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…

JAMIE FARR REVEALS THE HILARIOUS COSTUME MALFUNCTION THAT RUINED A PERFECT TAKE

  I was sitting in a small, quiet studio for one of those career-retrospective interviews, the kind where they have the nice lighting and the soft chairs that…

TELEVISION’S MOST POMPOUS ELITIST… BUT HIS TRUTH WAS A QUIET SOLITUDE

  For years, the world knew him as the ultimate aristocrat. He was the man who brought a taste of the Boston Brahmin to a muddy tent in…

THE SEQUINED DISASTER AT THE FOUR ZERO SEVENTY SEVENTH

The stage was lit with that soft, nostalgic amber glow you only see at these “Evening with the Stars” events. Jamie Farr sat there, leaning back in a…

THE WORLD’S FAVORITE ETERNAL CORPORAL… BUT THE FATHER WAS FADING FAST

By the mid-1970s, stage 9 at 20th Century Fox had become a sort of sacred ground. The air was always thick with a specific kind of artificial dust,…

THE NIGHT LORETTA SWIT SAW THE “COOLEST” ACTOR ON MASH FINALLY BREAK

Loretta Swit leaned back in her chair, the soft light of the restaurant catching the familiar spark in her eyes. Across from her, Jamie Farr stirred his coffee,…