THE WORLD SAW A TOUGH MAJOR… BUT LORETTA SWIT WAS BREAKING.
Loretta sits across from G.W. Bailey, the steam from their coffee rising like the morning mist over the Malibu hills they once called home. The years have been…
THE WORLD’S FAVORITE CORPORAL… BUT THE NOISE WAS TEARING HIM APART
The set of MAS*H was a place of high-stakes paradox. To the millions of people watching at home, it was a sanctuary of humor and heart amidst the…
THEY CALLED IT A COMEDY BUT LORETTA SWIT REMEMBERS THE SILENCE
The air in the temperature-controlled archive was thin and smelled of cedar and sterile preservation. Loretta Swit walked slowly past the rows of hanging garments, her heels clicking…
JAMIE FARR AND LORETTA SWIT REVEAL THE FINALE’S HARDEST MOMENT
The room was quiet, the kind of heavy silence that only happens between people who have known each other for half a lifetime. They were sitting in a…
THE DAY THE WEDDING DRESS TOOK OVER THE RANCH
The fan at the back of the crowded convention hall leaned into the microphone, her voice trembling slightly with excitement. Jamie, of all the dozens of outfits and…
THE REFINED ARISTOCRAT… BUT HIS GREATEST TRUTH REMAINED UNSPOKEN FOR DECADES
To the world, he was the embodiment of upper-crust rigidity. He was the man who brought a portable record player to a war zone so he could listen…
JAMIE FARR RECALLS THE ABSURDITY OF RUNNING IN A WEDDING DRESS
I was sitting on a stage at one of those nostalgia conventions a few years back, just soaking in the energy of the crowd. A young man in…
THE HELICOPTER FADED AWAY BUT LORETTA SWIT COULDN’T STOP CRYING.
Loretta Swit sat in a quiet room across from Jamie Farr, the afternoon sun catching the silver in their hair. They weren’t in the dust of Malibu anymore….
THE SOUND IN THE CANYON STOPPED GARY BURGHOFF DEAD IN HIS TRACKS.
The hills of Malibu don’t change much, even when the men walking them have grayed at the temples. Jamie Farr stood on a patch of dry, golden grass,…
THE WORLD’S MOST ARROGANT ARISTOCRAT… BUT HIS GREATEST TRUTH REMAINED HIDDEN
David Ogden Stiers arrived on the set of the most popular show in America as a replacement for a beloved character. He didn’t just fill a gap; he…