THE GOODBYE SCENE THAT BROKE RADAR IN REAL LIFE
They were sitting in a sterile green room waiting for a convention panel to begin. The roar of the crowd was muffled through the thick walls. Mike…
THE DAY WE DROPPED OUR PANTS TO BREAK DAVID OGDEN STIERS
A fan stepped up to the microphone in the middle of the crowded convention hall. She was holding a worn-out DVD box set of the show. She…
THE SCENE THEY THOUGHT WAS A JOKE UNTIL THE CAMERAS ROLLED
They were sitting around a table in a quiet restaurant, decades after the dust of the 4077th had finally settled. The laughter was a little softer now,…
WHEN THE OR SCENE BECAME A CHAOTIC PRACTICAL JOKE ON MASH
The podcast host leaned across the table, adjusted his microphone, and asked an unexpected question. “Alan,” he said, his voice dropping into a serious tone. “Out of…
THE SECRET BEHIND THE OPERATING ROOM DOORS OF MASH
I was sitting in a soundproof studio in New York, recording a conversational interview, when the host completely flipped the script on me. Instead of asking about…
THE YELLOW PIECE OF PAPER THAT BROKE THE MAS*H CAST
Years after the canvas tents were finally folded and the studio lights went dark, two old friends sat quietly in a Los Angeles restaurant. Loretta and Gary…
THE SLEEPING SURGICAL PATIENT WHO RUINED THE SCENE
Mike Farrell leaned back in his chair during a popular television history podcast, a warm smile spreading across his face. The host had just asked him about…
THE UNPLANNED TEARS THAT SHATTERED THE TOUGHEST NURSE ON TELEVISION
Whenever fans approached them in public, they almost always asked about the loud arguments and the harsh military discipline. But sitting together at a quiet corner table…
WHEN THE HOOP SKIRT DEFEATED COLONEL POTTER
Jamie Farr sat under the bright stage lights of a crowded convention center, looking out at a sea of smiling faces. The microphone in his hand hummed…
THE TEARS IN RADAR’S EYES WERE NEVER IN THE SCRIPT
Long after the final helicopters flew away from the 4077th, Mike Farrell and Gary Burghoff sat together in a quiet Los Angeles diner. It was just two…