M*A*S*HCast – Season 1, Episode 11: Germ Warfare
Special Guest Star: Shawn Myers
Air Date: December 10, 1972
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Now I need to get home to Hulu to hear Alan Alda’s Bela Lugosi impersonation!
Chris
Something that jumps out at me from this early MASH episode is that they were still trying to nail down Frank’s character (i.e., how unlikable is Frank Burns?). The playfulness between Hawkeye, Trapper, and Frank at the end of the episode, and the fact that Frank basically forgives them, is a dynamic that you don’t see in later seasons. I think it’s a shame, because this take on Frank makes him more of 3-dimensional character, compared to the 2-dimensional character, with no redeemable characteristics, that he becomes.
Thanks for another great MASHCast episode, gentlemen.
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Hepatitis?