THE DRAMATIC SCENE RUINED BY TWO ACTORS WITHOUT THEIR PANTS
Sitting in the dimly lit studio for a documentary interview, Mike Farrell adjusted his posture in the comfortable chair. The host off-camera had just asked an unexpected question….
THE SECRET SCENE THAT BROKE THE CAST OF MASH IN HALF
The lobby of the hotel was almost completely empty, a sharp contrast to the thousands of fans who had crowded the convention center just hours before. Gary Burghoff…
THE DAY A SLEEPING EXTRA RUINED THE MOST SERIOUS MASH SCENE
Alan Alda shifted comfortably in his chair, the bright documentary lighting reflecting off his glasses. The interviewer was asking about the unique challenges of filming a sitcom that…
THAT SCENE MADE MILLIONS CRY BUT HE WAS CRYING FOR HIMSELF
The lobby of the hotel was almost completely empty, a sharp contrast to the thousands of fans who had crowded the convention center just hours before. Gary Burghoff…
THE SCENE THAT BROKE THE STRONGEST MAN ON MASH
The clinking glasses, loud laughter, and overwhelming noise of the network reunion party were deafening. But in a dim, quiet corner booth of the banquet hall, two…
THEY THOUGHT IT WAS JUST A PROP… UNTIL THE ENGINE FINALLY STARTED.
Mike Farrell stepped into the dusty storage locker on the backlot, his eyes squinting against the dim afternoon light. Beside him, Jamie Farr was already rummaging through a…
THE SCRIPT WAS JUST COMEDY… UNTIL THE SOUND CHANGED EVERYTHING.
Mike Farrell sat in the quiet of his California home, looking at an old brass olive picker he had kept in a drawer for decades. It was a…
THE HELICOPTER BLADES HAD STOPPED SPINNING DECADES AGO, BUT MIKE FARRELL COULD STILL HEAR THEM.
It was a quiet Tuesday afternoon in Malibu when the old friends gathered on a porch overlooking the canyon. Loretta Swit sat across from him, her hands wrapped…
THE CHOPPER SOUND STOPPED THE LAUGHTER, AND FOR MIKE FARRELL, THE RECONCILIATION BEGAN.
The Malibu Creek sun was beating down exactly the way it did forty years ago. Mike Farrell and Jamie Farr stood near the old rusted remains of the…
THEY THOUGHT IT WAS JUST PROP COFFEE… BUT LORETTA SWIT KNEW BETTER.
It was a blistering afternoon at the Malibu Creek State Park, decades after the cameras had finally stopped rolling. The rugged Malibu hills still looked exactly like the…