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Sons and Bowlers: Directed by Hy Averback. With Alan Alda, Mike Farrell, Harry Morgan, Loretta Swit. Ignoring Margaret's offers to help, Potter and B.J. head a bowling team in a championship match against the Marines.
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- Comedy, Drama, War
- Hy Averback
- 1982-03-22
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Colonel Potter and B.J. head a bowling team for a grudge match against the Marines. Meanwhile, Hawkeye learns his father is having a major operation back home and, feeling helpless, confides in Charles.
To the 4077th's frustration, Colonel Pitts and his Gyrenes (Marines) are celebrating yet another victory over the camp (first football and basketball, then softball), drinking heavily at the Officers Club, all on the 4077th's dime. Klinger mentions in passing that they could probably beat them at bowling, which gives Potter the idea to challenge Pi...
Dick O'Neill as Colonel PittsWilliam Lucking as Sergeant Marty UrbancicRoger Hampton as The Second MarineKellye Nakahara as Lieutenant Kellye YamotoWhile this episode tends to paint Potter in a chauvinistic light, it also amplifies his underlying competitive spirit (which was shown to a lesser extent in the OIympicsepisode). In Potter's defens...This is the only episode in which Charles addresses Hawkeye by his nickname rather than his surname (although in "Father's Day," he called him "Hawk").For the first time ever, the opening credits are edited down to five shots and the opening theme is replaced with the upbeat closing theme. This same opening would be used in "Picture This" and "Fo...As a gag, the doctors give Urbancic methylene blue pills, so that his urine will turn blue and he'll quit the game. This was a poor medical decision on their part:In her final turn to bowl (which was shown in slow motion, and filmed from behind the pins instead of in front of them), Margaret's shot was too centered on the head pin, causing it to just glance off of the 3-pin, which would almost certainly have resulted in a split or at least leaving the 3 standing, but an 11th pin was thrown in from off-camera...
Interservice Rivalry: The bowling plot of the episode focuses on a match between the M*A*S*H and a Marines Corps unit.
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Where to watch M*A*S*H · Season 10 Episode 19 · Sons and Bowlers starring Alan Alda, Mike Farrell, Harry Morgan and directed by Hy Averback.
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- Alan Alda, Mike Farrell, Harry Morgan
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- M*A*S*H
M*A*S*H – Season 10, Episode 20. Hawkeye desperately tries to contact his hospitalized father in Maine while the rest of the camp is preoccupied with a bowling match against a group of...
Episode Guide for M*A*S*H 10x19: Sons and Bowlers. Episode summary, trailer and screencaps; guest stars and main cast list; and more.
