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  • Season 3 Episode 5 "Publish or Perish" A publisher hires a bomb enthusiast to murder a bestselling author of sex novels. Lt. Columbo is on the case.
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  • @MacJaxonManOfAction
    @MacJaxonManOfAction 2 года назад +580

    What I love about Columbo is that he isn't even a wolf in sheep's clothing. He's more like a shepherd disguised as a sheep! He's a genuinely good person who wants to protect the innocent but he is a serious danger to wrongdoers.

    • @Ubu987
      @Ubu987 Год назад +14

      Maybe that is why director Wim Wenders, chose Peter Falk to play an angel in that movie.

    • @rhondawoodhouse5508
      @rhondawoodhouse5508 Год назад +13

      Binge watching Columbo polishes my heart! I admire his unrelenting ownership of Columbo’s characteristics! RIPOWER PETER FALK💌

    • @MrMaddox57
      @MrMaddox57 4 месяца назад +3

      he confronted EVERY villain in a different context but the SAME classic Columbo way, lol, he sometimes though, on rare occasion, had to call in the police early due to potentially dangerous situations, if I recall.

    • @christopherecatalano
      @christopherecatalano Месяц назад +1

      @@Ubu987 My favourite all time film...

    • @larzkruber822
      @larzkruber822 Месяц назад +1

      He always gives them so hard evidence
      that the only option they have
      is to admit

  • @wufongtanwufong5579
    @wufongtanwufong5579 2 года назад +962

    Columbo has a high re-watch value, because of the way it is written. Most detective stories it's a "Who dunnit". Columbo is a "How they did it" sort of show. With who dunnit's as soon as you re-watch the show, you remember who dunnit. But with Columbo, it's more about how did Columbo figure it out. And that's not as easy to remember. So if you space out the shows a few yrs apart. It's like watching it for the first time.

    • @alec6583
      @alec6583 2 года назад +41

      Wow, you're so right. The entire point of the show is the hardest part to remember. The ending doesn't even matter, so how can you spoil it? Jeeze.

    • @mikem7619
      @mikem7619 2 года назад +33

      Yeah. You have to watch it again to see what you may have missed the last time.

    • @pauljohnson1763
      @pauljohnson1763 2 года назад +40

      Not a whodunit...a howcatchem...

    • @danielroden9424
      @danielroden9424 2 года назад +22

      its peter faulks charm and dry wit that make it so ageless. he isnt a tall man but he is walking around killers usually much larger than himself without a care in the world.

    • @poetcomic1
      @poetcomic1 2 года назад +15

      Also, the series has so many 'delicious' moments (what the French call frissons) you can watch them over and over still get that 'French Shiver'.

  • @davidschexnayder2261
    @davidschexnayder2261 Год назад +133

    No actor could wear a turtleneck with such style and deliver his dialogue with such scornful disdain than the inimitable Jack Cassidy.

    • @janvang1050
      @janvang1050 4 месяца назад +1

      Maybe Nick Cassidy 😉

    • @CD-yr8tw
      @CD-yr8tw 4 месяца назад +2

      Hands down. Or should I say neck down?

  • @Guru316
    @Guru316 7 месяцев назад +81

    One of Columbo's most masterful skills is the ability to annoy people. He plays dumb, he panders to their ego, he nips at their heels and gets under their skin. Eventually they get so angry and annoyed that they let something slip or make themselves look guilty. Brilliant.

    • @dunbustin
      @dunbustin Месяц назад

      No. He is the equal of his adversary. He does not have any power. However, there is no such thing as the perfect crime, and Columbo knows that the suspect will be caught.

    • @Mozart1220
      @Mozart1220 25 дней назад +1

      @@dunbustin Are you kidding? perfect crimes happen every day! The fact that we don;t hear about them is what makes them perfect.

    • @andreeailie9053
      @andreeailie9053 24 дня назад

      😂😂😂😂

  • @robbiereilly
    @robbiereilly 2 года назад +495

    I always loved how Jack Cassidy would accept the defeat with a smile. Such a great villain he played. But always with a touch of dastardly class.

    • @lindac6919
      @lindac6919 2 года назад +23

      Jack would have been a good Snidely Whiplash.

    • @TheMadAfrican1
      @TheMadAfrican1 2 года назад +15

      And the moustache just made it. He has an air of Terry Thomas about him, almost. The villain you can't help but root for.

    • @marijooneill8015
      @marijooneill8015 2 года назад +12

      Peter Falk was absolutely the best in this role, I still like to watch the reruns when I can.

    • @micarsenijevic2313
      @micarsenijevic2313 2 года назад +6

      and that's why Mrs Partridge must have fallen for him!?

    • @rasalghul9331
      @rasalghul9331 2 года назад

      Jack Cassidy should have learned and known better than try to get away with murder from Colombo again!!!

  • @edwardwilliams3216
    @edwardwilliams3216 2 года назад +104

    "I want to tell you something, this writing isn't as easy as it looks."
    A writer had to write that. Hehe

  • @darlenerose7978
    @darlenerose7978 3 года назад +622

    I was broken hearted when he got too old to play him and again when he died. I have everything he's ever done on DVD. Rest in peace Peter Falk you are missed.

    • @keithjones6023
      @keithjones6023 3 года назад +7

      I can see that you are a real Columbophile!

    • @maryelizabeth6797
      @maryelizabeth6797 3 года назад +10

      I felt the same way about David Jansen (Jack Frost), two of the best tv detective. Rest In Peace both of you. 💖

    • @keithjones6023
      @keithjones6023 3 года назад +10

      @@maryelizabeth6797 last time I looked David Jason (Jack Frost) was alive and kicking!

    • @maryelizabeth6797
      @maryelizabeth6797 3 года назад +5

      Keith Jones. Well now I’m confused. I just pulled up a site saying he passed in June 2019 and sites that say the opposite. I’ll keep happy thoughts. ❤️💖

    • @OolTube02
      @OolTube02 3 года назад +4

      Gonna have to buy it all on Blu-Ray again, because who wants to watch this in 480p these days?

  • @bioarv111
    @bioarv111 3 года назад +50

    "That's a lie"
    "I resent that!"
    Amazing comeback

  • @rebirthaudio2023
    @rebirthaudio2023 2 года назад +230

    I like how Columbo refers to Candidate For Crime in this. It's interesting to hear Columbo summarise the whole episode as an amazing story, but he doesn't know where to begin in writing it down. Nice continuity hearing Columbo refer to another case that we've seen onscreen. Brilliant episode, one of the first I remember watching. Jack Cassidy is the consummate Columbo villain.

    • @jthetailor6948
      @jthetailor6948 Год назад +2

      I just was thinking the same thing and was wondering if anyone caught it

    • @robert-wr9xt
      @robert-wr9xt Год назад +1

      Bravo.
      In a good way.
      4 more weeks of summer.

    • @ivanwesteurope
      @ivanwesteurope 10 месяцев назад +2

      The refer to Candidate For Crime was not exact. He mentions the member of his guard, but it is not fact. IT was not about guard man.

    • @keithm9337
      @keithm9337 5 месяцев назад

      @@jthetailor6948 Same here. That was another outstanding Columbo episode.

  • @palerider964
    @palerider964 6 месяцев назад +37

    The late Jack Cassidy was a very underrated actor. He was fantasticly superb in the episodes he appeared in.👏👏👏👍😀

    • @yodservant
      @yodservant Месяц назад +4

      Yes agreed ...talented man but sad life ...

    • @raymind1313
      @raymind1313 24 дня назад

      Agreed

    • @DanielLiebert-i1p
      @DanielLiebert-i1p 5 дней назад +1

      Jack Cassidy and Robert Culp are my two favorite villains I love to watch Columbo put through the wringer.

  • @brock2k1
    @brock2k1 2 года назад +106

    "Who are you, and how did you get in here?"
    "I'm a locksmith. And I'm a locksmith."
    Leslie Nielsen vs Columbo.

    • @janvang1050
      @janvang1050 4 месяца назад

      Yes so odd to see Leslie Nielsen in a dead serious part 😮

  • @cylon6
    @cylon6 2 года назад +78

    Jack Cassidy and Robert Culp should have been nominated and won Emmys for their Columbo work.

    • @Talboy-p4e
      @Talboy-p4e 2 месяца назад +2

      Totally agree
      Great actors always
      We're the best in Columbo ❤
      We're golden years back then when we had the best stars always every time
      Am watching fugitive classic tv drama series David Jason 1960
      Another classic especially black and white
      Great stars always
      When tv was great

    • @wop60
      @wop60 18 дней назад

      Do not forget Robert Vaughn.

    • @Talboy-p4e
      @Talboy-p4e 18 дней назад +1

      @@cylon6 totally agree
      Great natural actors
      Were so good
      Kept coming back to get Columbo
      We had the best stars always
      Back then
      When tv was great
      Dont for get another classic.
      TV. Serious. Fugitive 1960
      Am still watching today

    • @cylon6
      @cylon6 18 дней назад +1

      @@wop60 As good as he was, I think Culp and Cassidy were superior.

  • @mrsands1511
    @mrsands1511 3 года назад +264

    1:00 Colombo is discussing Candidate for Crime, one of the best episodes imo.

    • @solarnaut
      @solarnaut 3 года назад +5

      @Mz Thompsun B-) haaaa . . . and so a squabble of the ages begins ! . . .

    • @marcelmann3218
      @marcelmann3218 3 года назад +10

      yeah, especially like the conclusion with the bullet in the wall, Columbo was so sneaky

    • @rezathenightfly
      @rezathenightfly 3 года назад +22

      I concur heartily. The "Gotcha" at the end is only surpassed by the one in "Suitable for Framing" episode.

    • @junesanders463
      @junesanders463 3 года назад +15

      @@rezathenightfly Ross Martin was so smug in that episode.
      Definitely my favorite.

    • @rezathenightfly
      @rezathenightfly 3 года назад +14

      @@junesanders463 Apart from being insufferably smug, as you so astutely pointed out; Ross Martin also treated Columbo with palpable disdain, derision and utter contempt throughout the episode. But Falk had the last laugh as per usual. Prime example of outstanding writing and acting all around.

  • @lsmart
    @lsmart 3 года назад +354

    All 3 Jack Cassidy episodes arguably belong at least in the top 10 best Columbo episodes. He was a great actor, and he was just explosive when paired with Falk, as they each seemed to bring out the best in the other.

    • @drlee2
      @drlee2 2 года назад +11

      "Explosive" is a perfect term for this episode! lol

    • @derekseven1647
      @derekseven1647 2 года назад +4

      ABSOLUTELY.

    • @MrAitraining
      @MrAitraining 2 года назад +15

      Yes. There were so many actors he could have used but it's no coincidence that Jack Cassidy, Robert Culp and Patrick Mcgoohan were in multiple eposodes. He had great chemistry with them.

    • @lsmart
      @lsmart 2 года назад +6

      @@pR1mal. But unlike the aforementioned three actors, who were chosen for their talent and great rapport with Falk, Danese was chosen purely because of nepotism. She was a mediocre actress overall, and a bad fit for Columbo.

    • @stellertonybeller1972
      @stellertonybeller1972 2 года назад +2

      @@pR1mal. and Shawn Cassidy of the Hardy Boys ....he was married to Shirley Jones

  • @richardfeynman5560
    @richardfeynman5560 3 года назад +344

    Jack Cassidy was always a great Columbo villain!

    • @MrAitraining
      @MrAitraining 3 года назад +17

      The Best IMO

    • @Gera1713
      @Gera1713 3 года назад +11

      Agree. So sad he also passed. R I P

    • @mariadaddio2375
      @mariadaddio2375 3 года назад +12

      I loved Jack Cassidy!. He was a deliciously nefarious foil for the world class Ltd Columbo !!!!! 😆

    • @robinsoto2700
      @robinsoto2700 3 года назад +18

      Him and Robert culp

    • @supergristmill6195
      @supergristmill6195 3 года назад +6

      @@robinsoto2700 Right! They were both great at creating tension and acrimony between their characters and Columbo. Two of the greatest Columbo villains in the shows history.

  • @109joiner
    @109joiner 3 года назад +177

    How times change, I was shocked when he threw his cigarette on the floor.

    • @solarnaut
      @solarnaut 3 года назад +22

      B-) I had already "thumbs up"-ed your comment, but came back to remark - after a comment elsewhere prompted me to find a bit more on Jack's bio . . . and learn - ironically, it was apparently Jack's later failure to stomp out a cigarette that causes his death, by fire . . . after passing out on his couch with a lit ciggy.

    • @ultimathule1000
      @ultimathule1000 3 года назад +10

      @@solarnaut : and alcohol was involved, too ...

    • @solarnaut
      @solarnaut 3 года назад +8

      @@ultimathule1000 , indeed ! . . . I believe he "passed out" on his couch, lit ciggy in hand because of (yet another) long night of drinking. while he was not a victim of so called "spontaneous combustion" . . . one supposed explanation of that phenomenon is typically a person with ample fat reserves (not applicable in jack's case) and a Lot of booze in their system, where a fire source actually (slowly) ignites and consumes most of the body . . . ewww ! . . . but I digress ! B-)

    • @jacknewman9256
      @jacknewman9256 3 года назад +2

      Jack Cassidy dying that way really is an ironic twist. For this episode, I think its an homage to Mickey Spillane's character Mike Hammer.

    • @Romancefantasy
      @Romancefantasy 3 года назад +3

      I noticed that too, like dude who does that?

  • @Warped9
    @Warped9 2 года назад +34

    Columbo is probably the best written, produced and acted detective in television history. No one before him was as good and no one since can touch him.

  • @CardsharpChris
    @CardsharpChris 8 месяцев назад +10

    I could re-watch Columbo every single day (and at times, I have!). Great all-time show. Peter Falk 💯

  • @poetcomic1
    @poetcomic1 3 года назад +72

    Poor Robert Culp and Jack Cassidy - Columbo REALLY knew how to make them squirm and these two were the best 'squirmers' in the series.

  • @scrmepal
    @scrmepal 3 года назад +75

    Jack Cassidy was born to be Columbo villian. His 3 starring roles in Columbo were top notch episodes. It was tragic that he had such a horrid death in a house fire!

    • @stellertonybeller1972
      @stellertonybeller1972 3 года назад +1

      he was also a abusive husband to Shirley Jones they say

    • @Romancefantasy
      @Romancefantasy 3 года назад +5

      @@stellertonybeller1972 Hmmm , was it really an accident or a celebrity MURDER.... Or maybe I've watched to many Columbo episodes lately.

    • @alec6583
      @alec6583 2 года назад +2

      PAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHA this comment's written like a Norm Macdonald joke. I was really not expecting a graphic reminder of his death at the end, there.

    • @direcorbie
      @direcorbie 2 года назад +7

      @@Romancefantasy pure accident. He fell asleep while smoking and dropped the cigarette on a Naugahyde couch, which is highly flammable.

    • @MrAitraining
      @MrAitraining 2 года назад +8

      He was a bad alcoholic. That had a lot to do with what happened.

  • @jbowens
    @jbowens Год назад +79

    What I love is how often Columbo figures it out from a single visit to the crime scene and the very first conversation with the killer.
    And how often he gets them with a trap he laid for them literally the day after they committed the crime or he met them.

  • @stevelucky7579
    @stevelucky7579 2 года назад +44

    Columbo is just like a disappointed parent who knows everything and is waiting for the child to confess first.

  • @jlh4jc
    @jlh4jc 2 года назад +49

    I love Columbo episodes. Every episode is predictable, yet you still enjoy it like you were seeing your first Columbo episode. The elements of a Columbo episode:
    1. Perp is usually some well to do person who plans the perfect crime
    2. Columbo appears disheveled when going to the scene.
    3. Columbo flatters perp and plays dumb. Wife is always a big fan
    4. Perp goes from being eagerly cooperative to irritated at Columbo. "Just one more thing"
    5. Perp is usually smug and assumes Columbo is dumb.
    6. Columbo springs the evidence gathered on perp. He realizes underneath the old raincoat is a shrewd detective. But it's too late because he underestimated Columbo and his smugness ultimately constructed his guillotine.

    • @GillAgainsIsland12
      @GillAgainsIsland12 2 года назад +7

      But what’s not predictable is how he nabs the killer.

    • @ronmackinnon9374
      @ronmackinnon9374 2 года назад +6

      @@GillAgainsIsland12 Yes - what was it the culprit overlooked that Columbo will catch them on? That's what we want to find out.

  • @dennisdemark8151
    @dennisdemark8151 2 года назад +17

    Great performance by the late great Jack Cassidy.
    1927-1976🙏🏼🕯️🙏🏼

  • @OmenAkumaru20223
    @OmenAkumaru20223 3 года назад +42

    I always loved how he toyed with the crook, using seemingly random stories to annoy to the point where they are pretty much ready to spill the beans to end their on torment...

    • @TheWriterWalker
      @TheWriterWalker 2 года назад +1

      Omen Akumaru, lol! Great way to put it!

  • @markpage9886
    @markpage9886 Год назад +58

    Peter Falk was an incredibly talented sketch artist. He could have had a career in art.

  • @TicoStudio90
    @TicoStudio90 3 года назад +34

    Peter Falk and Jack Cassidy.. surely the best acting duo in the best crime series ever made. I have all the Columbo DVDs and l will never tire of watching them. Tip top brilliance 👌

  • @ralphadamo1857
    @ralphadamo1857 Год назад +24

    No one quite captures the feeling of hopelessness and the experience of a man tormented by guilt more than Jack Cassidy.

  • @bitw9141
    @bitw9141 3 года назад +61

    Jack Cassidy having the same reception when he gets off the elevator, with policemen outside, just like Murder by the Book. I really enjoyed this episode of Columbo. Great acting by Jack Cassidy.

    • @georgesimon4469
      @georgesimon4469 3 года назад +6

      The same when he was playing the Magician !
      Terrific episode.

  • @SRDhain
    @SRDhain 3 года назад +205

    This is one of the best gotchas simply due to Jack Cassidy's character's smugness disintegrating with each passing minute.
    As his patience starts to run out and his desperation increases, Columbo increases the strength of his reveals and evidence. The denoument comes to literally stop jack Cassidy in his tracks & even then Columbo doesn't accuse him outright. Pure class all the way, from the writing to the acting & direction.

    • @craigedwards2940
      @craigedwards2940 2 года назад +5

      A perfect summation.

    • @madams3478
      @madams3478 2 года назад +5

      And for the life of me, I don’t see how Eddie Kane wrote an ending six months ago . . which wasn’t invented until last week. And it wasn’t even Alan Mallory. It was his agent, Miss McCrae.

    • @javiergilvidal1558
      @javiergilvidal1558 2 года назад

      "Columbo doesn't accuse him outright", i. e. Columbo FAILS at what a police detecti must do. So, seriously, WHAT ARE THE CHARGES?

    • @javiergilvidal1558
      @javiergilvidal1558 2 года назад

      @@madams3478 "for the life of me, I don’t see ..." Why the hell should Greenleaf hep Columbo figure things out? Come with a downright formal accusation, which will of necessity be extremely flimsy and tenuous, and expose yoursel to ridicule and disgrace at the courtroom!

    • @brucear
      @brucear Год назад +1

      @stevemrmusic9
      Cassidy: Who ordered the lock changes?
      Locksmith: He did
      And the gotcha look on columbo's face!

  • @capitanfuturo594
    @capitanfuturo594 Год назад +16

    Jack Cassidy was a very underrated actor.

    • @Turrican60
      @Turrican60 Год назад +5

      Jack wasn't underrated at all, as the glowing comments on this page clearly demonstrate. He was very cultured actor indeed, and appreciated by many.

    • @garyfrancis6193
      @garyfrancis6193 5 месяцев назад

      What do you mean? Why do a thousand comments use “ underrated”? Why can’t you think of something original to say?

    • @James-ll3jb
      @James-ll3jb 4 месяца назад +1

      As a comic character on "He & She" he evinced a stoner brand of comic acting way ahead of its time!

    • @James-ll3jb
      @James-ll3jb 4 месяца назад

      ​@@garyfrancis6193What do you have as a workable synonym?

  • @robertwheatley2471
    @robertwheatley2471 3 года назад +124

    I've watched this episode many times and will watch it again every few years because the acting and plot was so good. Jack Cassidy was superb. Both he and Robert Culp were the best "baddies" of the series among many great ones. Even though my favorite episode is "A Friend In Deed" with Richard Kiley who played the corrupt police commissioner Mark Halperin..

    • @Well_hello_there_
      @Well_hello_there_ 2 года назад +7

      I agree. The scene where Jack Cassidy acts all drunk at the bar and causes a car accident in order to establish an alibi is some of his most entertaining Columbo work. Also, A Friend in Deed is maybe my favorite episode too. It's pretty dark and serious for the most part, which I like, plus the contrast between the wealthy neighborhood where the murders take place to the dive bar that the Artie Jessup character hangs out at is interesting. Great gotcha moment too at the end.

    • @robertwheatley2471
      @robertwheatley2471 2 года назад +5

      ​@@Well_hello_there_ --"Madame in your condition I'd call a plastic surgeon." Great line from Cassidy after the car accident. "Publish or Perish" probably cracks the Top 10 Columbo episodes for me. Only the early ones filmed in the '70s which were the best ones..

    • @judyhopps9380
      @judyhopps9380 2 года назад +4

      @@Well_hello_there_ i've sometimes wondered if he played it so well because he battled with alcoholism. Didn't Jack Cassidy die in a fire he created whilst intoxicated?

    • @bb21again.67
      @bb21again.67 2 года назад +1

      Was this the pilot episode directed by Steven Spielberg?

    • @judyhopps9380
      @judyhopps9380 2 года назад +3

      @@bb21again.67 murder by the book

  • @rdlewis3616
    @rdlewis3616 2 года назад +22

    Cassidy had a great voice.

  • @GeneralSirDouglasMcA
    @GeneralSirDouglasMcA 2 года назад +12

    I love when Columbo references previous murders (in this case, it’s the “The man who fired the shot is still in this room”).

  • @jacobdimock9191
    @jacobdimock9191 Год назад +8

    The look on that guys face was priceless when he found out about the new lock.

  • @kenwaid8239
    @kenwaid8239 2 года назад +12

    “No sir that would be impossible“ villain begins to show panic “why?“

  • @Ag-ns6pt
    @Ag-ns6pt 3 года назад +28

    Columbo is the best series ever created.

  • @ingleringlet-snipps3rd449
    @ingleringlet-snipps3rd449 2 года назад +17

    What a brilliant shot at 7:00 when the younger man steps out of the room. It's like the men are standing on a chess board and Columbo is slowly moving the pieces (suspect/accomplice) across the board until ultimately -- CHECKMATE.

  • @jonglassmusic5813
    @jonglassmusic5813 2 года назад +7

    This is my favourite gotcha of all the Columbo episodes.

  • @luger666666
    @luger666666 8 месяцев назад +3

    1:03 I love the reference to the "Candidate for crime" episode !

  • @jamestiscareno4387
    @jamestiscareno4387 2 года назад +7

    David Cassidy so loved and admired his father. He wanted so much to be just like his dad. For his dad to be proud of him. When David became a superstar ( very famous and very wealthy ) Jack couldn't handle his jealous envy which only worsened their relationship. Terribly sad.

  • @TheGeezzer
    @TheGeezzer Год назад +12

    Jack Cassidy was a wonderful charismatic actor who added his own special charm to every movie and TV series he appeared in. Father of 70's idol David Cassidy of _The Partridge Family_ fame, he died in 1976, well before his time at the young age of 49 in a house fire said to be started by a cigarette as he fell asleep. Sadly missed as he was a brilliant supporting cast actor.

  • @williampaz2092
    @williampaz2092 3 года назад +98

    “When you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.” Sherlock Holmes.

    • @misterholmes221
      @misterholmes221 3 года назад +4

      The Greatest Detective

    • @sockington1
      @sockington1 3 года назад +1

      zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

    • @StreetFighter2010
      @StreetFighter2010 3 года назад +1

      I thought that was Spock. LOL

    • @godisgood7421
      @godisgood7421 3 года назад +1

      Most definitely.

    • @mizofan
      @mizofan 3 года назад +1

      Like when his and Watson's tent was stolen.

  • @ralph-im-a-star-wars-wiggum
    @ralph-im-a-star-wars-wiggum Год назад +18

    Jack Cassidy had a real passion for villainy in the publishing industry :) I'm not sure why they added another gotcha moment when this one was set up so perfectly. Regardless I love all things Columbo. This episode, like so many, was an absolute treasure.

  • @mattdaugherty7865
    @mattdaugherty7865 3 года назад +44

    Ahh, the 70's when you could just throw you cigarette on the floor and step it out!

    • @richposports7030
      @richposports7030 3 года назад +1

      Wow!! Saw that...and wondered how rude. Cleaner says 'No Fare'!

    • @cherylbeyer5132
      @cherylbeyer5132 3 года назад +2

      Didn’t happen, but it makes an interesting detail in the story. Sometimes men would flick ashes in the cuffs of their pants... but I don’t remember EVER seeing someone stamp out a cigarette on a floor. It was very common to flick the butt on the ground outside without stamping it out first, though

    • @ssnoc
      @ssnoc 3 года назад +2

      I feel like a dinosaur … but I would love to living back in the 70’s

    • @DataWaveTaGo
      @DataWaveTaGo 3 года назад +2

      @@cherylbeyer5132 You missed a great culture of people who stomped butts on the floor. It happened in NYC.

    • @MrAitraining
      @MrAitraining 3 года назад +2

      Jack Cassidy never gave AF. In TV or in his real life.

  • @Ailsworth
    @Ailsworth 2 года назад +12

    Don't you just hate that Jack Cassidy? What an excellent villain!

  • @SelfReflective
    @SelfReflective 2 года назад +7

    @5:55 "Now, look, Columbo, I've had you up to here! And frankly, I'm not interested in locks and keys and open doors and air conditioners and how he got in here!" -
    great performance, I keep watching it over and over again...

  • @SL-vi4tk
    @SL-vi4tk 2 года назад +8

    2 of the 3 Jack Cassidy Columbo appearances involve fire, and Jack died in that terrible fire in 1976. Still eerie after 46 years.

    • @pintificate
      @pintificate 2 года назад

      Yep. Fire from Heaven. There was a book written about it. When you've got a lazy 5 minutes, check out "Mary Reeser" in Florida, 1951.

    • @SL-vi4tk
      @SL-vi4tk 2 года назад

      @@pintificate thanks... I'll check it out.

  • @mrs.columbo1803
    @mrs.columbo1803 2 года назад +11

    Jack Cassidy was an incredible actor. Great voice. Did he just put out is smoke right there lol

  • @alvincook8888
    @alvincook8888 2 года назад +5

    Wearing a turtleneck and sport jacket..Haha I remember those days!

  • @philpalmer8044
    @philpalmer8044 2 года назад +3

    I have all the episodes. I've watched them all over and over.

  • @rosezielinski5750
    @rosezielinski5750 2 года назад +6

    Cassidy and culp..two great villains..

  • @MilkyMayo
    @MilkyMayo 3 года назад +7

    "Long as you're curious, sir..."

  • @lewisner
    @lewisner 2 года назад +36

    It would have been fun if Columbo had met one murderer who said they weren't interested in the murder or discussing any of Columbo's thoughts or clues.

    • @Swindle1984
      @Swindle1984 2 года назад +17

      Or a suspect who immediately hired a lawyer and only ever said "no comment" whenever Columbo asked him a question.
      And Columbo still would have gotten him.

    • @RW77777777
      @RW77777777 2 года назад +13

      it's a delicate thing to cold shoulder a murder detective
      he's snooping around outside your window, and keeps popping up
      getting a judge to sign off on 'harrassment' a few days into an investigation is not a sure thing by any means

    • @bewren1
      @bewren1 2 года назад

      Murderers usually have such egos that they can’t help themselves. They think they are smarter than everyone else. Of course they would find it amusing to discuss clues and thoughts that they would assume were going nowhere.

  • @Flipnred78
    @Flipnred78 3 года назад +8

    I can’t keep from watching this scene over and over again watching Jack Cassidy go ballistic !

  • @FizzleFX
    @FizzleFX 2 года назад +7

    3:10 Mr Black is a locksmith
    ...hurray... :/
    Pfff the delivery is priceless

  • @frankstone3809
    @frankstone3809 10 месяцев назад +2

    I watched all these episodes in my early teens it help me along alot.

  • @cynthiasmith4130
    @cynthiasmith4130 Год назад +2

    Jack Cassidy is a great actor!!! I love him in every episode he does!!!! I watch it everytime it's on, and record it!!! Columbo, is my favorite!!!!!

  • @f32440i
    @f32440i 3 года назад +85

    Such a tragic end to Jack's life. RIP, good actor.

    • @johnking5174
      @johnking5174 3 года назад +6

      A very "hot" ending yes

    • @markmerzweiler909
      @markmerzweiler909 3 года назад +9

      A man plagued by demons who always turned in good work.

    • @husbandryenvy433
      @husbandryenvy433 3 года назад +14

      @@johnking5174 Really? Was that kind of comment necessary?

    • @johnking5174
      @johnking5174 3 года назад +2

      @@husbandryenvy433 It is a comment. If you are such a snowflake, just ignore me. People have said much worse.

    • @husbandryenvy433
      @husbandryenvy433 3 года назад +22

      @@johnking5174 It was a tasteless comment and I'll gladly ignore you. Unfortunately, RUclips is wall to wall with people like you so I'm sure I'll meet your ilk again.

  • @luisclaudiofugolin6250
    @luisclaudiofugolin6250 2 года назад +9

    The wonderful thing is that Columbo already figured it out much before this scene, he was just wrapping up all the loose ends with the suspect to leave him with no way to escape.

  • @dontbewoke
    @dontbewoke 2 года назад +4

    It was all about the lock change ; that was where Columbo "got" his man here ; genius

  • @Steven-wz7sh
    @Steven-wz7sh Год назад +4

    Love how the LT plays with him.

  • @ollierobinson4339
    @ollierobinson4339 3 года назад +11

    The one and only Columbo

  • @mutinyonthekitkat
    @mutinyonthekitkat 3 года назад +48

    When they get tetchy you know Columbo is getting close.

    • @solarnaut
      @solarnaut 3 года назад +6

      Indeed ! first they are amused;
      then they are annoyed;
      then they are afraid;
      then they are cuffed B-)

  • @leesmith8366
    @leesmith8366 3 года назад +35

    Jack Cassidy class act

  • @robertwheatley9153
    @robertwheatley9153 3 года назад +18

    Hands down the All-time best detective series and in my Top 3 of *any* TV series, period. Columbo was as perfect a series as it gets---the acting, the writing, the guest stars. An absolute gem..

  • @tomservo5007
    @tomservo5007 3 года назад +13

    the best part, when the suspect was begging to know why finding the key that fits the lock was such a problem.

  • @jaymorris3468
    @jaymorris3468 2 года назад +12

    David Cassidy's dad, both him and his son, R.I.P.

    • @luisvaldes1568
      @luisvaldes1568 2 года назад

      Also Dad of Shaun of the Hardy Boys wit Shirley Jones.

    • @janvang1050
      @janvang1050 4 месяца назад

      What about Nick Cassidy then? Any relation? (A young Formula E driver)

  • @alexistarr
    @alexistarr 3 года назад +14

    2:36 - I like Mr Black, it's a tiny little role, but George Brenlin displays perfect comedic timing...

  • @AROBASPARK
    @AROBASPARK 2 года назад +4

    I love how Columbo start his conversation by referencing one of the previous Episodes.

  • @lifeson90
    @lifeson90 Год назад +3

    when the villain turns up i love it when the officers there look at him as if they know what he done

  • @lifeson90
    @lifeson90 Год назад +2

    one of the many truly great columbo capture scenes

  • @keithjones6023
    @keithjones6023 3 года назад +23

    It was always a case of cat and mouse, once Columbo got his claws into you, look out for that mousetrap!

    • @friedrice7
      @friedrice7 3 года назад

      Keep the cheese, I just want out of the trap.

  • @firebird6522
    @firebird6522 3 года назад +19

    The producers and writers should have just had Jack Cassidy on every week as a different villian. He was that awesome as Columbo's nemesis.

  • @docmalthus
    @docmalthus 2 года назад +8

    Cassidy and Robert Culp and Patrick McGoohan are my favorite murderers. I love how Jack accepts defeat at the hands of Columbo with a touch of wistful grace.

  • @richposports7030
    @richposports7030 3 года назад +10

    The US senator case!! Never knew he referenced other cases. Has he done this before? So cooool :))

    • @tilesetter1953
      @tilesetter1953 3 года назад +1

      I don't think so.

    • @atlantistdc1976
      @atlantistdc1976 3 года назад +1

      @@tilesetter1953 There was an episode where he referenced the cruise caper...

    • @donniehollingsworth1611
      @donniehollingsworth1611 3 года назад +2

      He reference in later years solving a case where the gum from the murder teeth prints are in the gum …

    • @gavriellarutigliano2356
      @gavriellarutigliano2356 3 года назад

      i just watched season 4 ep 1, don't remember the name, and in the episode columbo was mentioning how he got a new boss and his opinion of him. the previous ep, aka the season three finale, was columbo proving his boss (aka the police commissioner) had helped cover up the accidental murder his neighbor committed, then murdered his wife and blackmailed the neighbor into helping him. gave me a nice laugh when he made that new boss comment the following ep :^)

  • @MaxwellsDemon9
    @MaxwellsDemon9 2 года назад +2

    I'd forgotten about Cassidy's mid-Atlantic accent. It suits him.

  • @ssnoc
    @ssnoc 2 года назад +4

    Cassidy was Excellent in this episode, I never realized how good an actor he was - Superb performance by Cassidy 👏

  • @megahellreaper
    @megahellreaper 11 месяцев назад +2

    I do think the key was the more incriminating evidence. Columbo told 1 single man about how Eddie couldn't have had the key to the first lock, before, mysteriously Eddie was found with a key to the 3rd which was only installed post-murder. That one man was Greenleaf. It's like with the Commissioner episode, only one man knew that for that loose-end to be patched up, something needed to be found and only that person could have and would have made the mistake of planting it based on an idea Columbo planted himself.

  • @austinteutsch
    @austinteutsch 3 года назад +31

    The scene when Clodombo corners Jack Cassidy and Cassdy's eye movent is so perfect acting as a lead character gets caught. Great writing.

    • @pintificate
      @pintificate 2 года назад +1

      Eye movement is not an achievement of writing.

  • @shawnhaynes6582
    @shawnhaynes6582 2 года назад +8

    How many authors has that guy killed?🤣

  • @deflesh3340
    @deflesh3340 11 месяцев назад +2

    R.I.P, Mr. Columbo, your legacy will never die, Aman.

  • @wrinkleneckbass
    @wrinkleneckbass 2 года назад +5

    0:25 Ah the good old days, when it was totally normal for people to toss their lit cigarette on the floor and crush it with their shoe. Let the cleaning lady take care of the mess.

  • @TerryUniGeezerPeterson
    @TerryUniGeezerPeterson 3 года назад +24

    Who are you, and how did you get in here?
    I'm a locksmith, and I'm a locksmith.

  • @richardheinz
    @richardheinz 3 года назад +4

    A lot of people back then just threw their cigarettes on the floor and stepped on them. Can you imagine the look on someone's face if you did that today? Lol!

    • @cScottD
      @cScottD 2 года назад

      That's actually one of the things I find most shocking to see in old shows and movies. The constant smoking is just an aspect of a different time, but the blatant disregard for someone's property (and the cleaning staff) is really jarring. I don't remember anyone ever doing it in someone's house or apartment, but ask I kid, I can remember seeing people do it in stores, public building, elevators, and even the hallways, right outside of someone's apartment. It's astonishing to me that such a thing was ever acceptable behaviour.

  • @censusgary
    @censusgary 2 года назад +3

    Ah, that face when the suspect first realizes Columbia is wise to him … priceless!

    • @pintificate
      @pintificate 2 года назад

      No - price _full_ , not price _less_ . The actor was paid handsomely to pull that face.

  • @brucear
    @brucear 2 года назад +2

    Love how he set him up!
    If I can find the key to that lock I can find the murderer............

  • @bus6292
    @bus6292 2 года назад +4

    I was a kid in elementary school in the 70's watching Columbo thinking he was the smartest person to ever live. Rewatching it in 2022 I can't get over how the guy @0:29 tosses his cigarette butt on the floor and no one cares.

    • @thomaslum2
      @thomaslum2 2 года назад

      There are quite a few things like that in these episodes, I love stuff like that.

    • @elmermoesch2340
      @elmermoesch2340 Год назад +1

      I mentioned that to my wife. Smoking in the elevator then throwing it on the floor and stepped on it without even blinking.

    • @BickBenedict1
      @BickBenedict1 Год назад

      Well, it was a tile floor, and he did extinguish the cigarette by stepping on it. This was in a period where you could smoke in hospitals, so him smoking in a random office building wouldn't have been a big deal. And of course, this is fiction filmed on a set...

    • @bus6292
      @bus6292 Год назад

      @@BickBenedict1 You're white knighting lung cancer.

  • @dave121968
    @dave121968 2 года назад +2

    4:36 "look it's true I do have to leave and I haven't got much time"...off to the cop shop. Brilliant writing!

  • @SECRETARIATguy224
    @SECRETARIATguy224 3 года назад +8

    He nails him twice in this one . . . 1st with the key since Greenleaf was the only person Columbo told about it ["If I find the key, I'll find the killer" . . . but it was a deliberate trap set by Columbo] and 2nd the whole thing about the ending.

  • @dbz739921
    @dbz739921 2 года назад +2

    Can you imagine nowadays walking off an elevator into a building smoking a cigarette then throwing it on the ground stepping on in front of a cop😆

  • @StephenAku
    @StephenAku 3 года назад +3

    Masterful!...when Lt. Columbo says you are lying, it's time to spill the beans!!

  • @MrBeen992
    @MrBeen992 3 года назад +11

    THE CASE WAS SOLVED AT THE MIDDLE OF THE CLIP WHEN COLUMBO ASKED HIM HOW THE HELL DID KANE HAVE THE KEY TO THE LOCK THAT COLUMBO CHANGED. BUT THEN COLUMBO HAS TO GO THE EXTRA MILE TO HUMILIATE HIM.

  • @paulbaird8798
    @paulbaird8798 3 года назад +18

    Greatest Detective ever.

  • @JoeTillGuitars
    @JoeTillGuitars 2 года назад +2

    Ah, the seventies. You could walk into a police station, a courthouse or a school and drop a lit cigarette on the floor, step on it and leave it there - thanks to asbestos floor tiles!

  • @twiceremoved7339
    @twiceremoved7339 2 года назад +1

    0:27
    Can you imagine cigarette butts being everywhere on the ground along with little burn marks? lol

  • @cbalducc
    @cbalducc 3 года назад +18

    Cassidy’s character killed the golden goose in “Murder By the Book”.

    • @sockington1
      @sockington1 3 года назад

      zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

  • @gregkamer3754
    @gregkamer3754 2 года назад +3

    I really liked Jack Cassidys roles in these Columbo shows. He played his roles as such an arrogant sleeze bag it was true justice when Columbo moved in for the kill. No pun intended.

  • @junerobertson4389
    @junerobertson4389 3 года назад +19

    Jack was one of the finest actors around.....sad, he didn't know it.

    • @trents3515
      @trents3515 3 года назад

      June Robertson:
      actually, he was a very poor actor. it's generous of you to think otherwise, though.

    • @chrisfindlay7883
      @chrisfindlay7883 3 года назад +1

      @@trents3515 it's all opinions

    • @trents3515
      @trents3515 3 года назад

      @@chrisfindlay7883 :
      sort of true.

    • @chrisfindlay7883
      @chrisfindlay7883 3 года назад

      @@trents3515 no. Totally true.

    • @trents3515
      @trents3515 3 года назад

      @@chrisfindlay7883:
      you're saying that your opinion about opinions is totally true? it sounds to me, then, like you are talking about a fact. that, though, would contradict your own argument. so, like i said previously, an opinion can be more than just something subjective but also is not necessarily fact.

  • @sdaiwepm
    @sdaiwepm 3 года назад +3

    0:28 What kind of guy, besides a psychopath, stubs out a lit cigarette on the floor inside a building?!