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Post by novastar6 on Feb 25, 2017 7:32:52 GMT
I love Columbo, never get tired of him.
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Post by MCDemuth on Feb 25, 2017 7:40:44 GMT
I loved the scenes with his dog: "Dog"
I also loved the Columbo theme song... a instrumental variation on the song "This Old Man"... which appeared on the show, usually during the end credits, in the later seasons.
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Post by novastar6 on Feb 25, 2017 7:57:34 GMT
Yes, Dog. Any time we see a Basset hound on TV that's not doing anything, I'll always say to my mom 'look, a Dog dog'.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 25, 2017 17:27:00 GMT
I love Columbo, never get tired of him. Yes, I love that show too, even though some of them are ridiculous. Like the one with Lee Grant. She is all of 5' 90 lbs, and there's an episode where she kills her husband, then somehow carries his body to the car; puts it in the trunk; then drives out to the beach; removes the body from the trunk and tosses it off a cliff without breaking a sweat. Superwoman.
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Post by novastar6 on Feb 25, 2017 19:34:31 GMT
I love Columbo, never get tired of him. Yes, I love that show too, even though some of them are ridiculous. Like the one with Lee Grant. She is all of 5' 90 lbs, and there's an episode where she kills her husband, then somehow carries his body to the car; puts it in the trunk; then drives out to the beach; removes the body from the trunk and tosses it off a cliff without breaking a sweat. Superwoman.Kind of like the killer in Urban Legend.
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Post by Nalkarj on Feb 25, 2017 21:45:19 GMT
I love Columbo, never get tired of him. Probably my favorite TV detective series of them all, in spite of (or is that "because of"?) its creators' clever decision to do away with the traditional "whodunit" format and focus on an R. Austin Freeman-esque "inverted" format. Needless to say, Falk is superb, and there are always wonderful "guest killers" who are so clever but are tripped up by the Lieutenant at the last possible moment--and the plots are brilliant, acting like well-oiled machines, with always one little, unnoticeable clue that gives the murderer away. Really an excellent series. (One element, however, that is rather silly: the barrage of assistants--other cops--that the writers keep giving Columbo. They're usually bad actors with unfunny lines who are irrelevant to the plot. It's a minor thing, but it makes one wonder why the writers kept trying to force them down the audience's, and Columbo's, throats!) Favorite episodes?
"Ransom for a Dead Man" "Death Lends a Hand" "Double Shock" "A Stitch in Crime" (perhaps my favorite of them all) "Swan Song" "By Dawn's Early Light" "Now You See Him" "Last Salute to the Commodore" "Try and Catch Me" "How to Dial a Murder" "Columbo Goes to the Guillotine" With the exception of "Columbo Goes to the Guillotine," I haven't seen any episodes of the eighth, ninth, tenth, or eleventh seasons, after the revival, just in case there are good ones on here that I haven't put on my list. Anyone else have some favorites?
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Post by MCDemuth on Feb 25, 2017 22:08:26 GMT
Yeah, "Double Shock" is one of my favorites too...
Actress Jeanette Nolan stars as an (Innocent/Not A Suspect) housekeeper in this episode, who keeps getting annoyed at Columbo's accidental/bad habits, and goes off on him a couple of times... Making Columbo feel guilty, and he keeps having to appologize to her. It's really funny.
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Post by naterdawg on Feb 25, 2017 22:42:58 GMT
Typical Columbo exchange.
"Yes, Lieutenant? Can't you see I'm quite busy here? I have a business meeting this afternoon, and I must prepare."
"Oh, I'm terribly sorry to bother you, ma'am, and I know this probably isn't a good time, but something's been bothering me. I hope you might be able to shed some light on it."
"What is it?"
"Well, ma'am, it's the lightbulb."
"The lightbulb? What are you talking about?"
"I mean the lightbulb outside, above the door. It's a clean light bulb. I just looked at it very carefully."
"So, it's clean, what of it?"
"Well, ma'am, it looks as if someone just changed the light bulb."
"Perhaps they did. Perhaps it burned out. Why are you asking me these questions, Lieutenant?"
"Well, ma'am, I asked the butler, and he said the lightbulb was designed to last 6 months, and we're only in month two. So, there'd be no reason to change it."
"What? This is ridiculous. What is your point?"
"Well, as you know, the victim was shot outside and managed to make it to the door before expiring in the inside foyer. When the butler found the body, he said the outside light wasn't on. He flicked the switch, and the bulb didn't work."
"Sigh. Lieutenant Columbo, I really have to..."
"Well, it's like this, ma'am. The butler told me he found broken glass on the bricks outside. Glass from a lightbulb. We did some tests and found a bullet lodged in the wooden beam near the doorway. The trajectory of that bullet means it passed through the lightbulb and shattered it."
"Uh...now, wait..."
"But the next morning, when we also found the glass, there was a lightbulb in the fixture. A brand new lightbulb, with no dirt or dust on it whatsoever."
"Which means what, Lieutenant."
"It means, ma'am, that someone changed the lightbulb after the victim was shot. Do you have any idea who that could have been? You were home at the time."
(pause). "Yes, I was home, but...but..."
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Post by mszanadu on Feb 26, 2017 2:38:15 GMT
I love Columbo, never get tired of him. Hello there again novastar6 ! It's also great to see a familiar screen name on these boards too . I totally agree Columbo certainly had it all intelligence , clever skill , kindness , and very handsome indeed . Actor Peter Falk was perfect for that role as well ( IMPO - I could never see any other actor playing this role ever ) . Thanks novastar6 for your subject post .
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Post by naterdawg on Feb 27, 2017 0:46:10 GMT
I made that up entirely, though I do think a lightbulb was a clue in the episode starring Susan Clark.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 27, 2017 1:55:34 GMT
My favourite Columbo story : they were writing the first episode, and the writer got to the end of a scene where Columbo is questioning a witness. He has Columbo start to leave - and then realised that there were a couple of questions he was going to have Columbo ask, but he forgot to put them in the scene. Of course in those days scripts were written on a typewriter, so to insert the questions he would have to go back and retype the entire scene from scratch.
So then he thinks "Aw, screw that," and types "Then Columbo turns around and says 'Oh, just one more thing...'."
And that is how Columbo developed that little habit of ending interviews three or four times in a row!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 27, 2017 2:04:11 GMT
Great show.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 27, 2017 2:27:32 GMT
I absolutely adore Columbo. They always have it on during the weekend and even if I've seen it, I find myself watching it again.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 27, 2017 3:19:15 GMT
I just watched it. I watch it ever Sunday on MeTV. The dog episodes are great. I wonder how many their are. I have a bunch of seasons on my NAS drive setup connected to my tv.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 27, 2017 3:23:20 GMT
I made that up entirely, though I do think a lightbulb was a clue in the episode starring Susan Clark. Hah hat was hilarious Nate. You write some funny stuff. I can see you got the knack for it.
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Post by naterdawg on Feb 27, 2017 5:16:36 GMT
I made that up entirely, though I do think a lightbulb was a clue in the episode starring Susan Clark. Hah hat was hilarious Nate. You write some funny stuff. I can see you got the knack for it. Thank you!
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Post by novastar6 on Feb 27, 2017 5:25:24 GMT
I made that up entirely, though I do think a lightbulb was a clue in the episode starring Susan Clark. Guess she must've been the woman who murdered her brother to take over the family business and be with her lover.
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Post by naterdawg on Feb 27, 2017 5:27:59 GMT
I made that up entirely, though I do think a lightbulb was a clue in the episode starring Susan Clark. Guess she must've been the woman who murdered her brother to take over the family business and be with her lover. Yes, that's right. She did kill her brother. I think she claimed she thought he was an intruder or something. I have vague memories of the lightbulb incident, but it did have to do with it being clean when it should've been dirty. I just went with it and tried to come up with a typical Columbo exchange. What I love most about the show is how annoyed everyone is with the Lieutenant.
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Post by naterdawg on Feb 27, 2017 5:28:41 GMT
There was a Columbo episode--and I'm going strictly by memory here--where he finds the killer but then decides not to turn her in. Does any of that ring bells?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 27, 2017 6:18:56 GMT
There was a Columbo episode--and I'm going strictly by memory here--where he finds the killer but then decides not to turn her in. Does any of that ring bells? Maybe Try and Catch Me (1977)...?
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