ORIGINAL MASH COMPLETE TV SCRIPT 'PROMOTION COMMOTION' From Original Crew Member

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[MASH - THE TELEVISION SERIES]. KOENIG, DENNIS. MASH - “Promotion Commotion” Teleplay by Dennis Koenig
. Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox Television, 1982. Original 38 page complete final shooting script, dated January 15, 1982, for an episode of the award winning television series MASH titled ‘Promotion Commotion’ which aired on March 1, 1982 (Season 10, Episode 17). With annotations in red ink. Printed on green, blue, and pink paper. Bradbound in printed studio covers. Fine fresh copy. The script belonged to crew member Richard Glassman who was a unit production manager for the show. The episode was written by Dennis Koenig, directed by Charles S. Dubin, and starred Alan Alda as Capt. Benjamin Franklin ‘Hawkeye’ Pierce, Mike Farrell as Capt. B.J. Hunnicutt, Harry Morgan as Col. Potter, Loretta Swit as Maj. Margaret ‘Hotlips’ Houlihan, with David Ogden Stiers, Jamie Farr, and William Christopher. In this episode Charles, Hawkeye, and B.J. are determining promotion recommendations and Potter helps a soldier who is being picked on by by colleagues. The television series MASH was developed by Larry Gelbart, adapted from the 1970 film directed by Robert Altman, starring Elliott Gould, Donald Sutherland, Tom Skerritt, Sally Kellerman, Robert Duvall, and Gary Burghoff and received 5 Oscar nominations. The series ran from 1972 - 1983 and is one of the highest rated shows in U.S. television history, winning numerous Emmys and Golden Globes. Both the film and the series were based on the 1968 novel MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors by Richard Hooker.