JAMIE FARR GRIPPED THE RUSTED STEERING WHEEL AND FINALLY STOPPED LAUGHING.
The sun was beating down on the Malibu hills just like it did in the summer of 1975. Jamie Farr stood near the edge of the old helipad,…
THE DAY THE HOOP SKIRT DEFEATED THE KOREAN WAR
You know, it’s funny how a single question can just unlock a door in your brain that’s been latched shut for thirty or forty years. I was sitting…
JAMIE FARR REVEALS THE HILARIOUS STRUGGLE OF WEARING HEELS ON SET
I was sitting on a stage in a hotel ballroom a few years ago, surrounded by posters of the 4077th and a sea of fans in olive-drab t-shirts….
JAMIE FARR RECALLS THE INFAMOUS FRUIT HAT DISASTER ON THE MASH SET
I was sitting down for a podcast interview recently—one of those deep-dives into the legacy of MAS*H—and the host caught me off guard with a question I hadn’t…
LORETTA SWIT KNEW JAMIE FARR WASN’T ACTING IN THIS SCENE.
The lights of the ballroom were dim, a sharp contrast to the harsh, unforgiving sun they used to endure at the Fox Ranch in Malibu. Loretta Swit leaned…
THE JEEP WAS RUSTED, BUT THE MEMORY WAS SHARP
The sun was setting over the rolling hills of Malibu, casting long, golden shadows that looked a lot like the ones from 1975. Mike Farrell stood in the…
JAMIE FARR AND THE DAY THE KLINGER WARDROBE FINALLY SNAPPED
We were sitting on a small stage in front of a live audience for a podcast recording, and the host leaned over with this look of pure mischief…
THEY THOUGHT IT WAS JUST A SCRIPT… UNTIL THE HELICOPTER LIFTED.
Loretta Swit sat on the porch of her home, the California sun casting long, amber shadows over the hills that looked remarkably like the ones they had spent…
ALAN ALDA WAS PREPARED FOR SURGERY BUT THE CHICKEN WASN’T
The air in the podcast studio was cool and quiet, a sharp contrast to the memories swirling in my head as the host leaned into the microphone. I…
THE HELICOPTER SOUND BROUGHT THE DUST BACK AFTER FORTY YEARS
The air at the Malibu Creek State Park was thin, smelling of parched sage and the ghost of a thousand generators. Mike Farrell stood next to Loretta Swit,…