: Alan Alda and Gene Reynolds served as creative consultants, and Dr. Walter D. Dishell provided medical advisory. Episode Themes
: Klinger is put in charge of the camp, while Colonel Potter takes over as company clerk. Potter quickly realizes how overwhelming the paperwork and logistics of Klinger’s job truly are.
: Unlike most Christmas episodes, this focuses on the aftermath and the exhaustion that follows the holiday. Script Spotlight 15: “'Twas the Day After Christmas” [S10E9] 'Twas the Day After Christmas
: Charles Winchester is assigned to the kitchen under the head cook, Sgt. Pernelli . While Charles tries to introduce gourmet flair to the mess tent, Pernelli forces him to face the grueling reality of feeding hundreds of people quickly.
: Val Bisoglio as Sgt. Pernelli and Kellye Nakahara as Nurse Kellye. : Alan Alda and Gene Reynolds served as
This is a guide to the episode " 'Twas the Day After Christmas ," which is Season 10, Episode 9 (sometimes listed as Episode 10). Originally broadcast on December 28, 1981 , the episode was directed by Burt Metcalfe and written by Elias Davis and David Pollock . Plot Summary
: Alan Alda (Hawkeye), Mike Farrell (B.J. Hunnicutt), Harry Morgan (Col. Potter), Loretta Swit (Margaret Houlihan), David Ogden Stiers (Charles Winchester), Jamie Farr (Klinger), and William Christopher (Father Mulcahy). Episode Themes : Klinger is put in charge
: The episode explores the friction between ranks, particularly through Winchester’s disdain for "lower class" labor.