THE DAY THE WATER PITCHER DEFEATED COLONEL HENRY BLAKE
I remember sitting in a dimly lit studio across from a young interviewer in the early nineties, years after the 4077th had folded its tents for the last…
THE ARROGANT BOSTON BRAHMIN… BUT HIS HEART LIVED IN SHADOWS
The year was 1977, and the most popular show on American television was facing a crisis. Larry Linville, the man who played the sniveling Frank Burns, had decided…
THE DAY THE COMMANDANT’S GUARD COULD NOT ESCAPE THE STALAG
The studio lights were always a bit too bright for my taste, especially in those later years when I preferred the quiet of my garden to the hum…
THE TOAST THAT SILENCED THE ENTIRE MAS*H CAST AND CREW
They were sitting in a quiet, warmly lit booth at a restaurant in Los Angeles, decades after the final helicopter flew away. Jamie Farr and Loretta Swit were…
THE MONOCLE THAT BECAME A MISSILE IN A CHICAGO STEAKHOUSE
Interviewer: Werner, it is such a profound joy to have you here. I have to show you something before we continue. Our stage manager found this in a…
THE WARDROBE DISASTER THAT BROUGHT THE MAS*H SET TO A HALT
I was doing a comedy podcast a few months back, and the host decided to surprise me by pulling out a piece of vintage fan mail. It was…
THE DAY COLONEL KLINKS MONOCLE DECIDED TO ESCAPE THE WAR
It is a quiet afternoon in a brightly lit television studio, the kind of space where the air feels thick with the smell of floor wax and expensive…
THE CHRISTMAS SCENE THAT BROKE TWO MEN IN THE SWAMP
They were sitting in a quiet corner of a Los Angeles restaurant, years after the muddy boots and dog tags had been packed away. David Ogden Stiers and…
THE COMMANDANT AND THE SERGEANT WHO BROKE HIM
The studio lights were a bit softer than the ones Werner Klemperer had lived under for six seasons at Paramount, but the gaze he leveled at the audience…
THE BUMPY JEEP RIDE THAT TOOK LORETTA SWIT BACK TO MALIBU
It was supposed to be a simple reunion moment for the cameras. Just two old friends, legends of television, walking through a museum warehouse filled with Hollywood history….