THE HARDEST LAUGH ON TELEVISION… BUT THE CAMERAS KEPT ROLLING
The host of the podcast leaned into the microphone, adjusting his studio headphones before throwing out a question that caught the veteran actor completely off guard. “People always…
THE ARROGANT ARISTOCRAT… BUT HIS TRUTH WAS HIDDEN IN SILENCE
The world knew him as a man of refined breeding and exhausting intellect. When he stepped onto the set of the most popular show in America, he carried…
THE FINAL GOODBYE WAS SCRIPTED… BUT THE TEARS WERE FORTY YEARS LATE
The rain was tapping a gentle, rhythmic beat against the window of the small café in West Hollywood. Mike sat across from Loretta, his hands wrapped around a…
THE DAY THE YELLOW FEATHERS NEARLY BROUGHT DOWN THE MASH CAMP
“You have to understand the environment we were working in back then,” Jamie Farr says, leaning back in the studio chair. He’s sitting across from a podcast host…
THEY WERE JUST ACTORS PLAYING SOLDIERS UNTIL THE SKY SCREAMED.
The sun over the Santa Monica Mountains has a specific way of burning through the haze. It is a dry, unforgiving heat that sticks to the skin and…
HOW HARRY MORGAN CRACKED THE WINCHESTER MASK DURING A MONOLOGUE
It is a funny thing about memory, isn’t it? You spend years trying to build a career based on gravitas and classical training, and yet, the things that…
JAMIE FARR RECALLS THE DAY THE STATUE OF LIBERTY FELL IN MALIBU
The interviewer leans forward, a grin already forming on his face before he even finishes the question. He asks me, “Jamie, we all know Klinger’s wardrobe was the…
JAMIE FARR LOOKED UP AT THE SKY AND SUDDENLY THE DUST RETURNED.
The sun was beginning to dip behind the jagged peaks of the Malibu hills, casting long, amber shadows across the rocky terrain. It was a quiet afternoon, the…
JAMIE FARR RECALLS THE DAY HIS ICONIC DRESS NEARLY ENDED HIM
I was sitting on a stage at a fan convention a few years back, looking out at a sea of familiar faces and some very creative MAS*H cosplayers….
THE DAY THE FRUIT HAT FINALLY DECIDED TO FIGHT BACK
The interviewer leans forward, a mischievous glint in his eye, and asks the one question I’ve heard in a thousand different ways over the last forty years. He…