HE TOUCHED THE OLD RADIO AND THE ENTIRE CAMP CAME BACK.
The warehouse was located on the outskirts of Los Angeles, a place where memories went to collect dust. It was a cavernous space, filled with crates that held…
THE DAY THE HOOP SKIRT DECLARED WAR ON THE MASH SET
I am sitting on a draped stage at a fan convention in Las Vegas, and the room is absolutely packed with people wearing olive drab. There is a…
TELEVISION’S ETERNAL BOY… BUT HIS SILENT STRUGGLE WAS HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT
The heat in the Santa Monica Mountains could be suffocating. Between takes on the set of the 4077th, the actors would scramble for any patch of shade they…
HARRY MORGAN REVEALS THE MOMENT HE FINALLY LOST HIS COMPOSURE ON SET
I remember sitting across from an interviewer a few years back. He was a young guy, very serious, looking at me like I was some kind of ancient…
THE FINAL SCENE WAS SCRIPTED… BUT THE TEARS WERE REAL.
The table was small, but the memories filled the entire room. Loretta Swit sat across from Jamie Farr, the steam from their coffee rising between them like the…
THE DAY MY HIGH HEELS ALMOST ENDED THE KOREAN WAR EARLY
I was sitting in this high-end recording studio in Los Angeles a few months ago, doing one of those deep-dive podcasts where the host wants to know every…
THE SOUND WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A CUE BUT IT BECAME SOMETHING ELSE
The sound started as a low, rhythmic thrumming in the distance. It was the kind of noise that usually goes unnoticed in the middle of a busy California…
THE DAY THE SCARLETT OHARA DRESS NEARLY LEVELED THE MASH TENT
I remember sitting on a stage a few years back at one of those big nostalgia conventions. The room was packed with people wearing olive drab and surgical…
THE MUSICAL MISADVENTURES OF THE MAN WHO PLAYED COLONEL KLINK
The host leans forward, the low glow of the studio lights reflecting off his coffee mug. He slides a grainy, black-and-white promotional still across the table toward Werner…
THE TRAPDOOR WAS SEALED DECADES AGO BUT THE GHOSTS REMAINED
Robert Clary and Richard Dawson stood on a patch of sun-bleached asphalt where a world of barbed wire once lived. The Hollywood sun was bright, far too bright…