TV’S COMEDIC MASTER OF DRESSES… BUT HIS TRUE SHIELD WAS OLIVE DRAB
The green room was entirely quiet, a stark contrast to the cheering crowds they had just left on the main stage. Loretta Swit sat on the velvet…
TV’S CHARMING HOLLYWOOD SURGEON… BUT HIS REAL ANCHOR WAS LINOLEUM
Long before he wore the iconic olive drab scrubs of television’s most famous military surgeon, a young Alan Alda was completely lost in the unforgiving concrete…
A SERIOUS HOLLYWOOD SURGEON… BUT LATE NIGHTS BROUGHT UTTER GIBBERISH
The host leaned forward, adjusting his headphones as the audio levels bounced on the screen. “Alan, everyone talks about the tears on MASH,” the host said, leaning…
A LOYAL HOLLYWOOD SOLDIER… BUT A COLLAPSED BED BROUGHT TOTAL CHAOS
The studio lights were lowered, and the digital counter on the recording board blinked steadily in the quiet room. The podcast host adjusted his headset, leaned into…
TV’S MOST DESPISED VILLAIN… BUT HIS REAL HEART WAS PURE GRACE
The photograph had slipped from the pages of an old script she hadn’t opened in decades. Loretta Swit paused in her quiet living room, the afternoon sun…
TV’S MOST BELOVED SOLDIER… BUT HIS TRUE SANCTUARY WAS SOLITUDE
In the late 1970s, there was no safer bet in American entertainment than sitting in front of a television set on a Monday night. The world was tuning…
HOLLYWOOD’S MOST BELOVED DOCTOR… BUT HIS FOREVER STARTED ON THE FLOOR
Long before he wore the iconic olive drab scrubs and captivated millions with his sharp wit and deeply empathetic eyes, Alan Alda was just a struggling twenty-year-old in…
HOLLYWOOD’S POMPOUS ARISTOCRAT… BUT HIS REAL SANCTUARY WAS A QUIET COAST
For years, millions of viewers tuned in every week to see a man who seemed entirely unshakeable. On television, David Ogden Stiers portrayed the ultimate high-society intellectual, a…
HOLLYWOOD’S MOST BELOVED DOCTOR… BUT HIS ULTIMATE BATTLE WAS FOUGHT IN PRIVATE
For more than a decade, millions of people welcomed Alan Alda into their living rooms every week. He was the fast-talking surgeon who could fix any wound with…
TV’S MOST POMPOUS ARISTOCRAT… BUT HIS REAL SANCTUARY WAS A QUIET TOWN
For years, millions of viewers knew David Ogden Stiers as the ultimate high-society snob, a man who looked down his nose at everything and everyone around him. His…