The Columbo thread

[lerxt1990]

It's funny how, no matter how many times you have seen an episode, you still enjoy it!

That's the great thing about Columbo. Because they're not "whodunnits", it's all about the cat and mouse game and the interplay between Columbo and the killer. That gives them much more replay value than a whodunnit.

My favourite TV detective of all time.

Absolutely

I was a kid when I first saw a Columbo. It was Murder, Smoke and Shadows, with Fisher Stevens as the killer. I loved it , and I've been a fan ever since.

What gets me is when you see some of the big hitter actors/actresses who appeared in episodes as the 'killer'. As I recall, some of them even made repeat performances as different 'killers'!!

As I recall, Patrick McGoohan played the killer the most times, with four appearances, Jack Cassidy and Robert Culp each played the killer three times. And William Shatner and George Hamilton played the killer twice.

Everyone else was just once each

 

Culp was awesome! McGoohan too!!

[lerxt1990]

Culp:

 

Brimmer/PI

 

Baert Keppel, Motivational Research

 

Paul Hanlon, Team GM for Football team

 

ALL OUTSTANDING!

 

The house used as the rich guys home in the Most Cucial Game was also used for one with Cassidy. That home fell into disrepair but was on an AMAZING piece of land! A HUGE mansion has been built on it.

 

https://www.dirt.com/moguls/power-players/nile-niami-the-one-bel-air-500-million-14425/

 

Check out the whole story!!!!!

 

https://www.dirt.com/more-dirt/real-estate-listings/944-airole-way-world-most-expensive-house-6333/

[blackhawkrush]

Am I correct that Columbo lost his cool in only one episode, that involving Leonard Nimoy, or have I not watched enough of the show?

[lerxt1990]

Am I correct that Columbo lost his cool in only one episode, that involving Leonard Nimoy, or have I not watched enough of the show?

 

Thats not cpoming to mind which scene is that?

 

As said above he seriously disliked Robert Conrad's character and he was very sarcastic and angry in a scene with him). What scene or show was he angry w Cassidy?

[lerxt1990]

https://videopress.com/v/86dTQdgl

 

Check this scene out.. he's really steamed...

[Your_Lion]

Am I correct that Columbo lost his cool in only one episode, that involving Leonard Nimoy, or have I not watched enough of the show?

 

Thats not cpoming to mind which scene is that?

 

As said above he seriously disliked Robert Conrad's character and he was very sarcastic and angry in a scene with him). What scene or show was he angry w Cassidy?

He's talking about Nimoy, not Cassidy. Indeed Leonard Nimoy is the other killer to get Columbo to lose his temper. And also the first, since Nimoy was in season 2, and Conrad was in season 4.

Here's the scene:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=golLNTQCxko

Edited September 24, 2020 by Your_Lion

[Your_Lion]

. Edited September 24, 2020 by Your_Lion

[lerxt1990]

Am I correct that Columbo lost his cool in only one episode, that involving Leonard Nimoy, or have I not watched enough of the show?

 

Thats not cpoming to mind which scene is that?

 

As said above he seriously disliked Robert Conrad's character and he was very sarcastic and angry in a scene with him). What scene or show was he angry w Cassidy?

He's talking about Nimoy, not Cassidy. Indeed Leonard Nimoy is the other killer to get Columbo to lose his temper. And also the first, since Nimoy was in season 2, and Conrad was in season 4.

Here's the scene:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=golLNTQCxko

 

I forgot about that! Awesome.

[Your_Lion]

Am I correct that Columbo lost his cool in only one episode, that involving Leonard Nimoy, or have I not watched enough of the show?

 

Thats not cpoming to mind which scene is that?

 

As said above he seriously disliked Robert Conrad's character and he was very sarcastic and angry in a scene with him). What scene or show was he angry w Cassidy?

He's talking about Nimoy, not Cassidy. Indeed Leonard Nimoy is the other killer to get Columbo to lose his temper. And also the first, since Nimoy was in season 2, and Conrad was in season 4.

Here's the scene:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=golLNTQCxko

 

I forgot about that! Awesome.

The first time I saw it, it was genuinely shocking

[lerxt1990]

Am I correct that Columbo lost his cool in only one episode, that involving Leonard Nimoy, or have I not watched enough of the show?

 

Thats not cpoming to mind which scene is that?

 

As said above he seriously disliked Robert Conrad's character and he was very sarcastic and angry in a scene with him). What scene or show was he angry w Cassidy?

He's talking about Nimoy, not Cassidy. Indeed Leonard Nimoy is the other killer to get Columbo to lose his temper. And also the first, since Nimoy was in season 2, and Conrad was in season 4.

Here's the scene:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=golLNTQCxko

 

I forgot about that! Awesome.

The first time I saw it, it was genuinely shocking

 

Yes! Jarring! That and Spock doing something so devious :)

[blackhawkrush]

Am I correct that Columbo lost his cool in only one episode, that involving Leonard Nimoy, or have I not watched enough of the show?

 

Thats not cpoming to mind which scene is that?

 

As said above he seriously disliked Robert Conrad's character and he was very sarcastic and angry in a scene with him). What scene or show was he angry w Cassidy?

He's talking about Nimoy, not Cassidy. Indeed Leonard Nimoy is the other killer to get Columbo to lose his temper. And also the first, since Nimoy was in season 2, and Conrad was in season 4.

Here's the scene:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=golLNTQCxko

 

I forgot about that! Awesome.

The first time I saw it, it was genuinely shocking

 

Yes! Jarring! That and Spock doing something so devious :)

Yeah, that slam of the coffee pot is just not Columbo. Besides, he should've given Nimoy a break. After all, Leonard couldn't laugh on screen playing Spock for so long. ;)

[Your_Lion]

Am I correct that Columbo lost his cool in only one episode, that involving Leonard Nimoy, or have I not watched enough of the show?

 

Thats not cpoming to mind which scene is that?

 

As said above he seriously disliked Robert Conrad's character and he was very sarcastic and angry in a scene with him). What scene or show was he angry w Cassidy?

He's talking about Nimoy, not Cassidy. Indeed Leonard Nimoy is the other killer to get Columbo to lose his temper. And also the first, since Nimoy was in season 2, and Conrad was in season 4.

Here's the scene:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=golLNTQCxko

 

I forgot about that! Awesome.

The first time I saw it, it was genuinely shocking

 

Yes! Jarring! That and Spock doing something so devious :)

Yeah, that slam of the coffee pot is just not Columbo. Besides, he should've given Nimoy a break. After all, Leonard couldn't laugh on screen playing Spock for so long. ;)

Interestingly, Leonard Nimoy is probably the least successful killer in all of Columbo. The person he intends to kill survives, and he is arrested for killing two other people that he only killed in order to cover up the unsuccessful murder attempt.

 

How illogical ;)

Edited September 27, 2020 by Your_Lion

[blackhawkrush]

Am I correct that Columbo lost his cool in only one episode, that involving Leonard Nimoy, or have I not watched enough of the show?

 

Thats not cpoming to mind which scene is that?

 

As said above he seriously disliked Robert Conrad's character and he was very sarcastic and angry in a scene with him). What scene or show was he angry w Cassidy?

He's talking about Nimoy, not Cassidy. Indeed Leonard Nimoy is the other killer to get Columbo to lose his temper. And also the first, since Nimoy was in season 2, and Conrad was in season 4.

Here's the scene:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=golLNTQCxko

 

I forgot about that! Awesome.

The first time I saw it, it was genuinely shocking

 

Yes! Jarring! That and Spock doing something so devious :)

Yeah, that slam of the coffee pot is just not Columbo. Besides, he should've given Nimoy a break. After all, Leonard couldn't laugh on screen playing Spock for so long. ;)

Interestingly, Leonard Nimoy is probably the least successful killer in all of Columbo. The person he intends to kill survives, and he is arrested for killing two other people that he only killed in order to cover up the unsuccessful murder attempt.

 

How illogical ;)

I think Nimoy was writing "I am not Spock" around that time. :P

[Turbine Freight]

Watched Etude in Black today. Really good.

[metallithrax]

Watching Swan Song at the minute Edited January 10, 2021 by metallithrax

[Your_Lion]

Watched Etude in Black today. Really good.

At the time of filming that episode, Blythe Danner was pregnant with Gwyneth Paltrow... so Blythe Danner's baby-bump is technically Gwyneth Paltrow's first role on film :D ;)

[Your_Lion]

Watched Agenda for Murder again last night.

Patrick McGoohan was always great to watch as the killer. He did the cat & mouse game very well in all his appearances.

 

Funniest bit of the episode: when Columbo is asking the Congressman for an autograph for his wife.

"What's her name?"

"Mrs Columbo"

fade out

:lol:

[lerxt1990]

Watching Swan Song at the minute

 

I saw the liiiiggght

I saw the liiiiggghhttttttt

[Turbine Freight]

Watched Murder, Smoke & Shadows today. One of my faves from the later Columbos.

[Turbine Freight]

Murder by the Book. Another Jack Cassidy classic.

[treeduck]

There's an interloper in the thread...but the question is wig or mask?

 

[Your_Lion]

Watched Murder, Smoke & Shadows today. One of my faves from the later Columbos.

That has one of my two earliest Columbo memories from my childhood: Fisher Steven's smashing the ice-cream sundaes in a fit of rage after talking with Columbo.

 

My other earliest Columbo memory is the subliminal cuts of drink making the victim get thirsty in Double Exposure.

 

Don't know why, but those two moments stuck with me over the years