HARRY MORGAN WASN’T ACTING IN THAT SCENE… HE WAS GRIEVING A FRIEND.
The afternoon sun was casting long, amber shadows across the patio as Loretta Swit watched the man she had called “Colonel” for so many years. Harry Morgan sat…
THE DAY TRAPPER JOHN LOST HIS COOL OVER A SURGICAL SLIP
It was a late afternoon in a quiet studio, decades after the swamp had been packed away and the olive drab fatigues had been retired to a museum….
JAMIE FARR RECALLS THE MOST TERRIFYING ENCOUNTER WITH COLONEL POTTER
I remember sitting on that stage during the 30th-anniversary reunion, looking out at a sea of fans who had grown up with us. A young man in the…
TV’S MOST ARROGANT ARISTOCRAT… BUT HE HID A FRAGILE TRUTH
The voice was unmistakable. It was a rich, mid-Atlantic baritone that seemed to vibrate with a natural authority and a touch of upper-class disdain. For years, the world…
THE DAY RADAR OREILLY HEARD SOMETHING MUCH WORSE THAN CHOPPERS
Host: “So Gary, I have to ask. We all grew up watching you tilt your head, freeze the entire camp with a look, and mutter ‘Choppers.’ It became…
JAMIE FARR REVEALS THE MOMENT REAL SOLDIERS SAW HIS WEDDING DRESS
The studio lights were a bit softer than the harsh California sun Jamie Farr remembered from the seventies, but the sparkle in his eyes hadn’t dimmed a bit….
TV’S MOST POMPOUS ARISTOCRAT… BUT HIS TRUTH STAYED HIDDEN FOR DECADES
For most of the world, he was the embodiment of upper-crust rigidity. As Major Charles Emerson Winchester III on MAS*H, David Ogden Stiers perfected the art of the…
THE DAY KLINGER’S HIGH FASHION MET THE REALITY OF WAR
I was sitting on a panel a few years back at a small theater in North Hollywood. There was a young actor in the second row, maybe twenty-two…
THE SOUND THAT BROUGHT THE ENTIRE MASH CAST TO THEIR KNEES.
The sun was beginning to dip behind the jagged peaks of the Santa Monica mountains, casting long, amber shadows across the vintage airfield. Loretta Swit sat wrapped in…
THE DAY THE DRESS DEFEATED THE ARMY
It is funny how a single question from a stranger can just rip the lid off a memory you haven’t thought about in decades. I was sitting on…