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The Columbo Confab Podcast

Steve and Sean beak down and discuss each episode of “Columbo”, one by one, and in no particular order.

Latest Episodes:

Episode 50: By Dawn's Early Light (1974) May 13, 2019

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In "By Dawn's Early Light" (1974), Colonel Lyle Rumford (Patrick McGoohan) rigs a cannon to eliminate the man who wants to turn he beloved military academy into a boarding school. It looks like an accident...at least until Lieutenant Columbo arrives on the scene and strips away Rumford's slick veneer like an artichoke. Is this one worthy of a ten-gun salute? Or does it deserve a dishonorable discharge? Listen in and find out what Steve and Sean thought about it!

Have a comment or a question for the hosts? Email Steve and Sean at columboconfab@gmail.com or follow the podcast on Twitter at @columboconfab.

Episode 49: The Most Dangerous Match (1973) May 06, 2019

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In "The Most Dangerous Match" (1973) chess champion Emmett Clayton (Laurence Harvey) realizes he's going to be outmatched by his Russian opponent Dudek, so he tries killing him in the most accessible way possible: pushing him down the hotel's industrial-sized garbage disposal machine. This doesn't kill the man, however, only knocks him unconscious. Even worse, Clayton is now being pestered by a detective in a rumpled raincoat and his incessant questioning. Is "The Most Dangerous Match" fit for a king? Or is it a disappointing gambit? Listen to see what Steve and Sean have to say and find out!

Have a comment or a question for the hosts? Email Steve and Sean at columboconfab@gmail.com or follow the podcast on Twitter at @columboconfab.

Episode 48: Murder in Malibu (1990) Apr 29, 2019

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In "Murder in Malibu" (1990), greedy gigolo Wayne Jennings (Andrew Stevens) bumps off his fiance after she dumps him over the phone. Or did he? What does the victim's sister Jess (Brenda Vaccaro) know that Columbo doesn't know? Where did Andrew Stevens go to acting school and should he get a refund? Listen in and find out what Steve and Sean think!

Have a comment or a question for the hosts? Email Steve and Sean at columboconfab@gmail.com or follow the podcast on Twitter at @columboconfab.

Episode 47: Double Shock (1973) Apr 22, 2019

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In "Double Shock" (1973) a wealthy uncle is killed in the bathtub on the eve of his wedding by one of his twin nephews (both played by Martin Landau)...but which one? Columbo goes on a cooking show, fixes a television set, and even eats health cookies to solve the crime. But is "Double Shock" twice the pleasure? Or is it just a dead ringer? Listen in and find out what Steve and Sean think!

Have a comment or a question for the hosts? Email Steve and Sean at columboconfab@gmail.com or follow the podcast on Twitter at @columboconfab.

Bonus Episode: Mrs. Columbo: Murder is a Parlor Game (1979) Apr 15, 2019

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In "Murder is a Parlor Game", former Scotland Yard detective Ian A. Morly (Donald Pleasence) is confronted by a falsely-bearded old enemy, an encounter that concludes with Morly's enemy shot dead and a rubber in the fireplace. One of Morly's students in his uncomfortably hands-on self-defense course, Kate Columbo. finds time between being a mother, writing for the penny advertiser, and attending magic shows to prove a challenge for the unflappable Morly. Is this episode as nifty as a pen that secretly sprays mace, or is it as corny as Kansas on the Fourth of July? Listen in and find out what Steve and Sean thought!

Have a comment or a question for the hosts? Email Steve and Sean at columboconfab@gmail.com or follow the podcast on Twitter at @columboconfab.

Episode 46: Columbo Goes to the Guillotine (1989) Apr 08, 2019

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When self-proclaimed psychic Elliott Blake (Anthony Andrews) meets a magician who has been hired by the government to debunk him, the old bad blood between proves too much for Blake, who arranges a murder of his colleague with the magician's own guillotine. Is "Columbo Goes to the Guillotine" a solid plus, or is it as confusing as a bunch of wavy lines? Listen to what Steve and Sean have to say and find out!

Have a comment or a question for the hosts? Email Steve and Sean at columboconfab@gmail.com or follow the podcast on Twitter at @columboconfab.

Episode 45: Forgotten Lady (1975) Feb 11, 2019

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When Broadway star Grace Wheeler (Janet Leigh) is snubbed by her wealthy and elderly husband because he refuses to fund her next show, Grace takes charge by shooting him and tries to make it look like suicide. Columbo sifts through bedroom slippers, a book, and a lesson on prostate health to pin Grace for the crime...but does he succeed? Is "Forgotten Lady" a Tony-worthy story? Or is it a Broadway bomb? Listen in and find out what Steve and Sean think!

Have a comment or a question for the hosts? Email Steve and Sean at columboconfab@gmail.com or follow the podcast on Twitter at @columboconfab.

Episode 44: Ashes to Ashes (1998) Feb 04, 2019

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Eric Prince (Patrick McGoohan) is a funeral director to the stars, but his reputation and his business are in jeopardy when gossip columnist Verity Chandler (Rue McClanahan) plans to air a "tell all" expose on him. After bumping off Verity, Prince finds himself having to deal with Columbo while literally shuffling dead bodies around behind the closed doors of his funeral parlor. Is this episode a great send off? Or was it dead on arrival? Listen to what Steve and Sean have to say and find out!

Have a comment or question for the hosts? Email Steve and Sean at columboconfab@gmail.com and follow the podcast on Twitter via @columboconfab.

Episode 43: Mind Over Mayhem (1974) Jan 28, 2019

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When Dr. Marshall Cahill (Jose Ferrer) murders a colleague to protect his plagiarizing son, he begins the machinations of "Mind Over Mayhem" (1974), in which Columbo rubs elbows with think tank scientists, a boy genius, a robot, and, of course, Dog. Is this one a stroke of genius? Or does it it belong in the back catalog of the idiot box. Listen in and find out what Steve and Sean think!

Have a comment or question for the hosts? Email them at columboconfab@gmail.com or follow the podcast on Twitter at @columboconfab.

Episode 42: Sex and the Married Detective (1989) Jan 21, 2019

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Let's talk about sex! In "Sex and the Married Detective" (1989), hell hath no fury like when sex therapist Dr. Joan Allenby (Lindsay Crouse) when she bumps off her cheating boyfriend. Is this a great episode with a satisfying climax? Or did it leave us hot and bothered? Listen in and find out what Steve and Sean had to say?

Have a comment or question for the hosts? Email them at columboconfab@gmail.com or follow the podcast on Twitter at @columboconfab.

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