THE MONOCLE THAT BECAME A MISSILE IN A CHICAGO STEAKHOUSE
Interviewer: Werner, it is such a profound joy to have you here. I have to show you something before we continue. Our stage manager found this in a…
THE WARDROBE DISASTER THAT BROUGHT THE MAS*H SET TO A HALT
I was doing a comedy podcast a few months back, and the host decided to surprise me by pulling out a piece of vintage fan mail. It was…
THE DAY COLONEL KLINKS MONOCLE DECIDED TO ESCAPE THE WAR
It is a quiet afternoon in a brightly lit television studio, the kind of space where the air feels thick with the smell of floor wax and expensive…
THE CHRISTMAS SCENE THAT BROKE TWO MEN IN THE SWAMP
They were sitting in a quiet corner of a Los Angeles restaurant, years after the muddy boots and dog tags had been packed away. David Ogden Stiers and…
THE COMMANDANT AND THE SERGEANT WHO BROKE HIM
The studio lights were a bit softer than the ones Werner Klemperer had lived under for six seasons at Paramount, but the gaze he leveled at the audience…
THE BUMPY JEEP RIDE THAT TOOK LORETTA SWIT BACK TO MALIBU
It was supposed to be a simple reunion moment for the cameras. Just two old friends, legends of television, walking through a museum warehouse filled with Hollywood history….
THE GOODBYE NO ONE IN THE ROOM WAS READY FOR
Years after the helicopters stopped flying, two old friends sat quietly at a cast gathering. The crowded room was loud with laughter, the clinking of glasses, and shared…
THE TUNNEL WAS JUST A PROP UNTIL WE STEPPED BACK IN
The sun was hitting the old pavement of the studio lot in a way that felt like a trick of the mind. Robert Clary stood there, his hands…
THE DAY RICHARD DAWSON MADE SERGEANT SCHULTZ COMPLETELY LOSE HIS COOL
The interviewer leaned forward, the studio lights reflecting off his glasses as he looked at Richard Dawson. Richard sat there, looking every bit the elder statesman of Hollywood,…
THE SECRET UNDER THE SURGICAL MASKS
I was doing a podcast interview a few years ago, and the host threw me a complete curveball. Instead of asking about the heavy, emotional finale or the…