WHEN A REAL GENERAL MET CORPORAL KLINGER ON SET

  The interviewer adjusted the microphone on the table, leaned forward, and asked a simple question. “What was the strangest thing about wearing the dresses?” Jamie Farr let…

THE SCRIPT PAGE THAT BROKE THE CAST OF MAS*H

It was supposed to be a celebration. Years after the cameras stopped rolling, a few familiar faces sat together in a quiet hotel lobby, far away from the…

THE MELODY THAT BROKE THE HEART OF DAVID OGDEN STIERS

  It was a quiet, breezy evening in California, decades after the dusty military tents of the 4077th had been permanently packed away into television history. Mike Farrell…

THE GHOSTLY SOUND THAT BROUGHT TWO MAS*H ACTORS TO TEARS

  Decades after the military tents were packed up, two old friends took a quiet walk through the Santa Monica Mountains. Jamie Farr and Loretta Swit were visiting…

THE TOAST THAT MADE THE MAS*H CAST FORGET THEY WERE ACTING

  It was a quiet afternoon in California, years after the military tents were finally folded up and the prop helicopters had flown away for good. Mike Farrell…

THE HILARIOUS REASON THE MASH CAST NEVER WORE PANTS IN SURGERY

  The studio lights in the podcast booth are low, but the memory brings a bright smile to Alan Alda’s face. The host slides a glossy, black-and-white photograph…

THE TOUR BUS ENCOUNTER THAT BROKE THE MASH PRODUCTION SET

  The studio is quiet, save for the hum of the recording equipment. The podcast host leans across the table, adjusting his microphone. “Jamie,” the host says, a…

THE SURGICAL WARDROBE MALFUNCTION NO ONE SAW COMING

  Alan Alda leaned into the microphone, a nostalgic smile already forming on his face. He was recording a podcast, expecting the usual questions about the emotional weight…

THE SCENE THAT BROKE THE CAST OF MASH

Years later, in a quiet green room away from the cameras of a cast reunion, the conversation always drifted back to the dirt. It was the dust of…

THE DAY THE JOKES DIED IN THE OPERATING ROOM.

  It was a rainy afternoon in a dimly lit Los Angeles restaurant, miles and decades away from the mountains of Malibu. Mike Farrell was sitting across the…