TV’S FAVORITE INNOCENT… BUT THE MAN CRAVED THE WILD
The world saw a boy who never grew up. They saw the oversized glasses, the knitted cap pulled low even in the California heat, and the worn teddy…
HARRY MORGAN SAW THE OLD JEEP AND SUDDENLY THE WAR RETURNED
Harry Morgan always walked with a certain quiet authority, even long after the cameras had stopped rolling and the sets had been struck. He had that unmistakable old-school…
WHEN DAVID OGDEN STIERS STOPPED ACTING DURING THE FINAL GOODBY
Loretta Swit sat in a quiet chair, the kind of stillness that only comes with age and a thousand memories. She was thinking about a man who wasn’t…
JAMIE FARR REVEALS THE ONE COSTUME THAT BROKE THE MASH CAST
I am sitting on a brightly lit stage at a fan convention in Las Vegas, surrounded by the hum of a thousand voices and the smell of expensive…
GARY BURGHOFF HEARD IT FIRST… BUT LORETTA SWIT FELT IT.
The sun was beating down on the dry, golden hills of Malibu Creek State Park just like it did in 1972. Gary Burghoff stood near the spot where…
LORETTA SAW A SIDE OF COLONEL POTTER NO ONE EXPECTED
The lunch was quiet, the kind of silence that only exists between people who have known each other for forty years. Loretta Swit sat across from Harry Morgan,…
THE DAY MAXWELL KLINGER ALMOST LOST HIS LADY IN THE MUD
You know, people always ask me if I kept the dresses. They think there is a giant walk-in closet in my house filled with sequins and chiffon. I…
TV’S MOST INNOCENT SOLDIER… BUT HIS HEART BELONGED TO THE WILD
The 4077th was a place of noise. There was the constant, rhythmic thumping of helicopter blades, the shouting of orders, and the canned laughter that followed every wisecrack…
THE SOUND OF THE ROTORS STILL MAKES LORETTA SWIT STOP COLD.
The sun was beginning to dip behind the jagged peaks of the Santa Monica Mountains. It is a specific kind of light that only hits the Malibu hills…
THE FINAL SALUTE THAT BROKE THE HEART OF COLONEL POTTER
Loretta Swit still pauses when she hears the distant thump of a helicopter, even decades after the cameras stopped rolling. It’s a ghost of a memory that refuses…