THE DAY THE SWAMP COLLAPSED INTO UNCONTROLLABLE LAUGHTER
You know, people always ask me if the set of MAS*H was as intense as it looked on television. We were dealing with some incredibly heavy themes, especially…
HOW HARRY MORGAN ACCIDENTALLY CREATED THE MOST EXPENSIVE BLOOPER ON MASH
We were sitting in this dimly lit radio studio in Los Angeles a few years ago for a retrospective podcast, and the host leaned forward with this look…
HOW AN UNEXPECTED PROP REVEAL CAUGHT ALAN ALDA COMPLETELY OFF GUARD
The microphone was settled between us, the studio lights cast a warm glow over the mixing board, and the podcast host leaned forward with a look of pure…
THE DAY HARRY MORGAN LOST HIS COOL ON THE MAS*H SET
You know, people always ask me about the energy on that set, especially after I came on board full-time in season four. We were sitting in this quiet,…
THAT FAMOUS SWAMP SMELL AND THE PROP THAT ALMOST RUINED ALAN ALDA
We were sitting in this tiny, dimly lit podcast studio in New York, and the host, this young guy who looked like he wasn’t even born when we…
THE DAY HAWKEYE PIERCED THE THICK WALLS OF RADAR OREILLY
People always ask me if the laughter on our set was as genuine as it seemed on television. When you spend years in a cramped, dusty soundstage in…
TV’S ANGRY, ARROGANT SURGEON… BUT HIS PRIVATE WORLD WAS GENTLE SILENCE
In the late 1970s, the set of Stage 9 at Twentieth Century Fox was a chaotic symphony of overlapping dialogue, practical jokes, and high-energy camaraderie. At the center…
THE ARROGANT DOCTOR… BUT IN REAL LIFE HE SAVED LIVES IN SILENCE
Hollywood is full of men who play villains on television but live as saints when the cameras stop rolling. We are used to the archetype of the onscreen…
THE COARSEST MAJOR ON TELEVISION… BUT HIS REAL PASSION WAS SAVING BIRDS
He spent years playing a man who was crisp, demanding, and utterly unyielding. On television, his presence was defined by a booming voice, a rigid posture, and a…
HE WAS TELEVISION’S MOST LOVABLE RADAR… BUT IN REALITY HE PREFERRED THE WILD
Hollywood has a strange way of trapping people in a specific moment in time. For years, millions of viewers tuned in every week to watch a naive, soda-drinking…