THEY THOUGHT IT WAS JUST A SCRIPT… UNTIL THE HELICOPTER LIFTED.
Loretta Swit sat on the porch of her home, the California sun casting long, amber shadows over the hills that looked remarkably like the ones they had spent…
ALAN ALDA WAS PREPARED FOR SURGERY BUT THE CHICKEN WASN’T
The air in the podcast studio was cool and quiet, a sharp contrast to the memories swirling in my head as the host leaned into the microphone. I…
THE HELICOPTER SOUND BROUGHT THE DUST BACK AFTER FORTY YEARS
The air at the Malibu Creek State Park was thin, smelling of parched sage and the ghost of a thousand generators. Mike Farrell stood next to Loretta Swit,…
WE THOUGHT WE WERE ACTING… UNTIL THE HELICOPTER TOOK OFF.
The patio was quiet, the kind of stillness that only comes when the world stops trying to be loud for a moment. Loretta Swit sat across from Mike…
THE SGT SCHULTZ INCIDENT THAT NEARLY BROKE STALAG 13
The studio lights were a bit too bright for an early Tuesday morning, but Robert Clary didn’t seem to mind. He sat on the edge of the velvet…
THE DAY SERGEANT SCHULTZ ACTUALLY BECAME A PERMANENT PART OF THE TUNNEL
The studio lights were always a bit too warm for a man of my particular displacement. I remember sitting across from a young talk show host in 1972,…
THE DAY COLONEL KLINK FINALLY LOST HIS COOL ON THE SET
The studio lights were low, casting a soft glow over Werner Klemperer as he sat back in the leather chair. He looked remarkably different from the stiff, monocled…
THE STRUDEL INCIDENT THAT BROKE SERGEANT SCHULTZ ON THE HOGAN’S HEROES SET
The studio lights are warm, and the late-night talk show host leans across the mahogany desk with a mischievous glint in his eye. He reaches into a manila…
THE PRANK THAT BROKE THE MOST SERIOUS SCENE ON SET
Alan Alda sat back in the leather chair of the podcast studio, the soft glow of the recording light reflecting off his glasses. The host had just asked…
THE TOAST WAS SCRIPTED… BUT THE TEARS WERE REAL.
The garden was quiet, the kind of stillness that only comes when the sun begins to dip behind the California hills, painting everything in shades of amber and…