HOLLYWOOD’S FINEST MILITARY BUMBLER… BUT HIS REAL PASSION WAS SAVING WILDLIFE
The world knew him as the ultimate high-strung, incompetent military bureaucrat, a man whose onscreen presence was defined by rigid posture and a delightfully fragile ego. For years,…
THE CO-STAR EVERYONE LOVED… BUT HER DEEPEST BOND WAS BEHIND THE CAMERA
In the high-pressure pressure cooker of 1970s television, Hollywood sets were notoriously competitive arenas where egos clashed and top billing was fiercely contested. The sprawling canvas of mobile…
THE WORLD’S FAVORITE BUMBLING RADAR… BUT HE HID A BRILLIANT MIND
We all remember him as the perpetual boy of the Korean War, the naive clerk who could hear choppers before they even appeared on the horizon. With his…
HOLLYWOOD’S FINEST ARISTOCRAT… BUT HIS GREATEST SYMPHONY WAS PLAYED IN SECRET
The world knew him as a man of formidable presence, a towering figure of classical sophistication who spoke with a mid-Atlantic precision that felt borrowed from a bygone…
THE TELEVISION ICON OF ADULTERY… BUT HIS REAL DEVOTION WAS UNBREAKABLE
In the late 1970s, the backlots of Hollywood were fueled by a specific kind of restless energy. Actors who found themselves on hit television shows often succumbed to…
HOW ALAN ALDA ACCIDENTALLY RUINED A HIGHLY EMOTIONAL MASH SCENE
The microphone was live, the studio lights were warm, and the host of the podcast leaned forward with a smile. He asked a question that Alan Alda had…
THE DAY THE MASH MESS TENT TRANSFORMED INTO A WAR ZONE OF LAUGHTER
We were sitting in a small, dimly lit studio in Manhattan, recording an episode for my podcast, Clear+Vivid. My old friend and co-star Mike Farrell was sitting across…
THE DAY JAMIE FARR ACCIDENTALLY RUINED A HIGH-STAKES MASH DRAMA SCENE
It is funny how a single question during a casual podcast interview can instantly transport you back forty or fifty years. I was sitting in a studio recently,…
THE DAY THE CORPSES IN THE SWAMP STARTED GIGGLING
We were sitting in this tiny, dimly lit podcast studio in New York, and the host leaned forward with a look that every actor from a classic show…
THE DAY THE INVISIBLE ARMY TOOK OVER THE MASH SURGICAL TENT
You know, people always ask about the serious episodes, but the truth is we spent eleven years trying not to crack each other up. I was sitting down…