THEY RETURNED TO THE CANYON AND EVERYTHING CHANGED.
Years after the final cameras stopped rolling, two old friends walked into a California state park. It was a quiet afternoon, the sun baking the dry canyon dirt….
THE SOUND THAT STOPPED THREE MAS*H STARS IN THEIR TRACKS
It was supposed to be nothing more than a quiet afternoon catching up. Years had passed since they had packed up their canvas tents, hung up their olive…
THEY LAUGHED FOR YEARS UNTIL THE ENGINE STARTED AGAIN.
It was supposed to be just a standard press event. A quiet afternoon on a studio backlot, years after the cameras had stopped rolling and the tents had…
THE HARDEST THE MASH CAST EVER LAUGHED ON SET
Alan Alda sat back in his chair, adjusting the heavy headphones over his ears during a recent podcast interview. The host had just asked a question that brought…
THEY RETURNED TO THE MOUNTAINS AND HEARD AN ECHO OF THE PAST
The sun dropped behind the Santa Monica Mountains, casting familiar shadows across the dry California brush. It had been decades since they last stood in this exact spot…
THE DAY A TWO STAR GENERAL MET MAXWELL KLINGER
We were about forty-five minutes into the podcast recording when the host asked a question that caught me entirely off guard. He wanted to know if we ever…
THEY RETURNED TO THE MOUNTAINS, BUT THE LAUGHTER WAS GONE.
Malibu Creek State Park is quiet now. It’s just a stretch of California wilderness, marked by dry grass, rugged peaks, and a few rusted husks of old vehicles….
THE GREAT SOUNDSTAGE BICYCLE HEIST OF THE SEVENTIES
The studio lights were always blazing hot, and when you are shooting fourteen hours a day, you have to find ways to keep the energy alive. I was…
THEY WALKED THE DIRT ROAD YEARS LATER AND HEARD IT AGAIN
The hike up through Malibu Creek State Park is not an easy one when you are no longer young. The California sun beats down exactly as it did…
THE UNFORGETTABLE DISASTER OF HAWKEYE PIERCE AND THE RIBS
I was doing a podcast interview recently, just a relaxed conversation about the old days of television production. The host and I were having a great time, bouncing…