THEY LAUGHED IN STALAG 13 BUT THE GRAVEL TOLD A DIFFERENT STORY
The sun was beginning to dip behind the hills of Culver City, casting long, skeletal shadows across the empty lot where a world once lived. Robert Clary walked…
THE DAY SCHULTZ GOT TETHERED TO THE BARRACKS DOOR
It is a warm Saturday afternoon at a crowded nostalgia convention in Burbank, and the air is thick with the scent of popcorn and old movie posters. Robert…
THE DAY COLONEL KLINK FINALLY LOST HIS COOL ON THE SET
The studio lights were always a bit too bright for a man who preferred the dim, cultured atmosphere of an opera house. Werner Klemperer sat across from the…
THE SERGEANT WHO SAW ABSOLUTELY NOTHING AT ALL
The studio lights were always a bit too bright for my taste, even after all those years in front of the camera. I remember sitting there on that…
THE DAY COLONEL KLINK LOST HIS DIGNITY IN A CUP OF COFFEE
It was one of those late-night talk show appearances in the late eighties, the kind where the host is leaning in with genuine curiosity and the audience is…
THE DAY SERGEANT SCHULTZ FINALLY LOST HIS PANTS ON SET
The theater was packed for the final afternoon of the nostalgia convention. Robert Clary sat on the velvet-draped stage, looking much smaller than he did on the television…
THEY THOUGHT THE CAMERAS WERE OFF, BUT THE TEARS WERE REAL.
The sun was beginning to dip behind the rolling hills of Malibu, casting long, golden shadows across the dry brush. It is a quiet place now, far removed…
THE DAY COLONEL POTTER TOTALLY LOST HIS COMPOSURE IN THE SURGERY TENT
The soft hum of the air conditioning in the podcast studio is the only sound for a brief moment as the levels are set. Alan Alda, lean and…
THE SOUND IN THE CANYON THAT BROUGHT MIKE FARRELL TO TEARS
The dust in the Santa Monica Mountains has a way of staying in your lungs long after you have left the trail. Mike Farrell stood there, shielding his…
THE DAY THE MALIBU MUCK CLAIMED KLINGER’S DIGNITY AND A VELVET DRESS
I was sitting across from Jamie Farr in a quiet studio in Los Angeles a few years ago. He was doing a series of retrospective interviews about the…