HARRY MORGAN KNEW THE TEARS IN THE FINALE WEREN’T ACTING.
The studio lights were a lot brighter than the sun over the Malibu Creek State Park ever was. Harry Morgan sat in a plush armchair, his back still…
THE DAY KLINGER LOST A WAR WITH A WEDDING DRESS
I remember sitting on a brightly lit stage in a crowded hotel ballroom a few years ago. The air was thick with the scent of coffee and nostalgia….
GARY BURGHOFF SAT IN THE JEEP AND SUDDENLY THE LAUGHTER STOPPED.
The sun over Malibu Creek State Park doesn’t feel like California today. For two men walking through the tall, dry grass, it feels like a ghost of a…
THE MOMENT RADAR LEFT… AND THE CAST STOPPED ACTING
The room was quiet, the kind of heavy silence that only exists between people who have known each other for fifty years. Gary sat across from Loretta, the…
THE TIME THE DYING SOLDIER FELL ASLEEP DURING SURGERY
I was sitting across from a very bright podcast host recently who asked me a question I hadn’t heard in at least a decade. Usually, people want to…
TV’S MOST FAMOUS CHILD… BUT HE WAS DESPERATE TO GROW UP
The 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital was more than just a television set in the hills of Malibu; it was a cultural phenomenon that dictated the heartbeat of…
THE SCENE THAT FINALLY BROKE MARGARET HOULIHAN’S TOUGH EXTERIOR.
Loretta and Jamie were sitting in the corner of a quiet, dimly lit restaurant in Los Angeles. The world outside was loud and hurried, but at their table,…
THE LEGENDARY SURGICAL GIGGLES THAT SHATTERED THE MASH FILM SET
I was sitting across from this young kid, a talented actor who’s just starting to make his mark in the industry, and he leaned in with this very…
THE JEEP WASN’T JUST A PROP… IT WAS THEIR TIME MACHINE.
The Malibu sun was different back then, sharper somehow, cutting through the morning fog that clung to the canyons like a heavy wet blanket. It was a light…
THE DAY CORPORAL KLINGER BROKE THE TOUGHEST COLONEL IN THE ARMY
I was sitting on a stage in a drafty convention center a few years ago, looking out at a sea of camouflage hats and MAS*H t-shirts. The lighting…