THE SURGICAL WARDROBE MALFUNCTION NO ONE SAW COMING
Alan Alda leaned into the microphone, a nostalgic smile already forming on his face. He was recording a podcast, expecting the usual questions about the emotional weight…
THE SCENE THAT BROKE THE CAST OF MASH
Years later, in a quiet green room away from the cameras of a cast reunion, the conversation always drifted back to the dirt. It was the dust of…
THE DAY THE JOKES DIED IN THE OPERATING ROOM.
It was a rainy afternoon in a dimly lit Los Angeles restaurant, miles and decades away from the mountains of Malibu. Mike Farrell was sitting across the…
THE DAY THE ENTIRE 4077TH GREW A MUSTACHE FOR CHARLES
The documentary lighting was incredibly warm, but the photograph the interviewer just handed over sent a sudden shock through the room. David Ogden Stiers sat comfortably in…
THE DAY BURGHOFF’S CO-STAR DROPPED THE WRONG LINE IN THE SWAMP
We were sitting in this dimly lit studio doing a retrospective podcast a few years back, and the host brought up a vintage behind-the-scenes photograph of the Swamp….
THE DAY THE MASH MESS TENT TRANSFORMED INTO A COMEDY ZONE
We were sitting around a microphone on a podcast stage a few years ago, just catching up and swapping old Hollywood memories, when the host brought up a…
THE JEEP THAT CARRIED MORE THAN JUST TELEVISION ACTORS.
The private Hollywood storage warehouse was filled with quiet, dust-covered history. Mike Farrell and Loretta Swit walked slowly down the long concrete aisles, surrounded by decades of…
HOW AN UNPLANNED NAP IN A COFFIN CAUSED ABSOLUTE CHAOS ON THE SET OF MASH
We were sitting on a stage at a cast reunion panel discussion a few years ago, and someone in the audience asked a question about our favorite behind-the-scenes…
HOW ALAN ALDA ACCIDENTALLY TURNED A SOLEMN MAS*H SCENE INTO ABSOLUTE CHAOS
It is a quiet afternoon in a modern recording studio, the kind with thick acoustic foam on the walls and soft, ambient lighting. Alan Alda sits across from…
THE BOOT THAT STOPPED THE LAUGHTER ON STAGE 9.
It was just a dusty cardboard box sitting in the quiet corner of a Hollywood archive room. Loretta reached inside, pushing past thick layers of crinkled tissue…