THE DAY LORETTA SWIT STOPPED THE SET WITH A SINGLE CRY
The sound stage was freezing that afternoon, but nobody complained about the chill. It was late in the fourth season, during the filming of an episode called “The…
THE SCRIPT CALLED FOR TEARS… BUT LORETTA SWIT WAS WEEPING FOR REAL.
The studio lighting in the Malibu hills always felt a little too harsh when the sun started to go down. Inside the tent, the air smelled of canvas,…
THE COSTUME WAS A JOKE… BUT LORETTA SWIT WAS CRYING INSIDE.
The room at the Beverly Hills restaurant was quiet, save for the low murmur of a Sunday afternoon crowd. Loretta Swit sat across from Jamie Farr, watching the…
ALAN ALDA REVEALS THE HILARIOUS REASON A CRUCIAL MASH SCENE COLLAPSED
You know, people always ask me about the high drama of MAS*H, especially those intense operating room scenes where the tension was supposed to be cutting through the…
THE WHOLE CAST WAS LAUGHING BUT HARRY MORGAN WAS FIGHTING TEARS
The studio lights had been turned down hours ago but the microphone in the podcast studio was still live. Mike Farrell leaned back in his chair looking across…
THE LAUGHTER STOPPED THE MOMENT LARRY LINVILLE LOOKED IN THE MIRROR
The microphones were live, the studio lights were dimmed low, and the podcast host was shuffling through a stack of old production notes from the seventies. Sitting across…
THE ENTIRE MASH CAST STOPPED LAUGHING WHEN HARRY MORGAN FINISHED THIS SCENE
It started as a routine conversation during a podcast recording, decades after the final episode of MAS*H had already faded into television history. Mike Farrell was sitting in…
THE HILARIOUS PROP MISTAKE LARRY LINVILLE TRIED TO HIDE FOR YEARS
It was a late-night podcast conversation that brought the whole memory flooding back. The host asked a simple, casual question about whether the actors ever lost their composure…
WHY A SIMPLE SEWING NEEDLE REVEALED THE SOUL OF HARRY MORGAN.
The studio lights had grown incredibly bright that afternoon. Mike Farrell sat at a small table, leaning forward as the podcast host adjusted his microphone. The conversation had…
HE EMBODIED THE COWARDLY BURGERMASTER… BUT HIS REAL LIFE DEMANDED UTTER BRAVERY
In the late 1970s, the set of CBS Stage 9 was filled with the chaotic, layered energy of one of the most celebrated comedies in television history. Amidst…