THE DAY SERGEANT SCHULTZ FOUND A SECRET BRIBE IN HIS LUGGAGE
The year was 1972, and the air in the crowded auditorium was thick with the scent of hairspray and nostalgia. John Banner sat on the edge of a…
THE DAY COLONEL KLINK LOST HIS EYE IN THE SCHNAPPS
The interviewer reaches into a small mahogany box sitting on the table between them. Inside lies a simple, circular piece of glass attached to a thin black string….
THE DAY THE MONOCLE BECAME A TEA BAG IN STALAG 13
The year was 1994, and Werner Klemperer sat in a quiet studio, his posture as sharp as it had been thirty years prior. He was there for a…
THE LAUGHTER FADED WHEN THE BOOTS HIT THE GRAVEL
The sun was dipping low over the backlot at 40 Acres, casting long, skeletal shadows from the remains of the guard towers. Robert Clary walked slowly, his hands…
THE UNIFORM WAS A JOKE UNTIL THE MUSIC PLAYED AGAIN
The steak was perfectly cooked, but Werner Klemperer wasn’t looking at his plate. He was looking across the small, candlelit table at Robert Clary. They were in a…
JAMIE FARR REVEALS THE PRANK THAT LEFT HIM STRANDED IN FRUIT
I remember being on a stage in Chicago for one of those big nostalgia conventions, and the room was absolutely packed. A young fan in the front row,…
LORETTA SWIT KNEW THAT MASH GOODBYE WASN’T ACTING.
It started, like so many great stories do, with a simple question during a reunion. Someone mentioned a specific scene from the final season. Not the final goodbye…
MIKE FARRELL RECALLS THE ABSURD O.R. MISTAKE THAT STOPPED PRODUCTION
I was sitting in a podcast studio recently, one of those soundproofed rooms with the fancy microphones that pick up every exhale. The host, a real aficionado of…
THE FINAL GOODBYE ON MATHE FINAL GOODBYE ON MASH THAT WAS NEVER IN THE SCRIPT.
It was a quiet afternoon, decades after the final “cut” had echoed through the Malibu hills. A casual reunion panel was unfolding on a small stage, the type…
JAMIE FARR REVEALS THE PRANK THAT LEFT HIM STRANDED IN FRUIT
I remember being on a stage in Chicago for one of those big nostalgia conventions, and the room was absolutely packed. A young fan in the front row,…