THE SCENE THAT FOREVER CHANGED MARGARET HOULIHAN
The hotel lobby was nearly empty when Mike Farrell and Loretta Swit found a quiet corner to sit down. It was the night before a major television…
THE DAY THE MAS*H CAST LOST THEIR PANTS ON SET
The podcast studio felt incredibly intimate as the host leaned into his microphone. He looked across the table at television legend Alan Alda, asking a question that…
THE SCENE THAT BROKE MAS*H’S MOST ARROGANT DOCTOR
Years after the cameras finally stopped rolling on the Twentieth Century Fox lot, a television interviewer sat down with David Ogden Stiers. They were discussing the lasting,…
THE DAY A REAL GENERAL MET CORPORAL KLINGER
The podcast studio was quiet for a second before the host leaned into his microphone and threw a curveball question. “Jamie,” the host said, tapping his pen…
HOW ALAN ALDA ACCIDENTALLY STARTED A WAR WITH THE MASH PROP DEPARTMENT
The microphone was settled between us, and the studio lights had that warm, low glow that usually makes people forget they are being recorded. We were about forty…
THE ARMY JEEP WAS JUST A PROP… UNTIL TWO OLD FRIENDS CLIMBED INSIDE.
The old hangar in California was mostly silent, filled with the scent of motor oil, dust, and aging canvas. Mike Farrell stood near the entrance, adjusting his jacket…
THAT ONE TIME ALAN ALDA COMPLETELY FORGOT HOW TO SURGEON
People always ask me about the heavy, emotional episodes of MAS*H, the ones that really made audiences cry. But when I look back at those eleven years in…
THE SNOTTY BRAT ON TELEVISION… BUT HIS PRIVATE LIFE WAS PURE DEVOTION
We all remember the characters who were meant to be disliked. In the landscape of classic television, there was one man who mastered the art of playing the…
THE OLD SWAMP PROP LURKING IN STORAGE CHANGED EVERYTHING FOR MIKE FARRELL.
The dusty warehouse in California was filled with forgotten pieces of television history. Mike Farrell was just looking for a misplaced photo when his hand brushed against something…
HE WAS THE LOUDEST VOICE IN THE ROOM… BUT HE LIVED IN SILENCE
For eleven years on American television, David Ogden Stiers played a man who weaponized words. As Major Charles Emerson Winchester III, he was the embodiment of aristocratic arrogance,…