Kenny Mittleider from Knights of the Guild & Confessions of a Fanboy Podcasts, Simon Meddings from Waffle On Podcast, Al Kessel from Tales from the Mouse House, Fast Forward & Just Because Podcast and special guest Harry Dauz discuss one of the most successful and longest running television series in history.. M*A*S*H
Today we cover Season 1, Episode #17 - Sometimes You Hear the Bullet
Directed by William Wiard
Written by Carl Kleinschmitt
Production code J318
Original air date January 28, 1973
Set during the Korean War in the 1950’s
Plot Summary: Hawkeye's old friend Tommy appears at the 4077th. He is a soldier working on a book about life on the front lines called "You Never Hear the Bullet." The book is intended to show how death in battle can be sudden and not surrounded by any prior drama, as it often is in the movies. Later in the episode, Tommy himself shows up as a casualty on the operating table, having been shot by the enemy on the front lines. Just before being anesthetized, he weakly tells Hawkeye that he in fact had heard a bullet ricochet just before being hit, just like in the movies. Hawkeye, close to tears, suggests that "Sometimes You Hear the Bullet" is a better title anyway. Tommy dies moments later. Later we see Hawkeye crying and Lt. Col. Blake trying to console him.
In the same episode, a young soldier is discovered to be underage and using his brother's ID. He has come to Korea in order to impress his girlfriend. Hawkeye first gives the young soldier some sage advice about women and then essentially lets him decide for himself whether he wants to go back to the States or stay in Korea. After losing Tommy, however, Hawkeye immediately reports the young soldier to the MPs, sending him back to America and to safety—with the Purple Heart Frank Burns put in for after his back pain.
Hope you enjoy it,
Kenny, Meds, Al & Harry
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I've recently started listening to your podcast and really like it. On Episode 17, you make a comment on the kiss vs. the kiss on Will and Grace. There was no controversy over the kiss in this episode because of the context one of the other spokesman mentioned. The context of Will and Grace was totally different because it was not a kiss of "playing around", but a kiss between two gay characters. Even in todays standards, the kiss on the MASH eposide is still not controversal, where as the kiss on Will and Grace would still be controversal.
ReplyDeleteLove your podcast and will continue to listen.