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"'''Bananas, Crackers and Nuts'''" is an episode from '']''. It was the seventh episode broadcast and aired on November 5, 1972 and repeated April 22, 1973. It was written by ] and directed by ]. | ||
| Guest cast is ] as Lt. Ginger Bayliss, ] as Captain Phillip G. Sherman and ] as Nurse Margie Cutler. | Guest cast is ] as Lt. Ginger Bayliss, ] as Captain Phillip G. Sherman and ] as Nurse Margie Cutler. | ||
| Editor ] won an ] from the ] organization (ACE) for his work on this episode.<ref>{{cite book|url= |
Editor ] won an ] from the ] organization (ACE) for his work on this episode.<ref name="watch25">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CMPx-jksa6IC|title=Watching M*A*S*H, Watching America |last=Wittebols|first=James H. |authorlink=James H. Wittebols |publisher = McFarland|year= 2003|location=]|isbn=0-7864-1701-3 |pages=25|accessdate=2009-05-16}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Awards for "M*A*S*H"|website=] |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068098/awards|accessdate=2009-06-04| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20090505181422/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068098/awards| archivedate= 5 May 2009 | url-status= live}}</ref> | ||
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| ] will not let ] leave for R&R, so he begins faking insanity. Captain Sherman, who happens to be a brilliant psychiatrist, comes over to see if Pierce's madness is for real and decides Pierce can use a few weeks of observation. To avoid this fate, ], ] and ] pull off a scheme that makes it appear Sherman ] ].<ref name="watch">{{cite book|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=CMPx-jksa6IC|title=Watching M*A*S*H, Watching America |last=Wittebols|first=James H. |pages=161-166|accessdate=2009-05-15}}</ref><ref name="TVguide">{{cite news|url=http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/mash/episodes/100278|title=Episode Guide|publisher=TV Guide|accessdate=2009-05-15}}</ref><ref name="classic"> {{cite news|url=http://classicsitcoms.com/shows/mash1.html|title=The Classic Sitcoms Guide: M*A*S*H|publisher=classicsitcoms.com|accessdate=2009-05-15}}</ref><ref name="di">{{cite journal|title=M*A*S*H: Season One (Collector's Edition) (1972)|journal=digitallyobsessed.com|url=http://www.digitallyobsessed.com/displaylegacy.php?ID=3802}}</ref><ref name="ex"> {{cite book|last=Reiss |first=David S.|title= M*A*S*H: the exclusive, inside story of TV's most popular show|date=1983}}</ref> <!--portions of the plot confirmed in these links--> | |||
| After an unusually long stretch in the OR, ] and ] argue, and decide that they need some ]. Unfortunately, ] is leaving for a few days, leaving ]—who is unlikely to let them have R&R for any reason—in charge. | |||
| ==Detailed story== | |||
| Hawkeye decides to pretend to be insane to try to get a few days off despite Frank's prejudice. He rejects a proposition from an attractive nurse, eats a plate of ostensibly human liver in full surgical garb, and reacts violently when Frank touches the plate. Trapper tells Frank that Hawkeye is losing it, and that he (Trapper) should take him to Tokyo for R&R. | |||
| Everyone has been in surgery for longer than usual, but the enemy is backing off for a week. Due to the lengthy time in OR, the still has gone dry and Hawkeye and Trapper argue over who is at fault. As a result of having their 'first fight', they decide they need some R&R. Unfortunately, Henry is leaving for a few days, leaving Frank - who is unlikely to let them have R&R for any reason - in charge. | |||
| ⚫ | Uncertain about whether they are serious or if it is an elaborate act, ] calls in a psychiatrist friend, Capt. Philip Sherman (]), to assess Hawkeye's emotional state. After Hawkeye tells Sherman that he is in love with Frank, Sherman declares him to be insane. When Henry returns and learns of Sherman's finding, he argues that Hawkeye was merely trying to get R&R, but Sherman insists that Hawkeye needs to be committed to a hospital in Tokyo. | ||
| Hawkeye decides to pretend to be insane to try to get a few days off despite Frank's prejudice. When the very attractive Nurse Cutler propositions him, he publicly rebuffs her, accusing her of trying to take advantage of him. Trapper tries to plant the idea in Frank and Margaret's minds that Hawkeye might be going insane, but they don't believe him until they witness Hawkeye, still in full OR garb, sitting down to eat a plate of liver in the mess tent. Upon being asked about the origin of this liver, he implies that he took it from the corpse of a recent patient. When Frank touches the plate, Hawkeye screams at him, accusing him of having ruined the food, and Trapper has to slap him and get Radar to take him away, while he stays to reiterate his point that Hawkeye is losing it, and that he (Trapper) should take him to Tokyo for R&R. | |||
| Hawkeye, upon hearing this, confesses he simply wanted a holiday from the war, but Sherman, who has designs on Margaret, insists that he be sent for treatment. Hawkeye concocts with Radar an elaborate plan to foil Sherman, Margaret and Frank's plan to get Hawkeye out of the unit. Radar talks to Sherman and plants ideas in his mind that Margaret, who has rebuffed all of Sherman's past advances, has the hots for him. Meanwhile, Trapper switches signs on Margaret's tent, leading Sherman to believe it is the VIP tent. After Sherman returns and settles in Margaret's cot, Trapper switches the signs back. When Margaret comes back and starts undressing, Sherman excitedly launches himself at her and drags her onto the cot. Margaret screams out and various members of the camp rush in, making it appear that Sherman was attempting to rape Margaret. Sherman flees the unit that night and Hawkeye is allowed to stay. He and Trapper are granted a week's R&R, but just as they are about to leave, a wave of fresh casualties ruins their plans.<ref name="watch">Wittebols, pp. 161-166</ref><ref name="TVguide">{{cite news|url=http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/mash/episodes/100278|title=Episode Guide|publisher=TV Guide|accessdate=2009-05-15}}</ref><ref name="classic">{{cite news|url=http://classicsitcoms.com/shows/mash1.html|title=The Classic Sitcoms Guide: M*A*S*H|publisher=classicsitcoms.com|accessdate=2009-05-15|archive-date=2011-07-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723112110/http://classicsitcoms.com/shows/mash1.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="di">{{cite journal|title=M*A*S*H: Season One (Collector's Edition) (1972)|website=Digitallyobsessed.com|url=http://www.digitallyobsessed.com/displaylegacy.php?ID=3802|access-date=2009-05-15|archive-date=2011-06-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110613115020/http://www.digitallyobsessed.com/displaylegacy.php?ID=3802|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="ex">{{cite book|last=Reiss |first=David S.|title= M*A*S*H: the exclusive, inside story of TV's most popular show|date=1983}}</ref> <!--portions of the plot confirmed in these links--> | |||
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| When Henry returns and finds that Hawkeye has been pronounced insane, he claims that it must have been an elaborate ploy to get R&R. Although Frank and Margaret strongly suspect this is the case, they do not help, and Sherman insists that Hawkeye is insane and needs to be taken to a Tokyo hospital for full treatment. Hawkeye, upon hearing this, tells Sherman that he was faking, he does not want to go to the hospital - he simply wanted a holiday from the war - he concocts with Radar an elaborate plan to make it appear that Sherman is trying to molest Margaret in her sleep. Their plan succeeds, Sherman is sent from the unit, and Hawkeye is allowed to stay.<ref name="watch"/><ref name="classic"/><ref name="TVguide"/><ref name="di"/><ref name="ex"/> | |||
| ==Themes== | ==Themes== | ||
| In ''Watching M*A*S*H, Watching America'', a sociological examination of ''M*A*S*H'' as an illustration of shifting American values in the 1970s and early 1980s, James H. Wittebols cites Sherman's attempted assault on Margaret in this episode as an example of the program's questionable treatment of women in its early years.<ref |
In ''Watching M*A*S*H, Watching America'', a sociological examination of ''M*A*S*H'' as an illustration of shifting American values in the 1970s and early 1980s, James H. Wittebols cites Sherman's attempted assault on Margaret in this episode as an example of the program's questionable treatment of women in its early years.<ref name="watch25" /> Wittebols also | ||
| notes the subplot of Hawkeye pretending to be in love with Frank (in order to convince Sherman that he is insane) as an example of the series' negative treatment of ].<ref>Wittebols, p. 28</ref> | |||
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| Stuart Margolin made a second appearance on the series in the second season episode ], as a plastic surgeon, an old friend of Hawkeye, who also develops an attraction to Margaret. | |||
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7th episode of the 1st season of M*A*S*H
| "Bananas, Crackers and Nuts" | |||
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| M*A*S*H episode | |||
| Episode no. | Season 1 Episode 7 | ||
| Directed by | Bruce Bilson | ||
| Written by | Burt Styler | ||
| Production code | J311 | ||
| Original air date | November 5, 1972 (1972-11-05) | ||
| Guest appearances | |||
| Odessa Cleveland Marcia Strassman | |||
| Episode chronology | |||
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| M*A*S*H season 1 | |||
| List of episodes | |||
"Bananas, Crackers and Nuts" is an episode from M*A*S*H. It was the seventh episode broadcast and aired on November 5, 1972 and repeated April 22, 1973. It was written by Burt Styler and directed by Bruce Bilson.
Guest cast is Odessa Cleveland as Lt. Ginger Bayliss, Stuart Margolin as Captain Phillip G. Sherman and Marcia Strassman as Nurse Margie Cutler.
Editor Fred W. Berger won an ACE Eddie Award from the American Cinema Editors organization (ACE) for his work on this episode.
Plot
After an unusually long stretch in the OR, Hawkeye and Trapper argue, and decide that they need some R&R. Unfortunately, Henry is leaving for a few days, leaving Frank—who is unlikely to let them have R&R for any reason—in charge.
Hawkeye decides to pretend to be insane to try to get a few days off despite Frank's prejudice. He rejects a proposition from an attractive nurse, eats a plate of ostensibly human liver in full surgical garb, and reacts violently when Frank touches the plate. Trapper tells Frank that Hawkeye is losing it, and that he (Trapper) should take him to Tokyo for R&R.
Uncertain about whether they are serious or if it is an elaborate act, Margaret calls in a psychiatrist friend, Capt. Philip Sherman (Stuart Margolin), to assess Hawkeye's emotional state. After Hawkeye tells Sherman that he is in love with Frank, Sherman declares him to be insane. When Henry returns and learns of Sherman's finding, he argues that Hawkeye was merely trying to get R&R, but Sherman insists that Hawkeye needs to be committed to a hospital in Tokyo.
Hawkeye, upon hearing this, confesses he simply wanted a holiday from the war, but Sherman, who has designs on Margaret, insists that he be sent for treatment. Hawkeye concocts with Radar an elaborate plan to foil Sherman, Margaret and Frank's plan to get Hawkeye out of the unit. Radar talks to Sherman and plants ideas in his mind that Margaret, who has rebuffed all of Sherman's past advances, has the hots for him. Meanwhile, Trapper switches signs on Margaret's tent, leading Sherman to believe it is the VIP tent. After Sherman returns and settles in Margaret's cot, Trapper switches the signs back. When Margaret comes back and starts undressing, Sherman excitedly launches himself at her and drags her onto the cot. Margaret screams out and various members of the camp rush in, making it appear that Sherman was attempting to rape Margaret. Sherman flees the unit that night and Hawkeye is allowed to stay. He and Trapper are granted a week's R&R, but just as they are about to leave, a wave of fresh casualties ruins their plans.
Themes
In Watching M*A*S*H, Watching America, a sociological examination of M*A*S*H as an illustration of shifting American values in the 1970s and early 1980s, James H. Wittebols cites Sherman's attempted assault on Margaret in this episode as an example of the program's questionable treatment of women in its early years. Wittebols also notes the subplot of Hawkeye pretending to be in love with Frank (in order to convince Sherman that he is insane) as an example of the series' negative treatment of homosexuality.
Notes
- ^ Wittebols, James H. (2003). Watching M*A*S*H, Watching America. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. p. 25. ISBN 0-7864-1701-3. Retrieved May 16, 2009.
- "Awards for "M*A*S*H"". IMDb. Archived from the original on May 5, 2009. Retrieved June 4, 2009.
- Wittebols, pp. 161-166
- "Episode Guide". TV Guide. Retrieved May 15, 2009.
- "The Classic Sitcoms Guide: M*A*S*H". classicsitcoms.com. Archived from the original on July 23, 2011. Retrieved May 15, 2009.
- "M*A*S*H: Season One (Collector's Edition) (1972)". Digitallyobsessed.com. Archived from the original on June 13, 2011. Retrieved May 15, 2009.
- Reiss, David S. (1983). M*A*S*H: the exclusive, inside story of TV's most popular show.
- Wittebols, p. 28