THE DAY THE MASH CAST FILMED A SCENE WITHOUT ANY PANTS
I was sitting on a stage at a fan convention in Chicago last year, blinking against those bright, unforgiving spotlights they always point right at your eyes. A…
THE SOUND THAT STOPPED TIME FOR THE MEN OF THE 4077TH
The afternoon sun was leaning low over the hills of Malibu, casting long, golden shadows that looked almost exactly like the ones from forty years ago. Mike Farrell…
THE WORLD SAW A JOKE BUT THE CAST SAW THE COST
Loretta and Mike were sitting in a quiet, sun-drenched courtyard, the kind of place where the silence feels like a warm blanket. They weren’t talking about the awards…
GARY BURGHOFF SHARES THE HILARIOUS REASON THE MASH CAST STOPPED FILMING
I was sitting on a plastic chair at one of those big fan conventions in California. The room was packed with people wearing olive drab t-shirts and hats…
THE WORLD’S FAVORITE NEPHEW… BUT HIS GREATEST STRENGTH WAS HIDDEN
Gary Burghoff was the heartbeat of the 4077th. While other actors were replaced and characters evolved into different versions of themselves, he remained the constant bridge between the…
THE SMELL OF OLD CANVAS BROUGHT THE ENTIRE WAR BACK
Jamie Farr stood at the edge of the Malibu hills, the afternoon sun beating down on the same red dirt that had once defined his entire life. Beside…
THE SCRIPT SAID GOODBYE BUT THEIR HEARTS REFUSED TO LEAVE
The restaurant was too quiet for a Saturday afternoon. Loretta sat across from David, watching the way the sunlight caught the silver in his hair. They hadn’t seen…
THE KID WHO NEVER GREW UP… BUT HIS TRUTH WAS FOUND IN NATURE
The heat in the Malibu Creek State Park was often unforgiving. For years, the man in the oversized olive-drab cap stood in the dust of a simulated Korea,…
THE TEDDY BEAR WASN’T JUST A PROP… IT WAS A SHIELD
The sun was beginning to dip behind the hills, casting long, golden shadows across the terrace that looked remarkably like the canyons of Malibu. Gary sat across from…
THE DUST SETTLED DECADES AGO BUT FOR LORETTA IT NEVER LEFT.
The hills of Malibu don’t look like Korea until the sun hits the dry, yellow brush at just the right angle. Jamie and Loretta stood at the edge…