THE SOUND OF THE ROTORS STILL MAKES LORETTA SWIT STOP COLD.

The sun was beginning to dip behind the jagged peaks of the Santa Monica Mountains. It is a specific kind of light that only hits the Malibu hills…

THE MOST HATED MAN ON TV… BUT HE CHOSE HIS OWN PEACE

The television set in the mid-1970s was a place of constant motion, blinding lights, and roaring laughter. For a classically trained actor, it was the pinnacle of commercial…

THE FINAL SALUTE THAT BROKE THE HEART OF COLONEL POTTER

Loretta Swit still pauses when she hears the distant thump of a helicopter, even decades after the cameras stopped rolling. It’s a ghost of a memory that refuses…

THE ARISTOCRATIC SURGEON ON SCREEN… BUT HE HID A HEARTFELT TRUTH

He was the man who brought Mahler and Mozart to a muddy camp in Korea. To the world, David Ogden Stiers was the personification of high-born dignity. He…

HARRY MORGAN RECALLS THE NIGHT THE MASH CAST LOST THEIR MINDS

You know, people always saw Colonel Potter as this rock-solid, tough-as-nails horse soldier. And I suppose that’s exactly what I wanted them to see when the red light…

THE DAY THE HOOP SKIRT TOOK OVER THE KOREAN WAR

I am sitting on a brightly lit stage at a fan convention in New Jersey, looking out at a sea of people who still, after all these decades,…

THE DAY THE MOST SERIOUS MAN ON TELEVISION FINALLY BROKE

The studio lights are dimmed, and the air is thick with that respectful, quiet hum you only get when a veteran of the craft is about to speak….

THEY CALLED IT A PROP… UNTIL THE CHOPPERS ARRIVED.

Mike Farrell stood on the dusty ridge of Malibu Creek State Park, squinting against the late afternoon sun. Beside him, Jamie Farr adjusted his cap, his eyes scanning…

THEY ALL SAW THE ARROGANCE… BUT LORETTA SAW HIS HEART BREAKING.

The restaurant was tucked away in a quiet corner of Los Angeles, far from the bright lights and the prying eyes of the paparazzi. Two old friends sat…

THE JEEP WAS RUSTING, BUT THE MEMORY WAS STILL SHARP

The sun was hitting the dry brush of the Malibu hills just right, casting long, orange shadows across the winding dirt road. Loretta stood there for a moment,…