Get your beer or soda & chili - with or without squirrel - & join us as we discuss Swan Song.  We chat about Ida Lupino’s career, Hank Williams, Johnny Cash’s career & life, Nichols Canyon in LA, Mike Lally’s SON (!!) and more. 

Other books & magazines & movies we discussed:

-They Drive By Night starring Ida Lupino

-Hank Williams’ I Saw the Light YouTube video with June Carter, Hank Williams, Roy Acuff

-Walk the Line starring Joaquin Phoenix & Reese Witherspoon

-My Darling Vivian

-Festival

-Twilight Zone

-Cash: The Autobiography by Johnny Cash

-Ida Lupino, A Biography by William Donati

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Paul & Liz interview actor, director, documentarian, & author Lee Grant. 

Listeners will definitely know her as Leslie Williams from Ransom for a Dead Man, but will probably also know her from at least one of her many films & tv shows.  Lee Grant has won numerous awards for her acting & directing, including an Oscar for best supporting actress for her performance in Shampoo with Warren Beatty, as well as an Oscar for best documentary feature for Down & Out in America, and Emmy awards for her performance on Peyton Place and the Neon Ceiling.

She also was an artistic director for the Actors Studio.  

She’s written a memoir “I said Yes to everything” and we are so glad that she said Yes to our podcast!

Books & Movies we discussed:

-Down & Out in America - Lee Grant documentary

-What Sex Am I? - Lee Grant documentary

-The Neon Ceiling starring Lee Grant

-Shampoo starring Lee Grant

-Detective Story starring Lee Grant

-Hope Runs High Films

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Get your brandy & popcorn & join us as we discuss season 3, episode 6 of Columbo: Mind over Mayhem.  We chat about Alf Kjellin’s career, Alverno High School in LA, Peter Sarsgaard, Liz’s dog Chico & more. 

Other books & magazines & movies we discussed:

-Torment starring Alf Kjellin

-Summer Interlude starring Alf Kjellin

-Arrested Development starring Jessica Walter

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Liz & Paul interview Shonna, creator of Watch It For Days - the YouTube channel dedicated to reviews of Columbo episodes.

Shonna's videos are in-depth & hilarious.  They have tens of thousands of views & Shonna has thousands of subscribers on YouTube.  

We chat about her love of Columbo, her process for creating videos & what it's like to get a video through the YouTube review process. 

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Get your ice tea & chili & join us as we discuss season 3, episode 5 of Columbo: Publish or Perish.  We chat about Chasen’s Restaurant in LA, Mickey Spillane’s real life writing career, vintage Volkswagens & more. 

Other books & magazines & movies we discussed:

-Me & Murder She Wrote, by Peter S. Fischer

-The Killing Man by Mickey Spillane

-Behind the Mystery

-All I did was ask by Terry Gross

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Get your bourbon & caviar & join us as we discuss season 3, episode 4 of Columbo: Double Exposure.  We chat about Harmony Gold Theater, the Norris house, Culp’s yellow jacket & more. 

Other books & magazines & movies we discussed:

-Cadillac Desert -Last of the Good Guys

-The Tin Collectors

-Third Eye Spies

-Demon with a Glass Hand

-Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice

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In this special bonus episode, Paul & Liz interview Columbophile, the author of The Columbo Companion, 1968-78.

We chat about his love for the show, the start of his Twitter account & blog, and, of course, his new book!  It's a must read for any Columbo fan.

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You can find the Columbophile on Twitter, Instagram & Facebook (@columbophile) and his blog at columbophile.com.

You can order his new book from bonaventurapress.com, select bookstores near you, or Amazon.

Get your bourbon & cake & join us as we discuss season 3, episode 3 of Columbo: Candidate for Crime.  We chat boozy performances by Joanne Linville, Davis Roberts’ career, the Fashion Square shopping center, and more. 

Other books & magazines & movies we discussed:

-The Goddess

-Lunchmeat Magazine

-To Sleep with Anger

-Mad Magazine

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Get your cabernet sauvignon & cheese plate & join us as we discuss season 3, episode 2 of Columbo: Any Old Port in a Storm. 

We discuss Donald Pleasence’s career, Guasti winery, decanting wine & more. 

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Other books & movies we discussed:

**The Caretaker starring Donald Pleasence

**Wake in Fright starring Donald Pleasence

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Get your popcorn & cactus juice cocktail & join us as we discuss season 3, episode 1 of Columbo: Lovely but Lethal.  We discuss the Casa Blanca estate (aka Moroccan Gem), a brief history of the fashion show, Martin Sheen’s career & biography, Vera Miles’ & Vincent Price’s careers, stolen trade secrets, & more. 

Other books & movies we discussed:

**Badlands with Sissy Spacek and Martin Sheen

**Martin Sheen’s biography

**Psycho

**Psycho 2

**The Wrong Man

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