LORETTA SWIT HEARD THE CHOPPERS AND SUDDENLY THE LAUGHTER STOPPED.
The sun was beginning to dip behind the Malibu hills, casting long, golden shadows across the patio where two old friends sat. Jamie Farr adjusted his sunglasses, leaning…
THE SCRIPT CALLED FOR ARROGANCE, BUT HE GAVE THEM TRUTH.
Loretta was the one who brought it up first. They were sitting in a small corner booth, the kind of place where the lighting is dim enough to…
JAMIE FARR AND THE HOOP SKIRT CATASTROPHE AT THE 4077TH
The studio lights were dimmed, and the microphones were positioned just inches from our faces. I was sitting across from a young podcast host who had been doing…
THE CANVAS WAS OLD DUST, BUT THE TEARS WERE REAL.
Jamie Farr stood outside the heavy flap of the olive-drab tent, his hand hovering just inches from the fabric. Beside him, Gary Burghoff adjusted his glasses, a nervous…
THE WORLD WATCHED THEM SAY GOODBYE… BUT THEY WEREN’T ACTING.
They sat in the corner of a quiet restaurant in Malibu, far from the noise of the press and the flashbulbs of the awards shows. Loretta Swit leaned…
THE DAY COLONEL POTTER FINALLY BROKE THE MASH OPERATING ROOM
You know, people always ask me about the heavy stuff. They want to know how we handled the emotional weight of those 4077th operating room scenes. And it’s…
THE WORLD SAW AN ELITIST ARISTOCRAT… BUT HE LIVED IN SILENCE
For years, the global audience knew him by a very specific set of mannerisms. He was the man with the silver spoon, the high-brow intellect, and a perceived…
THE SOUND THAT BROUGHT LORETTA SWIT BACK TO THE HELIPAD
The sound started as a low thrum in the distance, a vibration Mike Farrell felt in his teeth before he actually heard it. It was a clear afternoon…
THE DAY KLINGER’S WARDROBE FINALLY DECIDED TO SECEDE FROM THE UNION
“You know, people always ask me about the dresses,” Jamie Farr says, leaning back in his chair. The studio light catches the silver in his hair, but that…
THE ROOM WENT SILENT WHEN THE TEDDY BEAR WAS LEFT BEHIND
They were sitting in a quiet corner of a restaurant in Malibu, far away from the dust of the Santa Monica Mountains. The California sun was dipping low,…