WILLIAM CHRISTOPHER NEVER TOLD THE CAST WHY THAT SCENE HURT.

Loretta Swit remembers the smell of the Stage 9 mud better than almost anything else. It was a thick, cloying mix of damp earth, the heavy scent of…

A LUNCH GONE SILENT: THE MOMENT THE 4077TH CAME RUSHING BACK.

The patio in Pasadena was quiet, the kind of afternoon where the only sound should have been the clink of silverware against porcelain. Jamie Farr sat across from…

JAMIE FARR AND THE PINK LACE DISASTER IN THE MALIBU SUN

I was sitting on a stage recently for a retrospective, and a fan in the front row stood up. He didn’t ask about the series finale or the…

TV’S MOST FAMOUS CORPORAL… BUT HIS HAND HELD A HIDDEN TRUTH

The dusty hills of Malibu often stood in for the mountains of South Korea, but for the man wearing the oversized olive-drab cap, the heat was very real….

THE DAY COLONEL POTTER FINALLY BROKE THE ENTIRE MASH SET

Interviewer: You were known as the rock of that set, Harry. The veteran who always hit his marks and knew every line before he even stepped out of…

THE DAY THE 4077TH REALIZED THE KID WAS FINALLY GONE.

The restaurant in Los Angeles was quiet, the kind of place where old friends go when they don’t want to be recognized. Loretta Swit sat across from Gary…

THE DAY KLINGER’S WARDROBE FINALLY DECIDED TO QUIT ON THE SET

The room is packed. The air in the convention hall is a bit stale, but the energy is electric. I’m sitting there on the stage, looking out at…

TV’S MOST ARROGANT ARISTOCRAT… BUT HIS TRUTH WAS HIDDEN IN SILENCE

For years, the world knew him as the man who brought a touch of the Boston elite to a muddy camp in Korea. He was the embodiment of…

GARY BURGHOFF PUT ON THE OLD JACKET AND THE ROOM WENT SILENT.

The warehouse was tucked away in a corner of North Hollywood where the air always smelled of dry rot and old dreams. Loretta stood by the heavy metal…

THE DAY RADAR LEFT THE SWAMP WASN’T IN THE SCRIPT

The room was filled with the kind of comfortable silence that only forty years of shared history can produce. Gary sat across from Loretta, the California sunlight catching…