THE JOKE THEY STOPPED TELLING AFTER THE CAMERAS ROLLED
The green room was entirely empty except for two men sitting in the corner, staring at a half-finished cup of coffee. It was supposed to be a…
THE GOODBYE THEY NEVER REALLY REHEARSED
Years after the cameras stopped rolling on the 4077th, the memories still sneak up on them. It usually happens in the quiet moments. A shared glance across…
THE CHOPPER SOUND THAT MADE THE WAR REAL FOR TWO ACTORS.
It was a quiet afternoon in Southern California, decades after the tents had been packed away for good. Mike Farrell and Gary Burghoff hadn’t planned on talking about…
AN OLD JEEP REVEALED A HEARTBREAKING TRUTH ABOUT THEIR TIME TOGETHER.
It was supposed to be just a standard press event, a simple walk down memory lane. Years after the cameras stopped rolling on the 4077th, Gary Burghoff and…
A FAMILIAR SOUND SUDDENLY SILENCED TWO MAS*H LEGENDS YEARS LATER.
It was a dry, breezy afternoon when two old friends took a quiet walk through the Santa Monica Mountains. The Malibu Creek State Park didn’t look like South…
THE GHOSTLY SOUND THAT SILENCED TWO MAS*H STARS YEARS LATER
Decades had passed since the canvas tents were packed away and the cameras stopped rolling. It was a quiet afternoon in the Malibu hills, right where the legendary…
THE DAY THE SURGERY SCENE WENT COMPLETELY OFF THE RAILS
The microphone was perfectly positioned, and the studio was quiet as Alan Alda settled into his chair for the podcast interview. He was highly accustomed to answering the…
ALAN ALDA REVEALS THE MOST CHAOTIC DAY FILMING MASH
The podcast studio was quiet, just the hum of the microphones and the gentle clinking of a water glass. Alan Alda leaned into his mic, adjusting his headphones…
THE ONE TIME FRANK BURNS UTTERLY DERAILED THE MASH OPERATING ROOM
You know, people always ask me if playing a character as tightly wound as Frank Burns was exhausting. I always tell them the same thing: it was an…
THE DAY THE COOPERATIVE MEDICINE IN MASH WENT ABSOLUTELY WRONG
We were sitting in a small, modern studio in New York recording an episode for a podcast retrospective, and the host decided to bring out a stack of…