Let's watch Columbo: Death Lends A Hand!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ก.ค. 2024
- Episode synopsis: (via IMDb) Columbo matches his skills against Brimmer, a former cop turned private investigator with a quick temper who tries to blackmail a client's wife. When she refuses, he accidentally kills her and it's up to Columbo to nail him.
Guest Stars: Robert Culp, Pat Crowley, and Ray Miland.
Phew! It's been a minute. Alot of things have been changing rather quickly in my life and I've been super busy, but I’m still watching Columbo! Thank you for all the comments and thoughts so far. Death Lends A Hand stars the wonderful Robert Culp in his first of quite a few appearances on Columbo!
Robert Culp plays Mr. Brimmer's nastiness to perfection. I really enjoyed his performance here. I also get the biggest kick out his laugh. HE HE.
What do you think of Death Lends A Hand?
Timecodes:
0:00 - Intro
2:10 - Reaction
36:45 - Thoughts/Shooting Columbo
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"What color are their hands now?"
Thank you for that. XD
The Great Muppet Caper is one of my favorite movies 😂
I love this episode. Lots of interesting camera angles and lights.
The scene with the golf instructor. At the end of the gotcha. And as Ray Milland goes to look under the car...
Throughout the series, we see many dysfunctional families, but here the Kennicutts function despite infidelity. Despite his money and power, Arthur Kennicutt always treats the lieutenant politely and fairly, which is rare even among the victims' relatives.
All great episodes! Hyped to get to Double Negative again. I've only ever really seen Dick Van Dyke in 'hero' roles so to see him as a bad guy was definitely a different take - but I thought he did an amazing job.
You are right. My first car was a 1971 Fiat 128. I loved that car, and when 1971 comes up, I love it. There are, of course, many productions from the year. They were definitely moving forward. Dirty Harry was in the past (copy cat murders).
Robert Culp is my favourite recurring villain.
Enjoyed your reaction.
Two comments.
First, Ray Milland would play the killer in Season 2's "Greenhouse Jungle" sporting a toupee.
Second, 10% of the world's population is left-handed while only 1% is ambidextrous.
How lucky was Mrs Columbo to have Lieutenant Columbo? Maybe that was it, in part. Ladies, he's taken.
The same way they used the glasses effect in this episode is the same effect used in the beginning of "Westworld" the movie a couple years later. Also the motorcycle cop that pulls Columbo over is Hollywood stuntdriver Bill Hickman
I saw part of this episode on TV the other day and a detail I noted was that even in that very short scene of acting, Culp’s left handed writing looks awkward. He probably is actually right handed. Just goes to show how ingrained that is in people.
My thoughts on the episode:
* A beautifully shot murder scene. Culp's characterization has an almost viscerally pure rage in that scene plus the close up of faces and glass shattering is rather stunning.
* Brimmers blackmailing attempt doesnt make sense. Why would a private eye care about what goes in the newspaper industry? Seeking information is one thing but blackmailing his wife wont help his agency. It seems contrived.
* Ray Milland does nice work in the smaller role of the dead womans husband and he is relatively pleasant and easy to deal with.. He also turns up as a guest murderer in another episode where he was gruff , haughty and imperious. Nice range between those roles.
Ah, Columbo. I have the box-set, and due to bad labeling of the episodes, I never know exactly which one I'll get to watch that day. I think I've seen this about 4 times because of that. Never remembering how early it was in the series. I also love that we learn that Columbo doesn't use a weapon in this episode. It's weird too, because this was by far not the first episode I ever saw of Columbo, but that revelation still caught me completely by surprise (in a good way).
I love this episode! Peter Falk, Robert Culp, and Ray Milland are awesome actors!
Such a fun trio!
@@meltyenjoys If you haven't seen the movie Dial M for Murder you should check it out. Ray Milland is fantastic in it and the detective is a little bit like Columbo.
@@meltyenjoys You can also watch "The Greenhouse Jungle" which is another Columbo episode starring Ray Milland but this time; he is the murderer.
@@gaelbourdier2941"Well I'll tell you it was the quickest way down"
"I think there's a couple killers later on who try to kill Columbo later on"
There sure are; and you'll meet one of them 3 episodes after this one. Not saying who it is, or what their gender is, but you'll meet them very soon.
Also, midway through the episode, the eye examiner Columbo meets and says 'she wasn't wearing glasses' to is Ken Samson. He did the voice of Rabbit from Winnie the Pooh from the late 80's "New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh" TV series, up until "My Friends Tigger and Pooh" from the late 2000's, retiring from the role shortly after and passing away in 2012.
There's another Winnie the Pooh actor in this show a few episodes later in "Blueprint for Murder": John Fielder, the original voice of Piglet, played the murder victim's doctor, who also firmly tells Columbo to stop smoking cigars [I mean, he IS a doctor after all, and makes it known he deals in pacemakers.]
Even some other celebrities from later on in the show I know from other animated films and shows: Roddy McDowall is in the episode "Short Fuse", and I know him from the 1979 stop motion film, "Nutcracker Fantasy", playing the character Franz.
Dick Van Dyke shows up in Season 4's "Negative Reaction", and I know him from "Mary Poppins", "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang", "The Dick Van Dyke Show", and he plays Tubby the Tuba in the 1975 animated film.
Jose Ferrer appears in the episode "Mind over Mayhem" [an episode I'm personally not a fan of], and he's in the 1968 Rankin/Bass stop motion Christmas special, "The Little Drummer Boy".
And lastly, Vincent Price was also in a Columbo episode. "Lovely but Lethal", the opener of Season 3. I know him for Disney's "The Great Mouse Detective", "The Thief and the Cobbler", and even the Rankin/Bass Easter special, "Here Comes Peter Cottontail". Unfortunately, he's only in that Columbo episode for like, 5 minutes X(
Hopefully this wasn't too boring of a ramble for you [and anybody else interested] to read through!
On the Vincent Price bit - I do wish he was in another Columbo episode, he would've been a great killer... maybe a Halloween episode or something where he's like a cult leader or a Hollywood props guy.
Although, if you do wanna see a pretty good crime thriller noir with Vincent, I'd recommend Laura. It's good.
Mad Magazine did parody on Columbo I'll neve r forget. They called him Clodumbo lol, and The villain was Robert Culprit, 🤣Mr. Kinnecut played by Ray Milland, who was once a major movie star in the 1930's, 40's 50's. You and I have something in common only 52 years apart ... I believe this was the very first Columbo I saw in 1971 in 10th grade. So that makes me old enough to be Melissa's grandfather, pr worse, great grandfather. I remember my dad and I watching this, and we laughed about the potato in the tailpipe thing.
My favorite scene was the one between Falk and Culp where columbo lets him in on his “theory” of how the murder happened, i love the cat and mouse scenes. Keep up the great reactions!
Of course, we all know Columbo was hiding in the corner and saw the entire murder. He just likes playing with his quary.
Fun fact: The guy doing vision checks at the DMV is the voice of Rabbit in Winnie the Pooh. His name is Ken Sansom.
I love the relationship that develops between Kennicut and Columbo.
The only real flaw here is that this wasn't murder - it was manslaughter. They had a brief tussle, and he struck her in anger - but then she fell back and cracked her skull on the table. That's an accidental death - manslaughter - not a deliberate, calculated murder. That's a major difference in any subsequent criminal trial.
I am thoroughly enjoying watching your reactions and commentary to these Columbo episodes. After taking a year to re-watch all the first seven seasons of Columbo, I am now watching your videos and also the Columbo reviews from 'Watch it for Days'. I have to admit, I absolutely loved your reaction here at the end when it became clear Columbo staged the mishap with the car luring Brimmer to the repair shop. Melissa, keep up the great work on these videos!
Thank you so much! It makes me so happy to hear you're enjoying the videos - watching this show is such a delight and I'm very excited to dive into Season 2. Thanks for following along!
My mom got me watching Columbo when I was just about 6 years old… watched the originals and always watched the reruns and even own all the DVD’s series and movies that were made.
There were very few repeat killers in the classic seasons, with Robert Culp & Jack Cassidy each at 3 & Patrick McGoohan at only 2. McGoohan would take the record at 4 with 2 appearances in the revival series(almost 3, he was offered the part in "Murder With Too Many Notes" but declined. He did direct that one though), with Culp almost tying it with a guest appearance as the father of a killer. Cassidy unfortunately died when he fell asleep drunk with a cigarette in his mouth which started a fire in his home, I suspect he'd have come back too had he lived.
McGoohan was actually offered the role of Columbo when Falk ended his run. He refused outright, feeling only Falk could play the role.
And don't forget Shatner!
My man was in 2 episodes, 1 in the original run and 1 in the 90s revival.
Both were good.
@@shelbyherring92 Don't forget Walter Koenig's cameo in the first Shatner episode!
Columbo is so rewatchable.
SO rewatchable! 😆
I love the 60s, 70s, and maybe 80s, for the exact reason you mentioned, cars were just way better, and there was way less people in the world, but i've only been around since 1970. there were 2 Columbo cars, one completely disappeared years ago, the other one was abandoned at the back of the studio, and ended up being sold, now it's some where in Mexico, i think it still sits there rusting away, i'm sure i read some where that the studio tried to buy it back after Peter Falk died.
It's not so much that there were fewer people in the world 50 years ago (true, about half of now), but rather that people *saw* fewer, and less *variety* of people than now... and that makes some people sad and/or angry.
@@Hexon66 I know what you mean by "variety" i went to my local primary school, my kids went to the same primary school as me years later, 98% of kids and parents looked like me, i have literally just walked in the door now, i just passed the same school that me and my kids went to, None of the kids look like my kids, none of the parents look like me.. i tried to get a house or flat about 5 years ago, they told me there is a 5 - 10 year waiting list, told me if i'm desperate i'll have to go in a hostel, i've just walked through the council estate where i wanted a flat, no people living there look like me, it looks like they have been here 5 minutes, and not needed to wait 5 minutes for a home straight off the boat, straight in to a mini bus, straight in to a council house, as fast as bish bash bosh.., never mind 5 years, that is what makes me angry, i've lived in the same area my whole life (53 years) and i feel like i don't belong here anymore. it's like being in a different country.. sorry i best be Quiet, can't share our feeling out loud with out getting a knock on the door..
I like your Columbo shirt!
Let’s go! I’m back for another episode
Im sorry for double posting, lol. I find this murderer much more sympathetic than the one played by Jack Cassidy in episode one. I think its because he respects Columbo. Jack Cassidy's character acted like he was an idiot.
This has become my favourite channel, i have so much to say in the comments but i don't was to p.i.s.s people off thinking i know it all. i just love talking about it and giving info out info.
Yes, Peter Falk was an avid golfer. This is one of three episodes that have scenes on a golf course.
$30,000 in 1971 adjusted for inflation is about $230,000 today. Columbo in Etude in Black from 1972 said he makes $11,000 a year, which was a decent salary, so it would have been a big pay increase.
A funny thing, inflation. Wild how it translates to today.
Also I’m Subscriber 331. 😂😂
Monk did a similar ending in the Season 2 opener Mr. Monk goes back to school. They would often do endings where the killer would incriminate himself or would get him to confess. The Mentalist did the same thing as well, which was so clever. In fact, the Mentalist episode Every Rose Has Its Thorn even has a similar ending to Prescription: Murder. The writer Ken Woodruff and most likely creator Bruno Heller are probably big Columbo fans.
NICE CONTENT
Just found the channel today, I can't understand why more people haven't reacted to Columbo but that's aside the point, i've binged yer prior vids and I can't wait to watch the rest of the series (again) through the channel
Thank you! :)
33:05. I've watched every episode of Columbo so many times and can't think of any murderers who attempted to kill Columbo. I'm sure you're right, I just can't think of any off the top of my head.
Well Lady in Waiting she had a gun pointed at him in the end but yes you're right no one pulled a trigger. In fact there was never any violence to Columbo.
Radio host played by William Shatner tried
Oh and Louis Jordan in Murder Under Glass.
Nicol Williamson with the dogs in How to Dial a Murder.
Kinecut's house was also used in THE GODFATHER.
These shows were not shown weekly so they could get away with reusing a number of things without them being overly familiar.
The police captain in this episode often portrayed a LAPD captain in many of the old Dragnet episodes.
I didn't know that, aw, so fun
The glasses were trippy, lol
Omg. You should do The Rockford Files.
Every time they say "Mr. Brimmer," I think of Simon Brimmer from _Ellery Queen._
forgive me if i have already commented on this....Im a complete technophobe!!!
Love this latest review...Robert Culp is just great...
Peter Falk...totally brilliant..
When Falk joined up he had have his eyes tested..the Dr asked him to " Read the top line...sorry doc says Peter..its a glass .had that eye removed when i was a child..
ok...says the doc....
Just do the best you can..
!!!!!😂...
God bless him...
One of the few murders along with Adrian Carsini that was not well planned in advance. It was just the killer getting mad and hitting the victim.
This is one of the best episodes with how Columbo figures things out and solves the case. It's top notch.
I agree! One of my favorites.
One of my favourites.
Why is that I love so much that she's describing the most 70s music bed *ever* as "so 60s!"
Car manufacturers used to go to great lengths to distinguish their cars from the cars of other manufacturers, the designs had an aesthetic quality that one so rarely sees today. Today cars are just distinguished by brands that are well established and recognisable to most people, their flat mundane designs simple to manufacture en masse. Just thought I would address that since you brought it up.
really nice work,much fun
Great reaction - so rare to see someone watching Columbo on here, wish more people did.
Also, nice to see someone else has bought one of the Columbophile's shirts - I was actually considering that one at one point lol.
Have you read some of the other Columbo books? I have The Columbo Phile and The Columbo Companion. Also the Columbo Collection has 12 new Columbo stories written by William Link for when the original run isn't enough, and you need just one more thing.
Hi. Melissa,
The inflation rate from Columbo to 2023 is about 700%, so if Columbo pays a $10.50 cab fare and gives a 50 cent tip, the $11.00 is worth about $77.00 today.
If Columbo asks you more than 3 questions, you should get used to the fact that you are the murderer.
Yeah, I totally agree with you about modern writing and acting. Much of it in both movies and tv shows feels incredibly unnatural sounding. I find myself thinking "real people don't or wouldn't talk like this" in a lot of scenes.
$30k in 1970 equates to about $400k today.
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Have you ever watched Monk, or Pokerface?
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Love your Etude in Black shirt! Where did you get it?
I got it from the COLUMBOPHILE T-Public store!
I thought Robert Culp looked a little forced in scene where Bremmer loses his temper.
$30,000 in 1971 is equal to $277,449 in today's money. There are inflation calculators online.
Columbo plants evidence at the end. Normally he'd be kicked off the force.
modern car designs are way safer, and that safety comes at a price. They all look the same!
So true! The stylization was definitely lost.
7:36 - way cooler - but leaked more oil.