with Ranjit S. Ruprai & Phuong Le

The last of five episodes about the actor, writer and director Robert Culp. Film critic Phuong Le joins me, Ranjit S. Ruprai, to cover Culp’s career from theatre to television to cinema. <a href="https://interviews.televisionacademy.com/interviews/robert-culp" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Television Academy interview</a> by Stephen J. Abramson in 2007 TV shows<ul><li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050071/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Trackdown</a> (1957-1959)</li><li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058816/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">I Spy</a> (1965-1968)</li><li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081871/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Greatest American Hero</a> (1981-1983)</li><li>Diagnosis Murder S05 E10: <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0559178/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Discards</a> (2000)</li></ul> Films &amp; TV Movies<ul><li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064100/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bob &amp; Carol &amp; Ted &amp; Alice</a> (1969) Dir. Paul Mazursky</li><li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068675/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Hannie Caulder </a>(1971) Dir. Burt Kennedy</li><li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068698/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Hickey &amp; Boggs</a> (1972) Dir. Robert Culp</li><li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070435/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">A Name For Evil</a> (1973) Dir. Bernard Girard</li><li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076745/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Spectre</a> (1977) Dir. Clive Donner</li><li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090754/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Blue Lightning</a> (1986) Dir. Lee Philips</li></ul> Some other things we mention<ul><li>Cain’s Hundred S01 E25: <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0535316/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Swinger</a> (1962) written by Robert Culp</li><li>SNL Sketch: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q30greqJV14" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">I Spy Reunion</a> with Eddie Murphy</li><li>Stephen J. Cannell’s lecture <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jWR4ClDowg" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">On The Grind</a></li></ul> &nbsp;Follow us here<ul><li>@ranjitrewinds <a href="https://www.instagram.com/ranjitrewinds/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram </a>/ <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/ranjitrewinds.bsky.social" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bluesky </a>/ <a href="https://x.com/ranjitrewinds" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">X</a></li><li>@ranjitsruprai <a href="https://www.instagram.com/ranjitsruprai/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram </a>/ <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/ranjitsruprai.bsky.social" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bluesky </a>/ <a href="https://x.com/ranjitsruprai" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">X</a></li><li>@phuonghhle <a href="https://www.instagram.com/phuonghhle/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram </a>/ <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/phuonghhle.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bluesky </a>/ <a href="https://x.com/phuonghhle" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">X</a></li></ul> This is a <a href="https://www.supakino.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">SUPAKINO</a> production. Recorded at <a href="https://www.crouchendstudios.co.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Crouch End Studios</a>. Music by Pierre Daven-Keller (<a href="https://www.kwaidanrecords.net/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Kwaidan Records</a>).

005 - I CULP: The Film/TV Career of Robert Culp

The fourth of five episodes about the actor, writer and director Robert Culp. Film critic Phuong Le joins me, Ranjit S. Ruprai, to discuss the classic sci-fi TV show The Outer Limits, with a discussion of the award-winning episode Demon With A Glass Hand. Main items of discussion<ul><li>The Outer Limits S02 E05: <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0667812/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Demon With A Glass Hand</a> (1964)</li><li>The Ray Bradbury Theatre S04 E11: <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0683223/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Long Years</a> (1990)</li></ul> The books we refer to<ul><li>Schow, D. J., &amp; Frentzen, J. (1986). <a href="https://archive.org/details/outerlimitsoffic0000scho/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Outer Limits: The Official Companion</a>. Ace Science Fiction Books</li><li>Bradbury, R. (1950). The Martian Chronicles. New York: Doubleday</li></ul> We also briefly mention<ul><li>Star Trek S01 E28: <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0708455/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The City On The Edge Of Forever</a> (1969)</li><li>The Outer Limits S02 E01: <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0667824/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Soldier</a> (1964)</li><li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088247/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Terminator</a> (1984) Dir. James Cameron</li><li>Talese, G. (1966). <a href="https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a638/frank-sinatra-has-a-cold-gay-talese/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Frank Sinatra Has A Cold</a>.&nbsp;Esquire, Apr 1966, 89-98, 152</li><li>Star Trek S02 E01: <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0708416/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Amok Time</a> (1970)</li></ul> At the end, Ranjit recommends other The Outer Limits episodes, including<ul><li>The Outer Limits S01 E18: <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0667853/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">ZZZZZ</a> (1964)</li><li>The Outer Limits S01 E32: <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0667833/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Form Of Things Unknown</a> (1964)</li></ul>&nbsp;More about composer Amin Bhatia: <a href="https://aminbhatia.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">aminbhatia.com</a>&nbsp;Follow us here<ul><li>@ranjitrewinds <a href="https://www.instagram.com/ranjitrewinds/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram </a>/ <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/ranjitrewinds.bsky.social" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bluesky </a>/ <a href="https://x.com/ranjitrewinds" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">X</a></li><li>@ranjitsruprai <a href="https://www.instagram.com/ranjitsruprai/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram </a>/ <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/ranjitsruprai.bsky.social" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bluesky </a>/ <a href="https://x.com/ranjitsruprai" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">X</a></li><li>@phuonghhle <a href="https://www.instagram.com/phuonghhle/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram </a>/ <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/phuonghhle.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bluesky </a>/ <a href="https://x.com/phuonghhle" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">X</a></li></ul> This is a <a href="https://www.supakino.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">SUPAKINO</a> production. Recorded at <a href="https://www.crouchendstudios.co.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Crouch End Studios</a>. Music by Pierre Daven-Keller (<a href="https://www.kwaidanrecords.net/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Kwaidan Records</a>).

004 - THE OUTER CULPS: Demon With A Glass Hand

The third of five episodes about the actor, writer and director Robert Culp. Film critic Phuong Le joins me, Ranjit S. Ruprai, to discuss the classic sci-fi TV show The Outer Limits, delving into Culp’s first two appearances. Main items of discussion<ul><li>The Outer Limits S01 E03: <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0667826/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Architects Of Fear</a> (1963)</li><li>The Outer Limits S01 E09: <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0667809/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Corpus Earthling</a> (1963)</li></ul> The book we refer to<ul><li>Schow, D. J., &amp; Frentzen, J. (1986). <a href="https://archive.org/details/outerlimitsoffic0000scho/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Outer Limits: The Official Companion</a>. Ace Science Fiction Books</li></ul> We also briefly mention<ul><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxrgnX7mnQE" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Peter Capaldi singing “Outér Limits”</a> in his band The Dreamboys</li><li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057012/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love the Bomb</a> (1964) Dir. Stanley Kubrick</li><li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0021884/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Frankenstein</a> (1931) Dir. James Whale</li><li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036027/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">I Walked With A Zombie</a> (1943) Dir. Jacques Tourneur</li></ul> Follow us here<ul><li>@ranjitrewinds <a href="https://www.instagram.com/ranjitrewinds/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram </a>/ <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/ranjitrewinds.bsky.social" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bluesky </a>/ <a href="https://x.com/ranjitrewinds" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">X</a></li><li>@ranjitsruprai <a href="https://www.instagram.com/ranjitsruprai/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram </a>/ <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/ranjitsruprai.bsky.social" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bluesky </a>/ <a href="https://x.com/ranjitsruprai" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">X</a></li><li>@phuonghhle <a href="https://www.instagram.com/phuonghhle/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram </a>/ <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/phuonghhle.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bluesky </a>/ <a href="https://x.com/phuonghhle" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">X</a></li></ul> This is a <a href="https://www.supakino.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">SUPAKINO</a> production. Recorded at <a href="https://www.crouchendstudios.co.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Crouch End Studios</a>. Music by Pierre Daven-Keller (<a href="https://www.kwaidanrecords.net/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Kwaidan Records</a>).

003 - THE OUTER CULPS: The Architects Of Fear & Corpus Earthling

The second of five episodes about the actor, writer and director Robert Culp. Film critic Phuong Le joins me, Ranjit S. Ruprai, to talk about our Columbo-based friendship, with an in-depth discussion on a later 90s episode and the first episode of “non-canonical” Mrs Columbo, both guest starring Robert Culp. Main items of discussion<ul><li>Mrs. Columbo S01 E01: <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079391/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Word Games</a> (1979)</li><li>Columbo S10 E01: <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt32986949/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Columbo Goes To College</a> (1990)</li><li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087403/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Her Life As&nbsp;A Man</a> (1984)&nbsp;</li><li>Highway To Heaven S03 E21 <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0601576/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Parents’ Day</a> (1987)</li></ul> We also mention<ul><li>Coppola’s <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071360/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Conversation</a> (1974)</li><li>Hitchcock’s <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040746/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Rope</a> (1948)</li><li>Carol Lynn Mither’s Village Voice article “My Life As A Man”… which doesn’t seem to be online but here is a contemporaneous article about the related TV movie: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/1984/03/12/arts/tv-review-her-life-as-a-man-tonight-on-nbc.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Her Life As A Man Tonight On NBC</a></li></ul> Columbo at the club!<ul><li>Phuong was trying to remember this episode from 2003: <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt32986961/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Columbo Likes the Nightlife</a> </li><li>Ranjit misremembered the 70s club scene as being from the Nicol Williamson episode when it was actually from 1977 episode: <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075864/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Bye-Bye Sky High I.Q. Murder Case</a></li></ul> Follow us here<ul><li>@ranjitrewinds <a href="https://www.instagram.com/ranjitrewinds/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram </a>/ <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/ranjitrewinds.bsky.social" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bluesky </a>/ <a href="https://x.com/ranjitrewinds" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">X</a></li><li>@ranjitsruprai <a href="https://www.instagram.com/ranjitsruprai/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram </a>/ <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/ranjitsruprai.bsky.social" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bluesky </a>/ <a href="https://x.com/ranjitsruprai" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">X</a></li><li>@phuonghhle <a href="https://www.instagram.com/phuonghhle/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram </a>/ <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/phuonghhle.bsky.social" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bluesky </a>/ <a href="https://x.com/phuonghhle" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">X</a></li></ul> This is a <a href="https://www.supakino.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">SUPAKINO</a> production. Recorded at <a href="https://www.crouchendstudios.co.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Crouch End Studios</a>. Music by Pierre Daven-Keller (<a href="https://www.kwaidanrecords.net/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Kwaidan Records</a>).

002 - CULPABLE CULP: Robert Culp in Mrs. Columbo & 90s Columbo

The first of five episodes about the actor, writer and director Robert Culp. Film critic Phuong Le joins me, Ranjit S. Ruprai, to talk about our Columbo-based friendship and have an in-depth discussion on the three classic episodes starring the quintessential Columbo villain, Robert Culp. Main items of discussion<ul><li>Columbo S01 E02: <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068397/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Death Lends a Hand</a> (1971)</li><li>Columbo S02 E03: <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068402/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Most Crucial Game</a> (1972)</li><li>Columbo S03 E04: <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069903/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Double Exposure</a> (1973)</li></ul> A great book on Columbo<ul><li>Koenig, D (2021). <a href="https://bonaventurepress.com/shooting-columbo/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Shooting Columbo: The Lives and Deaths of TV's Rumpled Detective</a>. Bonaventure Press</li></ul> Some of Phuong’s favourite Columbo episodes<ul><li>Columbo S05 E05 <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074330/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Now You See Him</a> (1976)</li><li>Columbo S02 E08 <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069904/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Double Shock</a> (1973)</li><li>Columbo S07 E02 <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075865/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Murder Under Glass</a> (1978)</li></ul> After Double Exposure, my next two favourite Columbo episodes<ul><li>Columbo S06 E03 <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075864/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Bye-Bye Sky High I.Q. Murder Case</a> (1977)</li><li>Columbo S07 E04 <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077352/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">How to Dial a Murder</a> (1978)</li></ul> Follow us here<ul><li>@ranjitrewinds <a href="https://www.instagram.com/ranjitrewinds/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram </a>/ <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/ranjitrewinds.bsky.social" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bluesky </a>/ <a href="https://x.com/ranjitrewinds" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">X</a></li><li>@ranjitsruprai <a href="https://www.instagram.com/ranjitsruprai/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram </a>/ <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/ranjitsruprai.bsky.social" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bluesky </a>/ <a href="https://x.com/ranjitsruprai" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">X</a></li><li>@phuonghhle <a href="https://www.instagram.com/phuonghhle/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram </a>/ <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/phuonghhle.bsky.social" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bluesky </a>/ <a href="https://x.com/phuonghhle" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">X</a></li></ul> This is a <a href="https://www.supakino.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">SUPAKINO</a> production. Recorded at <a href="https://www.crouchendstudios.co.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Crouch End Studios</a>. Music by Pierre Daven-Keller (<a href="https://www.kwaidanrecords.net/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Kwaidan Records</a>).

001 - CULPABLE CULP: Classic Columbo & Robert Culp

Ranjit Rewinds ⏪ Looking back at films, tv shows and much more with film curator Ranjit S. Ruprai, film critic Phuong Le and guests ⏪ A SUPAKINO Production