THE DAY THE LAUGHTER STOPPED AT THE 4077TH RANCH.
They sat together in a quiet corner of a garden in Southern California, two people who had once lived a thousand lives in a place that didn’t exist….
THE DAY THE GOLD LAME MET THE MALIBU MUD
So there I was, sitting on a fold-out chair on a stage in a drafty hotel ballroom, looking out at a sea of fatigue jackets and fishing hats….
THE WORLD SAW AN ARISTOCRAT… BUT HE LIVED IN A SILENT PRISON
The sound of the helicopters was a constant. On the set of the most popular show in America, the noise was everywhere—the banter, the laughter, the scripted chaos…
JAMIE FARR AND LORETTA SWIT HEARD A SOUND FROM THE SKY
The Malibu hills have a way of holding onto the heat long after the sun begins its slow dip toward the Pacific. It is a dry, golden heat…
THE FINAL SALUTE WAS REAL… AND NEITHER OF THEM COULD STOP.
The coffee had gone cold in the ceramic mugs, but neither of them seemed to notice. Jamie Farr sat across from Loretta Swit in a quiet corner of…
ALAN ALDA REVEALS THE DISGUSTING SURGERY PRANK THAT NEARLY SHUT DOWN PRODUCTION
You know, people always ask me about the “spirit” of the MAS*H set. They want to know if it was all as heavy and profound as the final…
THE WORLD’S FAVORITE SURGEON… BUT HIS OWN LIFE HUNG BY A THREAD
The air in the Andes was thin, crisp, and entirely indifferent to the man struggling to breathe it. Alan Alda wasn’t the cynical, fast-talking captain from the 4077th…
THE JEEP WAS JUST A PROP UNTIL JAMIE FARR TOUCHED THE WHEEL.
It sat in the corner of a quiet warehouse in California, a shade of olive drab that time couldn’t quite erase. The white star on the hood was…
TV’S MOST ARROGANT ARISTOCRAT… BUT HIS REAL LIFE WAS A QUIET CAGE
The voice was his greatest asset and his most effective shield. It was a rich, chocolatey baritone that seemed to carry the weight of centuries of New England…
THE DAY CORPORAL KLINGER BROKE THE TOUGHEST COLONEL IN KOREA
I was sitting in this small, soundproof booth in Los Angeles, the kind of place where the air feels a little too still and the coffee is always…