THE DAY COLONEL POTTER FINALLY LOST HIS COOL ON THE MASH SET
I was sitting there in that high-backed leather chair, the kind they only put you in when they want to archive every single breath you take for television…
THE CHOPPERS KEPT FLYING LONG AFTER THE CAMERAS STOPPED ROLLING.
Gary Burghoff didn’t need to look up to know what was coming. He felt it in the vibration of his coffee cup before he heard the first blade…
JAMIE FARR RECALLS THE INFAMOUS KLINGER MUD DIVE ON SET
I was sitting in this small, soundproofed booth for a podcast interview a few months back, and the host leaned in with that look they always get when…
LORETTA SWIT HEARD THE CHOPPER… AND GARY BURGHOFF FINALLY KNEW WHY.
The afternoon sun was leaning heavy against the hills of Malibu, casting long, golden shadows that looked exactly like the ones from 1972. Loretta Swit sat on the…
THE SCENE THAT CHANGED HOW THE CAST SAW NURSE KELLYE FOREVER.
The sun was setting over the hills of Malibu, casting long, golden shadows across the patio where the old friends had gathered. It had been decades since the…
LORETTA SWIT HEARD THE SOUND… AND SUDDENLY SHE WASN’T IN CALIFORNIA ANYMORE.
Mike Farrell stood with his hands deep in his pockets, his gaze fixed on the jagged skyline of the Malibu hills. Beside him, Loretta Swit adjusted her scarf…
TV’S MOST ELOQUENT ARISTOCRAT… BUT HIS TRUE VOICE WAS KEPT HIDDEN
The Pacific Northwest has a way of swallowing sound. In the coastal town of Newport, Oregon, the air is often thick with a grey, salt-heavy mist that clings…
THE GOODBYE THAT WASN’T SCRIPTED BUT FELT ALL TOO REAL
The restaurant in Malibu was quiet. It was the kind of quiet that only arrives when the sun is dipping low over the Pacific and the tourists have…
THE WORLD’S FAVORITE COMPANY CLERK… BUT HE SOUGHT SOLITUDE IN NATURE
The world knew him as the boy who could hear the choppers before they crested the horizon. To millions of viewers, he was the eternal innocent, the one…
LORETTA SWIT HEARD THE CHOPPERS AND SUDDENLY THE LAUGHTER STOPPED.
The sun was beginning to dip behind the Malibu hills, casting long, golden shadows across the patio where two old friends sat. Jamie Farr adjusted his sunglasses, leaning…