THE DAY COLONEL KLINK INSPECTED A NEW YORK STEAKHOUSE SOUP
The studio lights were always a bit too bright for Werner Klemperer, a man who had spent much of his life in the dim, dignified halls of opera…
THE OLD BARRACKS WERE SILENT UNTIL THEY STEPPED INSIDE AGAIN
He stood by the heavy wooden door, his hand resting on a frame that shouldn’t have been there anymore. The air in the studio lot was thick with…
THE BUNKER ENTRANCE WAS JUST PLYWOOD… UNTIL HE STEPPED INSIDE
The sun was setting over the old Desilu-Culver backlot, casting long, skeletal shadows through the gaps in the weathered wood of the barracks. Richard Dawson adjusted the collar…
THE DAY SCHULTZ TRIED TO EAT THE COMMANDANT’S SECRET BOXING GLOVE
Werner Klemperer is sitting in a brightly lit studio, years after the final “dismissed” was barked on the set of Stalag 13. He’s leaning back, his hands folded…
THE DAY THE GERMAN UNIFORM FINALLY GAVE UP
The host leans into the microphone, his voice dropping an octave as he looks across the table at Richard Dawson. We are sitting in a dimly lit studio,…
THE DAY THE MONOCLE FINALLY WON THE WAR AGAINST COLONEL KLINK
The studio lights were a bit warmer than Werner Klemperer usually liked, but he sat there with the same straight-backed poise that had defined his career. He was…
THE DAY COLONEL KLINK LOST HIS VISION IN THE SOUP
The studio lights in the podcast booth were a lot softer than the ones Werner Klemperer had lived under for six seasons at Paramount, but the memories were…
FORTY YEARS LATER THE ENGINE STARTED AND THE MEMORIES FLOODED BACK
The sun was setting over the craggy hills, casting long, sharp shadows across the parking lot of Malibu Creek State Park. Two men stood near a cluster of…
HE STOOD THERE IN THE DUST… AND NEITHER OF THEM COULD LOOK AWAY.
The sun was beginning to dip below the ridge of the Malibu Hills, casting long, amber shadows across the dry brush. Two men stood on a patch of…
JAMIE FARR AND LORETTA SWIT REMEMBER THE NIGHT THE LAUGHTER DIED
It was a quiet dinner in a corner of Los Angeles, decades after the dust of the Malibu ranch had settled into their bones. Jamie sat across from…