AudioMo - Just One More Thing...

A few more words about detective resources:

The Thrilling Detective - excellent for all things sleuthing in literary or media form.

Murder, She Watched - deep in the whozit and whatsit for Jessica Flecture fans and also has a lot of info about television detectives.

The Columbophile Blog - lots of folks hugging their inner raincoated detective. 

 

AudioMo Day 21 - The Thin Man Media Connections

The book Thin Man by Dashiell Hammitt was the inspiration of the classic movie series about Nick and Nora Charles. 

In this detective husband and wife trope, Nora is rich and Nick does not mind it a bit. 

Nick is a former private detective with friends on both sides of the law. In this recording, a very brief timeline from the book, the movie series and the television show.

   

 This is #AudioMo, an 30-day international challenge of sound and community. This is my captioned audio about the TV detectives before Columbo. 

 For more info about AudioMo, please visit https://audiomo.vivaldi.net/2024/03/11/what-is-audiomo/

AudioMo Day 30 - Columbo

Last day of AudioMo 2024. Have to talk about the inspiration for the challenge, Columbo.

This is #AudioMo, an 30-day international challenge of sound and community. This is my captioned audio about the TV detectives before Columbo. 

 For more info about AudioMo, please visit https://audiomo.vivaldi.net/2024/03/11/what-is-audiomo/

AudioMo Day 22 - McMillian and Wife

The book Thin Man had a lot of influence on TV writers and producers. 

One of those examples is McMillian and Wife, which was a part of the NBC Mystery Movie. 

This show aired in rotation with McCloud and Columbo.

This is #AudioMo, an 30-day international challenge of sound and community. This is my captioned audio about the TV detectives before Columbo. 

 For more info about AudioMo, please visit https://audiomo.vivaldi.net/2024/03/11/what-is-audiomo/

AudioMo Day 29 - 77 Sunset Strip

77 Sunset Strip was the most successful of the Warner Brothers clone detectives.

 

This is #AudioMo, an 30-day international challenge of sound and community. This is my captioned audio about the TV detectives before Columbo. 

 For more info about AudioMo, please visit https://audiomo.vivaldi.net/2024/03/11/what-is-audiomo/

AudioMo Day 28 - Peter Gunn

Peter Gunn was stylish, always in trouble and yet had a stable relationship with those that were close to him. 

This makes him unusual as a detective.

   

This is #AudioMo, an 30-day international challenge of sound and community. This is my captioned audio about the TV detectives before Columbo. 

 For more info about AudioMo, please visit https://audiomo.vivaldi.net/2024/03/11/what-is-audiomo/

AudioMo Day 27 McCloud

Continuing on the theme of a detective out of his or her element, 

McCloud was part of the NBC Mystery Movie of the Week along with McMillian and Wife and Columbo.

   

 This is #AudioMo, an 30-day international challenge of sound and community. This is my captioned audio about the TV detectives before Columbo. 

 For more info about AudioMo, please visit https://audiomo.vivaldi.net/2024/03/11/what-is-audiomo/

AudioMo Day 26 The Two Mark Sabers

There is a bit of transatlantic confusion. There is the Mark Saber from the UK that work with a U.S. police department. 

Then there is the Mark Saber from London who is an independent private investigator who takes on hard to solve cases. 

In this version, he has a Canadian fellow doing a lot of the leg work. 

   

 This is #AudioMo, an 30-day international challenge of sound and community. This is my captioned audio about the TV detectives before Columbo. 

 For more info about AudioMo, please visit https://audiomo.vivaldi.net/2024/03/11/what-is-audiomo/

AudioMo Day 25 Dial 999

It has been a hectic week but I'll catch up on the weekend. What happens to an RCMP detective (Royal Canadian Mounted Police for the yanks) when he goes to work for Scotland Yard? 

Seems Mike does a lot of footwork and a views of what the city looked like in the olden days.

   

 This is #AudioMo, an 30-day international challenge of sound and community. 

This is my captioned audio about the TV detectives before Columbo. 

 For more info about AudioMo, please visit https://audiomo.vivaldi.net/2024/03/11/what-is-audiomo/

AudioMo Day 24 Sherlock Holmes 1954

This was the first Sherlock Holmes television series intended for an American audience. 

This Sherlock is more open, social and hasn't laid hands on that seven percent solution. 

This is #AudioMo, an 30-day international challenge of sound and community. 

This is my captioned audio about the TV detectives before Columbo. 

 For more info about AudioMo, please visit https://audiomo.vivaldi.net/2024/03/11/what-is-audiomo/