Ed Begley Jr. guest-stars as a soldier who cooks better than he shoots. Margaret is accused of being a communist sympathizer. Corporal Radar O'Reilly gets his orders to go home, and Max Klinger must get out of the dresses and learn to carve out his own niche as company clerk in Radar's place. Major Winchester goes on leave to Tokyo and gets drunk, and also gets...well, you'll find out! A seriously wounded soldier needs an aorta transplant, and another soldier - mortally wounded and unable to be saved - can provide the graft, but the clock runs as the buddy of the near-dead soldier fights for his friend's life. Guest nurse Shelly Long puts up with Hawkeye while he swears off booze for a week. In a separate episode, Hawkeye's in charge of the camp when Col. Potter is called away on short notice. Dr. Borelli (played by Robert Alda, father of Alan Alda) returns for a second visit. Psychiatrist Sidney Freedman visits as well. Susan St. James guest stars as a war correspondent that B.J. is seriously tempted to have an affair with. And Klinger, faced with his stressful new responsibilities, tries harder than ever to get out of the Army...one way or the other!
A very eventful 8th Season of
M*A*S*H comes to DVD on
May 24th, and Fox Home Entertainment has now made their formal announcement for this set. Running 650 minutes, it will sell for $39.98 in the USA (pre-order now
at Amazon for just $27.99) and CA$54.98 in Canada.
Aspect Ratio is 1.33:1 fullscreen. Sound is English Mono (with or without laugh track), Spanish Mono or French Mono. Subtitles in English or Spanish. Cover art isn't available yet, but we'll bring it to you just as soon as we can. Here are the episode listings:
- Disc 1: Too Many Cooks / Are You Now, Margaret / Geurilla My Dreams / Good-Bye Radar - Part 1 / Good-Bye Radar - Part 2 / Period of Adjustment / Nurse Doctor / Private Finance.
- Disc 2: Mr. And Mrs. Who? / The Yalu Brick Road / Life Time / Dear Uncle Abdul / Captain's Outrageous / Stars and Stripes / Yessir, That's Our Baby (No Spanish Audio) / Bottle Fatigue (no Spanish audio).
- Disc 3: Heal Thyself / Old Soldiers / Morale Victory / Lend a Hand / Goodbye, Cruel World / Dreams / War Co-Respondent / Back Pay / April Fools.
Can you believe there are only three seasons left after this one? Stay tuned and we'll bring you updates on those as they become available.
