THE HIGH HEELS THAT ALMOST STOPPED THE WAR
The studio light flickered to a steady, glowing red. Inside the soundproof booth, the atmosphere was relaxed, the kind of quiet that only comes with decades of mutual…
THE WORLD’S ETERNAL BOY… BUT HIS TRUTH WAS HIDDEN IN THE SILENCE
The image is etched into the collective memory of a generation. A young man in a worn olive-drab cap, oversized glasses perched on his nose, clutching a clipboard…
JAMIE FARR AND THE SCARLETT OHARA DRESS DISASTER
I was sitting in a trailer about three years ago, waiting for my call time on a small independent film. A young actor, maybe twenty-three years old, looked…
THE WORLD’S MOST POMPOUS ARISTOCRAT… BUT HIS TRUTH WAS HIDDEN IN HARMONY
He had a voice that could command a room without the help of a microphone. As Major Charles Emerson Winchester III on MAS*H, he was the embodiment of…
JAMIE FARR AND THE GREAT HOOP SKIRT DISASTER OF THE FORTY SEVENTH
You know, people always ask me if I ever got used to it. The dresses, I mean. I’m sitting there on a stage in front of a thousand…
THE DAY KLINGER’S WEDDING DRESS TURNED INTO A MALIBU DISASTER
The fluorescent lights of the convention center hummed overhead as Jamie Farr leaned back in his chair, a mischievous glint in his eyes that the years had done…
THE CAMERAS WERE OFF… BUT THE MAN IN THE MASK FINALLY BROKE
Jamie Farr sat in his quiet study, the afternoon sun catching the dust motes dancing in the air. He held a small, tarnished silver tray in his hands,…
THE HELICOPTER SOUND WAS SCRIPTED… BUT THE SILENCE WASN’T.
The sun was high over the Malibu hills, baking the dry earth until it smelled of sage and parched dust. Mike Farrell stood with his hands deep in…
THE SOUND THAT HAUNTED GARY BURGHOFF LONG AFTER MASH ENDED
The Malibu sun was beating down on the dust, just like it did in 1972. Gary Burghoff stood at the edge of the old filming site, squinting against…
HARRY MORGAN’S SHAKY HAND CHANGED HOW MIKE FARRELL SAW THE WAR.
It was a small gathering, just a quiet dinner in a corner booth of a restaurant, far away from the glare of television cameras. Mike Farrell was sitting…