002 - CULPABLE CULP: Robert Culp in Mrs. Columbo & 90s Columbo

06/03/2025 1h 3min Episodio 2
002 - CULPABLE CULP: Robert Culp in Mrs. Columbo & 90s Columbo

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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 discussionMrs. 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 mentionCoppola’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 NBCColumbo 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 CaseFollow us here@ranjitrewinds Instagram / Bluesky / X@ranjitsruprai Instagram / Bluesky / X@phuonghhle Instagram / Bluesky / XThis is a SUPAKINO production. Recorded at Crouch End Studios. Music by Pierre Daven-Keller (Kwaidan Records). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.