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 and Other Things on CD in 2003 by Collectors' Choice. In his Allmusic review, critic Lindsay Palmer wrote "...the artist's popularity would turn this seemingly monetarily-motivated odds and sods collection into a relatively successful package for the label. The dozen songs were taken from practically as many different sessions, some of which date back over a four-year span (1958 -- 1961)... Although stylistically eclectic, the material hangs together to offer an overview of the musical diversity that had become one of his strongest suits." All songs by Bobby Darin unless otherwise noted. Things and Other Things Things and Other Things is an album