The Columbo Confab Podcast

In "A Bird in the Hand" (1992), Greg Evigan stars as Harold McCain, a professional gambler who resorts to planting a pipe bomb in his uncle's car to avoid some dangerous loan sharks. However, things don't exactly go as planned when the gardener is blown up instead, and Harold's entanglement with his uncle's wife Dolores (Tyne Daly) may prove to be his ultimate undoing.

Is "A Bird in the Hand" a royal flush? Or a fold? Listen in as Steve and Sean discuss it!

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Season Five of The Columbo Confab Podcast begins with Steve and Sean dissecting "Dagger of the Mind" (1972) starring Richard Basehart and Honor Blackman as Shakespearean actors who accidentally murder their producer and ensure that the show will go on.

Is "Dagger of the Mind" worthy of a BAFTA? Or is it just a performance worthy of the Grand Guignol? Listen in and find out!

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The discussion of the actual existence of Mrs. Columbo has never been hotter when Steve and Sean talk about "It's All in the Game" (1993), in which a wealthy debutante (played by Faye Dunaway) bumps off her two-timing lover with an accomplice. Is this episode worthy of a Valentine's Day viewing? Or was it as an awkward as a Grindr date gone wrong? Listen in and find out!

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Ward Fowler (played by William Shatner) is an actor who has a particular aversion to blackmail and silver certificates. Is this episode at the top of the ratings? Or should it have ended up on the cutting room floor? Listen in and find out!

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Steve and Sean venture into a big game of "One of These Things is Not Like the Others" with a discussion of "Undercover", starring Ed Begley Jr., Tyne Daly, and Burt Young (among others). Is this story worth the videotape it's printed on? Or would you rather pay Tyne Daly $20 not to see it? Listen in and find out!

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This week Steve and Sean crack open a good mystery book and talk about "Try and Catch Me", starring Ruth Gordon as an elderly crime writer who suffocates her nephew-in-law in her walk-in safe to avenge the alleged murder of her niece. Is this an episode worthy of the best seller's list? Listen in and find out!

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Season Four of The Columbo Confab Podcast kicks things off with "Columbo Goes to College", in which our intrepid detective outsmarts a pair of college seniors (played by Stephen Caffrey and Gary Hershberger) who bump off their professor to avoid being exposed to their tyrannical parents. Is this episode an A+? Or is it at the bottom of the class? Listen and find out!

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Steve and Sean tackle "Identity Crisis" (1975), a tangled web weaved by a clever undercover operative (played by Columbo veteran Patrick McGoohan) using a poker chip, a clock, and a stuffed bear named Archibald. Is this episode the spy that they loved? Or is it as awkward as Austin Powers at a dental appointment? Listen in and find out!

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This week, Steve and Sean discuss "Butterfly in Shades of Grey" (1994), starring William Shatner as Rush Limbaugh...er, I mean Fielding Chase, a radio chat show host whose incestuous and controlling relationship with his daughter forces him to murder an employee. Is this one at the top of the ratings? Or is it as boring as AM radio at 2:00 in the morning? Listen in and find out!

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When a jilted television executive (played by Trish Van Devere) murders her former lover and colleague, Steve and Sean jump right on the case. Is this episode prime time material? Or should it be relegated to the 2:00 a.m. catalogue? Listen in and find out!

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