THE ARISTOCRATIC DOCTOR EVERYONE KNEW… BUT HIS HEART WAS A SECRET
The fog often clings to the coastline of Newport, Oregon, wrapping the small town in a grey, muffled silence that feels worlds away from the artificial lights of…
THE SCENE WHERE FATHER MULCAHY STOPPED ACTING AND STARTED HEALING.
It was a Tuesday afternoon in a quiet corner of a Los Angeles bistro. The lunch rush had faded into a soft hum of clinking silverware and distant…
THE JEEP COUGHED ONCE, AND FORTY YEARS DISAPPEARED IN THE DUST.
The olive drab paint was peeling in ways that looked like topographical maps of a country that no longer exists. Mike Farrell stood there, his hands buried deep…
THE DAY RADAR OREILLY HEARD SOMETHING MUCH WORSE THAN CHOPPERS
Host: “So Gary, I have to ask. We all grew up watching you tilt your head, freeze the entire camp with a look, and mutter ‘Choppers.’ It became…
THE ARROGANT ARISTOCRAT… BUT HIS REAL LIFE WAS A HUMBLE SYMPHONY
Most people remember the man as Major Charles Emerson Winchester III. He was the quintessential blue-blood, a man who carried the weight of a fictional Boston heritage with…
THE SOUND THAT STOPPED LORETTA SWIT IN HER TRACKS FORTY YEARS LATER
The sun was beginning to dip behind the jagged peaks of the Santa Monica Mountains. Mike Farrell adjusted his hat, squinting against the golden glare that bathed the…
JAMIE FARR REVEALS THE MOMENT REAL SOLDIERS SAW HIS WEDDING DRESS
The studio lights were a bit softer than the harsh California sun Jamie Farr remembered from the seventies, but the sparkle in his eyes hadn’t dimmed a bit….
TV’S MOST POMPOUS ARISTOCRAT… BUT HIS TRUTH STAYED HIDDEN FOR DECADES
For most of the world, he was the embodiment of upper-crust rigidity. As Major Charles Emerson Winchester III on MAS*H, David Ogden Stiers perfected the art of the…
THE WORLD SAW A TOUGH MAJOR… BUT LORETTA SWIT WAS BREAKING.
Loretta sits across from G.W. Bailey, the steam from their coffee rising like the morning mist over the Malibu hills they once called home. The years have been…
THE DAY KLINGER’S HIGH FASHION MET THE REALITY OF WAR
I was sitting on a panel a few years back at a small theater in North Hollywood. There was a young actor in the second row, maybe twenty-two…