THE DAY HARRY MORGAN’S SILENCE BROKE THE 4077TH BROTHERHOOD.
Alan Alda sat across from Jamie Farr, the steam from their coffee rising like the morning fog they used to see in the hills of Malibu. They weren’t…
THE HEART OF THE 4077TH… BUT HE WAS LOSING HIS OWN
The world knew him as the boy who heard the helicopters before they appeared. To millions of viewers, he was the symbol of innocence preserved in the middle…
THEY THOUGHT THE CAMERAS WERE OFF… BUT THE SOUND RETURNED.
The sun was beginning to dip behind the jagged peaks of the Santa Monica Mountains, casting long, amber shadows across the dry brush of Malibu Creek State Park….
THE DRESS MADE US LAUGH BUT THE SILENCE BROKE US
The sun was beginning to dip behind the Malibu hills, casting long, amber shadows across the dusty terrain that once housed the most famous hospital in television history….
HOW A WEDDING DRESS AND A FRIGHTENED HORSE NEARLY RUINED MASH
I was sitting across from this young podcast host a few months ago, and he asked me something I hadn’t really thought about in years. He didn’t ask…
FIFTY YEARS LATER, THE DUST IN MALIBU STILL TASTES LIKE GOODBYE
The sun was hanging low over the jagged peaks of Malibu Creek State Park, casting long, amber shadows across the dry brush. Two men stood on a small,…
THE WORLD’S MOST ARROGANT ARISTOCRAT… BUT HIS HEART SOUGHT A QUIET SYMPHONY
The image of Charles Emerson Winchester III was a cage. For years, the public saw a man who would rather die than be seen as common. David Ogden…
THE FINAL GOODBYE WAS NEVER WRITTEN IN THE SCRIPT.
The room was quiet, the kind of stillness that only comes after decades of shared secrets. Jamie Farr leaned back in his chair, his eyes catching the light…
IT WAS JUST A DRESS UNTIL THE ROOM WENT SILENT.
The air in the archive room was cold, a sharp contrast to the memory of the California sun that used to bake the hills of Malibu. Jamie Farr…
THE DAY THE STOIC COLONEL POTTER FINALLY CRACKED ON THE SET
I remember sitting in this small, dimly lit studio for a retrospective interview a few years back. The interviewer was a young guy, probably born ten years after…