WHAT THE FALK?

WHAT THE FALK? 

One of the iconic characters in television history, Lieutenant Columbo, will be back to annoy the heck out of murder suspects, “Whenever I can think of a good story for him,” says Peter Falk, who reveals he’s working on a script for another Columbo Movie of the Week.  Falk now juggles his writing duties along with his current book-signing tour promoting his autobiography Just One More Thing.  The tome is a great read, with fascinating stories about the adventures in his life with the giants in show business, everyone from Marlon Brando, Frank Capra, Arthur Miller, and Neil Simon, to his great films with John Cassavetes. 

But equally as interesting are tales about his personal life—his school days, a hitch in the Merchant Marines as a cook, his passion for drawing and painting, and his wild relationship with wife and actress Shera.  His book has reprints of some of his artwork, which reveals him to have a good eye for the craft.  Actually, Falk is the first to make fun of his missing eye, removed because of cancer when he was three.

When the four-time Emmy winner was honored at the Pacific Pioneer Broadcasters luncheon, Falk made sure he retold the legendary story of how movie mogul Harry Cohn balked at signing him because he said, “For the same price, I can get an actor with two eyes.”

Among those on hand to roast and toast Falk at the PPB tribute were his good friends Joe Mantegna, Ed Begley Jr., Dabney Coleman, Shera, and veteran comedy writer Hal Kanter.
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Margie Barron has written for a wide variety of outlets including Gannett newspapers, Nickelodeon, Tiger Beat and 16 Magazine, Fresh!, Senior Life, Production Update, airline magazines, etc. Margie is also proud to have been half of the husband & wife writing team Frank & Margie Barron, who had written together for various entertainment and travel publications for more than 38 years. Frank Barron was the editor of The Hollywood Reporter, having served twice in that capacity. In between, he was West Coast news director for Billboard Publications, supervising their five magazines. Barron also created the western TV series “The Man From Blackhawk” for the ABC network. For more than three decades he and writer-wife Margie Barron covered Hollywood for Production Update magazine, and they contributed to numerous publications.

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