| Caption = Margaret’sMargaret's attempt to sing “My"My Blue Heaven”Heaven" at the camp “No"No-Talent Show.”"
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"'''"Dear Dad...Again"'''" was episode No.18 of the first season of the TV 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 |authorlink=James H. Wittebols |publisher=McFarland |___location=[[Jefferson, North Carolina]]| year=2003| isbn=0-7864-1701-3| pages=236}}</ref>
==Plot==
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Hawkeye writes to his father again about several crazy events that take place at the 4077th, including 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’sMargaret's attempt to sing “My"My Blue Heaven”Heaven" at the camp “No"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|accessdate=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|accessdate=2009-05-15}}</ref><ref name="di">{{cite journal|title=M*A*S*H: Season One (Collector's Edition) (1972)|journal=Digitallyobsessed.com|url=http://www.digitallyobsessed.com/displaylegacy.php?ID=3802}}</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|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=http://books.google.com/?id=aJ0IPQAACAAJ&dq=isbn=0-8109-8083-5|publisher=H.N. Abrams|___location=New York}}</ref><!--portions of the plot confirmed in these links-->
==Notes==
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]].
Hawkeye asks his father to, "kiss sis, and Mom", in his letter to him. This is an contradicted in later episodes which reveal Hawkeye as an only child with his mother deceased. He also mentions in "[[The Moose (M*A*S*H episode)|"The Moose"]]" that he always wanted a sister.
When Hawkeye is supposed to be naked at the officer's mess, in some shots the top of his shorts can be seen.
