Klinger's Wedding To Radar

[Ano Genitus]

Klinger's wedding to Radar

by Lynzee Cadham
Spokane Post-News

VANCOUVER, BC

It's time to pull out one last dress.

Jamie Farr, the actor who portrayed the transvestite Max Klinger on the beloved 1970s-era television show M*A*S*H, is getting ready to marry one of his co-stars from that very same show.

"I tell people and they say 'You're marrying Loretta ?'" Farr laughs. "She was the only woman on the show, of course!"

Farr's eyes open wide in mock surprise as he imitates the faces of people when they learn that he is not marrying Swit, but another co-star - Gary Burghoff, who played the diminutive psychic clerk Radar. Neither Farr nor Burghoff has gone public with their homosexuality, and less still with their romance. Now that it is to be official, Farr feels, it's time to set the record straight.

"My character on M*A*S*H was never gay," Farr reveals. "It was an interesting challenge for me. But the fact that he wore dresses made it easier... I objected when had him go back to a regular butch uniform."

Burghoff, who declined to be interviewed for this article, was more comfortable in the fatigues that were his constant costume on the show.

The couple are holding a small and, says Farr, "intimate" wedding in Vancouver, Canada. "We don't want to make a big deal about it," Farr says. "Neither Gary nor I are political people. But we had to come to Canada to have the ceremony we wanted. It's all right, many of our friends are coming."

"I've heard all the jokes," Farr says with a smile. "Wearing dresses on a popular show gave me a thick skin. I suppose as advanced as people get, there will always be jokes about Gary and I."

Farr says the wedding will not change their lives drastically. "It'll be like it was before. We have a house, we work. Gary is a drummer, and he'll practise in the garage. We really lead boring lives!"

The wedding is to take place February 23rd at an undisclosed location in Kitsilano, Vancouver.

[NightWatcher]

1. holy crap, I was reading, waiting for the punchline. they should make it a reunion show

[TrogL]

2. Wish I could go for the wedding

[sarge43]

3. Well, congratulations to both

Love, happiness and long life together. :toast:

[sarge43]

12. Cute Ano. n/t

[Ptah]

4. Link?

Edit to add, there is no Spokane Post-News.

[Mojambo]

5. Edit - Too good to be true!

[Rabrrrrrr]

6. 24 posts and you think you know us? We're not that stupid. Are you a pro-Palestine sockpuppet,

or just an idiot?

[Shakespeare]

10. I'll be going with option number 2. n/t

[Fenris]

7. That's some fine satire, Tex.

;)

[Oeditpus Rex]

8. Gee, y'think their wives will mind?

[FarLeftRage]

9. It's a little early for April Fools

Google does not show any "Spokane Post-News"....

[NightWatcher]

11. the best april fools happen in february

I bit on it hard

[Lautremont]

13. This is a bizarre story, to be sure.

Too bad they had to go to Canada.

[triguy46]

14. Odd how Google News has completely missed it. This really is breaking news.

[triguy46]

15. Hmmm. Has anyone seen the OP'er? We need more info.

[HughBeaumont]

16. Neither man is gay and this thread needs to be destroyed by Bruiser Brody,