THE SCENE THEY COULD NEVER REHEARSE WITHOUT TEARING UP
It was a quiet moment tucked away in the corner of a loud room. Years after the helicopters had left for the last time, old friends found…
THE UNEXPECTED SURGICAL DISASTER THAT BROKE THE MAS*H CAST
Mike Farrell adjusts his headphones and leans closer to the studio microphone. He is sitting in a soundproof podcast booth, comfortably chatting with a host who has…
THE MOMENT THE LAUGHTER DIED ON THE MAS*H SET
It was late afternoon in a hotel lobby in the early 2000s, far removed from the noise of the autograph tables. Gary Burghoff and William Christopher had…
HOLLYWOOD’S FINEST COMEDIC FOIL… BUT HE CHOSE THE QUIET LIFE OF A CRAFTSMAN
In the late 1970s, network television was dominated by the chaotic, fast-paced energy of Malibu and Beverly Hills. To the public, the man who brought the high-strung, intensely…
THE DAY ALAN ALDA UNWITTINGLY RUINED A DEADPAN RADAR O’REILLY SCENE
We were sitting in a small, dimly lit podcast studio in Manhattan, the walls lined with acoustic foam and the microphone suspended between us like a tiny metallic…
HE EMBODIED THE COWARDLY BURGERMASTER… BUT HIS REAL LIFE DEMANDED UTTER BRAVERY
In the late 1970s, the set of CBS Stage 9 was filled with the chaotic, layered energy of one of the most celebrated comedies in television history. Amidst…
HOLLYWOOD’S FINEST MILITARY BUMBLER… BUT HIS REAL PASSION WAS SAVING WILDLIFE
The world knew him as the ultimate high-strung, incompetent military bureaucrat, a man whose onscreen presence was defined by rigid posture and a delightfully fragile ego. For years,…
THE CO-STAR EVERYONE LOVED… BUT HER DEEPEST BOND WAS BEHIND THE CAMERA
In the high-pressure pressure cooker of 1970s television, Hollywood sets were notoriously competitive arenas where egos clashed and top billing was fiercely contested. The sprawling canvas of mobile…
THE CHOPPER SOUNDED DIFFERENT IN THE CALIFORNIA MOUNTAINS… BUT LORETTA SWIT KNEW THAT ENGINE.
The Malibu Creek State Park was quiet on a Tuesday afternoon, save for the dry wind brushing through the chaparral. Loretta Swit stood near the rocky hillside where…
THE WORLD’S FAVORITE BUMBLING RADAR… BUT HE HID A BRILLIANT MIND
We all remember him as the perpetual boy of the Korean War, the naive clerk who could hear choppers before they even appeared on the horizon. With his…