The Chinese Army joins the war, killing any hopes the 4077th has about a speedy resolution and homecoming.The Chinese Army joins the war, killing any hopes the 4077th has about a speedy resolution and homecoming.The Chinese Army joins the war, killing any hopes the 4077th has about a speedy resolution and homecoming.
Lynne Marie Stewart
- Lt. Plummer, RN
- (as Lynn Marie Stewart)
Dagwood
- Black Tabby, the Ping-Pong Cat
- (archive footage)
Mel Allen
- Movie Tone News Announcer
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Milton Berle
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Joe E. Brown
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaIn the kitchen scene, BJ makes a play on words. He says "Look out, Dagwood" This is a reference to both a "Movie Tone News" segment featured just prior to the scene about a ping pong playing cat and a "Dagwood" sandwich. The sandwich was named for Dagwood Bumstead, a comic strip character known for making huge sandwiches.
- GoofsOne news clip stated the French were fighting in Viet Nam. At that time Viet Nam was still know as French Indochina and wasn't created until years later.
- Quotes
Cpl. Maxwell 'Max' Q. Klinger: Boy, seeing the way you guys work with the wounded, the way you deal with burned up legs, ripped up bellies. Makes me proud every time I throw up.
- SoundtracksAh! Sweet Syngman Rhee of Life
(uncredited)
Music by Victor Herbert
Original Lyrics by Rida Johnson Young
Modified Lyrics by Larry Gelbart & Simon Muntner
Performed by Alan Alda
Featured review
The Chinese Get Into the Action
A very good episode as they alternate 1950's newsreels with actual work being done by the MASH doctors. The Chinese have gotten into the act big time and the casualties are piling up; so much so that the camp is running out of everything, from surgical gloves to plasma. This is one of the episodes where the war takes on a character of its own and the men and women who are working are secondary. Of course, the newsreel footage is designed to show an absurd comparison as they show ping pong playing cats, dance competitions, and a speech by Douglas MacArthur. Radar spends time trying to make trades with his counterparts for plasma, running through the entire quartermaster's supply list. Then the rain comes.
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- Hitchcoc
- Mar 15, 2015
Details
- Runtime25 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
- 4:3
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