Columbo's Great Investigative Style
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- Опубліковано 7 лип 2010
- Great example of Columbo's investigative style, along with his great comical behavior we all love as he tactfully searches for the truth while speaking with the murder suspect....just one more thing..From "Death Hits the Jackpot"
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"Being chased by Columbo is like being nibbled to death by a duck."--Peter Falk.
Epic lol
Thankyou for the English version
Well appreciated
Thanks agsin
I love the fact that the whole "Just one more thing" thing was originally an accident …. Peter Falk flubbed a line in the pilot and ad-libbed it to cover. It worked so well that it not only became the character's trademark, but made "Columbo" a byword for any situation in which a series of "just one more things" keeps happening.
That's a well-known myth. The "One more thing before I forget" and "Oh, listen, there's one more thing" were in the pilot script. Falk was too excited about that project to flub lines.
Arra now, is that a fact!? ;
@@thebrazilianatlantis165 Er, no. Both the writers and Peter Falk themselves are on record calling it an ad-lib ... and if that isn't Word of God, I don't know what is.
@@Tindometari The writers laughed at themselves that the way it arose _in_ the pilot script was sloppy writing, they realized they wanted him to ask one more thing so they typed that.
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It amazes me how many people don't get Columbo and think he's being sincere with all his confusion and bewilderment. I know so many people who don't get that he's putting on an act, that he knows the killer is the killer and is just fucking with them until they fuck up and give themselves away. That's why he's such a great character; he's pretending to be stupid when really he's the smartest guy in the room, and he's letting the killer think he/she has got one over on him, when all the while he knows exactly what they did.
with Colombo it is always cat-and-mouse. Only who is the cat, and who is the mouse.
There is no cat or mouse. There is only dog.
Columbo is intelligent and can analyze a room and a person in seconds,but he doesn't have much common sense or struggles with the everyday things and I think that adds to his character,like in one episode he held up traffic because he was trying to fit his police light on top of his car or when he could get the coffe machine in the police station to work.But when Iy comes to the killer he is always one step ahead but makes them think he is 2 steps behind
E101ification I have a slightly different take. I think he is genuinely sincere with all the confusion and bewilderment thrown in only that at some point in his adolescence or early adulthood he became self aware and learnt to use it to his advantage. I can imagine him with family and friends off duty being the same
Yes it's really how anyone could be so stupid to assume that Columbo is a character who most of the times has no clue. There is a scene in an episode where he approaches the murderer and asks for some information and the murderer asks if he should get his secretary or something like that. I do not recall exactly. Columbo's answer to it was "no I think I got the right person already". An excellent display of subtle communication. But I guess my generation needs everything served on a plate to understand a dialogue. Really a shame the scipts of Columbo were excellent.
Farewell to one of the greatest TV detectives of all time, now joining John Thaw who played 'Inpector Morse at that great police station in the sky.
RIP Peter you will be missed very much. Thank you for the wonderful memories you have brought to us all.
My dad got me into this show. Quite enjoyable.
how u doin
My friend, whom I live with, got me into this show one nite. I own the entire collection on DVD now. I even have a Columbo t-shirt!! lol
Modern Perry Mason - formulaic and predictable
Matlock - doesn't take itself too seriously, which made it work very well
Diagnosis for Murder - nothing special, but nonetheless well worth watching (and enjoyed subsequent viewings of the episodes)
Columbo - agreed, which I had started watching them earlier
Preditor movie
You dad has taste. 😊
What always fascinated me about Columbo is the fact that the murderer, an arrogant person impressed with his/her own criminal brilliance and material success, is always outsmarted in the end by a humble little guy with seemingly very little if anything to brag about, who even revels in his image as a nobody, yet proves himself to be one of the most decent men you will ever meet, certainly much better than his prey.
I love that too. The suspect always thinks Columbo is stupid, or at least that he'll never figure out their crime. And he helps with that misconception, he pretends to believe their excuses & often acts impressed by them. It's brilliant.
One murderer who got caught asked him when did he know he did it. Columbo replied, about five seconds after he met him, when he said or did something to expose himself.glortw
The smart killers "get it" after a couple meetings with Columbo, that, hey, this guy isn't quite so dumb after all! They try to step up their game when they find this out - try to intimidate him or throw him off, kill someone else who can reveal them, even on one occasion offer him a job. Sometimes it works, if only for a little while, until Columbo discovers that little something that they overlooked. And he never lost his cool, except that one time with Nimoy when he started laughing at him and Columbo wanted to hit him with a coffee pot or something.
*****
Earl A. Birkett Wasn't that Mind over Matter, when Columbo suspected the professor after 10 minutes because he was the only possible cigar smoker in the room where the victim was murdered, and he'd found that a match had been burnt right to the end by the professor lighting the cigar revealing his fondness for cigars?
Nicholas Rice
Sorry Mind over Mayhem
In the end, the criminal always get fooled by their own stupidity. Ex in Negative Reaction (S4E2) when Colombo makes a upscaled and inverted image of a picture of mrs Galesko, mr Galesko (Dick Van Dyke) respond to Colombo and says that the image is inverted and that the correct negative is in the camera. He then picks out the exact camera from the shelf that took the picture. As later pointed out by Columbo, mr Galesko knowed exactly wich camera that was used because the murder was no one else but mr Galesko.
The first runs of Columbo in the early to mid 1970's, the chemistry was all there. Later in the decade the character changed a bit. But later still, as you can see here, the chemistry is back. While it takes two people to spark chemistry, Falk always set the pace. Talented actor and comedian, extremely talented.
My dad told me about this show when it was in its first season, I missed the first episode. When I finally got to see it, well, I was hooked. No one had ever done a murder mystery like this. You know who did it and how, but you didn't know where the murderer would get tripped up, and Columbo was smart enough to bring that out. His perceived fumbling and bumbling just played into the culprits downfall. This is a show that can neither be copied nor matched, it stands alone.
Great acting Peter Falk. You played Columbo excellent. No one could do it better. The best detective ever. Like many others, love watching them all. Have watched them over and over. Brilliant entertainment.
I hope that Hollywood never do a remake of Colombo. I love the tv series as it is with Peter Falk as Lt. Columbo.
Sadly, it will happen. Some mogul will decide that it badly needs an update and makeover. Columbo will morph into a svelte, young, kickarse lady, there'll be loads of special effects, masses of sleaze and gore, and it will be as boring as hell.
So what if they do a new Columbus we will always have the original the one we like ...and there's no way that they can Alterate it ... Is here forever...
Nicolas Olivera People always like to complain. "Wah, wah, wah, new stuff bad!"
BertilGyllenhake You are aware that Peter Falk isn't the first actor to portray Columbo? Bert Freed and Thomas Mitchell played version of the character YEARS before Falk did.
BertilGyllenhake Rob Morrow. Saw him in Last Dance and Quiz Show, and he was in Numb3rs. I'm convinced he could do a mean Columbo if the series was to be rebooted.
Peter Faulk will forever be Columbo
One of favourite Columbo tactics is when he mentions some breakthrough in the case to the killer and then casually switches to making small talk about something else lol. It's clearly bait to see if the killer tries to change the topic back to the case rather than engage in small talk.
Especially when the killer claims to be busy, yet when Columbo throws out some bait, they suddenly urge him to keep talking because they need to know how much he has figured out. Then Columbo will point out that the killer said he was busy, which the killer will strenuously deny.
I love when he plays one more thing game. I think i will start doing it just to piss people off.
Get outa my world! This bent over wipesuk is in the homes of multi-zillionaires and he's giving them endless "just one more thing, sir." I would throw that sackmouth out of my home in the first ten seconds. So would any other wealthy person do the same. They would stand there listening to this intruder run off at the mouth in a pig's eye! A week later he pops up in your toilet bowl and has a few more questions. No self-respecting multimillionaire perp would put up with this. He's got nothing to say to this B & E artist. Throw him out and have him call your lawyer.
truth seeker ... know a lot millionaires dude?
I live in a trailer down by the river. Can't find any millionaires there.
truth seeker you sound like typical new money
Jeff, if I sound like new money to you then all I can say is you come to conclusions way too early.
Loved Columbo. The way he gave the impression that he was stupid and all the bumbling always lulled his suspects into making a mistake. Oh just one thing
***Congratulations Mr. Columbo ****
Your Fantastic Detective investigation is Remarkable ... That's whas up ..love ya!!
Peter Falk and Rip Torn …. a great combo!
I wondered if Rip had eaten a bad oyster in this scene. Everytime Columbo "left" he was looking a bit queezy.
This was one of the best of the "later"episodes.Rip Torn is a great actor.
4:30 The "I am so screwed, he's not as stupid as I thought, oh my God" face.
Rip Torn was fantastic. Not to imply that he's not still alive. Fantastic in past performances that I've seen. An actor to put others to complete shame. Knew how to time his deliveries. Modulated his expressions appropriately. Underrated, ah say, totally underrated, Suh. Exceptionally beautiful lighting job on this episode. Some of them look like a child did them. Curious production activity.
i always loved when he said:
There are a couple of loose ends I'd like to tie up. Nothing important you understand.
He encourages the suspect to elaborate with their lie while pretending to believe it, then reveals that he knows another detail which contradicts the lie and watches he suspect flounder.
Wow great quality. Thanks for putting these clips up!
Rip Torn! Great actor. I love Columbo.
One of the villains who had immense screen presence.
I grew up watching Columbo with my dad and uncle, brings back the good memories
Nothing could touch the original. God bless Mr. Falk.
I salute u sir plz believe me im ur greatest fan.. I watch all ur episodes i don't know more than 5 time and i am hollywoodolic too and i watch every almost every movie, tv series of Hollywood.. Still peter was best they got.. Thank u sir thank u sooo much.. Rest in peace sir and i know u r doing something interesting there tooooo..
He was just so good at it...like Alan Rickman long.............pauses !
One of the best shows ever.
This is one of those roles you could never recast. No one in the world could portray Columbo. If an actor tries to do his cadences and mannerisms it's just a cheap imitation or if they try to play it differently it's not Columbo. It really can't be done. It was just a role made for Falk and Falk is the only person anybody could ever believe
You got that right! In many ways Falk built his own character, William Link even admitted this in his emmytvlegend interview. Much like Michael Richards with Kramer from Seinfeld, most of Columbo's cadences, signature lines, wardrobe and little adlibs were Falk.
Oh, certainly. All of that plus of course Peter Falk is what made Columbo such a masterpiece that airs everywhere around the world even today. It was so original to television with the inverted mystery and bringing him in late which shouldn't work but it does, with most shows you could NEVER pull that off. The Columbo formula is perfection! I just started watching Columbo since late January and I'm hooked. I tape every episode on METV and even a few from the Hallmark mystery channel
Friedel Pferdefleisch Oh i intend to. its addictive lol That's amazing that Columbo is popular all over the world. they have a statue of him in Hungary. you're clearly a Columbophile. How'd you discover it?
Wow, that's an amazing story and It's always fun to hear about how super passionate fans fell in love with their addiction lol. Boy, Link, Levinsons and Falk had no clue what they would go on to create. It's got quite a legacy and I hope it's never rebooted, remade etc. I really can't see anyone else in that role, I don't care how talented an actor they are. do you have a top five favorite Columbo list?
Yes, thank God Peter lived to be 83 and share his talent with the entire world. You're right I don't have to watch it. I'm perfectly satisfied with what he have and if they ever do decide to reboot it good luck to them because they'd need it even attempting to do something like that lol and I have to say I always heard of the name Columbo even as a kid because his name would come up on tv shows all the time or best series\character lists but never thought to watch it until I discovered METV at the end of December and found that they aired it. I decided just last month to give it a shot and my first episode was Columbo Cries Wolf, and I was hooked from there. I've only been able to collect seasons 9 and I'm halfway through 10 so far and hoping to see earlier seasons soon once the cycle reverts back but I did get to see Prescription: Murder just this past Tuesday and thoroughly enjoyed it. It was interesting to see how slightly different Columbo was and how much he evolved over the years as a character and all the little quirks and traits of his evolved. My top 5 for now until I see more are easily
1) Columbo Cries Wolf 2) Prescription: Murder 3)Columbo Goes to College 4) Uneasy Lies The Crown 5) Agenda For Murder. I'm definitely excited to see Murder by the book show because I read it was on tv guide's 100 greatest episodes of all time list back in '97 and Steven Speilberg directed it.
of course, once columbo says "just one more thing..." you know you're screwed.
I always wondered why the people Columbo investigates put so much effort into coming up with answers for his questions about what happened. I mean yeah, if he is asking about things you saw and did, but he constantly tells them things that puzzle him about the case in general and they try to come up with answers for him. If I were being questioned by him I'd just shrug and say "Sorry, I have no idea" to all that stuff.
The killers put so much effort into explaining these problems to evade detection. "Sorry, I have no idea" is rather feeble.
..."That don't add up!"
Brilliant! :)
POMY COLLINGWOOD
Rip Torn - great actor
Priceless Episode
"Yes I hear you , I just wish i hadn't ". ....2 brilliant Actors
When I first saw a preview of this show I thought this was stupid everyday worn out show when I finally watched out boy I was surprised how great this show was the agonists always outshine Colombo at first scheming getting away with many things but Colombo is so genuine and persistence you start to realize how smart this guy really its. The high point of the show isn't that always right and always knows who exactly who did it the surprising thing how closely he follows the trail of the killers and how desperate the killers try to shake him off Colombo always outwits them in the end. Brilliant show
I love Columbo, he makes me laugh so much when he finds someone out!
If I had written for this show, I'd have done an entire episode -- a full HOUR -- of Columbo leaving a casual interview as we see here about fifty times. "Just--just one more question sir, I promise." And the bad guy who knows something? He'd be polite until around 45 minutes in. But then he'd suddenly confess, not because he was caught in a lie, but because he couldn't take it anymore.
"You and your fucking 'One more question, Sir"' bullshit, I swear to GOD! YES! I fuckin' did it, Columbo! Okay?! You happy?! Guilty as sin, right here!"
I hope you're not offended by this, but you may have just given me an idea for a comedy sketch.
Keith Evers Seeing as how I intended the comment to be amusing when I wrote it, any "ideas" you gleaned were already fully fleshed. You must be a fan of Dane Cook, since that guy watches Louis CK's act and thinks to himself, "Hmmm...he may have just given me an idea for a bit!"
johnnytastetest
(snapping of fingers) Dag nab it!
+johnnytastetest That pretty much happened in several episodes.
johnnytastetest
This gives new meaning to the phrase "coerced confession".
the greats are never gone. they are always with us
Miss him so much!
Amazing spectacular
you can never again watch c.s.i. after watching an episode of Columbo!
"Well, I'll be a son of a gun!" Where did all the good phrases go...
Rip Torn, I always loved his name. His parents definitely had a sense of humour. LoL
RIP Peter fAlk
RIP Rip Torn
Smoking a cigar while watching this. Cigar's always remind me of Colombo. I love it.
Just been watching my hero.
Great show. What I love about the show too is the amazing beautiful woman on the show. It is not on my Directv package. Miss catching an episode on a Sunday.
His methods of inquiry are very similar to the philosopher Socrates; especially with the way he acts like a buffoon, his shabby appearance, and his tendency to trail off in conversation.
the maieutic method
@@halflanding1900 Or even the Socratic Irony.
RIP TORN, love it
This is one of my favorite episodes. Rip Torn is great, too.
Pure Genius !!
THE MAN!😃
Ricky Gervais said this was "one of my favourite programs of all time".
Mark Ruffelo would be a good actor to play him
Great chemistry here between Peter Falk and Rip Torn.
I agree with E101 ification, if he acts dumb, there is some method to his madness, the criminal takes this as some idiot and opens up more. Some detective shows or films don't divulge the killer and treat it as a 'who done it' where as others show us from the beginning, who the killer is and we watch the investigation open up and make us think the detective is following false routes, making for another type of suspense.
just one more thing
"Just one more thing, sir before I leave". They shoulda chiseled that on his gravestone.
PATCHES O'HOOLAHAN?!
I loved watching Peter Falk playing Columbo act's so dumb was so smart and that one more thing ! Peter Falk will always be Columbo
Drove me crazy
I love when the faces drop
my favorite 💝💝💝🎥🎥😳😳😃😀😃
You know? The "one more thing" is also good for sales. There will never be another Columbo though, Peter Falk was great!
I know right! But yeah, that is one of the hallmarks of an inverted detective story. Also when the criminal sets their plan in motion, the audience has to take notice of any holes of the plan, but if you miss the clue, then that is the sign of a great inverted detective story or a "howchatchem".
I watch the show only to see Columbo scratch his while processing information
"Oh and one more thing!"
He was the best :) Rest in peace mr. Falk
In Anglo-Australian advocacy, there actually a style of cross-examination known as "the Columbo"...
Anglo-austrailian? Give it a rest.
NBC did a good job with its dramas. There was "The Rockford Files", the Mystery Theater, "Police Story", "Emergency!", and "Adam-12". Still the Seventies were lean years for NBC and towards 1977 the network went down the tubes. This show was apparently the Eighties reincarnation of "Columbo".
@london2z ur a lucky person!! SUch a great show! makes you feel so good to watch it too. i love to sit back on a sat night and watch it!! Id love to get that as a present!
The Greatest Detective of all. They took his appreance and thought he was dumb. BUt he was sharp as hell and got them every time. One of the best RIP
I already like this guy infinitely better than the callous, self-important psychopathy of BBC’s Sherlock
Happy Columbo Day!
I absolutely loved ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️Colombo . He was the best. If all cops were like Colombo we would have no crime.....
Can anyone think of a better TV detective than Columbo?
Epic character
Darn columbo would piss me off. The unique thing about columbo is that the audience knows who the baddie is and the beauty is seeing how columbo figures it out. Needs to be an episode with sherlock, columbo and poirot working together!
Too bad Peter Falk is dead.
You could try Murder by Death with Peter Falk, where a group of parodies of famous detectives are brought together in a secluded mansion. Sadly Falk's character's isn't Colombo - he plays a Sam Spade caricature - but it's still fun.
@@markchambers3833 Nice ill check it out
Peter Falk's great act out has been being proved on every episodes...
I wish we can see these newer Columbo episodes on TV. MeTV only plays the ones from the early seventies.
Had the box set for Christmas and I'm trying so hard not to be greedy!
I used to watch this show with my dad when I was four! Also, Murder She Wrote so, you know I developed investigative skills at a young age.
R.I.P. Great detective!
I would love to see this great detective character revived. Maybe Christian Slater or Johnny Depp.
I'd admit to everything just to get Columbo off my back with his "by the way" questions.
As unrealistic as it sounds, it could just be that Columbo is so renowned and respected for his work and the perpetrators he brings in, that they just level with his method...
but it is just television anyhow explanation or not, You gotta admit the way he works is pretty cool though =D
Oh, How you are missed, Lt.
"If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball!"
If I ever murdered anyone and Columbo came knocking at my door, I'd hand myself in.
I love Colombo I loved Peter Falk for his portray of Colombo but the script writers had a harder time because we knew the murderer its in reverse to other crime programmes.
That was always his style. It was his character.
Now we know where Jessica Fletcher got her "..Just one more thing..."
SOMEHOW I THINK ROBERT MUELLER IS PLAYING THIS SAME GAME WITH TRUMP.
Prescription: Murder was directed by Richard Irving. You may be thinking of "Eyes" from the first Night Gallery movie with Joan Crawford? That was Spielberg's first job directing. I remember both, though I was maybe 8 years old!
Love Columbo’s shtick: act like a dumb cop. “Oh, one more thing...”
When I was young I used to like this so much, I still do. Can I download the series on the net?
Even when the police only had circumstantial evidence Columbo could torment the suspect by casually reminding them of details that they had overlooked.
i love how in each episode, the perp is always real friendly and cooperative with coumbo, but by half way through the story, the perp is getting real pissed at columbo coz' he's closing in on the guy. the guy is now cringing every time he see's columbo show up to ask some questions or make some comments on the case. also, just when the perp thought columbo was through and on his way out, he usually turned around for his classic "just one more thing, sir"...lol.
One more thing!
I like that Rip Torn is in this scene and he keeps mentioning Freddy....