David Koenig, author of Unshot Columbo
Original Airdates: Nov. 15-18, 2024
TVC 667.2: Ed welcomes back Columbo historian David Koenig (Shooting Columbo: The Lives and Deaths of TV’s Rumpled Detective). David’s latest book, Unshot Columbo: Cracking the Cases That Never Got Filmed, takes a deep dive into nineteen Columbo mysteries that were written for either the original NBC series or the ABC revival, but, for one reason or another, never went into production. Topics this segment include the various attempts to bring back Sergeant Wilson, the character played by Bob Dishy in “The Greenhouse Jungle” and “Now You See Him,” beyond those two episodes and why Peter Falk kept opposing those efforts. Both Shooting Columbo and Unshot Columbo are available through Bonaventure Press.
Why Peter Falk was Uncomfortable with Female Murderers on Columbo
Original Airdates: Nov. 15-18, 2024
TVC 667.3: David Koenig, author of Unshot Columbo: Cracking the Cases That Never Got Filmed, talks to Ed about how “Old-Fashioned Murder,” the sixth-season episode featuring Joyce Van Patten as the murderer, was originally conceived as a modern-day Richard III that would have featured Burgess Meredith as the lead character, and why Peter Falk always wanted female murderers on the series to be seen as sympathetic characters. Both Shooting Columbo and Unshot Columbo are available through Bonaventure Press.
The Columbo That Peter Falk Desperately Wanted to Make
Original Airdates: Nov. 15-18, 2024
TVC 666.6: David Koenig, author of Shooting Columbo: The Lives and Deaths of TV’s Rumpled Detective and Unshot Columbo: Cracking the Cases That Never Got Filmed, talks to Ed about “Fear No Murder,” an innovative mystery that Peter Falk not only wanted to film, but which would’ve served as the coda to the Columbo series, were it not for an impasse between Falk and ABC over casting that ultimately killed the project. Both Shooting Columbo and Unshot Columbo are available through Bonaventure Press.
