Season 9, Episode 199: Death Takes A Holiday Original Air Date: 12/15/80 Written by: Mike Farrell, John Rappaport, Dennis Koenig, Thad Mumford & Dan Wilcox, and Burt Metcalfe Directed by: Mike Farrell Its Christmas, and there's a truce on. MASH Show Summary The 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital is stuck in the middle of the Korean war. I know I saw Last Summer on TCM a fairly long time ago. When everyone is celebrating the Giants' win, Father Mulcahy is so excited he plants a kiss on Margaret. With Alan Alda, Mike Farrell, Harry Morgan, Loretta Swit. Don't remember too many of the details. The ninth season M*A*S*H Christmas episode entitled "Death Takes a Holiday" has two strong concurrent story lines. Of course, while Death is on vacation, so to speak, nobody dies. And that has repercussions for Mimieux's family. apart - just some of the events, which occur during another unendurably, hot … Like the angel in "The Bishop's Wife," he falls for a mortal, played by Yvette Mimieux. However, the rest of season 9 doesn't make it worthwhile to get the whole season just for this episode. If this was available on some type of "Christmas at MASH" collection I would buy it. Mulcahy takes up a collection for the kids, with all but the Scroogelike Charles Winchester (David Ogden Stiers) pitching in with a contribution. In 1924 La Morte in Vacanza by Alberto Casella may have resonated with an audience recovering from a war.The film adaptation in 1934 was a hit. Meanwhile, Winchester fulfills a family Christmas tradition but has trouble maintaining the anonymity required to keep it a truly charitable act. Everyone is preparing for … I often remember these two plots as separate episodes but they are in fact both in "Death Takes a Holiday." Add Comment In today’s installment of the 12 Days of Christmas Episodes, we’re taking a look at a show that hasn’t appeared in the countdown before, despite the fact that it … With little help from the circumstances they find themselves in, … It did do a good job of representing the odd one out theme and was better than many of the young generation This episode, which aired in season nine of the series, is both poignant and funny, but mostly poignant. Season 9 | Episode 11 Margaret develops a case of prickly heat, Charles does his tax returns, and Klinger takes the P.A. Dreamy leading man Julian Ovenden had to withdraw due to throat illness and the audience was quick to guess the stories few surprises. George William "G.W." Every Monday, I spotlight a random episode of M*A*S*H, providing a brief review and asking readers to offer their thoughts. S09E05 Death Takes a Holiday Summary Hawkeye, B.J., and Margaret try to save the life of a critically injured solider so that his family won't think of Christmas as the day that their father died. Death Takes a Holiday is a 1934 American pre-Code romantic drama starring Fredric March, Evelyn Venable and Guy Standing.It is based on the 1924 Italian play La Morte in Vacanza by Alberto Casella (1891-1957), as adapted in English for Broadway in 1929 by Walter Ferris. Although the title is the same as the 1934 film mentioned here, its true original title source is the Italian play 'La Morte in vacanza' by Alberto Casella which translate to English as, of course, 'Death Takes a Holiday' . This week’s episode: “Death Takes a Holiday.” The musical had less success in 2011. Death takes human form and comes to earth to find out, as he puts it, "why people claim so tenaciously to life." Every Monday, I spotlight a random episode of M*A*S*H, providing a brief review and asking readers to offer their thoughts. Directed by Mike Farrell. Contrary to popular belief, it turns out that Charles is in his own way as generous as the next fellow--but this generosity may have an unintended negative result. Season 9, Episode 5 Death Takes a Holiday First Aired: December 15, 1980 During a truce, the spirit of Christmas manifests itself at the 4077th, beginning with a potluck party for the orphans. Death Takes a Holiday (15 Dec. 1980) TV Episode | TV-PG | 24 min | Comedy , Drama , War While local orphans attend a Christmas party in the mess tent, Hawkeye, B.J., and Margaret try to save the life of a critically injured solider so that his family won't think of Christmas as the day that their father died. While local orphans attend a Christmas party in the mess tent, Hawkeye, B.J., and Margaret try to save the life of a critically injured solider so that his family won't think of Christmas as the day that their father died. This week’s episode: “Death Takes a Holiday.”