THEY HELD THE RUSTED SHOVEL AND THE FREEZING TERROR CAME RUSHING BACK
It has been over two decades since they traded their muddy jump boots for civilian life. Frank John Hughes, Neal McDonough, and James Madio were no longer young…
THE SHARPSHOOTER WHO NEVER WANTED TO BE A KILLER
When Peter Youngblood Hills was cast in the monumental production of Band of Brothers, he was handed the terrifying responsibility of portraying a living legend. He was playing…
THEY HEARD THE HEAVY LATCH SNAP AND THE YEARS FELL AWAY
It had been nearly two decades since they handed in their muddy combat boots and returned to their civilian lives. Scott Grimes, Dexter Fletcher, and Rick Gomez were…
THE UNCONTROLLABLE LAUGHTER OF COLONEL POTTER ON THE MASH SET
I am sitting here in my study today, looking at a stack of mail that seems to grow faster than I can read it. Most of it is…
HOW ALAN ALDA FELL ASLEEP DURING HIS OWN OPERATING ROOM SCENE
We were sitting in this tiny, soundproof booth in New York, and the podcast host leaned in with that look they get when they think they’ve found a…
HARRY MORGAN’S SURREAL PERFORMANCE THAT NEARLY BROKE THE 4077TH CAST
I was sitting in the studio for an episode of my podcast, Clear+Vivid, and a listener sent in a question that really took me back. They asked if…
THE DAY THE SWAMP FINALLY BROKE THE DIGNITY OF CHARLES EMERSON WINCHESTER
The interviewer leaned back in the leather chair, a soft smile playing on his lips as he looked across the table at the man with the resonant, Shakespearean…
THE CHOPPER BLADES NEVER STOPPED SPINNING IN LORETTA SWIT’S HEART.
The dust in Malibu Creek hasn’t really changed in forty years. It is a specific kind of California dust—fine, pale, and persistent. It clings to your shoes and…
THE SOUND THAT STILL MAKES LORETTA SWIT STOP IN HER TRACKS
The sun was beating down on the dry, golden hills of Malibu Creek State Park, the kind of heat that stays in your bones long after you’ve stepped…
JAMIE FARR AND THE DAY THE HOOP SKIRT DECLARED WAR ON KOREA
The interviewer leans forward, shifting his notes, and looks at Jamie Farr with a look of genuine curiosity. He asks if there was ever a moment during the…