Jack Cassidy
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Oct 28, 2026
FletchHOST
Those are both names that mean a lot to people, but we'll talk about those.
FletchHOST
The stars of this one, Peter Falk as Columbo, Jack Cassidy as Ken Franklin, Martin Milner as Jim Ferris, and the lovely Barbara Colby as Lily Lesenka, which I know we're going to talk a lot about her because she was a fun part of this episode.
FletchHOST
I'm going to start with a little bit of episode trivia before we get into the overview.
FletchHOST
Do you have any trivia you want to bring in? Well, I have quite a lot of trivia, but...
FletchHOST
back.
FletchHOST
I have a lot of Spielberg I want to talk about in this episode.
FletchHOST
Last bit of trivia I had was, this is one of three times that Jack Cassidy is the murderer.
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Right.
Jim NortonHOST
really interesting interview like I didn't realize that he was such a like he had written so much stuff
Anthony CumiaHOST
you know that you bring up the the dad jealousy with the kid thing if that was the case with Sly I don't know but Jack Cassidy and and Jack Cassidy David Cassidy David Cassidy's father.
Anthony CumiaHOST
Who's Jack Cassidy? Jack Cassidy was the guy who had the little thin mustache and kind of the blonde comb over.
Anthony CumiaHOST
Pop up Jack Cassidy if you could find him.
Anthony CumiaHOST
He's in Columbo episodes.
Anthony CumiaHOST
Some of the best Columbo episodes he's in.
Anthony CumiaHOST
And he worked doing anything in hollywood to make a name for himself sure
Jim NortonHOST
and he eked out a kind of living in a living i mean
Larry MaslonHOST
Did you know that? A little known fact.
Larry MaslonHOST
Here is Jack Cassidy to sing the song that all vampires sing when the sun comes up.
Larry MaslonHOST
There did the night go.
Larry MaslonHOST
I don't know.
Larry MaslonHOST
Maybe Harold Will knows.
Larry MaslonHOST
Maybe Jack Cassidy knows.
Larry MaslonHOST
Here it goes.
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The last
Corinna HarrodHOST
It was recorded mostly in New York at the record plant, which Hendrix now acting as his own producer, with Hendrix now acting as his own producer.
Corinna HarrodHOST
He invited friends to sit in, among them Steve Winwood, Jack Cassidy and Al Cooper.
Corinna HarrodHOST
He chased sounds, he did take after take and the sessions grew crowded and chaotic.
Corinna HarrodHOST
Chaz Chandler had discovered him and guided him, but now was fed up with the endless takes and the people milling around the studio.
Holland TaylorGUEST
And I said, "Uh, want to come back to my room?" So, and the guy who was, uh, the lover, he personally wanted to come along, too.
Holland TaylorGUEST
The other star was Jack O'BRI- Jack, um, Jack Cassidy.
Holland TaylorGUEST
Oh, yeah, yeah.
Holland TaylorGUEST
Yeah, really fabulous.
Holland TaylorGUEST
It was, and I said, want to come back to my room? So, and the guy who was the lover, he personally wanted to come along too.
Holland TaylorGUEST
The other star was Jack O'Brien, Jack, Jack Cassidy.
Anthony MasonHOST
Oh, yeah, yeah.
Anthony MasonHOST
Really fabulous.
FletchHOST
It's one of my favorites.
FletchHOST
It's the first time we get to see Jack Cassidy as a murderer.
FletchHOST
He's, he's in Columbo a few times, uh, and Martin Milner, his writing partner.
FletchHOST
This one is actually really good 'cause I think it plays into so much murder mystery writing and stories.
Paul LazarusHOST
It was a smash success in 1947 and spawned a movie effort.
Paul LazarusHOST
Later on, you heard the opening selection was Brigadoon, Vendor's Calls, down in McConaughey Square, followed by Gene Kelly from the film version singing The Heather on the Hill, and then Jack Cassidy and Shirley Jones from the original cast singing Almost Like Being in Love.
Paul LazarusHOST
And then finally, I snuck in Robert Merrill's version of There But For You Go I, which was done and produced by RCA in the evening with Lerner and Lowe.
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You've
Bob SchillerGUEST
And then we also did a show on the lot, and Jay Sandrich was involved, I think, producing a show called He and She.
Bob SchillerGUEST
It's, that was an excellent show with Dick Benjamin and Paula Prentiss and, and Jack Cassidy.
Bob SchillerGUEST
And it, it went, it went 30, we did, I think, 36 episodes.
Bob SchillerGUEST
They did 26, and then they're doing ...
David PerlmutterGUEST
You know he's not gonna drop off the mountain and die.
David PerlmutterGUEST
And Jack Cassidy, who played the, the leering villain probably as, as good or better than anyone, he, he was on Columbo five times, I think it was.
David PerlmutterGUEST
It was-
Chris StachiwHOST
Bro, you, you-
Chris StachiwHOST
... "Man." Yeah.
David PerlmutterGUEST
Yeah, yeah.
Chris StachiwHOST
Jack Cassidy is the best choice for a 1975 villain at this point in time.
Chris StachiwHOST
It's like-
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