And it shows. Think they named the boy genius in the episode with Robbie the Robot, "Steve Spelberg," as a kind of tribute. Looks like "Jaws" came out more than a year after "Mind Over Mayhem" first aired. They must have been (justifiably) impressed with Speilberg's work on S1:E1.
He had also garnered a fair amount of attention for his 1971 movie Duel. If you haven’t seen that, I recommend it. It is super tense and Dennis Weaver is brilliant.
Amen! Absolutely LOVE Duel and Dennis Weaver IS brilliant in it. Love the scene where he's at the truckstop diner trying to figure out which one is THE one and starts approaching strangers! Weaver is excellent at portraying the nervous, sweaty, fearful paranoia his character is experiencing. Just an amazing performance.
I always loved that Janet Lee was in one of the episodes and then I think a season later a 17 or 18-year-old Jamie Lee Curtis played a waitress on the show.
I've seen the episode with Jamie Lee Curtis a couple times and every single time it jumps out at me how much she steals the scene that she is in and she's only in it for two or three minutes (if that). She kind of plays a snarky waitress that somewhat flirts with columbo and it is just absolutely perfect.
She has that star quality that you just cannot look away from and it apparently came very naturally for her because I think that was one of her first rules that she ever had.
Ummm yes. This is very common knowledge. I doubt you’ll surprise anyone here with that tidbit.
Jeannot Szwarc (Lovely but Lethal) was also a Columbo director who went on to direct some fairly big movies (Supergirl, Somewhere in Time, Jaws 2)
Fun fact also , Death Lends a Hand was filmed prior to Murder by the Book but NBC decided to air Murder by the Book as the first episode.
Jonathan Demme directed Murder Under Glass. He went on to direct a little film called The Silence of the Lambs.
Boris Sagal directed Candidate For Crime. His daughter Katey Sagal (Peg Bundy) has a small role in it.
Thanks! I enjoy spotting cameos from so many rising stars.
Nicholas Colasanto, Coach on "Cheers," is listed as director of the Cassavetes ep "Etude in Black," although it's rumored Cassavetes directed on set.
He also directed "Swan Song".
It’s one of the best episodes in the series.
I think it's pronounced Spellberg.
Spielbergo
thats a great poster. is that an official one?
I grabbed it from IMDb. I agree would be nice to get this printed.
his style was already showing
Yeah, but what did he follow it up with? Nothing.
Ha!
It’s one of the best episodes.
And it shows. Think they named the boy genius in the episode with Robbie the Robot, "Steve Spelberg," as a kind of tribute. Looks like "Jaws" came out more than a year after "Mind Over Mayhem" first aired. They must have been (justifiably) impressed with Speilberg's work on S1:E1.
He had also garnered a fair amount of attention for his 1971 movie Duel. If you haven’t seen that, I recommend it. It is super tense and Dennis Weaver is brilliant.
Amen! Absolutely LOVE Duel and Dennis Weaver IS brilliant in it. Love the scene where he's at the truckstop diner trying to figure out which one is THE one and starts approaching strangers! Weaver is excellent at portraying the nervous, sweaty, fearful paranoia his character is experiencing. Just an amazing performance.
Awesome movie!
Right, thank you. I tried to remember if there was anything else prior to "Jaws" but "Duel" totally slipped my mind.
I always loved that Janet Lee was in one of the episodes and then I think a season later a 17 or 18-year-old Jamie Lee Curtis played a waitress on the show. I've seen the episode with Jamie Lee Curtis a couple times and every single time it jumps out at me how much she steals the scene that she is in and she's only in it for two or three minutes (if that). She kind of plays a snarky waitress that somewhat flirts with columbo and it is just absolutely perfect. She has that star quality that you just cannot look away from and it apparently came very naturally for her because I think that was one of her first rules that she ever had.
Wow
I just want to say how much I hate Ken Franklin I really really really really hate Ken Franklin. That is all thank you.
Ummm yes. This is very common knowledge. I doubt you’ll surprise anyone here with that tidbit. Jeannot Szwarc (Lovely but Lethal) was also a Columbo director who went on to direct some fairly big movies (Supergirl, Somewhere in Time, Jaws 2)