THE DAY CORPORAL KLINGER NEARLY BROKE THE ENTIRE MASH MEDICAL UNIT
Interviewer: “Jamie, we’ve talked about the dresses for decades, but was there a specific moment where the costume department’s ambition actually collided with the reality of filming in…
HOW A SINGLE LOOK FROM HARRY MORGAN BROKE THE ENTIRE MASH SET
The microphone was positioned just a few inches from Jamie Farr’s face as he leaned back in his chair. He was participating in a late-career retrospective interview, the…
THE WORLD’S FAVORITE SOLDIER… BUT HIS REAL PEACE WAS FOUND IN THE WILD
The sun over Malibu Creek State Park was never quite the same as the sun over Korea, but for the man standing in the dust of the 4077th,…
THE ENGINE COUGHED ONCE AND MIKE FARRELL SUDDENLY REMEMBERED EVERYTHING.
The museum was too quiet for a place that housed so many ghosts. Mike Farrell stood in the center of the polished concrete floor, his hands buried deep…
HARRY MORGAN SAW THE TEARS WINCHESTER TRIED TO HIDE
They were sitting in a quiet corner of a restaurant in Los Angeles, decades after the helicopters had stopped flying and the dust of Malibu had settled. Harry…
THE DAY A RUBBER CHICKEN NEARLY KILLED THE TENSION ON MASH
It is funny how a single question can just unlock a vault in your brain that has been closed for decades. I was sitting in the studio recording…
THE ARROGANT SURGEON NEVER CRIED… UNTIL THE CAMERAS STOPPED ROLLING
Two older men sat at a quiet corner table in a Los Angeles restaurant, their voices barely rising above the clatter of silverware. To the rest of the…
THE MOUNTAINS WERE FAKE… BUT THE GHOSTS THEY LEFT BEHIND WERE REAL
Decades after the cameras stopped rolling, you can still find the rusted bones of the 4077th hidden in the dry California brush. The outdoor set of television’s most…
THE FUNNIEST CAST ON TELEVISION… UNTIL ONE SCRIPT PAGE CHANGED EVERYTHING
Years after the cameras stopped rolling on the 4077th, the memories often blurred together into one long reel of practical jokes and exhausted laughter. When you spend a…
THE MOST SERIOUS MEDICAL SCENE… BUT A HIDDEN JOKE RUINED EVERYTHING
The podcast studio was quiet as the host leaned into the microphone, preparing to ask a question that strayed from the usual script. They had been discussing the…