THE CAMERAS WERE ROLLING… BUT THE TEARS WEREN’T IN THE SCRIPT
They were sitting in a quiet, sun-drenched room years after the dust of the Malibu ranch had settled. Loretta Swit looked over at the man who had…
WINCHESTER’S PERFECT MOZART MOMENT… DEFEATED BY THE MALIBU SUN
The interview is taking place decades after the cameras stopped rolling at Stage 9, 20th Century Fox. The man sitting across from the journalist is David Ogden Stiers….
THE ARMY’S MOST INNOCENT CORPORAL… BUT A GOAT STOLE HIS DIGNITY
The interviewer adjusts his glasses, looking across the table at the man who once played the most beloved corporal in television history. He asks Gary about the animals….
ALAN ALDA’S MOST PROFOUND MONOLOGUE… BUT THE PATIENT WAS A CHICKEN
Alan Alda is leaning back in his chair, his voice carrying that familiar, rhythmic cadence that millions of people grew up listening to every Monday night. He…
THE MAJOR’S STERN EXTERIOR… BUT THE COLONEL BROKE HER SPIRIT
The interviewer leans forward, adjusting his microphone, and asks the question that everyone always asks when they sit down with a legend of the 4077th. He wants…
TV’S MOST ARISTOCRATIC MAJOR… BUT HIS GREATEST SYMPHONY WAS SILENT
David Ogden Stiers was a man defined by his voice before he was ever defined by his face. Long before the world saw the haughty, intellectual posture…
THE STEADY COMMANDER… BUT HIS PRIVATE BATTLE WAS BELONGING
The veteran actor sat in the back of a black car, watching the dry, brown hills of Malibu go by. He was sixty years old, with a resume…
THE WORLD SAW A COMEDY… BUT WAYNE ROGERS SAW THE TRUTH.
It started in a quiet corner of a restaurant in New York, decades after the olive-drab tents had been struck and packed away. Wayne Rogers sat across…
THE DAY BOSTON’S FINEST FINALLY LOST HIS COMPOSURE IN THE SWAMP
The studio lights were low, casting a soft glow over the velvet chairs of the podcast set. The host leaned forward, adjusted his headphones, and looked across…