M*A*S*H (TV Series)

Abyssinia, Henry (1975)

Gary Burghoff: Cpl. Walter 'Radar' O'Reilly

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Quotes 

• Captain McIntyre : [rushing into the OR, shortly after Henry's departure... Trapper sees him unmasked]  Radar, put a mask on!

  Capt. Benjamin Franklin "Hawkeye" Pierce : If it's about my discharge, give it to me straight! I can take it!

  Radar : I have a message.

  [voice breaking] 

  Radar : Lt. Col. Henry Blake's plane was shot down over the Sea of Japan... it spun in. There were no survivors.

  [Margaret begins to cry softly... the surgeons continue their work in absolute silence] 

• Radar : Colonel, do you know what I found in the morning's mail?

  Henry Blake : Now, that's a toughie. Hum a few bars, won't you, Radar?

• Henry Blake : Why can't everybody be on the same time?

  Radar : Because the Earth is round and it keeps rotating all the time.

  Henry Blake : Oh. I thought it was just an army thing.

• Henry Blake : You sure you don't want a drink, Radar?

  Radar : No sir, it makes my eyes turn red and I fall down.

  Henry Blake : It's kind of nice to lie down with red eyes.

• Radar : Um, you know, my own father didn't have me until he was 63. And, uh, first time we played peek-a-boo together, he had a stroke.