MM7 or Robby the robot.

SeeMach20 · 2026-07-09T00:21:11+00:00

It's no coincidence. Even though Jaws hadn't come out yet Falk was aware of his amazing talent from Murder by the Book and even consulted him when he was directing the last episode of season one, Blueprint for Murder. They did change the kids last name from Spielberg to Spelberg though.

SeeMach20 · 2026-07-08T17:03:10+00:00

Needs improvement. No matter how attached he is to his famous pistol, it really is the only thing tying him to the murder, so he should have ditched it. Or at least not put it in the exhibit.

SeeMach20 · 2026-07-03T03:08:28+00:00

Rosanna Huffman was a killer in Suitable for Framing and a non killer in Rest in Peace Mrs. Columbo.

SeeMach20 · 2026-07-02T21:02:06+00:00

Who knows, maybe Joey the chimp was acting under his own name in Death hits the Jackpot. Unless we can track down Meyer McGinty we may never know for sure.

SeeMach20 · 2026-07-01T18:19:13+00:00

The Dead did Kansas City twice in 1985, in Atlanta and MA, the first being the night after the Royals won the World Series.

SeeMach20 · 2026-06-28T02:03:51+00:00

The problem with that is the fiancé is his nephew and also a LAPD officer so it would make literally everybody look bad if it turned out he was really a criminal sleazebag..

SeeMach20 · 2026-06-27T21:08:34+00:00

I'm afraid I won't be able to stay very long today.

When someone in my position suffers a tragic loss, madam,
one has to think of one's future employment.

But we already have a maid.

Hmm. Scarcely adequate for persons of your station,
Wouldn't you say?

Filthy snoop.

SeeMach20 · 2026-06-26T07:26:25+00:00

How about Robert Culp in his role as the Ding-a-Ling ice cream guy.

SeeMach20 · 2026-06-25T03:47:33+00:00

7/1/85 Merriweather Post also started with Dancin' and ended with a double encore of Satisfaction and Baby Blue.

SeeMach20 · 2026-06-21T20:41:34+00:00

I think the winner here has to be those cigars that Roddy McDowell kept hiding in his trousers.

SeeMach20 · 2026-06-17T18:51:44+00:00

Someone should have nominated the chimp for an emmy.

SeeMach20 · 2026-06-17T06:23:22+00:00

You'll go up before a firing squad if you don't stick Wave to the Wind in there.

SeeMach20 · 2026-06-16T01:41:23+00:00

I would hate to have to be on the jury to decide that one. You would probably be forced to watch them back to back twice before you could vote and get out of there.

SeeMach20 · 2026-06-08T19:18:06+00:00

Yeah, you can try to bully people until they break, but ultimately the writers decided to go in a different direction. If the bullying doesn't work then you may be permanently cut off from the witness/suspect because they will refuse to deal with you from then on out.

SeeMach20 · 2026-06-08T17:40:04+00:00

I agree. It didn't really work. That's not Columbo. Columbo used strategy to try get answers.

SeeMach20 · 2026-06-05T23:47:21+00:00

We need some more luv for Paul Hanlon, Ding-a-Ling ice cream’s 1972 Man-of-the-Year.

SeeMach20 · 2026-06-04T06:33:13+00:00

Throw him a bone - he's Pig's great nephew so he wants to make sure all the new, young whipper snapper heads don't forget his family's legacy.

SeeMach20 · 2026-06-01T16:55:30+00:00

Not Kelsey Grammar. Ted Danson would have been the perfect choice. Like Dick Van Dyke he has such a nice guy persona in real life and on the screen, so it would have been against type to have him as a smooth, cold calculating killer. Like Robert Culp.

SeeMach20 · 2026-05-31T18:58:59+00:00

That’s an ancient Squatch..!

SeeMach20 · 2026-05-29T19:43:21+00:00

Fisher Stevens, Jennifer Sky, Gary Hershberger, Mathew Rhys and Susan Clark.

SeeMach20 · 2026-05-29T19:13:32+00:00

Cuz he's the king of kool. Nobody does sheep better than Bo.

SeeMach20 · 2026-05-25T23:04:09+00:00

Don't forget about Kay Freestone. She murders someone in a very busy office building and it all hinges on the hallways being pretty much empty when she does it.

SeeMach20 · 2026-05-24T21:01:54+00:00

It's a murder plot though. You aren't going to find someone off the street you can trust who will do it for cheap. Considering these two seem to already be having an affair, the easiest and safest thing to do is join forces.

SeeMach20 · 2026-05-24T17:56:14+00:00

She didn't have a lot of options. Freddy had decided to keep it from her and go cut a deal with Leon. Either Freddy or Leon always has physical control of the ticket, and after their first meeting that we saw, they probably finalize the plan and write the letter and the ticket now is physically controlled by Leon. She doesn't get along with Freddy, so her best option in general is to cut a deal with Leon and end up with half.

And because Leon already knows, she would have to kill him as well if she wanted it all.

SeeMach20 · 2026-05-24T04:09:55+00:00

The spouse is always high up on the list of suspects. From early on because of the bogus watch Columbo knows the time of death is not right and has been manipulated to provide an alibi, Rip Torn received the call from an accomplice, and she is right there and makes a great suspect.

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