ALAN ALDA REVEALS THE HILARIOUS DAY HARRY MORGAN DESTROYED A MASH TAKE
The microphone was positioned just inches from Alan Alda’s face as the podcast host leaned forward, shuffling through a stack of listener questions. It was a casual afternoon…
ALAN ALDA REVEALS THE HILARIOUS SURGICAL MASK PRANK THAT HALTED MASH PRODUCTION
The studio microphone sat just inches from Alan Alda’s face as he leaned back. He was guesting on a popular podcast, looking back at his decades in show…
HOW AN UNCONTROLLABLE LAUGH ATTACK COMPLETELY HALTED THE FILMING OF MASH
Interviewer: People always talk about the incredible camaraderie on the set of MASH, but with a production schedule that grueling, there had to be moments where the pressure…
THE HILARIOUS UNNOTICED MOMENT THAT COMPLETELY RUINED A DRAMATIC MASH SCENE
Interviewer: You know, Alan, when people watch M*A*S*H today, they always talk about the incredible balance between the comedy and the deep tragedy. Those operating room scenes always…
THE MOMENT THE MASH CAST STOPPED LAUGHING AND THE SET WENT SILENT.
The room was quiet, save for the soft clinking of two coffee mugs. Loretta Swit leaned back, her eyes catching the afternoon light, looking across the table at…
THE TINY DETAIL ON THE AMBULANCE THE MASH CAMERAS MISSED
The restaurant in Los Angeles was quiet, the kind of place where old Hollywood goes to slip under the radar. Loretta Swit leaned across the table, her eyes…
THE WORLD WEPT WHEN RADAR LEFT… BUT LORETTA KNEW THE TRUTH
They were sitting in a quiet studio dressing room, decades after the chopper blades had finally stopped spinning. Loretta looked across the small table at Gary, noticing the…
LORETTA SWIT KNEW THE CAMERA WAS RUNNING, BUT MIKE FARRELL DIDN’T.
The studio lights had been dark for decades, but the dust of Malibu Creek never really left their boots. Loretta Swit sat across from Mike Farrell in a…
MIKE FARRELL NEVER TOLD ALAN ALDA THE TRUTH ABOUT THAT FINAL SCENE.
They sat in a quiet studio backroom, decades after the cameras stopped rolling on Malibu Canyon. Loretta turned a faded photograph over in her hands, her fingers tracing…
THE ONE MASH SCENE THAT WAS NEVER SUPPOSED TO HURT.
It started with a simple question in a quiet green room, decades after the final chopper left Malibu Canyon. Loretta Swit was looking at an old production still,…