JAMIE FARR AND THE INFAMOUS STRAPLESS GOWN DISASTER
I was sitting in this small, soundproof studio recently for a podcast, and the host leaned in with this mischievous look on his face. He didn’t ask about…
THE DAY MCLEAN STEVENSON TURNED THE MASH OPERATING ROOM INTO A COMEDY CLUB
I was sitting across from this young actor the other day, a kid really, who was asking me about the “method” of filming MAS*H. He had this very…
THE DAY THE BOSTON DIGNITY OF WINCHESTER FINALLY COLLAPSED COMPLETELY
It was a few years ago, during a small theater workshop I was leading, when a young man in the front row raised his hand with this look…
THE DAY HARRY MORGAN BROKE THE MASH CAST AS GENERAL STEELE
It was a few years ago when I was sitting on a panel with a few younger actors who were just starting their careers in a new sitcom….
JAMIE FARR AND THE LOUDEST DRESS IN THE KOREAN WAR
Jamie Farr sits back, a wide grin spreading across his face as he leans toward the microphone. He is recording a special reunion episode of a popular podcast,…
JAMIE FARR REVEALS THE HILARIOUS TRUTH BEHIND KLINGER’S FIRST DRESS
The fluorescent lights of the convention center ballroom were hummed with that specific kind of energy you only find when a thousand people are holding their breath at…
THE WORLD’S ETERNAL KID… BUT HE PREFERRED THE COMPANY OF BIRDS
The set of Malibu Creek State Park was a place of perpetual dust and simulated trauma. Between 1972 and 1979, the world turned its eyes toward a small,…
TV’S TOUGH NO-NONSENSE COLONEL… BUT HIS REAL STRENGTH WAS GENTLE DEVOTION
Harry Morgan was the backbone of the 4077th. To millions of viewers, he was the horse-riding, straight-talking Colonel Sherman T. Potter. He was the man with all the…
THE WORLD’S WISEST TELEVISION PSYCHIATRIST… BUT HE NEVER HELD A MEDICAL DEGREE
For years, the man with the gentle eyes and the calming voice was the person the world turned to when the chaos of war became too much to…
THE WORLD SAW AN ARISTOCRAT… BUT HE CARRIED A LONELY SECRET
The fog in Newport, Oregon, has a way of swallowing everything whole. For the man who lived there, a man whose voice was recognized by millions across the…