We were excited to receive the announcement below. I'll be at work, hopefully able to listen but unfortunately not able to call (we have an "open work environment").

But it would be great if some of you real "Columbo" fans take this opportunity to be heard, and to talk Columbo with the world's foremost Columbo scholar -- Mark Dawidziak, author of "The Columbo Phile".

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Televisions quirkiest detective, Lt. Columbo, will be the featured program this week on Talking Television With Dave White. Mark Dawidziak, author of "The Columbo Phile", will lead the discussion Tuesday April 18 from 7:30-9PM Pacific on internet radio station www.ksav.org. Listeners are invited to participate in the discussion by calling (800)407-KSAV(5728) during the program or e-mailing talk@ksav.org before or during the broadcast. First time listeners should visit the station in advance to insure they have no problems streaming the audio. If help is needed e-mail talk@ksav.org. And just one more thing.............

Dave White, Host;
Talking Television With Dave White
WWW.KSAV.ORG

Fantastic! Thank you for this exciting information, Ted. Being in Chicago, I'll be able to (try to) listen starting at 9:30 central time. I've got to start thinking up some questions!

Terrific Ted! Thanks!
I am going to try my bestest to stay up and listen to it. The only problem is that it will start to air at 10:30pm here on the east coast......I may have to put tootpicks under my eye-lids to keep awake!

For some reason I have been unable to use the site's "Listen" button -- I get a failed connection (maybe a firewall issue here at the office?). But I did find that, by following the site's instructions for Podcasts, I could download a free program and insert into it the URL for this show, and be able to download their archived shows as mp3 files.

So, it looks like I'll be submitting a question or 2 by email this afternoon, then listening to the download tomorrow or whenever they put the show into the archives. Nopt as exciting as participating live, but I look forward to hearing it.

I just tried it and got right through - listening to the station now. Glad you said something though.

I got right through too. Right now "Hey Big Spender" is playing!!!

The only problem I am having is that it keeps stopping and has to keep buffering back up again..........
Frankie is on now!! That's Why the Lady is a Tramp!!! I love it!!

Ok I sent my email in....I was actually nervous when I was typing it! What a moron!!

And as you pointed out, Ted, I did notice that they have an archive section and the ones from last week are there, so it seems they put them up rather promptly.

i sent an email ahead and hope it gets through

i was mentioned already on the show!!! the guy said my name...carleen....but i got the trivia question wrong because i didn't listen to it correctly...i thought they said 3 appearances by a guest murderer..but he actually said who appeared in both the older series and the newer episodes....me sad...but also happy, because my name was mentioned.........oh no!! they just mentioned you sabra!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Listening to the show right now. Just tuned in prior to 10:00 central time. I'll have to listen to the archive at a later time for the first half hour.

David in Philadelphia is talking about "Short Fuse" right now. He thinks he's the only "Columbo" fan who holds the episode in high regards. I just gotta say that I think it's one of the absolute "Superior" episodes of the entire 69!

Cassa! How lovely to HEAR you! A voice to put with the witty posts!

I heard David too! yay!!
Oh hell Headache!! I sounded like an ASS!
but I'm happy that I got the nerve to call in...I wanted to hear your voice!!!


(and while i'm being so bold, since i am up after my bed time...email me sometime..ok? ..i promise not to invade your cave too much...)

Interesting what Dawidziak had to say about the quality of the ABC episodes. Of the original 45, the "inferior" episodes stand out because it's so odd that a "Columbo" could be inferior. Of the ABC episodes, the "better" episodes stand out.

You sounded great Cassa! And I ain't just sayin' that!

Hey Cassa, I don't know how I would e-mail you. Sorry!

Hey again, what did I miss during the first half hour???

yes..it was great what he did say about the newer shows..and i know what a passion you have for the newer ones..and one day, when i get to see more of them i will learn to love them.
did you hear what he just said??? anthony hopkins!!! yay!! another of my top favourites!!
and thanks headache...but i think i sounded like a gushing fool!!!
yay........frankie is on again!!

Headache.....this is only for you.........my address is

cafaga45@yahoo.com

do it sometime...you'll appreciate it.

and i was only joking that it was just for headache...you guys and gals can email me anytime..yay!!

It was truly a thrill to be a part of that show and talk with Mark about "Columbo." Great to know that after all these years the show is in such high regard and admiration that they are willing to make it the topic of a talk show.

David!! It was great to hear your voice...I am listening to it again right now and you are talking!! YAY!! You have a great voice!

I never was able to get the "live" broadcast -- odd, since I'm usually pretty adept, for a non-techie, at such things. But Mark answered the question that I emailed, and I've heard the podcast from the ksav.org "Talking Television" archive.

What a delight, to hear such an extended discussion of "Columbo" by people who really, really know their "Columbo"! I was proud to "know" all of you who participated, by phone and by email.

My favorite part of the show, apart from hearing your names and voices:

Mark's anecdote about the time Columbo's co-creator, Bill Link, was playing Trivial Pursuit, and he got the old "What is Columbo's first name" question....and the game said that he got got it wrong!

I thought I knew all about that Trivial Pursuit thing (even went to the law library to look up the case), but the William Link story was new to me.

(For those who don't know the background on this, see our Scrapbook article, "Columbo's First Name and the United States Supreme Court -- the Phillip Columbo Story".)

But the whole broadcast -- or podcast -- was a hoot.

Anyone who's interested can go to KSAV.ORG and follow their Podcast instructions, to download a free program that can capture the whole show to your computer (or to your iPod) as an mp3.

Firstly....Ted thank you so very very much for letting us all know about this. I had so much fun last night! As I said in the other thread, that was the first time I have ever called a radio station and I was so glad I got up the courage to make the call. I was thinking of you when I dialed the number...and I said "Courage, Carleen, The Grand Maestro will be listening!" (I know..I'm out of my mind!)

And Headache, I listened to it again today...and I don't care what you say....I sounded like a moron!!

Well Cass, you certainly did not sound like a moron, but I will admit that, as you said yourself, you do have a New Jersey accent (although I would not think to call it "out of control," as if it were some dangerous runaway juggernaut, about to destroy all in its path!)

I was thinking that your broadcast debut might be an opportunity to show outsiders that New Jersey people do NOT have accents, but...well, actually sometimes they do. :^) Not that there's anything wrong with that.

You have a "real" New Jersey accent, not at all like what outsiders THINK a NJ accent is. Having moved from NJ to a different region of the country, I am still surprised when people can't believe I'm from Jersey, because I don't say "Joisey". As you know, they only talk like that in a few places like Joisey City, er Jersey City. Heck, Jack Nicholson is from New Jersey, and everybody knows what he sounds like.

Quick story: One time I was in a pub in Cardiff, Wales, and the natives, in their natural curiosity, needed to know where I was from. When I told them I was from New Jersey, they all insisted on hearing me say "How ya DOOin'?", so I humored them. Guess they got that from "The Sopranos" or something. Made their day.

Also, Dave really sounds like he's from Philadelphia! (Just kiddin', Dave.)

Well, if I can stop laughing for a second I should be able to type this! But everytime I see how you said that about 'some dangerous runaway juggernaut' I just can't help but to crack up!
Yes, people from Jersey City and West New York and Hoboken and towns like that in Jersey definitely have given the impression that we all say 'forgeddabowdit' all the time, and that all Jerseyites talk that way. But true Jersey people like me and you know better.
And I loved your story about Wales. That is my favourite country...and Anthony Hopkins is from Cardiff....and that is who Mark said would be the ultimate Columbo murderer! And I absolutely love Anthony Hopkins. I know you know this, but he almost made it as a Columbo murderer but he had obligations to make a movie instead.
Just thanks again Ted for making us aware of this program... it was a hoot for me too!
And for anyone who wasn't able to listen to it, I encourage you to check it out....you will definitely enjoy it.

The direct link to the show is http://www.ksav.org/audio-archive/ksav-talk-041806.mp3 (right-click and then 'Save Target As...' or 'Save Link As...')

Does Davidziak have a contact number,
e-mail?

i heard it live, too. cassa/carleen (or is it carlene?), you sounded adorable. not moronic at all.

what fun to hear everyone's voices.

i also love anthony hopkins. every time i turn my computer on, dr. lecter says, "clarice, is that you?"

yes, laura, it's carleen. thanks for the compliment...but i stand by my original opion!!

and do you really have that on your computer?!?! that is just great! anthony hopkins is such a great actor... although some of the movies he has done recently are really kind of yucky.

Ted, is this nutty or what? While you had trouble listening to the actual "broadcast" of the show, but have now listened to it from the archive, I had no trouble listening to the broadcast, but now cannot get the archive to run properly. I had missed the first half hour. Oh well.

Headache, I had no problem downloading it..and I am really bad when it comes to these things. You should try it again.

Headache, I didn't save it using a simple right-click, and haven't really tried that. But, with a little (not too much) trouble, I was able to save the mp3 using the instructions at the Podcast link at www.ksav.org.

I downloaded and installed the first of the free softwares that they list (which was called iPodder when they created the link, but now it's called Juice).

Farther down on the Podcast page, you'll see the URL that has to be pasted into Juice for the "Talking Television" archive -- it ends in .xml.

In Juice, basically: on the Subscription tab, click the green "+" button to add a subscription, then paste in the URL (the xml one that I mentioned, not a .mp3 link), then Save. This brings up a list of all of the "Talking Television" shows in the archives.

Put a check next to the one you want, then click the little blue download button. It will take a while to download, because it's 86 MB. After it's downloaded, you might have to do a search to find it -- I think Juice puts in in a subfolder that it creates in My Documents.

Hope this helps.

You don't actually have to do all that, just right click on this link:

http://www.ksav.org/audio-archive/ksav-talk-041806.mp3

and then select 'Save Target As...' or 'Save Link As...'.

Wow!!
Ted....you lost me after you said "Headache".

Thanks, AJ. The mistake I made was to paste your URL into my browser, and go there. Which made the mp3 play, but did not give me a chance to Save it.

This time, instead, I right-clicked on http://www.ksav.org/audio-archive/ksav-talk-041806.mp3 right there in your email message -- and that let me choose to Save it. Works great! Thanks again.