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So this is it.  To cap the podcast off, Steve and Sean discuss their top five and bottom five episodes in both the 70's era of Columbo and the 90's.  They also reveal the plans for their next project! Have a comment or a question for the hosts?  Follow the podcast on Twitter at @columboconfab.

So this is it.  To cap the podcast off, Steve and Sean discuss their top five and bottom five episodes in both the 70's era of Columbo and the 90's.  They also reveal the plans for their next project! Have a comment or a question for the hosts?  Follow the podcast on Twitter at @columboconfab.

Episode 70: The End

Accountant and certified genius Oliver Brandt (Theodore Bikel) is threatened with exposure by his business partner for embezzling funds from their clients.  Brandt executes a Rube Goldberg-esque murder scheme to murder his colleague at the home of the Sigma Society, a club for individuals with remarkably high I.Q.'s.  Brandt soon finds out he may not be the smartest man in the room when Columbo is assigned to the case.  Is this episode as smart as a tack?  Or is it as dumb as a post?  Listen in and find out what Steve and Sean think! Have a comment or a question for the hosts?  Follow the podcast on Twitter at @columboconfab.

Accountant and certified genius Oliver Brandt (Theodore Bikel) is threatened with exposure by his business partner for embezzling funds from their clients.  Brandt executes a Rube Goldberg-esque murder scheme to murder his colleague at the home of the Sigma Society, a club for individuals with remarkably high I.Q.'s.  Brandt soon finds out he may not be the smartest man in the room when Columbo is assigned to the case.  Is this episode as smart as a tack?  Or is it as dumb as a post?  Listen in and find out what Steve and Sean think! Have a comment or a question for the hosts?  Follow the podcast on Twitter at @columboconfab.

Episode 69: The Bye-Bye Sky High I.Q. Murder Case (1977)

When affluent restaurant critic Paul Gerard (Louis Jourdan) finds himself in a pickle of a disagreement with the owner of a successful Italian restaurant, he kills the main by poisoning a bottle of wine.  Columbo is hot on the case, and he's pretty sure Gerard is his murderer, but he can't figure out how the poison got into the bottle.  Is this one a Michelin three star?  Or is it as palatable as a gas station burrito?  Listen in and find out what Steve and Sean think! Have a comment or a question for the hosts?  Follow the podcast on Twitter at @columboconfab.

When affluent restaurant critic Paul Gerard (Louis Jourdan) finds himself in a pickle of a disagreement with the owner of a successful Italian restaurant, he kills the main by poisoning a bottle of wine.  Columbo is hot on the case, and he's pretty sure Gerard is his murderer, but he can't figure out how the poison got into the bottle.  Is this one a Michelin three star?  Or is it as palatable as a gas station burrito?  Listen in and find out what Steve and Sean think! Have a comment or a question for the hosts?  Follow the podcast on Twitter at @columboconfab.

Episode 68: Murder Under Glass (1978)

Electronics engineer Harold van Wyke (Oskar Werner) murders his mother-in-law to retain his role in the family business and to cover up his extramarital affairs.  When Columbo stumbles upon the crime scene, however, Van Wyke soon realizes that it's going to take more than just some fancy videotape equipment to outsmart the policeman.  Is this one worthy of the top shelf at Blockbuster?  Or will you find it in the bargain bin at Target?  Listen in and find out what Steve and Sean think! Have a comment or a question for the hosts?  Follow the podcast on Twitter at @columboconfab.

Electronics engineer Harold van Wyke (Oskar Werner) murders his mother-in-law to retain his role in the family business and to cover up his extramarital affairs.  When Columbo stumbles upon the crime scene, however, Van Wyke soon realizes that it's going to take more than just some fancy videotape equipment to outsmart the policeman.  Is this one worthy of the top shelf at Blockbuster?  Or will you find it in the bargain bin at Target?  Listen in and find out what Steve and Sean think! Have a comment or a question for the hosts?  Follow the podcast on Twitter at @columboconfab.

Episode 67: Playback (1975)

In "Swan Song" (1974) country music artist Tommy Brown (Johnny Cash) is tired of being blackmailed by his domineering evangelical wife.  He arranges a complicated murder scheme involving an airplane crash, some spiked coffee, and a parachute.  Tommy's a nice fellow, despite his vices, but he keeps his cool when pursued by Lieutenant Columbo.  Is this one worthy of the Grand Ole Opry?  Or does it belong in the discount bin at Wal-Mart?  Listen in and find out what Steve and Sean have to say! Have a comment or a question for the hosts?  Follow the podcast on Twitter at @columboconfab.

In "Swan Song" (1974) country music artist Tommy Brown (Johnny Cash) is tired of being blackmailed by his domineering evangelical wife.  He arranges a complicated murder scheme involving an airplane crash, some spiked coffee, and a parachute.  Tommy's a nice fellow, despite his vices, but he keeps his cool when pursued by Lieutenant Columbo.  Is this one worthy of the Grand Ole Opry?  Or does it belong in the discount bin at Wal-Mart?  Listen in and find out what Steve and Sean have to say! Have a comment or a question for the hosts?  Follow the podcast on Twitter at @columboconfab.

Episode 66: Swan Song (1974)

It's time once again for a Mrs. Columbo discussion, and we promise this will be the last one!  In "Caviar with Everything" (1979) Caterer Sybil (Claudette Nevins) bumps off her business partner with an overly complicated involving caviar and train tracks.  Is this one a smooth Russian sampling?  Or can you find it on the bottom shelf at the gas station?  Listen in and find out what Steve and Sean think! Have a comment or a question for the hosts?  Email Steve and Sean at columboconfab@gmail.com or follow the podcast on Twitter at @columboconfab.

It's time once again for a Mrs. Columbo discussion, and we promise this will be the last one!  In "Caviar with Everything" (1979) Caterer Sybil (Claudette Nevins) bumps off her business partner with an overly complicated involving caviar and train tracks.  Is this one a smooth Russian sampling?  Or can you find it on the bottom shelf at the gas station?  Listen in and find out what Steve and Sean think! Have a comment or a question for the hosts?  Email Steve and Sean at <a href="mailto:columboconfab@gmail.com">columboconfab@gmail.com</a> or follow the podcast on Twitter at @columboconfab.

Mrs. Columbo: Caviar with Everything (1979)

Ambitious and young, Beth Chadwick (Susan Clark) must get out from the thumb of her domineering brother to live the life she desires badly, so she shoots him as he enters her bedroom, pretending that she thought it was an intruder.  Of course, things aren't that easy for Beth, because Lieutenant Columbo is on the case, and it only takes a newspaper on the hall table to set him on Beth's trail.  What did Steve and Sean think of this one?  Listen in and find out! Have a comment or a question for the hosts?  Email Steve and Sean at columboconfab@gmail.com or follow the podcast on Twitter at @columboconfab.

Ambitious and young, Beth Chadwick (Susan Clark) must get out from the thumb of her domineering brother to live the life she desires badly, so she shoots him as he enters her bedroom, pretending that she thought it was an intruder.  Of course, things aren't that easy for Beth, because Lieutenant Columbo is on the case, and it only takes a newspaper on the hall table to set him on Beth's trail.  What did Steve and Sean think of this one?  Listen in and find out! Have a comment or a question for the hosts?  Email Steve and Sean at <a href="mailto:columboconfab@gmail.com">columboconfab@gmail.com</a> or follow the podcast on Twitter at @columboconfab.

Episode 65: Lady in Waiting (1971)

In "Requiem for a Falling Star" (1973), when aging starlet Nora Chandler (Anne Baxter) has a motive for bumping off a gossip columnist but mistakenly kills her personal assistant instead, it becomes clear to Lieutenant Columbo that the death was a tragic murder-turned-accident...or is it?  Is this one worthy of an Academy Award?  Or should it be in the back pages of the newspaper?  Listen in and find out what Steve and Sean thought! Have a comment or a question for the hosts?  Email Steve and Sean at columboconfab@gmail.com or follow the podcast on Twitter at @columboconfab.

In "Requiem for a Falling Star" (1973), when aging starlet Nora Chandler (Anne Baxter) has a motive for bumping off a gossip columnist but mistakenly kills her personal assistant instead, it becomes clear to Lieutenant Columbo that the death was a tragic murder-turned-accident...or is it?  Is this one worthy of an Academy Award?  Or should it be in the back pages of the newspaper?  Listen in and find out what Steve and Sean thought! Have a comment or a question for the hosts?  Email Steve and Sean at <a href="mailto:columboconfab@gmail.com">columboconfab@gmail.com</a> or follow the podcast on Twitter at @columboconfab.

Episode 64: Requiem for a Falling Star (1973)

Steve and Sean beak down and discuss each episode of "Columbo", one by one, and in no particular order.

After listening to a dozen podcasts I was about to give you a five star review but hearing you mindlessly rip into Dead Weight cut me to the bone. IMHO You have no value to add. I score you less than zero!

A score of nine?

Can’t believe didn’t know of show until now. Looking forward to binge listening.

Enjoying!

The Columbo Confab Podcast

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! Have a question or comment for the hosts?  Email Steve and Sean at columboconfab@gmail.com, follow them on Twitter via @columboconfab, and look for the podcast's Facebook page!

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! Have a question or comment for the hosts?  Email Steve and Sean at <a href="mailto:columboconfab@gmail.com,">columboconfab@gmail.com,</a> follow them on Twitter via @columboconfab, and look for the podcast's Facebook page!

Episode 16: Columbo Goes to College (1990)

In "Candidate for Crime" (1973), Nelson Hayward (played by Jackie Cooper) shoots his campaign manager because he knows where all the proverbial bodies are buried.  Columbo must sift through a myriad of clues including a smashed street lamp, a broken watch, and a new jacket to pin the crime on Hayward.  Is this episode a grand old party?  Or is it not even good enough for the primaries?  Listen to what Steve and Sean thought and find out! Have a comment or a question for the hosts?  Email Steve and Sean at columboconfab@gmail.com or follow the podcast on Twitter at @columboconfab.

In "Candidate for Crime" (1973), Nelson Hayward (played by Jackie Cooper) shoots his campaign manager because he knows where all the proverbial bodies are buried.  Columbo must sift through a myriad of clues including a smashed street lamp, a broken watch, and a new jacket to pin the crime on Hayward.  Is this episode a grand old party?  Or is it not even good enough for the primaries?  Listen to what Steve and Sean thought and find out! Have a comment or a question for the hosts?  Email Steve and Sean at <a href="mailto:columboconfab@gmail.com">columboconfab@gmail.com</a> or follow the podcast on Twitter at @columboconfab.

Episode 60: Candidate for Crime (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 columboconfab@gmail.com, follow them on Twitter via @columboconfab, and look for the podcast's Facebook page!

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 <a href="mailto:columboconfab@gmail.com,">columboconfab@gmail.com,</a> follow them on Twitter via @columboconfab, and look for the podcast's Facebook page!

Episode 7: Any Old Port in a Storm (1973)

In "Suitable for Framing" (1971), Ross Martin stars as Dale Kingston, an art critic who seems to want to be in the running for Evil Person of the Decade after he murders his uncle and his lover, all in an attempt to frame his aunt and inherit his uncle's art collection. Is this episode a masterpiece?  Or is it worthy of motel art?  Listen in and find out what Steve and Sean think! Have a comment or question for the hosts?  Email Steve and Sean at columboconfab@gmail.com, follow the podcast on Twitter via @columboconfab, and look for the podcast's Facebook page.

In "Suitable for Framing" (1971), Ross Martin stars as Dale Kingston, an art critic who seems to want to be in the running for Evil Person of the Decade after he murders his uncle and his lover, all in an attempt to frame his aunt and inherit his uncle's art collection. Is this episode a masterpiece?  Or is it worthy of motel art?  Listen in and find out what Steve and Sean think! Have a comment or question for the hosts?  Email Steve and Sean at <a href="mailto:columboconfab@gmail.com,">columboconfab@gmail.com,</a> follow the podcast on Twitter via @columboconfab, and look for the podcast's Facebook page.

Episode 25: Suitable for Framing (1971)

In "Troubled Waters", Columbo takes a busman's holiday while on a cruise with his wife.  Used car executive Hayden Danzinger (Robert Vaughn) comes aboard with murder on his mind, and kills his lounge singer lover to stop her from exposing their affair to his wealthy wife.  There's a frame-up, incriminating lipstick, amyl nitrate, and plenty of rubber gloves and mystery on the high seas when Columbo agrees to unofficially take over the case.  Was this one worthy of the captain's table?  Or did it make us seasick?  Listen in and find out what Steve and Sean thought! Have a comment or a question for the hosts?  Email Steve and Sean at columboconfab@gmail.com or follow the podcast on Twitter at @columboconfab.

In "Troubled Waters", Columbo takes a busman's holiday while on a cruise with his wife.  Used car executive Hayden Danzinger (Robert Vaughn) comes aboard with murder on his mind, and kills his lounge singer lover to stop her from exposing their affair to his wealthy wife.  There's a frame-up, incriminating lipstick, amyl nitrate, and plenty of rubber gloves and mystery on the high seas when Columbo agrees to unofficially take over the case.  Was this one worthy of the captain's table?  Or did it make us seasick?  Listen in and find out what Steve and Sean thought! Have a comment or a question for the hosts?  Email Steve and Sean at <a href="mailto:columboconfab@gmail.com">columboconfab@gmail.com</a> or follow the podcast on Twitter at @columboconfab.

Episode 51: Troubled Waters (1975)

In "An Exercise in Fatality" (1974), Milo Janus (Robert Conrad) has to maintain quality by testing out his name brand gym equipment on a colleague who is about to prove that Janus' dealings are not quite on the up-and-up.  Can this episode bench press its own weight or will it get sand kicked in its face?  Listen to Steve and Sean and find out! Have a comment or question for the hosts?  Email Steve and Sean at columboconfab@gmail.com and follow the podcast on Twitter via @columboconfab.

In "An Exercise in Fatality" (1974), Milo Janus (Robert Conrad) has to maintain quality by testing out his name brand gym equipment on a colleague who is about to prove that Janus' dealings are not quite on the up-and-up.  Can this episode bench press its own weight or will it get sand kicked in its face?  Listen to Steve and Sean and find out! Have a comment or question for the hosts?  Email Steve and Sean at <a href="mailto:columboconfab@gmail.com">columboconfab@gmail.com</a> and follow the podcast on Twitter via @columboconfab.

Episode 27: An Exercise in Fatality (1974)

In "Now You See Him" magician The Great Santini (Jack Cassidy) is in a dilemma when his manager discovers he's a former Nazi and his holding his feet to the fire for a bigger share of the profits.  When Santini kills him to keep his secret safe during his own performance, everyone's favorite rumpled detective is hot on the trail.  Is this one worthy of David Copperfield?  Or should it be reserved for showings at children's birthday parties?  Listen to what Steve and Sean think and find out! Have a comment or a question for the hosts?  Email Steve and Sean at columboconfab@gmail.com or follow the podcast on Twitter at @columboconfab.

In "Now You See Him" magician The Great Santini (Jack Cassidy) is in a dilemma when his manager discovers he's a former Nazi and his holding his feet to the fire for a bigger share of the profits.  When Santini kills him to keep his secret safe during his own performance, everyone's favorite rumpled detective is hot on the trail.  Is this one worthy of David Copperfield?  Or should it be reserved for showings at children's birthday parties?  Listen to what Steve and Sean think and find out! Have a comment or a question for the hosts?  Email Steve and Sean at <a href="mailto:columboconfab@gmail.com">columboconfab@gmail.com</a> or follow the podcast on Twitter at @columboconfab.

Episode 58: Now You See Him (1976)

In "Publish or Perish" (1974), saucy publisher Riley Greenleaf (Jack Cassidy) pays a creepy hit-man to bump off a rival, Greenleaf stages a fake drunken night on the town to provide himself with an alibi.  Of course, now he has to outwit Lieutenant Columbo while disposing of the man he paid to do the dirty deed.  Is this a plot worthy of a Pulitzer?  Or should we find this one in the back wracks of your local dime store?  Listen in and find out what Steve and Sean think! Have a question or comment for the hosts?  Email Steve and Sean at columboconfab@gmail.com or follow the podcast on Twitter via @columboconfab.

In "Publish or Perish" (1974), saucy publisher Riley Greenleaf (Jack Cassidy) pays a creepy hit-man to bump off a rival, Greenleaf stages a fake drunken night on the town to provide himself with an alibi.  Of course, now he has to outwit Lieutenant Columbo while disposing of the man he paid to do the dirty deed.  Is this a plot worthy of a Pulitzer?  Or should we find this one in the back wracks of your local dime store?  Listen in and find out what Steve and Sean think! Have a question or comment for the hosts?  Email Steve and Sean at <a href="mailto:columboconfab@gmail.com">columboconfab@gmail.com</a> or follow the podcast on Twitter via @columboconfab.

Episode 39: Publish or Perish (1974)

In "By Dawn's Early Light" (1974), Colonel Lyle Rumford (Patrick McGoohan) rigs a cannon to eliminate the man who wants to turn he beloved military academy into a boarding school.  It looks like an accident...at least until Lieutenant Columbo arrives on the scene and strips away Rumford's slick veneer like an artichoke.  Is this one worthy of a ten-gun salute?  Or does it deserve a dishonorable discharge?  Listen in and find out what Steve and Sean thought about it! Have a comment or a question for the hosts?  Email Steve and Sean at columboconfab@gmail.com or follow the podcast on Twitter at @columboconfab.

In "By Dawn's Early Light" (1974), Colonel Lyle Rumford (Patrick McGoohan) rigs a cannon to eliminate the man who wants to turn he beloved military academy into a boarding school.  It looks like an accident...at least until Lieutenant Columbo arrives on the scene and strips away Rumford's slick veneer like an artichoke.  Is this one worthy of a ten-gun salute?  Or does it deserve a dishonorable discharge?  Listen in and find out what Steve and Sean thought about it! Have a comment or a question for the hosts?  Email Steve and Sean at <a href="mailto:columboconfab@gmail.com">columboconfab@gmail.com</a> or follow the podcast on Twitter at @columboconfab.

Episode 50: By Dawn's Early Light (1974)

Steve and Sean turn the dial on the Wayback Machine to 1968 and the premiere of Prescription: Murder (1968), starring Gene Barry as an adulterous psychiatrist who bumps off his wife with the help of his mistress.  Is this episode up to FDA standards?  Or is as toxic as diet pills?  Listen in and find out! Have a comment or question for the hosts?  Email Steve and Sean at columboconfab@gmail.com or follow us on Twitter via @columboconfab.

Steve and Sean turn the dial on the Wayback Machine to 1968 and the premiere of Prescription: Murder (1968), starring Gene Barry as an adulterous psychiatrist who bumps off his wife with the help of his mistress.  Is this episode up to FDA standards?  Or is as toxic as diet pills?  Listen in and find out! Have a comment or question for the hosts?  Email Steve and Sean at <a href="mailto:columboconfab@gmail.com">columboconfab@gmail.com</a> or follow us on Twitter via @columboconfab.

Episode 35: Prescription: Murder (1968)

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! Have a question or comment for the hosts?  Email Steve and Sean at columboconfab@gmail.com, follow them on Twitter via @columboconfab, and look for the podcast's Facebook page!

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! Have a question or comment for the hosts?  Email Steve and Sean at <a href="mailto:columboconfab@gmail.com,">columboconfab@gmail.com,</a> follow them on Twitter via @columboconfab, and look for the podcast's Facebook page!

Episode 19: Fade in to Murder (1976)

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 columboconfab@gmail.com, follow us on Twitter via @ColumboConfab, and look for the podcast's Facebook page.

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 <a href="mailto:columboconfab@gmail.com,">columboconfab@gmail.com,</a> follow us on Twitter via @ColumboConfab, and look for the podcast's Facebook page.

Episode 5: Etude in Black (1972)

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! Have a question or comment for the hosts?  Email Steve and Sean at columboconfab@gmail.com, follow them on Twitter via @columboconfab, and look for the podcast's Facebook page!

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! Have a question or comment for the hosts?  Email Steve and Sean at <a href="mailto:columboconfab@gmail.com,">columboconfab@gmail.com,</a> follow them on Twitter via @columboconfab, and look for the podcast's Facebook page!

Episode 15: Identity Crisis (1975)

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! Have a question or comment for the hosts?  Email Steve and Sean at columboconfab@gmail.com, follow them on Twitter via @columboconfab, and look for the podcast's Facebook page!

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! Have a question or comment for the hosts?  Email Steve and Sean at <a href="mailto:columboconfab@gmail.com,">columboconfab@gmail.com,</a> follow them on Twitter via @columboconfab, and look for the podcast's Facebook page!

Episode 17: Try and Catch Me (1977)

In Ransom for a Dead Man (1971), the show's second pilot, Lee Grant stars as Leslie Williams, an attorney who has her sights on controlling her (boring) husband's law practice and take control of her life.  She just has two thorns in her side: a bumbling police lieutenant named Columbo, and an annoying stepdaughter who knows that Leslie is the guilty party. Is this episode a winning verdict?  Or should it be dismissed with prejudice?  Listen in as Steve and Sean discuss it! Have a comment or question for the hosts?  Email Steve and Sean at columboconfab@gmail.com, follow the podcast on Twitter via @columboconfab, and look for the podcast's Facebook page.

In Ransom for a Dead Man (1971), the show's second pilot, Lee Grant stars as Leslie Williams, an attorney who has her sights on controlling her (boring) husband's law practice and take control of her life.  She just has two thorns in her side: a bumbling police lieutenant named Columbo, and an annoying stepdaughter who knows that Leslie is the guilty party. Is this episode a winning verdict?  Or should it be dismissed with prejudice?  Listen in as Steve and Sean discuss it! Have a comment or question for the hosts?  Email Steve and Sean at <a href="mailto:columboconfab@gmail.com,">columboconfab@gmail.com,</a> follow the podcast on Twitter via @columboconfab, and look for the podcast's Facebook page.

Episode 23: Ransom for a Dead Man (1971)

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 columboconfab@gmail.com, follow us on Twitter via @ColumboConfab, and look for the podcast's Facebook page.

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 <a href="mailto:columboconfab@gmail.com,">columboconfab@gmail.com,</a> follow us on Twitter via @ColumboConfab, and look for the podcast's Facebook page.

Episode 3: The Conspirators (1978)

When professional photographer Paul Galesko (Dick Van Dyke) bumps off his nagging wife and makes it look like the work of a kidnapper, Columbo must focus to bring down a killer who is as ornery as he is talented.  Is this episode suitable for framing?  Or should it be discarded into the fireplace?  Listen in and find out what Steve and Sean think! Have a comment or a question for the hosts?  Email Steve and Sean at columboconfab@gmail.com or follow the podcast on Twitter at @columboconfab.

When professional photographer Paul Galesko (Dick Van Dyke) bumps off his nagging wife and makes it look like the work of a kidnapper, Columbo must focus to bring down a killer who is as ornery as he is talented.  Is this episode suitable for framing?  Or should it be discarded into the fireplace?  Listen in and find out what Steve and Sean think! Have a comment or a question for the hosts?  Email Steve and Sean at <a href="mailto:columboconfab@gmail.com">columboconfab@gmail.com</a> or follow the podcast on Twitter at @columboconfab.

Episode 57: Negative Reaction (1974)

Season Seven of the podcast opens with "Death Lends a Hand" (1971) starring series regular Robert Culp as a private investigator whose attempt to blackmail a client's adulterous wife crashes like a corpse through a glass coffee table.  Signet rings, contact lenses, and shag carpeting abound in this early episode, but what did Steve and Sean think about it?  Listen in and find out! Have a comment or question for the hosts?  Email Steve and Sean at columboconfab@gmail.com or follow the podcast on Twitter at @columboconfab.

Season Seven of the podcast opens with "Death Lends a Hand" (1971) starring series regular Robert Culp as a private investigator whose attempt to blackmail a client's adulterous wife crashes like a corpse through a glass coffee table.  Signet rings, contact lenses, and shag carpeting abound in this early episode, but what did Steve and Sean think about it?  Listen in and find out! Have a comment or question for the hosts?  Email Steve and Sean at <a href="mailto:columboconfab@gmail.com">columboconfab@gmail.com</a> or follow the podcast on Twitter at @columboconfab.

Episode 31: Death Lends a Hand (1971)

Steve and Sean finish up the Robert Culp trifecta with "Double Exposure" (1973), in which Culp stars as a motivational research scientist who gets caught blackmailing clients with his named by unseen girlfriend's "fabulous body."  Audiotapes, film, nickels, and raisins abound when Culp bumps off another hapless blackmailer to cover up the first murder.  Oh, what a tangled web he weaves!  What did Steve and Sean think?  Listen and find out! Have a comment or question for the hosts?  Email Steve and Sean at columboconfab@gmail.com or follow the podcast on Twitter at @columboconfab.

Steve and Sean finish up the Robert Culp trifecta with "Double Exposure" (1973), in which Culp stars as a motivational research scientist who gets caught blackmailing clients with his named by unseen girlfriend's "fabulous body."  Audiotapes, film, nickels, and raisins abound when Culp bumps off another hapless blackmailer to cover up the first murder.  Oh, what a tangled web he weaves!  What did Steve and Sean think?  Listen and find out! Have a comment or question for the hosts?  Email Steve and Sean at <a href="mailto:columboconfab@gmail.com">columboconfab@gmail.com</a> or follow the podcast on Twitter at @columboconfab.

Episode 33: Double Exposure (1973)

In "Agenda for Murder" (1990), Oscar Finch (Patrick McGoohan) lands in hot water when a 21-year-old scandal threatens his political future.  There's cigars, gunpowder, blood, and cheese.  Is this episode guilty as charged?  Or is it truly a winning ticket?  Listen in to see what Steve and Sean thought? Have a comment or question for the hosts?  Email them at columboconfab@gmail.com or follow the podcast on Twitter via @columboconfan.

In "Agenda for Murder" (1990), Oscar Finch (Patrick McGoohan) lands in hot water when a 21-year-old scandal threatens his political future.  There's cigars, gunpowder, blood, and cheese.  Is this episode guilty as charged?  Or is it truly a winning ticket?  Listen in to see what Steve and Sean thought? Have a comment or question for the hosts?  Email them at <a href="mailto:columboconfab@gmail.com">columboconfab@gmail.com</a> or follow the podcast on Twitter via @columboconfan.

Episode 30: Agenda for Murder (1990)

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