I love watching the show about Celebrity Homes on E!. It is amazing how much space is needed by just one celebrity! The homes are always over 5,000 square feet and the rooms are enormous. Plus they are always decorated so nicely. I am sure that one of their couches cost as much as my car. On one episode, I saw a celebrity with a beautiful outdoor kitchen. The kitchen outdoors had everything and more that my small little kitchen indoors has. Of course, by the kitchen was a large outdoor pool as well. Great for bar-b-qs!

If you are looking for a nice romantic getaway that won’t cost you celebrity prices, check out a Bed & Breakfast. There are so many different styles and types to choose from. Many Bed and Breakfast inns are located in restored historical buildings. A few have even been used for the setting for films. The best thing about a Bed & Breakfast is the home cooked meal in the morning. Most inns offer a variety of menu items and a variety of times when breakfast is served. Many inns offer other cooked meals as well.

Larry Linville played the obnoxious Frank Burns in the television series M*A*S*H. Larry was born in Ojai, California on September 29, 1939. As a child he started designing and flying gliders and this became a lifelong hobby. He attended the University of Colorado where he majored in engineering and also performed in a local civic theater group. He applied for a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London and was one of three Americans out of 300 applicants to be accepted.

After returning to California, he acted in repertory theater for eight years. He also had numerous roles in television shows including Bonanza.

Gene Reynolds say Linville in Room 222 and cast him as Frank Burns in M*A*S*H. Linville was very unlike the character he played as was often described as very kind and friendly. He became good friends with Gary Burghoff who played Radar. When the show first started, Larry signed a five-year contract, but would not renew after this period. He had grown tired of playing the negative character and the fifth year was especially hard since his character no longer had “Hot Lips” on his side. Linville even refused to watch the dailies because his character was the brunt of so many jokes.

After M*A*S*H, Linville appeared in numerous television shows and movies and remained active in regional theater.

Linville was known for his hard drinking and smoking and this finally led to a battle with cancer. After surgery to remove part of his lung, Linville died from pnemonia at the age of 60. Ironically, he died on Harry Morgan’s 85th birthday, April 10, 2000. Linville was married five times and has one daughter.

When Larry was asked whom he’d based his Frank Burns character on, he responded: “Every idiot I’ve ever known.”

I store so many images on my computer. I have my own personal images that I store, plus I have all the images that I have to store for this website. Sometimes working with those images can cause a drain on my Dell Memory, so I decided to get some more memory, so that I will have an easier time editing pictures and photographs. What a difference a few megs of RAM can make to the speed of your computer!

Loretta Swit was born November 4, 1937 in Passaic, New Jersey. In 1967, she started touring with Any Wednesday and has been involved with theater throughout her life.

Swit arrived in Hollywood in 1970 and appeared in various television programs including Gunsmoke and Mannix. In 1972, she was offered the role of Major Margaret “Hot Lips” Houlihan. She and Alan Alda were the only two characters who were in the pilot and the finale. She stayed for all 11 seasons. She won two Emmy awards for her work.

In 1981, Swit was cast as Cagney in the movie pilot for the television series Cagney & Lacey, but she was still under contract to M*A*S*H and could not continue the role. She has also been guest on many television series and game shows. In 1989, she received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Swit continues to be busy with her jewelry and art work and is an animal rights activist. She must be taking her nutritional supplements because she still looks great! She was married once to Dennis Holahan (1983-1995). He played a love interest of Hot Lips on M*A*S*H for one episode. She has no children.

Harry Morgan took over command of the M*A*S*H unit after McLean Stevenson left playing Colonel Sherman T. Potter. Morgan was born April 10, 1915 in Detroit Michigan as Harry Bratsburg. He was a statewide debating champion in high school. In 1937, he started acting on Broadway using his original name – Harry Bratsburg. In 1942, he made the transition to film appearing in the movie To The Shores of Tripoli and was billed as Harry Morgan. He continued to act in a number of popular films including High Noon (1952) with Gary Cooper and The Glenn Miller Story (1953) with James Stewart.

He starred in the television series Pete and Gladys from 1960 – 1962 and then starred as Officer Bill Gannon in Dragnet from 1967 to 1970.

Morgan originally appeared in M*A*S*H in the third season, playing a spaced out general that is convinced they need to move closer to the enemy line. This performance impressed the producers of the show and they later cast him as Colonel Potter to replace a departing Stevenson. Morgan’s character was a tough, career Army officer that was caring as well. His character was thought of as a father-figure. Morgan one an Emmy in 1980 for his role.

When M*A*S*H ended, Morgan appeared in the series AfterMASH that was short lived. In 1987, he reprised his role of Bill Gannon in the movie Dragnet starring Tom Hanks and Dan Aykroyd.

He has appeared in numerous other television shows in small parts over the years.

Morgan was married to Eileen Detchon from 1940 until she died in 1985. He then remarried Barbara Bushman Quine in 1988 and they are still married. He has four sons with his first wife. He is 92 years old and still spry!

McLean Stevenson was most know for his role as Lt. Colonel Henry Blake on the television show M*A*S*H. He was born Edgar McLean Stevenson, Jr. on November 14, 1927 in Normal, Illinois. He served in the Navy and then attended Northwestern University where he graduated with a bachelor’s degree in theater arts. After graduation, he worked in a radio station and played a clown on television. He also worked as a press secretary for his cousin Adlai E. Stevenson in the presidential elections of 1952 and 1956.

Stevenson debut in The Music Man in 1962 and appeared on Broadway and in television commercials. He also started writing comedy for “That Was The Week That Was”, in which Alan Alda appeared, and “The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour”. He also performed on these shows occasionally.

He guest-starred on That Girl in 1966 and was a character on the Doris Day Show from 1969 to 1971. He auditioned for the role of Hawkeye Pierce in M*A*S*H but was hired as Henry Blake instead. Henry Blake was a commander that did not enjoy being in charge of his troops. He probably could have used human resources software to keep track of his unruly staff. He preferred playing golf and fishing. This role made him a star. He wrote two episodes for the series and became one of the most popular characters. Stevenson asked to be released from his contract in 1975 and his character was discharged. His character was shot down over the Sea of Japan killing everyone on board. The other characters were not told of this change in script until the actual shooting so that they would have the appropriate reactions.

After M*A*S*H, Stevenson starred in four separate sitcoms that all failed. He appeared on many different variety shows and game shows but his career never really went anywhere.

In 1996, Stevenson was recovering from surgery when he went into cardiac arrest and died. Before his death, Stevenson admitted that he regretted leaving M*A*S*H when he did.

Jamie Farr, the dress wearing Corporal Maxwell Klinger, was born Jameel Joseph Farah on July 1, 1934 in Toledo, Ohio to Lebanese-American parents. He started acting at age 11 and continued through high school. After graduating high school he attended the Pasadena Playhouse where is was discovered and cast as the mentally challenged student Santini in the Blackboard Jungle.

Roles were not very frequent for Jamie at first, but he did end up with roles in No Time for Sargeants (with Andy Griffith and Don Knotts), The Greatest Story Ever Told, Who’s Minding the Mint and With Six You Get Eggroll.

In the 1950s he appeared regularly on a few variety shows and was in Wonder Bread television commercials as well.

He was hired for one day for the role of Corporal Klinger in a M*A*S*H episode which he played so well it started his eleven year career with the show. Klinger was often seen wearing a dress and was hoping to get discharged on a Section 8 (being crazy). He eventually asked the writers to have him wear normal army clothes since he didn’t want his children to be teased about it. He took over the reception desks duty for Radar when Gary Burghoff left the show. Jamie actually served two years in Korea for the United States after the Korean war ended.

After M*A*S*H, Jamie starred with Harry Morgan and William Christopher (also from the show) in the series AfterMASH for two years. During this time he also starred in Cannonball Run and Cannonball Run II.

He has appeared on numerous game shows, commercials and made-for-tv movies as well as acting with Nathan Lane in Guys and Dolls on Broadway in the 1990s (he played Nathan Detroit). In 2007, Farr hosted a marathon showing of M*A*S*H episodes and provided commentary.

He married Joy Ann Richards in 1963 and they have two children.

I find it interesting that a number of old movies feature ceiling fans. There must of been a time period in Hollywood when the ceiling fan symbolized something. I’m just not always sure what it was. When I watch movies such as Casablanca or any of a number of old black and white movies, the director seems to take a shot just of the ceiling fans. Hmmmm, maybe they just wanted to cool down!

Gary Burghoff Was born May 24, 1943 in Bristol, Conneticut. Gary started acting (and drumming) in high school in Wisconsin. He would later star in the off-Broadway production of You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown.

In 1970 is was cast in the movie M*A*S*H as Radar O’Reilly and later played the same role in the television series. Burghoff was born with a club foot and four short fingers on his left hand. He often used props (such as a clipboard) to conceal his hand. He was also seen with a Teddy Bear and I think he also had different sheets on his bed (not sure if they were animal print bedding or not). The Teddy Bear was put in a time capsule in one of the episodes and was thought to symbolize going to war as a boy and leaving as a man

Burghoff left M*A*S*H after season 7 because he wanted to spend more time with his family. He did return on season 8 to film the episode “Goodbye Radar”. After M*A*S*H he appeared in a few game shows frequently and had a short lived television series.

Gary is also a professional jazz drummer with the trio The We Three and is a wildlife painter. He is also an avid stamp collector and stars in a video about stamp collecting for the US Postal Service.

Burghoff has been married twice and has three children. He resides in Paradise, California where he appears in TV advertisements for local doctors.