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The Columbo Confab Podcast

Sep 25, 2017

Ray Milland stars as a millionaire who contrives a kidnapping and murder scheme to support his expensive hobby growing orchids in "The Greenhouse Jungle" (1972).  Does this story bloom afresh with a clever plot and fine performances?  Or is it the handiwork of someone with a brown thumb?  Listen in and find out what...


Sep 18, 2017

The penultimate episode ever of "Columbo" is "Murder with Too Many Notes" (2001), starring Billy Connolly as a Hollywood composer who murders his talented protege.  Is this story as worthy as a score by John Williams?  Or is it just a forgettable commercial ditty?  Listen in and see what Steve and Sean think!

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Sep 11, 2017

Steve and Sean raise their glasses and discuss "Any Old Port in a Storm" (1973), a popular episode featuring Donald Pleasance as a snobby winemaker who commits fratricide to protect his beloved business.  Should audiences find this one on the top shelf?  Or should it be relegated to the aisle with the boxed wine? ...


Sep 4, 2017

We begin our second season with Fisher Stevens playing a not-unlike-Steven-Spielberg Hollywood director whose secret past has him resorting to a shocking a murderous solution in "Murder, Smoke and Shadows".  Is this one worthy of an Academy Award?  Or does it belong on the cutting room floor?  Listen in and find out as...