THE SOUND THAT STILL MAKES LORETTA SWIT STOP IN HER TRACKS.
The sun was beginning to dip behind the jagged silhouette of the Santa Monica Mountains, casting long, amber shadows across the dusty ground. It was a quiet afternoon,…
THE DAY THE DRESS WON THE WAR
We were sitting on a stage in Beverly Hills for one of those big anniversary retrospectives, and the moderator asked that one question I have heard probably ten…
THE CAST CRIED DURING THE FINALE BUT IT WASN’T THE SCRIPT.
The restaurant was quiet, the kind of hushed California corner where legends go to be human. Loretta Swit sat across from Jamie Farr, the steam from their coffee…
JAMIE FARR RECALLS THE COSTUME MISHAP THAT BROKE THE ENTIRE MASH CAST
I was sitting in a green room a few years back, just waiting to go on for a local morning talk show to promote a play I was…
THE WORLD’S MOST BELOVED PRIEST… BUT HIS GREATEST BATTLE WAS HOME
William Christopher was the man who made the whole world feel a little bit safer. Every week, for over a decade, he stepped into the worn boots of…
THE SURGERY WAS A SUCCESS… BUT THE DOCTORS DROWNED IN SYRUP
I was sitting in a brightly lit studio last year, the kind with too much blue neon and chairs that are designed more for style than for a…
LORETTA SWIT HEARD A SOUND THAT TOOK HER BACK TO 1972.
The sun was beating down on the Malibu hills, turning the dry brush into a sea of faded gold. It was one of those afternoons where the heat…
TV’S MOST TRUSTED PSYCHIATRIST… BUT HIS REAL EYE WAS FOR FASHION
Whenever a helicopter’s rhythmic thumping echoed over the hills of the 4077th, the cast and crew of MAS*H knew the tone of the show was about to shift….
THE DAY JAMIE FARR BECAME THE HOTTEST GORILLA IN KOREA
The interviewer leans in, adjusts his headphones, and looks at the legendary man sitting across from him. Jamie Farr is dressed in a sharp, modern blazer today, looking…
THE LAUGHTER DIED IN THAT TENT… AND THE TRUTH TOOK OVER.
The sun was setting over the hills of Ojai, casting a long, golden shadow across the porch where two old friends sat in silence. Harry Morgan leaned back…