April Fools

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I really liked this episode because it's one of those rare episodes where they all seem to be enjoying each other, i.e. there's a nice sense of camaraderie. In the beginning, there's the good-natured pratical joking, Charles getting hit with the fake can of pralines and saying, "The tragedy of it is there are no pralines." And then Charles stuffing dead minnows in Margaret's coat pockets. What a great joke! And then when she screams at whoever did it, Charles plays at being upset by going, "They were alive when I put them in there, you killed them!"

And then Margaret's pranks were equally hilarious. With BJ, there was the tobasco sauce in his toothpaste, then with Hawkeye, the oatmeal in his boots. Her prank on Charles was probably the best; writing 'Kilroy' on his forehead. I only wish we could've seen that. A funny reference to an old WWII joke wherein 'Kilroy Was Here' was painted all over various locations.

And then when that Colonel is pretending to hate them, I love how the four of them band together to go out with a bang. Thought I'd post some caps I took as well:






"Who put dead minnows in my coat pockets?!" "They were alive when I put them in there! You killed them!"


'Kilroy' painted on Charles's head








This was when the Colonel "insulted" Margaret by saying he hardly needed the help of a woman. While BJ and Hawkeye look fairly surprised and indignant by his comment, Charles looks positively angry. Quite a look of vitriol

[Kay4077]

Wow, I'm amazed we didn't have a thread on this already, it's such a terrific episode - certainly one of my faves. There are some wonderful lines ("Beware the perils of praline!"), and I love seeing the four of them form the sort of friendly 'gang' that could never have existed while Frank was there.
Charles' pretended outrage about the minnows is priceless, and I love his reaction when asked about getting their own back on the Colonel - childish, silly etc etc and "when do we nail the swine?"
Great stuff!

[Louise]

If people say Charles was the same all the way through the series then they should watch this episode. He was 'one of the gang' and the very early Charles wouldn't have joined in like he did in this episode.

[stanford9]

This is one of my all-time favorite episodes. And we can't forget Klinger, dressed like Cleopatra, yelling "I want my mummy!" One of my very favorite Klinger lines (and outfits, lol!)