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Too Many Cooks
Private Conway arrives at the camp and is quickly becoming known as the world’s clumsiest foot soldier. He finds the quickest way to the crew’s heart by cooking gourmet delights., Private Conway arrives at the camp and is quickly becoming known as the world’s clumsiest foot soldier. He finds the quickest way to the crew’s heart by cooking gourmet delights, The 4077th tries to hang on to a wounded private (Ed Begley Jr.) who knows his way around a kitchen better than a foxhole. Meanwhile, Potter’s wife wants him to come home. Gen. Hagerty: John Randolph. Potter: Harry Morgan. Klinger: Jamie Farr. Hawkeye: Alan Alda., The 4077th tries to hang on to a wounded private who knows his way around a kitchen better than a foxhole. Meanwhile, Potter’s wife wants him to come home., In this opening episode of M*A*S*H’s eighth season, the 4077th pays host to Pvt. Paul “Look Out Below” Conway (Ed Begley Jr.), the clumsiest man in the army–any army. Though Conway is a total loss as a soldier, he turns out to be a brilliant gourmet chef, which is why the doctors and nurses are bending over backward to keep him in camp. Meanwhile, Col. Potter (Harry Morgan) wrestles with a profoundly personal problem. Longtime series regular Gary Burghoff (Radar) is billed as a “guest star”, reflecting the fact that he would soon be leaving the 4077th.
