HOW HARRY MORGAN BROKE THE ENTIRE MASH SET WITH ONE FACE
I was sitting in a small, soundproof studio in New York, doing one of those long-form podcast interviews where the host really wants to get under the skin…
IT WAS JUST A PROP UNTIL THE ENGINE STARTED TO SHAKE.
The Malibu sun was beating down on the dry brush of the canyon, casting long, jagged shadows across the gravel path. Gary stood by the trailhead, squinting against…
ELEVEN YEARS OF FICTION… AND ONE SECOND OF RAW TRUTH
The studio was quiet, the kind of heavy silence that only settles when two people realize they are the last ones left in the room who remember the…
THE FINAL SCENE WAS SCRIPTED… BUT THE SILENCE WASN’T.
The air in the restaurant was cool, a sharp contrast to the memory of the dry, dusty heat of the Malibu mountains that lived in their bones. Loretta…
THE DAY THE COLONEL LOST HIS COOL IN THE SURGERY SUITE
The interviewer leaned back, his headset glowing blue in the dim studio light. “Mike,” he said, “everyone knows the chemistry on MAS*H was legendary. But there had to…
THE ARROGANT SURGEON… BUT HIS TRUTH WAS HIDDEN IN THE HARMONY
The world knew him as the man who brought a touch of the Ivy League to a dusty field hospital in Korea. David Ogden Stiers possessed a voice…
LORETTA SWIT KEPT HER HEAD DOWN DURING THAT FINAL SALUTE.
The restaurant was too bright, and the music was a little too loud for a Tuesday evening. But in the corner booth, the world had narrowed down to…
THE DAY COLONEL POTTER FINALLY BROKE THE ENTIRE SURGICAL TENT
I was sitting in a small, sound-dampened studio recently, doing one of those long-form podcasts where the host really wants to get under the skin of the “Golden…
THE “JUST MARRIED” SIGN MEANT GOODBYE… BUT THEY WEREN’T READY.
The sun in the Malibu hills still has that same biting, unforgiving heat it did forty years ago. Loretta Swit shaded her eyes, looking out over the dry,…
THE SCRIPT SAID GOODBYE… BUT HARRY MORGAN KNEW BETTER.
The restaurant was too quiet for a Saturday night in Los Angeles. Loretta Swit sat across from the man who had been her commanding officer for eight long…