TV’S ARISTOCRATIC INTELLECTUAL… BUT HE LIVED A QUIETLY HIDDEN TRUTH
The world knew him as Major Charles Emerson Winchester III. He was the man who brought a refined, haughty, yet deeply human complexity to the 4077th. On our…
JAMIE FARR AND LORETTA SWIT RECALLED THE SILENCE AFTER THE FIRE.
They sat in a quiet corner of the gala, two people who had once shared a tent in a war that never ended. Jamie Farr looked at Loretta…
THE FUNNIEST MAN IN KOREA… WAS CARRYING THE HEAVIEST REAL-LIFE SECRET
The hotel lobby was quiet, the kind of expensive silence that only exists in the hours just before dawn. Loretta Swit sat across from Jamie Farr, two old…
THE SURGERY WAS CRITICAL… BUT THE CORPSE FINALLY HAD ENOUGH
The studio lights are low, and the air is filled with that sterile, hushed expectancy that comes with a high-end podcast recording. Mike Farrell sits across from the…
THE SMELL OF THE DUST… AND THE TRUTH IN HAWKEYE’S EYES
The air in the museum archive was sterile, smelling faintly of white gloves and preserved history. Alan Alda walked slowly between the rows of crates, his hands tucked…
THE ARISTOCRAT’S COLD EXTERIOR… BUT THE COLONEL SAW THE TRUTH
The late afternoon sun was slanting through the window of a quiet living room in the Pacific Northwest. David Ogden Stiers sat in a high-backed armchair, his posture…
THE GOLDEN GOWN THAT TURNED THE COLONEL INTO A COMEDIAN
The studio lights were dimmed, casting a warm glow over the velvet chairs where Jamie Farr sat, leaning forward with a mischievous glint in his eyes. The host…
WINCHESTER FINALLY STOPPED THE MUSIC AND THE SILENCE WAS TOO REAL
The restaurant was too quiet for a Friday night, the kind of place where you could hear the ice settle in a glass three tables away. David Ogden…
HOLLYWOOD’S MOST ARROGANT MAJOR… BUT HIS REAL PASSION WAS SILENCE
The world knew him as Major Charles Emerson Winchester III. He was the man who could make a simple request for a glass of sherry sound like a…
THE SOUND THAT HAUNTS THE CAST OF MASH FORTY YEARS LATER
Jamie Farr was sitting on a quiet porch in Southern California when the sky started to vibrate. Beside him, Gary Burghoff didn’t even have to look up to…