The Columbo Confab Podcast

By Steve and SeanTV & Film

The Columbo Confab Podcast episodes

November 13, 2017 Episode 12: Columbo Cries Wolf (1990)
Steve and Sean survey "Columbo Cries Wolf" (1990), in which Ian Buchanan plays the High Heffner-esque co-owner of Bachelor's World magazine and who becomes the prime suspect when his domineering business partner disappears. Is this one worthy of a full-color foldout? Or is as titillating as just five inches of bare ankle? Listen in as Steve and Sean discuss!

Have a question or comment for the hosts? Email Steve and Sean at [email protected], follow them on Twitter via @columboconfab, and look for the podcast's Facebook page!
1 hr 6 min
November 06, 2017 Episode 11: The Most Crucial Game (1972)
In our Season Three opener, we discuss "The Most Crucial Game" (1972) in which Columbo perennial Robert Culp plays the general manager of a football team who puts the life of the team's owner on ice. Was this episode a touchdown? Or a fumble? Listen in as Steve and Sean discuss it!

Have a question or comment for the hosts? Email Steve and Sean at [email protected], follow them on Twitter via @columboconfab, and look for the podcast's Facebook page!
1 hr 17 min
October 02, 2017 Episode 10: Caution: Murder Can Be Hazardous to Your Health (1991)
A popular crime host, played by George Hamilton, murders a colleague with poisoned cigarettes when he's blackmailed for starring in a porno in his youth. Is this foray into crime so ingenious that it could be an unsolved mystery? Or is this story as hollow as Al Capone's vault? Listen in as Steve and Sean reveal all!

Have a question or comment for the hosts? Email Steve and Sean at [email protected], follow them on Twitter via @columboconfab, and look for the podcast's Facebook page!
1 hr 23 min
September 25, 2017 Episode 9: The Greenhouse Jungle (1972)
Ray Milland stars as a millionaire who contrives a kidnapping and murder scheme to support his expensive hobby growing orchids in "The Greenhouse Jungle" (1972). Does this story bloom afresh with a clever plot and fine performances? Or is it the handiwork of someone with a brown thumb? Listen in and find out what Steve and Sean have to say!

Have a question or comment for the hosts? Email Steve and Sean at [email protected], follow them on Twitter via @columboconfab, and look for the podcast's Facebook page!
1 hr 9 min
September 18, 2017 Episode 8: Murder with Too Many Notes (2001)
The penultimate episode ever of "Columbo" is "Murder with Too Many Notes" (2001), starring Billy Connolly as a Hollywood composer who murders his talented protege. Is this story as worthy as a score by John Williams? Or is it just a forgettable commercial ditty? Listen in and see what Steve and Sean think!

Have a question or comment for the hosts? Email Steve and Sean at [email protected], follow them on Twitter via @columboconfab, and look for the podcast's Facebook page!
58 min
September 11, 2017 Episode 7: Any Old Port in a Storm (1973)
Steve and Sean raise their glasses and discuss "Any Old Port in a Storm" (1973), a popular episode featuring Donald Pleasance as a snobby winemaker who commits fratricide to protect his beloved business. Should audiences find this one on the top shelf? Or should it be relegated to the aisle with the boxed wine? Listen in and find out!

Have a question or comment for the hosts? Email Steve and Sean at [email protected], follow them on Twitter via @columboconfab, and look for the podcast's Facebook page!
1 hr 1 min
September 04, 2017 Episode 6: Murder, Smoke and Shadows (1989)
We begin our second season with Fisher Stevens playing a not-unlike-Steven-Spielberg Hollywood director whose secret past has him resorting to a shocking a murderous solution in "Murder, Smoke and Shadows". Is this one worthy of an Academy Award? Or does it belong on the cutting room floor? Listen in and find out as Steve and Sean discuss it.

Have a question or comment for the hosts? Email Steve and Sean at [email protected], follow them on Twitter via @columboconfab, and look for the podcast's Facebook page!
1 hr 2 min
August 21, 2017 Episode 5: Etude in Black (1972)
In the opening episode of Season Two (and the first episode to expand to the two-hour running time on television), John Cassavetes stars as frustrated maestro who murders his lover when she threatens to expose him to his wife and mother-in-law and ruin his career. Is this one a symphony to die for? Or is just a cacophony of confusion? Listen in as Steve and Sean discuss it!

Send feedback to [email protected], follow us on Twitter via @ColumboConfab, and look for the podcast's Facebook page.
1 hr 14 min
August 14, 2017 Episode 4: Strange Bedfellows (1995)
"Strange Bedfellows" is arguably one of the worst "Columbo" episodes that exists, so naturally we were thrilled to talk about it. George Wendt ("NORM!") stars as a race horse breeder who shoots his debt-ridden brother to protect the business. Does this story score a trifecta? Or is this just a case of a "bad actor"? Listen in and find out what Steve and Sean think...also, whatever happened to Tiffany?

You can send feedback to [email protected], follow us on Twitter via @columboconfab, and also look for the podcast's Facebook page.
58 min
August 07, 2017 Episode 3: The Conspirators (1978)
Our intrepid podcasters analyze the final episode of the classic season as they discuss "The Conspirators", in which Irish poet (and undercover gunrunner) Joe Devlin takes matters into his own hands when an exchange with a weapons dealer goes wrong. Is this one worth a kiss of the Blarney Stone? Or is it as terrible as a bowl of Frosted Lucky Charms? Listen in and find out what Steve and Sean think!

Send feedback to [email protected], follow us on Twitter via @ColumboConfab, and look for the podcast's Facebook page.
58 min