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Month: August 2016

Ask for Freddy

August 27, 2016
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Four our forty-first show, we look at the series’ last, “Columbo Likes the Nightlife.” In it, we find Columbo bumping up against a world of Mafia sons, rave promoters, sleazy tabloid reporters and pastiches of late 90s-early 2000s indie murder films. Here’s the crazy thing- this final attempt to bring Columbo into the 21st century? It kind of works! Zack Handlen (The AV Club) returns to the show to talk about how something that could have gone off the rails actually holds together pretty well.

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Next on Just One More Thing: “Columbo Likes the Nightlife”

August 21, 2016
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For our forty-first show, we invite Zack Handlen (The AV Club) back to talk about Columbo’s last one, “Columbo Likes the Nightlife.” This 2003 final bow has Crystal Method songs, actors from future hits Lost and The Sopranos, and Matthew Rhys (The Americans) as the killer! The episode is available on DVD.

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BLANK TAPE

August 13, 2016
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What do you do when you’re the host of a wildly popular crime show and a rival finds evidence of your past career in “party films”? Well, if you’re George Hamilton in “Caution: Murder Can Be Hazardous to Your Health,” you kill the guy with spiked cigarettes and hope no one notices. Well, Lt. Columbo notices. Aaron Bleyaert (Conan, How to Lose Weight in Four Easy Steps), our very own foul-mouthed Charles Grodin, returns to the podcast to gloat over how utterly not-good this episode is. Honestly, though, we do start get to some awfully good points about 25 minutes in. We swear.

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