THE DAY THE SCHULTZ UNIFORM FINALLY GAVE UP THE GHOST
The interviewer, a young man in a sharp suit, leans forward and places an old, cracked leather belt on the coffee table between them. John Banner looks at…
WHEN A TAKEOUT MENU RUINED A SCENE ON MAS*H
I was recording my podcast recently, and my producer patched through a surprise caller. It was a radio host, and he threw me completely off balance with an…
THE DAY NEWKIRK LOST HIS COOL ON THE HOGAN’S HEROES SET
The studio lights were a bit softer than they used to be back in the sixties, and Richard Dawson sat back in the armchair with that familiar, mischievous…
HARRY MORGAN KNEW THE LAST GOODBYE WASN’T SCRIPTED.
The tea was cooling on the table, forgotten in the soft glow of the late afternoon. Harry sat across from Loretta, his eyes carrying that same sharp, fatherly…
THE DAY COLONEL POTTER FOUND A NEW FAMILY ON HIS DESK
You know, people always ask me about the transition from a show like Dragnet to a show like MAS*H. They are two completely different universes, really. In Dragnet,…
THE SOUND THAT CHANGED EVERYTHING FOR LORETTA SWIT AND HARRY MORGAN
The sun was beginning to dip behind the Santa Monica Mountains, casting long, amber shadows across the porch. It was a quiet afternoon, the kind where the air…
THE DAY COLONEL KLINK MET HIS MATCH IN THE REAL WORLD
I remember sitting in a small, dimly lit studio for one of those late-career retrospectives, the kind where the host treats you like a museum exhibit that can…
THE SCRIPT SAID RADAR WAS LEAVING… BUT THE CAST WASN’T READY.
It started with the sound of a metal chair scraping against a cold floor. Loretta Swit was the first to notice the silence in the room, the kind…
THE DAY THE MASH CAST GHOSTED KLINGER IN THE MIDDLE OF FILMING
I remember sitting on a plastic chair under the bright lights of a convention center in 2015. The room was packed with fans wearing olive drab and surgical…
SIGRID VALDIS REVEALS THE HILARIOUS REASON FANS THOUGHT BOB CRANE WAS CHEATING
The lights were bright, and the room was quiet, except for the soft hum of the camera. I was sitting there, looking at a stack of old production…