M*A*S*H (TV Series) The Yalu Brick Road (1979) User Reviews

Thanksgiving Can Be Hazardous to Your Health

[Hitchcoc · 8/10 · 15 April 2015]

Most of the camp has come down with salmonella after eating Thanskgiving turkey that Klinger commandeered from quartermaster. Everyone is incredibly ill and the camp has no antibiotics. Hawkeye and B.J. are lost coming back from a conference. Their jeep rolls over and they are approached by a North Korean who wants to surrender. The want to leave him behind but he keeps prostrating himself. They give him the name Ralph which is the name of a pesky kid brother from Hawkeye's past. Menwhile, Houlihan and Winchester are forced to pick up the slack, along with Father Mulcahy back at the camp. The Swamp residents find an injured farmer who loans them his motorcycle. and they head back to camp with their POW.

Rizzo's debut

[safenoe · 8/10 · 15 October 2020]

G.W. Bailey makes his debut as Rizzo! He stays on until the end, and I guess he replaced Johnny Haymer, whose last appearance was in Goodbye Radar. Here BJ displays his motorcycle riding skills, which was put to emotional use when he said goodbye to Hawkeye in the series finale.

Favorite late MASH episode!

[mszouave · 10/10 · 24 July 2021]

This is one of my all time favorite episodes.

Soon Tek Oh is hilarious as the perpetually surrendering North Korean soldier. I love the scene where they surrender to each other.

The other plot of the bad turkeys is also very funny. We are introduced to Rizzo with some great lines. Everybody acting sick is comedy gold. I like this episode so much because it highlights the absurdity in war. So much of the show focuses on the horror and waste of war, this is a refreshing change.