THE WOOL WAS SCRATCHY… BUT THE HEARTACHE WAS ENTIRELY REAL
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TV’S MOST COMPASSIONATE CAPTAIN… BUT HIS GREATEST BATTLE INVOLVED TOYS
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TV’S CHARMING SURGEON… BUT HIS HARDEST SURGERY WAS A PRANK Interviewer: “Wayne, everyone talks about the laughter on that set. Was it really as therapeutic as it…
TV’S MOST DESPICABLE CHARACTER… BUT THE ACTOR WAS A TRUE SCHOLAR
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THE HILLS WERE SILENT… UNTIL THAT ONE SOUND BROKE THE DECADES
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THE OLD JEEP SAT IN THE DUST… BUT THE MEMORY DROVE THEM
The air in the California barn was thick with the scent of dry hay and ancient oil. Mike Farrell walked slowly toward the back of the building,…
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
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