ORIGINAL MASH TV SCRIPT - 'HEROES' by MUMFORD & WILCOX, SEASON 10, EPISODE 8

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[MASH - THE TELEVISION SERIES]. MUMFORD, THAD & DAN WILCOX. MASH - “Heroes” Teleplay by Thad Mumford and Dan Wilcox
. Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox Television, 1982. Original 36 page complete revised final shooting script, dated February 3, 1982, for an episode of the award winning television series MASH titled ‘Heroes’, which aired on March 15, 1982 (Season 10, Episode 8). Printed on blue paper. Bradbound in printed studio covers. Tiny spot to the front cover, else a 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 Thad Mumford and Dan Wilcox, directed by Neil Cox, 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 a famous prizefighter known as Gentleman Joe, played by Pat McNamara, visits the hospital unit and while there has a stroke. 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, Rober 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.