Some Like It Hot success of "Some Like It Hot" is considered one of the final nails in the coffin for the Hays Code. It is February 1929 in the city of Chicago, during the era of Prohibition. Joe (Tony Curtis) is a jazz saxophone player, and an irresponsible gambler and ladies' man; his sensible friend Jerry (Jack Lemmon) is a jazz double bass player. They work in a speakeasy (disguised as a funeral home) owned by gangster "Spats" Colombo (George Raft). Tipped off by informant "Toothpick" Charlie (George E. Stone), the police raid the joint. Joe and Jerry flee—only to accidentally witness Spats
Mrs. Columbo from the television series "Columbo". Kate is a news reporter who solves crimes while raising her daughter. Shortly after the "Columbo" series ended its original run on NBC in 1978, despite objections from "Columbo" producers Richard Levinson and William Link, NBC executive Fred Silverman went forward in producing "Mrs. Columbo" as a spin-off to the original series. The information NBC released about the show was unambiguous about the fact that Mrs. Columbo in the new series was in fact the previously unseen wife frequently mentioned on "Columbo". The show received poor ratings, however, and as part of efforts to revamp