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  • Опубликовано: 4 фев 2025
  • Columbo matches wits with a nightclub illusionist (Jack Cassidy) suspected of murdering his business associate.
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    Season 5, Episode 5, Now You See Him,
    A magician claims an airtight alibi -- being sealed in a tank of water -- in the murder of a blackmailing associate.
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Комментарии • 78

  • @Debra.Justice
    @Debra.Justice Год назад +95

    Jack Cassidy was one of the best Columbo villains. This was one of my favorite episodes.

    • @brunoblalack345
      @brunoblalack345 Год назад +7

      Jack Cassidy was my favorite villain too !!! R.I.P

    • @lisawilliams2013
      @lisawilliams2013 Год назад +9

      Loved Cassidy and Robert Culp. My two fave baddies!

    • @trent3872
      @trent3872 Год назад +4

      Really sad the way he passed away.

    • @keithjones7390
      @keithjones7390 Год назад +4

      ​@@lisawilliams2013Patrick McGoohan too, appeared in Columbo several times.

    • @steveconn1375
      @steveconn1375 9 месяцев назад

      He appeared In so many like Patrick McGowan

  • @captmurdock
    @captmurdock Год назад +80

    I mean, not only does he commit a near-perfect murder, but he manages to get back onstage dressed as one of the assistants! Now that's style.

  • @PDNH
    @PDNH Год назад +41

    My favorite episode because I used to service that model typewriter and knew how Columbo solved the case.

  • @sharpo
    @sharpo Год назад +23

    Fantastic episode. The contrast in sound between the noisy kitchen, boisterous showroom and the dead silence of the upstairs hallway as Santini picks the lock is a beautiful detail. We hear the silencer and the body hit the floor. Then we hear the drums and applause again as the show continues downstairs. These shows were crafted so amazingly well and captivate our senses spectacularly.

    • @JM-rm3lt
      @JM-rm3lt 4 месяца назад

      Great comment

  • @doug6259
    @doug6259 Год назад +88

    Regarding the number trick, he probably had different numbers hidden under different objects and selected the skull when he chose 4.

    • @slake9727
      @slake9727 Год назад +11

      You are correct.

    • @hellbach6268
      @hellbach6268 Год назад +10

      @doug6259
      We have Lt. Columbo on our hands over here!

    • @tommydimopoulos6484
      @tommydimopoulos6484 Год назад +5

      he explains the trick in the episode

    • @CenKyne
      @CenKyne Год назад +1

      You should watch the Penn and Teller beach day trick from "off the deep end" where they do this with all 52 cards. Its pretty funny they got all 52 cards spread on the beach in goofy ways.

    • @Romulan2469
      @Romulan2469 Год назад +2

      Can anyone explain the fire trick he does with burning the letter Columbo gives him towards the end of the episode? I'm presuming he has a lighter hidden in his sleeve.

  • @ssnoc
    @ssnoc Год назад +19

    This episode, the cruise ship episode and the winery episode - my 3 favorites

    • @sophiaandre139
      @sophiaandre139 Год назад +2

      Yes. Donald Pleasence played the wine connoisseur/ killer. He was so good 😂

    • @gregrambo606
      @gregrambo606 Год назад +3

      Robert Culp with the subliminal cuts; greatest one of them all.

    • @keithjones7390
      @keithjones7390 Год назад

      The episodes featuring Jack and Robert Culp are amongst my favourites. Also Try and Catch Me with Ruth Gordon is another favourite.

    • @nicholasschroeder3678
      @nicholasschroeder3678 Год назад

      ​@@gregrambo606Defintely my favorite gotcha

    • @nicholasschroeder3678
      @nicholasschroeder3678 Год назад

      The winery, the Colonel, and Dr Mayfield are mine, but it really is so hard to say--so many of the 70s episodes are terrific.

  • @mkassis713
    @mkassis713 Год назад +7

    Now You See HIm - my favorite Columbo episode.

  • @johnking5174
    @johnking5174 Год назад +9

    This was Jack's last appearance in Columbo - it aired in 1976, the same year Jack met his appalling death which was so horrible to happen to any per soul.

  • @markyamaguchi9571
    @markyamaguchi9571 Год назад +6

    That magic trick with the bird was pretty good

  • @Downecker
    @Downecker 7 месяцев назад +3

    An old IBM Selectric , was on my desk back in the 70-90's . I was up to 60 wpm ! Maybe because I play piano !!😂😂😅😅

  • @TheStuport
    @TheStuport Год назад +16

    Jack Being Suave Is Magical!

    • @kjpmacdonald
      @kjpmacdonald Год назад +4

      He’s always great but this might be his best. Hard to top Murder By the Book as an episode but his individual performance here might be better.

    • @TheStuport
      @TheStuport Год назад +2

      @@kjpmacdonald Absolutely Agree KJP! "Murder By The Book" was very good too...but as you mentioned, This Is Vintage Jack! Cheers

  • @illyaismail6413
    @illyaismail6413 Год назад +10

    My favorite episode!

  • @kevintamas7164
    @kevintamas7164 Год назад +19

    Funny how busy the kitchen staff is but no one of the guests is eating something.

    • @sophiaandre139
      @sophiaandre139 Год назад +2

      😂

    • @trent3872
      @trent3872 Год назад +2

      Good catch.

    • @cjrrun
      @cjrrun Год назад +1

      And no food on the table

    • @lisawilliams2013
      @lisawilliams2013 Год назад +1

      Never noticed that until you mentioned it! 🤣

    • @xwaram
      @xwaram Год назад

      That's because they are still cooking for everyone.

  • @BrendettaGiles
    @BrendettaGiles Год назад +2

    Love,love my Columbo episoded especially this one would love to own entire episodes

  • @jacquelinedeigan776
    @jacquelinedeigan776 Год назад +2

    Always loved watching Columbo.
    It means more to me now as it brings with it really Happy memories of watching it with my well loved parents..both of which have sadly passed away.

  • @captchaos83
    @captchaos83 Год назад +6

    Would've been a dream match-up to see Jack Cassidy Santini vs Bill Bixby's Magician!

  • @markpedroza7294
    @markpedroza7294 Год назад +4

    Sadly Jack Cassidy passed away in '76 after this episode "Now You See Him" aired

    • @johnking5174
      @johnking5174 Год назад +2

      Yes he was killed in an apartment fire which was a horrible way to die

  • @Chris.Donley
    @Chris.Donley Год назад +2

    Yep, this is my favorite episode.

    • @johnking5174
      @johnking5174 Год назад

      This was Jack's last appearance in Columbo - it aired in 1976, the same year Jack met his appalling death which was so horrible to happen to any per soul

  • @captchaos83
    @captchaos83 Год назад +4

    Cynthia Sykes did a great job as his daughter!

  • @sha11235
    @sha11235 6 месяцев назад

    He thinks he's gotten away with it, but wait for Columbo.

  • @master-kq3nw
    @master-kq3nw 19 дней назад

    Great santini

  • @33VMUH
    @33VMUH 6 месяцев назад

    Did anybody notice this episode's mistake regarding the name of the restaurant? The sign out front says "Cabaret of Magic." But at 6:32, the letter to the INS says the "Magic Circle Club."

    • @johnking5174
      @johnking5174 Месяц назад

      The Magic Miracle Club is the club's name. Cabaret of Magic is the act which uses the club.

  • @exitscreaming4637
    @exitscreaming4637 Год назад +12

    Definitely wanted Santini to get away with it . Thanks a lot Columbo

    • @johnking5174
      @johnking5174 Год назад

      Yes but Santini was also an ex SS guard who probably murdered hundreds if not thousands of Jews during the war.

    • @johnking5174
      @johnking5174 Год назад

      @tz3218 Yes but Santini was also an ex SS guard who probably murdered hundreds if not thousands of Jews during the war

    • @Romulan2469
      @Romulan2469 Год назад +2

      You wanted a Nazi war criminal "to get away with it"? I disagree with you strongly.

  • @Foul_Quince
    @Foul_Quince 7 месяцев назад +1

    The prefect Columbo episode would have had Jack Cassiday murder Patrick McGoohan and try to throw the suspicion onto Robert Culp.

    • @eldersprig
      @eldersprig 7 месяцев назад

      but Robert Vaughn would have done it.

  • @silentmodetv
    @silentmodetv Год назад +6

    How did she do the thing with the bird?

    • @johnking5174
      @johnking5174 Год назад +4

      There is a secret compartment in the scarf she was waving around, she held the bit which contained the compartment which had the bird in it, and it looks like she was freely waving the scarf around, but she was careful in doing it. I saw this trick many times in cabaret magic acts. It is now as of 2023 really old hat, but probably fairly good for 1970s magic clubs.

  • @baronscarpia1
    @baronscarpia1 Год назад +11

    Look, all I'm saying is that blackmailing a Nazi is not actually a smart business move.

  • @rawbacon
    @rawbacon Год назад +4

    Good Old Stefan Mueller doing what he does best.

  • @michaeljohnson5365
    @michaeljohnson5365 Год назад +2

    I think the episode with the guilatine and Leonard Nimoy as the evil doctor is the best episodes

    • @cindydott452
      @cindydott452 6 месяцев назад

      The Nimoy one is one of the few times Columbo showed anger.

  • @urszulajaskierska3111
    @urszulajaskierska3111 Год назад +1

    Moja rozrywka drugiej młodości to Columbo,ogladam na powtorkach bo wcześniej nie było takiej możliwości,główny bohater zajebisty,dzisiaj takich aktorów już nie produkują niestety,a szkoda😂

    • @hellbach6268
      @hellbach6268 Год назад +2

      Porucznik Columbo to moja młodość. Lata 90-siąte, czwartki (w polskiej telewizji ten dzień był dniem kryminałów), lekcje odrobione, siedzenie na kanapie z mamą i czekanie na starego dobrego detektywa.

  • @tomscott4438
    @tomscott4438 6 месяцев назад

    He forgot about the typewriter ribbon, and no, I've not seen the whole episode or the conclusion. I'm guessing, but after watching a few of these (and the original back in the day) you start looking for clues from the beginning. (Now I'm going to look for the ending and see if I'm right)

  • @catsphrase1695
    @catsphrase1695 6 месяцев назад

    Is that Shirley Jones in the audience?

  • @stefan0453
    @stefan0453 Год назад

    ay its the guy from Scarface, Frank

  • @GroovingPict
    @GroovingPict 7 месяцев назад

    why are there like, 70 chefs in that kitchen?

  • @Hamstray
    @Hamstray 11 месяцев назад

    that took forever, he barely has an alibi

  • @AntonioSzytulskyj
    @AntonioSzytulskyj Год назад +8

    Santini almost better than Houdini

  • @eerieolie7204
    @eerieolie7204 6 месяцев назад

    He could easely escape from prison ..😏

  • @rickrick5041
    @rickrick5041 7 месяцев назад

    The shows went for 60 minutes but they had to condense them to under 10 minutes by taking out unnecessary and repetitive content because the old TVs couldn’t hold anything over 10 minutes. The mondo Columbo shows are very short always less than 10 minutes because of the primitive mondo TVs they had back then.
    The old old old TVs could not hold more than 10 minutes of show even without nipnagel or shnibuts rhetoric as they used CRT Catholic Ray Tubs technology Motorola involvement and non Dylan Mulvaney CLT or Claw Technology. No harm no fowl. Crackhead Barney oversees the southerly wing of the flies we fight as fly fighters. Caitin Clark scores best against them. The fly fighters tried Dylan Mulvaney to shorten the shows advertising and tried to produce a non racist TV set with Motorola involvement with flypaper control and Dylan Mulvaney CEO. The historically correct Crackhead Barney and a prominent associate of Dylan Mulvaney declined comment at that time but was very involved.
    So was Cat Clark on our side. Transgander influencer Dylan Mulvaney abandoned by Bud Lights and faced too much bullying and transphobia. Crackhead Barney is her team member in Chicago. The proof is in the pudding. It’s all part of the non racist Al Qawama discovering process

    • @johnking5174
      @johnking5174 Месяц назад

      Dear God, you don't leave do you. Same repeated nonsense on nearly every clip.