THEY TOUGHT IT WAS JUST A PROP JEEP. FOR MIKE FARRELL, IT WAS A TIME MACHINE.

The Malibu Creek sun was beating down exactly the way it did forty years ago. Mike Farrell stood at the edge of the old state park, squinting against…

THE AUDIENCE SAW A COMEDY BUT LORETTA SWIT WAS STILL CRYING INSIDE

The Malibu Creek sun was beating down on the dry brush, exactly the way it did forty-five years ago. Loretta Swit stood on the dusty ground of the…

THE OLD JEEP STARTED UP, AND FOR A MOMENT, MIKE FARRELL WASN’T IN MALIBU.

The engine coughed twice, spat out a plume of dark smoke, and finally settled into a rough, rhythmic rattle. Mike Farrell rested his hands on the cold steering…

THE SNOTTY BRAT ON TELEVISION… BUT HIS PRIVATE LIFE WAS PURE DEVOTION

We all remember the characters who were meant to be disliked. In the landscape of classic television, there was one man who mastered the art of playing the…

HE WAS THE LOUDEST VOICE IN THE ROOM… BUT HE LIVED IN SILENCE

For eleven years on American television, David Ogden Stiers played a man who weaponized words. As Major Charles Emerson Winchester III, he was the embodiment of aristocratic arrogance,…

THE HOLLYWOOD COCONUT KING… BUT HIS HEART NEVER LEFT THE MARSH

For decades, the world knew him as the ultimate corporate sycophant, the bumbling, insecure, and deeply disliked Major Frank Burns. On the set of the hit series, he…

HE PLAYED A RADICAL PACIFIST… BUT HIS GREATEST WAR WAS WITH HIS OWN BODILY BETRAYAL

Alan Alda spent over a decade embodying a man who could fix anything with a scalpel and a quick-witted joke. As Hawkeye Pierce on MAS*H, he was the…

HOLLYWOOD’S LOUDEST COMIC OUTRAGE… BUT HIS TRUE VOICE WAS SHAPED BY SILENCE

The world knew him as the frantic, cross-dressing Corporal Klinger, a whirlwind of taffeta, feathers, and desperate schemes to get kicked out of the army. Every week, millions…

THE ON-SCREEN CYNIC… BUT HIS PRIVATE LIFE WAS ROOTED IN GRACE

The world knew him as a man of cold intellect and sharp, aristocratic defense mechanisms. On television, his character shielded himself with classical music and a haughty disdain…

THE COARSEST MAJOR ON TELEVISION… BUT HIS REAL PASSION SAVED LIVES

We all remember the loud, abrasive, and deeply insecure Major Frank Burns, a character who became the perfect foil for the antics of the 4077th. The man behind…