While Hawkeye and BJ struggle as morale officers of the disgruntled camp, Winchester tries to help a patient whose pianist career seems ruined due to a crippled hand.While Hawkeye and BJ struggle as morale officers of the disgruntled camp, Winchester tries to help a patient whose pianist career seems ruined due to a crippled hand.While Hawkeye and BJ struggle as morale officers of the disgruntled camp, Winchester tries to help a patient whose pianist career seems ruined due to a crippled hand.
- Nurse Connie
- (uncredited)
- Lt. Kellye Yamato, RN
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe piano music furnished to and played by Pvt. Sheridan is "Piano Concerto for the Left Hand in D major", composed by Maurice Ravel between 1929-30. The story of the piece's creation as told by Maj. Winchester (David Ogden Stiers) is all true.
- GoofsWhen David is playing the piano at the end, he is sitting in the wheelchair with his left side toward the piano (playing with his left hand). From the sound, the piece he is playing makes use of the piano pedals, specifically the damper, but the way he is sitting would make it impossible for him to get his uninjured right leg to the damper pedal to use it.
- Quotes
Major Charles Winchester: Don't you see? Your hand may be stilled; but your gift *cannot* be silenced if you refuse to *let* it be.
Private David Sheridan: Gift? You keep talking about this damn gift. I *had* a gift, and I exchanged it for some mortar fragments, remember?
Major Charles Winchester: Wrong! Because the gift does not lie in your hands.
[David huffs in frustration]
Major Charles Winchester: *I* have hands, David. Hands that can make a scalpel sing! More than anything in my life... I wanted to play. But I do not have the gift! I can play the notes; but I cannot make the *music*. You've performed Liszt, Rachmaninoff, Chopin! Even if you never do so again, you've already known a joy that I will never know as long as I live! Because the true gift is in your head, and in your heart, and in your soul. Now you can shut it off forever, or you can find new ways to share your gift with the world - through the baton, the classroom, the pen. As to these works, they're for you! Because you and the piano will always be as one.
- ConnectionsFeatures Tales of Manhattan (1942)
- SoundtracksHold Tight, Hold Tight (Want Some Seafood, Mama)
(uncredited)
Written by Jerry Brandow, Buddy G. DeSylva, Edward Robinson, Willie Spottswood and Leonard Ware
Portion sung by Alan Alda
Colonel Potter said to Captains Pierce and Hunnicutt that morale was at a lower level than a gopher's basement. They became morale officers by committee. They told Corporal Klinger to build a suggestion box. Klinger acted cold to that idea; however, they gave him a bigger challenge to find some more meaningful movies and activities to improve the unit's morale. Major Houlihan also wanted some cosmetics and makeup kits for her nurses -- too. How Interesting!! Even so, Major Houlihan had told them not to let Corporal Klinger become neglectful in his responsibilities into obtaining the supplies .
Major Winchester had a discussion in Post-Operation Room. Army Private Sheridan had recuperated from his operation. Little did he know that three fingers from his right hand had resulted in a permanent loss of dexterity and movement. Private Sheridan had a dream of being a concert pianist; his future was shot to hell ... or so it seemed in this episode.
Everyone in the mess tent had griped about the food served at camp. Private Stravinsky was at the end of his rope. He went to Rosie's Bar for his supper. He was sick of everyone's griping on a daily basis. Captains Pierce and Hunnicutt now had a much tougher challenge into improving morale. Only then did Captain Pierce came up with a plan of having a seafood cookout at the 4077th. Captains Pierce and Hunnicutt -- in a desperate attempt to salvage their reputations -- asked Corporal Klinger to find some live crabs for the camp's party ... not to mention cosmetics, music sheets, films, and even three days in Seoul. Fortunately, Corporal Klinger saved the day for everyone ... in time for the party.
Major Winchester escorted Private Sheridan to the Officers' Club. The trek was not about a drink; the visit was about playing the piano for the left hand alone in the episode. Private Sheridan was quite upset about his frustration in not playing the piano with two hands. After a frank discussion, Private Sheridan -- with some reluctance -- agreed to play the piano with his left hand. He gradually obtained the skill and determination to play the notes freely. Private Sheridan accepted the challenge of playing the piano despite his disability. Quite Impressive!! A Fat 14 From The 1979-1980 Television Season!! Highly Recommended!!
- ellisel
- Jan 21, 2008
Details
- Runtime25 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
- 4:3