THE INTENSE MEDICAL SCENE NO ONE KNEW WAS A HILARIOUS DISASTER
The recording studio was quiet, save for the low hum of the air conditioning and the soft glow of the audio equipment. Alan Alda adjusted his headphones, settling…
JAMIE FARR AND THE HOOP SKIRT CATASTROPHE AT THE 4077TH
The studio lights were dimmed, and the microphones were positioned just inches from our faces. I was sitting across from a young podcast host who had been doing…
THEY DROVE THE JEEP ONE LAST TIME AND THE LAUGHTER STOPPED.
The sun was hitting the dusty hills of Malibu in a way that felt like a trick of time. Mike Farrell stood by the edge of the old…
THE CARMEN MIRANDA HAT THAT NEARLY BROKE COLONEL POTTER APART
The auditorium was packed to the rafters, and the air was thick with that specific kind of nostalgia that only follows a cast like ours. I could see…
THE WORLD’S MOST ARROGANT ARISTOCRAT… BUT HIS TRUTH REMAINED IN THE SHADOWS
For years, the world knew him as the man who looked down his nose at everything. When David Ogden Stiers walked onto the set of MAS*H, he brought…
THE CANVAS WAS OLD DUST, BUT THE TEARS WERE REAL.
Jamie Farr stood outside the heavy flap of the olive-drab tent, his hand hovering just inches from the fabric. Beside him, Gary Burghoff adjusted his glasses, a nervous…
THE WORLD WATCHED THEM SAY GOODBYE… BUT THEY WEREN’T ACTING.
They sat in the corner of a quiet restaurant in Malibu, far from the noise of the press and the flashbulbs of the awards shows. Loretta Swit leaned…
THE DAY COLONEL POTTER FINALLY BROKE THE MASH OPERATING ROOM
You know, people always ask me about the heavy stuff. They want to know how we handled the emotional weight of those 4077th operating room scenes. And it’s…
THE WORLD SAW AN ELITIST ARISTOCRAT… BUT HE LIVED IN SILENCE
For years, the global audience knew him by a very specific set of mannerisms. He was the man with the silver spoon, the high-brow intellect, and a perceived…
THE DAY THE DRESS TOOK OVER THE ENTIRE MASH CAMP
I was sitting on this wooden stool at a fan convention a few years back, just soaking in the stories from the crowd, when someone in the third…