Thursday, June 28, 2018

THURSDAY'S THEORY OF RELATEEVEETY - THE GALVINS


'WINGS'
"THE WRONG STUFF"


ACE GALVIN

From the IMDb:
Brian tells Joe they need to drum up more business, and suggests that they hire a celebrity spokesman and the man Brian wants him to consider is Ace Galvin, a former astronaut. Brian brings him over to the island and while trying to schmooze him, he goes around like a wild man which makes Joe wonder if he's the right man. But when it comes time for him to sign, they learn that Roy snatched him. Roy spends his time gloating until he learns of his latest antic.

'COLUMBO'
"TRY AND CATCH ME"



EDMUND GALVIN

From the IMDb:
An aging but successful and wealthy crime fiction writer blames the death of her niece on the girl's husband. One night she invites him up to the house to sign their wills before getting him to leave and return within a few minutes so she can spring a trap (locking him in her soundproof safe). Detective Columbo arrives and suspects the writer of murder but clues are few and far between.

Ace Galvin was that astronaut.  Edmund Galvin was his murderous nephew who died back in 1977.  Ace was seventeen when Edmund was born and based on his lascivious reputation, I would not be surprised if he had fooled around with his older brother's wife and was Edmund's biological father.  And from what we learned about Edmund in that 'Columbo' episode, he certainly took after his father, even if he thought  that Ace was his uncle.


Everything about Edmund's burial would have been handled by his own family, and I don't think it was unreasonable that Abigail Mitchell, the aunt of Edmund's dead wife Phyllis, would not attend the funeral.  We certainly saw no sign of her involvement in the arrangements during the course of Lt. Columbo's investigation.


BCnU!


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