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Is Midsomer Murders basically just british Murder She Wrote, that's the sense I'm getting here
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corn in the bible posted:Is Midsomer Murders basically just british Murder She Wrote, that's the sense I'm getting here Maybe its just very british so i guess it wouldn't do aswell abroad because as people are mentioning it was a giant piss take of rural england.
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Jul 18, 2019 19:21
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_-Qtz70_z4
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Jul 18, 2019 19:28
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jazzyhattrick posted:Wanna see a Poirot movie with Danny DeVito as Poirot and Arnold Schwarzenegger as Captain Hastings. Now i do too
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Jul 18, 2019 19:51
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jazzyhattrick posted:Can we all agree that Midsomer Murders is the worst detective show? I've only ever half-watched Inspector George Gently but it seems like the main purpose of that show is for its elderly audience to revel in the sexism and racism of the sixties. There's just enough progressive stuff to get it onto the TV.
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Jul 18, 2019 20:06
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Mr. Bones posted:Also, let's take a moment to remember 'Columbo's massively unpopular spin-off, 'Mrs. Columbo', featuring his previously unseen wife solving some mysteries of her own. They must have been really desperate to make this show work because they changed the name FOUR times from 'Mrs. Columbo' to 'Kate Columbo', then 'Kate the Detective', before finally settling on 'Kate Loves a Mystery'. Incidentally, if we are to assume that Kate Columbo was the same age as her actress that would put her at the tender age of 13 when Columbo mentions his wife in Prescription: Murder.
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Jul 18, 2019 20:12
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Mr. Bones posted:Here's the hilariously sexist intro that consists of Mrs. Columbo doing laundry, washing dishes, picking poo poo up off the floor, and generally being a good little housewife
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Jul 18, 2019 20:19
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Columbo is all about class war: he's always pretending to befriend, then locking up those rich fuckers. He usually treats the regular joes with respect.
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Jul 18, 2019 20:41
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jazzyhattrick posted:Wanna see a Poirot movie with Danny DeVito as Poirot and Arnold Schwarzenegger as Captain Hastings. You, sir, are a genius
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Jul 18, 2019 20:46
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jazzyhattrick posted:Wanna see a Poirot movie with Danny DeVito as Poirot and Arnold Schwarzenegger as Captain Hastings. he'd still be better than loving john malkovich. they cast a dude who looked nothing like poirot and didn't bother with any of his mannerisms.
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Jul 18, 2019 20:47
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If you want some Columbo, MeTV airs it Sunday evenings. They also do Mannix and Cannon during the week at like 2am. Mannix is really good. It’s from the creator of Mission Impossible.
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Jul 18, 2019 21:29
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Randall and Hopkirk Deceased was really good, both the original and the remake with Vic and Bob. It's about two private detectives, one of them is a ghost, the other is the only person who can see him.
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Jul 18, 2019 22:00
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Keep in mind there were two movies before the series, and at least the first film is not typically considered part of the series (even though both were "made for TV" movies): Prescription: Murder, and Ransom for a Dead Man. Prescription: Murder was originally written and performed as a stage play, with Thomas Mitchell playing Columbo.
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Jul 18, 2019 22:12
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strange feelings re Daisy posted:Haha holy poo poo Kate Mulgrew was Mrs. Columbo. At least she got to be a badass Star Trek captain later in her career. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAs-HYLdfTg
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Jul 18, 2019 22:23
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corn in the bible posted:Is Midsomer Murders basically just british Murder She Wrote, that's the sense I'm getting here Did they allow black people to appear on Murder She Wrote? Cause that was specifically not allowed in Midsomer Murders and there was a bit of a to-do about that when someone admitted it. E: quote:What do incest, blackmail and homosexuality have in common? They're all ideal Sunday evening television storylines according to the suspended Midsomer Murders producer Brian True-May. Race, however is not. Didn't Colombo go smart for a season? Short haircut and a new raincoat? It looked just wrong.
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Jul 18, 2019 22:59
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There's a Murder She Wrote episode that's a sequel an obscure 40s noir film https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strange_Bargain where Jessica Fletcher has to solve the mystery 30 years later. They also did a crossover with Magnum PI and, of course, the requisite 90s Virtual Reality Episode
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Jul 18, 2019 23:13
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Shut up Meg posted:Did they allow black people to appear on Murder She Wrote? Cause that was specifically not allowed in Midsomer Murders and there was a bit of a to-do about that when someone admitted it. In the magician episode his wife bought him a new raincoat and he spent the entire episode trying to lose it or get someone to steal it, so he could go back to his old one
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Jul 18, 2019 23:41
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Columbo's raison detre of loving with the rich no matter what is extremely appealing and he's fuckin rad, yeah Ultimately the answer is that Nero Wolfe is the best TV detective, but Columbo is cool too corn in the bible fucked around with this message at 01:41 on Jul 19, 2019 |
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Jul 19, 2019 01:38
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Zeniel posted:Everyone has clearly forgotten about Bannagan played by Ty Lookwell That was George Peppard, Ty Lookwell played Bannigan
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Jul 19, 2019 01:52
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watching the first episode now and columbo owns, he's just making people omelettes and dropping books everywhere and smoking incessantly. i lvoe him
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Jul 19, 2019 02:27
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Columbo is great in that he's endearing but also the most annoying person possible.
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Jul 19, 2019 03:46
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I have all the seasons on DVD. Not the movies though.
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Jul 19, 2019 03:50
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pretty soft girl posted:That was George Peppard, Ty Lookwell played Bannigan Who's George Peppard?
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Jul 19, 2019 11:03
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Zeniel posted:Who's George Peppard? Banacek!
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Jul 19, 2019 11:30
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Zeniel posted:Who's George Peppard? Hannibal from the A-Team.
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Jul 19, 2019 12:32
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Did Columbo have a crossover episode with Martial Law? Because if it didn't, Walker, Texas Ranger is still the best TV detective. e: If Walker didn't have a crossover episode with Martial Law, it would easily be the worst TV detective. ee: Just realized that despite having seen every episode twice, I have no recollection of what the Columbo intro music is like - did it even have a specific track? A detective series that can be successful without a memorable intro track is an achievement. 3D Megadoodoo fucked around with this message at 12:44 on Jul 19, 2019 |
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Jul 19, 2019 12:40
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Who needs music when you have yellow text
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Jul 19, 2019 12:49
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 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKllq_xIRY8
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Jul 19, 2019 12:54
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holy poo poo. I have most of columbo on dvd and FOR SOME REASON that thing doesn't appear once
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Jul 19, 2019 12:56
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No, it's this guy... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_J8lzqZ929g
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Jul 19, 2019 12:58
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Pablo Bluth posted:No, it's this guy...
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Jul 19, 2019 13:01
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jazzyhattrick posted:What about this guy? he has to be in the conversation. Ahem.
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Jul 19, 2019 13:03
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Jerry Cotton posted:ee: Just realized that despite having seen every episode twice, I have no recollection of what the Columbo intro music is like - did it even have a specific track? A detective series that can be successful without a memorable intro track is an achievement. When it originally aired they'd just play the shared NBC Mystery intro beforehand (MacMillan/McCloud etc.) and then go straight into the murder. No Columbo theme song.
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Jul 19, 2019 13:05
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My wife loves mystery shows but she'd never heard of Columbo (how?) so I showed her the first episode of it two days ago and now we're binging it. After the first two she was like 'man there's a bit of a formula to this' and I was like 'yeah this show is exclusively made up of rich jerks murdering people and then Columbo pretends that he doesn't know it was them and then he bothers them until they reveal everything and he goes to make a sandwich' and if anything that solidified her love for it
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Jul 19, 2019 13:23
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Zeniel posted:Who's George Peppard? Exactly!
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Jul 19, 2019 13:40
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A bunch of Star Trek people have been on Columbo, it's fun. John de Lancie is in two episodes, once as a smug rear end in a top hat artist and once as a smug rear end in a top hat golf player.
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Jul 19, 2019 13:46
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I think "This Old Man" is his de facto theme.Jerry Cotton posted:Did Columbo have a crossover episode with Martial Law? Because if it didn't, Walker, Texas Ranger is still the best TV detective.
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Jul 19, 2019 14:24
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But seriously Nero Wolfe is cool. They did a reportory company thing where the same actors are in every episode as different people as a deliberate throwback, like it's a 1950s playhouse program
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Jul 19, 2019 14:30
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Wishing for an LA Noire-style Columbo game where the options are Pester/Pester Some More/"One More Thing..." instead of Truth/Doubt/Lie
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Jul 19, 2019 14:42
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MeatwadIsGod posted:Wishing for an LA Noire-style Columbo game where the options are Pester/Pester Some More/"One More Thing..." instead of Truth/Doubt/Lie /Make up lie about relative from your enormous Italian family
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