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McHale (Ernest Borgnine) and his men are determined that a glamorous film star (guest star Lisa Seagram) visit McHale's Island.
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00:00How do we look, Roe?
00:06Hey, ain't we a picture of combat fatigue?
00:09Gents, if we don't look like we need a week to leave a new Caledonia, we're in the wrong navy.
00:12Woo!
00:13Down, boy.
00:14I tell you, I still don't think Binghamton's gonna buy it.
00:16He's gotta buy it.
00:17We got 1,100 Yankee greenbacks invested in them war souvenirs.
00:21Either we get the new Caledonia and deliver the goods, or we look for a tall building to jump off of.
00:26Let's go, you bunch of kooks.
00:28Forward!
00:29Stagger.
00:30Now, see here, Colonel Pryor, according to my copy of your itinerary, Rita Howard has a free day on Wednesday.
00:41Now, I just thought it'd be nice if you could bring her whole show over here from New Caledonia and put it on here on our...
00:48Oh, you can't.
00:51You won't?
00:53I should do what?
00:55Oh, look here, Colonel, that's no way to talk to a...
00:58Hello there, Colonel.
00:59I know, that's no way to...
01:00Well, that gold-braided pipsqueak.
01:03Do you mean, sir, he had the nerve to hang up on you?
01:05Hmm.
01:06What a bitter pill to swallow, I'll tell you, Carpenter.
01:09You know, Admiral Rogers is a great admirer of Rita Howard's.
01:13Oh, and so am I, sir.
01:14I've seen all of her movies, and sure do you know, she is built like...
01:16Here, here, here.
01:17What's the matter with you?
01:18I know what she's built like.
01:20Oh, this is a foul blow.
01:21Foul blow!
01:22Admiral Rogers needs a new chief of staff.
01:25I wanted to have him down here and see the show, and then we could discuss the appointment.
01:29But now, I don't know.
01:30Now you'll have to try for the job on merit.
01:32Tough luck, sir.
01:33Yeah.
01:34Get out of here.
01:34Don't you have any friends of your own?
01:36Now!
01:36Did you hear that?
01:43Rita Howard's New Caledonia.
01:45Wow, what a dame!
01:46She's built like a...
01:47We know, we know, we know.
01:48Oh, boy, is that Binghamton steaming.
01:50Boy, oh, boy.
01:51Guys, this combat fatigue gag is out.
01:54I've just come up with an even better idea.
01:56What are you talking about?
01:56Yeah, what gives, group?
01:57Christy, you've got the best handwriting here, right?
01:59Yeah.
02:00Come on.
02:01We're going to write our own ticket to New Caledonia.
02:04And salute.
02:06We're going to write our own ticket.
02:36We're going to write our own ticket.
02:38did i hear right you cutthroats want me to give you a leave so you can go to new caledonia
03:02i know it's a little irregular going over the skipper's head like this sir but you see
03:06it's a hardship case the only hardship that you bandits will ever face is running out of rackets
03:12now get out of here out out out out yes sir sorry christie i guess you just have to write your
03:18cousin rita in caledonia and tell him the family reunion is off well i guess i can always see her
03:23in hollywood after the war at least you know you tried a trooper like your cousin rita howard knows
03:30the show must go on a minute you do did you say his cousin rita howard the movie star oh no captain
03:38i didn't say that you told and you swore that you would get me chris it slipped out of my mouth
03:43before i could stop do you realize what my life in the space will be now guys will be wanting my
03:48autograph my picture what guys will even be wanting to touch me yeah see i deserve it come on let's get
03:54out of here before you get me in anything now wait a minute wait a minute wait a minute are you
03:59trying to tell me that this cut this uh golden haired boy is a cousin to rita howard the movie star
04:08no captain i didn't say that hey group my cousin's letter it's gone oh is this it
04:16dear cousin george i'm so happy to know that we'll be seeing each other in new caledonia
04:24i can hardly wait to give you a big hug and a kiss from your little sister betty oh please sir
04:30that's very personal first of all i've got a whole day off wednesday to do anything my little heart
04:35desires christopher my boy do you suppose that you could get her little heart to desire to come
04:43here to our little base and put on a little show come on chris don't be so modest you know she'd do
04:50anything for you yeah but how can i ask her now that we can't get our leave who said anything about
04:56you don't did i yeah carpenter did you say anything about don't you say that he didn't say anything
05:00about no are you boys still here why aren't you packing go back with you cousin reed are waiting
05:05kelly back of all the lame brain stunts hold it you swabs but it worked it was a stroke of genius
05:18ah stroke of genius you christy yes sir so all of a sudden you're a movie star's cousin huh
05:24why didn't you go whole hogging and make it rinse tinted
05:28we had to do something if we don't get these souvenirs to new caledonia we'll go bankrupt
05:32yeah i made a great deal with sergeant wajahowski he runs the airstrip control tower there you know
05:36he's giving us three grand for that bunch of junk and what do you think binghamton will give you
05:40if rita harwood doesn't show up yeah i give you 30 days for insubordination and 60 days for false
05:45report and two years for being absent without leave condition red binghamton's gig oh no i hate
05:51i don't hate it for the hills yeah
05:53you come with me
05:57ah captain binghamton sir what a coincidence i was just on my way over to your base sir
06:04never mind the apple polishing mikhail i brought your leaf papers with me
06:08oh and now my boy i might have a little surprise for you when you get back like say another stripe on
06:14that arm ah no no wait a minute captain before this goes any further sir about miss howard sir
06:18you see i know about miss howard mikhail it's no good to try and pretend like she is not
06:22christopher's cousin the cat is out of the bag
06:24well i'll try and find her for you sir must be around here somewhere here
06:27what i meant sir was i don't care what you meant
06:35my boy this is a red letter day in my naval career
06:40you all right don't be nervous now i've invited admiral rogers over here for the show wednesday
06:46and i want to tell you he was delighted he was absolutely delighted admiral rogers
06:50captain you shouldn't have done that i mean uh what was it you see uh what was supposing miss howard
06:55didn't show up yeah you know people get laryngitis and broken legs yes and people also get broken
07:01next plus 60 days in the brig and that's what you're going to get if miss howard doesn't come
07:05here and put on her show wednesday for any reason whatsoever you read me
07:09loud and clear captain yes sir and what are we stalling for it's not polite to keep a lady waiting
07:14shove off get moving move out oh my boy don't hurt yourself cousin rita would never forgive me if you hurt yourself
07:21oh yes yes don't hurt
07:23all right come on let go for that come on let's go let's go
07:29let's get out
07:43wow now that's worth fighting the war for humber humber humber
07:48miss howard on behalf of the brave men of taratuba the fight in this pt base in the south pacific
07:53we'd like all right you guys move on up it's all right corporal i'd like to talk sorry miss howard
07:57kind of prize orders all right come on guys give the boys a hand i'm gonna make a direct run go
08:03ahead right skid all right you guys hold that line like admiral dewey said darn those tort people
08:10i told you guys you can't go in there yeah well now he may be right dewey didn't say anything about
08:15bayonets you guys
08:20gee i'm i'm sorry i hope the boys didn't upset you oh not at all
08:24in fact you'd be surprised how much a thing like this can do for a girl's morale
08:28commander uh mikhail uh quit mikhail ma'am i'm a skipper of the pt-73 out of taratuba
08:34look ma'am i want to be on a level with you you see one of my guys told a whopper to our commanding
08:41officer about you being his cousin oh and uh he also promised that he'd have you on our base tomorrow
08:48and frankly if we don't deliver we'll be fed to the sharks well i certainly couldn't let a thing
08:54like that happen first i'll have to clear it with the brass and then oh colonel prior this is commander
09:00mikhail from taratuba how do you do sir commander we were just discussing the possibility of bringing
09:06our show to his base tomorrow i'm afraid that's hardly practical miss out since we're flying out to
09:10pearl harbor tomorrow i thought i made that perfectly clear to that past binghamton oh yes
09:17sir uh but colonel taratuba wouldn't be too far out of your way uh maybe you could sit down say uh for
09:22about an hour or so negative mikhail now if you will miss hard the general is waiting sorry commander
09:31i guess we can't fight the pentagon bye and good luck uh bye miss howard and thanks for trying
09:41well skip what do we do now yeah if we show up without rita we're dead all on account of that
09:46fink colonel yeah he's another binghamton all right all right he's off you guys i'm trying to think
09:51while you're thinking skip we'll get this stuff over to the airstrip and deliver this junk to
09:54wajahowski at least that'll give us bribing money for the guards back at the bridge
09:58watch a house that's it that's why what is skip hey grub didn't you say that wajahowski was the
10:03control tower operator here right that's how he gets the worldwide delivery for the trinkets you see
10:08he lays out the flight plans of course skip you're beautiful hey great idea skip yeah all we do is
10:17get boji to reroute rita's plane to taratuba what we got to do is to figure out a plan to get that
10:23colonel out of the action while we uh your uncle dudley's done it again
10:44okay everybody up and out yeah to evacuate the plane let's go what are you doing here mcgail
10:50and furthermore what are we doing here oh you had to make an emergency stop colonel welcome to our
10:54tupa ma'am what's the trouble commander epidemic on new caledonia ma'am yes sir they discovered it
11:00right after you left somewhere isn't that right doctor doctor oh yeah well that's why the brand
11:07cookberry fever struck let's move out cookberry fever yes yes that's right the scourge of the
11:13solomon's wife the last time it hit it wiped out thousands millions thousands i didn't think it was a
11:18million all right all right come on let's move out like to say maybe your own just a second now who
11:24the devil are you dr parkage your service sir md dm bbc am and fm now look here doctor whatever your
11:31name is we are not budging
11:45all right
11:58all right everybody line up against the wall let's move it
12:02now see here they're expecting us at pearl harbor in just a few hours
12:06no talking
12:13think that thermometer was in long enough doctor uh oh yes yes it's the latest thing instant mercury
12:20normal oh thank heaven
12:22normal
12:29normal
12:33so normal
12:33normal that's the first symptom yeah
12:36all right everybody back this man may be contagious
12:39all right all you normals i'm sorry
12:41hurry hurry
12:42golly miss howard you don't know how happy i am that you're all right yes my fans would never
12:54forgive me if i die oh cocoa berry fever instant mercury hey you mean you knew it all the time
13:03and you're not sore you'll put on your act for us well i'll never be able to top your act but let's
13:08get the show on the road
13:21welcome to tarotuba miss howard it's the fighting as pt base in the south pacific
13:26well thank you captain captain binghamton isn't it yes yes but my friends call me wally
13:33yes oh oh miss howard may i present to admiral rogers
13:37all the kind of you to stop off here miss howard i don't see how i could have passed it up
13:43she'd do anything for me admiral anything oh and then cousin george cousin george i want
13:49to tell you miss howard this is a fine boy he's almost like a son to me this morning well i'm
13:53sure the whole family would be delighted to hear he's being so well taken care of dear cousin george
14:00family reunions always affect them this way oh yes uh how's that julius i mean uh uncle clary
14:11it sounds like showtime yes gentlemen we can't keep the troops waiting uh i'd better change oh i'll
14:16show you here ma'am right this way oh good good good hi admiral shall we take our seats
14:20sir i want to tell you a man with your background you ought to be at least a chief petty officer
14:29you can't keep me here my plane is due in pearl harbor at 2400 sorry sir doctor's orders you can't
14:36leave until he makes a thorough examination sorry sir can't have your spreading kookaberry
14:40bugs all over the pacific here's the doctor now
14:57well can't be too sterile you know around the hospital
15:00well you never use them in combat anyway
15:17oh no take a look here pardon me boy now where does it hurt where does what hurt i never felt
15:24better in my life oh fine fine classic simpson no pain well now we're just going to take a look
15:30here give me a light please you'll just fly forward face just straight up thanks thank you
15:37i see it it's definitely a marked inflammation of the anterior interior
16:01i'm not mistaken it's a hallucination of the central migraine area
16:12swelling in a low rep glass
16:15eddie's such a young man will you stop mumbling and tell me what this is about
16:20easy easy now colonel mayo clinic wasn't built in a day and i'll tell you something about your
16:24career easy please don't yell i have a headache aspirin please
16:31i'll tell you what this is about
16:33shoot shoot shoot shoot baby shoot you look baby bye bye bye baby
16:43your mama's off to seven seas don't cry baby don't sigh baby bye bye bye baby
16:55wow somebody's
16:57when i come back
16:57when i come back we'll live a laugh at least seems kind of tough now
17:04to say goodbye this way
17:08but mama's got to be rough now so that she can be sweet to you another day bye bye bye baby
17:16Bye, bye, bye, baby.
17:20Oh, don't cry, baby.
17:23Sure, baby.
17:26Your mama's off to the seven seas.
17:34Now, come back, Colonel.
17:36This won't hurt a bit.
17:37Can you see?
17:39There.
17:42Uh, how's the patient getting along, Doctor?
17:44Well, uh, not too good.
17:45We're going to have to put him on a pretty strict diet.
17:47You know, starve of fever, feed of cold.
17:49Oh, exactly.
17:49No, feed of cold, starve of fever.
17:51Oh, poppycock!
17:53I insist you let me up!
17:55Oh, he insists.
17:56I will let him up, too.
17:59McHale?
18:00What kind of doctor is this man?
18:03I've never seen such ridiculous medical procedure in my life.
18:06Oh, I've, uh, oh, well, Colonel, you're probably used to army doctors, sir.
18:10Uh, Dr. Parker here happens to be one of the finest medics in the Navy, sir.
18:14I don't care what he is.
18:15He's not laying another hand on me.
18:17The Pentagon will hear of this.
18:19Now, where's Miss Howard?
18:20And where's our plane?
18:22And where are my clothes?
18:27Guys, guys, come here.
18:29Now, we got to keep him here until I can hustle everyone back onto that plane.
18:35Forgive us.
18:36Hey, Skip, we can't do this.
18:43He's just a colonel.
18:44Why, what do you want us to try?
18:45You can try anything you want.
18:46After all, you're the doctor, aren't you?
18:49Oh, yeah.
18:50Yeah.
18:50Just keep him in that dressing room.
18:52See you later, boys.
18:53Yeah, well, I'm the doctor.
18:59Hi, fellas.
19:03Miss Howard.
19:04Miss Howard is wonderful.
19:05I loved your shoe shoe.
19:06It was marvelous.
19:07Oh, thank you, Captain.
19:08It was awfully kind of you to perform for us, Miss Howard.
19:11We're certainly indebted to you and Colonel Pryor.
19:13Colonel Pryor?
19:14Well, he didn't have anything to do with it, Admiral.
19:16Isn't that right, Cousin George?
19:18Cousin Reed, I mean, if anybody deserves the credit.
19:20By the way, where is the girl?
19:22I thought I heard one of the musicians say he's at the base hospital, sir.
19:24Base hospital?
19:26Well, Binghamton, maybe you'd better get over there and see if there's anything wrong.
19:29Oh, well, I don't think that's necessary, Admiral.
19:31No, I don't think that's necessary either, Admiral.
19:34In fact, I was planning on escorting Rita, Miss Howard, to the officer's club.
19:38Show her a little sample of Taratupa hospitality.
19:40Well, I will attend to that little chore myself.
19:43Meanwhile, you set your course with the hospital and see what's wrong with the colonel.
19:47Howard.
19:48Aye, aye, sir.
19:50Wipe that smile off your face.
19:51Hey, Skip, they're heading for the hospital.
20:03What?
20:04Hey, go!
20:05Don't!
20:06Captain Binghamton, don't go!
20:08Let's get in here, come on.
20:10Get in here!
20:10I command you to let me out!
20:27What is all the screaming about here?
20:28Come on, come on, come on!
20:30Let you mothers of mercy wait up with it!
20:33Well, well, well, well.
20:36Dr. Schweitzer, we meet again.
20:39Yeah, yeah, Schweitzer, yeah.
20:40Well, I get back to the boys in the hut, yeah.
20:43Wait a minute, I'll fall.
20:44Captain, Captain.
20:45Captain has a very simple explanation for all this, yes, sir.
20:48In the name of the United States Army, I demand you open this door!
20:55Who is that in there?
20:57Ho, ho, ho!
21:01Colonel Pryor?
21:04And you're Captain Binghamton, I take it.
21:06Well, I'm glad we had a chance to meet before I personally report you to the Secretary of the Navy!
21:14Why would you report me?
21:15You broke the door.
21:18I'm wise to your little scheme, Binghamton.
21:21Posing this imbecile as a doctor and locking me up so you could put on that show!
21:26You're just as deep as we are now, sir.
21:29How dare you?
21:30How what the hell?
21:31How dare you suggest that this imbecile is not a doctor?
21:36He's one of the top men in his field.
21:38Top men!
21:39Look at this equipment.
21:40Ever see anything like that?
21:41Come off it!
21:42This imposter doesn't know his eyeball from his elbow!
21:46And where the devil in my pants?
21:48Well, now, wait a minute.
21:49I resent that.
21:49Oh, shut up!
21:50I mean, I'll handle this, Doctor.
21:52I'll handle it.
21:53Look here, Colonel.
21:54Look here.
21:55I can personally testify to the ability of this ensign.
21:59This doctor.
22:00That's right, sir.
22:01Well, the captain's a regular patient of this doctor all the time.
22:03Oh, well, yes, sir.
22:04Absolutely, yes, sir.
22:05Of course, he's a bit neurotic, but, look, you expect him a hypochondriac.
22:08Oh!
22:09Oh!
22:10Come right over here, sir.
22:11Sit right down here, sir.
22:12He always imagined something wrong with him.
22:14Yes, sir.
22:15That's it.
22:16Well, we really got something this time.
22:18Primary whiplash of the secondary two-shary.
22:21Splint!
22:21Nothing.
22:24Boss!
22:24Cards!
22:25Nonsense!
22:26Nonsense!
22:42Hey, Skip, it's Admiral Rogers.
22:43He's heading this way.
22:44Admiral Rogers is coming here.
22:46Good!
22:47Then I can press my charges to him directly.
22:50All right, Chuck, Chuck!
23:05Can't be too sterile, sir.
23:14Now, what's going on here, Binghamton?
23:16I was told you were having a little trouble.
23:17Hey, I don't know how.
23:18All right, no, no trouble, sir.
23:20Whatever gave you that idea.
23:22Sir, Colonel Pryor at your service.
23:25I have a long list of serious charges to file against these men.
23:29For openers, they tried to pass off this nitwit Parker as a doctor.
23:36Is that a fact, sir?
23:37Well, Colonel, I'll have you know that Dr. Parker here is one of the finest young medics in my command.
23:42I wouldn't think of having anyone else touch my ulcer.
23:45You wouldn't?
23:47Colonel, I'll give you exactly ten seconds to change your mind and head for that plane.
23:51Or so help me.
23:52By the time it takes you to get there, you'll be a buck private.
23:55Oh, yes, sir.
23:56And put on your pants.
23:58You have a uniform.
24:02Colonel, before you start pressing any charges, Colonel, I want you to know I had nothing to do with this.
24:07Oh, well, then, McHale, I guess you have to take all the credits.
24:13Uh, me, sir?
24:14Certainly.
24:16I have been practically hysterical ever since Miss Howard told me the story.
24:21It's about time someone put that pompous colonel in his place.
24:25Well done, Commander.
24:26Your plan was sheer genius.
24:30Oh, that was good.
24:33Bye-bye, Admiral.
24:34I think I'm going to be sick.
24:39Oh, well, now, don't you worry about a thing, Wally.
24:40It's your doctor.
24:41Ah, wait, wait, wait, we got a house call to make.
24:43Let's go.
24:43All right.
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