GARY BURGHOFF STEPPED INTO THE JEEP AND SUDDENLY THE WAR RETURNED.
The sun over the Malibu hills still has that same, unforgiving bite it had back in 1972. It is a dry, golden heat that clings to the skin…
THE MOMENT THE MAS*H CAST FINALLY BROKE THE NEW GUY
Alan Alda is leaning back in a leather chair, his eyes twinkling with that familiar, mischievous spark that hasn’t dimmed in over fifty years. He’s recording an episode…
THE DAY THE SURGICAL MASK TURNED INTO A COMEDY CRIME SCENE
You know, people always ask if the operating room scenes were as intense to film as they looked on screen. I was recently doing a podcast interview, and…
LORETTA SWIT KEPT A SECRET ABOUT THAT FAMOUS OUTBURST FOR DECADES.
Loretta Swit sat across from Jamie Farr, the California sun catching the silver in their hair. They weren’t in the mess tent anymore. There was no dust, no…
GARY BURGHOFF STOOD IN THE DOORWAY… BUT NO ONE WAS ACTING.
The air in the hotel suite was thick with the scent of expensive coffee and the quiet hum of a Los Angeles afternoon. Mike Farrell sat by the…
TV’S MOST FAMOUS CORPORAL… BUT THE WILDERNESS WAS HIS ONLY HOME
The set of Stage 9 at 20th Century Fox was a place of controlled chaos. It was loud, dusty, and smelled of stale coffee and tobacco. In the…
THE ONE SOUND THAT STILL MAKES THE MAS*H CAST STOP EVERYTHING
Jamie Farr and Mike Farrell are standing on a dusty ridge in the heart of Malibu Creek State Park. It’s a hot afternoon, the kind that makes the…
THE DAY THE HOOP SKIRT FINALLY WON THE WAR
I was sitting on a stage in front of a few hundred people at a convention not too long ago, and a young man in the third row…
THE COLD STEEL REMEMBERED THE TRUTH THEY WEREN’T READY FOR
The Smithsonian was quiet after hours, the kind of stillness that makes your own footsteps sound like a conversation. Alan stood in front of a glass display, his…
THE DAY THE MASK SLIPPED FOR RADAR O’REILLY.
The lights in the hotel lounge were dim, casting long, orange shadows that reminded Loretta Swit of the late-night shoots at Malibu Creek. She sat across from Gary…