THE SALUTE WAS SCRIPTED… BUT THE GRIEF WASN’T READY TO LEAVE
The sun was low over the Santa Rosa hills, casting long, amber shadows that reminded them of a different ranch, in a different canyon, a lifetime ago. Harry…
THE JEEP WAS RUSTY… BUT THE VIBRATION BROUGHT THE TRUTH BACK.
The Santa Monica mountains have a way of holding onto the heat long after the sun starts to dip toward the Pacific. Gary stood by the edge of…
THE WINCHESTER MASK CRACKED… AND ROSALIND CHAO FINALLY UNDERSTOOD WHY.
Rosalind Chao was sitting in a quiet garden in Southern California, the kind of place where the air smells of jasmine and the traffic of Los Angeles feels…
THE FERRET-FACED VILLAIN… BUT THE CAST’S FAVORITE TARGET
I was sitting in a quiet corner of a television studio in the late nineties, waiting for a retrospective interview to begin, when a production assistant handed me…
THE WORLD’S MOST BELOVED PRIEST… BUT HIS GREATEST BATTLE WAS HOME
William Christopher was the man who made the whole world feel a little bit safer. Every week, for over a decade, he stepped into the worn boots of…
THE SURGERY WAS A SUCCESS… BUT THE DOCTORS DROWNED IN SYRUP
I was sitting in a brightly lit studio last year, the kind with too much blue neon and chairs that are designed more for style than for a…
TV’S MOST TRUSTED PSYCHIATRIST… BUT HIS REAL EYE WAS FOR FASHION
Whenever a helicopter’s rhythmic thumping echoed over the hills of the 4077th, the cast and crew of MAS*H knew the tone of the show was about to shift….
THE LAUGHTER DIED IN THAT TENT… AND THE TRUTH TOOK OVER.
The sun was setting over the hills of Ojai, casting a long, golden shadow across the porch where two old friends sat in silence. Harry Morgan leaned back…
JAMIE FARR RECALLS THE DRESS DISASTER THAT STOPPED THE SHOW
It is amazing how a single line of dialogue can bring forty years of memories rushing back in a single heartbeat. I was sitting on a stage at…
THE TEARS IN MIKE FARRELL’S EYES WEREN’T WRITTEN IN THE SCRIPT
The afternoon sun was casting long, amber shadows across the patio as Jamie Farr leaned back in his chair. Across from him sat Mike Farrell, his old friend,…