The Most Unforgettable Characters
Hawkeye and BJ amuse Frank on his birthday with a sham fight; Radar hones his creative writing skills through a correspondence course., Hawkeye and B.J. amuse Frank on his birthday with a sham fight; Radar hones his creative writing skills through a correspondence course. Igor: Jeff Maxwell. Hawkeye: Alan Alda. B.J.: Mike Farrell. Frank: Larry Linville. Directed by Burt Metcalfe., While taking a correspondence course in fiction writing, Radar takes notes on the strange people and events around him. He’ll need a big note book!, Signing up for the Famous Las Vegas Writers School correspondence course, Radar (Gary Burghoff) takes pen in hand and sets about to become the next Hemingway. Jotting down his impressions of the week’s events at the 4077th, Radar gives special emphasis to birthday boy Frank Burns (Larry Linville). As a natal present for the irascible Frank, good buddies Hawkeye (Alan Alda) and B.J. (Mike Farrell) stage a phony argument., Hawkeye is surprised to learn that he has been sleepwalking. All he knows is that he’s been particularly depressed of late about the young age of the soldiers he is trying to keep alive.
