TV’S MOST FAITHFUL DOCTOR… BUT THE OR PRANK NEARLY BROKE HIM
You know, people always ask me if we were as close as we looked on screen, and I usually tell them that we were actually closer. But what…
THE WORLD SAW THE COLONEL… BUT HE WAS NAMING HIS DEAD FRIENDS
The restaurant was quiet, the kind of place where the shadows are long and the wine is served in heavy crystal. Jamie Farr leaned back in his chair,…
MIKE FARRELL REMEMBERED THE SCRIPTS… BUT THE SILENCE FELT MORE REAL
The light in the room was soft, the kind of gold that only happens when the sun is tired of being bright. Mike Farrell leaned back in his…
HE WAS TELEVISION’S STEADY FATHER… UNTIL THE MASK FINALLY SLIPPED
William Christopher sat in his quiet study, the afternoon sun catching the dust motes dancing in the air. In his hand was a small, grainy photograph from 1979,…
THE WORLD HEARD A HELICOPTER… BUT THE CAST HEARD A HEARTBEAT
Jamie Farr adjusted his hat against the California sun, his eyes squinting at the ridge line. Beside him, Loretta Swit stood perfectly still, her hand resting on a…
THEY SAID GOODBYE TO MILLIONS… BUT THE ACTORS WERE ACTUALLY BREAKING
The sun was beginning to dip behind the hills of California, casting long, amber shadows across the patio. Two men sat in comfortable wicker chairs, the kind of…
ALAN ALDA RECALLS THE PRANK THAT STOPPED MASH SURGERY
Listen, you have to remember that those surgery scenes were a completely different animal than the rest of the show. They had to be. We were making a…
HOLLYWOOD’S MOST REFINED ARISTOCRAT… BUT HIS TRUTH STAYED HIDDEN FOR DECADES
The fog rolls off the Pacific Ocean in Newport, Oregon, with a heaviness that seems to swallow the coastline whole. It is a place for people who want…
THE FINAL MUSIC STOPPED BEFORE THE CAMERAS WERE EVEN READY.
David and Mike were sitting in a quiet corner of a garden in 2010. The sun was dipping low, casting long, golden shadows across the patio. It was…
LORETTA SWIT REVEALS THE SURGICAL INSTRUMENT THAT FINALLY BROKE MAJOR HOULIHAN
I was sitting on a stage in a drafty convention hall recently, looking out at a sea of olive drab t-shirts and MAS*H hats. A young man, couldn’t…