Ranjit Rewinds

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Ranjit Rewinds ⏪ Looking back at films, tv shows and much more with film curator Ranjit S. Ruprai, film critic Phuong Le and guests ⏪ A SUPAKINO Production

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March 31, 2025005 - I CULP: The Film/TV Career of Robert Culp
The last of five episodes about the actor, writer and director Robert Culp. Film critic Phuong Le joins me, Ranjit S. Ruprai, to cover Culp’s career from theatre to television to cinema.

Television Academy interview by Stephen J. Abramson in 2007

TV shows
Trackdown (1957-1959)
I Spy (1965-1968)
The Greatest American Hero (1981-1983)
Diagnosis Murder S05 E10: Discards (2000)

Films & TV Movies
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969) Dir. Paul Mazursky
Hannie Caulder (1971) Dir. Burt Kennedy
Hickey & Boggs (1972) Dir. Robert Culp
A Name For Evil (1973) Dir. Bernard Girard
Spectre (1977) Dir. Clive Donner
The Blue Lightning (1986) Dir. Lee Philips

Some other things we mention
Cain’s Hundred S01 E25: The Swinger (1962) written by Robert Culp
SNL Sketch: I Spy Reunion with Eddie Murphy
Stephen J. Cannell’s lecture On The Grind

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This is a SUPAKINO production. Recorded at Crouch End Studios. Music by Pierre Daven-Keller (Kwaidan Records).
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1h 35min
March 22, 2025004 - THE OUTER CULPS: Demon With A Glass Hand
The fourth of five episodes about the actor, writer and director Robert Culp. Film critic Phuong Le joins me, Ranjit S. Ruprai, to discuss the classic sci-fi TV show The Outer Limits, with a discussion of the award-winning episode Demon With A Glass Hand.

Main items of discussion
The Outer Limits S02 E05: Demon With A Glass Hand (1964)
The Ray Bradbury Theatre S04 E11: The Long Years (1990)

The books we refer to
Schow, D. J., & Frentzen, J. (1986). The Outer Limits: The Official Companion. Ace Science Fiction Books
Bradbury, R. (1950). The Martian Chronicles. New York: Doubleday

We also briefly mention
Star Trek S01 E28: The City On The Edge Of Forever (1969)
The Outer Limits S02 E01: Soldier (1964)
The Terminator (1984) Dir. James Cameron
Talese, G. (1966). Frank Sinatra Has A Cold. Esquire, Apr 1966, 89-98, 152
Star Trek S02 E01: Amok Time (1970)

At the end, Ranjit recommends other The Outer Limits episodes, including
The Outer Limits S01 E18: ZZZZZ (1964)
The Outer Limits S01 E32: The Form Of Things Unknown (1964)

More about composer Amin Bhatia: aminbhatia.com

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This is a SUPAKINO production. Recorded at Crouch End Studios. Music by Pierre Daven-Keller (Kwaidan Records).
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53min
March 16, 2025003 - THE OUTER CULPS: The Architects Of Fear & Corpus Earthling
The third of five episodes about the actor, writer and director Robert Culp. Film critic Phuong Le joins me, Ranjit S. Ruprai, to discuss the classic sci-fi TV show The Outer Limits, delving into Culp’s first two appearances.

Main items of discussion
The Outer Limits S01 E03: The Architects Of Fear (1963)
The Outer Limits S01 E09: Corpus Earthling (1963)

The book we refer to
Schow, D. J., & Frentzen, J. (1986). The Outer Limits: The Official Companion. Ace Science Fiction Books

We also briefly mention
Peter Capaldi singing “Outér Limits” in his band The Dreamboys
Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love the Bomb (1964) Dir. Stanley Kubrick
Frankenstein (1931) Dir. James Whale
I Walked With A Zombie (1943) Dir. Jacques Tourneur

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This is a SUPAKINO production. Recorded at Crouch End Studios. Music by Pierre Daven-Keller (Kwaidan Records).
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March 06, 2025002 - CULPABLE CULP: Robert Culp in Mrs. Columbo & 90s Columbo
The second of five episodes about the actor, writer and director Robert Culp. Film critic Phuong Le joins me, Ranjit S. Ruprai, to talk about our Columbo-based friendship, with an in-depth discussion on a later 90s episode and the first episode of “non-canonical” Mrs Columbo, both guest starring Robert Culp.

Main items of discussion
Mrs. Columbo S01 E01: Word Games (1979)
Columbo S10 E01: Columbo Goes To College (1990)
Her Life As A Man (1984)
Highway To Heaven S03 E21 Parents’ Day (1987)

We also mention
Coppola’s The Conversation (1974)
Hitchcock’s Rope (1948)
Carol Lynn Mither’s Village Voice article “My Life As A Man”… which doesn’t seem to be online but here is a contemporaneous article about the related TV movie: Her Life As A Man Tonight On NBC

Columbo at the club!
Phuong was trying to remember this episode from 2003: Columbo Likes the Nightlife
Ranjit misremembered the 70s club scene as being from the Nicol Williamson episode when it was actually from 1977 episode: The Bye-Bye Sky High I.Q. Murder Case

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This is a SUPAKINO production. Recorded at Crouch End Studios. Music by Pierre Daven-Keller (Kwaidan Records).

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1h 4min
February 25, 2025001 - CULPABLE CULP: Classic Columbo & Robert Culp
The first of five episodes about the actor, writer and director Robert Culp. Film critic Phuong Le joins me, Ranjit S. Ruprai, to talk about our Columbo-based friendship and have an in-depth discussion on the three classic episodes starring the quintessential Columbo villain, Robert Culp.

Main items of discussion
Columbo S01 E02: Death Lends a Hand (1971)
Columbo S02 E03: The Most Crucial Game (1972)
Columbo S03 E04: Double Exposure (1973)

A great book on Columbo
Koenig, D (2021). Shooting Columbo: The Lives and Deaths of TV's Rumpled Detective. Bonaventure Press

Some of Phuong’s favourite Columbo episodes
Columbo S05 E05 Now You See Him (1976)
Columbo S02 E08 Double Shock (1973)
Columbo S07 E02 Murder Under Glass (1978)

After Double Exposure, my next two favourite Columbo episodes
Columbo S06 E03 The Bye-Bye Sky High I.Q. Murder Case (1977)
Columbo S07 E04 How to Dial a Murder (1978)

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This is a SUPAKINO production. Recorded at Crouch End Studios. Music by Pierre Daven-Keller (Kwaidan Records).
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1h 23min

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