W*A*L*T*E*R

W*A*L*T*E*R
Created byLarry Gelbart
Gene Reynolds
Based onWalter O'Reilly
by Richard Hooker
Written byBob Weiskopf
Bob Schiller
Everett Greenbaum
Directed byBill Bixby
StarringGary Burghoff
Ray Buktenica
Victoria Jackson
Noble Willingham
Music byPatrick Williams
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes1
Production
Executive producersBob Schiller
Bob Weiskopf
Michael Zinberg
ProducerMichael Zinberg
CinematographyWilliam Jurgensen
EditorsStanford Tischler
Noel Rogers
Running time30 minute pilot / CBS Special Presentation
Production company20th Century Fox Television
Original release
NetworkCBS
ReleaseJuly 17, 1984 (1984-07-17)
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W*A*L*T*E*R is a 1984 American television pilot for the third spin-off of M*A*S*H that was never picked up. It starred Gary Burghoff, who reprised his M*A*S*H character.[1]

The episode chronicles the adventures of Corporal Walter "Radar" O'Reilly after he returns home from the Korean War. He is no longer calling himself "Radar" and has moved away from Iowa after he sent his mother to live with his aunt. Settling in St. Louis, Missouri, by the beginning of the series, he has become a police officer.[2][3][4]

  1. ^ Walter pilot episode, 1984, retrieved 2021-07-03
  2. ^ David Scott Diffrient, M*A*S*H (Wayne State University Press, 2008), ISBN 978-0814335529, p. 142. Excerpts available at Google Books.
  3. ^ Vincent Terrace, Encyclopedia of Television Pilots, 1937-2012 (McFarland & Company, 2013), ISBN 978-1476602493, p. 316. Excerpts available at Google Books.
  4. ^ Maçek III, J.C. (12 January 2017). "What Happens When Happy Shows Turn All X-Files on You?". PopMatters.

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