YUP Culp was even in MAD Magazine with Lt.Clodumbo back in the early '70s. I remember Columbo and the Police Commissioner telling him 27 ppl confessed to murders they never committed just to get Columbo offa their asses. Culp was a doctor doing surgery, the top of the poor bastard's head on a tray, and Clodumbo using it for an ashtray, Even then in Columbo's salad days, he was a fkg riot. and if he ever eft up, he was still awesome.
Columbo was known for remaining courteous and respectful in his dealings with suspects, but the "ah look, he did it again" at 4:52 has to be the most flippantly dismissive he's ever been to a killer, and a pretty funny moment.
Actually Columbo tried to act tough and was screaming in an italian restaurant in one of the first episodes when he hadn't figured out the Columbo character yet. Don't remember the episode name - but I remember how out of style the scene felt when seen after seeing most of the other episodes first.
Even though Columbo clearly never tolerates threats, it's his most unique ability to somehow never need to appear aggressive in return that makes him all the more fascinating.
@@swedishpsychopath8795 Technically in the very first episode, even before the pilot, Columbo straight up screams and dogs this woman who helped the murderer pull off the trick. He was hoping to kinda break her into confessing, but it didn't work.
@@swedishpsychopath8795 The first episode Prescription Murder also contrasts with the later ones. "Until you do you're gonna be questioned. You're gonna be followed, you're gonna be hounded. Dr.Flemming can't do anything"
Followed instantly by Culp's expression as he realizes both that he had started looking the wrong way with the binoculars AND Columbo made the correction with barely a glance,...showing that despite the impression you (the murderer) have in your mind about the detective, Columbo does not miss details
5:43--"They're on the 10, sir." Columbo has Hanlon so flustered he's got his binoculars on the opposite end of the field where they aren't playing. Busted!
You can see it in Culp's face, the anger, yet surprise and the sudden realization he has just been caught, those chimes or bells representing the freedom he knows he just lost.
@@TheMightsparrowHe is probably one of those that isn't interested in moving up. Possible he was even asked to take the position multiple times but turned it down.
Columbo had a knack for infuriating Robert Culp. In another episode where Culp was the murderer, the one about the subliminal cuts, he kept on interrupting him when he was trying to play a round of golf.
Gotta hand it to Robert Culp: he really expertly played one who just realized that he is royally screwed. The halting harpsichord does an excellent job amplifying the sinking feeling he has knowing his name is "Mud" from now on 🙃 And ya gotta love the angle shot showing Peter Falk looking contemptuously at him. It gives me the chills.
@@EGRJ He set it up to sound like he WAS in the box. If he wasnt in the box, where was he? And in true Columbo fashion, if the clock wasnt working on the day, why is it working now? 'Oh i took it to be repaired' where sir?. Then he'd need to say where, well then Columbo'd check to see which shop repaired it and "it's the funniest thing sir? I got the prints from all their staff, and you know what sir? Not one of their prints was on that clock. So then, who fixed it?'. And by that point all he's done is put his own cuffs on his wrists.
@@Reginald-rr1gh Peter Falk was also a good friend of Patrick McGoohan. Peter Falk and Patrick McGoohan “pinged” off of each other perfectly on every episode of Colombo.
@@doriangray2020 I was going to say the exact same thing. Yes! In "Suitable For Framing" Ross Martin was one nasty villain. Great episode and one of my favorites too.
Culp was an amazing character actor! Any scene and gesture he made always drew the viewer in. Falk must have really liked working with him and mcgoohan and Cassidy!
Donald Pleasence....etc etc.... and it was SO obvious they loved being invited in onto his shows.... It was always a magic formula of a group of great actors.... doing something "slightly" different.... And enjoying the experience that "Columbo" gave them.
As he made many episodes With these actors! I thought it was irritating! Like the blonde Beautiful Brash New York in your face woman! God she was in SO MANY SHOWS
Harlan Ellison, who was born a curmudgeon, recalled meeting Culp at the Bradbury Building for Demon with a Glass Hand. Culp was reading a book on Mesoamerican Art and spoke to him. Ellison who felt that actors were just bright enough to read a script, found Robert Culp insightful, engaging, bright and witty. He was, in short, poleaxed by the actor.
The Lieutenant sure knows how to get on peoples nerves - with devastating consequences for the murderer! Possibly the best take-down, apart form Perfect for Framing and Candidate for crime - Robert Culp's reaction to the chimes is priceless. 👍
No take-down in all Columbo history is more demoralizing than in A Stitch in Crime to me. Letting the culprit feel like he dodged the bullet and fully enjoy an illusional victory during his last moments of freedom, before coming right back in for the final checkmate. That is savage. Also the ones in A Deadly State Of Mind, The Bye-Bye Sky-High I.Q. Murder and the exceptional Swan Song are among the top arrests. 👍
I always cracked up when Culp would reach deeply into his memory for his lines, so close to forgetting them, and then pulling them back from the brink. Falk’s dark sideways gotcha glare when he nails Culp is magnificent. You can cut the guilt in the air with a knife🤣🤣🤣
6:57 times up Hanlon. this was a great gotcha moment. The visual emotions on Hanlon knowing that Columbo just busted him, the tense music playing, the glare Columbo gives him.
@@lewisner Yeah, that's the bit that surprised me. With the way Columbo looks, you'd expect they'd want confirmation the guy really was what he claimed haha. Still, the acting is top notch.
@@Silinil in Ransom For Dead Man he turns up on the doorstep at night and Lee Grant opens the door in a nightgown. He just says I'm the police and she never asks for ID.
“Double Exposure” is my favorite Culp episode, but in this one, he gives my favorite performance of the three. The sneers and exasperation he exudes throughout this episode, not just with Columbo but his victim, is some really great acting by Culp. The scene in the airport the long shot tracking them both is some of the best acting you will ever see big or small screen.
I love how a perfect alibi is usually what sets Columbo to scrutinizing, lol I mean, an alibi is _good,_ but a _perfect_ alibi? How often does that come along, unless you are in every televised Columbo mystery, lol
Columbo taping on the ice cream stick and Culp clearing the air with so much authority saying “alright Columbo, now, what do you want?” is so insanely funny
Just simply brilliant how the lieutenant gets his man ..gets under his skin & delivers the fatal blow with the evidence..& fair play to the villain who went from being very smug to very uneasy as he knew the game was up!! Excellent as always sir 👍
If it was me, Id have said, the Clock wasn't working on that day and I just got it fixed, I guess the only issue would be who fixed it and how and then Columbo would have got him anyway....The thing is that he knows he's backtracking once he hears the non-chime and knows he's defeated. I love Robert Culp his acting is so good like he's bullet proof until Columbo slowly breaks him down and he just drops the act to a beaten man!!
I've commented here before, but I keep watching this, and my comment is essentially the same: one of the finest acting performances ever by both actors...anyone who can watch this and not feel Culp's pain as he realizes he is busted is a bigger man than me.
It's a joy to watch these episodes, trying to pin down the moment Columbo suspects someone as the murderer. In this case, it's the murderer's habit of turning down the volume of the radio when making a phone call.
Todos los capítulos en los que ha participado Robert Culp son espectaculares, pero este es mi preferido. Por este capítulo me hice fan de la serie. Un final épico!!!
The sideways look from Columbo seems to me to be saying, "Explain to me why the sound of that clock isn't on the tape. Take all the time you need. I'll wait."
The last one with Culp was pure Genius...You see what they don't tell you is when ever you see a professional doing something you can bet they've done it at least 1 million times before they became proficient at it.
Every one of these cases it's literally just like 1 thing that gives it away lol. Like a sound in a recording or a difference in a timeline. The absence or presence of something.
He angered the murderer to the point of sending him to the Columbo dimension.
then the music comes in, TZ style
Just one million more thing
Laugh always at the artificial
Strutting and facial grimaces
Which I assume are to look like a tough guy😂
@@diegovargasdiegothings*
I’m picturing the Colombo dimension as a Dr Strange-esque kaleidoscope of trench coats
3:13 "Your wife has my sympathy."
The absolute loathing in his voice! Hilarious! Culp was one of the great ones.
He was always an eyelash from going ballistic but rarely did
YUP Culp was even in MAD Magazine with Lt.Clodumbo back in the early '70s.
I remember Columbo and the Police Commissioner telling him 27 ppl confessed
to murders they never committed just to get Columbo offa their asses.
Culp was a doctor doing surgery, the top of the poor bastard's head on a tray, and Clodumbo using it for an ashtray, Even then in Columbo's salad days, he was a fkg
riot. and if he ever eft up, he was still awesome.
@@raymondgarafano8604 RIP Mad magazine. It got me through my childhood in the 70s. It's not what it used to be.
@@raymondgarafano8604 haha I remember that! It was exaggerated but it definitely made the point.
@@raymondgarafano8604 and 11 got the chair
Columbo was known for remaining courteous and respectful in his dealings with suspects, but the "ah look, he did it again" at 4:52 has to be the most flippantly dismissive he's ever been to a killer, and a pretty funny moment.
Actually Columbo tried to act tough and was screaming in an italian restaurant in one of the first episodes when he hadn't figured out the Columbo character yet. Don't remember the episode name - but I remember how out of style the scene felt when seen after seeing most of the other episodes first.
Even though Columbo clearly never tolerates threats, it's his most unique ability to somehow never need to appear aggressive in return that makes him all the more fascinating.
@@mikebasil4832 ilth
Mm
@@swedishpsychopath8795 Technically in the very first episode, even before the pilot, Columbo straight up screams and dogs this woman who helped the murderer pull off the trick. He was hoping to kinda break her into confessing, but it didn't work.
@@swedishpsychopath8795 The first episode Prescription Murder also contrasts with the later ones.
"Until you do you're gonna be questioned.
You're gonna be followed, you're gonna be hounded.
Dr.Flemming can't do anything"
"They're on the 10, sir." and "Look, he scored a touchdown." always crack me up.
Followed instantly by Culp's expression as he realizes both that he had started looking the wrong way with the binoculars AND Columbo made the correction with barely a glance,...showing that despite the impression you (the murderer) have in your mind about the detective, Columbo does not miss details
Great just watched this one!!!
I like how Columbo just observes the literal meltdown right as the bells rang. Underrated ending IMO
But no WAY...that would be admissible as evidence in court. WAY too many explanations. Of "why the clock did not chime before"..
@@Sta2200 Don't confuse TV with reality; you've got to suspend disbelief. Diba is right, Culp's meltdown was great acting.
Culp turns the radio off, Columbo claps and says to an imaginary third party "look, he did it again". I was laughing out loud
It's not an imaginary third party, he knows that people from another dimension are watching him. 📺
He knows that people from the Columbo dimension are watching him @@renatoherren4217
Gives me Abbott and Costello "third base" vibes.
Culp's annoyance with Columbo is always a joy to watch.
And he can really rile up Jack Cassidy too.
@@poetcomic1 and Patrick Mcgoohan
Love this show!
Hands up who would like to see Culp stick one on him
“Your wife has my sssympathy”, he hisses under his breath.
5:43--"They're on the 10, sir." Columbo has Hanlon so flustered he's got his binoculars on the opposite end of the field where they aren't playing. Busted!
You can see it in Culp's face, the anger, yet surprise and the sudden realization he has just been caught, those chimes or bells representing the freedom he knows he just lost.
The facial expressions of Robert Culp are spot on, he was a terrific actor.
Oh yeah you got that right
@@steevrawjers I saw Robert Culp playing a bad guy on an old Gunsmoke the other day. He was excellent, very convincing as an outlaw.
😂 I love how Columbo annoys the suspects until they want to go to jail.
How did he never get a promotion?
He should have been commissioner by the end.
@@TheMightsparrowHe is probably one of those that isn't interested in moving up. Possible he was even asked to take the position multiple times but turned it down.
Columbo had a knack for infuriating Robert Culp. In another episode where Culp was the murderer, the one about the subliminal cuts, he kept on interrupting him when he was trying to play a round of golf.
Gotta hand it to Robert Culp: he really expertly played one who just realized that he is royally screwed. The halting harpsichord does an excellent job amplifying the sinking feeling he has knowing his name is "Mud" from now on 🙃
And ya gotta love the angle shot showing Peter Falk looking contemptuously at him. It gives me the chills.
“The halting harpsichord” 👍👍
Well, not totally. He could just claim the clock wasn't working. And even if he wasn't in the box, that doesn't prove he was at the house.
@@EGRJ He set it up to sound like he WAS in the box. If he wasnt in the box, where was he? And in true Columbo fashion, if the clock wasnt working on the day, why is it working now? 'Oh i took it to be repaired' where sir?. Then he'd need to say where, well then Columbo'd check to see which shop repaired it and "it's the funniest thing sir? I got the prints from all their staff, and you know what sir? Not one of their prints was on that clock. So then, who fixed it?'. And by that point all he's done is put his own cuffs on his wrists.
Thoroughly agree.
The camera work and facial expressions make this one of the great Columbo scenes.
Love the Robert Culp episodes. He's so good at playing someone I'd love to smack. Columbo's takedown of his characters is always extra sweet.
Shame that Bill Maxwell had only three Columbo appearances.
Robert Culp and Peter Falk were good friends, and Culp was one of Falk’s favorite guest stars.
@@Reginald-rr1gh Peter Falk was also a good friend of Patrick McGoohan. Peter Falk and Patrick McGoohan “pinged” off of each other perfectly on every episode of Colombo.
He was great!
@@williampaz2092 Two of my favorite Columbo episodes were the ones where McGoohan played the CIA double agent, and the commander of a military school.
My favorite take down of the bad guy. Love the line “They’re on the ten, sir” perfect
Love the Robert Culp and Jack Cassidy episodes. They were always the most arrogant villains, so when Columbo took them down, it was all the sweeter.
Ross Martin was great as well.
@@doriangray2020 I was going to say the exact same thing. Yes! In "Suitable For Framing" Ross Martin was one nasty villain. Great episode and one of my favorites too.
@@Richard-xo2gm Ross Martin's subtle facial expressions were superb , what an actor
The more you watch Columbo, the more you appreciate just how natural Peter Falk’s acting is
The sheer pain and agony on Robert Culp's face when Columbo enters the VIP louge is priceless.
Culp was an amazing character actor! Any scene and gesture he made always drew the viewer in. Falk must have really liked working with him and mcgoohan and Cassidy!
"What..about the Pelican Brief?"
Donald Pleasence....etc etc.... and it was SO obvious they loved being invited in onto his shows....
It was always a magic formula of a group of great actors.... doing something "slightly" different....
And enjoying the experience that "Columbo" gave them.
As he made many episodes
With these actors!
I thought it was irritating!
Like the blonde
Beautiful Brash New York in your face woman! God she was in
SO MANY SHOWS
@@ernesttyler6960his wife?
@@ernesttyler6960that was Peter Falk’s wife in real life, Shera Danese .
7:00 - 30 seconds of Columbo looking his most gotcha ever, fist pumping smirk and all
Harlan Ellison, who was born a curmudgeon, recalled meeting Culp at the Bradbury Building for Demon with a Glass Hand. Culp was reading a book on Mesoamerican Art and spoke to him. Ellison who felt that actors were just bright enough to read a script, found Robert Culp insightful, engaging, bright and witty. He was, in short, poleaxed by the actor.
Culp was perfection in The Outer Limits!
The Lieutenant sure knows how to get on peoples nerves - with devastating consequences for the murderer!
Possibly the best take-down, apart form Perfect for Framing and Candidate for crime - Robert Culp's reaction to the chimes is priceless. 👍
Except the mustache which should never have been in fashion
Oh, yes! I remember "Suitable For Framing!"
No take-down in all Columbo history is more demoralizing than in A Stitch in Crime to me.
Letting the culprit feel like he dodged the bullet and fully enjoy an illusional victory during his last moments of freedom, before coming right back in for the final checkmate. That is savage.
Also the ones in A Deadly State Of Mind, The Bye-Bye Sky-High I.Q. Murder and the exceptional Swan Song are among the top arrests. 👍
I loved the sting in Mind Over Mayhem where he tells the murderer "I was looking for a cigar smoker and there you were".
He might have felt like a ding-a-ling or a ding dong.
I always cracked up when Culp would reach deeply into his memory for his lines, so close to forgetting them, and then pulling them back from the brink. Falk’s dark sideways gotcha glare when he nails Culp is magnificent. You can cut the guilt in the air with a knife🤣🤣🤣
6:57 times up Hanlon.
this was a great gotcha moment. The visual emotions on Hanlon knowing that Columbo just busted him, the tense music playing, the glare Columbo gives him.
0:47 That dude cracked me up. "I'll have to consult my files". The condescending way he said it was hilarious!
He didn't ask for police ID.
@@lewisner Yeah, that's the bit that surprised me. With the way Columbo looks, you'd expect they'd want confirmation the guy really was what he claimed haha. Still, the acting is top notch.
@@Silinil in Ransom For Dead Man he turns up on the doorstep at night and Lee Grant opens the door in a nightgown. He just says I'm the police and she never asks for ID.
@@lewisner The 70's were like a different world, I guess :D
That's Richard Stahl, he was marvelous at playing smarmy pricks.
“Double Exposure” is my favorite Culp episode, but in this one, he gives my favorite performance of the three.
The sneers and exasperation he exudes throughout this episode, not just with Columbo but his victim, is some really great acting by Culp.
The scene in the airport the long shot tracking them both is some of the best acting you will ever see big or small screen.
I loved all those episodes with Robert Culp(able) in them. He knew his office telephone was bugged and use that fact to set up his perfect alibi.
“Culp(able)”?? That’s awesome!!! 😂 And Culp is one of my fave baddies on Columbo!
Culpable LOL,good one !!!
I love how a perfect alibi is usually what sets Columbo to scrutinizing, lol
I mean, an alibi is _good,_ but a _perfect_ alibi? How often does that come along, unless you are in every televised Columbo mystery, lol
@@landonletterman831 If someone's alibi is too good, chances are ,Columbo will suspect that person
Robert culpRIT 🤣
Another great episode. How a clock chime cracked it. Columbo always finds a way to catch them.
A way
@@bootstrapperwilson7687 thank you
Columbo taping on the ice cream stick and Culp clearing the air with so much authority saying “alright Columbo, now, what do you want?” is so insanely funny
I like the foreshadowing with the clock in the travel agency. It gives the viewer a chance to figure it out themselves.
I love the silent acting at the end
Peter Falk was a great actor and what he did with Colombo was amazing to watch.
He went from being annoyed and infuriated to being in awe.
When Culp takes the drink at the end, he was so infuriated I thought he was going to bite a chunk of the glass off.
I love the tie getting tight when Bob Culp realizes that he is screwed.
The way these two play off each other is priceless
Just simply brilliant how the lieutenant gets his man ..gets under his skin & delivers the fatal blow with the evidence..& fair play to the villain who went from being very smug to very uneasy as he knew the game was up!! Excellent as always sir 👍
7:01 the most genuine expression of emotion from Columbo ever.
Gotcha
He does that in quite a few episodes, although this was the only time at the very end.
Columbowned !!!!
BS
My favorite scene from all the Columbo movies. Well acted and well scripted. I wouldn't be surprised if there were some improvised moments in there.
Culp, best bad guy . The music at the end priceless, few notes saying so much.
I love Robert Culp, thanks for putting this up! Columbo is one of my favorite TV shows!
One of the best episodes of the series.A cuckoo clock, brilliant!
Yep
You're cuckoo, that's a rotating pendulum clock
If it was me, Id have said, the Clock wasn't working on that day and I just got it fixed, I guess the only issue would be who fixed it and how and then Columbo would have got him anyway....The thing is that he knows he's backtracking once he hears the non-chime and knows he's defeated. I love Robert Culp his acting is so good like he's bullet proof until Columbo slowly breaks him down and he just drops the act to a beaten man!!
“Your wife has my sympathy.” Biggest burn on the Lt ever.
Robert Culp never getting an Emmy nomination for Columbo is the biggest crime. The same with Jack Cassidy.
I've commented here before, but I keep watching this, and my comment is essentially the same: one of the finest acting performances ever by both actors...anyone who can watch this and not feel Culp's pain as he realizes he is busted is a bigger man than me.
Good one--the haunting "gotcha" music adds impact. Love the Robert Culp, Jack Cassidy villains. One can tell they loved playing the baddie.
Culp must be so effing pissed he forgot tht ONE little detail.
It's a joy to watch these episodes, trying to pin down the moment Columbo suspects someone as the murderer. In this case, it's the murderer's habit of turning down the volume of the radio when making a phone call.
5:43 "You're on the 10 sir." Columbo is the man!
"ooh look he did it again" always gets me
Brilliant classic scene from one of the best series ever. The way he celebrates, and the stare. The way he stares at him
Brilliant acting. Just brilliant. Robert Culp is superb!!!
The more arrogant the villain, the more I enjoy his fall at Columbo's hand.
The look on his face when he hears the chime is totally drained
Don't throw me out, you'll miss the best part.
😂
I love the sound or music at the end when the murderer was catched. So appropriate to the clock.
Doesn't get any better. Pure class
Head hurt? Take a trip! Iconic scene!!!! The most crucial game is the best Columbo!!!
They tried holding this moment a little too long, but it's still a HILARIOUS gotcha!
Travel agent: ask if people's head hurt
Colombo: complain his feets hurt
Rest in powerful peace Peter Falk 🙏
16 September 1927 ~
23 June 2011⚘
columbo is great to watch after all these years
Thank you so much again.
Robert culp always played a brilliant villain
7:32 savage at its finest 🐐💯
These two guys together - cinematic gold. Titans of their craft.
Rob Culp and Peter Falk deadly combo ...lovely touch!
Ding-a-Ling Ice-Crean Concession . . . that is hilarious!
Columbo and Culp at their best. Absolutely enjoy their class and style. 📺
7:35 he's thinking: oh well, this is over.... *now I gess it's back to being a very bad John Cleese lookalike!*
😂😂😂😂🤣🤣
As a repeating murderer, I'd have to say that Robert was certainly 'Culpable!'
I've watched this 20 times and I still see new things that I missed
Timeless. Culp was excellent as was Falk , wish he was back making them again.
I love how Columbo clenches his fist as he snags another victim....great ending
I'm not sure if everything would hold up in Court, but I love how Columbo thinks.
The sound of the clock and the look on Columbos face to the murderer is just perfection.
7:04 Robert Culp does great job here portraying that he realizes that his goose is, in fact, cooked.
The music in the background really sold it!
Culp was wishing that his drink would be laced with poison when the clock went off!
Todos los capítulos en los que ha participado Robert Culp son espectaculares, pero este es mi preferido. Por este capítulo me hice fan de la serie. Un final épico!!!
Always good to see a new fan!
The sideways look from Columbo seems to me to be saying, "Explain to me why the sound of that clock isn't on the tape. Take all the time you need. I'll wait."
rip Robert Culp, he was also the voice of Dr Breen in half life 2
Just Great Actors from the Golden Age of Television.
The last one with Culp was pure Genius...You see what they don't tell you is when ever you see a professional doing something you can bet they've done it at least 1 million times before they became proficient at it.
Excellent writers that are so rare. Richard Levinson and William Link made this series famous.
5:45 Love how Columbo has to tell them where the team is on the field
"He did it again 😂"
I keep wanting to think Culp is another version of Dr. Strange lmao
Another great gotcha moment from the Lieutenant!!! 👍👍
These 2 were the best in this scene. So many great Colombo moments
The way Culp looks down at the tape player like "I'm fucked ... I'm totally fucked" is perfect.
He just can't believe he forgot 1 little detail. . . he knows he is SO screwed. . .Like how could
I have not thought of that...
my vcr recording clipped off before the ending. thank GOD they upload these things
I love how this scene begins with an ad for a headache cure 😂
Very few people does Columbo make deliberate direct digs at. The "He does it again" is hilarious.
One of the best scenes ever !
The great Richard Stahl as the travel agent. He was a regular on The Odd Couple during this era.
Back when we still had great television.
Every one of these cases it's literally just like 1 thing that gives it away lol. Like a sound in a recording or a difference in a timeline. The absence or presence of something.
I love it when the murderer realizes that Columbo has him (or her) dead to rights! 😎