The Ringbanger

"The Ringbanger" was episode sixteen of the first season of the TV series M*A*S*H. It originally aired on January 21, 1973. Hawkeye and Trapper try to have Buzz Brighton (Leslie Nielsen), a colonel with a high casualty record, sent back to America by convincing him that he is insane. Hawkeye and Trapper conspire to take down a colonel who has accumulated twice as many casualties while only gaining as much as half of the ground, marking the first ... more

"The Ringbanger" was episode sixteen of the first season of the TV series M*A*S*H. It originally aired on January 21, 1973. Hawkeye and Trapper try to have Buzz Brighton (Leslie Nielsen), a colonel with a high casualty record, sent back to America by convincing him that he is insane. Hawkeye and Trapper conspire to take down a colonel who has accumulated twice as many casualties while only gaining as much as half of the ground, marking the first of several such attempts from Hawkeye. In an effort to achieve this, they convince him that Frank Burns is a crossdresser and that Henry Blake is an alcoholic who is having a sordid affair with the promiscuous Margaret Houlihan. These stories achieve the purpose of rendering Hawkeye and Trapper the only two people in camp Buzz can be sure are trustworthy. A little manipulation and some conveniently timed events add some apparent proof to these claims. For example, when Buzz is drinking with them in the Swamp, they leave a pair of gold high... less