ORIGINAL MASH TV SCRIPT - 'PICTURE THIS' by KAREN HALL, SEASON 10, EPISODE 20

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[MASH - THE TELEVISION SERIES]. HALL, KAREN. MASH - “Picture This” Teleplay by Karen Hall
. Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox Television, 1982. Original 34 page complete final shooting script, dated February 12, 1982, for an episode of the award winning television series MASH titled ‘Picture This’, which aired on April 5, 1982 (Season 10, Episode 20). Printed on blue and green 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 Karen Hall, directed by Burt Metcalfe, 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 Hawkeye becomes annoyed enough with his bunkmates’ living habits that he moves out of ‘The Swamp’. 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.