I loved various meta aspects of Murder Can Be Hazardous To Your Health, especially the opening scene which we learn is actually from the fictional Crime Alert program, which is a homage (or send-up) of Unsolved Mysteries.
I was hoping this Columbo movie would get extra meta by having the Crime Alert producers portraying the murder of the producer in one of its segments, with a George Hamilton lookalike playing Wade Anders.
It turns out Wade had motive big time to do the deadly deed, with his history as an adult movie star about to be exposed. But imagine if it was now. I suspect it wouldn't make such a difference to one's career really.
I was hoping this Columbo movie would get extra meta by having the Crime Alert producers portraying the murder of the producer in one of its segments, with a George Hamilton lookalike playing Wade Anders.
It turns out Wade had motive big time to do the deadly deed, with his history as an adult movie star about to be exposed. But imagine if it was now. I suspect it wouldn't make such a difference to one's career really.