THE CHOPPER SOUND THAT SILENCED TWO BEST FRIENDS YEARS LATER
Years after the famous tents were packed away, two men stood outside on a quiet California afternoon. Alan Alda and Gary Burghoff had weathered the unimaginable storm of…
HARRY MORGAN SAW THE OLD JEEP AND SUDDENLY THE WAR RETURNED
Harry Morgan always walked with a certain quiet authority, even long after the cameras had stopped rolling and the sets had been struck. He had that unmistakable old-school…
WHEN DAVID OGDEN STIERS STOPPED ACTING DURING THE FINAL GOODBY
Loretta Swit sat in a quiet chair, the kind of stillness that only comes with age and a thousand memories. She was thinking about a man who wasn’t…
THE SNOBBY SURGEON BROKE DOWN ON SET… AND KEPT THE SECRET
Years after the helicopters flew away from the 4077th for the final time, two old friends sat across from each other in a quiet Los Angeles restaurant. The…
JAMIE FARR REVEALS THE ONE COSTUME THAT BROKE THE MASH CAST
I am sitting on a brightly lit stage at a fan convention in Las Vegas, surrounded by the hum of a thousand voices and the smell of expensive…
GARY BURGHOFF HEARD IT FIRST… BUT LORETTA SWIT FELT IT.
The sun was beating down on the dry, golden hills of Malibu Creek State Park just like it did in 1972. Gary Burghoff stood near the spot where…
THE INTENSE MEDICAL SCENE THAT WAS RUINED BY A SLEEPING EXTRA
The podcast host leans into the microphone, ready to ask a question that television fans have wondered about for decades. He looks across the studio table at Alan…
LORETTA SAW A SIDE OF COLONEL POTTER NO ONE EXPECTED
The lunch was quiet, the kind of silence that only exists between people who have known each other for forty years. Loretta Swit sat across from Harry Morgan,…
THE DAY MAXWELL KLINGER ALMOST LOST HIS LADY IN THE MUD
You know, people always ask me if I kept the dresses. They think there is a giant walk-in closet in my house filled with sequins and chiffon. I…
TV’S MOST INNOCENT SOLDIER… BUT HIS HEART BELONGED TO THE WILD
The 4077th was a place of noise. There was the constant, rhythmic thumping of helicopter blades, the shouting of orders, and the canned laughter that followed every wisecrack…