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TV Land Treats Viewers To A Mailbag Of Eighteen Hilarious Episodes in 'M*A*S*H Mail Call'

NEW YORK, Nov. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- It's two nights of madcap antics, pranks, love letters, homemade cookies and the latest gossip when TV Land presents a marathon of episodes from the hit series M*A*S*H during "M*A*S*H Mail Call". The marathon begins on Saturday, November 10, at 9:00pm (all times ET/PT) and Sunday, November 11, at 9:00pm (all times ET/PT) and chronicles the many personal letters and packages sent to and from loved ones of the gang at 4077th -- some good, some bad -- but all filled with side-splitting laughter. Fans will be treated to some of the most memorable episodes including "Dear Mildred", "The Winchester Tapes", "Dear Comrade" and the popular three-part series "Dear Dad", "Dear Dad, Again" and "Dear Dad, Three", featuring Hawkeye's comical and heartfelt letters sent to his father back in the United States.

The "M*A*S*H Mail Call" Marathon schedule is as follows (all times ET/PT):

Saturday, November 10th

9p #12 -- Dear Dad
Hawkeye writes home describing Christmas in Korea while Radar
ships a jeep home, one piece at a time. Henry gives the monthly
lecture on sex with the aid of figure A and figure B, Trapper
helps deliver a calf as Hawkeye flies to the front line dressed as
Santa to help a wounded soldier.

9:30p #18 -- Dear Dad, Again
Once again, Hawkeye writes home to his father telling him of the
latest gossip: the camp gets a new surgeon, who turns out to be a
fake; Hawkeye bets he can walk into the mess tent naked for lunch
and no one will notice; Radar cheats on his final exam from the
High School diploma company and Margaret rejects Frank's advances
and he gets drunk late into the night.

10p #33 -- Dear Dad, Three
Once more Hawkeye writes home to his father. The doctors operate
on a soldier who has a grenade in his body; Hawkeye and Trapper
color the skin of a racist patient. Henry gets a movie of his
daughter's birthday from home. The officers hold the monthly
staff meeting.

10:30p #60 -- A Full Rich Day
Hawkeye records a letter to his father detailing the exploits of a
mad Turkish soldier who calls Hawkeye a "damn good Joe" and the
4077th deals with the loss of the corpse ... who turns out not to
be dead.

11p #80 -- Dear Mildred
It's Potter's wedding anniversary, so he writes home. Frank and
Hot Lips have a woodcarving made for him. Radar rescues a horse
to give as a present.

11:30p #83 -- Dear Peggy
B.J. writes home to his wife, Peg, reporting Klinger's escape
attempts while the unit receives a visit from a formidable
chaplain. Frank goofs-up.

12a #89 -- Dear Ma
Radar writes home to his mother as Hawkeye conducts the camp foot
inspection and Colonel Potter gets some shrapnel in his backside.

12:30a #162 -- Dear Sis
Father Mulcahy writes a pre-Christmas letter to his sister -- who
is a nun -- as he recounts his frustrations at not being more
effective at the 4077th.

1a #185 -- Dear Uncle Abdul
Klinger discovers that his duties as company clerk include
catering to the eccentric whims of the 4077th officers.
Consequently, the unusual demands by Klinger's superiors leave
little time to write a letter home to Toledo.

Sunday, November 11th

9p #47 -- Mail Call
The arrival of a new batch of mail leaves Trapper depressed and
thinking of desertion, despite Hawkeye's efforts to dissuade him.
Meanwhile, Hawkeye learns that he has successfully tricked Frank
into buying stocks in a fictitious company.

9:30p #87 -- Mail Call Again
The mailbag brings a letter to Frank saying his wife is divorcing
him and one to Potter telling him he is going to be a grandfather.

10p #143 -- Mail Call Three
After a delay of three weeks, five sacks of mail finally arrive
and everyone in camp reacts to good and bad news from home:
Hawkeye receives love letters addressed to another Benjamin
Pierce; another man has propositioned B.J.'s wife and Radar's mom
has a boyfriend.

10:30p #105 -- Dear Sigmund
Sidney Freedman, feeling depressed, visits and the 4077th to
observe how they fare under the pressures of war. He begins a
letter to Sigmund Freud as a form of self-therapy and he and B.J.
release tension in the form of a practical joke on Frank Burns.

11p #223 -- Give Em Hell, Hawkeye
Hawkeye writes a heartfelt letter to President Harry Truman to
protest the continued fighting in Korea. Meanwhile, Colonel Ditka
has promised a much-needed water-heater if the 4077th beautifies
the camp.

11:30p #128 -- The Winchester Tapes
Winchester tape-records a message home asking his influential
parents do whatever it takes to get him back to the States.
Meanwhile, Hawkeye and B.J. switch Winchester's clothes to a
smaller size, causing Winchester to alter his eating patterns.

12a #200 -- Letters
Members of the 4077th share their impressions of war in response
to letters from fourth graders in Hawkeye's hometown.

12:30a #159 -- Dear Comrade
Hawkeye and B.J. discover that Charles is living the life of
Riley, thanks to the attentions of his low paid Korean servant,
Comrade Park, a man of unusual skills. He has an important
contribution to make -- a native remedy for a seemingly insoluble
medical problem.

1a #217 -- The Forsight Saga
The 4077th is given a gift of fresh-grown vegetables by a grateful
Korean and Potter questions the veracity of an upbeat letter from
Radar.

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