M*A*S*H (TV Series)

The General Flipped at Dawn (1974)

McLean Stevenson: Lt. Col. Henry Blake

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• Lt. Col. Henry Blake : This is my company clerk, Corporal O'Reilly.

  Maj. Gen. Bartford Hamilton Steele : The Irish were rotten Indian fighters! Noncoms, the backbone of the service. Where are you from, son?

  Radar : Iowa, sir.

  Maj. Gen. Bartford Hamilton Steele : No talking in ranks!

• Lt. Col. Henry Blake : Man. More stuff's coming in from headquarters. New orders, regulations. Read that first one, Radar.

  Radar : Uh, yes sir. Uh, the winners of the model yacht race at the cesspool are...

  Lt. Col. Henry Blake : Not that, Radar!

  Capt. Benjamin Franklin "Hawkeye" Pierce : Nah, let him read it! I haven't seen a sports page in months!

  Radar : First place went to Pvt. Norman Polanski with his yacht, the American Beauty Dream. Corncob construction, with toilet paper sails.

  Capt. Benjamin Franklin "Hawkeye" Pierce : Ah, that Polanski has the sea in his blood.

  Radar : Second prize to Corporal Timothy McInerney for his clipper, the Evangeline, carved from a pound cake his mother sent him six months ago.

  Trapper : Hope he doesn't invite us for dessert.

  Radar : The remainder of the contestants didn't finish due to a sudden undertow after breakfast.

• Lt. Col. Henry Blake : [arguing about General Steele's orders to move the camp closer to the front line]  I can't just disobey orders! The guy's a 2 star general!

  Capt. Benjamin Franklin "Hawkeye" Pierce : Yeah. but he's a 3-star looney!

• Capt. Benjamin Franklin "Hawkeye" Pierce : [after General Steele dances out of a court marshal hearing singing a song]  I take it we don't have to leave.

  Lt. Col. Henry Blake : Only the general does.

  Capt. Benjamin Franklin "Hawkeye" Pierce : Yeah, in a rubber truck.

• Maj. Gen. Bartford Hamilton Steele : [off camera; probably pointing to the Swamp]  What's that over there Colonel?

  Lt. Col. Henry Blake : Officer's quarters, sir.

  Maj. Gen. Bartford Hamilton Steele : And there?

  Lt. Col. Henry Blake : [proudly]  That's our four-place latrine, sir.

  Maj. Gen. Bartford Hamilton Steele : Good thinking. The men can encourage each other.

  Lt. Col. Henry Blake : Camaraderie.

  Maj. Gen. Bartford Hamilton Steele : Precisely!

• Maj. Gen. Bartford Hamilton Steele : [referring to an earlier remark Blake had made about his mother's canary]  Canary had bronchitis, eh?

  Lt. Col. Henry Blake : He didn't die of it, though; he fell off his little swing and smashed his bill.

  Maj. Gen. Bartford Hamilton Steele : Good. I hate birds.

• Lt. Col. Henry Blake : [to Radar, referring the General Steele waiting to find a location to move the unit to]  Come on. Let's not keep Ding Dong waiting!