Another way to make the same distinction: If a series did eventually switch to color, usually in 1966 (Bewitched, I Dream of Jeannie, etc.), colorizing the b&w episodes isn't the crime that it would be for a series that was never filmed in color (Munsters, Addams Family, Twilight Zone, etc.).

Another way to make the same distinction: If a series did eventually switch to color, usually in 1966 (Bewitched, I Dream of Jeannie, etc.), colorizing the b&w episodes isn't the crime that it would be for a series that was never filmed in color (Munsters, Addams Family, Twilight Zone, etc.).

There is an Earl Long movie already: Blaze with Paul Newman and Lolita Davidovich.

There is an Earl Long movie already: Blaze with Paul Newman and Lolita Davidovich.

I love Spacey when he's got the right role - his Oscar-winning ones, for example, or Mel Profitt in the second arc of the Wiseguy series in 1987. I like a lot of what Tom Hanks has done, but he could NEVER have embodied Mel Profitt.

I love Spacey when he's got the right role - his Oscar-winning ones, for example, or Mel Profitt in the second arc of the Wiseguy series in 1987. I like a lot of what Tom Hanks has done, but he could NEVER have embodied Mel Profitt.

To me this was more a case of enormously terrible casting, of both Hopkins and Kidman, than anything else. (One could argue that Gary Sinise was also miscast as Zuckerman, who's been featured in many Roth novels, so perhaps I'm prejudiced by how I see him from reading some of those.)

To me this was more a case of enormously terrible casting, of both Hopkins and Kidman, than anything else. (One could argue that Gary Sinise was also miscast as Zuckerman, who's been featured in many Roth novels, so perhaps I'm prejudiced by how I see him from reading some of those.)

Not sure what my favorite episode is, but I know what my favorite ending of an episode is: the one with Jackie Cooper as a politician. When he's finally caught, Columbo's last words (and the last words of the episode) are "You're under arrest, sir" - Cooper closes his eyes, defeated; we hear a few plangent piano…

Not sure what my favorite episode is, but I know what my favorite ending of an episode is: the one with Jackie Cooper as a politician. When he's finally caught, Columbo's last words (and the last words of the episode) are "You're under arrest, sir" - Cooper closes his eyes, defeated; we hear a few plangent piano…

Mrs. Columbo was on NBC, not CBS. And they very quickly backed away, changing the title twice within the very brief run of the show (1980 or so), first to Kate Columbo and then to (gak!) Kate Loves a Mystery, in which I presume the Columbo name was never used.

Mrs. Columbo was on NBC, not CBS. And they very quickly backed away, changing the title twice within the very brief run of the show (1980 or so), first to Kate Columbo and then to (gak!) Kate Loves a Mystery, in which I presume the Columbo name was never used.

Still waiting for the start of S & G's "How Terribly Strange to be Seventy" tour…

Still waiting for the start of S & G's "How Terribly Strange to be Seventy" tour…

Thanks for the link - that made an impression on me when it was first run. Anyone know who's actually doing the singing?

Thanks for the link - that made an impression on me when it was first run. Anyone know who's actually doing the singing?

They could legitimately be called "rock stars" in one respect: All of them had produced popular record albums. I myself bought Klein's Mind over Matter (on 8-track!) and Carlin's Class Clown, then made my way to Firesign Theater and Monty Python LPs (the latter, and not the Flying Circus TV series, were my first…

They could legitimately be called "rock stars" in one respect: All of them had produced popular record albums. I myself bought Klein's Mind over Matter (on 8-track!) and Carlin's Class Clown, then made my way to Firesign Theater and Monty Python LPs (the latter, and not the Flying Circus TV series, were my first…

The Robert Klein/atomic lobsters episode made such an impact at the time that when it was first rerun, I taped it - on audio cassette tape, that is. (These days I have the complete-season DVD set, $15 at Target, that includes the episode.)

The Robert Klein/atomic lobsters episode made such an impact at the time that when it was first rerun, I taped it - on audio cassette tape, that is. (These days I have the complete-season DVD set, $15 at Target, that includes the episode.)