WHEN THE SET BURNED DOWN, THE CAST OF MAS*H STOPPED ACTING
It was just an empty, overgrown field in the canyons of Malibu Creek State Park. To the weekend hikers passing through, it looked like nothing more than dry…
THE GOODBYE SCENE THAT BROKE THE MAS*H CAST IN REAL LIFE
It happened backstage at a television reunion, long after the dust of the 4077th had settled. Mike Farrell and Loretta Swit were sitting on a worn leather sofa…
WHEN A LEGENDARY ACTOR BROKE THE ENTIRE MAS*H SET
I was doing an interview for a comedy podcast a few years back. The conversation was going exactly the way these things normally go. We were talking about…
THEY TOLD HIM THEIR DEEPEST SECRETS… BUT HE WAS ONLY ACTING
It was late in the evening at a quiet restaurant in Los Angeles, years after the helicopters had flown away from the 4077th for the last time….
THE GUEST STAR WHO COMPLETELY BROKE THE MASH CAST
It was the final day of a massive fan convention in Chicago, and the veteran actor was sitting comfortably on a panel stage. He adjusted the microphone…
THE SCENE THEY FILMED IN SILENCE… AND NEVER FORGOT
It was supposed to be a standard retrospective interview. Years had passed since the helicopters flew away from the 4077th for the last time. The host of…
THE SURGICAL MASK SECRET THAT BROKE THE MASH SET
It was about an hour into the podcast recording when the host leaned into the microphone and asked a completely unexpected question. They had been discussing the…
THE ARROGANT MAJOR… BUT HIS REAL LIFE WAS A QUIET SECRET
The world knew him as a man of immense, almost intimidating sophistication. On television, he was the pompous, erudite surgeon who masked his deep insecurities with a…
THE MONOLOGUE THAT BROKE THE MOST GENTLE MAN ON TELEVISION
It was a quiet, sunlit afternoon in Los Angeles, years after the heavy dust of the 4077th had finally settled, when a single comment brought two old…
THE POMPOUS SURGEON AND THE MOST UNDIGNIFIED ACCIDENT ON TELEVISION
The studio lights were blinding, even decades after he had officially hung up his olive-drab uniform for the last time. David Ogden Stiers shifted comfortably in his…