THE ARISTOCRATIC SURGEON ON SCREEN… BUT HE HID A HEARTFELT TRUTH
He was the man who brought Mahler and Mozart to a muddy camp in Korea. To the world, David Ogden Stiers was the personification of high-born dignity. He…
HARRY MORGAN RECALLS THE NIGHT THE MASH CAST LOST THEIR MINDS
You know, people always saw Colonel Potter as this rock-solid, tough-as-nails horse soldier. And I suppose that’s exactly what I wanted them to see when the red light…
THE FINAL HUG IN THE DUST THAT NEVER REALLY ENDED.
The restaurant was quiet, the kind of place where the lighting is soft enough to hide the lines that time carves into a face. Jamie sat across from…
THE MOMENT HARRY MORGAN FINALLY CRACKED AND BROKE THE ENTIRE SET
I was sitting in the studio for an episode of my podcast, Clear+Vivid, and the guest asked me a question I didn’t see coming. They wanted to know…
THE ARROGANT SURGEON… BUT HIS HARDEST ROLE WAS A LIFELONG SILENCE
The world knew him as a man of refined tastes, a lover of Ravel and Mozart who carried himself with a rigid, blue-blooded posture that seemed to look…
THEY THOUGHT IT WAS JUST A PROP UNTIL THE ENGINE STARTED.
The sun was dipping low over the Santa Monica Mountains, casting long, amber shadows across the dusty trails of Malibu Creek State Park. Loretta Swit stood where the…
THE DAY COLONEL POTTER FINALLY LOST HIS COOL ON THE MASH SET
I was sitting there in that high-backed leather chair, the kind they only put you in when they want to archive every single breath you take for television…
THE CHOPPERS KEPT FLYING LONG AFTER THE CAMERAS STOPPED ROLLING.
Gary Burghoff didn’t need to look up to know what was coming. He felt it in the vibration of his coffee cup before he heard the first blade…
JAMIE FARR RECALLS THE INFAMOUS KLINGER MUD DIVE ON SET
I was sitting in this small, soundproofed booth for a podcast interview a few months back, and the host leaned in with that look they always get when…
LORETTA SWIT HEARD THE CHOPPER… AND GARY BURGHOFF FINALLY KNEW WHY.
The afternoon sun was leaning heavy against the hills of Malibu, casting long, golden shadows that looked exactly like the ones from 1972. Loretta Swit sat on the…