Its hard to imagine now but, prior to Airplane, Leslie Nielsen was a serious actor. He was pretty much typecast AS a serious actor but once he did one comedy....the world knew.....not to call him Shirley
@Stephen Ginther While "Airplane" was meant to be a comedy, there's the scene where Leslie Nielsen as Dr. Rumack says again, "Stop calling me Shirley!", his forceful tone (which I can understand and relate to) indicated (to me, at least) he wasn't playing around!
In fairness the reason he worked so well in Airplane! is because he played it entirely straight - take those serious chops into a silly situation and you have legendary comedy
I find it easy enough to watch Leslie Nielsen in a serious sci-fi role like in Forbidden Planet and Ray Bradbury’s Marionettes Inc. Outside of that, it’s agreeably easier to watch him in comedy. Even comedy with serious drama like Men With Brooms. This Columbo episode was the first performance that I saw him in and this clip is all the more nostalgic thanks to him.
@@mikew2954 I just did. I may have seen a bit of it a long time ago. At least the bit that looked familiar in the trailer. Must have been quite a role for Leslie Nielsen.
Oh, come now! Every Columbo watcher knows that most of the actors are first-rate and versatile. This clip, from "Identity Crisis," was from Season 5. But Leslie Nielsen had already played another serious role as Peter Hamilton in "Lady In Waiting" from Season 1. You should watch "Lady In Waiting" on Peacock (still for free, I believe). Check it out. Leslie plays a larger role in that episode and, in fact, he helps Columbo solve the crime.
When I lived in Santa Monica, I knew the pier like the back of my hand, and yes, Sinbad's was a real bar/restaurant. I've walked under that pier a million times.
@DarkNoise In my opinion, he's the reason that episode ("Lady in Waiting") is worth watching but, I still like this one more, despite him being the victim in this episode.
The A&E series of Nero Wolfe mysteries (starring Maury Chakin and Timothy Hutton) used a repertory cast who appeared in every episode but as different characters and roles. This had the curious effect of defeating any typecasting, as the person playing the murderer in one episode could play a client or even the victim in the next one. You never knew at first glimpse who was the heavy in the case or who was an ally.
it makes no sense how he figured the first blow was the one at the front. the body fell face down after the first blow. the murderer turned the body over to steal his stuff, so the blow to the base of the skull could just as easily have come first
He knew the killer turned the body over because the jacket was removed. Had the jacket not been removed, then he wouldn't have been able to assume anything regarding the first blow. But since he knew the body had been turned over, the first blow must have been from the front and the second one after the victim landed on the ground face down before being turned over.
@@4TheRecord but if he got hit from the front first, he would have landed on his back, then they would have found him face down in the sand since he would have been turned over to remove the jacket. i see no reason why the murderer would have bothered to turn him back over and besides which, the murderer would not have wanted to because he had originally planned to put the jacket back on before being interrupted
Colombo is my boy and all that, but isn't he breaking chain of evidence by touching that dog tag without any gloves on? Or that poker chip for that matter?
I seriously doubt they would bag and tag every piece of trash on a public beach. If they went this route you'd have so much trash from the beach and zero way to tell if it was related to the crime. One of the reasons you would use a poker chip is that even with your prints you could never prove how many people had handled it before or after.
Barbara Rhoades and Leslie Nielsen were in 2 episodes of Columbo (1971). Coincidentally, they were in the same episodes. In Columbo: Lady in Waiting (1971), Nielsen was the boyfriend of the murder suspect, and Rhodes played a hostess.
Columbo cited the removed coat as key to his suspicion that it was not a normal mugging. Couldn't the victim have been carrying the coat over his shoulder?
@bonanzatime He just SEEMED like he was (of course, that was to outwit the antagonists and even Nelson Brenner in this, shrewd as he THOUGHT he was, was NO match for Lt. Columbo; in fact, I think Columbo was his WORST nightmare)! My point is, NEVER underestimate seemingly unassuming people because they're most likely very OBSERVANT!
@@thomasshort1784 Very well put. But you're preaching to the choir here on the talent of Lt. Columbo's ability to see through the bullsht and then use logic and reason to make the guilty antagonist shake and squirm in his/her boots as he slowly and methodically reels them in to justice and to prison (or death penalty) where they belong..
@@thomasshort1784 ... ..Unfortunately Lt. Columbo is a completely fictional character. The world would be a better place if there was a real Columbo.. A lot more bad evil people would get their just due right here on earth.
Well Leslie Nielson is sort of bland when he plays serious characters as opposed to what could have been a great series in ‘Police Squad’. The british guy famous for ‘The Prisoner’ series in his home country is downright evil!!
That's Patrick MacGoohan, he and Peter Falk were very good friends, and he directed every episode of Columbo he was in. He was best known as King Edward I in Braveheart.
@@Bayan1905 Well, the first one he was in was directed by Harvey Hart. He also directed the "Commodore" one and the second to the last episode of the series, the one featuring Billy Connolly as the heavy.
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I love the episodes where he is totally no nonsense about examining a body.
Columbo: examines body: "Looks like it's Patrick McGoohan up to his old tricks!"
No it's John Drake up to his old tricks.
It could have been Jack Cassidy or Robert Culp.
Steinmetz!
He said that?
Its hard to imagine now but, prior to Airplane, Leslie Nielsen was a serious actor. He was pretty much typecast AS a serious actor but once he did one comedy....the world knew.....not to call him Shirley
@Stephen Ginther While "Airplane" was meant to be a comedy, there's the scene where Leslie Nielsen as Dr. Rumack says again, "Stop calling me Shirley!", his forceful tone (which I can understand and relate to) indicated (to me, at least) he wasn't playing around!
its even worse than that ... he was a heart throb. He was the love interest in Forbidden Planet!
In fairness the reason he worked so well in Airplane! is because he played it entirely straight - take those serious chops into a silly situation and you have legendary comedy
I can't watch Leslie Nielsen in a serious role anymore, I always expect him to say something comical
I find it easy enough to watch Leslie Nielsen in a serious sci-fi role like in Forbidden Planet and Ray Bradbury’s Marionettes Inc. Outside of that, it’s agreeably easier to watch him in comedy. Even comedy with serious drama like Men With Brooms. This Columbo episode was the first performance that I saw him in and this clip is all the more nostalgic thanks to him.
He was in the horror film Creepshow and played a villain and was great in it.
Look up The Day of the Animals
@@mikew2954 I just did. I may have seen a bit of it a long time ago. At least the bit that looked familiar in the trailer. Must have been quite a role for Leslie Nielsen.
Oh, come now! Every Columbo watcher knows that most of the actors are first-rate and versatile. This clip, from "Identity Crisis," was from Season 5. But Leslie Nielsen had already played another serious role as Peter Hamilton in "Lady In Waiting" from Season 1. You should watch "Lady In Waiting" on Peacock (still for free, I believe). Check it out. Leslie plays a larger role in that episode and, in fact, he helps Columbo solve the crime.
I remember every episode, It's simple really you can't beat Columbo.
Even last salute to the comadore?
Most of the time when Columbo asks a question, he already knows the answer. 👨🎓
Particularly with suspects. When talking to other cops it is a lot more negotiable. Since the medical examiner couldn't tell he deduced.
This job is too hard for Columbo. Better get Frank Drebin on the case!
I would have come earlier, but the man wasn't dead then.
" -Shirley- Surely, you can't be serious? "
@@incub8 I am serious, and don't call me Shirley.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
He's a locksmith - and he's a locksmith!
"Surely you don't mean to kill me."
"I do. and stop calling me Shirley!"
When was that said?
@@TL2354 making a mashup with Airplane.
“Nice beaver”...
"Thanks, I just had it stuffed."
Another great episode!!! 🙂
A clip from one of my favorite episodes. He notices the poker chip, the coat, and in the next scene, the dancer's eyes.
Huh, been watching some SG-1 lately...neat to see Carmen Argenziano much younger.
watching columbo is like taking a vitamin.
@Adam Meek whichever ones give you a good feeling.
You know, when he brings his wife up, he knows who did it, but needs PROOF
Hes similar to Jack klugman, who could play across, with Drama/comedy
again thank you.
I kept waiting for the body to fart
When I lived in Santa Monica, I knew the pier like the back of my hand, and yes, Sinbad's was a real bar/restaurant.
I've walked under that pier a million times.
Did someone ever hit 🎯 you with a wrench or a bend pipe?
He's well-written , and well acted.
Love this episode.
Back in the 70s.
When they actually invested the budget to solving a mugging .
And don't call me Shirley.
An example of actors being reused as Nielson appeared in the first series 4 years earlier in 'Lady in Waiting' as the boyfriend of the killer.
@DarkNoise In my opinion, he's the reason that episode ("Lady in Waiting") is worth watching but, I still like this one more, despite him being the victim in this episode.
The A&E series of Nero Wolfe mysteries (starring Maury Chakin and Timothy Hutton) used a repertory cast who appeared in every episode but as different characters and roles. This had the curious effect of defeating any typecasting, as the person playing the murderer in one episode could play a client or even the victim in the next one. You never knew at first glimpse who was the heavy in the case or who was an ally.
I really want to watch this episode now
Nice imagery with the telescope, the smoke, etc, though with Leslie Nielson, you expect him to wake up and say something ridiculous..
Lieutenant columbo certainly was on the ball here ..nothing gets past him...👍
i love the smoke mixing with the breeze.
Lesley is always good man in this series
Watch this at 0.5 speed and you get a drunk Columbo.
I bought a second hand dvd player just to watch the second hand Columbo dvd box I bought.
"Carry on fellas!"
Yet he knows that it's pointless and that there is nothing more to find.
it makes no sense how he figured the first blow was the one at the front. the body fell face down after the first blow. the murderer turned the body over to steal his stuff, so the blow to the base of the skull could just as easily have come first
nod, I love Columbo but this bothered me too
The police doctor had already said that the blow to the base of the skull was the second one.
@@RJSRdg then why did he ask? 😟
He knew the killer turned the body over because the jacket was removed. Had the jacket not been removed, then he wouldn't have been able to assume anything regarding the first blow. But since he knew the body had been turned over, the first blow must have been from the front and the second one after the victim landed on the ground face down before being turned over.
@@4TheRecord but if he got hit from the front first, he would have landed on his back, then they would have found him face down in the sand since he would have been turned over to remove the jacket. i see no reason why the murderer would have bothered to turn him back over and besides which, the murderer would not have wanted to because he had originally planned to put the jacket back on before being interrupted
2:00 GERONIMO!
I noticed it right away, that's not Shirley, that's Leslie Nielson.
@ernie He told me to tell you to STOP calling him that!😆 (I'm joking)
I am serious. And don't call me Shirley.
Be seeing you!
THUD
Don’t call me a non serious actor.
Surely he's not dead...
Colombo filled San Quentin! 😁👍
Lieutenant ~~~ Sherlock Holmes ~~~ aint got nothin on you.
Fast forward to Barbara Rhoades at the carnival photo booth...
This is the one where he solves the murder but he has to let the murderer go because he is some sort of government agent.
Up until the other guy killed him at 2:40, I thought Leslie was playing Lt Frank Drebin, on an undercover drug investigation. Oh well. RIP Geronimo.
Colombo is my boy and all that, but isn't he breaking chain of evidence by touching that dog tag without any gloves on? Or that poker chip for that matter?
Please dont judge by todays policies.
He told the photographers to leave if they are finished taking up all the evidence.
"I haven't seen anything like this since an Anita Bryant concert"!
Back Alley Who- done - it's. Not so much back alley here. ...
Drebin should have used his Naked Gun.
sorry but I can't treat any film with Leslie Nielsen seriously.. even when it's Columbo !
Colombo should not have handled those pieces of broken chip-fingerprints !
After being buried in the sand and exposed to a sea breeze for around 2 hours? I doubt they'd pull anything useful.
Could be Columbo got there after the print men have done their work
@@NYCZ31 unlikely they would chuck the chips back in the sand after - they would have been bagged and tagged
I seriously doubt they would bag and tag every piece of trash on a public beach. If they went this route you'd have so much trash from the beach and zero way to tell if it was related to the crime. One of the reasons you would use a poker chip is that even with your prints you could never prove how many people had handled it before or after.
@@spacedudemark255 Seriously, you don't think the fingerprints would still linger? That's what would've concerned me.
Columbo solves the murder must
foul of Frank Drebin .
Did Leslie Nielson play in two Columbo episodes? I believe I saw him play a rich woman's boyfriend.
Barbara Rhoades and Leslie Nielsen were in 2 episodes of Columbo (1971). Coincidentally, they were in the same episodes. In Columbo: Lady in Waiting (1971), Nielsen was the boyfriend of the murder suspect, and Rhodes played a hostess.
@@devinemsm05 thanks 🤗
Enrico Palazzo :-)
Was this pre- or post-Airplane?
Columbo cited the removed coat as key to his suspicion that it was not a normal mugging. Couldn't the victim have been carrying the coat over his shoulder?
Got it!
Rip Lesley)
Seems surprising to me that he examines the crime scene without wearing gloves
It was a different era
Nelson had gray hair even back then!
@Obomba BeenLaid You gotta admit, he aged pretty gracefully.
is the guy using the telescope at the start for same guy in Friend in Deed?
Otis Young was only in 1 Columbo episode, Identity Crisis. What role are you thinking of in "Friend in Deed"?
@@devinemsm05 The Guy who is questioned at the Caldwell house when the cop says "Relax will ya, you 're making me nervous"
Columbo Was No Dumbo
@bonanzatime He just SEEMED like he was (of course, that was to outwit the antagonists and even Nelson Brenner in this, shrewd as he THOUGHT he was, was NO match for Lt. Columbo; in fact, I think Columbo was his WORST nightmare)! My point is, NEVER underestimate seemingly unassuming people because they're most likely very OBSERVANT!
@@thomasshort1784 Very well put. But you're preaching to the choir here on the talent of Lt. Columbo's ability to see through the bullsht and then use logic and reason to make the guilty antagonist shake and squirm in his/her boots as he slowly and methodically reels them in to justice and to prison (or death penalty) where they belong..
@@thomasshort1784 ... ..Unfortunately Lt. Columbo is a completely fictional character. The world would be a better place if there was a real Columbo.. A lot more bad evil people would get their just due right here on earth.
There was a guy he lived with once - the usual slurs, rumours, people didn't understand.
The french voice actor of Mr McGoohan is a terrific baryton ; and as a french, I was really disappointed at 1:58 *-*
Interesting police car/buggy on the left.
It's very disrespectful crossing over a dead body....these Americans hv no ethics.
Leslie Nielsen is very good. He is so chic and elegant 🕴️💆
Some better adjectives please
Ok, He's Canadian. Best adjective ever.
Schteinmetz!
Well, obviously he knows Howie did it.
Niño Columbo 👑👑👑
Patrick Mckoogan is a bad guy, once more.
He is so funny)
Well Leslie Nielson is sort of bland when he plays serious characters as opposed to what could have been a great series in ‘Police Squad’. The british guy famous for ‘The Prisoner’ series in his home country is downright evil!!
Patrick MacGoohan.
That's Patrick MacGoohan, he and Peter Falk were very good friends, and he directed every episode of Columbo he was in. He was best known as King Edward I in Braveheart.
@@Bayan1905 Well, the first one he was in was directed by Harvey Hart. He also directed the "Commodore" one and the second to the last episode of the series, the one featuring Billy Connolly as the heavy.
I don’t agree. Nielsen was quite well known in fair demand with his serious roles, for which he was very highly regarded.
Definitely not bland' a wonderful character actor back then.
While this scene was being shot-& as--leslie nielson lay on the ground He stuck his tougue out on Columbo---lol
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I noticed, that Geronimo is breathing when he lied down dead.