THE HILARIOUS PROP MISTAKE LARRY LINVILLE TRIED TO HIDE FOR YEARS
It was a late-night podcast conversation that brought the whole memory flooding back. The host asked a simple, casual question about whether the actors ever lost their composure…
WHY A SIMPLE SEWING NEEDLE REVEALED THE SOUL OF HARRY MORGAN.
The studio lights had grown incredibly bright that afternoon. Mike Farrell sat at a small table, leaning forward as the podcast host adjusted his microphone. The conversation had…
THE DAY KLINGER’S DRESS BROKE THE ENTIRE CAMERA CREW
The host of the television history podcast leaned into his microphone and asked Jamie Farr a completely unexpected question. “Everyone asks about the mental preparation for Corporal…
THE SCENE THAT SILENCED THE ENTIRE SOUNDSTAGE
It started with a quiet observation over a lukewarm cup of coffee, years after the cameras had stopped rolling for good. Two old colleagues, William Christopher and…
THE WARDROBE MALFUNCTION IN THE OR THAT BROKE THE ENTIRE CREW
The host of the television history podcast leaned into his microphone and asked Mike Farrell a simple question. “Those operating room scenes always looked so intense and…
THE SCENE THEY COULD NEVER REHEARSE WITHOUT TEARING UP
It was a quiet moment tucked away in the corner of a loud room. Years after the helicopters had left for the last time, old friends found…
THE UNEXPECTED SURGICAL DISASTER THAT BROKE THE MAS*H CAST
Mike Farrell adjusts his headphones and leans closer to the studio microphone. He is sitting in a soundproof podcast booth, comfortably chatting with a host who has…
THE MOMENT THE LAUGHTER DIED ON THE MAS*H SET
It was late afternoon in a hotel lobby in the early 2000s, far removed from the noise of the autograph tables. Gary Burghoff and William Christopher had…
HOLLYWOOD’S FINEST COMEDIC FOIL… BUT HE CHOSE THE QUIET LIFE OF A CRAFTSMAN
In the late 1970s, network television was dominated by the chaotic, fast-paced energy of Malibu and Beverly Hills. To the public, the man who brought the high-strung, intensely…
THE DAY ALAN ALDA UNWITTINGLY RUINED A DEADPAN RADAR O’REILLY SCENE
We were sitting in a small, dimly lit podcast studio in Manhattan, the walls lined with acoustic foam and the microphone suspended between us like a tiny metallic…