TV’S MOST FAITHFUL FATHER… BUT HIS REAL FIGHT WAS FOR THE FORGOTTEN
The sun beat down on the Malibu ranch in 1975, a year of transition for the most popular show in America. A new face was arriving to…
THE STERN COMMANDER’S TOUGHEST BATTLE WAS A SINGLE STIFLED GIGGLE
The podcast studio was quiet, save for the rhythmic hum of the air conditioning and the soft clicking of the host’s keyboard. The veteran actor sat back…
THE WORLD SAW A JOKE… BUT THE DRESS HELD A SECRET.
The restaurant was quiet, the kind of place where the shadows are long and the wine is poured with a heavy hand. Loretta sat across from Jamie,…
JAMIE FARR AND THE INFAMOUS STRAPLESS GOWN DISASTER
I was sitting in this small, soundproof studio recently for a podcast, and the host leaned in with this mischievous look on his face. He didn’t ask about…
THE DAY MCLEAN STEVENSON TURNED THE MASH OPERATING ROOM INTO A COMEDY CLUB
I was sitting across from this young actor the other day, a kid really, who was asking me about the “method” of filming MAS*H. He had this very…
THE DAY THE BOSTON DIGNITY OF WINCHESTER FINALLY COLLAPSED COMPLETELY
It was a few years ago, during a small theater workshop I was leading, when a young man in the front row raised his hand with this look…
THE DAY HARRY MORGAN BROKE THE MASH CAST AS GENERAL STEELE
It was a few years ago when I was sitting on a panel with a few younger actors who were just starting their careers in a new sitcom….
JAMIE FARR AND THE LOUDEST DRESS IN THE KOREAN WAR
Jamie Farr sits back, a wide grin spreading across his face as he leans toward the microphone. He is recording a special reunion episode of a popular podcast,…
JAMIE FARR REVEALS THE HILARIOUS TRUTH BEHIND KLINGER’S FIRST DRESS
The fluorescent lights of the convention center ballroom were hummed with that specific kind of energy you only find when a thousand people are holding their breath at…
THE WORLD’S ETERNAL KID… BUT HE PREFERRED THE COMPANY OF BIRDS
The set of Malibu Creek State Park was a place of perpetual dust and simulated trauma. Between 1972 and 1979, the world turned its eyes toward a small,…