THE DOCTOR EVERYONE TRUSTED… BUT HIS REAL PATIENTS WERE OFF CAMERA
Years after the iconic green helicopters had been permanently grounded, Mike Farrell sat quietly, remembering the ghosts of Stage 9. When fans approach the veteran actor today, they…
THE SURGICAL TENT PRANK THAT BROKE THE MAS*H CREW
I was doing a late-career interview a few years ago, and the journalist asked me a question that immediately took me back to Stage 9. He wanted to…
THE MAN WHO SAW NOTHING BUT FOUND EVERYTHING IN A DINER
The stage lights are bright, reflecting off John Banner’s polished forehead as he adjusts his position in the leather chair. He looks exactly like the man we see…
TV’S MOST FAMOUS DODGER… BUT HIS NECK CARRIED A REAL SOLDIER’S WEIGHT
For nearly a decade, he was universally known as the most desperate, scheming, and hilarious coward on television. Every week, millions of viewers tuned in to watch him…
THE DAY THE BUNK MOVED AND THE LAUGHTER FINALLY STOPPED
The sun was hitting the pavement of the old Desilu backlot in a way that made everything look like a faded photograph. Robert Clary stood there, his hands…
THE DAY COLONEL KLINK FINALLY LOST HIS PRUSSIAN COMPOSURE
Werner Klemperer sits on the small stage of a theater in 1991, the soft glow of the spotlight catching the silver in his hair. He looks nothing like…
THE DAY SERGEANT SCHULTZ TRIED TO HAVE A QUIET DINNER IN CHICAGO
The host leans in, adjusts his silk tie, and looks at the large, smiling man sitting across from him in the plush studio chair. “John, you have become…
THE DAY SCHULTZ SAW ABSOLUTELY NOTHING ON THE HOGAN’S HEROES SET
The interviewer leans in, the studio lights reflecting off his glasses. He looks at Richard Dawson, who is sitting there with that classic, mischievous glint in his eye…
JOHN BANNER REVEALS THE DAY SERGEANT SCHULTZ COMPLETELY LOST CONTROL
The auditorium was packed, a sea of faces from a generation that had grown up watching five men outwit a POW camp every Friday night. John Banner sat…
THE DAY COLONEL KLINK FINALLY LOST HIS COOL ON THE SET
Host: Werner, we have spent the last hour talking about your career in music and your father’s legacy, but we have to touch on the monocle. People still…