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The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 152: Columbo: Fade in to Murder
🕑 Added 2025-09-29 23:00:41 +0000 UTCFor our second and final Columbo for the immediate future, we're diving into Fade in to Murder, and there we find an especially hammy William Shatner matching wits with our favorite TV detective while playing a famous TV detective himself. Layers!
CHAPTERS:
(00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 152: Columbo: Fade in to Murder
(00:00:17) - Intro.
(00:02:31) - Our second and final Columbo for this month: William Shatner in Fade in to Murder!
(00:07:25) - A little bit about the folks who made this one.
(00:09:24) - Let's get into the set-up for this week's murder.
(00:15:31) - This is quite the murder concept.
(00:25:50) - Showdown at the deli.
(00:32:22) - Break!
(00:32:42) - We're back, and hey! That's a Chekov! Also, a brief diatribe about why the '70s are Like This.
(00:37:07) - Columbo does his best Jerry Lewis routine, and Fowler lays it on thick.
(00:50:47) - Sid shows up, and Mark's watch gives the game away.
(00:54:03) - The Universal tour makes an appearance.
(00:57:52) - It's the Shatner and Falk show from here on out.
(01:04:55) - Pinning it on Sid, and Columbo plays dress-up.
(01:13:36) - Sid wasn't playing chess.
(01:17:27) - The video tape reveal (and some great screwing around).
(01:21:07) - Are we talking to Fowler or Lucerne?
(01:25:27) - Just one more thing...
(01:31:02) - Final thoughts.
(01:36:33) - What's coming up on the Watchcast for October. Or most of it, anyway.
(01:43:42) - Outro.
Comments
Jason Wineinger
There's an episode where Columbo goes on a cruise with his wife and other characters DO acknowledge her presence, the audience just doesn't see her.
WulfBane
Glad to see the continuation of "lets just use the backlot" tradition. The Jaws tour attraction was newly opened when they filmed this episode so I imagine it was also a bit of not so subtle advertising. And yes, the first version had REALLY goofy teeth. I wouldn't be surprised if another episode had Columbo chasing down a perp up a random Mexacan street only to have them get washed down by a flash flood.
