The Lt. Columbo Forum

An area where fans from all over can ask each other questions and voice their own ideas and opinions on anything Columbo.

This Forum is fondly dedicated in memory of  "cassavetes45"  (Carleen Zink),
Columbo's greatest fan and a great friend to us all.
​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
The Lt. Columbo Forum
Start a New Topic 
Author
Comment
View Entire Thread
Re: Which William Shatner Episode Did U Like Most

This is saying the obvious, but Ward Fowler is William Shatner getting to PLAY William Shatner, because he's not only playing an actor but probably one who's considered a real ham (I don't know if Ward is ever actually called that, but that's probably the idea). Nowadays he's associated just about completely with those parodies of himself, but Ward Fowler is a very early case of something like that.

Re: Which William Shatner Episode Did U Like Most

I think Shatner was lucky to get two turns as a murderer opposite Peter Falk. I'd take "Fade Into Murder" easily over "Butterfly..." as I'm more prone to picking the original series' run over the ABC run that started in 1989. I also thought it was original to have Ward speak to Columbo as Det. Lucerne and openly suggest to Columbo that Ward is a suspect. Throw in a young Shera Danese and Shatner's Star Trek buddy Chekov as Sgt. Johnston, and it's not a bad episode.

Re: Which William Shatner Episode Did U Like Most

Probably Butterfly, it hd an interesting murder set up, where the killer is supposedlyat home on the phone
but is actually standing behind the victim, the first openly gay character, Molly Hagen from Herman's Head and another interesting thing where the cops out cycling disable the car.