THE FERRET FACE FUMBLE THAT BROKE THE ENTIRE 4077TH
The convention hall was packed, the air thick with the smell of popcorn and the hum of a thousand fans waiting for a story. Larry Linville sat…
THE WORLD’S FAVORITE INNOCENT KID… BUT THE MAN WAS BREAKING APART
Gary Burghoff sat in a quiet corner of a dimly lit restaurant, trying to be invisible. It was the late 1970s, and he was arguably the most…
MARGARET HOULIHAN’S TOUGHEST BATTLE WASN’T THE WAR… IT WAS ONE WORD
Interviewer: Loretta, everyone who talks about the set of MAS*H mentions the brotherhood, the long hours in Malibu, and the high-stakes O.R. scenes. But you were the…
THE MAJOR’S DIGNITY SURVIVED EVERYTHING… EXCEPT A HIDDEN NOISEMAKER
Interviewer: “David, Major Winchester was famously the most composed, aristocratic man in the history of the Korean War. He was a man of high art and higher…
THE COLONEL’S STOIC COMMAND WAS NO MATCH FOR A TELEPHONE CORD
Interviewer: “Harry, you were the elder statesman on that set. You had a long career in films before television really took over. People often remember Colonel Potter…
THE POMPOUS MAJOR… BUT HIS REAL LIFE WAS A QUIET SYMPHONY
He arrived in the mud of Malibu during the sixth season, carrying himself with a posture that suggested he was constantly breathing air much thinner and purer…
THE RADIO WAS COLD METAL… BUT THE MEMORY WAS SHARP AS GLASS
The warehouse was tucked away in a quiet corner of North Hollywood, far from the polished marble of the studio offices. It was a place where history…
THE WOOL WAS SCRATCHY… BUT THE HEARTACHE WAS ENTIRELY REAL
The room was silent, filled with that heavy, sterile stillness you only find in the deep storage of a museum archive. Loretta stood near a long metal…
TV’S MOST COMPASSIONATE CAPTAIN… BUT HIS GREATEST BATTLE INVOLVED TOYS
Interviewer: “Mike, we always hear about the camaraderie on the set of MAS*H. People talk about it like it was a summer camp that happened to be…
