D A, yes, this last line of Columbo touched me deeply, when I saw "Swan Song" for the first time many decades ago. I became a Cash fan instantly. However, I have to say that Columbo may have been mistaken. While his "bible spoutin' hypocrite" wife was insufferable, Tommy Brown was a pretty bad lot 😉 He didn't just coldbloodedly murder his wife. He also accepted that his underage ex-girlfriend Mary Ann became a collateral victim. I call this pretty wicked. The only redeeming thing is, that he gave his wife a chance to loosen the stranglehold she had on him, when he talked to her before he decided to proceed with his devious plan. Anyway, I really thought that Johnny Cash was a very decent actor!
The film crew didn't have the budget to afford this scene. Johnny Cash paid a 14mm film crew to come out for this scene and paid for the concert himself, just to give the episode the strong start that the writers wanted, but couldn't afford. Seriously good man, this guy.
The Columbo episode with Johnny Cash was my MOST FAVORITE of all!!! Not only was Johnny a great singer, he was a fabulous actor as well!!! LOL, I loved how Johnny kept calling Lt. Columbo, "little buddy"!!!
what the heck?!?! i just watched this episode today :DDDDDDD but i don't understand, is this song a real song? and this actor in this columbo episode is johnny cash himself??????
It is a great episode indeed, and beside that the acting, singing and the mere view of Cash is fascinating in itself, his character is very interesting, not the usual rich psychopath murderer.
@@sylviawyder9290 I love this episode too, in fact it inspired me to record my own version of "I Saw the Light". I hope I was able to do this wonderful song justice! ua-cam.com/video/8mljI66q7KM/v-deo.html
I love this version of the song by Johnny Cash. Every time I hear it I feel so moved and inspired. I saw this episode of Columbo on Italian TV many years ago, and I'll never forget. Rest in peace, Peter Falk and Johnny Cash
Same with me! I was a great Columbo fan. But the episode "Swan Song" introduced me to Johnny Cash. I was never a great fan of country music, but Johnny Cash was somehow different.
@@user-jc9sz2uo2w, yes Johnny Cash was superb as the evil but inventive murderer. Many Johnny-Cash fans were introduced to his music by this Columbo episode. His marital row with Ida Lupino as his deepply unsympathisch dragon of a wife Edna, is just great!
@sabineb.5616 oh yeah , Edna was something else! Ahh Columbo! They just don't make em like thar anymore unfortunately. That particular episode with Johnny Cash was just soooo good , I think I've watched this one more times than the other ,,which is saying something, coz I've watched every episode at least 4 times ( not the ones in the 90's tho) ! Wonderful TV
@@user-jc9sz2uo2w, ha, ha, I share your sentiments. I cannot even say, why Johnny Cash is so great as the bad guy. But he is, and his chemistry with Columbo feels genuine.
What an incredible performance! You can tell that everyone who is singing generally enjoys it and there's so much charm to this. It's sad to see how much music went downhill especially for modern day music
When I saw the opening credits with Johnny Cash as the guest star, I just thought he would be the victim or something. For I could not imagine how can you turn him into a villain. Like in music, Columbo nailed the resolving chord at the end with his line: a man who sings like that can't be all that bad...
@@markmarkofkane8167Loved him in the Stagecoach remake with Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings and John Schneider. June was in that also along with their son. He also did Gunfight, a western with Kirk Douglas
J ai adore cet épisode de Columbo Un superbe Jonhy cash , et une dernière réplique d anthologie : Quand un homme chante ainsi Il ne peut être totalement mauvais . Genial
No one can sing a gospel song better than Johnny Cash! No wonder he is rated the No. 1 Country Singer in all of Country Music History Worldwide! We love him most!
@@bradleyclark4656 Agreed. Aretha Franklin is definitely the greatest gospel singer of all time, but Johnny Cash is up there too. I definitely rate him as the best Country singer, I love his music.
I love this episode of Columbo. I love to watch and listen to Johnny Cash. He (Johnny Cash) did a great job and Tommy Brown. We Miss you and love you Johnny.
I saw the light, I saw the light no more darkness, no more night Now I'm so happy no sorrow in sight, praise the lord, I saw the light I walked in darkness and clouds covered me I had no idea where the way I would be Then came the sun rise and rollback the night praise the Lord, I saw the light I saw the light, I saw the light No more darkness no more night now I'm so happy no sorrow in sight praise the Lord I saw the light Just like the blind man I wandered astray, straight is the gate and narrow the way then like the blind man that got back his sight praise the Lord I saw the light I saw the light, I saw the light no more darkness, no more night now I'm so happy no sorrow in sight praise the lord I saw the light (X2)
NOTE: Johnny Cash is one of the most underrated Great Method Actors. Beside his Awesome Singing; What a performance! Even as a Bad Guy, I like him 100% better than the Blackmailer women. Because he is Humble and truly the Coolest person in the Room. CHEERS!
My mother is a huge fan of Columbo and was watching it when I went over to her house. I remember hearing this in the background and I knew it was Johnny Cash. I didn’t know he was in Colombo until I heard his voice.
Cet épisode de Columbo est bon mais pas le meilleur à mon goût, cependant il a le mérite de faire connaître au grand public ce grand chanteur et guitariste Johnny Cash !🙂🎸🎸🎸
This one of those wonderful Columbo episodes where you really kind of want the murderer to get away with it. Like when the victim goes down you kinda feel good for the murderer.
Joe Gilliam, I also felt bad for Johnny Cash's character Tommy Brown, when he got caught. The quiet desperation in his eyes was great acting. However, I thought that Tommy Brown was evil nevertheless, because he also killed his underage ex-girlfriend Mary Ann!
@@jimzafiriou7808, true! But that doesn't excuse murdering them! And the girl was under the influence of the "Bible spouting hypocrite", as Tommy Brown called his wife 😉
I saw this episode again on Saturday's Colombo. We sang it yesterday as people were coming into church. Love this song and he does such a great job singing this........ even though he played a bad guy, LOL!!!
Amazing Grace Peace in the Valley I Saw the Light Daddy Sang Bass Rock of Ages Farther Along The Old Rugged Cross So Many Beautiful Gospel Songs by Johnny Cash
I watch this episode today and loved it. Johnny trying to outwit Columbo was great. I didn't know how Columbo would solve it. But the ending was great. They just down write show this good anymore.
@@foureyedchick , but Columbo tricked Johnny Cash's character Tommy Brown into going back to the crime scene in order to retrieve his hidden parachute. Columbo had planted the idea in his head that the parachute might be recovered soon. Without this trick Columbo might not have caught Tommy Brown.
@@foureyedchick thanks 😀 I actually rewatched the episode tonight: while Columbo had already figured out that Tommy Brown had used a parachute, he could not prove it, and he did not mention this, when he talked to Tommy. But Columbo said to him that he would send out lots of people in order to search the crashsite for the thermos bottle, which had been spiked with sleeping pills by Tommy. Columbo said that someone might have tried to kill Tommy Brown! However, Tommy became very concerned that the search for the bottle would also produce the damning evidence that he had used a parachute. Therefore he returned to the crashsite in order to remove the parachute. But the allegedly planned search for the thermos bottle was a ruse. Columbo had never intended to conduct such a costly search. He just wanted trick Tommy Brown into leading him to the parachute 😉
Sorrell Booke also stars in this episode- The man who played J.D.Hogg on the original Dukes of Hazzard series in the late 70's-early 80's. Mike in Fresno, Ca.
Every Sunday here in the UK they are showing all the old Columbo episodes - today we had a lovely dinner and after we watched this classic episode, pure nostalgia for me as this was normal years ago on a Sunday- Columbo and Highway to Heaven on a Sunday night
I like how this is one of the episodes where Columbo pretty much becomes friends with his suspect and feels genuinely sad when he catches Tommy at the end.
Anyone who sings like that can't be all bad.
Last line in the episode!
D A, yes, this last line of Columbo touched me deeply, when I saw "Swan Song" for the first time many decades ago. I became a Cash fan instantly. However, I have to say that Columbo may have been mistaken. While his "bible spoutin' hypocrite" wife was insufferable, Tommy Brown was a pretty bad lot 😉 He didn't just coldbloodedly murder his wife. He also accepted that his underage ex-girlfriend Mary Ann became a collateral victim. I call this pretty wicked. The only redeeming thing is, that he gave his wife a chance to loosen the stranglehold she had on him, when he talked to her before he decided to proceed with his devious plan.
Anyway, I really thought that Johnny Cash was a very decent actor!
Yep.. including rape and 2 murders 👍
Actually, as a human being he was a waste of oxygen. Drunk. Dope fiend. Child molester. Thief. You name it. He was just no damn good.
Columbo 😊❤️
The film crew didn't have the budget to afford this scene.
Johnny Cash paid a 14mm film crew to come out for this scene and paid for the concert himself, just to give the episode the strong start that the writers wanted, but couldn't afford.
Seriously good man, this guy.
The Columbo episode with Johnny Cash was my MOST FAVORITE of all!!! Not only was Johnny a great singer, he was a fabulous actor as well!!! LOL, I loved how Johnny kept calling Lt. Columbo, "little buddy"!!!
what the heck?!?! i just watched this episode today :DDDDDDD but i don't understand, is this song a real song? and this actor in this columbo episode is johnny cash himself??????
Me too!
One of my faves, for sure. But I have to go with "Forgotten Lady" with Janet Leigh. It was the first Colombo I ever saw and it was with my dad.
Johnny is a great actor, but the character “Tommy Brown” and the actor Johnny Cash aren’t at all much different. ; ) Love Columbo… and Cash!
It is a great episode indeed, and beside that the acting, singing and the mere view of Cash is fascinating in itself, his character is very interesting, not the usual rich psychopath murderer.
one of "columbo" best episodes!
das ist die beste Folge ! :-D
Not “one of” ... definitely “the best”
Yes Sir
andrea anzani is it on UA-cam
i haven’t seen Columbo in years
One of my absolute favourite Columbo episodes.
Mine too! The ones with Ruth Gordon, Donald Pleasance and Robert Conrad are my other favorites. And any episodes with Patrick McGoohan.
I totally agree !!!! I juste love the voice of Johnny : praise the Lord, I Saw the light 🎶🎶🎶
@@sylviawyder9290 I love this episode too, in fact it inspired me to record my own version of "I Saw the Light". I hope I was able to do this wonderful song justice! ua-cam.com/video/8mljI66q7KM/v-deo.html
Loved this episode of Columbo! Johnny Cash was a great actor as well!
Cash was 42 here.
Gebre Menfes Kidus Colombo said anyone who can sing like that can't be all bad
John R CASH had it all !!! He could write sing act entertain and perform. In each he was brilliant. RIP GREAT MAN!!! /CD
Love Columbo and love Johnny Cash. One of the best Columbo's. Johnny Cash was a very talented person.
jo - das kann man wohl sagen .
ich sah die episode am 1. januar 1977 =)
jo - you say it.
I saw the episode on January 1, 1977 =)
I love this version of the song by Johnny Cash. Every time I hear it I feel so moved and inspired. I saw this episode of Columbo on Italian TV many years ago, and I'll never forget. Rest in peace, Peter Falk and Johnny Cash
"The one who sings like that,can not be mean." - Colombo to Johnny in the end :-)
GOD BLESS YOU,JOHNNY.
One of best episodes of Columbo and JC did a fine acting job.
It's actually Columbo that got me into Johnny Cash. Was a great episode.
Same with me! I was a great Columbo fan. But the episode "Swan Song" introduced me to Johnny Cash. I was never a great fan of country music, but Johnny Cash was somehow different.
Me three! Started my love for Johnny Cash ! Loved him as a baddy in that episode, just superb 👌 ❤
@@user-jc9sz2uo2w, yes Johnny Cash was superb as the evil but inventive murderer. Many Johnny-Cash fans were introduced to his music by this Columbo episode. His marital row with Ida Lupino as his deepply unsympathisch dragon of a wife Edna, is just great!
@sabineb.5616 oh yeah , Edna was something else! Ahh Columbo! They just don't make em like thar anymore unfortunately. That particular episode with Johnny Cash was just soooo good , I think I've watched this one more times than the other ,,which is saying something, coz I've watched every episode at least 4 times ( not the ones in the 90's tho) ! Wonderful TV
@@user-jc9sz2uo2w, ha, ha, I share your sentiments. I cannot even say, why Johnny Cash is so great as the bad guy. But he is, and his chemistry with Columbo feels genuine.
I also love the Columbo episode with this song - One of the best episodes 😀
This is the Columbo episode
A memorable Columbo episode opening
the final line by Columbo" no man who can sing like that, can be all bad" was powerful.
Love Columbo, and this is one of my favorite episodes! It was on this morning! Ahhh.....one more thing.......... :)
I used to watch Columbo with my mom in the 80s and this was my favorite episode . Got me started on Johnny Cash as a child still play in 2023
Praise the lord!
What an incredible performance! You can tell that everyone who is singing generally enjoys it and there's so much charm to this. It's sad to see how much music went downhill especially for modern day music
Johnny Cash and Columbo : the best and the best .
From France with love .
When I saw the opening credits with Johnny Cash as the guest star, I just thought he would be the victim or something. For I could not imagine how can you turn him into a villain. Like in music, Columbo nailed the resolving chord at the end with his line: a man who sings like that can't be all that bad...
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Johnny Cash was a very talented man
That's the way Columbo works. If you see a big name in the opening credits, it's obvious that he'll be the villain.
Praise the Lord for Johnny Cash. And Columbo. Thank you !
This was one of my favorite Columbo episodes. Johnny definately had the talent for acting and could have easily capitalized on it.
I've been watching Johnny since the 50s and every time I see him I love his talent more and more god blessed us with his talent
He was on an episode of Little House on the prairie with June Carter Cash.
@@markmarkofkane8167Loved him in the Stagecoach remake with Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings and John Schneider. June was in that also along with their son. He also did Gunfight, a western with Kirk Douglas
RIP Johnny Cash...you were the best
the epic ending when he tries to hide the parachute and Columbo waits in his car
It was the rental car keys that got him, along with the parachute.
Best moment you have reason
Hey, anyone that sings like that can't be all that bad.
Crazyhomer that's my favorite TV line of all time
Really good episode
J ai adore cet épisode de Columbo
Un superbe Jonhy cash , et une dernière réplique d anthologie : Quand un homme chante ainsi
Il ne peut être totalement mauvais .
Genial
LA FOI, vraiment cette dernière phrase était vraiment magnifique du Lt COLUMBO.
Il repasse ce soir !
Oui il a caché le parachute et Columbo a du le voir et le prendre en flagrant délit. 😮
Unforgettable song 💜
No one can sing a gospel song better than Johnny Cash! No wonder he is rated the No. 1 Country Singer in all of Country Music History Worldwide! We love him most!
Aretha can
@@bradleyclark4656 Agreed. Aretha Franklin is definitely the greatest gospel singer of all time, but Johnny Cash is up there too. I definitely rate him as the best Country singer, I love his music.
Hey don't forget Jim Reeves.
Jim Reeves
I love this episode of Columbo. I love to watch and listen to Johnny Cash. He (Johnny Cash) did a great job and Tommy Brown. We Miss you and love you Johnny.
LOVED this episode! Best Columbia ever. I never hear this song without picturing Johnny! ❤️❤️❤️
best song ever
FANTASTIC Columbo episode ! Johnny Cash was pure magic. I think this is his best performance of this song.
I saw the light, I saw the light
no more darkness, no more night
Now I'm so happy no sorrow in sight,
praise the lord, I saw the light
I walked in darkness and clouds covered me
I had no idea where the way I would be
Then came the sun rise and rollback the night
praise the Lord, I saw the light
I saw the light, I saw the light
No more darkness no more night
now I'm so happy no sorrow in sight
praise the Lord I saw the light
Just like the blind man I wandered astray,
straight is the gate and narrow the way
then like the blind man that got back his sight
praise the Lord I saw the light
I saw the light, I saw the light
no more darkness, no more night
now I'm so happy no sorrow in sight
praise the lord I saw the light (X2)
Thank you!
Tommy was John’s brother. Tommy was in my choir at Trinity Baptist, Hendersonville, TN. Great family.
NOTE: Johnny Cash is one of the most underrated Great Method Actors. Beside his Awesome Singing; What a performance! Even as a Bad Guy, I like him 100% better than the Blackmailer women. Because he is Humble and truly the Coolest person in the Room. CHEERS!
You know a person is a really good actor when they can make you like them even as a bad guy
@@graceclark3481 That's true.
I've always liked this song ever since I heard it on Columbo.
If Johnny cash is on stage singing it, it's a real song
Hank Williams wrote it
“ any man that can sing like that can’t be all bad” - Columbo to Tommy Brown ( Johnny Cash ) whilst this song plays on radio post gotcha-arrest
Technology ruined detective shows.....He was perfect for the Columbo role.
My mother is a huge fan of Columbo and was watching it when I went over to her house. I remember hearing this in the background and I knew it was Johnny Cash. I didn’t know he was in Colombo until I heard his voice.
Un excellent épisode de Columbo réhaussé par la présence de Johnny Cash
I saw Columbo too!! The work which Johnny appeared is very splendid.
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Cet épisode de Columbo est bon mais pas le meilleur à mon goût, cependant il a le mérite de faire connaître au grand public ce grand chanteur et guitariste Johnny Cash !🙂🎸🎸🎸
I'm watching this episode of Columbo right now on Freevee 😁
What a legend
I heard this song the first time in "Colombo" and I like it very,very much❤❤❤❤❤🎵🎶....it's song of my life🥰❤😘❤🥰❤👍
Columbo episode with Johnny Cash brought me here . 🙂🎸🎸🎸
Love Johny Cash and Peter Falk! Good team.
Any man that can sing like that can't be all bad.
As a born-again Christian this speaks to me deeply.
Amen
Salute!
The Lord will save you.
Same
My favourite episode from Columbo! Johnny Cash and Peter Falk are amazing 😍
One of the best columbo episoded 😍
One of my best episod with Peter Falk Columbo that i love❤❤❤
Colombo😂brought me here ❤❤❤
same lol
My favorite Columbo episode.
Johnny Cash ist & bleibt eine Legende der Country & Gospel Musik!!!
Columbooooo and Johnny ❤❤❤❤❤❤
this is my second favorite Columbo episode of all time
What's your favorite? Mine is Any old port in a Storm.
Thank you Mr. Cash....
The episode of Columbo is called "Swan Song".
a great Hank Williams song that endures to this day..
My mother's favorite country singer and favorite fictional detective all in one show. She loved this episode.
This one of those wonderful Columbo episodes where you really kind of want the murderer to get away with it. Like when the victim goes down you kinda feel good for the murderer.
Joe Gilliam, I also felt bad for Johnny Cash's character Tommy Brown, when he got caught. The quiet desperation in his eyes was great acting. However, I thought that Tommy Brown was evil nevertheless, because he also killed his underage ex-girlfriend Mary Ann!
@@sabineb.5616 Blackmailers, both of them, and the wife was a ball buster.
@@jimzafiriou7808, true! But that doesn't excuse murdering them! And the girl was under the influence of the "Bible spouting hypocrite", as Tommy Brown called his wife 😉
Amen! You sing it Mr. Cash!
Thank you. I enjoyed that episode, the song, and the singer.
I will always remeber this sentence:"Anyone who sings like that can't be all bad"❤
I saw this episode again on Saturday's Colombo. We sang it yesterday as people were coming into church. Love this song and he does such a great job singing this........ even though he played a bad guy, LOL!!!
Er war und ist immer noch ein unvergessener Sänger nie werden wir dich vergessen!
Best Columbo episode
Amazing Grace
Peace in the Valley
I Saw the Light
Daddy Sang Bass
Rock of Ages
Farther Along
The Old Rugged Cross
So Many Beautiful Gospel Songs by Johnny Cash
Written by the legendary Hank Williams!
always with Johnny february 2024. Hello from France
My favourite colombo episode yet
The best columbo episode
I watch this episode today and loved it. Johnny trying to outwit Columbo was great. I didn't know how Columbo would solve it. But the ending was great. They just down write show this good anymore.
Johnny Cash drove back to the scene of the crime, that's how Columbo caught him.
@@foureyedchick , but Columbo tricked Johnny Cash's character Tommy Brown into going back to the crime scene in order to retrieve his hidden parachute. Columbo had planted the idea in his head that the parachute might be recovered soon. Without this trick Columbo might not have caught Tommy Brown.
@@sabineb.5616 Ha! Ha! Good point! 👍
@@foureyedchick thanks 😀
I actually rewatched the episode tonight: while Columbo had already figured out that Tommy Brown had used a parachute, he could not prove it, and he did not mention this, when he talked to Tommy. But Columbo said to him that he would send out lots of people in order to search the crashsite for the thermos bottle, which had been spiked with sleeping pills by Tommy. Columbo said that someone might have tried to kill Tommy Brown! However, Tommy became very concerned that the search for the bottle would also produce the damning evidence that he had used a parachute. Therefore he returned to the crashsite in order to remove the parachute. But the allegedly planned search for the thermos bottle was a ruse. Columbo had never intended to conduct such a costly search. He just wanted trick Tommy Brown into leading him to the parachute 😉
2022, from France, I watch this episode, I 💖 Columbo.
Lovin' this, another great episode of Columbo....it bothers me that it was never released by Cash... Great song
This is my favorite episode.
Johnny Cash 😍
Classic
♥♥♥Columbo for ever♥♥♥
Un homme qui chante comme cela, ne peux être mauvais🦋 dikxit Columbo 🇨🇵😇💫
Johnny singing with the angles.
Great guitar hero !!! 🎸🎸🎸
Sorrell Booke also stars in this episode- The man who played J.D.Hogg on the original Dukes of Hazzard series in the late 70's-early 80's. Mike in Fresno, Ca.
For my innocent beautiful mom always
Thank you so much for sharing your heart with me....
Awesome Then Awesome Now ....
Rest in God's peace Johnny Cash!
loVVVVVVe them, both & forever⚡️⚡️❤️❤️⚡️⚡️
Świetny odcinek jeden z najlepszych!!!
Amen to this so and Jonny sings it so well 🙏🏻❤️
10000% best colombo, because of Johnny Cash
I don't think he ever did this on his own, but I loved it.
Love that man!
Every Sunday here in the UK they are showing all the old Columbo episodes - today we had a lovely dinner and after we watched this classic episode, pure nostalgia for me as this was normal years ago on a Sunday- Columbo and Highway to Heaven on a Sunday night
One of the best Columbo episodes.
Johnny Cash was right about one thing, I definitely saw the light at the end of tunnel.
This is a clip from : *Columbo* *"Swan Song"* 1974 ...excellent episode
Praise the Lord, I saw the light 👏🏻❤
I love the Columbo episode, never get bored of it
No one better to sing this song.
I like how this is one of the episodes where Columbo pretty much becomes friends with his suspect and feels genuinely sad when he catches Tommy at the end.
Good Song.
COLUMBO : Une personne qui chante comme cela ( LA FOI ) , ne peut jamais être mauvais.
L'épisode avec Jhonny Cash était vraiment très bien.