Tuttle
- Episode aired Jan 14, 1973
- TV-PG
- 25m
IMDb RATING
8.9/10
1.1K
YOUR RATING
A little white lie about an imaginary officer balloons into an elaborate charade.A little white lie about an imaginary officer balloons into an elaborate charade.A little white lie about an imaginary officer balloons into an elaborate charade.
Mary-Robin Redd
- Sister Theresa
- (as Mary Robin Redd)
Gwen Farrell
- Nurse
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe episode is about a non-existing Captain Tuttle. The ending credit read: Captain Tuttle as Himself
- GoofsWhen General Clayton arrives, he salutes the camp personnel assembled before him and they return the salute, which is incorrect. When personnel are assembled in formation, the individual in charge should have called them to attention and then that individual alone would have given a salute on behalf of the entire formation.
- Quotes
Capt. Benjamin Franklin "Hawkeye" Pierce: We can all be comforted by the thought that he's not really gone, there's a little Tuttle left in all of us, in fact you might say that all of us together made up Tuttle.
- Crazy creditsThe fictive character "Captain Tuttle" whom we never see is, listed in the credits as "Himself".
- ConnectionsReferenced in Brazil (1985)
Featured review
He Was Without a Doubt the Best!
This is one of the cleverest episodes. When Hawkeye and Trapper smuggle penicillin to the local orphanage, they tell the nuns that a Captain Tuttle is to be given credit for it. Naturally, there is no Captain Tuttle. And, naturally, this person suddenly becomes real in the minds of all the camp. Because of his "kindness" and our boys' intervention, using records Radar is able to manipulate, he becomes a real person. Margaret immediately falls for him and Frank gets jealous. People who don't know who he is remember meeting him. What is great about this is the double entendre comments made by people concerning their knowledge. The problem is, of course, that at some point he is going to have to be present at something and the ruse will be exposed. The way this is all handled is outstanding writing.
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- Hitchcoc
- Feb 21, 2015
Details
- Runtime25 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
- 4:3
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