THE SOUND OVERHEAD MADE JAMIE FARR REALIZE THE COMEDY WAS OVER.
The sun was beating down on the California hillside just like it used to back in 1972. Jamie sat on a folding chair, his eyes squinting against the…
THE FINAL DAY ON SET CHANGED EVERYTHING FOR JAMIE AND LORETTA.
The room was quiet, the kind of heavy silence that only exists between two people who have known each other for fifty years. Loretta Swit sat across from…
THE CHAIR THAT DEFEATED THE MOST ARROGANT SURGEON ON TELEVISION
I was sitting in a soundproof studio a few weeks ago, recording a podcast interview with a young host who was doing a retrospective on classic television. He…
THE CHRISTMAS SCENE THAT BROKE THE MOST ARROGANT MAN ON TELEVISION
It was long past midnight in a dimly lit hotel lounge in the early two-thousands. The cameras from the weekend’s reunion had finally disappeared, leaving only the…
THE GOODBYE SCENE THAT COMPLETELY BROKE THREE MAS*H LEGENDS
It was long after the cameras had stopped flashing at a cast reunion in the late nineteen-nineties. The hotel ballroom had emptied out, leaving only the scattered remnants…
THE SMELL OF OLD WOOL THAT BROUGHT TWO LEGENDS TO TEARS
It was a quiet Tuesday morning inside a massive, climate-controlled archival warehouse in Los Angeles. Mike Farrell and Kellye Nakahara were standing in the middle of a…
THE SCENE THAT BROKE THE KINDEST MAN ON TELEVISION
It was late in the evening at a quiet, dimly lit Italian restaurant in Los Angeles, years after the world had said goodbye to the 4077th. Loretta Swit…
THE DAY THE MOUNTAINS BROUGHT TWO MAS*H LEGENDS TO TEARS
It was a quiet, unassuming Tuesday morning in the Santa Monica Mountains. Decades had passed since the roaring generators and massive camera cranes had been packed up and…
THE JOKE THAT FADED WHEN FATHER MULCAHY SAW THE TRUTH
It was late in the afternoon, in the quiet, carpeted green room of a midwestern convention center. Jamie Farr and William Christopher were sitting together on a slightly…
THE SOUND THAT STOPPED TWO MAS*H LEGENDS IN THEIR TRACKS
It was supposed to be a quiet afternoon in the hills of Southern California. Mike Farrell and Loretta Swit were attending an outdoor tribute event, standing near…