THE ENTIRE CAST WAS CRYING… BUT THE CAMERAS WEREN’T SUPPOSED TO BE ROLLING.
It was past midnight on the Malibu ranch, and the California chill was cutting straight through the thin olive-drab fatigues. The bonfire in the center of the camp…
THE SCENE WAS JUST MEANT FOR LAUGHS… BUT MIKE FARRELL COULDN’T STOP CRYING.
The studio lights were blinding, but the air inside the soundstage felt freezing cold. It was late October, past midnight, and the crew was moving with that slow,…
LORETTA SWIT NOTICED A CHANGE IN THE SOUNDSTAGE… THEN MIKE FARRELL STARTED CRYING.
It was a Tuesday afternoon in Malibu, decades after the final helicopters left the swamp. Three old friends sat around a wooden table, watching the Pacific Ocean crash…
THE CAMERAS WERE STILL ROLLING… BUT THE LAUGHTER HAD TOTALLY STOPPED.
It started with a casual question during a quiet lunch in Malibu, decades after the final chopper left Malibu Canyon. Loretta Swit was looking at an old black-and-white…
THE NIGHT ALAN ALDA AND MIKE FARRELL REALIZED THE JOKE WASN’T FUNNY
The studio was completely silent except for the low hum of the recording equipment. Mike Farrell sat across from his old friend, adjusting his headphones as the podcast…
THE DAY JAMIE FARR STEPPED ONTO THE OLD FOX RANCH AGAIN
The old Malibu Creek State Park was completely quiet except for the sound of the dry California wind kicking up dust across the gravel roads. Jamie Farr stood…
ALAN ALDA HELD THE PROP AND BROKE DOWN LAUGHING.
The studio backlot was quiet, a far cry from the simulated chaos of the Korean War that used to echo through the Malibu hills. Alan Alda stood near…
THE DAY ALAN ALDA AND MIKE FARRELL COULD NOT STOP LAUGHING
It started with a sound that none of them had heard in decades. Mike Farrell was sitting in a quiet studio room for a podcast retrospective when the…
THE OLD JEEP STARTED UP AND NOBODY EXPECTED THE LAUGHTER TO STOP.
The old engine coughed twice before it finally roared to life. It was a rough, sputtering sound that instantly cut through the quiet afternoon air of the California…
THE DAY THE ENTIRE CAST WAITED FOR GARY BURGHOFF TO SPEAK
We were sitting in a quiet studio room, years after the final cameras had stopped rolling on the set of MAS*H. It started as a typical promotional interview,…