RICHARD DAWSON AND THE CASE OF THE STUCK SCHULTZ
I remember sitting on a stage in a drafty convention hall back in the late seventies, just a few years after the show had gone into heavy syndication….
THE DAY JOHN BANNER ACCIDENTALLY ATTACKED RICHARD DAWSON WITH STRUDEL
The interviewer leans back in the plush chair, the studio lights reflecting off his glasses. He looks over at Richard Dawson, who is sitting with that effortless, cool…
THE SURGEONS WERE FIGHTING DEATH… BUT A SQUELCH DESTROYED THEM
The air in the quiet recording studio was cool, but Mike Farrell felt a familiar warmth spreading through his chest. Across from him sat a younger actor, a…
WE THOUGHT THE CAMERAS WERE OFF… BUT THE GRIEF WAS REAL
Loretta Swit sat across from Mike Farrell and Jamie Farr in a quiet corner of a Los Angeles restaurant. The light was golden, filtered through a nearby window,…
THE LAST TIME HARRY MORGAN SALUTED, NO ONE WAS WATCHING THE SCRIPT.
It was a Tuesday afternoon in the late nineties when the phone rang at Loretta Swit’s home. On the other end was a voice that sounded like gravel…
HOW JAMIE FARR NEARLY BROKE THE TOUGHEST COLONEL IN TELEVISION HISTORY
The fluorescent lights of the convention center ballroom weren’t exactly the rolling hills of Malibu, but for a second, looking at the grey-haired man in the front row…
THE DAY SERGEANT SCHULTZ ACTUALLY SAW SOMETHING DELICIOUS
The studio lights were always a bit too bright for a man of my vintage, but that afternoon in the late sixties felt particularly heavy. I remember sitting…
THE COLONEL’S STERN FACE HID A MAN CONSTANTLY ON THE BRINK
The studio was quiet, save for the low hum of the air conditioning and the rhythmic tapping of the veteran actor’s fingers on the armrest of his chair….
RICHARD DAWSON RECALLS THE LEGENDARY MONOCLE PRANK ON THE HOGAN SET
The studio lights were a bit softer than the ones he had lived under for years on the set of Family Feud, but Richard Dawson still had that…
THE PHOTO WAS TUCKED AWAY FOR DECADES UNTIL JAMIE FARR FOUND IT.
Jamie Farr sat at his kitchen table with a cardboard box that smelled like cedar and forgotten years. Loretta Swit sat across from him, her hands wrapped around…