HOW ALAN ALDA ACCIDENTALLY STARTED A WAR WITH THE MASH PROP DEPARTMENT
The microphone was settled between us, and the studio lights had that warm, low glow that usually makes people forget they are being recorded. We were about forty…
THE ARMY JEEP WAS JUST A PROP… UNTIL TWO OLD FRIENDS CLIMBED INSIDE.
The old hangar in California was mostly silent, filled with the scent of motor oil, dust, and aging canvas. Mike Farrell stood near the entrance, adjusting his jacket…
THAT ONE TIME ALAN ALDA COMPLETELY FORGOT HOW TO SURGEON
People always ask me about the heavy, emotional episodes of MAS*H, the ones that really made audiences cry. But when I look back at those eleven years in…
THE OLD SWAMP PROP LURKING IN STORAGE CHANGED EVERYTHING FOR MIKE FARRELL.
The dusty warehouse in California was filled with forgotten pieces of television history. Mike Farrell was just looking for a misplaced photo when his hand brushed against something…
THE DAY THE MASH MESS TENT CAME CRASHING DOWN AROUND US
We were sitting around a table at a cast reunion panel discussion a few years back, just looking at old production stills, when someone held up a photo…
THEY SPENT DECADES LAUGHING TOGETHER, BUT ONE HELICOPTER BLADE CHANGED EVERYTHING.
The Malibu Creek sun was beating down on the dry brush, casting the exact same long shadows it did forty years ago. Mike Farrell and Jamie Farr stood…
THE DIRECTOR WANTED A JOKE… BUT MIKE FARRELL COULDN’T STOP CRYING.
It was past midnight on Stage 9, and the temperature inside the Fox lot had plummeted. The studio lights were blinding, casting long, sharp shadows across the makeshift…
THE DAY ALAN ALDA UNWITTINGLY TURNED A TRAGIC MASH SCENE INTO PURE CHAOS
We were sitting in a quiet recording studio for a podcast retrospective, just swapping old television memories, when the host brought up a specific fan letter from decades…
THE CHOPPER SOUND WASN’T IN THE SCRIPT, BUT IT CHANGED GARY BURGHOFF FOREVER.
The Malibu Hills were completely silent, except for the dry wind brushing through the canyon brush. Two men stood near the old concrete pad where the helipad used…
WHEN THE MASH CAMERAS STOPPED, LORETTA SWIT KNEW SOMETHING HAD CHANGED.
It was a Tuesday afternoon under the heavy canvas of the Malibu ranch, and the California sun was beating down unmercifully on the tents. The actors were exhausted,…