'M*A*S*H' - 'Fade In, Fade Out' (Part I) Quiz

Answer: Will it stunt my growth?

What is odd about this scene, you ask? Well, in the season one episode called 'Chief Surgeon, Who?' Radar is depicted smoking a cigar as if it is a regular habit of his. However, in this episode the more innocent Radar appears, asking if the cigar will stunt his growth (Potter responds: 'What have you got to lose?) and if cigar smoking is habit forming (Potter responds: 'I've been smoking five cigars a day for 45 years, never got the habit.'). Radar needs instructions on when to suck in the smoke and later throws up after taking in too much of the nasty stuff.

Answer: Father Mulcahy

Despite having lived alongside Burns and Houlihan for months, Father Mulcahy claims to only have a 'suspicion' about the relationship between the two erstwhile lovers. Hawkeye has to explain that Margaret and Frank 'knew each other in the biblical sense' ('Both testaments', BJ adds.) I have a hard time believing anyone, even a priest, could be this naive.

Answer: Berman

When Hawkeye and Colonel Potter approach Dr. Berman during triage, Berman self-diagnoses. He claims that he's not going to make it and asks for a rabbi. Potter responds, 'Knock that off Berman, nobody dies around here without my say-so.' Hawkeye is able to patch Berman up, but there is still concern about an aneurysm that has developed near Berman's heart.

Answer: Kiss her fingertips

Frank has obviously become delirious over Margaret's marriage, and on his R&R has made it a mission to locate his ex-girlfriend by any means necessary. Apparently, Frank was drunk when he accosted the blonde WAC (Women's Army Corps), and, according to the sergeant calling from I-Corps, he ran off before the MPs could take him into custody.

Answer: Cribbage

Charles has taken Baldwin to the cleaners, the latter owing the former $672.11 (later revised to $672.17). It is no surprise, then, that Baldwin finds it easy to ship the pompous and gloating Charles away to the 4077th for a brief time. It seems that Baldwin expects Charles to forget this debt...obviously, he doesn't know Charles Emerson Winchester III!

Answer: David Ogden Stiers

David Ogden Stiers was, oddly enough, born in Peoria, Illinois, and does not really have a haughty, upper crust Bostonian accent. Aside from his role in 'M*A*S*H', Stiers has made a number of apperances in other television shows and films, and perhaps most prominently has provided his voice for many of Disney's animated films (e.g. Pocahontas, Beauty and the Beast, The Hunchback of Notre Dame).

Answer: Ox-drawn cart

The jeep that Charles had been riding in was destroyed by enemy mortars. Charles is somehow able to locate some locals who provide him a ride to the 4077th in their family cart. Incidentally, Charles leaves the camp in a garbage truck, hence why I included that as an incorrect choice!

Answer: The kitchen

Charles' first impression of the 4077th: 'Charming place, an inflamed boil on the buttocks of the world.'

After Charles is greeted by Radar, he inquires as to the noisome stench. Radar responds, 'Uh...North wind cesspool, east wind latrine.' Charles notes, 'The wind is from the south.' Radar retorts, 'Oh, that's the kitchen.'

Answer: Remington

Hawkeye calls Charles 'Remington', seemingly by mistake, but we all know what Hawkeye is up to (hint of jealousy, perhaps?) Later, Hawkeye asks Charles if he can 'come by later for a cup of ego'. After the surgery, Charles insists on rubbing it in, announcing that his 'whole family has gifted hands' (his mother is a concert pianist). Hawkeye responds by saying, 'My dad can get an olive out of the bottom of a jar with one finger.' BJ adds, 'And leave the pimento behind.'

Answer: Kester

Frank followed Brigadier General Kester and his wife into a bathhouse where he found the two of them sharing a soak in the hot water. Frank decided to join them, in full uniform. Poor Frank was taken into psychiatric custody and is being held for an evaluation. He has also announced that he will be transferred out of the 4077th. BJ responds, 'They can't do that to us. There's so much more we wanted to say to the fink!' and 'You realize that this reduces the enemy to just North Korea!'

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