GARY BURGHOFF PUT THE HEADSET ON… AND THE ROOM WENT SILENT.
The room was tucked away in a quiet corner of a museum, far from the bright lights of a Hollywood soundstage. It smelled of old paper and the…
THE NIGHT HARRY MORGAN BROKE THE ENTIRE MASH PRODUCTION APART
I was sitting in a small, soundproof booth in New York recently, recording an episode for my podcast, Clear+Vivid. The host across from me asked a question I…
HARRY MORGAN’S LAST RIDE WAS NEVER SUPPOSED TO END LIKE THAT.
The sun was beginning to dip behind the Malibu hills, casting a long, golden shadow across the patio where the three of them sat. It had been years…
ALAN ALDA AND THE SURGEON WHO COULD NOT STOP LAUGHING
I was sitting in a small, soundproofed room in Manhattan just a few months ago, doing one of those long-form podcast interviews where the host really tries to…
THEY CALLED IT A SCRIPTED ENDING… JAMIE FARR KNEW BETTER.
Loretta Swit sat across from Jamie Farr, the California sun catching the silver in their hair. They weren’t in Korea anymore, and the Malibu ranch was long gone,…
THE WORLD’S MOST POMPOUS ARISTOCRAT… BUT HIS TRUTH WAS HIDDEN IN SILENCE
In the late 1970s, the set of MAS*H was a place of high energy and rapid-fire wit. Into this world stepped a man who seemed to embody the…
THE DAY COLONEL POTTER FINALLY LOST HIS COOL ON SET
You know, I was flicking through the channels the other night, just looking for something to settle the mind before bed. And there it was. That familiar theme…
HOLLYWOOD’S MOST ARROGANT SURGEON… BUT HIS REAL PASSION WAS SILENCE
Most people remember the posture first. The way he held his chin a fraction of an inch too high, as if the very air of Korea was beneath…
THE OLD RADIO CLICKED… AND THE MUD RETURNED TO MALIBU
The air in the deep storage room of the Smithsonian was cold, smelling of filtered air and old paper. Gary stood in the center of the aisle, his…
THE CHOPPER BLADES STOPPED SPINNING, BUT THE SILENCE FELT LOUDER.
Jamie Farr stood at the edge of the old helipad in the hills of Malibu, the sun beating down on the back of his neck. Beside him, Mike…