THE ONE SOUND THAT STILL MAKES THE MAS*H CAST STOP EVERYTHING
Jamie Farr and Mike Farrell are standing on a dusty ridge in the heart of Malibu Creek State Park. It’s a hot afternoon, the kind that makes the…
THE DAY THE HOOP SKIRT FINALLY WON THE WAR
I was sitting on a stage in front of a few hundred people at a convention not too long ago, and a young man in the third row…
THE COLD STEEL REMEMBERED THE TRUTH THEY WEREN’T READY FOR
The Smithsonian was quiet after hours, the kind of stillness that makes your own footsteps sound like a conversation. Alan stood in front of a glass display, his…
THE DAY THE MASK SLIPPED FOR RADAR O’REILLY.
The lights in the hotel lounge were dim, casting long, orange shadows that reminded Loretta Swit of the late-night shoots at Malibu Creek. She sat across from Gary…
THE SOUND OF THE BLADES MADE GARY BURGHOFF STOP BREATHING.
The afternoon was supposed to be simple, just two old friends sitting on a porch in the quiet hills of California. Jamie Farr leaned back in his chair,…
THE ARISTOCRATIC DOCTOR… BUT HIS LONELIEST NOTE WAS SILENCE
The world knew him as the man with the silver tongue and the impenetrable wall of blue-blooded arrogance. For years, he occupied our living rooms as the definitive…
THE SOUND THAT HAUNTED THE MASH CAST FOR FORTY YEARS
Gary Burghoff sat on the edge of a weathered folding chair, squinting against the harsh, unforgiving California sun. Beside him, Mike Farrell was leaning back, his hands clasped…
DAVID OGDEN STIERS THOUGHT HE WAS A SERIOUS ACTOR UNTIL NOW
The studio was quiet, the kind of professional silence that usually precedes a deep, intellectual conversation. David Ogden Stiers sat across from the podcast host, leaning back in…
THE WORLD SAW A SNOB, BUT DAVID WAS HIDING A HEART.
The room was far too quiet for a group of people who had spent eleven years shouting over the simulated roar of helicopter blades. Loretta sat near the…
THE SECRET PRANK IN KLINGER’S BRA THAT NEARLY SHUT DOWN PRODUCTION
I was sitting in this small, soundproof booth for a podcast a few years back, just shooting the breeze about the old days. The host leaned in and…