THEY LAUGHED THROUGH THE TEARS UNTIL HE WALKED AWAY.
The room was loud with laughter, the kind of booming joy that comes from shared history. It was a gathering of the people who made the 4077th feel…
THE HILARIOUS OPERATING ROOM SECRET WE HID FROM THE CAMERAS
I was doing a podcast interview a few years ago, just a standard conversation about my career. The host was walking me through the timeline, asking the usual…
THEY RETURNED TO THE MOUNTAINS AND FINALLY UNDERSTOOD THE SILENCE
The canyon was completely quiet. But for a split second, Jamie swore he heard the distant, heavy thumping of rotors. It was just the wind whipping through the…
THE MOMENT THAT BROKE THE ENTIRE CAST OF A TELEVISION LEGEND
During a recent podcast interview, the host shifted away from the usual heavy questions about television history. Instead of asking about the tragic finale or the show’s political…
THEY WALKED THE OLD SET ONE LAST TIME BEFORE IT DISAPPEARED.
The Malibu Creek State Park looks just like any other rugged canyon in California today. Most hikers have no idea what used to stand in the flat clearings…
WHEN THE CAST OF MASH COULD NOT STOP LAUGHING ON SET
The podcast studio was quiet, just the hum of the microphones and the host looking across the table at me with a grin. He leaned in and asked…
THE SOUND THAT BROUGHT TWO OLD FRIENDS BACK TO THE WAR.
The sound started as a low, rhythmic thrum in the distance. It was a quiet Tuesday afternoon, miles away from the noise of Hollywood, and years after the…
THE WIND IN THE MOUNTAINS BROUGHT THE WAR BACK.
The California sun was beating down hard on the dry brush of Malibu Creek State Park. It had been decades since the heavy production trucks rolled through these…
ALAN ALDA REVEALS THE TRUTH ABOUT THE OPERATING ROOM SCENES
I was sitting in a soundproof studio a few years back, recording a podcast with a host who was doing a deep dive into television history. He leaned…
WHY A PATCH OF CALIFORNIA DIRT BROUGHT TWO TELEVISION LEGENDS TO TEARS
Years ago, Mike Farrell and Loretta Swit stood in a dry, sun-baked field in Southern California. It was Malibu Creek State Park, though millions worldwide would always know…