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Columbo: Short Fuse (1972)
What happened to his Fear of Heights?
I love Columbo and I think these episodes from the early 70's are always an interesting time capsule. Probably the only episode to feature Silly String! I wonder if that was a recent invention at the time? I don't have a review so much as a question - what happened to Columbo's fear of heights in the last scene? Riding the tram seemed to make him sick the first time, but he couldn't be more cool and collected when riding it at the end?
Venice the Series (2009)
soap opera web series built around a lesbian character and her family and friends
This is an amazing soap opera web series created from the ground up by actress Crystal Chappell and her writing partner after her lesbian storyline on Guiding Light was extinguished when GL was canceled. She was able to amass a great cast of other soap actors to play supporting roles, including her love-interest from GL, Jessica Leccia. The production values on the show are impressive, and Season 2 looks to be even better. This is not shot on Sony handycams people! It has gay characters on it but also straight, and is a "soap" so there are family issues, and mysterious intrigue. Chappell went to the web with the show to avoid TV exec censorship of the gay storyline and language. It doesn't show as much 'skin' as The L Word sometimes did, much to some fans' dismay, but there's only been one 'season' and the creators are still trying to get the characters established.