THE SCRIPT CALLED FOR ACTING… BUT HARRY MORGAN WASN’T ACTING

The sun was beginning to dip behind the jagged peaks of the Santa Monica Mountains. Mike Farrell sat on a weathered wooden bench, the kind that creaks with…

THEY THOUGHT IT WAS JUST A TV SHOW… UNTIL THE CHOPPERS RETURNED.

Mike Farrell was halfway through a story about his grandkids when the air began to change. He was sitting on a quiet patio in the hills, the California…

THE DAY THE OPERATING ROOM TURNED INTO A COMEDY CLUB

I was sitting in a small, soundproof studio recently, recording an episode for my podcast, and the host asked me something I haven’t been asked in a very…

TV’S MOST ELOQUENT ARISTOCRAT… BUT HIS TRUTH WAS HIDDEN IN SILENCE

The coastal town of Newport, Oregon, is a place defined by its relationship with the mist. It rolls in off the Pacific, heavy and grey, blurring the lines…

JAMIE FARR RECALLS THE MOMENT HARRY MORGAN FINALLY SNAPPED ON SET

It was a late-afternoon session for a documentary about the legacy of the show, and the lighting in the studio was that warm, amber hue that makes everything…

THE DAY THE MASH SWAMP SMELLED LIKE AN OLD ITALIAN DELI

So, Alan, do you remember the smell? Not the prop smell of stale coffee and dusty canvas, but the real, lingering, aggressive smell? Mike Farrell’s voice crackles with…

THE CANVAS WAS THIN… BUT IT HELD THEIR WHOLE LIVES INSIDE

The warehouse was cold, but the air inside the corner unit felt decades older. Mike Farrell adjusted his glasses, his boots echoing against the concrete floor. Loretta Swit…

THE CHOPPERS STOPPED FLYING IN 1983, BUT RADAR STILL HEARS THEM.

Loretta sat on the porch of her home, the late California sun catching the silver in her hair as she leaned back in the wicker chair. Across from…

THE COLONEL COMMANDED THE CAMP… BUT THE MAP POINTER HAD OTHER IDEAS

The interview was taking place in a dimly lit television studio in the early nineties, years after the dust of the Korean War had settled for the final…

THE CAMERAS STOPPED ROLLING… BUT THE GOODBYE NEVER ENDED

The light in the room was soft, a far cry from the harsh, punishing sun of the Malibu hills. Mike Farrell looked across the table at Loretta Swit…