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Attention All Personnel ... Incoming Mail!!
TV Land Treats Viewers To A Mailbag Of Eighteen Hilarious Episodes in 'M*A*S*H Mail Call'
NEW YORK, Nov. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- It's two nights of madcap antics, pranks, love letters, homemade cookies and the latest gossip when TV Land presents a marathon of episodes from the hit series M*A*S*H during "M*A*S*H Mail Call". The marathon begins on Saturday, November 10, at 9:00pm (all times ET/PT) and Sunday, November 11, at 9:00pm (all times ET/PT) and chronicles the many personal letters and packages sent to and from loved ones of the gang at 4077th -- some good, some bad -- but all filled with side-splitting laughter. Fans will be treated to some of the most memorable episodes including "Dear Mildred", "The Winchester Tapes", "Dear Comrade" and the popular three-part series "Dear Dad", "Dear Dad, Again" and "Dear Dad, Three", featuring Hawkeye's comical and heartfelt letters sent to his father back in the United States.
The "M*A*S*H Mail Call" Marathon schedule is as follows (all times ET/PT): Saturday, November 10th 9p #12 -- Dear Dad Hawkeye writes home describing Christmas in Korea while Radar ships a jeep home, one piece at a time. Henry gives the monthly lecture on sex with the aid of figure A and figure B, Trapper helps deliver a calf as Hawkeye flies to the front line dressed as Santa to help a wounded soldier. 9:30p #18 -- Dear Dad, Again Once again, Hawkeye writes home to his father telling him of the latest gossip: the camp gets a new surgeon, who turns out to be a fake; Hawkeye bets he can walk into the mess tent naked for lunch and no one will notice; Radar cheats on his final exam from the High School diploma company and Margaret rejects Frank's advances and he gets drunk late into the night. 10p #33 -- Dear Dad, Three Once more Hawkeye writes home to his father. The doctors operate on a soldier who has a grenade in his body; Hawkeye and Trapper color the skin of a racist patient. Henry gets a movie of his daughter's birthday from home. The officers hold the monthly staff meeting. 10:30p #60 -- A Full Rich Day Hawkeye records a letter to his father detailing the exploits of a mad Turkish soldier who calls Hawkeye a "damn good Joe" and the 4077th deals with the loss of the corpse ... who turns out not to be dead. 11p #80 -- Dear Mildred It's Potter's wedding anniversary, so he writes home. Frank and Hot Lips have a woodcarving made for him. Radar rescues a horse to give as a present. 11:30p #83 -- Dear Peggy B.J. writes home to his wife, Peg, reporting Klinger's escape attempts while the unit receives a visit from a formidable chaplain. Frank goofs-up. 12a #89 -- Dear Ma Radar writes home to his mother as Hawkeye conducts the camp foot inspection and Colonel Potter gets some shrapnel in his backside. 12:30a #162 -- Dear Sis Father Mulcahy writes a pre-Christmas letter to his sister -- who is a nun -- as he recounts his frustrations at not being more effective at the 4077th. 1a #185 -- Dear Uncle Abdul Klinger discovers that his duties as company clerk include catering to the eccentric whims of the 4077th officers. Consequently, the unusual demands by Klinger's superiors leave little time to write a letter home to Toledo. Sunday, November 11th 9p #47 -- Mail Call The arrival of a new batch of mail leaves Trapper depressed and thinking of desertion, despite Hawkeye's efforts to dissuade him. Meanwhile, Hawkeye learns that he has successfully tricked Frank into buying stocks in a fictitious company. 9:30p #87 -- Mail Call Again The mailbag brings a letter to Frank saying his wife is divorcing him and one to Potter telling him he is going to be a grandfather. 10p #143 -- Mail Call Three After a delay of three weeks, five sacks of mail finally arrive and everyone in camp reacts to good and bad news from home: Hawkeye receives love letters addressed to another Benjamin Pierce; another man has propositioned B.J.'s wife and Radar's mom has a boyfriend. 10:30p #105 -- Dear Sigmund Sidney Freedman, feeling depressed, visits and the 4077th to observe how they fare under the pressures of war. He begins a letter to Sigmund Freud as a form of self-therapy and he and B.J. release tension in the form of a practical joke on Frank Burns. 11p #223 -- Give Em Hell, Hawkeye Hawkeye writes a heartfelt letter to President Harry Truman to protest the continued fighting in Korea. Meanwhile, Colonel Ditka has promised a much-needed water-heater if the 4077th beautifies the camp. 11:30p #128 -- The Winchester Tapes Winchester tape-records a message home asking his influential parents do whatever it takes to get him back to the States. Meanwhile, Hawkeye and B.J. switch Winchester's clothes to a smaller size, causing Winchester to alter his eating patterns. 12a #200 -- Letters Members of the 4077th share their impressions of war in response to letters from fourth graders in Hawkeye's hometown. 12:30a #159 -- Dear Comrade Hawkeye and B.J. discover that Charles is living the life of Riley, thanks to the attentions of his low paid Korean servant, Comrade Park, a man of unusual skills. He has an important contribution to make -- a native remedy for a seemingly insoluble medical problem. 1a #217 -- The Forsight Saga The 4077th is given a gift of fresh-grown vegetables by a grateful Korean and Potter questions the veracity of an upbeat letter from Radar.
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