M*A*S*H: Major Ego

M*A*S*H: Major Ego
CBS
November 6, 1978
Dramedy
DVD
B-

This Larry Balmagia story has Charles successfully save a dying patient and, as any Brady Bunch viewer could tell you, he gets a big head about it (well, bigger than usual), until his inevitable comeuppance.  He calls in a reporter, who ends up seducing a drunk Margaret and helping her get over her annoyance with her almost-ex Donald.  And Klinger thinks that if he dresses as famous movie actresses and the reporter publishes his picture, then the long-awaited Section Eight will be in the bag.  No, this episode doesn't make a lot of sense, but unlike the recent Welcome Back, Kotter episode about Vinnie's break-up, at least it's entertaining.

Frank Pettinger makes his first of six M*A*S*H appearances, as the Anesthetist.  Both Sal Viscuso and Todd Susman are listed as the PA Announcer on IMDB, but I caught only Viscuso's voice.  Roy Goldman (this time as Roy Goldman), Phyllis Katz (this time as a Triage Nurse), Kellye Nakahara (Yamato), and Patricia Stevens (Baker, her last appearance) also return.  Alda directed.