Adam's Ribs
“Adam’s Ribs” is the eleventh episode of the third season of M*A*S*H, and fifty-ninth overall. The episode premiered Tuesday, November 26, 1974, on CBS.
The title of the episode is based on the name of a fictional restaurant in Chicago and is also a play on the biblical story of Adam's rib.
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