The collective facial expressions of the other 'audience members', all of which amount to 'Um, well, actually Padre, that might not be a good idea.', are hilarious, as is Mulcahy's expression when it dawns on him that they are not, in fact, listening to an episode of The Battling Bickersons, note A 1940s radio comedy series starring Don Ameche and Frances Longford as perennially arguing married couple John and Blanche Bickerson. Father Mulcahy sees the crowd gathered around the radio and asks if he can join them.When Burns and Houlihan are getting it on in her tent, Radar puts a microphone under her cot and hooks it up to the radio outside Henry's office.note This line was ad-libbed by Rene Auberjonois during a read-through the directors liked it so much they told him to keep it. Houlihan: I wonder how a degenerated person like that could have reached a position of responsibility in the Army Medical Corps?įather Mulcahy: He was drafted.
