The Name That Episode game is played Tuesdays and Thursdays. Players can participate as often as they like. An archive of past rounds can be found here. Today’s image can be found below. 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: chuckles, who correctly identified “C*A*V*E.”

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The Name That Episode game is played Tuesdays and Thursdays. Players can participate as often as they like. An archive of past rounds can be found here. Today’s image can be found below. 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: chuckles, who correctly identified “Sons and Bowlers.”

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In the Season Three episode “There Is Nothing Like A Nurse,” after the nurses have left, Hawkeye and Trapper are at the officer’s club with a bunch of other men, lounging around and basically feeling sorry for themselves. Captain Spalding is even standing on his head. Hawkeye and Trapper are soon joined by Klinger, who is dressed in a black dress. He orders a beer (or two) and the bartender, Mr. Kwang, approaches the bar to bring it to him. In the very next shot, however, an overhead shot, Mr. Kwang is again seen approaching the bar.

 

Left: “There Is Nothing Like A Nurse” Goof; Right: “There Is Nothing Like A Nurse” Goof

Notice the shadow in front of Klinger. That’s Mr. Kwang. In the very next shot there is no shadow. Then Mr. Kwang approaches.

 

Left: “There Is Nothing Like A Nurse” Goof; Right: “There Is Nothing Like A Nurse” Goof

During filming, this scene was likely shot over and over again. Later, during editing, the best shots were chosen and strung together, with the long shot placed after the close-up of Klinger, Trapper and Hawkeye at the bar. Obviously, the editor never imagined that I’d be watching the episode on DVD decades later and notice a tiny, tiny error.

I wrote about characters played by more than one actor or actress last week. Almost immediately after posting it, I remembered that the character of Boone was played by two actors during Season One. In “M*A*S*H – The Pilot,” he was played by Bruno Kirby, Jr. (credited as B. Kirby, Jr.). In “Chief Surgeon Who?,” “Henry, Please Come Home” and “Germ Warfare,” however, Boone was played by Robert Gooden. The character of Private Lorenzo Boone originated in the novel and was played by Bud Cort in the movie.

 

Left: Bruno Kirby, Jr. in “M*A*S*H — The Pilot”; Right: Robert Gooden in “Henry, Please Come Home”

In the comments, PinkPagoda suggested that the character of Mr. Kwang, the bartender for the officer’s club, may have been played by two different actors. Clyde Kusatsu was credited as Kwang Duk in “Officers Only” and “Henry In Love” during Season Two. In “There Is Nothing Like A Nurse” during Season Three, Leland Sun played a character named Mr. Kwang. However, whether they were actually supposed to be the same character is unknown.

For the record, another Mr. Kwang appeared in “Dear Comrade” as a houseboy hired by Charles.

 

Left: Clyde Kusatsu in “Officer’s Only”; Right: Leland Sun in “There Is Nothing Like A Nurse”

The Name That Episode game is played Tuesdays and Thursdays. Players can participate as often as they like. An archive of past rounds can be found here. Today’s image can be found below. 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: 5 o’clock Charlie, who correctly identified “Too Many Cooks.”

Name That Episode