THE DAY THE 4077TH GAVE THE STUDIO A FULL MOON
The auditorium was packed to the rafters. It was one of those big nostalgia conventions in Burbank, and the room was filled with a sea of olive drab…
TV’S TOUGHEST MILITARY NURSE… BUT HER REAL STRENGTH WAS HER SOFTNESS
She spent eleven long years encased in a stiff, olive-drab uniform that seemed to dictate her every move. To the millions of people who tuned in every week,…
THE SOUND THAT HAUNTED THE MAS*H SET FOR ELEVEN LONG YEARS
The heat in the Santa Monica Mountains hasn’t changed much since 1983. It still has that dry, pressing weight that settles into your bones before the clock even…
TV’S MOST SENSITIVE DOCTOR… BUT HE WASN’T LISTENING AT HOME
He is the man who taught a generation of men that it was okay to cry. For eleven years, he was the moral compass of the most popular…
THE TEDDY BEAR WASN’T A PROP… AND GARY BURGHOFF KNEW IT.
Gary sat across from Loretta, the coffee between them long since forgotten. The restaurant was quiet, tucked away from the noise of the anniversary gala where they had…
MCLEAN STEVENSON REMEMBERS THE DAY THE BRIEFING WENT HORRIBLY WRONG
I was sitting at dinner the other night with some old friends, and someone brought up the show. It happens a lot, even all these years later. People…
THE ROOM WENT SILENT, BUT THE HELICOPTER KEPT SCREAMING.
Gary Burghoff stood at the edge of the dust in Malibu Creek, squinting against the harsh California sun. Beside him, Loretta Swit adjusted her sunglasses, her gaze fixed…
WILLIAM CHRISTOPHER SAW THE MAN BEHIND THE KLINGER MASK
\The restaurant was too loud for a conversation this quiet. Across the small table, William Christopher adjusted his glasses and looked at the man who had spent a…
ALAN ALDA REVEALS THE HILARIOUS REASON THE MASH CAST STOPPED FILMING
The host leans in, the red “On Air” light reflecting off the glass of the podcast studio, and asks a question Alan Alda has heard a thousand times,…
AMERICA’S FAVORITE CORPORAL… BUT HE NEEDED TO FIND HIMSELF AGAIN
Gary Burghoff sat in his dressing room on the 20th Century Fox lot, the familiar sounds of a bustling television production muffled by the thin, temporary walls. To…