THE DAY THE MASK SLIPPED FOR RADAR O’REILLY.
The lights in the hotel lounge were dim, casting long, orange shadows that reminded Loretta Swit of the late-night shoots at Malibu Creek. She sat across from Gary…
THE ARISTOCRATIC DOCTOR… BUT HIS LONELIEST NOTE WAS SILENCE
The world knew him as the man with the silver tongue and the impenetrable wall of blue-blooded arrogance. For years, he occupied our living rooms as the definitive…
THE SOUND THAT HAUNTED THE MASH CAST FOR FORTY YEARS
Gary Burghoff sat on the edge of a weathered folding chair, squinting against the harsh, unforgiving California sun. Beside him, Mike Farrell was leaning back, his hands clasped…
THE WORLD SAW A SNOB, BUT DAVID WAS HIDING A HEART.
The room was far too quiet for a group of people who had spent eleven years shouting over the simulated roar of helicopter blades. Loretta sat near the…
THE SECRET PRANK IN KLINGER’S BRA THAT NEARLY SHUT DOWN PRODUCTION
I was sitting in this small, soundproof booth for a podcast a few years back, just shooting the breeze about the old days. The host leaned in and…
TV’S MOST ARISTOCRATIC DOCTOR… BUT HIS GREATEST TRUTH WAS SILENT
The world knew him as the man with the silver tongue and the impenetrable wall of blue-blooded arrogance. When he stepped onto the set of the most popular…
THE DAY KLINGER’S WARDROBE FINALLY DECIDED TO TAKE OVER THE ENTIRE SET
I was sitting on a stage at one of those big nostalgia conventions a few years back, and the room was just humongous. The lights were bright, I…
TV’S MOST ARROGANT ARISTOCRAT… BUT HIS REAL VOICE WAS A WHISPER
The studio lights of Stage 9 were harsh, but they could never quite penetrate the invisible barrier he carried around himself. On screen, he was the embodiment of…
Chapter 1: Citations, Sutures, and a Loaded .45
The click of Major Frank Burns unholstering his .45 caliber pistol was a sound that didn’t quite belong in the 4077th MASH. Oh, there were plenty of guns,…
Chapter 2: Tick-Tock, Bureaucracy Blocks
The walk from the OR to the latrines had never felt so perilous. Usually, the greatest danger in this sector of the 4077th was whatever Swamp recipe Hawkeye…