THE DAY COLONEL KLINK FINALLY LOST HIS COLD GERMAN COMPOSURE
You know, people often ask me if I ever felt a bit of… what is the word… professional jealousy regarding the laughs John Banner got. Werner Klemperer settles…
THE RADIO WAS A PROP BUT THE SILENCE FELT TOO REAL
Robert Clary stood in the dim light of the studio archive, his hands hovering over a crate that hadn’t been opened in decades. The air in the room…
THE DAY THE MONOCLE REBELLED AGAINST COLONEL KLINK
Host: Werner, we have a caller on the line who wants to ask about the technical side of the show. Specifically, they want to know about the monocle….
THE DAY THE ATTACK DOGS FELL IN LOVE WITH SERGEANT SCHULTZ
It is 1971, and John Banner is sitting on a talk show couch, looking every bit the jovial, warm-hearted man that audiences had come to love as Sergeant…
THE DAY JOHN BANNER LOST HIS COMPOSURE OVER A SECRET DRAWING
It was late in the summer of 1972, and the air in the television studio felt heavy with the kind of nostalgia that only comes when a long-running…
THE LEGENDARY DOCTOR’S SURGICAL ERROR… BUT THE FAULT WASN’T MEDICAL
The studio light was a soft, steady amber, casting a warm glow over the microphones. Alan Alda leaned back in his chair, the familiar cadence of his voice…
THE FINALE SCRIPT SAID GOODBYE… BUT THE TEARS WERE FOR THE TRUTH
The air in the small restaurant was still, a quiet contrast to the California traffic humming just outside the door. Three old friends sat around a corner table,…
THE BIG RED BIRD THAT REFUSED TO FLY OVER THE MALIBU MOUNTAINS
The theater was packed for the anniversary panel, a sea of gray hair and nostalgia reflecting back at the stage. Jamie Farr sat in the center of the…
THE SCREEN’S WISEST DOCTOR… BUT HE SPENT DECADES HIDING BEHIND A LENS
Whenever the mess tent grew too loud or the pressures of a grueling shooting schedule began to fray the nerves of the cast, a certain stillness would descend…
THE DAY THE MONOCLE BECAME A LETHAL WEAPON ON SET
It is a quiet afternoon in the mid-1990s, and Werner Klemperer is sitting in a sun-drenched study, looking every bit the sophisticated musician and intellectual he was in…