SnarkShark March 7 Share March 7 On 3/5/2023 at 6:20 AM, debraran said: I randomly caught the one with Johnny Cash on Saturday. He talked of doing Columbo and LHOP and how it was fun but he was out of his element. I thought he did pretty well and of course could sing a lot. That writing of that episode makes up for any awkwardness in his performance. The ending is a true classic. 3 Link to comment
debraran March 8 Share March 8 (edited) On 3/7/2023 at 3:04 PM, SnarkShark said: That writing of that episode makes up for any awkwardness in his performance. The ending is a true classic. Yes, I never forgot that ending and what he said. Two entirely different shows but his episode of LHOP where he played a pretend preacher who could sing, was corny but heartwarming too and although he planned on stealing things had a complete turnaround at the end that was believable and his wife June played his wife on show too. Even though most like the Jack Cassidy type of episodes, I liked the ones where he seemed to like the criminal and they weren't just deplorable. : ) Edited March 8 by debraran 3 1 Link to comment
Milburn Stone March 22 Share March 22 Maybe this has been mentioned, but...The other night we watched the Sky High IQ episode, the one with Theodore Bikel. In a short restaurant scene, a young surly waitress comes over and has a few lines with Falk. Mrs. Stone recognized her first. 1 Link to comment
shapeshifter March 22 Share March 22 15 minutes ago, Milburn Stone said: Maybe this has been mentioned, but...The other night we watched the Sky High IQ episode, the one with Theodore Bikel. In a short restaurant scene, a young surly waitress comes over and has a few lines with Falk. Mrs. Stone recognized her first. What interests me most from her Wikipedia article is: Quote Samantha Eggar was born Victoria Louise Samantha Marie Elizabeth Therese Eggar. . . . The initials of the two triplets of given names form the initials of each of her parents' first lovers. 2 Link to comment
Milburn Stone March 22 Share March 22 But...in case you're guessing that's a pic of Samanta Eggar, @shapeshifter, it's not. 1 1 Link to comment
shapeshifter March 22 Share March 22 39 minutes ago, Milburn Stone said: But...in case you're guessing that's a pic of Samanta Eggar, @shapeshifter, it's not. https://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=5180 Link to comment
Milburn Stone March 22 Share March 22 @shapeshifter, Samantha Eggar is indeed in the episode, but she did not play the part of the waitress. Keep guessing! 1 Link to comment
chessiegal March 22 Share March 22 3 minutes ago, illdoc said: I thought it was obviously Jamie Lee Curtis. Doesn't look like Jamie to me. Maybe because the one thing I've seen her in recently is NCIS, and she looks nothing like that woman. Link to comment
shapeshifter March 22 Share March 22 3 hours ago, illdoc said: I thought it was obviously Jamie Lee Curtis. 1 hour ago, Milburn Stone said: @illdoc is correct. Ah! From Reddit: Link to comment
Milburn Stone March 23 Share March 23 Meanwhile, we watched the opener of S7, the Ruth Gordon episode, and it is so much better than any episode in S6. There must have been a new creative team on the job! Looking forward to the rest of this season. Link to comment
peacheslatour March 23 Share March 23 She looks just like she did in the first Halloween movie, made just one year later. 1 Link to comment
shapeshifter March 25 Share March 25 On 3/23/2023 at 6:16 PM, Milburn Stone said: Meanwhile, we watched the opener of S7, the Ruth Gordon episode, and it is so much better than any episode in S6. There must have been a new creative team on the job! Looking forward to the rest of this season. I watched that one recently too: "Try and Catch Me" It's one of the few Columbo episodes with an 8+ rating on IMDb. 1 Link to comment
Milburn Stone March 25 Share March 25 (edited) It's so well-written. From the moment at the beginning of the investigation when Columbo first walks out of the safe, til when he leaves the house at the conclusion of the visit, is a continuous dialogue between him and Abigail of a length practically nonexistent in television. And every bit of it is riveting. Edited March 25 by Milburn Stone 4 1 Link to comment
debraran March 26 Share March 26 That was a good one . My mom loved the Janet Leigh episode which was different than the rest. Forgotten Lady was the title. 3 1 Link to comment
Blergh March 26 Share March 26 (edited) 7 hours ago, debraran said: That was a good one . My mom loved the Janet Leigh episode which was different than the rest. Forgotten Lady was the title. Have you ever seen 'Dead Weight' (1971)? That's the one in which Suzanne Pleshette plays this rather vulnerable divorcee who witnesses a murder but even her own mother disbelieves her. Then the perp turns out to be a renowned general (played by Eddie Albert) who woos her to do his best to gaslight her. Will Columbo get to the bottom of this? It was interesting seeing the usually tough Miss Pleshette playing such a vulnerable character who had a believable MO for being manipulated (yet never quite losing her Pleshette coolness) and the usually likable Mr. Albert was no slouch in playing a tough and unscrupulous military man who wasn't above killing or schmoozing to get his way! Of course, behind the scenes, this is when Peter Falk evidently decided to feign illness when they declined to have him direct this episode which resulted in them shooting the scenes with Miss Pleshette and Mr. Albert using a body double before Mr. Falk backed off from his demands &decided to return then tried to insist on them reshooting everything with him. That would have caused a major problem for Miss Pleshette in particular since she was due to participate in another production as soon as this one was done AND, she later would recount, in spite of the fact that she was married to a millionaire, half of their house had gotten destroyed in a mudslide so ' for the first time in my life, I REALLY needed the money'[of all the productions she could participate in since she wasn't yet a Bob Newhart Show co-star). Had she not been unable to leave Columbo in time to do the next project she'd committed herself to, it would have hurt her rep and gotten others reluctant to hire her. Thankfully, the episode's director Jack Smight saved the day by saying that since he was the director, he declared the episode complete and they wouldn't have to reshoot. She later would say that despite her having known Peter Falk since she was fourteen, she was so furious with him that she didn't speak to him for a year afterwards but then admitted 'how can you NOT speak to Peter Falk?' . Miss Pleshette would eventually somewhat retroactively understand Mr. Falk's MO at the time when she herself had some litigation going on which resulted in her being legally unable to be as open about it as much as her friends would have liked her to have done during that later time. And Eddie Albert told Mr. Falk that he'd always wanted to meet Mr. Falk and had admired his work but pulled no punches and told Mr. Falk that he was a real a--hole! Edited March 26 by Blergh 1 3 Link to comment
debraran March 26 Share March 26 Yes, I remember that but not super clearly. I can see the drama though, so many actors now come out with arguments and all out wars on the sets we never had the joy of hearing about. That was unfortunate though. Egos abound. On a lighter note, I almost didn't forgive him for using his wife at times. ; ) I saw an article comparing the William Shatner episode with the lamer Leonard Nimoy one on Columbo. I remember Nimoy as the doctor with the bad stitching, but need a refresher on Shatner's. 1 Link to comment
seacliffsal March 26 Share March 26 Shatner was in two episodes-the first one he played a t.v. detective and the second he was radio personality (?-not quite clear on the second one). He was very hammy and overacted in both of them (IMO). I love this back story information. Anything else you have I would love to know about. 3 Link to comment
illdoc March 26 Share March 26 Just now, seacliffsal said: Shatner was in two episodes-the first one he played a t.v. detective and the second he was radio personality (?-not quite clear on the second one). He was very hammy and overacted in both of them (IMO). The detective one was a 70s Columbo. The radio one (think Rush Limbaugh) was a 90s one. 2 Link to comment
chessiegal March 26 Share March 26 2 minutes ago, seacliffsal said: He was very hammy and overacted in both of them (IMO). What's new? I tell my husband when I tune onto Star Trek that I'm planning on watching Shatner chew the scenery. 😄 2 4 Link to comment
peacheslatour March 26 Share March 26 The Forgotten Lady is on today on ABC Family at 3 PM PT. Link to comment
debraran March 26 Share March 26 This has some interesting stories https://columbophile.com/category/behind-the-scenes/ 2 1 Link to comment
SnarkShark March 27 Share March 27 On 3/22/2023 at 3:36 PM, chessiegal said: Doesn't look like Jamie to me. Maybe because the one thing I've seen her in recently is NCIS, and she looks nothing like that woman. Well, except it looks 100% like her (plus I've seen that photo before). She was also in The Hardy Boys, and Quincy ME. 1 Link to comment
chessiegal March 27 Share March 27 10 minutes ago, SnarkShark said: Well, except it looks 100% like her Still don't see it. Link to comment
SnarkShark March 27 Share March 27 11 hours ago, chessiegal said: Still don't see it. Does the person who's not Jack Klugman in the Quincy clip? 1 Link to comment
shapeshifter March 27 Share March 27 On 3/26/2023 at 6:34 AM, debraran said: That was a good one . My mom loved the Janet Leigh episode which was different than the rest. Forgotten Lady was the title. Thanks for the tip, @debraran! I just watched "Forgotten Lady," and it was fabulous, especially the end. I know smoking was common then (most of my friends smoked), but wasn't cigar smoke strong enough to warrant and occasional complaint? I would think the fastidious house servants in "Forgotten Lady" would have complained about it. 1 1 Link to comment
debraran March 27 Share March 27 (edited) 34 minutes ago, shapeshifter said: Thanks for the tip, @debraran! I just watched "Forgotten Lady," and it was fabulous, especially the end. I know smoking was common then (most of my friends smoked), but wasn't cigar smoke strong enough to warrant and occasional complaint? I would think the fastidious house servants in "Forgotten Lady" would have complained about it. I agree, if you didn't smoke in real life, you got enough for a week doing take after take. I do recall one woman complaining about his cigar but I forgot what episode. This is a montage of some of his cigar encounters. I'm glad I share one Peter Falk's favorites, an article said "Falk's own favorite Columbo episodes were "Any Old Port in a Storm", "Forgotten Lady", "Now You See Him" and "Identity Crisis" Edited March 27 by debraran 2 1 Link to comment
peacheslatour March 27 Share March 27 (edited) 1 hour ago, shapeshifter said: Thanks for the tip, @debraran! I just watched "Forgotten Lady," and it was fabulous, especially the end. I know smoking was common then (most of my friends smoked), but wasn't cigar smoke strong enough to warrant and occasional complaint? I would think the fastidious house servants in "Forgotten Lady" would have complained about it. In Double Shock, the one where Martin Landau plays twins, one of them electrocutes his uncle in the tub, there is Mrs. Peck, the housekeeper who follows him around yelling about ashes on her clean floors. Edited March 27 by peacheslatour 2 1 1 Link to comment
chessiegal April 9 Share April 9 For all you Columbo fans, SundanceTV is running a 24-hour marathon next Sunday, April 16th. 1 1 Link to comment
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