History Recap / MashS1E6YankeeDoodleDoctor

--> ''[cut to Hawkeye and Trapper slow dancing]''

--> ''[cuts to Hawkeye and Trapper slow dancing]''

-->'''Hawkeye:''' Don't laugh. You're unconscious.

-->'''Henry:''' Well, sir, just about almost ready now, any minute now, pretty soon, sir.

--> '''Gen. Clayton''': I think I know just the outfit you need – the 4077. Very high fitness record. Commanded by a dear friend of mine, Lieutenant Colonel Henry Blake. He heads up the best surgical team in the whole damn war. ''Real soldiers.''

* {{Troll}}: Hawkeye and Trapper usually bully Frank for a reason, but when they tease Frank for his narration, it comes off as a bit too much.

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: When all is said and done, Clayton is fairly understanding and tolerant about Hawkeye and Trapper's lampooning in the completed film.

--> '''Hawkeye''': Oh, you want a constructive criticism? You're right. How about you stink?! And so does this little movie show and Lieutenant Bricker!

A filming crew headed by Lieutenant Bricker of Special Services arrive at the 4077 on General Clayton's recommendation to shoot a documentary about MASH units. The doctors initially go along with it, until filming is just about wrapped and Hawkeye and Trapper learn that the documentary won't be an accurate portrayal of the unit's work, but instead will be a propaganda film, depicting the MASH doctors as "saints in surgical garb" and giving false confidence to potential volunteer soldiers that the doctors will always save them. Incensed at it all, Hawkeye and Trapper destroy Bricker's version by exposing the film reels to light.

* DocumentaryEpisode: The first of several of these produced by the show. Season four's "[[Recap/MashS4E24TheInterview The Interview]]" would prove to be a more famous example.

A filming crew headed by Lieutenant Bricker of Special Services arrive at the 4077 on General Clayton's recommendation to shoot a documentary about M*A*S*H units. The doctors initially go along with it, until filming is just about wrapped and Hawkeye and Trapper learn that the documentary won't be an accurate portrayal of the unit's work, but instead will be a propaganda film giving false confidence to potential volunteer soldiers that the surgeons at M*A*S*H will always save them. Incensed at it all, Hawkeye and Trapper destroy Bricker's version by exposing the film reels to light.

Unable to get the two punished and to get the film going again in his direction, Bricker leaves the 4077. Hawkeye and Trapper consider the matter settled, until Henry tells them that if they don't do it, then another M*A*S*H unit will. With this in mind, Hawkeye volunteers to direct the film, albeit [[RuleOfFunny completely in his own way]].

---> '''Hawkeye''': Three hours ago, this man was in a battle. Two hours ago, we operated on him. He's got a fifty-fifty chance. We win some, we lose some. That's what it's all about. No promises. No guaranteed survival. No ''saints in surgical garb''. Our willingness, our experience, our technique are not enough. Guns and bombs and antipersonnel mines have more power to take life than we have to preserve it. Not a very happy ending for a movie, but then no war is a movie.

--> '''Gen. Clayton''': I think I know just the outfit you need - the 4077. Very high fitness record. Commanded by a dear friend of mine, Lieutenant Colonel Henry Blake. He heads up the best surgical team in the whole damn war. ''Real soldiers.''
--> ''cuts to Hawkeye and Trapper dancing''

* MoodWhiplash: For the most part, the film of Yankee Doodle Doctor as done by Hawkeye and the gang is outrageously comedic until it reaches the coda.

* ReasonYouSuckSpeech: At first, Hawkeye seems to be taking his anger about the original film production out on Frank Burns, but then expands it to include the film and Lieutenant Bricker.
---> '''Hawkeye''': Oh, you want a constructive criticism? You're right. How about you stink?! And so does this little movie show and Lieutenant Bricker!

** When Bricker asks Frank, Hawkeye and Trapper if any of them have done any acting, Hawkeye does a brief imitation of James Cagney. Trapper hilariously follows it up by "mistaking" it as Carmen Miranda, inspiring Hawkeye to then channel Jack Benny.

---> '''Hawkeye''': ''Mmm! Mmm! You dirty rat. You come in here and ask if we've ever - you dirty rat - if we've ever done any acting. Why you dirty - '' that's not too bad is it?

** Much of the Yankee Doodle Doctor film as done by Hawkeye seems to have been inspired by the Creator/MarxBrothers.
** When ensuring all of Bricker's film has been ruined, Hawkeye confirms it by quoting Porky Pig.

---> ''cuts to Hawkeye and Trapper dancing''

---> '''Gen. Clayton''': I thin I know just the outfit you need - the 4077. Very high fitness record. Commanded by a dear friend of mine, Lieutenant Colonel Henry Blake. He heads up the best surgical team in the whole damn war. ''Real soldiers.''

* {{Corpsing}}: In the OR scene in Hawkeye's version of "Yankee Doodle Doctor", Radar is seen starting to laugh as Hawkeye "operates" on him. Lampshaded by Hawkeye:

* RealityEnsues: The gist of Hawkeye's speech at the end of the film -- things don't always work out for the best, no matter how good the doctors are or how hard they work.

* AlliterativeName: General ''Crandall Clayton'', in his first ever episode

* RealityEnsues: The gist of Hawkeye's speech at the end of the film.

** When Bricker asks Frank, Hawkeye and Trapper if any of them have done any acting, Hawkeye does a brief imitation of James Cagney. Trapper hilariously follows it up by "mistaking" it as Carmen Miranda.

* HappyEndingOverride: A previous episode, [[Recap/MashS1E3RequiemForALightweight Requiem for a Lightweight]] concluded with Nurse Cutler becoming romantically interested in Trapper. Here, she transfers that interest to Hawkeye, and it remains there.

** Much of the Yankee Doodle Doctor film as done by Hawkeye seems to have been inspired by The Marx Brothers.

* TakeThat: To the war propaganda films made in real life not only at that time, but also for World War Two, that painted war as an adventurous and glorious thing.

!!Attention, attention! Yankee Doodle Doctor premiered with these tropes

---> '''Hawkeye''': Th-th-th-th-tha- Th-th-th-th-tha That's all, folks!