Season Three
Episode 62: "Private Charles Lamb"
Writers: Sid Dorfman
Director: Hy Averback
Original Airdate: December 31, 1974
Plot: When Radar was seen in the Mess Tent with a tray over flowing with vegetables, he wasn't just fixing himself a "little salad", he was getting lunch for his animals, whom he attends to every single day, but soon, he would find himself having to attend to another furry friend: when the 4077th find themselves operating on a batch of wounded Greek soldiers, their commanding officer, Colonel Andropolis is so pleased with the fine job the surgeons did, that he and his men donate a big feast to the 4077th, including a young lamb the cook plans to kill and roast for the feast. Radar is devastated to learn that they would do such a thing, so he plots to save the lamb: he gives it a sedative, dresses it in one of his uniforms, and has Henry Blake sign the hardship discharge papers for a Private Charles Lamb, who will be sent home to the O'Reilly farm in Iowa. Meanwhile, Hawkeye and Trapper have to deal with a soldier who shot himself in the foot to get out of going back to the front, and try to keep Frank Burns from finding out.
Comments:
- Although this is the fourteenth episode of Season Three, it was the tenth produced.
- Margaret doesn't appear in this episode.
- This episode features Hawkeye's disembodied speech: "The wounded keep coming, and coming. The common demoniator is blood, it's all red, and there's an awful lot of it leaking out around here."
- Radar had sixteen cats at one point back home.
- Apparently, this episode takes place during the Easter holiday.
What's Cut:
- The scene in the O.R. has been nicked for time, cutting out mostly Hawkeye and Trapper teaching Mr. Kwang about how a lot of medical techniques were invented in Greece.
- The following scene where Radar is meeting Henry in his office has been cut.
- The brief scene where Radar is in his office, feeding his skunk when the phone rings with the shipment of the Greek feast has been cut.
- Frank in Henry's office complaining about what all is going on in camp, and wanting to register a formal complaint to Father Mulcahy has been cut.
- The closing sequence where everyone in the Mess Tent is drunk and hungover from the party has been cut.
Overall:
Probably one of the better Season Three episodes. I give it 8.5 out of 10 stars.
Episode 62: "Private Charles Lamb"
Writers: Sid Dorfman
Director: Hy Averback
Original Airdate: December 31, 1974
Plot: When Radar was seen in the Mess Tent with a tray over flowing with vegetables, he wasn't just fixing himself a "little salad", he was getting lunch for his animals, whom he attends to every single day, but soon, he would find himself having to attend to another furry friend: when the 4077th find themselves operating on a batch of wounded Greek soldiers, their commanding officer, Colonel Andropolis is so pleased with the fine job the surgeons did, that he and his men donate a big feast to the 4077th, including a young lamb the cook plans to kill and roast for the feast. Radar is devastated to learn that they would do such a thing, so he plots to save the lamb: he gives it a sedative, dresses it in one of his uniforms, and has Henry Blake sign the hardship discharge papers for a Private Charles Lamb, who will be sent home to the O'Reilly farm in Iowa. Meanwhile, Hawkeye and Trapper have to deal with a soldier who shot himself in the foot to get out of going back to the front, and try to keep Frank Burns from finding out.
Comments:
- Although this is the fourteenth episode of Season Three, it was the tenth produced.
- Margaret doesn't appear in this episode.
- This episode features Hawkeye's disembodied speech: "The wounded keep coming, and coming. The common demoniator is blood, it's all red, and there's an awful lot of it leaking out around here."
- Radar had sixteen cats at one point back home.
- Apparently, this episode takes place during the Easter holiday.
What's Cut:
- The scene in the O.R. has been nicked for time, cutting out mostly Hawkeye and Trapper teaching Mr. Kwang about how a lot of medical techniques were invented in Greece.
- The following scene where Radar is meeting Henry in his office has been cut.
- The brief scene where Radar is in his office, feeding his skunk when the phone rings with the shipment of the Greek feast has been cut.
- Frank in Henry's office complaining about what all is going on in camp, and wanting to register a formal complaint to Father Mulcahy has been cut.
- The closing sequence where everyone in the Mess Tent is drunk and hungover from the party has been cut.
Overall:
Probably one of the better Season Three episodes. I give it 8.5 out of 10 stars.