THE DAY COLONEL POTTER FINALLY LOST HIS MILITARY COMPOSURE
“You know,” Harry said, leaning back in the plush armchair, his eyes twinkling in that unmistakable way that always signaled a story was coming. “I was talking…
TV’S MOST NOTORIOUS PLAYBOY… BUT HIS PRIVATE TRUTH WAS A SIXTY-YEAR DEVOTION
In the late 1970s, you couldn’t turn on a television without seeing his face. He was the quintessential fast-talking, martini-drinking surgeon who seemed to have a witty remark…
THE DAY THE WEDDING DRESS FINALLY RETIRED JAMIE FARR
Interviewer: “Jamie, we’ve all seen the highlights. The fruit hats, the Statue of Liberty, the gowns. But was there ever a moment where the wardrobe actually fought…
THE STERN COLONEL ARRIVED BUT THE CAST HAD A FILTHY PLAN
The microphone was just a few inches from Mike Farrell’s face as he leaned back in the plush studio chair. He was guesting on a popular retrospective…
THE WORLD’S MOST REFINED ARISTOCRAT… BUT HE LIVED IN TOTAL FEAR
The world knew him as a man of impeccable breeding and intimidating intellect. On the screen, he was the surgeon who quoted Shakespeare while performing miracles in a…
FATHER MULCAHY’S REVELATION: THE SERIOUS SCENE DEVIATED HILARIOUSLY BY PROP
You always imagine him as that pillar of calm, don’t you? The soft-spoken voice in the chaos of the operating room. Father John Patrick Francis Mulcahy. William…
RADAR O’REILLY LEFT WITHOUT A FINAL WORD… AND GARY BURGHOFF STILL FEELS IT.
The old soundstage in Malibu isn’t there anymore, but Gary Burghoff can still feel the Santa Monica wind kicking up that red, California dust. He was sitting…
LORETTA SWIT WAS NOT IN CHARACTER. THE FAN DIDN’T CARE.
The convention center lights were bright, almost glaring, casting sharp shadows on the velvet-draped stage. Loretta Swit was seated in a comfortable-looking armchair, clutching a wireless microphone….
HARRY MORGAN REALIZED THE TRUTH DECADES AFTER FILMING GARY’S FUNNIEST SCENE.
Harry Morgan sat very still in the high-backed armchair, the afternoon sun highlighting the deep lines of a life well-lived. Across from him, Gary Burghoff traced the rim…
THE GIANT BRIDAL HOOP SKIRT THAT DEFIED MALIBU WINDS
It was one of those slow, hazy afternoons when the past feels closer than the present, and Mike Farrell’s warm, booming laugh was filling the small recording studio….