Mondays With Columbo: DOUBLE EXPOSURE

Sometimes, Columbo can easily reflect the concerns of its time...as well as reflect the early talents of its writers.

In this case, Steven J. Cannell, who is one of the most underrated writer/producers in the television industry.

Yes, I wrote that. Out loud. Look at any of his work, and there is a very nice, well-honed sense of hitting the public tastes. He manages to work out the Columbo formula in this third-season entry, and integrating the then-popular idea of subliminal advertisi...