A traveling USO troupe comes to the unit when one of them, Marina (Gail Edwards), ends up being a patient, and the troupe ends up entertaining the unit.
Attention all personnel! Fast Freddie would like to use the following tropes for his act:
- Actually Pretty Funny: Despite the fact he thinks Freddie's jokes are dumb, Charles admits he can't help but laugh at them.
- Break the Haughty: Once again, Charles - he's dismissive of Ellie's talents, until she reveals she went to Juilliard and can play all of the classical music that he loves. She just can't make a living at it, which is why she's in the USO troupe in the first place.
- Florence Nightingale Effect: Averted — while Marina does fall in love with Hawkeye after he operates on her, Hawkeye, usually The Casanova, gently turns her down.
- Hurricane of Puns: Freddie's preferred brand of comedy, and it turns out to be Klinger's brand of comedy as well.
- Ruptured Appendix: Marina suffering from this is what kicks the plot of the episode into motion.
- Shout-Out: Freddie is in a hurry to leave the 4077th because he has the act booked on The Toast of the Town, which was the original version of The Ed Sullivan Show.
- Stealth Pun: When calling the 8063rd to help out Sarah, Father Mulcahy speaks with the company chaplain there, whom he calls by his first name, "Charlie."
- The Tag: Hawkeye and B.J. agree to let Klinger into the swamp on the condition he doesn't tell any more dumb jokes, which Klinger agrees to. Instead, he starts playing an accordion.
- Tragic Keepsake: Sarah, one of the troupe members, tries to get a pair of ballet shoes belonging to her dead brother, (killed in combat). They were a gift from her brother's fiancée.
- Unresolved Sexual Tension: Between Col. Potter and Brandy. He ends up falling asleep in his tent before they do anything about it.
- Wrote the Book: Hawkeye jokes about this when assuring Marina.Capt. Benjamin Franklin "Hawkeye" Pierce: That's right up my alley, I wrote the book on the appendix. I even wrote the appendix, but they took that out.
