MCLEAN STEVENSON REMEMBERS THE DAY THE BRIEFING WENT HORRIBLY WRONG

I was sitting at dinner the other night with some old friends, and someone brought up the show. It happens a lot, even all these years later. People…

THE ROOM WENT SILENT, BUT THE HELICOPTER KEPT SCREAMING.

Gary Burghoff stood at the edge of the dust in Malibu Creek, squinting against the harsh California sun. Beside him, Loretta Swit adjusted her sunglasses, her gaze fixed…

WILLIAM CHRISTOPHER SAW THE MAN BEHIND THE KLINGER MASK

\The restaurant was too loud for a conversation this quiet. Across the small table, William Christopher adjusted his glasses and looked at the man who had spent a…

ALAN ALDA REVEALS THE HILARIOUS REASON THE MASH CAST STOPPED FILMING

The host leans in, the red “On Air” light reflecting off the glass of the podcast studio, and asks a question Alan Alda has heard a thousand times,…

AMERICA’S FAVORITE CORPORAL… BUT HE NEEDED TO FIND HIMSELF AGAIN

Gary Burghoff sat in his dressing room on the 20th Century Fox lot, the familiar sounds of a bustling television production muffled by the thin, temporary walls. To…

THE CHOPPER SOUND STOPPED THE CONVERSATION… AND BROUGHT THE WAR BACK.

It started as a low, rhythmic hum vibrating against the late afternoon air. A faint, distant thumping that most people would have ignored or dismissed as a passing…

EVERYONE WATCHED THE NURSE IN THE BACKGROUND BUT NO ONE SAW HER.

Loretta Swit sat across from Jamie Farr, the soft California sun catching the silver in their hair as they shared a quiet lunch. They weren’t on the dusty…

DAVID OGDEN STIERS RECALLS THE DISASTROUS DAY THE SURGICAL GUTS STARTED FERMENTING

I was sitting in this small, dimly lit studio for a retrospective interview, and the producer handed me a stack of old production stills to look through. Most…

THE ARISTOCRATIC DOCTOR… BUT HIS TRUTH REMAINED HIDDEN FOR DECADES

The voice was unmistakable. It was a rich, mahogany baritone that seemed to carry the weight of centuries of classical education and refined breeding. For years, the world…

THE SURGICAL MASK SECRET THAT BROKE THE SET

I was sitting across from Alan Alda in a quiet recording studio. We were recording an episode for a retrospective podcast about classic television. I had been asking…