THE HILARIOUS REASON THE MASH CAST NEVER WORE PANTS IN SURGERY
The studio lights in the podcast booth are low, but the memory brings a bright smile to Alan Alda’s face. The host slides a glossy, black-and-white photograph…
THE TOUR BUS ENCOUNTER THAT BROKE THE MASH PRODUCTION SET
The studio is quiet, save for the hum of the recording equipment. The podcast host leans across the table, adjusting his microphone. “Jamie,” the host says, a…
THE SOUND THAT BROUGHT TWO OLD FRIENDS BACK TO THE WAR.
It was just supposed to be a quiet afternoon at Malibu Creek State Park. Years had passed since the television cameras stopped rolling, but the dirt trails still…
THE DAY A GUEST STAR BROKE THE ENTIRE MASH CAST
I was sitting in a studio a few years ago, recording a podcast, when the host suddenly threw me a curveball. We had been talking about the heavy,…
THE SOUND THAT STOPPED THE MAS*H CAST IN THEIR TRACKS.
It happened during a quiet outdoor reunion years after the cameras stopped rolling. Gary Burghoff and Loretta Swit were sitting in folding chairs, answering routine questions about their…
THE SURGICAL WARDROBE MALFUNCTION NO ONE SAW COMING
Alan Alda leaned into the microphone, a nostalgic smile already forming on his face. He was recording a podcast, expecting the usual questions about the emotional weight…
THE SCENE THAT BROKE THE CAST OF MASH
Years later, in a quiet green room away from the cameras of a cast reunion, the conversation always drifted back to the dirt. It was the dust of…
THE DAY THE JOKES DIED IN THE OPERATING ROOM.
It was a rainy afternoon in a dimly lit Los Angeles restaurant, miles and decades away from the mountains of Malibu. Mike Farrell was sitting across the…
THE DAY THE ENTIRE 4077TH GREW A MUSTACHE FOR CHARLES
The documentary lighting was incredibly warm, but the photograph the interviewer just handed over sent a sudden shock through the room. David Ogden Stiers sat comfortably in…
THE DAY BURGHOFF’S CO-STAR DROPPED THE WRONG LINE IN THE SWAMP
We were sitting in this dimly lit studio doing a retrospective podcast a few years back, and the host brought up a vintage behind-the-scenes photograph of the Swamp….