LORETTA SWIT TOUCHED THE CANVAS AND THE WORLD STOOD STILL.
It started as a quiet afternoon under the relentless California sun. The kind of day where the heat ripples off the pavement and everything feels a little too…
LORETTA SWIT STILL REMEMBERS THE DAY THE MUSIC STOPPED IN KOREA
Loretta sat across from Gary, the soft light of the hotel lobby catching the silver in his hair. They weren’t in Korea anymore, and they certainly weren’t in…
TV’S MOST ARROGANT INTELLECTUAL… BUT HE LIVED A QUIET REVOLUTION
When the cameras were rolling on the set of the most successful sitcom in history, David Ogden Stiers was the definition of upper-crust rigidity. He played Major Charles…
THE DAY THE COLONEL ALMOST BROKE KLINGER FOR GOOD
It was about three years ago at one of those big anniversary panels. The kind where the whole remaining cast sits on a stage in front of a…
THE HELICOPTERS STOPPED FLYING, BUT THE NOISE NEVER LEFT THEM.
The sun over the Malibu hills has a way of bleaching the world into a pale, dusty gold. It’s a specific kind of light that Mike Farrell and…
THE WISEST DOCTOR ON TELEVISION… BUT HIS REAL POWER WAS WATCHING
The set of MAS*H was often a place of controlled chaos. It was a production defined by high energy, rapid-fire dialogue, and the constant, dry heat of the…
THE GOODBYE SCRIPT SAID ONE THING BUT THEIR HEARTS SAID ANOTHER
It was a Tuesday afternoon in a quiet corner of Los Angeles when Jamie Farr leaned across the table. He was looking at Loretta Swit, the woman the…
THE DAY THE PINK MARSHMALLOW EXPLODED ON THE SET OF MASH
I am sitting on a stage in a hotel ballroom, looking out at a sea of faces that have followed me for decades. It is one of those…
THE LETTER GARY BURGHOFF READ WAS NEVER ACTUALLY IN THE SCRIPT.
The light was fading over the California hills, that particular shade of gold that makes everything look like a photograph from 1974. Gary sat on the porch, his…
THEY THOUGHT THE WAR WAS OVER IN 1983. THEN THE CHOPPER RETURNED.
The sun was beginning to dip behind the jagged peaks of the Santa Monica Mountains, casting long, amber shadows across the dusty trail. Mike Farrell leaned against a…