THE DAY NEWKIRK LOST HIS COOL ON THE HOGAN’S HEROES SET
The studio lights were a bit softer than they used to be back in the sixties, and Richard Dawson sat back in the armchair with that familiar, mischievous…
THE DAY COLONEL KLINK MET HIS MATCH IN THE REAL WORLD
I remember sitting in a small, dimly lit studio for one of those late-career retrospectives, the kind where the host treats you like a museum exhibit that can…
SIGRID VALDIS REVEALS THE HILARIOUS REASON FANS THOUGHT BOB CRANE WAS CHEATING
The lights were bright, and the room was quiet, except for the soft hum of the camera. I was sitting there, looking at a stack of old production…
THE UNCONTROLLABLE LAUGHTER OF COLONEL POTTER ON THE MASH SET
I am sitting here in my study today, looking at a stack of mail that seems to grow faster than I can read it. Most of it is…
HOW ALAN ALDA FELL ASLEEP DURING HIS OWN OPERATING ROOM SCENE
We were sitting in this tiny, soundproof booth in New York, and the podcast host leaned in with that look they get when they think they’ve found a…
HARRY MORGAN’S SURREAL PERFORMANCE THAT NEARLY BROKE THE 4077TH CAST
I was sitting in the studio for an episode of my podcast, Clear+Vivid, and a listener sent in a question that really took me back. They asked if…
THE DAY THE SWAMP FINALLY BROKE THE DIGNITY OF CHARLES EMERSON WINCHESTER
The interviewer leaned back in the leather chair, a soft smile playing on his lips as he looked across the table at the man with the resonant, Shakespearean…
THE CHOPPER BLADES NEVER STOPPED SPINNING IN LORETTA SWIT’S HEART.
The dust in Malibu Creek hasn’t really changed in forty years. It is a specific kind of California dust—fine, pale, and persistent. It clings to your shoes and…
THE SOUND THAT STILL MAKES LORETTA SWIT STOP IN HER TRACKS
The sun was beating down on the dry, golden hills of Malibu Creek State Park, the kind of heat that stays in your bones long after you’ve stepped…
JAMIE FARR AND THE DAY THE HOOP SKIRT DECLARED WAR ON KOREA
The interviewer leans forward, shifting his notes, and looks at Jamie Farr with a look of genuine curiosity. He asks if there was ever a moment during the…