Watching The Metro Columbo I have repeatedly and insistently made you aware of my obsessive interest in the classic – that is, ancient – 1970s TV detective show Columbo. You’ll be glad to know that I have now finished all seven seasons on Amazon Prime. You’ll be even gladder to know that I’m not going to write… Read More »Mental About The Mentalist
My Columbo odyssey continues – I’m now on the sixth season, made in 1976. Season five was a very bumpy ride – and the show was nearly cancelled – but season six starts with the most exquisitely delightful Columbo episode yet. I didn’t know that William Shatner appeared in Columbo. Google tells me he appeared in… Read More »When Columbo Met Captain Kirk (& Fell in Love)
Columbo meets an early pro-sporno Having given up on Netflix and the 21st Century, I’ve been watching Columbo – Amazon Prime Video have the first seven seasons (1971-8), gloriously restored, and digitally remastered in HD. Always a high-production value show, it can now be appreciated as never before – in detail. I love Columbo because there’s… Read More »The Curious Case of the Killer Buttocks