THE WORLD SAW A HERO DOCTOR… BUT THE BOOTS HAD OTHER PLANS
“Alan, I have to ask you something that’s been bothering me since I was a kid watching reruns,” the young actor says, leaning into the microphone of the…
THEY THOUGHT THE JEEP WAS JUST A PROP UNTIL IT SPOKE.
It sat in the corner of a dimly lit warehouse in Malibu, buried under a heavy plastic tarp that had turned yellow with age. Jamie Farr pulled the…
JAMIE FARR AND THE SCARLETT OHARA DRESS DISASTER AT MALIBU RANCH
I remember sitting on that stage at the collectors’ convention a few years back, and the room was just packed with people wearing olive drab. There was this…
THE HIDDEN TRUTH BEHIND THE FINAL GOODBYE IN MASH HISTORY
The coffee was getting cold on the table, but neither of them seemed to notice. Mike Farrell sat across from Loretta Swit, the California sun catching the silver…
THE DAY THE MASH OPERATING ROOM TURNED INTO A COMEDY CLUB
The interviewer leans forward, the studio lights reflecting off his glasses. He asks a question I have heard a thousand times before, but today, for some reason, it…
THEY WERE JUST ACTORS IN THE DUST… UNTIL THE SOUND RETURNED.
The sun was beginning to dip behind the Santa Monica Mountains, casting long, amber shadows across the dry brush of the canyon. Two men sat on a weathered…
JAMIE FARR RECALLS THE DAY KLINGER WAS BORN IN A DUSTY TENT
The studio lights are bright, and the host of the podcast leans in, adjusting his headset. He looks at the man sitting across from him, a man who…
TV’S PROUDEST WINCHESTER… BUT HIS GREATEST TRUTH WAS KEPT IN SHADOWS
The world knew him by his posture. He stood with a rigid, intellectual spine that seemed to look down on the very earth it walked upon. As Major…
THE SOUND THAT MADE LORETTA SWIT FREEZE FORTY YEARS LATER
Loretta and Gary sat in the shade of a small porch, the California sun casting long, orange shadows across the dry grass. It was a quiet afternoon, the…
HARRY MORGAN REVEALS THE NIGHT HE FELL ASLEEP DURING SURGERY
It is funny how a single question can just crack open a vault of memories you haven’t touched in decades. I was sitting there on that stage for…