THE LETTER GARY BURGHOFF READ WAS NEVER ACTUALLY IN THE SCRIPT.
The light was fading over the California hills, that particular shade of gold that makes everything look like a photograph from 1974. Gary sat on the porch, his…
THEY THOUGHT THE WAR WAS OVER IN 1983. THEN THE CHOPPER RETURNED.
The sun was beginning to dip behind the jagged peaks of the Santa Monica Mountains, casting long, amber shadows across the dusty trail. Mike Farrell leaned against a…
JAMIE FARR REVEALS THE HILARIOUS COSTUME MALFUNCTION THAT RUINED A PERFECT TAKE
I was sitting in a small, quiet studio for one of those career-retrospective interviews, the kind where they have the nice lighting and the soft chairs that…
THE PRANK THAT NEARLY GAVE THE MAS*H DIRECTOR A HEART ATTACK
Mike Farrell sat in the quiet of the recording studio, the soft glow of the “On Air” sign reflecting off his glasses. Across from him, Jeff Maxwell was…
TELEVISION’S MOST POMPOUS ELITIST… BUT HIS TRUTH WAS A QUIET SOLITUDE
For years, the world knew him as the ultimate aristocrat. He was the man who brought a taste of the Boston Brahmin to a muddy tent in…
THE SILENCE THAT BROKE THE SET OF MAS*H FOREVER
The sun was setting low over the Malibu hills, casting the kind of long, amber shadows that always made the ranch feel more like a memory than a…
THE DAY COLONEL POTTER FINALLY SNAPPED ON THE MAS*H SET
I was sitting in the studio with my headphones on, looking across the table at my co-host, Ryan. We were recording an episode of the MAS*H Matters podcast,…
THE SEQUINED DISASTER AT THE FOUR ZERO SEVENTY SEVENTH
The stage was lit with that soft, nostalgic amber glow you only see at these “Evening with the Stars” events. Jamie Farr sat there, leaning back in a…
THE SECRET JAMIE FARR KEPT UNDER HIS UNIFORM FOR ELEVEN YEARS
The coffee was getting cold, but neither of them seemed to notice. Jamie Farr sat across from William Christopher in a small, sun-drenched cafe far from the dust…
THE WORLD’S FAVORITE ETERNAL CORPORAL… BUT THE FATHER WAS FADING FAST
By the mid-1970s, stage 9 at 20th Century Fox had become a sort of sacred ground. The air was always thick with a specific kind of artificial dust,…