THEY THOUGHT HE WAS ACTING, UNTIL THEY LOOKED AT HIS HANDS.
The auditorium outside was buzzing with the energy of thousands of fans. Mike and Jamie sat quietly in the small, softly lit green room, savoring a rare moment…
RICHARD DAWSON RECALLS THE DAY SCHULTZ COULD NOT STOP LAUGHING
The fluorescent lights of the convention center hummed overhead, a stark contrast to the warm, nostalgic energy filling the room. Richard Dawson sat on the edge of the…
THEY OPENED A FORGOTTEN BOX AND THE JOKES SUDDENLY STOPPED.
The archival warehouse in the valley was a maze of towering shelves and dim, flickering fluorescent lights. It smelled faintly of old cardboard, ozone, and undisturbed dust. Mike…
THE DAY SERGEANT SCHULTZ LITERALLY BROUGHT THE ENTIRE HOUSE DOWN
The studio lights were always a bit too hot for a man of my stature, even years after we stopped filming in those dusty barracks. I was sitting…
THEY WALKED THE DUSTY HILLS AGAIN, BUT THE LAUGHTER WAS GONE.
The crunch of dry dirt under their boots sounded exactly the same as it had forty years ago. Malibu Creek State Park was quiet, save for the wind…
THE TEARS IN THAT FINAL SALUTE WERE NEVER IN THE SCRIPT.
The hotel suite was quiet, the kind of expensive silence that only comes after a long day of flashbulbs and questions. Loretta sat by the window, the city…
THE QUIETEST MAN ON SET CARRIED THE HEAVIEST BURDEN OF ALL
Mike Farrell was sitting in his living room on a quiet rainy afternoon, letting his mind drift back to the canvas tents of Stage 9. Whenever the surviving…
TV’S MOST ARROGANT ARISTOCRAT… BUT HIS REAL LIFE WAS A CAREFULLY GUARDED SECRET
For six seasons, he played the most pompous, self-assured, and unshakeable man on television. When he arrived at the 4077th, he brought an air of absolute, impenetrable superiority….
THE CRAZY GENERAL WHO COMPLETELY BROKE THE MAS*H SOUNDSTAGE
I was sitting down for a documentary interview a few years ago, and the director asked a question I had heard a hundred times before. He leaned back…
THE FAKE BLOOD DISASTER THAT SHUT DOWN THE MAS*H SOUNDSTAGE
I was sitting down for a late-career documentary interview a few years ago, and the young director asked me a very simple question. He wanted to know about…