Get your champagne (or coffee) and cake and join us while we discuss a Case of Immunity starring Hector Elizondo, Sal Mineo, and Peter Falk. We chat about possible inspirations for the plot, Harold Lloyd’s Greenacres estate, Hector Elizondo’s career and more! Some of the other topics discussed: -films by Ted Post -Sal Mineo - the book by Michael Gregg Michaud -Nickel Ride - the movie written by Eric Roth -The Actor Within: Intimate Conversations with Great Actors by Rose Eichenbaum with a Hecto ...
Jun 19, 2025•1 hr 32 min•Season 5Ep. 2
Get your brandy and bread roll (or ice cream) and join us as we chat about Forgotten Lady starring Janet Leigh, Peter Falk, John Payne, Maurice Evans, Sam Jaffe and more. We discuss Tony Curtis’s autobiography, 1970s fashion, Pasadena filming locations, bloopers and much, much more. Some of the films and books we discuss: -Crime and Misdemeanors -Tony Curtis's autobiography -Good Fellas -The Party, starring Alma the maid -The Last Show Girl, starring Janet Leigh -There really was a Hollywood, Ja...
Mar 13, 2025•2 hr 4 min•Season 5Ep. 1
Get your dry martini and pretzels and join us as we chat about Deadly State of Mind starring Peter Falk, George Hamilton, Lesley Ann Warren, Stephen Elliott and others. We chat George Hamilton’s career, vintage sofas (yes, again!), hypnosis, and much, much more. Some of the books and films we discussed: On A Clear Day, You Can See Forever (more hypnosis!) Beyond The Black Rainbow Dead Again (hypnosis!) Grand Deceptions, starring Stephen Elliott Portrait of a Showgirl Don’t Mind If I Do, by Georg...
Oct 29, 2024•1 hr 52 min•Season 4Ep. 6
Get your brandy, Lay's chips and burgers and join us as we discuss Playback starring Oskar Werner, Gena Rowlands, Herbert Jefferson Jr., Peter Falk, and others. We chat filming locations, Roger Corman, Jack Hill, bowl haircuts, and much, much more. Some of the books/movies/actors we discussed: -Rich man, poor man. -Jules and Jim -Lola Montez -Sea of Love -Deathship Head to our Instagram for photos from this episode - @trenchcoatcigar . We have EXCLUSIVE content available on Patreon! Get video re...
Aug 28, 2024•1 hr 48 min•Season 4Ep. 5
Liz and Paul interview with Susan Damante, aka Nurse Melissa from Troubled Waters! Susan is an actress, writer, teacher, producer, singer, and podcaster! She’s starred in many TV shows, films, and theater performances including The Rockford Files, The Adventures of the Wilderness Family, her one-woman show “Life….Death…and Entertainment, Ellery Queen, No Easy Way, Falcon Crest, Repercussions, The Student Teachers and much, much more. We chat about Susan’s time on Columbo as well as her life and ...
May 14, 2024•59 min
Get your margarita and peanuts and join us as we chat Troubled Waters, starring Peter Falk, Robert Vaughn, Jane Greer, Dean Stockwell, Susan Damante and others. We chat San Francisco piers, background characters, Robert Douglas and much, much more. Other movies etc mentioned in this episode: -The article mentioned with pictures of this original cruise ship: https://www.usatoday.com/picture-gallery/travel/cruises/2015/02/13/inside-the-princess-ships-that-made-cruising-history/23355771/ -Full Meta...
Apr 09, 2024•2 hr 34 min•Season 4Ep. 4
Get your coffee (or hard cider!) with bread and butter and join us as we chat all about By Dawn’s Early Light starring Peter Falk, Patrick McGoohan, Burr DeBenning, Bruce Kirby, Bruno Kirby and more. We chat filming locations including the Charleston Harbor, how Patrick McGoohan was cast, music and much more! Other topics we discussed: -The Scarecrow starring Patrick McGoohan -The Prisoner starring Patrick McGoohan -the Dardenne brothers (filmmakers) -Western (2017 film) -and lots more! We have ...
Feb 05, 2024•1 hr 39 min•Season 4Ep. 3
Get your martini and beef stew and bun and join us as we discuss Negative Reaction starring Peter Falk, Dick Van Dyke, Joyce Van Patten, Don Gordon, Larry Storch and others. We chat about Paul Revere’s silversmith art, Deschler’s jean jacket, the Los Angeles Reservoir, Out of the Blue starring Don Gordon, the Rockford Files and much, much more. Books/movies/shows we discussed: -Out of the Blue starring Don Gordon (Alvin Deschler) -The Rockford Files staring Joyce Van Patten -Hamburger Eyes -The ...
Nov 22, 2023•2 hr 19 min•Season 4Ep. 2
Get your wine & egg salad sandwich and join us as we discuss Exercise in Fatality starring Peter Falk, Robert Conrad, Gretchen Corbett, Collin Wilcox Paxton, Pat Harrington Jr. and others. We chat about Milo's necklace, filming locations like the Sportsmen's Lodge and Paradise Cove, Jaws 2 with Collin Wilcox Paxton, Tricon industries and more. Books/movies/shows we discussed: -The President's Analyst -One Day at a Time -To Kill a Mockingbird -Jaws 2 -Jaws of Satan -Sssssss -Sugarland Express...
Sep 26, 2023•2 hr 8 min•Season 4Ep. 1
Get your beer (or scotch or coffee) and popcorn or peanuts and join us as we discuss A Friend in Deed. We chat about Rosemary Murphy’s career, the Riviera Club, Future Shock, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and more. Other books & magazines & movies we discussed: -A Delicate Balance -Cat on a Hot Tin Room -Looking for Mr. Goodbar -Man of La Mancha We have EXCLUSIVE content available on Patreon! Get video recordings of the podcast & monthly updates & behind the scenes. Head to https://patre...
Aug 14, 2023•1 hr 56 min•Season 3Ep. 8
Get your beer or soda & chili - with or without squirrel - & join us as we discuss Swan Song. We chat about Ida Lupino’s career, Hank Williams, Johnny Cash’s career & life, Nichols Canyon in LA, Mike Lally’s SON (!!) and more. Other books & magazines & movies we discussed: -They Drive By Night starring Ida Lupino -Hank Williams’ I Saw the Light YouTube video with June Carter, Hank Williams, Roy Acuff -Walk the Line starring Joaquin Phoenix & Reese Witherspoon -My Darling ...
Jun 06, 2023•1 hr 58 min•Season 3Ep. 7
Paul & Liz interview actor, director, documentarian, & author Lee Grant. Listeners will definitely know her as Leslie Williams from Ransom for a Dead Man, but will probably also know her from at least one of her many films & tv shows. Lee Grant has won numerous awards for her acting & directing, including an Oscar for best supporting actress for her performance in Shampoo with Warren Beatty, as well as an Oscar for best documentary feature for Down & Out in America, and Emmy ...
May 02, 2023•48 min
Get your brandy & popcorn & join us as we discuss season 3, episode 6 of Columbo: Mind over Mayhem. We chat about Alf Kjellin’s career, Alverno High School in LA, Peter Sarsgaard, Liz’s dog Chico & more. Other books & magazines & movies we discussed: -Torment starring Alf Kjellin -Summer Interlude starring Alf Kjellin -Arrested Development starring Jessica Walter We have EXCLUSIVE content available on Patreon! Get video recordings of the podcast & monthly updates & be...
Apr 18, 2023•2 hr 13 min•Season 3Ep. 6
Liz & Paul interview Shonna, creator of Watch It For Days - the YouTube channel dedicated to reviews of Columbo episodes. Shonna's videos are in-depth & hilarious. They have tens of thousands of views & Shonna has thousands of subscribers on YouTube. We chat about her love of Columbo, her process for creating videos & what it's like to get a video through the YouTube review process. WatchItForDays on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/WatchitforDays Instagram: https://www.instagr...
Mar 21, 2023•34 min
Get your ice tea & chili & join us as we discuss season 3, episode 5 of Columbo: Publish or Perish. We chat about Chasen’s Restaurant in LA, Mickey Spillane’s real life writing career, vintage Volkswagens & more. Other books & magazines & movies we discussed: -Me & Murder She Wrote, by Peter S. Fischer -The Killing Man by Mickey Spillane -Behind the Mystery -All I did was ask by Terry Gross We have EXCLUSIVE content available on Patreon! Get video recordings of the podcas...
Feb 21, 2023•1 hr 50 min•Season 3Ep. 5
Get your bourbon & caviar & join us as we discuss season 3, episode 4 of Columbo: Double Exposure. We chat about Harmony Gold Theater, the Norris house, Culp’s yellow jacket & more. Other books & magazines & movies we discussed: -Cadillac Desert -Last of the Good Guys -The Tin Collectors -Third Eye Spies -Demon with a Glass Hand -Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice We have EXCLUSIVE content available on Patreon! Get video recordings of the podcast & monthly updates &...
Dec 27, 2022•1 hr 53 min•Season 3Ep. 4
In this special bonus episode, Paul & Liz interview Columbophile, the author of The Columbo Companion, 1968-78. We chat about his love for the show, the start of his Twitter account & blog, and, of course, his new book! It's a must read for any Columbo fan. If you’d like to add to our conversation, you can email us at [email protected] . Follow us on Instagram at @trenchcoatcigar to see photos from today’s episode. You can find the Columbophile on Twitter, Instagram & Faceboo...
Nov 02, 2022•59 min
Get your bourbon & cake & join us as we discuss season 3, episode 3 of Columbo: Candidate for Crime. We chat boozy performances by Joanne Linville, Davis Roberts’ career, the Fashion Square shopping center, and more. Other books & magazines & movies we discussed: -The Goddess -Lunchmeat Magazine -To Sleep with Anger -Mad Magazine And we have EXCLUSIVE content available on Patreon! Get video recordings of the podcast & monthly updates & behind the scenes. Head to https://p...
Oct 18, 2022•1 hr 58 min•Season 3Ep. 3
Get your cabernet sauvignon & cheese plate & join us as we discuss season 3, episode 2 of Columbo: Any Old Port in a Storm. We discuss Donald Pleasence’s career, Guasti winery, decanting wine & more. We now have EXCLUSIVE content available on Patreon! Get access video recordings of the podcast & monthly updates & behind the scenes. Head to https://patreon.com/trenchcoatcigar to join today! Other books & movies we discussed: **The Caretaker starring Donald Pleasence **Wake...
Sep 07, 2022•2 hr•Season 3Ep. 2
Get your popcorn & cactus juice cocktail & join us as we discuss season 3, episode 1 of Columbo: Lovely but Lethal. We discuss the Casa Blanca estate (aka Moroccan Gem), a brief history of the fashion show, Martin Sheen’s career & biography, Vera Miles’ & Vincent Price’s careers, stolen trade secrets, & more. Other books & movies we discussed: **Badlands with Sissy Spacek and Martin Sheen **Martin Sheen’s biography **Psycho **Psycho 2 **The Wrong Man If you’d like to add ...
Jul 05, 2022•1 hr 56 min•Season 3Ep. 1
Get your martini & asparagus with hollandaise sauce & join us as we discuss season 2, episode 8 of Columbo: Double Shock. We discuss Martin Landau’s career, death by electrocution, the historical estate called The Enchanted Hill, Animal Land & more. Other books/movies we discussed: –The Rounders –Crimes & Misdemeanors –They Call Me Mr. Tibbs –Kiss Me Deadly –Day of the Locust If you’d like to add to our conversation, you can email us at [email protected] , or find us on I...
May 10, 2022•1 hr 51 min•Season 2Ep. 8
Get your escargot & white wine & listen in as we discuss season 2, episode 7: The Most Dangerous Match. Starring Peter Falk, Laurence Harvey, Lloyd Bochner, Jack Krushen & Heidi Bruhl. We chat about Harvey’s career, international chess champions, Kosherama restaurant, deaths by dumpster & more. Other films/books/movies we discuss: -The Detective -Searching for Bobby Fischer -Manchurian Candidate -The Alamo -The Conformist if you’d like to add to our conversation, you can email us...
Apr 12, 2022•2 hr•Season 2Ep. 7
Listen in as we chat a Stitch in Crime starring Peter Falk, Leonard Nimoy, Anne Francis, Nita Talbot, Will Greer, & Jared Martin. Get your champagne & salmon toast with caviar & sour cream & listen in. We chat sutures, which pier they filmed at, monkey co-stars, Nimoy’s career & more. Other films/television shows we discussed: -The Manchu Eagle Murder Caper Mystery -The Fantastic Journey starring Jared Martin If you’d like to add to our conversation, you can email us at trenc...
Mar 01, 2022•1 hr 46 min•Season 2Ep. 6
Paul & Liz discuss season 2, episode 5 starring Peter Falk, Anne Baxter, Pippa Scott, Frank Converse, Mel Ferrer, Kevin McCarthy, John Archer, & Edith Head. We also chat about living on a film studio, Italian restaurants in Beverly Hills, the Sportsmen’s Lodge & more. This episode’s drink & snack are a Shirley Temple & baked potato. Other shows/movies/books we discussed: -White Heat starring John Archer, James Cagney, & Margaret Wyrcherly -Wait Until Dark produced by Mel ...
Jan 18, 2022•1 hr 42 min•Season 2Ep. 5
Paul & Liz discuss season 2, episode 4 - Dagger of the Mind - starring Peter Falk, Richard Basehart, Honor Blackman, Wilfred Hyde-White & Bernard Fox. We discuss Shakespeare’s Macbeth, the price of a first edition Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, the Greystone mansion in LA, and what it’s like to watch Columbo in London. This episode’s drink & snack are beer & fish & chips. Other shows/movies/books we discussed: It Happened to Jane (film) Sex & the Single Girl (film) Spa...
Dec 14, 2021•1 hr 32 min•Season 2Ep. 4
In this special bonus episode, Paul & Liz interview David Koenig, author of Shooting Columbo: The lives & deaths of TVs rumpled detective. David Koenig’s blow-by-blow account of how Columbo was created & shot over the years is full of behind the scenes stories from people who were there. If you’d like to add to our conversation, you can email us at [email protected] . Follow us on Instagram at @trenchcoatcigar to see photos from today’s episode....
Nov 16, 2021•32 min
Paul & Liz discuss season 2, episode 3 starring Peter Falk, Robert Culp, Dean Stockwell, and Valerie Harper. We discuss the actors’ careers as well as the LA Coliseum, the Santa Monica Pier, and auctioning a $500 million dollar home on Airole Way. This episode’s drink & snack are bloody marys & popcorn. If you’d like to add to our conversation, you can email us at [email protected] . Follow us on Instagram at @trenchcoatcigar to see photos from this episode....
Nov 02, 2021•1 hr 38 min•Season 2Ep. 3
Paul & Liz discuss season 2, episode 2 starring Peter Falk, John Cassavetes, Blythe Danner, Anjanette Comer, James Olson, Myrna Loy, James McEachin, & Pat Morita. We discuss Cassavetes work, the LA Philharmonic Orchestra, the Hollywood Bowl, vintage typewriters, Sulphur-crested cockatoos, and the introduction of Dog. This episode’s drink & snack are white wine & canapes. If you’d like to add to our conversation, you can email us at [email protected] . Follow us on Instagr...
Oct 19, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Season 2Ep. 2
Liz & Paul discuss season 2, episode 1, starring Peter Falk, Ray Milland, Bob Dishy, Bradford Dillman, Sandra Smith, Arlene Martel & William Smith. We discuss Ray Milland's work, the Skouras brothers movie theater legacy, Bradford Dillman's hairstyle, and one of the all time greatest Columbo scenes. Drink & snack for the episode: a can of beer & chili! Send your listener contributions to us for our upcoming episodes at [email protected] Check out images from this week's e...
Aug 31, 2021•1 hr 52 min•Season 2Ep. 1
In this episode, Liz & Paul discuss season 1, episode 9 of Columbo - Blueprint for Murder - starring Peter Falk, Patrick O’Neal, Janis Paige, Pamela Austin, & Forrest Tucker. Listen in as we discuss champagne fountains, Goldie’s golden costumes, California Institute of Technology & more! Join our conversation on Instagram @trenchcoatcigar, on Twitter @trenchcoatcigar or email us at [email protected]
Aug 10, 2021•1 hr 17 min•Season 1Ep. 9
