THE SOUND OF THE BLADES MADE GARY BURGHOFF STOP BREATHING.
The afternoon was supposed to be simple, just two old friends sitting on a porch in the quiet hills of California. Jamie Farr leaned back in his chair,…
THE ARISTOCRATIC DOCTOR… BUT HIS LONELIEST NOTE WAS SILENCE
The world knew him as the man with the silver tongue and the impenetrable wall of blue-blooded arrogance. For years, he occupied our living rooms as the definitive…
THE SOUND THAT HAUNTED THE MASH CAST FOR FORTY YEARS
Gary Burghoff sat on the edge of a weathered folding chair, squinting against the harsh, unforgiving California sun. Beside him, Mike Farrell was leaning back, his hands clasped…
DAVID OGDEN STIERS THOUGHT HE WAS A SERIOUS ACTOR UNTIL NOW
The studio was quiet, the kind of professional silence that usually precedes a deep, intellectual conversation. David Ogden Stiers sat across from the podcast host, leaning back in…
THE WORLD SAW A SNOB, BUT DAVID WAS HIDING A HEART.
The room was far too quiet for a group of people who had spent eleven years shouting over the simulated roar of helicopter blades. Loretta sat near the…
THE SECRET PRANK IN KLINGER’S BRA THAT NEARLY SHUT DOWN PRODUCTION
I was sitting in this small, soundproof booth for a podcast a few years back, just shooting the breeze about the old days. The host leaned in and…
TV’S MOST ARISTOCRATIC DOCTOR… BUT HIS GREATEST TRUTH WAS SILENT
The world knew him as the man with the silver tongue and the impenetrable wall of blue-blooded arrogance. When he stepped onto the set of the most popular…
THEY CLIMBED INTO THE OLD JEEP AND THE WORLD WENT SILENT.
Mike Farrell stood in the center of the quiet warehouse, the air tasting of dust and cold metal. Beside him, Loretta Swit adjusted her coat, her eyes fixed…
HARRY MORGAN NEVER TOLD THE DIRECTOR WHY HE WAS CRYING. It was a quiet afternoon in Brentwood, the kind where the California sun seems to pause over the…
THE DAY THE SCARLETT OHARA DRESS NEARLY DESTROYED THE MASH SET
Interviewer: People still talk about the wardrobe on that show, Jamie. It was such a massive part of the character’s identity. Did you ever feel like the costumes…