The Longjohn Flap
"The Longjohn Flap" | |
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M*A*S*H episode | |
Episode no. | Season 1 Episode 19 |
Directed by | William Wiard |
Written by | Alan Alda |
Production code | J319 |
Original air date | February 18, 1973 |
"The Longjohn Flap" is the 19th episode of the first season of the TV series M*A*S*H. It originally aired on February 18, 1973, and was the first episode of M*A*S*H to be written by series star Alan Alda.[1][2]
Plot
In the middle of a cold snap, Hawkeye receives a pair of
Themes
Like other M*A*S*H episodes, this episode deals with the absurdities of army bureaucracy: specifically, a supply error which results in warm-weather clothes being delivered to the camp in the midst of winter.[9]
In this episode, as well as the earlier "Sometimes You Hear the Bullet", a more fully developed character for Henry emerges—he is not as buffoonish as in earlier episodes, as when he explains the intricacies of military bureaucracy to Radar.
In his autobiography, Never Have Your Dog Stuffed: and Other Things I've Learned, Alan Alda says that for this episode, he borrowed the structure from La Ronde. "In my version, the object that's passed from couple to couple is a pair of long johns during a cold spell in the Korean winter."[10]
References
- ISBN 978-0814333471.
- ISBN 978-0-672-52762-3.
- ISBN 0-7864-1701-3. Retrieved 2009-05-15.
- ^ "Episode Guide". TV Guide. Retrieved 2009-05-15.
- ^ "The Classic Sitcoms Guide: M*A*S*H". classicsitcoms.com. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2009-05-15.
- ^ "M*A*S*H: Season One (Collector's Edition) (1972)". Digitallyobsessed.com. Archived from the original on 2011-06-13. Retrieved 2009-05-17.
- ISBN 0-672-52656-5.
- ISBN 0-8109-8083-5.
- ^ Wittebols, p. 35
- ISBN 1400064090.
External links
- "The Longjohn Flap" at IMDb