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M*A*S*H: The Yalu Brick Road

Episode score 9.1 Superb

The Yalu Brick Road

  • 179.
  • Season: 8
  • Episode: 10
  • First Aired: 11/19/1979
  • Prod Code: S607
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TRIVIA

  • This episode is nearly identical to the Season 4 episode "The Bus" in which Hawkeye, B.J., Col. Potter, Frank and Radar get lost on the way back to camp and and run across a Korean soldier who wants to surrender. Soon Tek Oh plays the surrendering soldier in both episodes! edit »
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QUOTES

  • Hawk: I think he's surrendering. Let's put our hands down.
    BJ: Okay you go first.
    Hawk: Thanks. How about if we just put one down?
    BJ: Show some guts. Put 'em both down. If he doesn't shoot you, I'll put mine down. If he does shoot you, I'll put yours up again. edit »
  • Hawkeye: C'mon, Ralph, let's find more people you can surrender to. edit »
  • (Hawkeye, BJ and "Ralph" are walking back to the 4077th because BJ crashed their jeep. They encounter a Korean man trapped underneath a hay wagon.)
    Hawkeye: Let me introduce ourselves. That's Ralph, I'm Pierce, and this is Hunnicut whom you already know from driving school. edit »
  • Charles: What is that man doing? Is he surrendering?
    B.J.: Shame on you, Charles, for not recognizing the international symbol for touchdown. edit »
  • Hawkeye: I thought you said this was a shortcut!
    BJ: It is a shortcut! Look how fast we got lost! edit »
  • Rizzo: You had to go to Themopolous, didn't you?! I coulda got us good turkeys from a crook you could trust! edit »
  • Klinger: C'mon, I'm trying to help!
    Rizzo: You wanna help? Die on your own! edit »
  • Potter: Your turkeys gave everybody the trots!
    Klinger: My turkeys were first-class birds; genuine Army issue!
    Rizzo: Sure...War Surplus! edit »
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NOTES

  • This episode received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Film Editing in a Series. edit »
  • This is Sgt. Luther Rizzo's (played by G.W. Bailey) first appearance. His last appearance was on the final episode. edit »
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ALLUSIONS

  • The episode title is a reference to the Yellow Brick Road from the L. Frank Baum novel and movie The Wizard of Oz. The Yellow Brick road in Oz leads to the Emerald City. edit »
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