LORETTA SWIT HEARD THE CHOPPER… AND SUDDENLY GARY WAS RADAR AGAIN.
Loretta Swit and Gary Burghoff were sitting on a quiet patio in Malibu, miles away from the cameras and the fake blood of the 4077th. The sun was…
THE SCENE WHERE WINCHESTER FACED DEATH HAD A SECRET NO ONE KNEW
It started with a simple question at a quiet dinner in Los Angeles. Loretta Swit sat across from David Ogden Stiers, watching the candlelight dance in his eyes….
JAMIE FARR RECALLS THE HARRY MORGAN MOMENT THAT HALTED PRODUCTION
Jamie Farr has a way of telling stories that makes you feel like you’re sitting right there in the mess tent with him. I caught an interview with…
LORETTA SWIT WATCHED GARY BURGHOFF STAND IN THE DUST ONE LAST TIME
The sun was beginning to dip behind the jagged peaks of the Santa Monica Mountains, casting long, amber shadows across the dry brush of Malibu Creek State Park….
THE JOKE DIED THE MOMENT THEY LOOKED AT THE BLOOD.
Loretta Swit sat across from Jamie Farr, the steam from their coffee rising like the morning mist over the Malibu ranch where they once filmed. It had been…
THE DAY THE STOIC COLONEL POTTER FINALLY CRACKED ON THE SET
The interviewer leaned forward, a mischievous grin on his face. He’d been asking about the early days of MAS*H, back when the cast was navigating the transition from…
THE TELEVISION ARISTOCRAT… BUT HIS PRIVATE WORLD WAS A QUIET REVOLUTION
The rain in Newport, Oregon, has a specific kind of weight to it. It is not the dramatic, cinematic downpour of a Hollywood backlot, but a persistent, salt-thickened…
JAMIE FARR AND THE HILARIOUS WARDROBE MALFUNCTION ON THE MASH SET
The interviewer leans in, a smile already forming on his face as he looks at the veteran actor sitting across from him. Jamie, everyone knows Klinger for the…
THE DAY THE WEDDING DRESS MET THE MALIBU MUD
I was sitting on a plastic chair on a stage in a hotel ballroom a few years ago. It was one of those nostalgia conventions where the air…
THE DAY THE POMPOUS WINCHESTER FINALLY CRACKED ON THE MAS*H SET
I remember sitting in a recording booth for a podcast a few years ago, and the host asked me a question I’ve heard a thousand times: “David, how…