THEY CALLED IT A PROP… BUT FOR MIKE FARRELL IT WAS HOME
The air inside the restoration shop smelled like industrial grease, sun-bleached canvas, and the cold, metallic scent of history. Mike Farrell stood at the entrance, his hands buried…
THE NIGHT THE PINK TAFFETA HOOP SKIRT FINALLY WON THE WAR
We were sitting in a quiet, dimly lit studio in downtown Los Angeles for a retrospective podcast. The host, a young guy who knew every episode by heart,…
THE CLIPBOARD WAS EMPTY BUT THE SILENCE WAS DEAFENING
The light in the room was soft, the kind of amber glow that only comes when the sun starts to dip behind the California hills. Gary sat across…
THE DAY HARRY MORGAN TURNED THE OPERATING ROOM INTO A TOTAL CIRCUS
You know, people ask me all the time about the dresses. They want to know if the heels hurt or which chiffon number was my favorite. But when…
THAT FAKE WHISKEY BOTTLE HELD A VERY REAL HEARTBREAK.
They were standing in the quiet, climate-controlled archives of a television museum, surrounded by the ghosts of a dozen different fictional worlds. Jamie Farr and Mike Farrell had…
THE DOOR THAT DESTROYED FRANK BURNS’ MILITARY DIGNITY
The auditorium is packed with hundreds of devoted television fans, completely silent as they listen to the brightly lit stage. Jamie Farr and Loretta Swit are sitting comfortably…
THE FREEZING DAY THAT BROKE MAJOR WINCHESTER’S PERFECT ACCENT
The camera lights in the documentary studio are warm and bright. Mike Farrell shifts comfortably in his chair, smiling broadly as the interviewer asks him about the physical…
THE SHEET OF MUSIC THAT BROKE A PROUD DOCTOR’S HEART
They were sitting in the dimly lit lobby of a midwestern hotel, long after the fans had gone to sleep. Decades had passed since David Ogden Stiers and…
THE GIANT PLASTIC PINEAPPLE THAT BROKE A HOLLYWOOD LEGEND
The podcast studio is quiet, filled only with the low hum of the air conditioning and the soft glow of the recording equipment. The host leans over his…
HARRY MORGAN’S BIGGEST SURRENDER WASN’T TO THE ENEMY
The theater was packed, a sea of faces stretching back into the dim shadows of the auditorium, all of them waiting for a piece of television history…