My wife and I watch Columbo reruns every Sunday morning. I forget what channel they're on, but they play two episodes back to back starting at 7:00 am. Any wife who liked Columbo must be a good woman. Very sorry for your loss, sir.
@@wickedcoolname399 Thanks man, I appreciate that. Yes, my Janine was a very special woman. She passed from multiple sclerosis. Boy, did she love Peter Falk. Thanks again brother... Do you know that every season and episode is on Amazon Prime?
Peter Falk was super popular in hollywood and was an A lister for sure. He was friends and partied with the top stars and they loved him. Mr. Falk was very humble and a fan favorite at autograph signings.
Love Columbo and frequently re-watch the episodes. Such a great actor. Regarding his marriages it has been said that Falk was a frequent womanizer, even with Shera. Still, they managed to stay together. Nobody's perfect. Eventually Falk's memory faded and he was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, forgetting his famous roles. I cannot imagine anyone else playing Columbo.
Probably the most iconic TV character creation ever, Falk simply is Columbo. All he had to do, was put on that raincoat...this is as if Columbo's making a TV appearance, that's how powerful the image is.
@@LarryFleetwood8675 Well said and well put ! And to think the producers offered the role of "Columbo" first to (of all people) Bing Crosby ! Thank heavens he turned it down, saying he was semi-retired & that it would interfere with his golf game.
All of the episodes are great but I'm especially fond of the pre-1980s ones. So many great guest actors - Ray Milland, Gene Barry, Jack Cassidy, Lee Grant, Robert Culp, Eddie Albert, Ross Martin, Susan Clark, Roddy McDowall, Patrick O'Neal... the list goes on. Just saying their names brings back many happy memories of the episodes they starred in. Happy times Thank you Peter Falk and Team. Check out "Lt. Columbo Roasts Frank Sinatra (1978)" on TH-cam.
When late night shows were funny and entertainment. Loved Peter Falk and Columbo. John Cassevettes who played the conductor in "Etude in Black" was a good friend of Peter Falk. Cassevettes directed Falk in several independent films.
Thanks, Jeff, for posting these! I've been a long time fan of this show and Peter Falk- ever since i was a kid. I also was big time into those other 70s shows like Cannon and Barnaby Jones. One thing I'm noticing more and more as an adult is that Columbo was extremely well-written, well-paced and plotted. On the hour-long Quinn Martin shows, you could pretty much plot exactly where everything was going from the very first scene. In Columbo, that show could honestly keep you guessing from second to second and still being surprised at the outcome. Peter Falk- no way anybody else could EVER play Columbo. Not then, not now, not ever.
I was just reflecting that i had just started 3rd grade when this aired, and that made me nostalgic for all the good shows of the early 70s (and made me cringe at the bad ones XD).
Johnny was right that Peter Falk deserves most of the credit for making Columbo the wonderful and enduring show that it is. But the show would not be as good as it was without the creators (Richard Levison and Bill Link), the writers (including Steve Bochco, Jackson Gillis, Peter Fischer, among others), the supporting actors (including Jack Cassidy, Robert Culp, Patrick McGoohan, and John Casavetes, among others), and the direction. Peter Falk would be the first to say so, and has said so many times.
good idea for a detective, a shabby unassuming, quiet genius. the murders all were clever and I was always glad they got caught, except for Jonny Cash. that was awkward since he was such a liked celeb. Even columbo regretted solving the crime.
@@whatshisname3304 Oh wow! Yes! I remember watching that episode several times and even though Johnny Cash was in the wrong (WAYYYY in the wrong!) your heart did go out to him. This is what I love about Columbo; there were times where you could tell he was feeling genuine compassion for some of the people he caught.
@@whatshisname3304 I would like to see the Johnny Cash episode again. I might have missed Columbo displaying sympathy for the character Cash played. Seeing clips again, I DO appreciate the show more, the writing and the acting.
I remember when I was a kid watching Johnny Carson when it was still alive and such and not until recently did I realize what an outstanding comedian he was. I love the way he would riff off of whatever his guest did or didn’t do and he was just a pro at that. I think our current group of late night hosts could learn a ton if they would just pick up his style.
@@1thenatural1 Columbus has always been my favorite. It’s too bad when it started in the 50’s like all the ones on TH-cam it was less than 10 minutes long for the whole show. They leave out a lot of details. Later they were as long as half an hour which was a great improvement. The TV had just been invented in the 50’s so the TV sets were a lot smaller so they couldn’t handle longer shows
This is why Johnny Carson truly more than deserved and earned the title of "King of Late Night Comedy" and there will never be a replacement or even a crown Prince! :)
Part of Columbo's appeal is in observing his thoughts. Watching the subtle emotions on his face is fascinating, Peter Falk made the character as much about what he did not say as what he did.
I loved the show so much I had to drop $100 on the whole dvd set, all the seasons and movies plus it came with a spinoff show called Mrs. Columbo. The opening credits of Mrs. Columbo showed her emptying Columbos ash tray full of cigars, moving his rain coat and it shows her doing something like feeding Columbo's dog. In the show Mrs. Columbo is a journalist that is basically a sleuth just like Columbo and of course you never see Columbo just signs of his passing. I think it was filmed in England.
@@jeffzest8393 I think they quickly abandoned the idea that Kate Mulgrew's character was THE Mrs. Columbo. In the first season, she was supposed to be the one, she also drove the blue convertible a few times. Then they gradually eliminated the references to the original show and she also got a new last name, Callahan. I suspect most watchers simply didn't buy it. She was too young (unless she's not the first one, who already existed in 1968) and does not meet any criteria from the original show. Columbo tells suspects a lot of things that may not be entirely true, but in that cruise ship episode he is looking for Mrs. Columbo before there even is a murder, and based on his description (5 ft, rotund, long black hair that she wears in a bun) other passengers claim to have seen her.
. In those days......smoking was accepted as the norm. Cigarette companies sponsored Sports, TV, Movies, Athletes. Not sure when Medical found the link to lung cancer - which changed how smoking was perceived. .
@@campster5280 stranger yet, is how long it took the CDC to finally admit that alcohol has always killed more people per year than tobacco... and alcohol is link to many types of cancer as well... People and their families have been able to sue tobacco companies for a long time, but no one is allowed to sue alcohol companies for deaths related to alcohol... whether from a throat, liver, prostate, or stomach cancer, or liver diseases such as cirrhosis, or a drunk who kills a family drunk driving, or someone dying from an accident (other than driving) because they were drunk, etc.. or someone being drunk and killing someone in a rage/fight... And alcohol commercials are shown a lot during sports events like the superbowl (which kids watch) I remember the ones where a guy was standing alone and no girls interested, until he had alcohol in his hand... stuff like that... (talk about sending a message to kids) People can drink alcohol at public events, and in restaurants... but no smoking cuz it's dangerous and gross... I never used to see taxis at bars/clubs as drunk people poured out at closing time... even today no ubers or lyfts... very rare to see those. If alcohol had been as aggressively taxed as tobacco... today one 6 pack of 12oz cans of beer would cost around $60/$70 but you can still get one for like $6.99? Amazing... and curious how society vilified one but not the other... which has always been far more dangerous, more addictive, and killed far more people. Sorry... just have to point these things out when I see stuff about tobacco links to cancers, and while I agree tobacco is bad... I despise the way society is so deeply hypocritical about things...
I certainly agree as to the ones that Jack Cassidy was in - what a talented actor he was. Great screen presence like no one else, except that Cassavetes came pretty close. Étude in black was a really, really good episode. One of the classics along with "Rest in peace, Mrs. Columbo" which came later one.
Columbo was a huge hit in Britain, first airing on their ITV Independent Television network in 1972 onward, usually a year or two behind US transmission. In fact I believe the reason why "Dagger of the Mind" in Season 2 was filmed partly in England and the story is based in England, was to help promote Columbo on British television.
I am British & I watch Columbo every weekend when it's on TV. I've been watching it since I was a kid when my parents watched it. Now my kids watch it.. Lol. I've just got the cigar box set for my son who's 28 & absolutely loves it. 🍀
@@enlightenedsoul4282 Columbo is not repeated on US main networks anymore, you have to get the streaming service Peacock or if there is a MeTV affiliate in your area it is seen on that channel which airs really golden oldie classic television programs. MeTV have Columbo on Sunday nights at 7pm. I bet in Britain it is not repeated on the BBC or ITV anymore?
@@johnking5174 sorry to hear it isn't repeated on TV in the USA.. that's a real shame. It's not on itv or the BBC you're right. It's on a channel called 5 USA. 3 episodes a day this week being Christmas. Today Rest in peace, Mrs Columbo, exercise in fatality & Agenda for murder have been on. Usually its on every weekend repeating the previous weekends episodes & a further new 3 episodes on all in one day til 9pm from mid - day, that's on Sundays. Saturdays is murder she wrote all day, which I watch too. My son said wouldn't it of been good if columbo met up with Jessica from murder she wrote, just for one episode.. That might of been good. Nice to speak with you. Happy New Year.. All the best. 🍀
@@johnking5174 on 5 USA they show from the pilot episode right through to columbo loves the night LIFE, 1968 onwards. There is another channel that occasionally airs Columbo but they do show different episodes. I can't remember what the channel is though.. I'll have to have a think.
He once played Columbo on an episode of The Tonight Show, so funny! I think it's on TH-cam somewhere. Steve Lawrence played him on The Carol Burnett Show.
Funny stuff ! Thanks for uploading ! Gee ! Smoking on camera ! My, how things have changed ! "Columbo" was a pretty good gig for Falk. It was only one of the shows on the weekly "NBC Mystery Movie". It rotated with other shows like "McMillan & Wife" and "McCloud". So it aired only once a month or so. Mr Falk didn't want the grind of a weekly series. Tantalizing trivia: the producers originally offered the role to Bing Crosby. But he turned it down, saying it would interfere too much with his golf game. Bing was wonderful entertainer but I just don't see him as Lt. Columbo. But Bing's refusal was the best thing that ever happened to Peter Falk, that's for sure !! :-)
There actually was an article in one of the magazines of that era, how they treated that raincoat to give it the right used and worn "look" for Columbo.
For those interested in Peter Falk's Emmy acceptance speech that Johnny referred to at the beginning of Peter's guest appearance, here's the clip: th-cam.com/video/Q8TUSsqWCTM/w-d-xo.html. And to answer Johnny's question, yes, Peter did think through and write the speech before his delivery. His acceptance comments may have seemed spontaneous, but remember that Peter's first and foremost an outstanding actor, skilled at delivery. Also, if you know Peter's approach to things, he always likes to be as prepared as he can beforehand. Peter wrote his Oscar acceptance speech, for example, although he did not win. (Peter's Oscar nomination was for Murder Incorporated, but Peter Ustinov won the award for his performance in Spartacus. Peter actually got out of his seat as he heard the winner announced, "Peter . . ."--but quickly sat down when "Ustinov" was read.)
@@jeffzest8393 That's true too. A classic example of this was in the episode "The Most Crucial Game," where family attorney, Walter Cannell (played by Dean Jagger) asks Columbo why he was investigating the victim's home. Columbo abruptly changes the subject and looks down at Dean Jagger's shoes, saying, "Sir...you don't mind if I ask you a personal question, do you?" "No," Jagger responds, a little perplexed. "What did you pay for those shoes?" asks Columbo out of the blue. The lines between Peter Falk and Dean Jagger were not in the original script, according to certain Columbologists, and the story behind these lines may have originated with Falk himself. In any case, the lines do seem off the cuff and Jagger did a great job in responding to Falk's questions and comments. This was another reason why Peter Falk was so brilliant in this role.
I was a devoted Columbo fan of the teenage to college age set initially. When the DVD sets became available, I bought them, and watch anytime I like. The adorable Peter Falk was so entertaining as Columbo -- I loved watching him exasperate a culprit, particularly when he/she felt intellectually superior to the sleuth. Did I mention that he was adorable?
Interesting that he mentions liking the first episode the most. Its a great episode, but the character still had some rough edges to it. I like as the role matures in later episodes.
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I loved Peter Falk...nobody could be Columbo but him....🤎🤎🤎..."Just one more thing"
Johnny making the most of his thinning hair, here. He's got the island of hair in the front forehead dyed or sprayed...also grown long to mesh with the back comb over...
what an extraordinary show from the seventies... I miss that decades as much as the eighties... anyway, I am not a native English speaker (in fact, I'm from Venezuela) and I would like to know what Columbus meant with: John listen I don't want to plug the show or something like that (2:42). Thanks
Froy Cardenas He was trying to be a bit funny, and also make a point of promoting viewers to watch the new Columbo episode that Sunday before any chit chat. Usually guests talk a bit about other things rather than plugging their shows first.
"John listen I don't want to plug the show or something like that" - He was being sarcastic, because for 2 minutes before he said that he *was* plugging the show!
Just to explain more clearly, to "plug" something in this context is to advertise or bring attention to something. Actors go on TV shows to "plug" their movies and TV shows.
I love Columbo, it makes feel as if I am back in time, though I was born in '95, I saw every single episode, all of them, quite several times, they are just too good.... Today's movie are so artificial..
He was asked once, what's the difference between Peter Falk and Columbo. He said everything is pretty much the same with the exception that Columbo is a highly intelligent man.
Columbo, the best detective show, EVER!!! Peter Falk, the ONLY HUMAN BEING THAT COULD EVER HAVE BEEN COLUMBO! Did you know that their first choice to play Columbo was Bing Crosby?
I loved this show, and I still LOVE this show!👍👍👏👏😍😍 Btw, it looks so strange to see Peter and Johnny openly AND frequently smoking those nasty cigarettes.🤢🤢🤦♀️🤦♀️ RIP to two beloved icons of the past.😍😍
I loved Columbo.
But my late wife, she really loved him! She just passed last April, and she watched him up until then.
Sorry for your loss sir.
@@jameswhiteside1506 Thank you James. You've got class my friend!
My wife and I watch Columbo reruns every Sunday morning. I forget what channel they're on, but they play two episodes back to back starting at 7:00 am.
Any wife who liked Columbo must be a good woman.
Very sorry for your loss, sir.
@@wickedcoolname399 Thanks man, I appreciate that. Yes, my Janine was a very special woman. She passed from multiple sclerosis. Boy, did she love Peter Falk. Thanks again brother...
Do you know that every season and episode is on Amazon Prime?
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Hang in there Paul
Love this. Johnny was absolutely right. I was 15 in 1972, and Columbo was hands down my favorite TV show.
I was 15 in 1972 as well! It's 2021 and it's probably my favorite show at this time :)
I was in 7th grade and it was always the topic of pre-class conversation on Monday mornings - and then years later it was Dallas.
It's 2020 and there's a pandemic and I am no longer young. Just here for nostalgia, but honestly it's just hurting me that those days are over.
It's hurting me too.... and i wasn't even born back then ! If thatmakes you feel any better
This was 32 years before I was born
Covid will be revealed as nothing more than a jumped up scare tactic eventually. One day people have to get clever, one day...
JUST 1 MORE THING ITS NOW 2022 AND NO I WACH columbo EVERY DAY !!!! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂💯💯💯💯👊👊👊🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸👍👍👍👍👍👍😅😅😅😅😅😅😅
Peter Falk was super popular in hollywood and was an A lister for sure. He was friends and partied with the top stars and they loved him. Mr. Falk was very humble and a fan favorite at autograph signings.
I just love him. His personality and handsome look. ❤️
His two wives were lucky to spend part of their lives with such a person.
Love Columbo and frequently re-watch the episodes. Such a great actor. Regarding his marriages it has been said that Falk was a frequent womanizer, even with Shera. Still, they managed to stay together. Nobody's perfect. Eventually Falk's memory faded and he was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, forgetting his famous roles. I cannot imagine anyone else playing Columbo.
He came out completely in character. Hilarious.
Everything and everyone on this set screams 70s, except Peter. Same for the series. Colombo really has a timeless quality to him.
Great observation. He was and is always the same, yet he is never out of style.
@@hendriksmedia yes, never out of style.. Very true!! 👍🏽☺️.
Columbo is so relaxing, I go to sleep listening to columbo episodes 😄 greatest tv show ever along with the wire and the sopranos.
Johnny looks like he borrowed a suit from Captain Kangaroo...
Peter Faulk’s trench coat “look” is as iconic as Gilligan’s red shirt/white cap, Monroe’s white dress, or Garland’s ruby shoes. Great actor and show.👍
Ever see “ The Pink Panther “?? The original from the 1960’s...
Should of come back through the curtain at the end and say “ just one more thing “
Absolutely! 👍
wmtxl10 That would have been perfect!!!
😆perfect! He would have brought the house down!👍
Hahaha 🍀
Genius. Basically combined Chaplin's Tramp character with Sherlock Holmes... with a little Yogi Berra thrown in
That's very perceptive.
Probably the most iconic TV character creation ever, Falk simply is Columbo. All he had to do, was put on that raincoat...this is as if Columbo's making a TV appearance, that's how powerful the image is.
@@LarryFleetwood8675 Well said and well put ! And to think the producers offered the role of "Columbo" first to (of all people) Bing Crosby ! Thank heavens he turned it down, saying he was semi-retired & that it would interfere with his golf game.
Elementary...
All of the episodes are great but I'm especially fond of the pre-1980s ones. So many great guest actors - Ray Milland, Gene Barry, Jack Cassidy, Lee Grant, Robert Culp, Eddie Albert, Ross Martin, Susan Clark, Roddy McDowall, Patrick O'Neal... the list goes on.
Just saying their names brings back many happy memories of the episodes they starred in. Happy times
Thank you Peter Falk and Team.
Check out "Lt. Columbo Roasts Frank Sinatra (1978)" on TH-cam.
I agree.
When late night shows were funny and entertainment. Loved Peter Falk and Columbo. John Cassevettes who played the conductor in "Etude in Black" was a good friend of Peter Falk. Cassevettes directed Falk in several independent films.
A woman under the influence. One of the greatest movies ever
wow, a time when you could walk out with a cigarette in ur hand, truly and amazing man and actor RIP Peter Falk, a true Maestro!!
Thanks, Jeff, for posting these! I've been a long time fan of this show and Peter Falk- ever since i was a kid. I also was big time into those other 70s shows like Cannon and Barnaby Jones. One thing I'm noticing more and more as an adult is that Columbo was extremely well-written, well-paced and plotted. On the hour-long Quinn Martin shows, you could pretty much plot exactly where everything was going from the very first scene. In Columbo, that show could honestly keep you guessing from second to second and still being surprised at the outcome. Peter Falk- no way anybody else could EVER play Columbo. Not then, not now, not ever.
One of the best episodes of Columbo btw.
John Cassevettes and Coach from Cheers directed.
Well JC acted not directed
Hated the bird dying... Really hated that...
@@AbrahamLechLacha The Bird was an actor and can still be alive.
Man, this was recorded the day before i was born!! Love Peter Falk and loved him even more when i found out we shared the same birthday 16th Sept!!
I was just reflecting that i had just started 3rd grade when this aired, and that made me nostalgic for all the good shows of the early 70s (and made me cringe at the bad ones XD).
Thanks for that. Someone now has crucial info to clear out all of your accounts.
Johnny was right that Peter Falk deserves most of the credit for making Columbo the wonderful and enduring show that it is. But the show would not be as good as it was without the creators (Richard Levison and Bill Link), the writers (including Steve Bochco, Jackson Gillis, Peter Fischer, among others), the supporting actors (including Jack Cassidy, Robert Culp, Patrick McGoohan, and John Casavetes, among others), and the direction. Peter Falk would be the first to say so, and has said so many times.
You're right of course, any great show is a collaborative effort. The people behind the scenes make it work.
good idea for a detective, a shabby unassuming, quiet genius. the murders all were clever and I was always glad they got caught, except for Jonny Cash. that was awkward since he was such a liked celeb. Even columbo regretted solving the crime.
@@whatshisname3304 Oh wow! Yes! I remember watching that episode several times and even though Johnny Cash was in the wrong (WAYYYY in the wrong!) your heart did go out to him. This is what I love about Columbo; there were times where you could tell he was feeling genuine compassion for some of the people he caught.
@@whatshisname3304 I would like to see the Johnny Cash episode again. I might have missed Columbo displaying sympathy for the character Cash played. Seeing clips again, I DO appreciate the show more, the writing and the acting.
Very well said and very well put !!
I remember when I was a kid watching Johnny Carson when it was still alive and such and not until recently did I realize what an outstanding comedian he was. I love the way he would riff off of whatever his guest did or didn’t do and he was just a pro at that. I think our current group of late night hosts could learn a ton if they would just pick up his style.
And his comfortable response when a joke bombed, it was almost funnier when a joke bombed
1970's television was so Golden. The mystery movie theme still gives me goose bumps.
yup
Composed by Henry Mancini !!
Yay, Peter Falk! Loved him in Columbo. He’ll always be Lieutenant Colombo to me. 🙂
Wonderful Jeff, thanks for this!
Great to think that after this he had more than thirty years worth of Colombos to come!
Well, 20 more-so because he didn't do any in the 80s until 89.
don't bother with those..just watch the original :)
@@1thenatural1 Columbus has always been my favorite. It’s too bad when it started in the 50’s like all the ones on TH-cam it was less than 10 minutes long for the whole show. They leave out a lot of details. Later they were as long as half an hour which was a great improvement. The TV had just been invented in the 50’s so the TV sets were a lot smaller so they couldn’t handle longer shows
Peter falk the man of my dreams love you always 💕💕💕
I think Peter summed up well, why we all like Columbo.
This is why Johnny Carson truly more than deserved and earned the title of "King of Late Night Comedy" and there will never be a replacement or even a crown Prince! :)
Part of Columbo's appeal is in observing his thoughts. Watching the subtle emotions on his face is fascinating, Peter Falk made the character as much about what he did not say as what he did.
I loved the show so much I had to drop $100 on the whole dvd set, all the seasons and movies plus it came with a spinoff show called Mrs. Columbo. The opening credits of Mrs. Columbo showed her emptying Columbos ash tray full of cigars, moving his rain coat and it shows her doing something like feeding Columbo's dog. In the show Mrs. Columbo is a journalist that is basically a sleuth just like Columbo and of course you never see Columbo just signs of his passing. I think it was filmed in England.
Me 2
Best $100 you ever spent. I know because I have the same box. I also have all episodes on a hard drive. Best show ever.
Mr. Columbo was alive during Mrs. Columbo. She actually called him during one of the episodes.
@@jeffzest8393 I think they quickly abandoned the idea that Kate Mulgrew's character was THE Mrs. Columbo. In the first season, she was supposed to be the one, she also drove the blue convertible a few times. Then they gradually eliminated the references to the original show and she also got a new last name, Callahan. I suspect most watchers simply didn't buy it. She was too young (unless she's not the first one, who already existed in 1968) and does not meet any criteria from the original show. Columbo tells suspects a lot of things that may not be entirely true, but in that cruise ship episode he is looking for Mrs. Columbo before there even is a murder, and based on his description (5 ft, rotund, long black hair that she wears in a bun) other passengers claim to have seen her.
Look at this, they smoke one cigarette after another. Old times...
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In those days......smoking was accepted as the norm. Cigarette companies sponsored Sports, TV, Movies, Athletes. Not sure when Medical found the link to lung cancer - which changed how smoking was perceived.
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Campster the cigarette companies knew the link 😉. 💰💰🤫
@@campster5280 - 1964
@@campster5280 stranger yet, is how long it took the CDC to finally admit that alcohol has always killed more people per year than tobacco... and alcohol is link to many types of cancer as well...
People and their families have been able to sue tobacco companies for a long time, but no one is allowed to sue alcohol companies for deaths related to alcohol... whether from a throat, liver, prostate, or stomach cancer, or liver diseases such as cirrhosis, or a drunk who kills a family drunk driving, or someone dying from an accident (other than driving) because they were drunk, etc.. or someone being drunk and killing someone in a rage/fight...
And alcohol commercials are shown a lot during sports events like the superbowl (which kids watch) I remember the ones where a guy was standing alone and no girls interested, until he had alcohol in his hand... stuff like that... (talk about sending a message to kids)
People can drink alcohol at public events, and in restaurants... but no smoking cuz it's dangerous and gross...
I never used to see taxis at bars/clubs as drunk people poured out at closing time... even today no ubers or lyfts... very rare to see those.
If alcohol had been as aggressively taxed as tobacco... today one 6 pack of 12oz cans of beer would cost around $60/$70 but you can still get one for like $6.99?
Amazing... and curious how society vilified one but not the other... which has always been far more dangerous, more addictive, and killed far more people.
Sorry... just have to point these things out when I see stuff about tobacco links to cancers, and while I agree tobacco is bad... I despise the way society is so deeply hypocritical about things...
@@grigorirasputin9507 ..because the Alcoholic Beverages Industry profits on the avg. of $115 Billion Annually. YUP..that's CORPORATE AMERICA for you!
Gosh, it was 1972 and the raincoat was already legendary!! 😁 RIP Peter Falk!!
Loved columbo, still watch the reruns even though I've seen them a dozen times over, shame he's no longer with us.
I love the clip with Columbo and his dog!!! I love Columbo. Peter Falk made it indelible!!
The glory of the early 70s. Shag carpeting, smoking, side-burns, the garish colours, bring me back to my childhood.
The time when hosts of their shows were talented......
I thought the In-laws movie with Peter Falk and Allan Arkin was hilarious. Serpentine ..........Serpentine.....
such an excellent character , and Peter Falk did such a wonderful job portraying Columbo
I love and miss both of them.
I was born in 1980 & I've grown up watching Columbo. Perfect family viewing.
What a class act Peter COLUMBO Faulk was. He's now in heaven watching reruns of his show.
There are no reruns in heaven, jerk! It plays on a continuous loop. Get a clue!!!
I have watched every episode dozens of times. Falk/Columbo the best.
Etude in Black was good and I like all of them but "Suitable for Framing", "Short Fuse" and the ones Jack Cassidy is in are my favorites
I certainly agree as to the ones that Jack Cassidy was in - what a talented actor he was. Great screen presence like no one else, except that Cassavetes came pretty close. Étude in black was a really, really good episode. One of the classics along with "Rest in peace, Mrs. Columbo" which came later one.
I loved the show and watch them now. They are on Prime, Peacock and somewhere else.
Columbo was a huge hit in Britain, first airing on their ITV Independent Television network in 1972 onward, usually a year or two behind US transmission. In fact I believe the reason why "Dagger of the Mind" in Season 2 was filmed partly in England and the story is based in England, was to help promote Columbo on British television.
I am British & I watch Columbo every weekend when it's on TV. I've been watching it since I was a kid when my parents watched it. Now my kids watch it.. Lol. I've just got the cigar box set for my son who's 28 & absolutely loves it. 🍀
@@enlightenedsoul4282 Columbo is not repeated on US main networks anymore, you have to get the streaming service Peacock or if there is a MeTV affiliate in your area it is seen on that channel which airs really golden oldie classic television programs. MeTV have Columbo on Sunday nights at 7pm. I bet in Britain it is not repeated on the BBC or ITV anymore?
@@johnking5174 sorry to hear it isn't repeated on TV in the USA.. that's a real shame. It's not on itv or the BBC you're right. It's on a channel called 5 USA. 3 episodes a day this week being Christmas. Today Rest in peace, Mrs Columbo, exercise in fatality & Agenda for murder have been on. Usually its on every weekend repeating the previous weekends episodes & a further new 3 episodes on all in one day til 9pm from mid - day, that's on Sundays. Saturdays is murder she wrote all day, which I watch too. My son said wouldn't it of been good if columbo met up with Jessica from murder she wrote, just for one episode.. That might of been good. Nice to speak with you. Happy New Year.. All the best. 🍀
@@enlightenedsoul4282 Do they just show the NBC era of the show or do you see the ABC era episodes too?
@@johnking5174 on 5 USA they show from the pilot episode right through to columbo loves the night LIFE, 1968 onwards. There is another channel that occasionally airs Columbo but they do show different episodes. I can't remember what the channel is though.. I'll have to have a think.
Peter, LEGEND 👍👍👍
i like how natural this is. you really feel like you're having a conversation with a bunch of friends.
all due respect to Johnny, impressions were not his strong suit. :D
sure beats that idiot on CBS today
He once played Columbo on an episode of The Tonight Show, so funny! I think it's on TH-cam somewhere. Steve Lawrence played him on The Carol Burnett Show.
@Comedy Room I remember when he played him reading Twas the Night Before Christmas, and told the reindeer, "Don't poop on the roof!"
I think he was savvy enough not to try and show up his guests, too.
@@nancyking : I saw that and it was pretty funny. 😄
Funny stuff ! Thanks for uploading ! Gee ! Smoking on camera ! My, how things have changed ! "Columbo" was a pretty good gig for Falk. It was only one of the shows on the weekly "NBC Mystery Movie". It rotated with other shows like "McMillan & Wife" and "McCloud". So it aired only once a month or so. Mr Falk didn't want the grind of a weekly series. Tantalizing trivia: the producers originally offered the role to Bing Crosby. But he turned it down, saying it would interfere too much with his golf game. Bing was wonderful entertainer but I just don't see him as Lt. Columbo. But Bing's refusal was the best thing that ever happened to Peter Falk, that's for sure !! :-)
I liked some of the other shows in the Mystery Movie wheel--but it was Columbo that I was always the most excited to see.
@Diane Newman You speak the truth, Kemo Sabe !! :-)
it's 2020,and I still love watching Colombo on Sunday at lunch time!
"Grandpa...Is this gonna be one of those kissing books?"
Etude in Black was the premiere episode of Season 2 of Columbo and aired on Sunday September 17 1972 on NBC.
Here's the Emmy acceptance speech Johnny mentions in the beginning - th-cam.com/video/Q8TUSsqWCTM/w-d-xo.html
It's a great Falk moment.
I've always loved watching Columbo, would loved to have met him , truly icon character
Loved Peter Falk as Columbo, we always knew HE knew who did it, but fun watching him solve it - RIP
Except for”Columbo Cries Wolf”!
Hey this was great tv.Miss both .
There actually was an article in one of the magazines of that era, how they treated that raincoat to give it the right used and worn "look" for Columbo.
Columbo fantastic simple as that Peter falk 👍😇
The look on Johnny's face when Peter busts out the photo film
The amount of cigarettes they smoked in the early seasons like it was nothing and best thing since sliced bread...interesting times
I have watched all of the Columbo shorts on TH-cam. My favorite? The one with the blind man.
For those interested in Peter Falk's Emmy acceptance speech that Johnny referred to at the beginning of Peter's guest appearance, here's the clip: th-cam.com/video/Q8TUSsqWCTM/w-d-xo.html. And to answer Johnny's question, yes, Peter did think through and write the speech before his delivery. His acceptance comments may have seemed spontaneous, but remember that Peter's first and foremost an outstanding actor, skilled at delivery. Also, if you know Peter's approach to things, he always likes to be as prepared as he can beforehand. Peter wrote his Oscar acceptance speech, for example, although he did not win. (Peter's Oscar nomination was for Murder Incorporated, but Peter Ustinov won the award for his performance in Spartacus. Peter actually got out of his seat as he heard the winner announced, "Peter . . ."--but quickly sat down when "Ustinov" was read.)
.......Peter Falk should have won that Oscar Award . He played Columbo as if he was Tailor made for the Part . Superb Method Acting at its best .
James Feldman Falk, did, however, often improvise on “Columbo.” Actors had to be on their toes!
@@jeffzest8393 That's true too. A classic example of this was in the episode "The Most Crucial Game," where family attorney, Walter Cannell (played by Dean Jagger) asks Columbo why he was investigating the victim's home. Columbo abruptly changes the subject and looks down at Dean Jagger's shoes, saying, "Sir...you don't mind if I ask you a personal question, do you?"
"No," Jagger responds, a little perplexed.
"What did you pay for those shoes?"
asks Columbo out of the blue.
The lines between Peter Falk and Dean Jagger were not in the original script, according to certain Columbologists, and the story behind these lines may have originated with Falk himself. In any case, the lines do seem off the cuff and Jagger did a great job in responding to Falk's questions and comments. This was another reason why Peter Falk was so brilliant in this role.
I have heard the same regarding that episode.
Wow !! So part of my life in England 🏴!
Said it before ..
Going to say it again..
You just can't beat the lieutenant.
Steve McQueen wore a similar coat as columbo in the 1968 movie Bullitt
Peter Falk was very funny and charming in person
Falk was actually a CPA and comptroller before becoming an actor similar to Bob Newhart who was also a CPA. Smart men!
I believe the murder victim in "Exercise in Fatality" was also a CPA; Pentagon bureaucrat 🤔 I believe.
That coat doesn't look bad xD Idk why people thought it was.
I was a devoted Columbo fan of the teenage to college age set initially. When the DVD sets became available, I bought them, and watch anytime I like. The adorable Peter Falk was so entertaining as Columbo -- I loved watching him exasperate a culprit, particularly when he/she felt intellectually superior to the sleuth. Did I mention that he was adorable?
All episodes in HD for free on the Peacock app.
@@jeffzest8393 I bought them years ago, before Peacock was available from NBC, but thanks.
@@jeanharper9683 you bought the Blu-Ray? Not only HD, but 16x9 from 1989-2003. About $400 now.
The original!
One of the best episodes of Columbo.
Interesting that he mentions liking the first episode the most. Its a great episode, but the character still had some rough edges to it. I like as the role matures in later episodes.
I loved Peter Falk...nobody could be Columbo but him....🤎🤎🤎..."Just one more thing"
Columbia is MY favorite program.I WOULD Like to watch a full episode please someone can share any episode please .Many thanks
Columbo one of my favorite shows ever.
Pete Falk, one of a kind. The Ace of Spades.
Wow, I was only 2 months old when this aired!
Too bad he didn't come back in the end with "just one more thing"
Peter Falk must have taken lessons from Casey Stengel.
Love Columbo and Peter Falk 😄😇
Peter is personable and honest, this I like.
When I first introduced myself to Peter Falk, Columbo etc, I legitimately thought that Peter Falk was Temuera Morrsion(Jango Fett).
Great guy Colombo!
This aired the day before I was born.
Still watch Colombo on Sundays !
Still watching all the reruns and can recite every word!
Sorry about your wife my mother died 11 months ago and she like me was a huge fan of columbo I still love the show
So when are they going to release our Colombo episodes?? I guess I need to pay for the whole series somewhere. OK.
LOVE THIS GUY FOREVER !
Johnny making the most of his thinning hair, here. He's got the island of hair in the front forehead dyed or sprayed...also grown long to mesh with the back comb over...
Johnny sounds more like Marlon Brando than Columbo.
what an extraordinary show from the seventies... I miss that decades as much as the eighties... anyway, I am not a native English speaker (in fact, I'm from Venezuela) and I would like to know what Columbus meant with: John listen I don't want to plug the show or something like that (2:42). Thanks
Froy Cardenas He was trying to be a bit funny, and also make a point of promoting viewers to watch the new Columbo episode that Sunday before any chit chat. Usually guests talk a bit about other things rather than plugging their shows first.
@@jeffzest8393 thanks... Catch the idea. I just learned that interview with Johnny Carlson took place in 1972... Almost 50 years ago. Holy cow!!
"John listen I don't want to plug the show or something like that" - He was being sarcastic, because for 2 minutes before he said that he *was* plugging the show!
Just to explain more clearly, to "plug" something in this context is to advertise or bring attention to something. Actors go on TV shows to "plug" their movies and TV shows.
the most famous outfit ever haha
He was amazing and look, back when you could smoke in a tv studio and on a plane, better times. Johnny usually smoked, as well. All hail Columbo.
Hilarious! Great actor sadly missed
God bless Peter.
I love Columbo, it makes feel as if I am back in time, though I was born in '95, I saw every single episode, all of them, quite several times, they are just too good.... Today's movie are so artificial..
He was asked once, what's the difference between Peter Falk and Columbo.
He said everything is pretty much the same with the exception that Columbo is a highly intelligent man.
No one else could have played Columbo other than him ! Peter falk is Columbo .
Peter, as Columbo, made a fantastic appearance on Dean Martin’s Hollywood Roast of Frank Sinatra. 🚬
Columbo, the best detective show, EVER!!! Peter Falk, the ONLY HUMAN BEING THAT COULD EVER HAVE BEEN COLUMBO! Did you know that their first choice to play Columbo was Bing Crosby?
I loved this show, and I still LOVE this show!👍👍👏👏😍😍 Btw, it looks so strange to see Peter and Johnny openly AND frequently smoking those nasty cigarettes.🤢🤢🤦♀️🤦♀️ RIP to two beloved icons of the past.😍😍
We have Sherlock Holmes (Uk) The USA has Columbo - I don't know who is the greatest fictional detective in history. Both are so good... great in fact
I prefer columbo
@@drisszyani3497 So do I as well
Back when tv was worth watching!
Потрясающий Питер Фальк!
Amazing a simple not very attractive man had one of best shows ever
I don't know. He wasn't going to make the 50 Most Beautiful list. But I thought he was attractive as Columbo in the early years of the show.
PerthTowne - I completely agree with you, there was something very attractive about him.
I think he's attractive.