RICHARD DAWSON RECALLS THE LEGENDARY MONOCLE PRANK ON THE HOGAN SET

The studio lights were a bit softer than the ones he had lived under for years on the set of Family Feud, but Richard Dawson still had that…

THE SURREAL LUNCH OF THE MAN IN THE MONOCLE

The studio was quiet, the kind of expensive silence you only find in late-night radio booths or high-end archival interviews. Werner Klemperer sat across from me, looking every…

THE DAY COLONEL KLINK’S EYE WENT FOR A SWIM IN COFFEE

The interviewer leans forward, the studio lights catching the silver rim of a small, circular object in his hand. “Werner, I think you recognize this,” he says with…

THE HILARIOUS TRUTH BEHIND COLONEL KLINK’S FAMOUS MONOCLE

I remember sitting in a studio in Los Angeles during the late nineties, doing one of those retrospective interviews that actors of a certain vintage eventually find themselves…

THE DAY THE COMMANDANT COULD NOT STOP LAUGHING AT STALAG 13

The interviewer leaned forward, resting his chin on his hand as he looked at the small, glass circle sitting on the table between them. It was a simple…

THE UNFORGETTABLE MOMENT THE MONOCLE FINALLY WON THE WAR

Werner Klemperer sits back in the plush leather chair of the podcast studio, his voice still carrying that rhythmic, operatic cadence that made Colonel Klink both terrifying and…

THE DAY SCHULTZ COULD NOT STOP LAUGHING ON SET

Robert Clary sits comfortably in a plush velvet armchair, his posture still remarkably straight for a man who has seen as much history as he has. We are…

THE DAY THE MONOCLE FELL AND STALAG 13 COLLAPSED IN LAUGHTER

Robert Clary leans back in the velvet chair, the studio lights reflecting off his glasses. He looks smaller now, but that spark—the one that made Louis LeBeau the…

THE DAY SERGEANT SCHULTZ FINALLY SAW EVERYTHING ON THE SET

The interviewer leans forward, adjusting the microphone on the table between them. It is a quiet afternoon in a brightly lit studio, years after the cameras at Stalag…

THE DAY SERGEANT SCHULTZ SAW EVERYTHING IN CHICAGO

The studio lights were dim, and the air was thick with the scent of floor wax and stale coffee. John Banner sat across from the talk show host,…