Columbo - One Original Detective

[90s_kid]

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<3 <3 <3 Columbo
Does anyone remember an episode with that guy from the Man from Uncle as the bad guy where they spent 75% of the episode wandering around small sailing boats? Columbo spent a full five minutes spelling things out with boat stencil letters. I think everyone involved in that episode was as high as the dickens.

[amethyst]

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Watched 2 episodes yesterday both with 2 british actors as the culprits
Patrick Mccghogan
Donald Pleasance according to the forecast heatwave in LA but columbo still had his mack and suit on

[amethyst]

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What I remember about Columbo was the way he would put his hand to his forehead, turn to his suspect and say "Just one more question...", before delivering the verdict that would absolutely nail the guilty party.

Columbo's beaten up old car was a 1959 Peugeot 403 Convertible. An unusual choice, but I guess ideal for an unconventional detective.

Yes I know also one episode where he visited a drop in centre,where a nun greeted him oh come on in from the cold sir,have some food with us and oh you could do with a new coat badly oh I think we might have one for you and just your size,she said all this before he could explain who he was,it was funny

[Wirral Writer]

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What I remember about Columbo was the way he would put his hand to his forehead, turn to his suspect and say "Just one more question...", before delivering the verdict that would absolutely nail the guilty party.

Columbo's beaten up old car was a 1959 Peugeot 403 Convertible. An unusual choice, but I guess ideal for an unconventional detective.

Peter Falk, like Telly Savalas (who played Kojak), was a great character actor, and brought such memorable traits to the role of Columbo. That's what made the detective so interesting. We need more character actors like him today.

[Austin Maxi]

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What I remember about Columbo was the way he would put his hand to his forehead, turn to his suspect and say "Just one more question...", before delivering the verdict that would absolutely nail the guilty party.

Columbo's beaten up old car was a 1959 Peugeot 403 Convertible. An unusual choice, but I guess ideal for an unconventional detective.

[amethyst]

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I have been watching the episodes they show on the weekend its great to record then watch them on saturday or sunday evening,great character so shrewd always smoking a cigar,he did actually take his mack off,then the suit he wears was the beige colour to match his mac its so funny and that old banger he drives around a copper on a bike actually stopped him until he showed his identity

[Sandy Sandwich]

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Mrs Columbo had her own spin off series, Mrs Columbo that only ran for thirteen episodes in 1979. The character is called Kate and she is in her mid-twenties. Columbo first mentions his wife in the 1967 Columbo episode Prescription Murder. This means his wife was barely thirteen when he married her!

Mrs. Columbo spin-off[edit]

Mrs. Columbo, a spin-off TV series starring Kate Mulgrew, aired in 1979 and was canceled after only thirteen episodes. Lt. Columbo was never seen on Mrs. Columbo. Connections with the original Columbo series were made obvious: the glaring presence of Columbo's car in the driveway, Dog, and Mrs. Columbo emptying ashtrays containing the famous green cigar butts- all featured in the show's opening sequence. References were also made to Kate's husband being a police lieutenant. There were notable discrepancies between the two shows.
Due to the negative critical and public reaction to the show, the producers made changes to Mrs. Columbo. The spin-off was renamed Kate Columbo, followed by Kate the Detective, and finally Kate Loves a Mystery. The main character was likewise renamed "Kate Callahan"; all references to and ties with the original Columbo show were dropped. After this, a reference was made in the show to Kate's divorce: the character was no longer Mrs. Columbo nor was she meant to nor was she meant to have any connection with him at all.

[amethyst]

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You did see him in a suit a few times and I do recall seeing him maybe in an hawaiian shirt whilst on a cruise,he mentioned the wife but I never saw her anyway.

[Richard1978]

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I remember in one episode Mrs Columbo was waterproofing it (hopefully washing it too!) on an odd day it rained in LA & Lt Columbo was caught in the rain.

[shilton dipper]

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i probably watched all the columbos when they were first shown..........i could never decide if he was my fav detective or if mcmillan and wife or mcloud just pipped him to the post.........did he ever wash that dirty ol' mac i wonder?

[Wirral Writer]

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Yeah, I used to love that too.

[amethyst]

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I loved it when he kept on the heels of the cylprit winding them up making them sweat until he nailed them

[Richard1978]

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I like Columbo, the idea of showing the "perfect crime" being committed at the beginning is a bit different from most crime shows.

With Columbo acting like a buffoon the villans often thought they had got away with it.

[Wirral Writer]

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I know. Classic TV.

[amethyst]

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They usually put columbo on the box every weekend
His famous mac he wore even in the LA heat
When he used to say to the culprit just one more thing MR?
His car, played a good part