The Moon Is Not Blue
"The Moon Is Not Blue" | |
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M*A*S*H episode | |
Episode no. | Season 11 Episode 8 |
Directed by | Charles S. Dubin |
Written by | Larry Balmagia |
Production code | 1G20 |
Original air date | December 13, 1982 |
Guest appearances | |
Hamilton Camp Sandy Helberg Larry Ward | |
"The Moon Is Not Blue" was the 248th episode of the M*A*S*H television series, and the eighth of season eleven.[1] The episode aired on December 13, 1982 on CBS.
Plot
Everyone is frustrated by the unrelenting hot weather, and Hawkeye and B.J. are bored with the movies the unit is sent. After reading about a newly released movie
Some weeks later, The Moon Is Blue arrives at the camp and is screened to a full house. Hawkeye and B.J. are disappointed by its lack of promised sexually explicit content. Hawkeye declares that he's never seen a cleaner movie in his life. Father Mulcahy points out that "One of the actors did say 'virgin'", to which Hawkeye replies, exasperated, "That's because everyone was!"
Historical notes
The Moon is Blue was released in the USA on July 8, 1953, only nineteen days before the armistice for the Korean War was signed. The episode plot suggests the action took place over a considerably longer time, and there is no mention of the end of the war being in sight.
Harry Morgan, who played Colonel Potter on M*A*S*H, has a small role early in the film State Fair as a ring-toss operator.
High Noon was a 1952 movie with Gary Cooper and would have been a year old when The Moon is Blue was released.
Busby Berkeley was a choreographer and movie director in the early to mid 20th Century. Hawkeye references him when he sees all the movie posters in Frankenheimer's office.
References
- ISBN 978-0-7864-1701-8.
External links
- "The Moon Is Not Blue" at IMDb