MASH 4077 Podcast Episode 26
Show Notes
Kenny Mittleider from Knights of the Guild, Alien Nation: The
Newcomers Podcast & Confessions of a Fanboy Podcast, Simon
Meddings from Waffle On Podcast, & Al Kessel from
Tales from the Mouse House, Fast Forward & Just
Because Podcast discuss one of the most successful and
longest running television series in history.. M*A*S*H
Today we cover Season 2, Episode #2 - 5 O'Clock Charlie
26th Episode Overall
Directed by Norman Tokar
Written by Larry Gelbart, Keith Walker & Laurence Marks
Production code K403
Original air date September 22, 1973
Set during the Korean War in the 1950’s
Plot Summary: For six weeks, an ammunition depot near the camp
has been the target of a punctual but inept North Korean bomber pilot.
Every day at 5:00 he flies overhead and attempts to hit the depot with a
single hand-thrown bomb. The pilot, nicknamed "5 O'Clock Charlie," has
been so reliably unsuccessful that the denizens of the 4077th have
begun a betting pool based on how far away from the target his bomb
will land. Only Frank and Margaret regard "Charlie" as a serious
threat. Frank requests an anti-aircraft gun, and Brigadier General
Crandall Clayton comes to the camp to assess the situation. Clayton,
who has placed the ammo dump near the hospital so that the enemy will
leave it alone (a tactic he says he learned from the Germans), is
initially skeptical of the need for a gun; on the next raid, though,
Charlie destroys not the ammo dump but Gen. Clayton's jeep. He agrees
to send the gun, and Frank takes charge of it.
Hawkeye and Trapper argue that the presence of the anti-aircraft gun
will attract more competent bombers, noting that "fire draws fire,"
but Frank is more interested in drilling his "platoon" of three Korean
soldiers. Eventually, Hawkeye, Trapper and Cardozo conclude that the
problem is not the gun, but the ammo dump. They dye sheets and place
them on the ammo dump to help Charlie find his target. When Charlie
makes his next pass, Hawkeye and Trapper confuse Frank's men into
aiming the gun directly at the ammo dump. Charlie misses his target yet
again, but when Frank orders his troops to fire the gun, they hit the
ammo dump, destroying it
Hope you enjoy it,
Kenny, Meds & Al
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