Introduction

The first season of M*A*S*H aired Sundays at 8:00–8:30 pm on CBS.

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Outline

Hawkeye is named chief surgeon of the 4077th, to the great chagrin of Frank Burns and Margaret Houlihan. Jamie Farr is introduced as the cross-dressing Corporal Maxwell Q. Klinger.

Sorrell Booke, later star in The Dukes of Hazzard, plays the visiting general.

William Christopher does not appear in this episode.

M*A*S*H Series

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Production & Filming Details

• Director(s): E.W. Swackhamer.
• Writer(s): Larry Gelbart.
• Release Date: 08 October 1972.
• Running time: 30 minutes.
• Country: US.
• Language: English.

YouTube Link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLkNDyNfNKQ