MASH-Father Mulcahy Performs A Tracheostomy

[@andreim.5324]

My favorite moment was right after this scene, when Hawkeye says: "I think i'm a fool." Potter asks him: "How come?" Hawkeye: "I came all the way down to Korea to perform surgery. I could have stayed home and phoned it in" :)))))

[@markschroeder2578]

Took the words right out of my mouth! 😊😊😊😊

[@michaelsndergaard2912]

cant find a clip of that

[@kellymillward6375]

Welcome to 2020 my friend.

[@JustWasted3HoursHere]

It's funny too: They never show any blood or gore but I was on the edge of my seat when this episode first aired. I always thought to myself, "Is this something I'd be able to do? Or would I choke under the pressure?"

[@42lookc]

@@JustWasted3HoursHere "choke under the pressure" I see what you did there you sly fox, you! ;)

[@davidwalter2002]

RIP, William Christopher. Your portrayal of the compassionate yet tough-when-needed Father Mulcahy was brilliant and inspiring.

[@davefellhoelter1343]

"this" show literally taught me to cut a Tracheotomy! and "I Could!" The BSA hand books from 50's, 60's , or 70', to 80's? are the best "survival" materials ever published?

[@54raynor]

They left off the most badass part of the scene: Radar is panicked, wanting to leave quickly as shells get closer, and the Padre just shrugs it off and says “if you insist.”

[@violagreene4643]

This is one of my favorite Mulcahy scenes. Right up with the one where he asks God to forgive him for asking, but if the one soldier is going to die please take him soon so they could save another. And the one where he chews out BJ for getting in his way of giving last rites.

[@uncletaylorify]

I always liked the episode where Father Mulcahy was having the hectic day but at the end Hawkeye told him how much he was appreciated in front of everyone.

[@Mary-zj9jz]

one of mine is the one when the Bishop came He give the sermon in his bathrobe .

[@EyeLean5280]

@@Mary-zj9jz Yes, that one is so moving!

[@Benjiesbeenbetter.]

A few weeks after this was broadcast in the UK a man remembered this and was able to save his friend's life. It made the national newspapers.

[@glennblaylock5197]

I always wondered just how accurate this scene was.

[@Quaker-tc8ue]

In the book “The Last Days of M*A*S*H”, by Alan Alda and his wife Arlene. there’s a picture of the first seasons cast in surgical garb. For the caption, Arlene wrote that Alan Alda had given McLean Stevenson a book on medicine/surgery. He remembered enough detail about something to do with the heart(?) that he was able to keep a man alive until ‘real’ medical help arrived.

[@thedeplorable8370]

As soon as Klinger heard trouble, no back talk, no jokes, just straight to the point and went to get help.

[@captainpoppleton]

The character went from being an unhappy grunt to being buddies with the inner circle, & i think he might have been inspired by their energy. Klinger's backstory was being a street hoodlum, maybe the father figure of Colonel Potter was a good fit with him.

[@SynchronizorVideos]

@@captainpoppletonPotter was definitely a good influence, but I feel like Klinger would have been willing to step up regardless if his friends were on the line.

[@Powerranger-le4up]

Being a Catholic myself, I was very glad to see a priest portrayed in such a respectful manner. These days, due to scandal, we Catholics aren’t usually seen as good people.

[@johnroscoe2406]

Well said both.

[@KonElKent]

I was raised Southern Baptist, and these days I'm non-denominational (with a deist streak), and I personally hold no ill feelings against "Catholics" or "Catholicism". On an intellectual level, I know that the abusers were an extreme minority, and if I felt the need to talk to a priest, the odds of getting a "bad" one are minute. But the administrative decisions when the "bad" priests were discovered cannot simply be overlooked. While it's wrong to portray **every** priest in film and television as a pervert in waiting, those responsible for facilitating and protecting abusers should be held accountable.

[@vijaychandra64]

Whar about Father Brown?

[@paleo704]

@@vijaychandra64 Father who?

[@vijaychandra64]

@@paleo704 Father Brown from the Chesterton novels and BBC tv show.

[@BeautifulSpirit-kf5ld]

What I love about this is that Mulcahy has assisted so many times in OR,. never gets the glory or the big money, but today he shows what he can do. Brilliant

[@Danko_Sekulic]

Not even a promotion! Not until both later seasons, anyway!

[@DanielAppleton-lr9eq]

@@Danko_Sekulic Captain. " Captain's bars ? I've hardly ever captained in them ".

[@Quaker-tc8ue]

I was watching an early episode recently. An OR scene, Blake asked Mulcahy to help him. As Mulcahy turned around to do so, he very quickly crossed himself, as if to say, ‘Please guide me to do the right thing.’

[@mikloowl4899]

i remember the first time i performed one. i was a resident ans walked into the OR half asleep just about to prepare the rooms, i neglected to notice the bed outside. the attending MDA sees me, grabs me by the arm and outs a scalpel in my hand and guides me through the process. turns out the guy had a mass that was collapsing his airway emergently. was such a blur but an amazing moment once I got the ETT through the incision and knew we had saved his life. That MDA was a great instructor.

[@EyeLean5280]

If a regular person had to do it, like in the video here, how would they keep from cutting too far and damaging the back of the trachea?

[@furrykef]

@@EyeLean5280 I don't know anything about tracheotomies, but in the video, at least, their choices were to let Father Mulcahy try it or to let the patient die. Even if there was a 90% chance he'd botch the operation, that was better than the 100% chance of dying if he didn't try.

[@stephenhanneken3041]

The trachea is tough. Unless you used a machete or a chain saw it is possible but unlikely.

[@paulinekivach2216]

Doea it really close itself around the tube?

[@jeremytung1632]

Father mulcahy is one of my favorite characters on this show and this scene is a big reason why.

[@docadams7099]

He came up big at times. There were times when he had his doubts about his being needed, but he would come through in the pinch. You may also enjoy his plot in "Showtime" from, season 1. It's one of my favorites concerning Fr. Mulcahy.

[@MrArcadia2009]

Me and my mom watch a couple episodes of MASH once a week, and that's the best show we watch all week. Father Mulcahey did a fantastic job, here. 🙏🙂👍

[@jmgfx4161]

There will never be another show like MASH.

[@LoneLee2022]

No remakes No re-boots needed!

[@jmgfx4161]

@LoneLee2022 it's as close to the perfect show. The cast, the writing, the subject matter, it was lightning in a bottle.

[@LoneLee2022]

@@jmgfx4161 It was. The writing, the directing, the editing, the acting were almost all perfect.

[@michaelpowell5266]

Father Mulcahy admitted he was wrong to disobey Col. Potter, when he told him not to go to the war front, but like Hawkeye and B.J., Col. Potter was grateful that Father Mulcahy helped save the soldier's life with Radar's help!!!

[@thetooginator153]

I haven’t seen this episode in forty years but I remember THIS scene like I saw it yesterday!

[@buhalk2633]

А я это пересматриваю каждый год перед сном! И каждый раз как в первый- испытываю волнение и сопереживаю. Это лучший сериал для меня. Поклонникам MASH, актёрам и создателям- долгих лет жизни!!!

[@rpurdy4821]

Me too, but for me it was closer to 50 years and I was just a wee lass then. It always stuck out in my mind.

[@thrillhouse4151]

I remember this scene! It was great giving Father Mulcahy some time to shine.

[@mmcbey1401]

This strikes home. A few years ago I had to have an emergency tracheostomy, but (obviously) I survived the experience!

[@lynnjepson302]

Cool!

[@ered203]

I'm not sure I believe you when you say you "survived" the experience. That is exactly the type of thing the undead would say to try and fool someone into getting close enough to devour them and feast on their souls. Nice try there, pal, but your type can't fool me again. After the first few times, I learn.

[@likesanddislikesetc]

@@ered203lol

[@patricksanders858]

I was lucky to do summer stock with William Christoper a long time ago. He and Joe Sears did "A Greater Tuna" in Greensboro NC. A wonderful man and some great memories!

[@Metalman200xdamnit]

Father Mulcahly was a class act and could meet any challenge.

[@stevenbaker8184]

Even then he often doubts himself. Which is actually the mark of greatness and courage.

[@Metalman200xdamnit]

@@stevenbaker8184 Father Mulcahly was the serenity and calmness to the chaos to the 4077th.

[@stevenbaker8184]

@@Metalman200xdamnit hence why he was my favorite character. But he lost it on occasion. But for the most part he recognized his own humanity and his own human failings. And attempted to keep others sane and rational in an insane and irrational place and time.

[@Metalman200xdamnit]

@@stevenbaker8184 It was a stressful time for them. Even sweet,lovable,innocent Radar lost it at times.

[@stevenbaker8184]

@@Metalman200xdamnit that's what made MASH so special. Normal human reaction to hell. And they showed it. What started out as a comedy about war turned into something people could relate to even in their own normally peaceful lives.

[@jasonbaber1526]

''Make it a damn short one"! Col Potter was great.

[@tammyt3434]

I guess "these gifts we are about to receive" include oxygen.

[@daebi37]

I know I am VERY late to this, but what a poignant comment :)

[@NotProFishing]

I used to watch this show with my grandpa some of the best times ever.

[@donalddodds8335]

When Father Mulcahy talks to Potter about how Radar was when he first started out as Company Clerk when everybody was giving Klinger a hard time.

[@legionaireb]

One of the coolest moments in the whole series.

[@xaenon]

"We're all gonna trade in our scalpels for Tom Nix pocketknives!"

[@ryandtibbetts2962]

Tom Mix, actually.

[@billjones251]

I haven't seen this scene since I watched the reruns in the mid 90s. Thanks.

[@lynnjepson302]

METV is showing it and I some other channel.

[@adriennemeyer6399]

Tvland

[@breadnbutter8524]

2 years ago i didn't have internet or cable so i watched Metv. M*A*S*H was my favorate thing to watch on school nights. plus father Mulcahy and Radar are the cutest characters on the show

[@andrenewcomb3708]

I walked the coast from San Diego to Santa Barbara (excepting Pendleton). I went up the bluffs once and I think I was at the Salk Institute. Wandered around. Looked in a few windows . . . one of the rooms had a man with a tracheostomy. Steam. A nurse. And me getting dizzy. 1978.

[@kristacohen8210]

In season 9, the gang gets to randomly pick letters from children to respond to and cannot trade them, father mulcahey is asked if he's saved many lives. He wracks his brain and struggles to think of anything, potter reminds him of saving Irving, a dog that somehow got into a whiskey habit. Mulcahey feeds the dog a whole bottle, Irving gets sick and develops an aversion to it. Meanwhile the writers 100% forgot the time he literally saved a human man's life lol

[@davidhall8874]

If I am not mistaken, he actually performs a tracheotomy. The tracheostomy is the actual opening in the neck.

[@lisadavie5819]

He was really handsome actually. I was only a baby when this was on TV.

[@TheodoreRizzo]

You turn on by it?

[@stevenscottoddballz]

3:45 Anyone notice when Mulcahy is drawing a blank for a prayer, Radar is mouthing The Lord's Prayer?

[@lynnjepson302]

Cool. Never noticed that before.

[@linda10989]

​@@lynnjepson302Me too!

[@julesmasseffectmusic]

One of the few TV scenes that can be seen once and never forgotten.

[@rolonnemarieross7243]

This was one of my favourite episodes. He helped the man breath. It was the Perfect parable of the Good Samaritan. God Bless William Christopher/ Father Mulcahy . So many people chose GOOD profession because of the integrity of this show.

[@EvanMurphyCapstone]

This seems Tv show impossible...but things like this DID actually happen....my daddy was a body bagger in Vietnam , my gramps was at Battle of Midway .....gramps said the fuel in water was melting people ....saved by "wet wraps" ( no idea what that is ) by shipmates....my dad said he saw a soldier ( he told me their level - it was low - I do not remember) use his belt to tie off a bleed and suck the blood out of another soldiers mouth with his own.....for minutes.....and breath clean air into him ...I do not know if the kid made it ...( dad did not know) but the heroism was absolute....so many unsung heroes....there is no medal for "sucking out blood and breathing in air:

[@johnmccrossan9376]

Id love to see Dr Mike do a reaction to this scene

[@ericstoverink6579]

I believe he did. He has a video about scenes from Mash.

[@Dave_B33]

This show was so great.

[@bodidley5015]

Chaplains are kick ass guys. I was Marine and atheist and never met a chaplain i didn’t like. They got balls and faith. I admire that.

[@ldcraig2006]

The Father's hands should have been covered in blood, but that's a small discrepancy for such a nerve-wracking scene.

[@LoneLee2022]

That's what made that show so special. Great acting.

[@johnapple9339]

My favorite Mulcahy scene was when he was doubtful whether he made a difference and he held the hand of a critical patient and the patient got immediately better.

[@vegvisir9276]

some awesome characters in this series Mulcahy and Winchester are my two favourites though

[@kwdrm1]

Whenever Colonel Potter was pleased with anything Father Mulcahy did, he always called him Padre.

[@dionysus6892]

That’s Grace!

[@lemjustlem]

Still appropriate; they'd need all the grace they could get!

[@rowanaforrest9792]

Grace indeed! In circumstances like that, God hears the prayer of the heart loud and clear, even if the person can't think or speak.

[@MyGamer125]

This is one of the most tense moments in the entire show

[@rosskerr1439]

"You had to be there." Great episode.

[@bendavidson7122]

GREAT Episode

[@thisisme2476]

2:48 Found myself looking for a notch in my chest...

[@jeffburnham6611]

Just love those mortar or artillery explosions at close range that don't pepper anyone with shrapnel.

[@raymondweaver8526]

Roll with it. Its a TV show

[@partlyironic]

Oh stop

[@stevenbaker8184]

You might actually be amazed at weird things that have been known to happen in combat zones. Guys that should have been dead have walked away without a scratch. And guys that seem like they are well outside the blast radius get nailed by something. Every once in a while miracles do happen.

[@brochan11]

I remember watching this scene in the 1980's.

[@crivket1233]

I am soo Radar , in stuff like this 😆😅🤣😂

[@BDUBZ49]

"OHHH ICK!!" 😀

[@TheodoreRizzo]

Father Mulcahy can lay a beating he punch a marine in the teeth in post op lol

[@Rudipu]

From the thumbnail I thought it was George Castanza about to perform a tracheostomy 😆

[@coyotefang]

This is probably 1 of the most, the Preacher father, as most a patient

[@kwdrm1]

Father Mulcahy (and for that matter, William Christopher) was a class act.

[@rachelolvera9435]

Love klingers expression

[@EyeLean5280]

Great episode!

[@lemjustlem]

3:50 It may be Grace, but I'd think at around then, you'd need all the Grace you could get!

[@timothyadcock5103]

Both contrived and authentic.

[@JohnSanJuan-zp1ed]

They’re in the battlefield. Oh, My Gosh.

[@stevenwebb3634]

Bet they didn't teach him that at the seminary

[@martinpaulsen1592]

They have, actually, since this episode aired.

[@drmayeda1930]

It's amazing what explosions going off inches from you does to your memory.

[@shanekilpatrick3378]

Padres serving in combat zones displayed incredible courage. No weapon, you were obligated to see to the critically wounded and dying in the midst of a battle. 😮

[@johnsanjuan9364]

Father Mulcahy Did That Surgeon from Hawkeye’s Instructions.

[@Metalman200xdamnit]

That would not be easy.

[@KMDragonS]

Hawkeye is great at step by step instructions. Calm and simple.

[@ericdunn360]

Just be glad Frank wasn't there, He would have dumped the soldier on the side of the road.

[@KMDragonS]

Frank would have never have went. He talks brave but the time comes he's cowardly begs for Hotlips

[@KeithFroehlich07]

"Oh he did it he did it!" 😎

[@niickww]

"will a pencil do?"

[@gabespiro8902]

I’m a non believer but I have a lot of respect for those who practice their faith like Father Mulcahy: not too hung up on the dogma, but always practicing the core teachings

[@hungwilliam44]

Wow. Now that's some good TV.

[@michaelmayden2492]

I knew you were afraid of me!

[@opusmax1]

Should have been put up for the Navy Commendation Medal.

[@kerryedavis]

Too bad MASH wasn't actually produced in widescreen. So when you try ti make it look widescreen, it either gets cropped, or squeezed. Maybe some of both.

[@christopherdean1326]

Definitely the 4077th's MVP!

[@longrider42]

Season and Episode, Please.

[@lynnjepson302]

5.8 Mulchany's War.

[@maryhlad5277]

That’s the one where Father Mulachy went to an aid station, against Colonel Potter’s orders, and had to do a tracheostomy in the field.

[@stevenscottoddballz]

@@maryhlad5277 This is also the episode with Corporal Cupcake, the Lutheran.

[@maryhlad5277]

Steven Scott Oh yeah-Corporal Cupcake. Frank Burns had to operate on him. WOOF WOOF.

[@markschroeder2578]

@@maryhlad5277 As Corporal Cupcake and human buddy were leaving, Radar realizes "when he gets back to the states, I'm gonna be outranked by a dog!" Hawkeye tells him "I know. I'm a Captain and Frank's a Major!" Woof-Woof! 😁😁😁😁

[@mynickels]

Pull over? As if they on the I-5

[@janeventur8919]

Which episode is that, please?

[@patrickbranch9001]

Anyone wanna tell me why the hell the father took his glasses off to make a cut

[@emilyelizabethbuchanan998]

Dusty glasses from the land mine

[@lindab.716]

He was nearsighted.

[@patrickbranch9001]

I don’t care if it was me I would still want him to put his glasses back on

[@drmayeda1930]

@@emilyelizabethbuchanan998 I thought they came off in the blast but he didn't have time to look for them. He used the vision he had, to do the procedure. It looked like he was squinting

[@stephenolan5539]

@@patrickbranch9001 You would want his vision blurry? Once you reach about forty you start to lose the ability to focus your eyes. If you don't need glasses to see distant things then you will need them to read. I can't read with my glasses on and can't drive without them.

[@pheenix42]

With a Tom Mix pocket knife, don't you know.

[@TheCoolProfessor]

In case you want to know more about the procedure, here's a link to a cool animation. kzbin.info/www/bejne/mpCYln6hrNN8iNU

[@part2interactive547]

This is actually a cricothyroidotomy

[@LeiasStandIn]

How many people feel reasonably sure they could perform a trach just because of this scene??

[@katharma607]

That’s a Tuesday night for me

[@BDUBZ49]

OHH ICK!! OH HE DID IT, HE DID IT!! 😀

[@lynnjepson302]

There's another episode where Hawkeye does it to a N. Korean soldier.

[@vilstef6988]

Lord, guide my hand!

[@KMDragonS]

I'll take that prayer

[@vilstef6988]

@Keegan Seltner, I would too!

[@edwardsiu4266]

what episode and from what series did this scene come from?

[@roseprevost8081]

M*A*S*H, the episode "Mulcahy's War." A soldier had shot himself in the foot, and told Father Mulcahy he didn't have any idea about the front lines, so he went up to see for himself, getting quite the experience.

[@synthonaplinth5980]

Doing a tracheotomy with a Tom Mix pocket knife...wow.

[@phoonsiri]

No way I could've done that

[@lvtuckerrvb]

nowadays that would just require a nasalpharangeal

[@belmarmom]

Nasopharyngeal airway.

[@wilson2455]

the tracheostomy only falls over with the size of the eye dropper. It's simply not big enough !

[@linda10989]

I was wondering about that too! I've seen movies where a pen is used but it just seems way too small for the patient to get enough oxygen

[@catwirk]

One performs a tracheotomy. A tracheostomy is the actual hole in the throat. Just lose the S in your title and you'll be fine.

[@kungpowchickenwing]

Tracheotomy not ostomy

[@andreistoica2470]

A shame we dont have a korean war movie with american perspective

[@PlumbPitiful]

Nice of the enemy to stop.shelling them so they could do the procedure 😒

[@justanotherERdoc]

How did he do a trache and not get any blood on his hands? And then to wipe his face with the same hands 😂

[@ExplorerDS6789]

My only problem with this scene is that Father Mulcahy never thanked Hawkeye for talking him through the procedure. You'd think a simple "thanks for your guidance" wouldn't be out of line.

[@roseprevost8081]

I'm sure he did, off-camera.

[@ExplorerDS6789]

@@roseprevost8081 I don't know, he just seemed to take the credit himself, when really Hawkeye deserved at least a "thank you."

[@kevindavis5966]

A cricothyroidotomy would have been much simpler and safer for an untrained individual. They've been around since at least he early 1800's, possibly even since ancient Egypt.

[@victorsalisbury3554]

What is man believes

[@geoffgreenham4114]

Y

[@woffline9]

In diz scene they invented "online medical consultation", before da timez of COVID...! How they predicted da future then?!😮🤔

[@lynnjepson302]

Certificate Of Vaccine ID=Mark Of The Beast. The "virus" was invented for the "vaccine" and not the first time either!

[@brianarbenz1329]

That’s right father, stop and pray before you operate. Like Paul Ryan’s thoughts and prayers.

[@victorsalisbury3554]

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[@radiobrewster]

People who point cell phone cameras at the their TVs should be banned from KZbin.

[@xaenon]

People that whine and cry about something provided for free should be banned from the planet.

[@radiobrewster]

@@xaenon I pay for KZbin Premium and enjoy it...all except for you.

[@Metalman200xdamnit]

@@radiobrewster That sounds like it is your problem.

[@markborowitz2581]

I actually hated this episode.. because radar act so grossed out by that but yet he works at a mass unit these guys with their legs blowing off all over the place in the beginning of the series he was a lot tougher and all of a sudden he's weaker and grossed out by a little trache out of me stupid ass show towards the end! Radar was tougher and cooler at the beginning of the series towards Jenny became a little wimp before he left LOL just saying