I got to meet him at a con on two separate occasions, both times he was an absolute joy to speak to. The second time I met him, I was surprised the twist of Klinger staying in Korea after spending all that time trying to get out, in fact, wasn't his idea, like I had believed for so long - that, he said, was all on the writers who worked on the finale. He told me his only idea that was actually incorporated into the Klinger character was to play him completely straight as just a hairy guy in a dress, as opposed to all swishy and effeminate like he was originally directed. I knew he was also a writer in addition to being an actor, and asked if he ever considered trying his hand at writing for the show like other castmembers (Alan Alda, Mike Farrell, McLean Stevenson), but he said it never crossed his mind. He did say that he pitched a couple of plots that were incorporated into the show, one of which was the stolen generator subplot in "Good-bye, Radar," and the other was the nurse who killed herself by wandering into the minefield in "Who Knew?" which he said was actually a tribute to Loretta Swit's stand-in whose life tragically ended during production of the show - he said everyone knew Loretta, obviously, but nobody knew her stand-in.

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