inch and a half
oftape.
[ Chattering ]
Hi, soldier.
Who is it?
Oh, it's Trapper. Trapper.
Don't worry. Let's get
some ofthis stuff off.
You idiot.
I said a cardiac needle.
- You want me to get a nurse?
- It's too late, Boone.
You killed him.
[ Sobbing ]
At ease.
This is Major O'Houlihan,
our new chief nurse.
This is where we do
the dirty work.
Uh, Captain Murrhardt.
[ Man ]
Sponge.
[ Murrhardt ]
Hi.
Hello. Hi, Captain.
Dennis. Don't you remember?
I, uh, helped carry your
luggage from the airfield.
Oh, yes.
Hello, Dennis.
Yeah. Hi.
This is Captain Black.
Hello, Captain Black.
Hi, I'm UglyJohn, your gas passer.
Oh. [ Chuckles ]
UglyJohn.
Oh, it's only you, Judson.
Uh, Captain Sacks.
Hello, Captain Sacks.
How's the operation going?
Are you kidding?
[ Chattering ]
Scissor.
Oh, and this is
Captain Knocko McCarthy.
Hello, Major.
Hello, Captain.
Right.
[ Henry ]
Now I'll show you the rest of
the operation, ifyou'll excuse the pun.
This is the, uh, pre-op ward.
Oh, I'll take these things.
This is the post-op ward.
Uh, ifyou don't mind.
Oh. Vollmer,
take care ofthese,
will you, please?
Finished work
for the day?
Yes, why?
Good. Good.
I just, uh, wanted to make sure
you had time to sleep this off.
Son of a ***!
Trapper! Captain McIntyre!
What the hell?
That's a captain?
What's going on?
Who started this?
I hit him. I hit him.
He's an ignoramus,
that knucklehead.
He wouldn't have touched me
if I had my guard up.
Let us settle this, Colonel,
between ourselves. Alone.
What do you think I'm running,
an English boarding school?
McIntyre, you're under arrest.
Confine yourself to quarters,
pending an investigation.
Oh, Henry,
are you kidding?
I deeply regret
this unfortunate incident.
We try to remember
we're a military organization.
I should certainly hope so.
Vollmer,
that man is under arrest.
Confine him to his quarters.
Captain McIntyre,
you are officially—
Oh, come on.
Cut it out, Vollmer.
[ Man ]
Attention camp compound.
Urine specimens...
will be required from all pers-
Uh—
[ Stammers ]
Uh, disregard last transmission.
I'm sorry, Colonel.
Hi, Henry.
What the hell's
the matter with you?
Henry, you want
some coffee?
Yes, please.
Ho-Jon, get him
some coffee.
What's wrong with you?
I don't know. I must have
lost my punch. I never expected
the son of a *** to get up.
That's no kind of an answer.
Come on, Henry.
You know why he hit him.
I can't have myjunior officers
striking each other. Thank you.
[ Duke ]
Oh, now damn it, Henry.
Frank Burns is a menace!
Every time a patient croaks
on him, he says it's God's will
or somebody else's fault.
Yeah, and this time he blamed it
on some kid who was
stupid enough to believe him.
[ Duke ] Hell with that.
[ Henry ] I'm tired ofyou guys
trying to run this outfit.
This time there's going to be
disciplinary action.
What are you going to do,
Henry?
[ Muttering ]
Well, I had planned to name
Trapper chief surgeon...
to consult on your shift
and Frank's.
- That's damn good thinking.
- Yeah, but now I can't do it
for at least a week.
If I announced it now
after what our new chief nurse
saw this afternoon,
you'd hear her yelling
from Washington to Seoul.
Don't you have any sugar
in this place?
[ Man Imitating Japanese Accent ]
Good morning.
Today's musical selections...
will be rendered by
Achi Takamura Seamuchiwa Bobcats!
Colonel Blake, General Hammond
did not answer the phone, sir.
They said
he was at a football game.
Those generals
have all the fun.
Yes, sir.
♪♪ [ Big Band Jazz ]
♪♪ [ Man Singing In Japanese ]
♪♪ [ Stops ]
[ Man On P.A. ] Attention. Attention.
May I have the camp's attention?
This week's movie will be
When Willie Comes Marching Home.
Uh, the biggest parade
of laughs ofWorld War II.
All the loves, laughs
and escapades of the ***
who came marching home.
This film stars Dan Dailey,
Corinne Calvet
and Colleen Townsend.
Captain Pierce,
may I join you?
[ Chuckles ]
You've alreadyjoined me, gorgeous.
You're a sight for sore eyes.
[ Chuckles ]
Where do you come from?
Well, I like to think
ofthe army as my home.
Oh, yeah?
Yeah?
Ho-Jon, you bring me
some ketchup, will ya?
Captain, I've been observing
the nurses on your shift.
Yeah, I know. I saw you.
[ Houlihan ]
Naturally, your own opinion
is more informed than mine.
[ Hawkeye ]
And you would like to know
what I think ofthe nurses on my team.
Well, I'll tell you.
I think they're fine.
I think they're just great.
[ Hawkeye ]
I'm totally satisfied with them.
[ Man ] Keep the blood—
Oh, no, no.
That's the second time this week.
Of course.
What'd you expect?
[ All Chattering ]
[ Woman ]
Here come the girls.
[ Hawkeye ]
Welcome, gentlemen.
[ All ]
♪ When the lights go on again ♪
♪ All over the world ♪
[ Man ]
Got enough room?
[ Chattering ]
[ Trapper ]
Sponge stick.
Get rid ofthe line for me.
♪ All over the world ♪♪
[ *** Red ]
Is he all right, Hawkeye?
[ Hawkeye ] Is he all right, ***?
[ Hawkeye ]
Yes, you mean
is he gonna live? He'll live.
Let me have another sponge stick.
[ Hawkeye ] Is somebody going
to be around tomorrow morning...
when he wakes up, to tell him
that he hasn't got anything
between his legs anymore?
[ Trapper ]
Let me have the long fingers.
Syngman Rhee paid
the light bill.
Well, Major Burns
is far from satisfied.
That doesn't surprise me.
Frank Burns does not know his way
around an operating theater.
He does not know his way
around a body. And ifyou
will have observed anything,
you will have observed
that Major Frank Burns
is an idiot.
He has flipped his wig,
that he's out of his head,
that he's a lousy surgeon.
Oh, on the contrary,
I have observed
that Major Burns...
is not only
a good technical surgeon,
he is a good military surgeon.
Finished?
I've also noticed that nurses
as well as enlisted men
address you as "Hawkeye."
Yeah, because that's my name,
Hawkeye Pierce.
Well, that kind of informality
is inconsistent with
maximum efficiency...
in a military organization.
Oh, come off it, Major.
You put me right off
my fresh fried lobster,
do you realize that?
I'm going to go back to my bed,
I'm gonna put away
the best part of a bottle of scotch,
and under
normal circumstances—
you being normally
what I would call
a very attractive woman—
I would have invited you back
to share my little bed with me,
and you might possibly
have come.
But you really put me off.
I mean, you're what we call
a regular army clown.
I wonder how
a degenerated person like that
could have reached...
a position of responsibility
in the Army Medical Corps.
He was drafted.
♪♪ [ Woman Singing In Japanese ]
Radar!
Your briefcase, sir.
Oh, I'm going to spend the day
with General Hammond—
Good luck with General Hammond.
[ Continues, Indistinct ]
You'll be back tomorrow morning,
and Major Burns will be in full charge.
Major Burns will be
in charge.
Good luck.
See you in the morning.
Sir, are there any
last-minute instructions
you want to give to the men?
Uh, Radar has all
the necessary information.
Yeah, but...
who's gonna be
on C.Q. tonight?
W-Wait a minute.
What about the, uh—
Oh, Captain.
Yes, sir?
I left some shirts on my bunk.
The buttons are missing.
Will you ask Satsumi
to sew them up, please?
I'd be glad
to do them for you.
You don't have to.
It's nothing. Really.
Greatjacket. Is it new?
Oh, yeah. My—
Uh, it was sent to me.
You don't have to
do that.
Take care.
♪ Hail to the chief♪
♪ He's the best
of all the surgeons ♪
♪ He needs a queen
to satisfy his urges ♪
♪ Hail to the chief
He's the best
of all the trappers ♪
♪ He needs a queen
to sit upon his lappers ♪
♪ Hail to the chief
He's the best
of all the cutters ♪
♪♪ [ Continues, Indistinct ]
Blake has gone out of his mind.
Is that gonna
go on all night?
♪ He took his orders
and shoved them up
his *** ♪♪
No, no. No food. No food.
Sex. I want sex.
[ Trapper ]
Bring me some sex.
[ Duke ] Scorch, come forth.
No, no. That one.
Bring me that one there.
[ Hawkeye ]
He's chosen you. Congratulations.
That one. The sultry ***
with the fire in her eyes.
Take her clothes off.
[ Indistinct ]
I want that one, yes.
[ Trapper ]
Yes. Take her clothes off
and bring her to me now.
[ Loud Clatter ]
[ Chattering ]
Doctor! Doctor!
You forgot your shingle, Doctor.
[ All ]
Ew!
[ Typewriter Clacking ]
This... letter...
has... been... written...
in the interest...
[ Bell Dings ]
of-
Army morale.
Good. Army... morale.
[ Chattering ]
[ Trapper ] You wanna sing one?
Wait a second. Wait a second.
Radar's gonna sing us a verse.
"This letter has been
written in the interest
of army morale.
"As officers, we feel it is our duty
to bring this unwholesome
situation to your attention.
"We are writing this letter
jointly to assure you that
no one's personal feeling...
"has any way influenced
this report.
Respectfully,
MargaretJ. Houlihan"—
That's perfect.
"Major Burns."
That's perfect.
I think it's
a marvelous letter.
We make a good team, don't we?
We think the same way.
Of course we do.
It's almost suppertime.
You're not hungry, are you?
Ravenous.
How about you?
For you, Margaret.
[ Breathing Heavily ]
Now, the sooner
this reaches him,
the sooner we can
turn this into
a tight military outfit.
[ Blowing Into Microphone On P.A. ]
[ Man On P.A. ]
Attention. Attention, camp compound.
Corporal Judson has informed
the colonel's office...
that three cases
of amphetamine sulfate
are unaccounted for again.
This is the third occurrence
of this type in the last month.
It must stop by order
of Colonel Blake's office,
4077th MASH unit.
I only wish I could
deliver that letter personally.
Good night, Frank.
Good night, Margaret.
I'll stop by later on
to see ifyou're all right.
Why, that won't be
necessary.
Oh, I don't mind.
I'll leave the door unlocked.
[ Man On P.A. ]
Attention. Captain McIntyre
will give a lecture on...
blood and fluid replacement
in the mess hall at 0800.
Uh, uh, correction.
At 02 1 —
At 9:00 this evening.
- [ Trapper ]
Radar?
- [ Chattering ]
Take your hat off, Radar.
You're before the king.
Uh, queen—
[ Trapper ]
Don't get nervous, Radar.
"Long, long, long"—
♪ Long live the chief♪
♪ The colonel ♪
[ Giggles ]
♪ The colonel
Long live the chief♪
♪ The colonel did elect him ♪
[ Chattering ]
♪ But he took all his orders
and shoved it up his nose ♪♪
[ Laughing, Chattering ]
♪♪ [ Big Band Jazz ]
♪♪ [ Man Singing In Japanese ]
You all right?
Fine.
Godless buffoons,
all of them.
It's the disrespect
for you, Frank. That—
That's what
I can't forgive.
I'm used to it.
- Licorice?
- Oh, no. Thank you.
What makes me sore
is how they behave
towards you.
They oughta be grateful
to have you.
I certainly am.
I'm grateful to have you, Frank.
We've grown very close
in a short time.
It isn't just chance.
I'm sure ofthat.
God meant us
to find each other.
His will be done.
[ Moans ]
Oh, Frank! Oh, Frank!
[ Houlihan ]
Let me get it.
I'll help you.
Oh, yes. Yes.
[ Frank ]
Get it.
Wait. Get my robe.
Oh.
[ Frank ]
Get my zipper. My zipper.
[ Houlihan ]
All right.
Oh, God.
[ Frank ]
Oh. Careful.
[ Both Grunting ]
Oh, Frank. Oh.
[ All ] Shh!
[ Trapper ]
Get the searchlight on.
Look.
[ Knocks ]
[ Duke ]
Hey. Put the light out.
[ *** Red ]
Hi. What's going on?
May I join you?
[ Duke ]
Uh, a little radio show.
[ Houlihan Moaning ]
Oh, Frank! Oh, yes!
My zipper. Wait.
Oh, Frank!
Careful. Careful.
[ Houlihan Moaning ]
Oh, Frank!
Is this the Bickersons?
I love them.
Who?
[ Moaning Continues ]
The battling Bickersons.
I love-
[ Houlihan ]
Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah!
Oh, Frank! Oh! Yeah.
[ Bed Creaking ]
Hard! Ooh.
[ Mouthing Words ]
Harder. Ow. Oh, Frank.
[ Frank ]
There it goes.
[ Houlihan ]
Oh, yeah.
Oh! No, I, uh— I forgot— I—
No.
[ Moaning Continues ]
You're shining that thing
in my eyes.
Oh, I'm sorry.
[ Moaning Continues ]
Oh, he is such
a sweet man.
[ Laughs ]
Oh, Frank.
Oh, Frank, my lips are hot.
Oh! Kiss my hot lips!
[ Frank ]
Oh, yes, they are hot.
Lips. Hot- Hot lips?
We have got to share this
with the rest ofthe camp.
[ All Laugh ]
Switch it over.
Okay.
Oh, Frank, yes!
[ Frank ]
Darling!
Clamp.
[ Houlihan ]
Oh.
Oh, Frank! Oh, Frank!
Strangle me.
Hard! Frank! Oh!
What the hell is that?
[ Houlihan ]
Oh, yes. Oh!
Looks like Dr. Frank Burns
is doing a bit of
dilatation and curettage.
[ Whispering ]
Th-That's, uh—
That's, uh—
Well, it sounds like the, uh, major-
the new major is having a dream.
She's plugged in.
Oh, Major!
[ Feedback ]
Frank!
[ Voice Echoes On P.A. ]
Frank!
Frank! Wait a second!
[ Echoing ]
What is it?
Turn the light off!
[ Clicks ]
No, that's on!
Turn it off!
[ Echoing On P.A. ]
Get your clothes on.
Get your pants on.
[ Echoing Continues ]
Don't shout at me!
Don't shove!
Frank, wait.
♪♪ [ Big Band Jazz ]
♪♪ [ Man Singing In Japanese ]
♪ My ♪
♪ Blue heaven ♪♪
[ Painless ]
Uh, it's too bad
Henry wasn't here.
He would have thought
it was a real radio program.
Mmm.
I thought it was
a radio program.
I think we should send
a letter of commendation to
the Armed Forces Radio Network.
Ah, wonderful. Yes.
It was the most uplifting
program I have ever heard.
[ Painless ]
It was climactic.
[ Chuckles ]
Morning, ladies.
Well, hi, "Hot Lips."
Oh, my goodness!
Over my— I'm so sorry
to touch you, but I—
[ Whistles ]
[ Clicks Tongue ]
Well, what's the matter
with her today?
I don't know.
I think it's one
ofthose ladies' things.
[ Trapper ]
It's not like her to act like this.
No, she usually doesn't.
She's a ***.
Look at my new flannel—
I think she's gonna have
a nervous breakdown.
She can't even get out the door.
[ Laughing ]
[ Chattering ]
Morning, Frank.
Heard from your wife?
[ Whistles ]
Morning, Colonel.
You forgot your briefcase.
Uh, yes, I left it in the jeep.
You left it there.
Oh, I forgot it.
Morning, Captain.
Morning, sir.
I hope you didn't have to—
Here, take care of this.
I hope you didn't have to
bother with those shirts.
It wasn't necessary.
Too late, sir.
It's a done thing.
Oh, well, thank you very much.
Morning, Padre.
[ Continues, Indistinct ]
Uh, Colonel, sir?
How was your visit, sir?
Oh, great.
The general wasn't there.
Oh.
Listen. About last night, sir.
There was, uh— There was just-
There was nothing I could do about it.
Sir.
Nothing?
Nothing.
Well, it couldn't
have been helped.
Thank you, sir.
Oh, what's that?
Oh, Frank Burns
and Hawkeye Pierce.
Very encouraging.
A bunch ofthe boys
asked me to, uh,
ask you, Frank,
what Hot Lips
was like in the sack.
You know, was she—
Mind your own business.
No, Frank. You know,
is she better than self-abuse?
That was really the sort of basic—
What's that all about?
He gonna get some
pointers or something?
No. Hawkeye's gonna
sign him up to make
a personal appearance tour...
in all the camps in Korea.
Oh, is that a fact?
Wonder what they're saying.
Can you make it out?
Does that, uh— Does that big ***
of hers move around a lot, Frank,
or does it sort of lie there flaccid?
What would you say about that?
Um, Hawkeye's questioning
the major on a point
of anatomy.
Very professional,
exchanging ideas.
Would you say that
she was a moaner, Frank?
[ Hawkeye Growls ]
What is Burns saying?
Uh, Major Burns isn't
saying much of anything, sir.
I think he's
formulating the answer.
Seriously, Frank.
I mean, does she go, "Ooooh,"
or does she just
sort of lie there quiet
and not do anything at all?
- Keep your filthy mouth to yourself.
- Or does she go, "Uh-uh-uh"?
Get him off me!
I've got glasses.
Get him off me!
What's going on, Frank?
That lesson one?
Frank Burns has gone nuts!
[ Chattering ]
I'm wearing glasses,
for God's sake.
Watch out for your goodies, Hawkeye.
That man is a sex maniac.
I don't think
Hot Lips satisfied him.
Gonna kill him.
- [ Man ]
Frank, we love ya.
- Don't let him kiss you, Hawkeye.
[ All Grunting ]
[ Gong ]
♪ The time has come for us
to say sayonara ♪
♪ My heart will always
be yours for eternity ♪
♪ I knew sometime
we'd have to say sayonara ♪
♪ We promised that we- ♪
Uh, Colonel, fair is fair.
If I nail Hot Lips and punch
Hawkeye, can I go home?
♪ I'll remember our romance ♪
♪ Until the day that I die ♪
♪ I see your face in the moon
and stars in the sky ♪♪
[ Scorch ]
Hawkeye!
Yeah, I'll be there in a minute.
Hawkeye!
Oh, ***.
Okay. Hey, listen, Seidman,
get another guy.
We gotta take this
into the O.R.
just on the stretcher.
Hold on. You're gonna be
just fine, fella.
Okay, I can't move my hand.
Now come on.
[ Soldier Crying ]
Have you got the cut-downs?
You're gonna go to sleep, baby.
You're gonna be just fine.
[ UglyJohn ]
Hot Lips, let me have one
ofyour sterile knives.
I'm gonna need
two vascular clamps
and an arterial suture.
As soon as you give me
the clamps, I want you to be ready
to gown and glove me.
All right? You ready?
[ Leslie ]
Yeah.
Okay. Here we go.
It's going to spurt a bit. Okay.
Got it?
Ay ay baby.
Clamp?
Yeah.
[ Hawkeye ]
Okay, gown.
- Gloves.
You got an arterial suture ready?
- Yeah.
Okay. Ugly, move out of the way,
'cause I'm working
around over there.
Baby, we're gonna see some
stitching like you never saw before.
[ Leslie Chuckles ]
[ Man On P.A. ]
Attention. Attention.
Got it?
Okay. Here she goes.
A message from
Colonel Blake's office.
We're off and running.
The American Medical Association
has just declared marijuana...
a dangerous drug.
Despite earlier claims
by some physicians that it is
no more harmful...
than alcohol,
this is not found
to be the case.
That is all.
Oh, really?
As a matter of fact—
When did you get them?
Let me try it on you.
Yeah?
Yeah.
Hey, *** Redo! Hi.
Just in time for cocktails.
Come on in.
Uh, no, no. Thank you.
I can't, really. Hawkeye?
Haw-Hawkeye?
Hawkeye, could I speak to you?
Yeah, go ahead.
No, uh, out- outside.
Outside.
What?
I have to
talk to you outside.
[ Dog Barks ]
All right.
Hiya, pup-pup.
Uh, sorry to drag you away
from the gang in there, but—
What?
This- This'll only
take a moment. Um,
there's a problem
with Walt Waldowski.
Painless?
Painless.
You got a toothache?
He's a good dentist.
No, no, no.
It's not my problem.
It's his problem. Um—
What do you mean?
What is it?
Well, what is it? That's, um—
It's difficult to talk about,
you see, because, um,
I learned about
his problem in confession.
Oh, and you can't—
I can't divulge.
Can you give me a hint?
[ Chuckles ]
Just an idea.
No. Um—
But I can— I can tell you
how, uh— how serious it is.
Um, he and the boys were
playing poker, and one of
the boys turned to him...
and asked him for a ruling
on one of the hands.
And Walt said, uh—
He said, "What does it matter?
It's only a game."
Painless said, "What does it matter?
It's only a game"?
"Only a game."
Poker only a game?
Yeah.
[ Whistles ]
Mm-hmm. Yeah.
That's what I thought.
I guess I better go see
a man about a tooth.
Thank you.
[ Helicopter Whirring ]
I didn't know
what to... do.
Pup-pup.
You see, there are some—
[ Hawkeye Whistles ]
Uh, there are some things
that absolution just, uh—
Well—
[ Chattering ]
[ UglyJohn ]
Hey, Hawkeye, there's an empty
chair here looking for a player.
Oh, baby, I've got a toothache
like you can't believe.
[ Murrhardt ]
Why do you bring that dog in here?
Last time you did, I lost $30.
Listen, why do you have to
sit right behind me?
It makes me very nervous.
It brings me a lot of luck.
Sit there, Boone.
[ Man ]
Come on. Let's play, man.
Deuce. Ace.
Can I take
some ofyour scotch?
Sure.
You want some?
No.
How you feeling?
No, no. Don't touch me.
Look. If, uh—
if a man
isn't a man anymore,
what's he got left that, uh—
that he should be living for?
Okay. Tell me about it.
What's the story?
Well, you know that, uh,
little nurse that was through here
last night with the 325th?
The little one
with the big... ***.
Yeah, the— Yeah, I know. Yeah.
Well, anyway, I, uh—
I wasn't gonna
fool around out here...
because, you know,
I got these, uh—
I've got these three girls
that I'm engaged to back home.
And you wanted to be
faithful to them. Baby, you are
7,000 miles from home-
Anyway, I took her out
last night, and I—
I failed.
You mean she wouldn't
put out? But you—
No, she wanted to
in the worst way, but it was me.
I just couldn't. Uh—
Oh, you couldn't—
It wouldn't get—
Yeah, nothing happened.
Not at all. No.
[ Chuckles ]
Baby, that happens to everybody.
It's happened to me
maybe four or five times-
Yeah, well, it's never
happened to me before.
Come on.
You're the best-equipped
dentist in the army.
You're the dental
Don Juan of Detroit.
That's just a cover-up.
What's a cover-up?
Don Juanism. I've been
reading about it all day.
It's a cover-up.
It's a cover-up
for what?
Well,
I'm a fairy.
A victim
of latent homosexuality.
I've turned into a fairy.
Uh—
[ Stammers ]
Have you— Have you
done anything? You know.
No, but it's only
a matter oftime.
Yeah.
Boy, I just can't face it.
Look, Hawkeye.
Suppose that, uh, you found out
that you were one, huh?
One—
Yeah. Well, you wouldn't like
breaking the news to your wife.
No, I can see that that
would be a problem.
Yeah, well, I got
the same problem,
only multiplied.
[ Trapper ]
Well, you know, Man o' War,
after they retired him
from racing,
they put him out to, uh— to stud.
And, uh, he had an average...
of about 1 20, 1 30...
foals every year.
And he lived to be 36.
And then when he died,
they did an autopsy,
and they found out
that he was a raving queen.
[ Man Laughing ]
No. That's-
That's a little-known fact,
but it's the truth.
Then Painless has got
a couple of good years
left in him, doesn't he?
Maybe more. He hasn't even
started raving yet.
Painless is a dentist,
and a dentist shouldn't read.
That's his whole problem.
His problem is that
he believes it. I mean,
he really is convinced.
This- This—
It's an obsession
and is a viable force.
Here he comes,
the jawbreaker.
Oh.
[ Trapper ]
Don't worry. He's not gonna
break anything ofyours.
[ Duke ]
Just act, uh, natural.
[ Snickers ]
[ Man Chuckles ]
Hi, Painless.
Hi.
How's she going?
Something in a marshmallow?
[ Painless ]
No, it's- it's okay, fellas. I know
you've been talking about me, and—
Well, I came over to tell you
that I've decided that I'm...
going to commit suicide.
[ Snickers ]
Oh.
Well, ifyou're really gonna
go ahead and do it,
uh, you think you could—
you could leave me
your record player?
Oh, sure.
Thank you.
Gonna miss you, Painless.
How do you plan to do it?
Uh, .45 between the eyes?
Oh, that's awful sloppy.
[ Murrhardt ]
It's reliable though.
Well, the— That's another thing
I wanted to ask you.
I'm, uh, sort of new
at this game and, uh—
Do you have
any particular method
that you'd recommend?
I don't know. I think
my colleagues and I could
come up with something,
uh, to relinquish
the vital forces oftheir-
Black capsule.
Black capsule.
- Oh, but of course.
- [ Murrhardt ]
Yeah, that's neat.
What's a black capsule?
Do you have any ofthem?
Does it work?
It worked for Hitler
and Eva Braun.
It's simple, and it's effective.
Uh, Hawkeye, I really must—
I should, uh, check with
the military vicar's office.
You see, I cannot give
absolution to a man who is
about to commit suicide.
It's a mortal sin.
Look, ***, he is not
committing suicide.
He is only intending
to commit suicide, so you're
not dealing with an act.
You're dealing with an intention.
And if it works-
Ifwhat we're doing works,
then he will not commit suicide.
So, therefore,
you are preventing
a mortal sin, okay?
[ Men Chattering ]
Well, I, uh— I should check.
Well, you check on it.
Well, there's—
[ Chattering ]
♪♪ [ Violin Playing "Taps" ]
[ Chattering Continues ]
[ Tapping Glass ]
[ Duke ]
All right, where you at?
Here you go.
Now then, y'all come here...
to say your final farewell
to ol' Walt here.
[ Trapper ]
Farewell, Walt.
Dear ol' Walt.
You know, I got an idea
that maybe it's not such
a final farewell after all.
I think maybe ol' Walt's going on
into the unknown—
Say it again.
to do a little recon work
for us all, huh?
I just— I just wanna
say one thing.
Uh, nobody ordered Walt
to go on this mission.
He volunteered
for certain death.
That's true.
That's what we award
our highest medals for.
That's beautiful.
That's what being a soldier
is all about.
[ Trapper ]
Oh, yeah.
Hear, hear!
Gentlemen, I think
there's only one person...
who has anything to add
to that, and that's *** Red.
Padre.
Let's hear it
for the padre.
[ Clears Throat ]
Walt, here's-
here's your black capsule.
Oh.
Look, this thing works
pretty fast, doesn't it?
I think I better go
lie down over there.
Uh, Walt, that'll help you.
♪♪ [ Guitar ]
Mmm. Thanks.
♪ Through early morning fog
I see ♪
♪ Visions ofthe things
to be ♪
♪ The pains that are
withheld for me ♪
♪ I realize ♪
♪ And I can see ♪
♪ That suicide is painless ♪
♪ It brings on many changes ♪
♪ And I can take or leave it ♪
♪ If I please ♪
♪ The game of life
is hard to play ♪
♪ I'm going to lose it
anyway ♪
♪ The losing card
I'll someday lay ♪
♪ So this is all I have to say ♪
♪ That suicide is painless ♪
Wherever you're going,
Painless, good luck.
♪ It brings on ♪
[ Indistinct ]
♪ Many changes ♪
♪ And I can take ♪
♪ Or leave it if I ♪
I'll always remember you
just like this.
♪ Please ♪
♪ The only way to win
is cheat ♪
♪ And lay it down
before I'm beat ♪
Mm-hmm.
♪ And to another ♪
♪ Give my seat ♪
[ Whistles, Clicks Tongue ]
♪ For that's the only ♪
♪ Painless feat ♪
Painless.
♪ And suicide is painless ♪
♪ It brings on many ♪
It was a really nice evening.
Thanks for asking me.
♪ Changes ♪
♪ And I can take ♪
♪ Or leave it if I please ♪
The thing is—
throwing your
whole education away.
♪ And you ♪
Good-bye, Jawbreaker.
♪ Can do ♪
♪ The same thing ♪
♪ Ifyou ♪
♪ Please ♪♪
Hi, baby.
Hi.
I'm glad you could come.
Sorry it was so late.
That's okay.
I really couldn't sleep anyway.
I was so nervous.
You leaving tomorrow?
[ Sighs ] Mmm, yeah,
I'll be on my way
in less than 1 2 hours.
I suppose who it's going to be really
roughest on, though, is your husband.
Why are you all of a sudden
so concerned with him?
I mean, a man would be
more considerate to his wife.
He wouldn't go home
a nervous wreck.
You're just gonna have to
stop using logic.
It could be
a purely impersonal thing.
You're just proving...
why I shouldn't
go to bed with you.
I didn't mean me.
[ Hawkeye ]
You have the rare privilege that
happens on certain occasions...
to chief executives
of states or nations.
You have the privilege of restoring
a human being's life...
by a tender act of mercy.
What is this?
Hawkeye,
is he dead?
No, no, he's not dead.
Not yet.
Painless has a grave
psychological problem,
and you are the only person
who can help him.
Oh, no, Hawkeye.
Oh, no. Come on.
[ Hawkeye ]
No, Maria, no. You've gotta
look on this as a nurse.
Painless needs it
for therapeutic value.
It will help him,
and it certainly wouldn't
do you any harm either...
to think about it for a bit.
Ifyou think that your virtue
is more important
than Painless's life, that's fine.
That's entirely up to you.
I just want you to stay here...
and be with him for a minute.
Just look at him.
Just... stay close to the—
Oh, Hawkeye.
the whole man...
and look at him.
[ Curtains Rustle ]
Hawkeye.
Oh, this is ridiculous.
♪♪ [ Chorus Vocalizing ]
♪♪ [ Swells ]
You forgot your hat.
You wouldn't want to
leave without a souvenir.
Have a good trip.
Lieutenant Schneider,
you forgot to pick up
your traveling orders.
Wait a second.
You're supposed to pick-
These are your traveling orders.
Morning, Painless.
Oh, hi, Hawkeye.
How's she going?
Slept like a doll
last night.
Mm-hmm.
Well, can't waste time.
Big day.
Got two jaws to rebuild.
Come on, Seidman.
Have a good day.
[ Whistles ]
[ Man On P.A. ]
Attention. Attention.
Religious services for Yom Kippur
will be held this-
- will not- will not be held this Friday,
due to mitigating circumstances.
- ♪♪ [ Hawkeye Whistles ]
For those who wish
to observe said holiday,
Sunday has been reserved.
That is all.
[ Hawkeye ]
Trapper, this one's for you, babe.
[ Trapper ] Knife.
[ Man ]
Okay.
[ Houlihan ] That man
is a prisoner ofwar, Doctor.
So are you, sweetheart,
but you don't know it.
[ Hawkeye ] It's in pretty deep.
[ Duke ] Uh, I think
that was my finger.
Yeah, I'm gonna need
your help, Hawkeye.
It'*** more than a lung.
What do you think?
I don't know.
Hey, Radar?
Yes, sir.
Radar, has that A-negative
come in from Seoul yet?
I need some right away.
We keep ordering it,
but it never arrives.
How'd the kid take
the induction, Ugly?
Good.
He's ready.
[ Man ]
Let's have some irrigation, please.
That's pretty good.
Yeah.
[ Duke ]
All right, give me
some gel foam.
Not now, honey.
Go back to sleep.
[ Trapper ]
Scissors.
[ Hawkeye ]
Sponge.
[ Houlihan ] More sponges.
[ Man ]
Let's have the suction up here, please.
Thank you.
Rib spreader.
Clamp.
Let's give him
a sexy scar, huh?
Fantastic.
[ UglyJohn ]
There's a lot of blood.
Sponge.
[ Duke ]
Go ahead.
Scissors. Watch it.
[ Duke ] Give me something
to stuff it in with.
Clamp.
[ Man ] Pickups for me.
How's he tolerating this,
UglyJohn?
Good. He's young.
Things get slippery
in there, man.
Ouch!
You're a backhanded guy.
Let me have the forceps
and a sponge stick.
Hot Lips, you may be
a pain in the ***,
but you're a damn good nurse.
Thanks, Trapper.
Put enough blood in him,
will you, John?
There's a clot in the cava
above the atrium.
That must be the point of entry.
Clamp.
I— I feel a fragment
right underneath the clot.
You control the cava.
[ Murrhardt ]
We gotta stop that spurting.
Clamp.
[ Duke ] Do what?
[ Murrhardt ]
Stop the spurting.
[ Duke ]
That's a very good technical term, Doctor.
This is yours.
Oh, Christ, it's not in the cava.
It's in the pulmonary artery
on the left side.
Then we close him up
and sit on him for a couple days
until we get the blood.
We can't sit on him.
What ifwe getjammed?
We don't have the blood.
[ Both Talking At Once ]
Ifyou cut again,
you'll lose him.
Look, Hawkeye,
the artery can erode.
Now's the time
to take our shot.
We gotta shoot crap.
A-negative.
It's been cross-matched.
You said you didn't have
any blood.
I found a donor.
[ UglyJohn ]
You know, up close,
all crumpled up like that,
they don't look like much,
you know.
[ Bandini ]
Hey, was he loaded or empty
when he crashed?
[ Murrhardt ]
No, he was loaded.
But it didn't matter much.
See, the, uh— the two guys
he was carrying
were dead already.
What about the pilot?
What happened to him?
The pilot's fine.
Took off a kneecap.
He lost function in his right hand,
but he's great.
I— I didn't hear.
What color was her hair?
Black, shiny.
Shiny black hair.
[ Barking ]
Black. You like black.
I-I'm kind of partial
to blonde myself.
I knew it.
I knew you had a—
had an attraction...
for Hot Lips Houlihan.
Hear, hear!
Go to hell, Captain Pierce.
You know I damn near puke
every time I look at her.
Besides, she's-
I'll bet she's not a real blonde.
How dare you say that
about an officer
ofthe United States Army, sir!
I'll not only say it,
but I'll back it with 20 bucks.
How's that?
You have yourself a bet, sir.
You're my witness.
I'll be a witness,
but who's gonna be
the poor schmuck who finds out?
Well, uh, I-I could,
if no one else want—
I—
No, no, we—
We gotta all see it
together somehow.
[ Ice Rattling ]
♪♪ [ Humming ]
You know, it's five minutes
after the time the nurses
usually take their shower.
Where are they?
They will be here.
Finest kind, Ho-Jon.
What's happening?
Radar.
Did you bring us the papers?
What?
You don't know
about the papers?
What papers?
The colonel left some papers.
They're very important.
Why didn't you tell me?
I tried to tell you.
Uh, uh, here you go.
Here you go.
They're coming.
[ Chattering ]
Evelyn, could you
give me a hand?
Sure.
Hey, uh, Frankie,
could you take a look
at my corns, please?
[ Hawkeye ]
Knocko, the pictures
of my kids have come.
Pictures of my kids have come.
Hot Lips, would you like to
see the pictures of my kids?
I'm not the slightest bit
interested.
Hey, Scorch?
All right.
[ Dog Barking ]
[ Water Running ]
♪♪ [ Houlihan Singing, Indistinct ]
Oh!
♪♪ [ Singing, Indistinct ]
Fight! Fight! Fight!
♪♪ [ Singing, Indistinct ]
[ Houlihan Laughing ]
♪♪ [ Guitar ]
♪♪ [ Drumroll On Barrel ]
[ Dog Barking ]
[ Screaming ]
Bravo!
[ All Hollering, Whistling ]
You finks! You finks!
Bravo! Bravo!
What a performance!
Bravo! Author!
[ Indistinct Yelling ]
Bravo!
What a performance!
Bravo!
Author! Author!
Twenty bucks, huh?
You win the bet.
You ***!
Keep my stuff!
[ Breathing Heavily ]
Major, what went on
over there?
Where's Colonel Blake?
Wait a second. You can't go
and see Colonel Blake.
You shut up, you twerp!
[ Grunts ]
This isn't a hospital!
It's an insane asylum!
And it's your fault because
you don't do anything
to discourage them!
What do you want me to do?
Put them under arrest.
See what a court-martial thinks
oftheir drunken hooliganism!
First they called me Hot Lips,
and you let them
get away with it!
And then you let them
get away with everything!
If-Ifyou don't...
turn them over
to the M.P.'s this minute,
I-I'm going to resign
my commission!
*** it, Hot Lips,
resign your *** commission.
[ Whimpering ]
My commission!
Little more wine, my dear?
Yes, please.
[ Speaking Korean ]
Is that right? Sure?
[ Speaking Korean ]
[ Chattering ]
[ Scorch ]
You have to get your mother
her present first.
You know what I wanna get her?
They have these—
[ Speaking Korean ]
[ Boone Continues, Indistinct ]
Come on.
You all right?
Let him get what he wants.
We'll go to the movie.
Keep it straight, eh?
[ Scorch ]
First of all, the present.
Then dinner, then the movie.
You mean
all three of us?
Who is this?
Where I go, Warren goes.
You don't want me
to go with you?
Boone.
[ Murrhardt ]
It's not that. I—
[ Whispering ]
[ Scorch ]
Oh, yes, I do!
He's Syngman Rhee's son,
and he goes right in.
[ Chattering In Korean ]
[ Scorch ]
Come on, Bandini!
[ Bandini ]
Wilma—
[ Arguing Continues ]
[ Hawkeye Whistling,
Shouting In Korean ]
[ Continues In Korean ]
[ Woman ]
Hey, soldier!
Me?
Yeah, you.
Where you from?
A MASH outfit
on the front line.
- No, I mean your hometown.
- Uh, on the East Coast.
Have you been wounded yet?
Uh, yeah, a little.
A slight, uh—
Would you like to say hello
to your mother?
Uh, my mother's dead, actually.
She's deceased.
Oh. Oh, I'm sorry.
I'd like to say hello
to my father if I could.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Fine, fine.
Hi, Dad.
[ Speaks Korean ]
[ Chattering ]
[ No Audible Dialogue ]
Excuse me.
Hi.
I am making an examination
ofthis young man,
uh, to find out if he would
be a soldier in our army.
Oh, yeah, I know.
Hi, Ho-Jon.
How's she going, boy?
His heartbeat
is much too fast,
and his, uh, blood pressure
is dangerously high.
Oh, yeah? Ooh.
I guess you probably think
he's unfit for the army, eh?
Yes, at first.
But when I saw on his paper...
he worked in
an American hospital
where there are many drugs,
and he could have taken
some by mistake.
What would he do a thing
like that for?
Who knows?
To find the truth,
I will keep him here with me
for a couple days.
By tomorrow, his fast heart
and high blood pressure
may be gone.
Look-
So-So I suggest you say
good-bye to him now.
Doctor, I will level—
Nice try.
It was a nice try.
Come on, Ho-Jon.
Babe, hey—
Oh, man!
[ Man On P.A. ]
The following program
is brought to you...
through Radio Tokyo
by courtesy of
the Veterans of Foreign Wars,
post number 63
of Sedalia, Missouri.
A federal court ruled
that E.I. du Pont de Nemours
and Company,
Remington Arms Company,
Incorporated...
and the Imperial Chemical
Industries Limited of Great Britain...
have conspired to divide
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[ Fades ]
Fore!
[ Hawkeye Yells, Indistinct ]
[ Dogs Barking ]
[ Woman ]
Hey!
[ Hawkeye ] Idiot!
Idiot!
He knocked me down the hill.
He broke my umbrella.
Wish they wouldn't land
these things here
when we're playing golf.
That's him on the right.
Fore!
Whoa! Wait! Wait!
That's Captain Mc—
The lieutenant's come
all the way from Seoul, sir,
just to see you.
You're Captain McIntyre?
Yes, I'm Captain McIn—
Lieutenant, you look terrible.
Look at—
Captain, look at his eyes.
Let me see your tongue.
Oh, no, no.
Here, take your shirt off
and tell me where it hurts.
I haven't seen a case like this
since I was in school.
Oh, my goodness.
Listen, Vollmer, tell them
to prepare the major surgery.
This is one case in five.
I think I can save you, Lieutenant.
You're to proceed
to Kokura, Japan
immediately.
Kokura, Japan?
What's this all about?
Yeah, his dad's a congressman.
Grenade went off in practice.
There's a piece in his heart.
What?
GI's dad's a congressman.
Grenade went off in practice.
There's a piece in his heart.
Is that the X-rays?
Yeah.
Apparently some big
heart surgeon in Boston
told the congressman...
the only man
to take care of his son
is Captain John McIntyre.
Of course, I suppose
there could be two
Captain John McIntyres.
No, no,
I'm the onlyJohn McIntyre.
Look, Hammond says
I can take along someone
to assist me if I need him.
You wanna come?
Yeah.
Lieutenant,
I think I can save you.
Look, take one of these
every half hour.
Now get into your helicopter
and button up your shirt,
for crying out loud.
You're in a military army!
That piece isn't even
close to his heart.
I know. I know.
It's nothing, but how many times
do you get to go to Japan
with your golf clubs?
Come on, Shirley.
[ Chuckling ]
[ Hawkeye And Trapper
Imitating Japanese ]
*** army.
[ Imitating Japanese ]
[Japanese Continues ]
*** army.
[Japanese Continues ]
[ Engine Sputters ]
*** armyjeep!
Excuse me, soldier.
I wonder ifyou could tell me
where the congressman's son is.
He's in ward six.
Darling, would you
register for us?
Just a moment.
You can't go in there.
Who are you?
Who am I?
I am the pro from Dover,
and this is my favorite caddy.
You can't go in till I call
Captain Peterson.
Wait a second.
If this soldier wants to
enforce her own orders,
I'm gonna take her on
single-handedly.
You can't go in.
[ All Yelling At Once ]
You open this!
He's won
two Purple Hearts.
- I'm gonna ravage your body, lady!
- You stay away from me.
I'll call the police.
I have not seen
such a pretty lady!
You can't come in here! Who are you?
I'm gonna call Captain Peterson.
You stay away from me!
- And I'm gonna swallow it and chew it!
- [ Screams ]
Oh! Oh!
- Captain Peterson, please.
- Captain Peterson!
[ Mutters ]
[ Patient Groaning ]
What are you two hoodlums
doing in this hospital?
Ma'am, we are surgeons,
and we are here to operate.
We're just waiting for
a starting time, that's all.
You can't even go near
a patient until Colonel Merrill
says it's okay.
And he's still out to lunch.
Look, Mother, I want to
go to work in one hour.
We are the pros from Dover,
and we figure to crack
this kid's chest...
and get out to the golf course
before it gets dark.
So you go find the gas passer,
and you have him premedicate
this patient.
Then bring me the latest pictures
on him. The ones we saw
must be 48 hours old by now.
Then call the kitchen and have them
rustle us up some lunch.
Ham and eggs will be all right.
Steak would be even better.
Then give me at least one nurse
who knows how to work in close
without getting her *** in my way.
[ Gasps ]
Oh! You fool!
How do you want
your steak cooked?
Towel.
Say the magic word,
you make a hundred dollars.
All right,
I demand an explanation.
[ Hawkeye ]
Somebody get that dirty old man
out ofthis operating theater.
Dirty old man?
I'm Colonel Merrill.
[ Hawkeye ] I don't care
ifyou're Jack Armstrong,
the all-American boy.
If his chest gets infected,
I will tell the congressman
who did it.
Scissors, please.
[ Trapper ] Here, let me have
a skin "sutch."
Low pickups.
Who was that?
That's Colonel Merrill.
This is his little store here.
Oh, yeah?
Who are you?
I'm Dr. Jekyll, actually.
This is my friend, Mr. Hyde.
[ Grunting ]
Listen, why don't you save your
rapier-like wit for the clam diggers
back home, Hawkeye.
Hmm.
Approximator.
[ Hawkeye ]
Did I ever tell you
about my friend Me Lay Marston?
Oh, yeah, yeah,
that friend ofyours
who would go around saying...
"Me Lay, you lay,"
to all the girls.
And, what, he'd score once
out of 50 times, huh?
Yeah, you told me about him.
He's passing gas for
the congressman's son here.
Oh, really?
When he's not passing gas,
does he play golf?
I don't know.
Do you play golf?
No. I have no time
for golf.
I'm moonlighting down
at Dr. Yamachi's New Era
Hospital and ***.
This old guy that I met
when I first came over here-
He's got a little crude
hospital for kids,
and he finances it
with a ***,
all in the same building.
It's the N.E.H.W.H.
Come on down, and we'll get
something going for you.
I've got an in
in Kokura.
Here, soldier,
take these.
Take our golf carts. Be careful.
Don't drop any of those things...
'cause we're gonna play golf
with 'em.
It's important. Bye, ***.
Ladies.
Girls.
Gentlemen.
Be careful ofthat—
Military police.
[ Howls ]
All right, fellas.
The game's over.
Finally caught up
with us, huh?
[ Exhales ]
[ Sighs ]
Where did we fail?
I don't know.
I think it was the woman.
Something tells me
I've seen her someplace before.
She was the one
in Tangiers.
You can wait
in the colonel's office.
He'll be back in a few minutes.
Sir.
We don't blame you.
You were only doing yourjob.
[ Man On Radio ]
United Press International...
today voted the Korean War
the top news story...
of 1 95 1 .
Shh! We're in the middle of putting.
The Allied high position
in Germany-
My God.
[ Continues, Indistinct ]
All right.
You men are under arrest.
I'll have you
court-martialed.
Ah, come off it, Colonel.
You won't have us.
We have you.
Your boys blew this case,
and we... bailed you out.
Now, we are going to
stay here for one more day...
and check out
the congressman's kid...
and—
[ Groans ]
get in some golf for ourselves.
If that's okay with you,
then we got a deal.
And if it isn't,
then we can always
call Washington...
and you tell them your story,
and we'll tell them ours.
It's simple as that.
In the meantime,
we are going to be...
at the pro shop, where we are
going to have a shower and a shave.
Ifyou want to get in touch with us,
that is where we will be.
[ Pops Lips ]
[ Snickering ]
[ Woman Speaking Japanese ]
[ Whispering ]
Is that a client?
[ Woman ]
Is it— Is it— Oh, no.
[ Laughs ]
[ Speaks Japanese ]
[ Chattering ]
[ Indistinct ]
I've got sinuses too.
Put some ofthat
in that one.
Put it on a plate.
How about sake?
Oh, yeah, yeah.
Separate.
[ Knocks ]
Excuse me.
[ Trapper ]
What is that?
That really looks good.
[ Speaking Japanese ]
[ Groans ]
Oh, you try only one first.
Good?
Oh, it's terrible.
[ Laughs ]
Wasabi?
Mm-hmm.
Uh, listen, I, uh, hate to do this
to you fellas, but—
Hey, man, look at that.
Think you could take a minute
and look at a kid for me?
Now?
[ Hawkeye ]
A kid?
Yeah. We had a little
carelessness around here,
and the other day...
one of our girls presented us
with an eight-pound
American-Japanese boy.
[ Chattering, Laughter ]
Well, whatever we feed him,
it either comes right back up,
or he coughs and turns blue.
He just has a hell of a time.
We don't have to see him.
Just call that half-assed army hospital
and tell them to get Lipiodol
ready for his stomach,
and we'll go over
and take some X-rays.
We can't get near that place.
We can't— You know, with a civilian—
The colonel has a thing about it,
especially a native,
as he likes to-
[ Hawkeye ]
Then don't tell him
any more than is necessary.
Tell him the pros from Dover
are on their way with an emergency.
Tell him to get the O.R. ready,
get the kid asleep,
and Trapper and I will fix
his tracheo-esophageal fistula.
[ Whistles ]
Okay, Me Lay,
put him down in here.
Get him asleep as quick
as you can, will you?
[ Nurse ]
Where did this baby come from?
Watch him, all right?
Is this what you got us up for?
[ Hawkeye ]
Yeah, that's what we got you up for.
We stumbled on him.
We don't want him,
but we don't feel we can back away
from him.
All right, this time
I will not be intimidated.
I command that this illegal
and improper use of army
facilities cease immediately.
On this point, I stand as firm
as the Rock of Gibraltar.
Me Lay.
[ Gas Hissing ]
And, furthermore—
You can't do-
What the Sam Hill are you—
[ Muffled Yelling ]
- [ Hawkeye ] Wow.
- [ Trapper ]
This one is for West Point.
- What the Sam Hill is going on here?
- That's what they all say.
[ Trapper ]
What a filthy, disgusting, despicable-
[ Woman Giggling ]
[ Gasps ]
[ Trapper ] There's no competition
to the Painless Pole,
but it's pretty healthy, I think.
- [ Colonel Shouting ]
- Oh, Colonel, we caught you
with your pants down.
What about the men
that are fighting for our country
and our land?
[ Man On P.A. ]
Attention. Attention.
Colonel Blake has secured for us
The Halls of Montezuma.
So big, only the biggest of the screen
can bring it to you all.
Technicolor.
Tell it to the marines,
those lovable lugs
with wonderful mugs,
who we now love more than ever.
Tell them they're still
the greatest guys in the world.
Follow Lieutenant,
Punchy, Limey, Babyface, Doc,
the poet, Pretty Boy
and Slattery...
through some ofthe most
interesting war films yet created.
[ Clears Throat ]
Uh, due to a possible
camp infection,
Arlene Chu's Hollywood Grill
is now off limits.
That is all.
[ Woman ]
Could I have some longer needles-
[ Trapper ]
Could I have a sponge stick?
Get her lung out ofthe way.
[ All Chattering ]
[ Trapper ]
Cut down
on the bagging, will you?
Hey, ***.
Hi.
You have a nice time in Japan?
Yeah, I screwed
a Kabuki dancer.
[ Laughter ]
[ Hawkeye ]
Okay?
You're doing—
Let me have the long fingers.
It's okay for now.
Yeah, but I can't stop
this bleeding.
Keeping the blood in, Painless.
[ Trapper ]
How's the intake, Painless?
[ Painless ]
Normal.
[ Trapper ] Clamp.
I'm here ifyou need me,
Henry.
I can't talk
to you now, Padre.
No, uh—
Sponge stick. Sponge stick.
- [ Man ] Oh, he's going to be fine.
- [ *** Red ] Oh, good.
Does anybody else need help?
[ Man ] It's taken too long.
[ Trapper ]
Get a clamp.
Ask around.
[ Airplane Passing Overhead ]
[ Coughs ]
What's he got
the flaps down for?
Duke?
Come on, Duke. Open up.
No, I don't want any.
Hey, Duke, come on!
Open up, man!
Who is it?
[ Clattering ]
What the hell you doing
back here?
Come on.
We've been working for hours.
Will you open up?
Oh, wait a minute.
I'll be right with you.
[ Clattering ]
Hi, Hot Lips.
You miss us?
[ Both ]
♪ Nah-nah-nah-nah-nah ♪
♪ Nah-nah-nah-nah-nah ♪
♪ Shame, shame on you ♪♪
I— Uh—
[ Chuckles ]
Well—
[ Phone Ringing ]
Radar.
Yes, sir.
Hold this, please.
[ Phone Ringing ]
Colonel Blake.
Henry?
Yeah, Charlie here. Yeah.
I've, uh, got news for you.
You were so concerned
about the battle for Old Baldy.
[ Chuckles ]
Well, it's all over.
Oh, that's great news, General.
Who won?
Oh, by the way,
I have a report here, Henry,
from your, uh—
from your chief nurse
Major O'Houlihan.
She makes some accusations,
Henry, I find pretty hard to believe.
Don't believe them then.
Thank you, General.
Good-bye.
Yeah. What?
Uh, thank you, Radar.
You're welcome, sir.
[ Man Blowing Into Microphone ]
Attention. Attention.
Friday night's movie
willbe The Glory Brigade.
Rock 'em, sock 'em,
kisses you never got.
It's Uncle Sam's combat engineers
charging side by side
with Greeks, Anzacs,
showing the world a new way to fight
as they use bulldozers like bazookas,
bayonets like bazookas—
bullets.
Starring Victor Mature.
That is all.
I'll be with Colonel Blake.
Uh, check this place out.
See what the nurses
are like, huh?
[ Airplane Passing Overhead ]
Right, Charlie.
4077th Mobile Army Surgical—
Yeah. Yeah.
Sir, do you know where—
Yes, I know where he is.
Oh, all right.
[ Ice Rattling ]
All right.
Thank you.
Look, Charlie,
you can't blame Henry
because Hot Lips Houlihan
can't stand her name.
You know, she's just a lady,
though.
What the hell.
Come on,
for crying out loud.
She's regular army.
She's a fanatic about ritual.
She-She won't even let us
play football.
Football?
[ Man ]
Gentlemen.
She's all lined up, Charlie.
Yeah?
I-I didn't know
you had a football team.
Well, it's pretty much
in the planning stages.
We've, uh—
No, no, we have a—
we have a very fine
football team.
Yeah? Well, we had a team
back with the 325th EVAC last year.
And what a team that was.
Yeah, yeah.
I-I coached the boys myself.
He's the finest coach
in the Far East.
Yeah. Uh, we're now trying
to work out a schedule...
ofthe outfits that we're
going to play this year.
Of course, we, you know,
throw a little money
into a pot and make bets.
How much, uh— How much money
do you put into your pot?
Oh, 5,000, 6,000.
[ Trapper ]
$5,000?
Oh, look. You know, I don't think
we're in the sort of league that you're in.
Well, I'm sure we can find a date
when we can play your team.
It can be arranged.
Yeah.
I think I'll just talk
this over with Henry, huh?
Thanks, boys.
Thanks for the drink.
Thank you.
What the hell you—
Sir, ever since the dark days
before Pearl Harbor,
I've been proud
to wear this uniform.
What the hell is this?
A helicopter.
Hawkeye, that man has five times
the manpower to draw on than we do.
Sure, so we get ourselves
a ringer, right?
We get Henry to apply,
make a specific application
for a neurosurgeon.
He asks for
Dr. Oliver Harmon Jones.
Dr. Oliver Harmon Jones?
Oh, he's—
Who is Oliver Harmon Jones?
Who the hell is Harmon Jones?
He is better known
as "Spearchucker" Jones.
He's a good ballplayer.
Oh, yeah!
He's that *** boy
played with the 49ers, ain't he?
He's incredible.
Sure.
Yeah, sure. I remember.
He's good. He's good.
Henry, ifwe had closer relations,
we wouldn't have this
misunderstanding, right?
Now, that's where
a football game would help
between your outfit and mine.
Football game?
Yeah, yeah.
We put up a few bets-
5,000 maybe-
and have a little fun.
Special Services in Tokyo
says it's one ofthe best gimmicks
we've got...
to keep the American way of life
going here in Asia.
Betting?
No! Football!
But what about
Major O'Houlihan?
You mean Hot Lips?
Screw her.
Gee, I don't know—
It's a helicopter,
Charlie.
I know it's a helicopter!
Uh, you know, you guys
have one problem.
I just wonder about
the social problem.
You know, I mean,
he's the only *** officer
in the whole camp, you know.
We got a problem—
Then we'll stick him in here
with us, baby boy.
You-You're serious, ain't ya?
You'd do that.
Sure, I'm serious.
Yeah.
[ Stammering ]
It's enough for me to have to
put up with you two Yankees,
but, you know, uh, that's-
Was it his wife?
Uh, was that why,
or was it the religious-
[ Man ]
It was— It was
a conditioning problem.
[ Woman ] Why do they call you
"Spearchucker"?
I used to throw the javelin.
[ Chattering ]
[ Whistle Blows ]
All right, men, we're not here
to sell lemonade.
We're here to practice.
But first, I'd like to
officially welcome Spearchucker.
Is it all right
to call you that?
Call me whatever you want to.
Good. Well, I just want you
to know that we're all the same
here on the playing field.
Uh, officers and men alike.
Now we're going to begin...
with the three basic principles—
organization,
discipline and teamwork.
Now—
Pardon me. Do you mind
ifwe limber up first?
Oh, that's a good idea.
You organize that.
[ Chattering ]
Hold that line, hey!
Hold that line, hey!
[ Henry ]
All right, Seidman. Keep 'em pushing
that, uh, whatever you call it.
Oh, that's good.
All right, Hot Lips, keep their
arms and limbs moving there.
[ Men Yelling ]
Very good.
[ Henry ]
Radar, you're a coach!
You're not a corporal.
You're a coach!
Keep 'em going through there.
- Good, Hot Lips.
- [ Whistle Blows ]
All right, Seidman, give 'em five.
All right, men, take five.
Spearchucker.
Well, we look
pretty lousy, don't we?
Well, for college players that have been
out oftraining for seven or eight years,
yeah, you look pretty lousy.
Listen, I got an idea
how we can make some money.
We leave him out
ofthe first half ofthe game.
We bet half our money.
They roll up some points, okay?
Second half ofthe game,
we stick him in.
We get odds from them.
We bet the other half
ofthe money, and we clean up.
That's very good thinking,
Captain.
Yeah, it sounds good to me.
Oh, and I had another idea.
I think we should have some plays.
I gotta get some water.
You know, usually in football,
ifyou have some
organized plays—
Well, ifyou don't mind,
I took the liberty.
Oh, you— Oh.
I drew up about
seven or eight plays.
Oh, these are good.
I think that's about
all this bunch can handle.
Oh, very good. Yes.
Oh, very, very good.
Uh, what are these little arrows?
♪♪ [ March ]
[ Whistle Blows ]
♪♪ [ Continues ]
[ No Audible Dialogue ]
Right in Smith's hands.
Oh!
- ♪♪ [ Continues ]
- [ No Audible Dialogue ]
[ Whistle Blows ]
[ Crowd Cheering ]
Well, it's only six points.
Six points?
[ All Shouting ]
Hut!
[ Whistle Blows ]
[ Sighs ]
Oh, well. It's only one point.
- One point?
- Who's Number 1 ? That man runs
like a rabbit. We can't stop him.
I remember him from the pros.
They call him "Super Bug." Had one year
with the Rams before the army.
[ Duke ]
We can't do anything
with him in there.
You gotta come in now.
We can't wait till the second half.
We gotta stick to our strategy.
But the first thing you guys have to do
is get him out ofthe ball game.
Hey, Davidson. Yeah.
Let's ease up just a little bit.
Uh, we don't want the score
too lopsided.
[ Cheerleaders Chanting ]
- [ Houlihan ]
We caught it!
- [ Crowd Shouting ]
[ Groans ]
[ Woman ]
Get him! Yeah!
Get him!
[ Groans ]
[ Woman ]
Get him! Yeah!
Get him!
- Who's he giving it to?
- Isn't that Corporal Judson with the ball?
[ Henry ]
Judson?Judson's a lineman!
Judson can't run!
Look at him. He's loose.
He's loose. He's—
[ Crowd Shouting ]
[ Whistle Blows ]
[ Hawkeye ] For crying out loud,
Judson, what are you doing?
[Judson ] I don't know.
[ Trapper ] What are you doing
with the ball?
All right, come on.
Let's get in a huddle.
You had the whole field open.
What'd you go and fall down for?
I'm not a *** runner.
I'm a lineman.
[ Whistle Blows ]
[ Man ]
Let's go!
We're gonna
really clean up today. Ah.
Hut one, hut two!
[ Crowd Jeering ]
Uh, it's only two points.
Two points?
What the hell you think
you are, a cannon?
[ Trapper ]
What kind of a snap was that?
We got a lot of money on this game.
- This is embarrassing, man.
- [ Cheerleaders, Indistinct ]
[ Cheerleaders Continue, Indistinct ]
[ Cheerleaders ]
Let's go!
Yea!
[ *** Red ]
What happens now?
We get a free kick.
A free kick! Go!
[ With Cheerleaders ]
Kick that ball!
Kick that ball!
Another six points.
Another six points?
[ Chattering ]
Look. Look. He's- He's hurt.
He's leaving the game.
He's hurt! He's hurt!
He's leaving the game.
He's hurt!
What the hell's the matter with you?
Smith! Smith!
*** ***
pulled something.
Hey, Coach, did I break
my nine 400?
Four hundred?
This is not a track meet,
this is a football game!
What the hell you think
I pay you for?
I gotta run the 220.
What? Get him up.
Walk him around.
Do something.
I'll run the 440.
440? This is
a football game, *** it!
- [ Whistle Blows ]
- [ Applause ]
All right, you guys,
get in there and kill 'em!
All right, Bub, your ***' head
is coming right off.
I'm ready, Coach.
I'm ready, Coach.
Ready? For what?
I'm in the broad jump, Coach.
Get him back on the bench.
Broad jump!
Still 1 6-nothing.
[ Voice Cracks ]
1 6-nothing.
Well, that's not bad.
1 6-nothing
in the first half.
Guess I have to give them
the old Knute Rockne at halftime.
About time for the gun.
Right.
[ Gunshot ]
Yea!
[ Gasping ]
[ Whistle Blows ]
He runs like a mother,
but how we gonna score—
Men, ever since the dark days
before Pearl Harbor,
I have been proud
to wear this uniform.
Boone, you got a towel?
Henry, have you
pressed the bets yet?
Today, we are wearing—
Henry, have you pressed
the bets yet?
Oh, the bets.
Henry, press the bets, man.
The bets, the bets.
Finish the halftime speech.
[ Cheerleaders ]
Hit 'em with a mortar!
Kick 'em offthe hill!
Mash 'em, smash 'em,
kill, kill, kill!
Hot Lips, there's a time
and a place for everything, damn it!
[ Gasps ]
Right. Bo-bo.
[ All ]
Bo-bo!
Come on, Smitty.
Come on.
[ Door Closes ]
Yeah.
What's the matter with him?
What's the matter?
Hell, you oughta know.
You guys pulled
something out there.
[ Henry ]
Well, I guess you don't
wanna double the bet.
Oh, the hell I don't.
We were beating you without him,
and we'll go on beating you.
Are you prepared
to back that up with odds?
Damn right. Three-to-one.
Double the bet.
Who's that 24?
Who is he?
[ Cheering ]
[ Hammond ]
Stop it! Stop him!
Stop him! Stop him!
Who is that guy?
He wasn't in the game
in the first half.
Stop him!
[ No Audible Dialogue ]
That's "Spearchucker" Jones.
"Spearchucker" who?
He played with San Francisco
before he got drafted.
Boy, he's gonna be tough to stop too.
Tough to—
Ah, Henry, you brought in
a ringer, did you? Huh?
Radar?
Yes, sir?
What's the general trying to say?
Didn't bring him in
in the first half, did you?
He's just been informed
as to the identity
of our, uh, Spearchucker.
His ringer spotted our ringer.
How do you like
them apples, Charlie?
You can't trust anybody.
Now watch him make
the extra point!
Hut three!
[ Whistle Blows ]
Isn't that illegal?
Relax, Charlie.
What kind ofteam is it?
Relax.
They're falling around
like dead flies.
[ Crowd Cheering ]
[ Whistle Blows ]
[ Referee ] All right.
Ball is down. Ball is down.
No piling.
Let's get 'em up.
Look, a red flag!
We've got a red flag!
[ Woman Screaming ]
Hot Lips!
[ Screaming ]
It's a penalty,
you blithering idiots.
[ Whistle Blows ]
[ Chattering ]
[ Whistle Blows ]
Judson, get off of him.
You'll be thrown out of the game!
Judson, kill him!
[ Chattering ]
[ Whistle Blows ]
What's wrong with you, huh?
We're here to play football,
not fight!
*** 88
called me a ***.
Called you a what?
***.
[ Duke Laughs ]
That's an old pro trick
to get you thrown
out ofthe ball game.
Well—
Why don't you do
the same thing to him?
What, call him a ***?
No, no, the boys in camp
used to talk about his sister.
Her name was Gladys.
Use it.
Yeah.
All right! All right!
Ready, set—
[ Man Yelling, Indistinct ]
[ Whistle Blows ]
[ Crowd Cheering ]
[ Whistle Blowing ]
[ Hammond ] What the hell
is he doing, for God's sake?
What's the matter here?
- Takin' him out.
- [ Shouting ]
[ Crowd Cheering ]
[ Radar ]
Hey, you big ape!
Blockhead!
[ Cheerleaders ]
Sixty-nine is divine!
Sixty-nine is divine!
There you go, Charlie!
Another side of beef
for your butcher shop!
[ Laughs ]
[ Cheerleaders ]
Let's get the ball
and really go!
Hey, hey. Ho, ho.
Who's the little brunette?
Is she a new one?
Yeah, I just had her
shipped in.
Yeah, not bad.
Kill 'em!
Kill 'em, *** it!
Hut one!
[ Radar ]
Hey!
[ Gunshot ]
My God, they've shot him!
Hot Lips,
you incredible nincompoop,
it's the end ofthe quarter.
What did I make you a major for?
For a team like that?
[ Major ] I did the best I could, Charlie.
I didn't know they were
gonna bring him in.
[ Hammond ] I oughta put you in there
and let them kill you.
What about my knee, Charlie?
Better get on your *** knee
and start praying.
Trick knee, my ***.
[ Shouting, Indistinct ]
[ No Audible Dialogue ]
[ Shouts, Indistinct ]
[ Whistle Blows ]
My God!
Hut!
[ Whistle Blows ]
Not bad, huh?
Did you see that?
Get the hell back there!
Where's my—
Get back there!
[ Whistle Blows ]
[ Grunting ]
[ Whistle Blows ]
Time.
[ Chattering ]
[ Cheerleaders Chanting, Indistinct ]
Well, looks like we may
make it. Seconds to go.
All right.
Okay, fellas.
We don't have
very much time left.
I just checked with the ref.
I got a special play I want to run—
a center eligible play.
We line up with everybody
to the right ofthe center,
except Hawkeye, who drops back
one yard just before
the snap ofthe ball.
Now, that makes you
the center eligible.
But all you have to do is take the ball
right back from Trapper
between your legs...
and hide it under your belly
and walk toward their goal line.
All right?
- Hey, Trapper.
- All right, come on.
[ Chuckles ]
This is only one time.
$5,000, all right?
It's worth a try.
[ Hawkeye ]
This is a miracle ifwe can.
- I'm short. I'm short one.
- [Jones ] What do you say?
Let's do it now.
Ready,
set.
- What are you doing? Get back there!
- I got the ball. I got the ball.
Run with it!
[ No Audible Dialogue ]
[ Shouting ]
Who the hell's that?
Illegal!
*** it,
where's that referee?
- [ Gunshot ]
- *** it!
[ No Audible Dialogue ]
[ Horn Honking ]
[ Cheering, Shouting ]
[ Shouting Continues, Indistinct ]
[ Hawkeye ]
We won. We won.
We won! We won!
One.
Two dollars.
Two dollars.
Two dollars.
Four dollars.
I fold.
Raise you two more.
He raised it two?
Raise you another two.
I have an Oklahoma.
[ Laughs ]
Oh, God.
[ Bandini ] What is that?
Oklahoma.
It's a pair of eights,
a 1 0 of spades,
a deuce and a five.
[ UglyJohn ] You win.
What are you talking about?
What do you have?
[ Man On P.A. ]
Tokyo, United States...
Armed Forces Radio...
is on the air.
♪♪ [ Big Band Jazz ]
♪♪ [ Woman Singing In Japanese ]
♪ Shoeshine boy ♪
♪♪ [ Continues In Japanese ]
Duke?
Huh?
You busy?
Uh, what is it?
Henry's got our orders.
We can go home.
[ Crowd Cheering ]
[ Horns Honking ]
Right now?
Anytime.
Whenever we want.
You mind ifwe get out of
this guy's brain first?
Oh.
Uh, can't you sew
this thing up?
You got that vessel
under control.
Pledget.
Haven't you?
[Jones ] I wanna make sure the oozing
is completely checked
before I close up.
Damn perfectionist.
Yeah, well, I'm, uh—
[ Chuckles ]
I'll see ya.
Five *** months,
and they don't even give
a guy off for time- good behavior.
Hey, thanks, man.
I'll see you around.
Possible.
Take care of
the squirrels.
[ Barking ]
So long, pup-pup.
Will you go, for Christ sakes?
Will you go before they change
their mind? Get outta here.
"O Lord God, listen favorably
to our prayers,
"and with your right hand
bless this jeep.
"Send your holy angels
so that all who ride in it...
"may be delivered and guarded
from every danger.
"And as you granted
faith and grace
by your deacon Philip...
"to the man from Ethiopia
who was sitting in his chariot
and reading holy scripture,
"show the way of salvation
to your servants...
"so that, helped by your grace
and always intent
on doing good works,
"they may, after all the trials
oftheir pilgrimage
and life on Earth,
"attain to everlasting joys
through Christ our Lord.
[ Chattering ]
Amen."
Captain Pierce, your driver
will be here in just a minute.
Yes, sir.
Have a good trip, sir.
Let's go, driver.
[ Whistles ]
[ Man On P.A. Clears Throat ]
Attention. Tonight's movie
has been MASH.
[ Chattering ]
Follow the zany antics
of our combat surgeons...
as they cut and stitch
their way along the front lines-
Good-bye! Good-bye!
operating as bombs-
[ Chuckles ]
operating as bombs and bullets
burst around them;
snatching laughs and love between
amputations and penicillin.
Did Hawkeye
steal that jeep?
No, sir.
That's the one he came in.
Oh, very good.
Come along, my dear.
[ Man On P.A. ]
Follow Hawkeye, Trapper,
Duke, *** Red, Painless—
[ Whistles ]
Radar, Hot Lips, Dish...
and Staff Sergeant Vollmer...
as they put our boys
back together again.
Starring Donald Sutherland,
Elliot Gould,
Tom Skerritt, Sally Kellerman,
Robert Duvall, Jo Ann Pflug,
Rene Auberjonois, Roger Bowen,
Gary Burghoff, David Arkin,
John Schuck, Fred Williamson,
Indus Arthur, Tim Brown,
Corey Fischer, Bud Cort,
Carl Gottlieb, Dawne Damon,
Tamara Horrocks, Ken Prymus,
Danny Goldman, Kim Atwood,
Michael Murphy, G. Wood,
Rick Neilan and Bobby Troup.
*** army.
That is all.
[ Gong Resounds ]