The Longjohn Flap autobiography, "Never Have Your Dog Stuffed: and Other Things I've Learned", Alan Alda says that for this episode, he borrowed the structure from "La Ronde". "In my version, the object that's passed from couple to couple is a pair of long johns during a cold spell in the Korean winter." The Longjohn Flap "The Longjohn Flap" was episode #19 of the first season of the TV series "M*A*S*H". It originally aired on February 18, 1973 and was the first episode of "M*A*S*H" to be written by series star Alan Alda. In the middle of a cold snap, Hawkeye receives a
Things I Never Told You Don musing about what he would tell Ann if he saw her while he sits on a park bench. A woman walks by, looks at him, sits down, and smiles at him. He looks up and sees it is Ann. Before the credits roll, we hear a voice-over of Don saying again, "Anything can happen." "Things I Never Told You" received generally positive reviews from film critics. As of March 2013, review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes has scored a 79% rating, with an average rating of 3.9 out of 5, based on 322 reviews. The film has won 8 awards: Things