THE TAKE THEY DIDN’T WANT GARY BURGHOFF TO EVER REHEARSE.
They were sitting in a quiet, dimly lit studio lounge, the kind of space hidden away from the modern hum of television production. Alan Alda was there, along…
ALAN ALDA RECALLS THE DAY THE MAS*H CAST COULDN’T STOP LAUGHING
I was sitting in my study the other day, just digging through some boxes I hadn’t opened since we moved, and I found it. A script from the…
HARRY MORGAN RODE AWAY ON SOPHIE, BUT HE NEVER TRULY LEFT.
The Malibu dust has a way of staying in your lungs long after you’ve left the ranch. Jamie Farr leaned back in his chair, his eyes fixed…
THE DAY THE WIND TOOK MAXWELL KLINGER TO GEORGIA
Interviewer: Jamie, I have to show you something. I was scrolling through a digital archive of old 20th Century Fox production stills last night, and I found this…
MIKE FARRELL DIDN’T SAY GOODBYE TO HAWKEYE. HE SAID SOMETHING ELSE.
The air in the small studio felt thick with the kind of silence that only comes when two people have known each other for forty years. Loretta…
JAMIE FARR AND THE DAY THE WIND TOOK KLINGER TO GEORGIA
The fluorescent lights of the convention hall hummed with a quiet energy as the afternoon session began. I was sitting on a small stage, leaning back in…
THE DAY KLINGER’S DRESS BROKE THE COLONEL’S LEGENDARY STOIC COMPOSURE
Host: “Jamie, it is such a pleasure to have you here. We were just discussing the visual icons of the production—things like the Swamp tent or Radar’s cap….
THE ARMY’S MOST FAMOUS DRESS-WEARER… BUT HIS REAL SERVICE WAS SILENT
Every time the red light on the camera flickered to life, the world saw a man in a feathered hat. They saw chiffon, floral prints, and a…
THEY THOUGHT THE SCRIPT WAS WRITTEN… UNTIL THE STONES SPOKE VOLUMES.
The room was quiet, save for the soft clink of silverware against china. Mike and Loretta sat across from each other, the years having softened the edges…
THE NIGHT THE SURGICAL BLOOD PUMP RUINED MY MOST DRAMATIC MONOLOGUE
I was sitting at a dinner in Manhattan recently with a few old friends when the conversation turned, as it often does, to the old days at…