A FAMILIAR SOUND RETURNED AND BROKE THEIR HEARTS ALL OVER AGAIN
Malibu Creek State Park is usually completely silent by the late afternoon. It was just a quiet Tuesday, years after the cameras had stopped rolling on a show…
THE DAY THE LAUGHTER STOPPED ON THE MAS*H SET
It was just a quiet evening in a dimly lit restaurant, tucked away from the busy streets of Los Angeles. Years had passed since the cameras stopped rolling…
WHEN THE NETWORK SUITS MET THE PANTSLESS SURGEONS OF KOREA
I was doing a podcast interview a few months ago, just having a great, relaxed conversation with the host about the legacy of the show. Everything was going…
LORETTA SWIT AND JAMIE FARR DIDN’T EVEN NEED TO SPEAK.
It was a blistering afternoon in Malibu Creek State Park. The kind of heat that sticks to your skin. Decades had passed since the MASH* cameras stopped rolling…
THE UNFORGETTABLE SECRET BENEATH THE SURGICAL GOWNS ON SET
The podcast host leaned into the microphone and asked a question that caught his guest completely off guard. He wanted to know about the physical toll of television…
THE O.R. PATIENT WHO RUINED MAS*H’S MOST DRAMATIC SCENE
The microphones in the sleek, modern podcast studio were highly sensitive, but they didn’t need to be to pick up the booming warmth of Mike Farrell’s laugh….
THE SECRET BEHIND THE CAMP’S MOST HEARTBREAKING CHRISTMAS
Long after the cameras stopped rolling on the 4077th, two of the quietest men from the legendary cast found themselves sitting together in the corner of a…
THE SOUND THAT BROUGHT TWO MAS*H ACTORS TO A DEAD HALT
Two old friends were walking across an empty studio parking lot in California when the low, rhythmic thumping began in the distance. It was a sound they hadn’t…
THE SCENE THAT BROKE THE CAMP’S MOST ARROGANT SURGEON
Years after the fake mud and the real exhaustion of the 4077th had been washed out of their boots forever, two old friends sat across from each other…
THE CLIPBOARD PRANK THAT BROKE THE MAS*H OPERATING ROOM
The microphone was perfectly positioned, picking up the rich, familiar resonance of Alan Alda’s voice. He was sitting in a modern podcast studio, millions of miles and several…