Mrs. Frank Burns is trying to identify the following scene and I’ve got to admit I’m stumped:

I remember seeing the following scene a long time ago and haven’t seen it since then.

From memory: Hawkeye and BJ (?) were sitting outside, inches away from a green tent, There was table made from a crate between them. It was hot; I think BJ had on his straw hat. A few minutes later, Radar came over to talk to them. Also, I believe this scene occurred towards the beginning of the episode.

I highly doubt this was from the beginning of ”Bug Out’, since Hawk and Beej are sitting out in the open.

From my description, the one thing that I am positive on is that green tent wall shot at an angle from the camera.

I hope you can help!

December 1st, 2009 Update: Vince and Big Daddy O’Reilly have chimed in to identify the episode as “The Merchant of Korea.” A big thank you to both of them.

“The Merchant of Korea”

Carlos is looking for a good picture of the Swamp door and the symbol painted on it. I thought for sure there was a nice photograph in Suzy Kalter’s The Complete Book of M*A*S*H but after flipping through it this weekend I realized I was mistaken. Does anyone know off the top of their head an episode that has a close-up of the door and/or the symbol that I can make a screen capture of for Carlos?

Sunday, December 6th, 2009 Update: In the comments section below Mrs. Frank Burns suggested a scene from “It Happened One Night” in which the Swamp door and the symbol were visible. After finding that scene and making a screen capture I randomly popped the second disc of Season Two and quickly ran through the episodes. There were two nice shots of the door in “The Sniper” and another in “Henry In Love.” Here they are:

“It Happened One Night”

“Henry in Love”

“The Sniper”

“The Sniper”

Here’s today’s image. Can you name the episode it’s from? Feel free to post guesses in the comments section. As always, the winner gets bragging rights.

And the Winner Is: Eric, who correctly identified “Sticky Wicket.”

Name That Episode

The very talented Steven, who was kind enough to send me pictures of the full size replica of the signpost he built, e-mailed me with photographs of a miniature version he has sitting on his desk. I’ve added it to Prop Spotlight: The Signpost. Here’s a close-up of the base:

Steven’s Miniature Signpost

Here’s today’s image. Can you name the episode it’s from? Feel free to post guesses in the comments section. As always, the winner gets bragging rights.

And the Winner Is: Mrs. Frank Burns, who correctly identified “Crisis.”

Name That Episode

Paul e-mailed me a few days ago to let me know that Alan Alda was interviewed on an Australian television show called Elders with Andrew Denton (the program was broadcast on Monday, November 16th over ABC Television). According to Paul it was a “funny, heart-warming interview” that covered “Alan’s childhood, his mother’s schizophrenia, M*A*S*H (of course), his father, his books, the play he is writing and more.” The ABC Television website has a complete transcript of the interview available here. The two discussed the second episode of M*A*S*H in which Alda’s father, Robert Alda, had a guest role (“Lend a Hand“). They also talk about how M*A*S*H made Alda incredibly famous.

You can watch three lengthy “web extra” videos here. They appear to include parts of the broadcast interview as well as additional dialogue that wasn’t shown on television.