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M*A*S*H :: Depressing News (09x12)

Episode Information

Title:

Depressing News

Episode #:

09x12

Production Number:

Z411

Original Airdate:

Monday February 09th, 1981

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Episode Crew
Director:	Alan Alda
Writer:	Dan Wilcox Thad Mumford

Episode Summary

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The army sends Potter a truckload of tongue depressors, not the box he ordered. That inspires Hawkeye to construct a copy of the Washington monument from them, with each one bearing the name of a patient. Thanks to Klinger's new newspaper, this comes to the attention of the army, who wants to use it to recruit new soldiers! Hawkeye, infuriated that his creation has been so misinterpreted, takes action...

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Guest Stars

Guest Stars
•William Bogert	played	Captain Maurice Allen	Recurring (second appearance)
•Albert Insinnia	played	Photographer
•David Dozar	played	Delivery Man
•Rodney Saulsberry	played	Oldham

Main Cast

•Alan Alda	played	Captain Benjamin Franklin "Hawkeye" Pierce
•Loretta Swit	played	Major Margaret J. "Hot Lips" Houlihan
•Jamie Farr	played	Corporal/Sergeant Maxwell Q. Klinger
•William Christopher	played	Father John Patrick Francis Mulcahy
•Harry Morgan	played	Colonel Sherman T. Potter
•Mike Farrell	played	Captain B.J. Hunnicut
•David Ogden Stiers	played	Major Charles Emerson Winchester III