THE LAST TIME THEY STOOD IN THE SWAMP TOGETHER WAS DIFFERENT.
The studio lights were softer than the harsh California sun that used to beat down on the Malibu ranch. Mike Farrell sat across from Loretta Swit, and for…
ALAN ALDA REVEALS THE HILARIOUS PROP MISTAKE THAT BROKE THE CAMP
We were sitting in a small, soundproof studio in Manhattan for a podcast recording, and the host, a young guy who clearly grew up watching reruns, asked me…
THE GOODBYE ROCKS WERE SCRIPTED… BUT THE HOLLOW ACHE WAS REAL
Mike and Loretta were sitting on a sun-drenched patio, the kind of quiet afternoon that invites the past to pull up a chair. They had been talking for…
TV’S MOST PRINCIPLED CAPTAIN… BUT HE WAS A PROFESSIONAL MENACE
TV’S MOST PRINCIPLED CAPTAIN… BUT HE WAS A PROFESSIONAL MENACE The young actor sat across from the veteran in the green room of a New York television studio….
TV’S MOST BELOVED SON… BUT HIS TRUE PEACE WAS FOUND IN SILENCE
Gary Burghoff grew up in a world of muted colors and sharp, quiet observation. Long before he was the heartbeat of the 4077th, he was a boy in…
THE HEAD NURSE WAS DISCIPLINED… BUT THE SURGICAL TRAY HAD OTHER PLANS
I was sitting in my study a few weeks ago, finally tackling a stack of boxes that had been sitting in the corner since I moved houses years…
COLONEL POTTER’S FINAL TOAST… AND THE SILENCE THAT FOLLOWED
It was a quiet afternoon in the early 2000s, the kind where the sunlight hits the dust motes in a way that makes everything feel like a memory….
HOW A ROTTING FISH NEARLY KILLED THE ENTIRE 4077TH SURGICAL TEAM
I was sitting in a padded chair in a very expensive-looking studio in New York recently, doing one of those long-form podcasts where the host is about half…
ALAN ALDA REVEALS THE DISGUSTING REASON THE MASH CAST STOPPED FILMING
I was sitting in a studio recently, doing one of those long-form interviews where the host is about half my age and looks at me like I’m a…
ALAN ALDA REVEALS THE DISGUSTING REASON THE MASH CAST STOPPED FILMING
I was sitting in a studio recently, doing one of those long-form interviews where the host is about half my age and looks at me like I’m a…