THE DAY THE MASH MESS TENT TRANSFORMED INTO A COMEDY ZONE
We were sitting around a microphone on a podcast stage a few years ago, just catching up and swapping old Hollywood memories, when the host brought up a…
THE JEEP THAT CARRIED MORE THAN JUST TELEVISION ACTORS.
The private Hollywood storage warehouse was filled with quiet, dust-covered history. Mike Farrell and Loretta Swit walked slowly down the long concrete aisles, surrounded by decades of…
HOW AN UNPLANNED NAP IN A COFFIN CAUSED ABSOLUTE CHAOS ON THE SET OF MASH
We were sitting on a stage at a cast reunion panel discussion a few years ago, and someone in the audience asked a question about our favorite behind-the-scenes…
HOW ALAN ALDA ACCIDENTALLY TURNED A SOLEMN MAS*H SCENE INTO ABSOLUTE CHAOS
It is a quiet afternoon in a modern recording studio, the kind with thick acoustic foam on the walls and soft, ambient lighting. Alan Alda sits across from…
THE BOOT THAT STOPPED THE LAUGHTER ON STAGE 9.
It was just a dusty cardboard box sitting in the quiet corner of a Hollywood archive room. Loretta reached inside, pushing past thick layers of crinkled tissue…
ALAN ALDA REVEALS THE HILARIOUS PROP MISTAKE THAT RUINED A PERFECT TAKE
We were sitting in a quiet studio recording an episode for my podcast, Clear+Vivid, when the guest brought up the concept of muscle memory. It is funny how…
THE DAY HAWKEYE PIERCED THE WRONG PERSON WITH A PROP SURGICAL NEEDLE
You know, people always ask me about the blood and the sweat in that swamp, but they forget how much we just desperately needed to laugh. We were…
HOLLYWOOD’S ULTIMATE MILITARY COMMANDER… BUT COMFORT CAME FROM AN UNEXPECTED BOND
The cameras on the 20th Century Fox lot captured a man of rigid posture and booming authority. As Colonel Sherman T. Potter, he was the definitive anchor of…
THE SCENE WHERE MARGARET HOULIHAN FINALLY STOPPED PRETENDING TO BE STRONG.
It was a quiet afternoon in a sunny California living room, far away from the canvas tents and the muddy boots of the 4077th. Loretta Swit and…
THE SOUND THAT RADAR O’REILLY COULD NEVER TRULY UNHEAR.
It was a perfectly quiet afternoon in a California backyard, until the distinct, heavy thwack of rotor blades echoed in the distance. Gary Burghoff and Jamie Farr…