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{{Infobox television episode

| series = [[M*A*S*H (TV series)|M*A*S*H]]

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| airdate = {{Start date|1973|02|04}}

| production = J317

| writer =
* [[Larry Gelbart]]<br
* />Sheldon Keller

| director = [[Jackie Cooper]]

| guests =
* Gail Bowman<br
* />[[Alex Henteloff]]<br />

[[Odessa Cleveland]]

| season_article = M*A*S*H (season 1)

| episode_list = List of M*A*S*H episodes

| prev = [[Sometimes You Hear the Bullet]]

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"'''Dear Dad...Again'''" is the eighteenth18th episode of the first season of the American television series ''[[M*A*S*H (TV series)|M*A*S*H]]''. It originally aired on February 4, 1973.<ref name="watch">{{cite book|title=Watching M*A*S*H, Watching America: A Social History of the 1972-1983 Television Series|first=James H.|last= Wittebols |author-link=James H. Wittebols |publisher=McFarland |___location=[[Jefferson, North Carolina]]| year=2003| isbn=0-7864-1701-3| pages=236}}</ref>

==Plot==

Hawkeye writes to his father again about several crazy events that take place at the 4077th, including his bet with Trapper John that he could walk into the mess tent naked and nobody would notice (he loses), the arrival of Captain Adam Casey (portrayed by [[Alex Henteloff]]), a [[Ferdinand Waldo Demara|Demara]]-esque fraud masquerading as a doctor, Frank becoming drunk, and Margaret's attempt to sing "My Blue Heaven" at the camp "No-Talent Show".<ref name="watch"/><ref name="TVguide">{{cite news|url=http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/mash/episodes/100278|title=Episode Guide|publisher=TV Guide|access-date=2009-05-15}}</ref><ref name="classic">{{cite news|url=http://classicsitcoms.com/shows/mash1.html|title=The Classic Sitcoms Guide: M*A*S*H|publisher=classicsitcoms.com|access-date=2009-05-15|archive-date=2011-07-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723112110/http://classicsitcoms.com/shows/mash1.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="di">{{cite journal|title=M*A*S*H: Season One (Collector's Edition) (1972)|website=Digitallyobsessed.com|url=http://www.digitallyobsessed.com/displaylegacy.php?ID=3802|access-date=2009-05-17|archive-date=2011-06-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110613115020/http://www.digitallyobsessed.com/displaylegacy.php?ID=3802|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="ex">{{cite book|last=Reiss |first=David S.|title= M*A*S*H: the exclusive, inside story of TV's most popular show|year=1983|publisher=Bobbs-Merrill |isbn=0-672-52656-5}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Suzy |first=Kalter|title=Complete Book of Mash|year=1988|isbn=0-8109-8083-5|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aJ0IPQAACAAJ|publisher=H.N. Abrams|___location=New York}}</ref><!--portions of the plot confirmed in these links-->

Hawkeye's line, "I have always relied upon the kindness of strangers" (at minute 6:49), is a reference to [[Tennessee Williams]]' play ''[[A Streetcar Named Desire (play)|A Streetcar Named Desire]]'', with the line spoken by the character [[Blanche DuBois]].

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{{M*A*S*H episodes}}

[[Category:M*A*S*H (season 1) episodes]]

[[Category:1973 American television episodes]]

[[Category:Television episodes directed by Jackie Cooper]]