If all of the strength, and all of the courage, come and lift me from this place, I know I can love you much better than this, full of grace. -- Sarah McLachlan, Full of Grace

Tales From /lost+found 135a: You Want Me To Get That?

Once again I find myself doing that thing that I don’t like doing. A bit of a departure from the normal here, though.

See, a few years ago, I read this wonderful proposal: The Case For Making Columbo America’s Doctor Who. Ever since then, I’ve longed for a rebooted Columbo that could show off Kathy Bates, Giancarlo Esposito, Dame Judi Dench, Kyle MacLachlan, Henry Winkler, or Dennis Franz (as the War Columbo) donning a rumpled trenchcoat and confronting smug, upper-class murderers with “just a few more questions.” But there’s one particular goddamned national treasure we lost this week who I’d always lamented would’ve been unspeakably perfect in the role…

 

Clock to Embiggen

Sorry about the rush-job; this style is a lot harder than the Unbound covers I usually do.

RIP Robert Guillaume, 1927-2017. You were a goddamned national treasure.

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