THE RADIO WAS JUST A PROP UNTIL THE ROOM WENT SILENT
The table was covered in a dusty velvet cloth, hidden in a corner of the soundstage. Robert Clary reached out first, his fingers hovering just inches above the…
RICHARD DAWSON REFLECTS ON THE CHAOS OF STALAG 13
The studio lights were low, and the hum of the air conditioning provided a steady, rhythmic backdrop to the conversation. Richard Dawson sat back in his chair, a…
THE TRUTH BEHIND THE GOODBYE THAT BROKE TELEVISION HISTORY.
The restaurant in Beverly Hills was quiet, but the two people in the corner booth were far away from the city lights. Loretta Swit leaned back, her eyes…
HARRY MORGAN REVEALS THE DAY THE MASH CAST COMPLETELY LOST CONTROL
I was sitting in my living room the other night, just flipping through the channels, and there it was. The old olive drab uniforms, the sound of the…
JAMIE FARR REVEALS THE HILARIOUS TRUTH ABOUT KLINGERS MOST FAMOUS WEDDING DRESS
I was sitting in a small, cramped podcast studio a few years ago, the kind where the foam on the walls smells like old coffee and ambition. The…
THE NIGHT THE MONOCLE WON THE WAR AGAINST COLONEL KLINK
It was late in the autumn of 1996, and Werner Klemperer was sitting on a small, velvet-covered stage in North Hollywood. He looked exactly as you would expect—refined,…
THE DAY THE MONOCLE REBELLED AGAINST COLONEL KLINK
Werner Klemperer sat on the small stage, the bright studio lights reflecting off his polished shoes. It was 1997, decades after the final “Dismissed!” had echoed across the…
THE DAY SERGEANT SCHULTZ FINALLY SAW SOMETHING HE REGRETTED
It is 1971, and John Banner is sitting in a brightly lit television studio. He looks remarkably different from the bumbling Sergeant Schultz. He is wearing a sharp,…
JOHN BANNER AND THE DAY THE LUGER BECAME A LUNCHBOX
It was a Tuesday morning in 1968, and the air inside Stage 4 at Cinema Center Studios was thick enough to chew. If you have ever been on…
THE DAY SERGEANT SCHULTZ FORGOT HOW TO BE A SOLDIER
The studio lights are bright, much brighter than the low-voltage lamps we used on the set of Stalag 13, but John Banner doesn’t seem to mind. He sits…