THE SILENCE THAT BROKE THE SET OF MAS*H FOREVER
The sun was setting low over the Malibu hills, casting the kind of long, amber shadows that always made the ranch feel more like a memory than a…
THE DAY COLONEL POTTER FINALLY SNAPPED ON THE MAS*H SET
I was sitting in the studio with my headphones on, looking across the table at my co-host, Ryan. We were recording an episode of the MAS*H Matters podcast,…
THE SEQUINED DISASTER AT THE FOUR ZERO SEVENTY SEVENTH
The stage was lit with that soft, nostalgic amber glow you only see at these “Evening with the Stars” events. Jamie Farr sat there, leaning back in a…
THE SECRET JAMIE FARR KEPT UNDER HIS UNIFORM FOR ELEVEN YEARS
The coffee was getting cold, but neither of them seemed to notice. Jamie Farr sat across from William Christopher in a small, sun-drenched cafe far from the dust…
THE WORLD’S FAVORITE ETERNAL CORPORAL… BUT THE FATHER WAS FADING FAST
By the mid-1970s, stage 9 at 20th Century Fox had become a sort of sacred ground. The air was always thick with a specific kind of artificial dust,…
THE NIGHT LORETTA SWIT SAW THE “COOLEST” ACTOR ON MASH FINALLY BREAK
Loretta Swit leaned back in her chair, the soft light of the restaurant catching the familiar spark in her eyes. Across from her, Jamie Farr stirred his coffee,…
THE ARISTOCRATIC VOICE OF TELEVISION… BUT HIS TRUE TONE WAS SILENCE
The fog in Newport, Oregon, has a way of blurring the lines between the sea and the sky. For the man who lived there, a veteran actor with…
THE ARMY’S TOUGHEST SOLDIER… BUT THE WEDDING DRESS HAD OTHER PLANS
I was sitting on a plastic chair at one of those big nostalgia conventions a few years back, just leaning into the microphone, when a young man in…
THE DUST SETTLED DECADES AGO, BUT THE JEEP REMEMBERED EVERYTHING.
The sun was beginning to dip behind the jagged peaks of the Santa Monica Mountains, casting long, amber shadows across the dry brush. It was the kind of…
HOW THE MASH CAST FINALLY BROKE THE REFINED CHARLES EMERSON WINCHESTER
I remember sitting in a small, soundproof booth a few years ago for a retrospective podcast. The host was a young man, very polite, clearly a massive fan…