Fade Out, Fade In
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- This is an article about an episode of the television series M*A*S*H. For the Betty Comden-Adolph Green-Jule Styne musical with the same name, see Fade Out - Fade In.
| M*A*S*H episode | |
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| “Fade In, Fade Out” | |
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| Episode no. | Season 6 Episode 1 (121st overall) |
| Guest star(s) | Kimiko Hiroshige (Korean Woman) , Raymond Singer (Dr. Berman) , Tom Stovall (The Sergeant) , Rick Hurst (Schaeffer) , Robert Symonds (Colonel Horace Baldwin) , William Flatley (M.P. Sergeant) , Joseph Burns (Joseph Burns) , Barbara James (Nurse) |
| Writer(s) | Jim Fritzell, Everett Greenbaum |
| Director | Hy Averback |
| Production no. | Y101 |
| Original airdate | September 20, 1977 (US) |
| Episode chronology | |
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"Fade In, Fade Out" was the 121st episode of the M*A*S*H television series, and the debut of the sixth season of the series. First aired as an hour-long special episode on September 20, 1977 and repeated as half-hour 2-parters on March 13 and 20, 1978, "Fade In, Fade Out" was most notable for its off-screen departure of the character of Major Frank "Ferret Face" Burns (played by Larry Linville) and replacement of same by Major Charles Emerson Winchester III (played by David Ogden Stiers).
| M*A*S*H | |
|---|---|
| Film: | MASH |
| TV series: | M*A*S*H | Trapper John, M.D. | AfterMASH | W*A*L*T*E*R |
| Characters: |
Hawkeye Pierce | Trapper John McIntyre | Duke Forrest | B.J. Hunnicutt | Henry Blake | Sherman T. Potter | Frank Burns | Margaret Houlihan | Charles Winchester | Radar O'Reilly | Father Mulcahy | Maxwell Klinger | Igor Straminsky | Luther Rizzo | Sidney Freedman | Col. Flagg | Spearchucker Jones | Ugly John | Walter Koskiusko Waldowski | Ho-Jon | Lieutenant Dish | Donald Penobscot |
| Episodes: | Season 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
| Books: | M*A*S*H: A Novel About Three Army Doctors | M*A*S*H Goes to Maine |
| Related material: | Guest stars | Differences between book, film and TV versions of M*A*S*H | Suicide Is Painless |
