THE MAJOR’S POLISHED VENEER… AND THE ZIPPER THAT ENDED IT ALL
The microphone on the small table at the front of the convention hall let out a soft, metallic hum as Loretta Swit leaned forward. She looked out at…
THE SOUND WAS JUST A CUE… BUT NOW IT BREAKS THEM
The hills of Malibu have a way of holding onto the heat long after the sun starts to dip toward the Pacific. Mike Farrell stood near a rusted…
THE WORLD’S ETERNAL KID… BUT HE NEEDED TO GROW UP ALONE
He was the most recognizable corporal in history. For seven years, the world saw him as the innocent heart of a bloody war. He was the one who…
LORETTA SWIT WALKED BACK INTO THE DUST AND FINALLY UNDERSTOOD RADAR
The dry heat of the Malibu canyon doesn’t change. Even after forty years, the air still tastes like sagebrush and fine, golden dust. Loretta Swit stood at the…
THE UNFORGETTABLE WARDROBE MALFUNCTION THAT HALTED PRODUCTION AT THE FORTY-SEVENTY-SEVENTH
I was sitting on a plastic chair at a fan convention a few years ago, the kind where the fluorescent lights are a bit too bright and the…
THE FINALE GOODBYE WASN’T ACTING… IT WAS A REAL FAMILY BREAKING APART.
The sun was beginning to dip behind the Malibu hills, casting long, amber shadows across the dusty canyon floor that had served as our home for eleven years….
LORETTA SWIT TOUCHED THE CANVAS AND THE WORLD STOOD STILL.
It started as a quiet afternoon under the relentless California sun. The kind of day where the heat ripples off the pavement and everything feels a little too…
LORETTA SWIT STILL REMEMBERS THE DAY THE MUSIC STOPPED IN KOREA
Loretta sat across from Gary, the soft light of the hotel lobby catching the silver in his hair. They weren’t in Korea anymore, and they certainly weren’t in…
TV’S MOST ARROGANT INTELLECTUAL… BUT HE LIVED A QUIET REVOLUTION
When the cameras were rolling on the set of the most successful sitcom in history, David Ogden Stiers was the definition of upper-crust rigidity. He played Major Charles…
THE DAY THE COLONEL ALMOST BROKE KLINGER FOR GOOD
It was about three years ago at one of those big anniversary panels. The kind where the whole remaining cast sits on a stage in front of a…