THE RADIO WAS A PROP BUT THE SILENCE WAS REAL
The air in the studio was thick with the scent of dust and ozone. Robert Clary sat in the high-backed chair, his hands resting on his knees, waiting…
THE DAY THE GOURMET CHEF OF STALAG 13 FINALLY BROKE SCHULTZ
It is funny how a single piece of glossy paper can pull you back fifty years in the span of a heartbeat. I was sitting in this small,…
THE WOODEN DESK WAS JUST A PROP UNTIL THE MONOCLE DROPPED
The old studio lot at 40 Acres was quiet, the kind of silence that feels heavy with the ghosts of a thousand stories. Werner Klemperer walked slowly, his…
THE DAY SERGEANT SCHULTZ FINALLY SAW SOMETHING UNFORGETTABLE
Imagine a stage bathed in soft, amber studio lights in the early 1970s. John Banner is sitting on a plush talk show sofa, looking every bit the jolly,…
THE DAY COLONEL KLINK ALMOST LOST HIS FAMOUS MONOCLE
The studio lights were a bit softer than the ones I remember from Stage 40, but the feeling was exactly the same. I was sitting there, across from…
THE RADIO WAS JUST A STAGE PROP UNTIL THE LIGHTS FADED
The sun was beginning to dip behind the soundstages at the old Desilu-Culver lot, casting long, skeletal shadows across the asphalt. Robert Clary and Richard Dawson walked in…
THE RADIO WAS FAKE BUT THE BROTHERHOOD WAS REAL
Robert Clary and Richard Dawson stood in the long, hollow shadows of a soundstage that hadn’t seen a lighting rig in years. The air inside the warehouse was…
THE DAY SERGEANT SCHULTZ SAW ABSOLUTELY NOTHING AT O’HARE
You know, Dave, it is a very strange thing to be a man of my size and my particular history, and yet be known primarily for being a…
THE DAY SERGEANT SCHULTZ FOUND A SECRET BRIBE IN HIS LUGGAGE
The year was 1972, and the air in the crowded auditorium was thick with the scent of hairspray and nostalgia. John Banner sat on the edge of a…
THE DAY COLONEL KLINK LOST HIS EYE IN THE SCHNAPPS
The interviewer reaches into a small mahogany box sitting on the table between them. Inside lies a simple, circular piece of glass attached to a thin black string….