MIKE FARRELL DIDN’T SAY GOODBYE TO HAWKEYE. HE SAID IT TO ALAN.
The room was quiet, the kind of quiet that only happens when two people have known each other for half a lifetime. Mike Farrell sat across from Loretta…
GARY BURGHOFF RECALLS THE DAY THE MASH CAST TOTALLY DISAPPEARED
It is funny how a single sound can define a decade of your life. I was sitting in a small, soundproof studio recently for a podcast interview. The…
THE MAN BEHIND THE MASK WAS ACTUALLY THE BIGGEST JOKER
I was sitting across from a young podcast host recently who asked me a question I’ve heard a thousand times, but his framing was a little different. He…
TV’S MOST INNOCENT SOLDIER… BUT HIS REAL WAR WAS AT HOME
In the late 1970s, there was no face more recognizable or more beloved on American television than that of the wide-eyed, soda-pop-drinking corporal who could hear helicopters…
THE FINALE WAS JUST A SCRIPT… UNTIL THE MUSIC STOPPED.
The afternoon sun was leaning low against the windows of Mike Farrell’s living room, casting long, amber shadows across the floor. David Ogden Stiers sat in the armchair…
THE SERIOUS COLONEL POTTER… BUT THE OPERATING ROOM HAD A SLIMY SECRET
The old man leaned back in the director’s chair, the soft stage lights of the retrospective special catching the familiar twinkle in his eyes. Harry Morgan didn’t look…
THE SKY BEGAN TO SCREAM… AND SUDDENLY THEY WERE BACK.
The sun was baking the dust into that familiar, copper-colored powder. Alan Alda leaned against a gnarled piece of oak, his eyes squinting against the harsh Malibu glare….
THE SCENE WAS SCRIPTED… BUT THE TEARS WERE REAL.
The afternoon sun was leaning low against the window of the quiet California restaurant. Gary Burghoff sat across from Mike Farrell, his fingers tracing the rim of a…
THE SURGERY WAS CRITICAL… BUT THE PATIENT HAD SCALES
The podcast host adjusted his headset, leaning into the warm glow of the studio microphone. “Mike, everyone knows MAS*H was a balance of deep tragedy and brilliant comedy,”…
TV’S MOST COMPASSIONATE PRIEST… BUT HIS GREATEST FAITH WAS TESTED AT HOME
For eleven years, he was the moral compass of a nation. When the sirens wailed and the helicopters descended on the 4077th, he was the man who moved…