# What is the title of this M\*A\*S\*H episode? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 23, 2017, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-title-of-this-m-a-s-h-episode/805166 "2017-12-23T21:49:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2017, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-title-of-this-m-a-s-h-episode/805166/1 "2017-12-23T21:49:00Z")
In one of the episodes of _M_A_S_H\* during the David Ogden Stiers period, Chawles suffers from a back problem. Colonel Potter calls in three Korean doctors who offer to treat Winchester with acupuncture, but the snobbish surgeon dismisses them as little better than The Three Stooges. Potter prevails, however. Winchester finds, to his astonishment, that the acupuncture treatment is effective, and Potter tells him he will have to eat crow. I could not find the title of this episode. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2017, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-title-of-this-m-a-s-h-episode/805166/2 "2017-12-23T21:52:08Z")
_Back Pay_. Season 8 Episode 24. [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0638254/reference](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0638254/reference) ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2017, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-title-of-this-m-a-s-h-episode/805166/3 "2017-12-23T21:52:25Z")
[Back Pay](http://mash.wikia.com/wiki/Back_Pay_(TV_series_episode)) ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2017, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-title-of-this-m-a-s-h-episode/805166/4 "2017-12-23T22:16:28Z")
Thanx 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2017, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-title-of-this-m-a-s-h-episode/805166/5 "2017-12-23T22:25:06Z")
I’m a bit disappointed in the response times here. 3 whole min. of agony for **dougie\_monty** waiting for an answer. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2017, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-title-of-this-m-a-s-h-episode/805166/6 "2017-12-23T22:27:01Z")
> [@DSYoungEsq](#): > > I’m a bit disappointed in the response times here. 3 whole min. of agony for **dougie\_monty** waiting for an answer. ☹ I’m a distance coach, not a sprint coach. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2017, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-title-of-this-m-a-s-h-episode/805166/7 "2017-12-23T23:42:03Z")
What’s the big deal? I asked here because the book I had for the series didn’t include that episode. I was in no hurry. ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2017, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-title-of-this-m-a-s-h-episode/805166/8 "2017-12-24T06:15:55Z")
> [@dougie\_monty](#): > > What’s the big deal? I asked here because the book I had for the series didn’t include that episode. I was in no hurry. I was not being serious; I was instead praising the response time. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2017, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-title-of-this-m-a-s-h-episode/805166/9 "2017-12-24T16:29:40Z")
Oh. ---
**Author:** ![WildBlueYonder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ce7236/32.png) [@WildBlueYonder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildBlueYonder)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2017, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-title-of-this-m-a-s-h-episode/805166/10 "2017-12-29T15:27:28Z")
it was on last night! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Jinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2017, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-title-of-this-m-a-s-h-episode/805166/11 "2017-12-29T15:56:37Z")
Is “Back Pay” the same episode where, as I recall, Hawkeye discovers his med school rival is getting rich back home while Hawkeye performs free operations. Upset, Hawkeye sends the US Army an itemized bill for services rendered. ---
**Author:** ![Jinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2017, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-title-of-this-m-a-s-h-episode/805166/12 "2017-12-29T15:58:13Z")
Ah! The IMDB link above answered this. (It is one and the same episode.) ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2017, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-title-of-this-m-a-s-h-episode/805166/13 "2017-12-29T17:55:39Z")
Is this the episode in which Potter says, “You need to get your vertebrae vertical!” (I always liked that line, for some reason.) ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2017, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-title-of-this-m-a-s-h-episode/805166/14 "2017-12-30T16:27:53Z")
> [@Dendarii\_Dame](#): > > Is this the episode in which Potter says, “You need to get your vertebrae vertical!” (I always liked that line, for some reason.) That’s the one, all right. ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2017, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-title-of-this-m-a-s-h-episode/805166/15 "2017-12-30T17:55:59Z")
> [@dougie\_monty](#): > > That’s the one, all right. Thanks.