THE DAY HARRY MORGAN ABSOLUTELY SHATTERED THE MASH CAST WITH ONE LINE
We were sitting in this small, dimly lit studio for a retrospective podcast, just a few of us old military doctors and nurses catching up after decades. Alan…
THE CAMERAS WERE STILL ROLLING… BUT NO ONE WAS ACTING ANYMORE.
It started with a simple question during a private dinner in Los Angeles. A few old friends from the 4077th had gathered, away from the flashing lights and…
THE SCENE THAT GOT QUIET WHEN THE CAMERAS STOPPED ROLLING
Loretta Swit and Mike Farrell sat across from each other in a quiet corner of a busy hotel lobby. It was during a television retrospective, the kind where…
THE SCRIPT CALLED FOR LAUGHTER… BUT HARRY MORGAN WAS WEEPING.
The sound stage was freezing that afternoon, the kind of California chill that seeps into your bones when you are wearing thin cotton scrubs. Loretta Swit sat on…
THE AUDIENCE SAW A JOKE… BUT MIKE FARRELL WAS CRYING INSIDE.
It was just another Tuesday afternoon in Malibu, decades after the final helicopters left Stage 9. Three old friends sat on a sun-bleached deck, watching the Pacific waves…
THE SCENE SEEMED ABSURD… BUT FOR LORETTA SWIT, IT WAS ALL TOO REAL.
It was a chilly evening in Los Angeles, decades after the final helicopters buzzed away from the Malibu Creek set. A few old friends from the 4077th had…
THE SUN WAS SETTING ON THE HELIPAD, BUT NO ONE WANTED TO LEAVE.
Mike Farrell sat on a rusted metal folding chair, watching the shadows stretch across the old Malibu Creek ranch where the tents used to stand. Beside him, Gary…
THE DAY BURGHOFF’S CO-STAR DROPPED THE WRONG LINE IN THE SWAMP
We were sitting in this dimly lit studio doing a retrospective podcast a few years back, and the host brought up a vintage behind-the-scenes photograph of the Swamp….
THE DAY THE MASH MESS TENT TRANSFORMED INTO A COMEDY ZONE
We were sitting around a microphone on a podcast stage a few years ago, just catching up and swapping old Hollywood memories, when the host brought up a…
HOW AN UNPLANNED NAP IN A COFFIN CAUSED ABSOLUTE CHAOS ON THE SET OF MASH
We were sitting on a stage at a cast reunion panel discussion a few years ago, and someone in the audience asked a question about our favorite behind-the-scenes…