TELEVISION’S MOST ARROGANT SURGEON… BUT HIS PRIVATE WORLD WAS GENTLY GUARDED
The damp, salt-heavy air of Newport, Oregon, is a world away from the bright, artificial heat of a Hollywood soundstage. For years, a tall man with a voice…
THE SURGICAL SCENE THAT BROKE WAYNE ROGERS COMPLETELY.
Wayne Rogers sat back in the heavy leather chair, adjusting the microphone clipped to his lapel. He was in a small, dimly lit studio in Los Angeles,…
THE SCENE THAT MADE FANS CRY WASN’T ACTUALLY IN THE SCRIPT.
The banquet hall was filled with the warm, echoing hum of old friends telling familiar stories. It was one of those rare evenings where the surviving members…
THE SOUND THAT CHANGED EVERYTHING FOR THE 4077TH CAST.
It started as just a quiet afternoon in the dry hills of Southern California. Years had passed since the tents were packed up and the cameras finally stopped…
THE MESS HALL WAS SILENT UNTIL DAVID SPOKE THE TRUTH.
Loretta Swit always had a way of bringing them back together, even when the years tried their hardest to pull them apart. It was a quiet Tuesday evening…
THE JEEP WAS JUST A PROP UNTIL JAMIE FARR TOUCHED THE WHEEL.
It sat in the corner of a quiet warehouse in California, a shade of olive drab that time couldn’t quite erase. The white star on the hood was…
TV’S MOST ARROGANT ARISTOCRAT… BUT HIS REAL LIFE WAS A QUIET CAGE
The voice was his greatest asset and his most effective shield. It was a rich, chocolatey baritone that seemed to carry the weight of centuries of New England…
THE DAY CORPORAL KLINGER BROKE THE TOUGHEST COLONEL IN KOREA
I was sitting in this small, soundproof booth in Los Angeles, the kind of place where the air feels a little too still and the coffee is always…
LORETTA SWIT HEARD A SOUND AND SUDDENLY IT WAS 1972 AGAIN
Loretta Swit was sitting on a quiet patio in the hills of Malibu, far enough from the city to hear the wind moving through the dry brush. Beside…
THE SALUTE GARY BURGHOFF GAVE WASN’T IN THE SCRIPT.
Loretta Swit sits across from Jamie Farr, the California sun catching the silver in their hair. They aren’t “Major Houlihan” or “Corporal Klinger” today. They are just two…