Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: The Death of Lt Columbo

2011-07-05 Thread Diner
On Tuesday, July 5, 2011 4:34:45 AM UTC-4, Ed Dravecky III wrote: > > As Jim Hutton would be dead from liver cancer in June 1979 (2 days > after his 45th birthday!), is it possible that he was simply unable to > continue the series? > > -- > > I've never heard that Hutton's illness was dia

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: The Death of Lt Columbo

2011-07-05 Thread Ed Dravecky
K.M. Richards wrote: > The Ellery Queen series with Jim Hutton ran in the 1975-76 season and > was the lead-in to Mystery Movie during its last nine months (Ellery > 8:00-9:00, Mystery Movie 9:00-11:00).  As MM had gone to two-hour > episodes beginning with the previous season, perhaps NBC and Uni

[TV orNotTV] Re: The Death of Lt Columbo

2011-07-04 Thread Diner
On Monday, July 4, 2011 1:36:08 PM UTC-4, paul7e wrote: > > Nice Ellery Queen/Jim Hutton reference on Leverage this week. > > Tim Hutton's character went to a murder mystery costume party as > Ellery Queen, using an exact match for a costume his Dad wore in the > role. It doesn't take a lot of

[TV orNotTV] Re: The Death of Lt Columbo

2011-07-04 Thread paul7e
Nice Ellery Queen/Jim Hutton reference on Leverage this week. Tim Hutton's character went to a murder mystery costume party as Ellery Queen, using an exact match for a costume his Dad wore in the role. It doesn't take a lot of makeup work to make Tim look a whole lot like Jim. On Jun 29, 11:40 

[TV orNotTV] Re: The Death of Lt Columbo

2011-06-29 Thread K.M. Richards
On Jun 28, 5:33 am, Diner wrote: > > The original two-hour pilot for Ellery Queen aired as a special episode of > the Sunday Mystery Movie in the spring of 1975. On the Ellery Queen DVD set, > the version of the pilot used is a syndication copy, retitled "Too Many > Suspects," in which the series'

[TV orNotTV] Re: The Death of Lt Columbo

2011-06-29 Thread Diner
On Wednesday, June 29, 2011 4:34:47 AM UTC-4, Dave Sikula wrote: > > I could believe David Wayne as Jim Hutton's father. I could not have > believed Morgan as Lawford's father. (Though it would have been nice > to see Morgan as his, what?, 11th series lead?) > > Lawford was only eight years

[TV orNotTV] Re: The Death of Lt Columbo

2011-06-29 Thread Dave Sikula
I could believe David Wayne as Jim Hutton's father. I could not have believed Morgan as Lawford's father. (Though it would have been nice to see Morgan as his, what?, 11th series lead?) If they didn't want to do two-hour "Ellerys," I'd have happily settled for an hour of him and an hour of "The Ca

[TV orNotTV] Re: The Death of Lt Columbo

2011-06-28 Thread Diner
On Monday, June 27, 2011 8:56:03 PM UTC-4, K.M. Richards wrote: > > > The Ellery Queen series with Jim Hutton ran in the 1975-76 season and > was the lead-in to Mystery Movie during its last nine months (Ellery > 8:00-9:00, Mystery Movie 9:00-11:00). As MM had gone to two-hour > episodes begi

RE: [TV orNotTV] Re: The Death of Lt Columbo

2011-06-27 Thread Melissa P
Thanks. I listened to it the first time. And, again just a minute ago. -Original Message- From: tvornottv@googlegroups.com [mailto:tvornottv@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Kevin M. Sent: Monday, June 27, 2011 10:25 PM To: tvornottv@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: The

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: The Death of Lt Columbo

2011-06-27 Thread Kevin M.
On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 7:15 PM, Melissa P wrote: > My first concert at Wolf Trap (http://www.wolftrap.org/) -- long before it > burned down and was rebuilt -- was to hear Doc play in person.  The finest > trumpet player.  Ever. I -- um -- accidentally posted this link last year. It was the perfo

RE: [TV orNotTV] Re: The Death of Lt Columbo

2011-06-27 Thread Melissa P
: Monday, June 27, 2011 9:44 PM To: tvornottv@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: The Death of Lt Columbo Onto another tangent that drags us farther off topic: I recently picked up two vinyl albums by Doc Severinsen, for which I paid less than $4.00 for the pair (though this was a low cost

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: The Death of Lt Columbo

2011-06-27 Thread Kevin M.
On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 6:31 PM, PGage wrote: > I will give you the short skirts, but the hair and make-up were a joke, and > the dialogue was even worse. It is not so much a period piece as a gross > caricature of what out of touch middle aged white guys must have thought was > hip and groovy 10

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: The Death of Lt Columbo

2011-06-27 Thread PGage
On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 6:14 PM, Kevin M. wrote: > On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 6:10 PM, PGage wrote: > > > Even more triviallyFor some time I had been nostalgic for Bancek, and > > bitter that it was not streaming on the Netflix. I finally broke down and > > ordered them on the disks, allocated

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: The Death of Lt Columbo

2011-06-27 Thread Kevin M.
On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 6:10 PM, PGage wrote: > Even more triviallyFor some time I had been nostalgic for Bancek, and > bitter that it was not streaming on the Netflix. I finally broke down and > ordered them on the disks, allocated some quality time to sit down and savor > them andwow, d

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: The Death of Lt Columbo

2011-06-27 Thread PGage
On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 5:56 PM, K.M. Richards wrote: > Trivial addition to thread ... the number of episodes produced for > each Mystery Movie series (pilot episodes not included): > Columbo: 43 > McCloud: 39 (not including the 1970-71 Four-In-Ones) > McMillan (with and without Wife): 39 > Banac

[TV orNotTV] Re: The Death of Lt Columbo

2011-06-27 Thread K.M. Richards
According to the Brooks & Marsh book, here are the rotating series from Mystery Movie's run on NBC, season-by-season: 1971-72: Columbo, McCloud, McMillan & Wife (McCloud having debuted the previous season as part of "Four-In-One") 1972-73: Columbo, McCloud, McMillan, Hec Ramsey (Sunday); Banacek,

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: The Death of Lt Columbo

2011-06-27 Thread PGage
On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 10:37 AM, Dave Sikula wrote: > Quincy was part of the mystery wheel? I remember only the other three. > Too bad they couldn't have worked Ellery Queen in there; might have > prolonged the series. > > Great TV, regardless. > Quincy joined the wheel very late in its run (af

[TV orNotTV] Re: The Death of Lt Columbo

2011-06-27 Thread Dave Sikula
Quincy was part of the mystery wheel? I remember only the other three. Too bad they couldn't have worked Ellery Queen in there; might have prolonged the series. Great TV, regardless. --Dave Sikula On Jun 26, 8:57 pm, stannc wrote: > Everyone whistle along. From the days when there were cool ope