William Link on the Origins of Columbo
Original Airdate: Jan. 8-10, 2021
TVC 522.3: From July 2011: Ed welcomes Emmy Award-winning writer/producer William Link (Columbo, Mannix, Ellery Queen, Murder She Wrote, The Columbo Collection). This particular conversation originally aired as part of a tribute to Peter Falk. As such, we talked to Bill that day about the origins of Columbo (which Bill created along with his longtime collaborator, Richard Levinson); Falk’s friendship with Levinson and Link, which predated their work on the Columbo television series; how Falk came to be cast as Columbo; and the enduring appeal of the Columbo character. William Link passed away on Sunday, Dec. 27 at age 87.
Levinson and Link: The Rolls and Royce of Television
Original Airdate: Jan. 8-10, 2021
TVC 522.5: From July 2011: Emmy Award-winning writer/producer William Link, co-creator of Columbo, Mannix, Ellery Queen, Murder She Wrote, and other acclaimed TV-movies and TV series, gives Ed and his listeners a window into how he and his longtime collaborator Richard Levinson worked together. William Link passed away on Sunday, Dec. 27 at age 87.
William Link on The Best “Pops” of Columbo
Original Airdate: Jan. 8-10, 2021
TVC 522.6: From July 2011: From July 2011: Emmy Award-winning writer/producer William Link, co-creator of Columbo, talks to Ed about the three elements that comprise a typical Columbo story, including the final clue (or what Peter Falk liked to call “The Pop”). Other topics include The Columbo Collection, a series of original Columbo short stories, written by Bill, was published in 2011. William Link passed away on Sunday, Dec. 27.
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