Any love for Columbo?

I absolutely love Columbo, as well as Peter Falk's portrayal as the eponymous detective. It is one show that bridges generations; one of the few shows that I can watch when I visit my mother.

Also, I have acquired a copy of the Japanese Blu Ray set and the episodes look as good as ever. Jack Cassidy and Robert Culp give some of their best performances, among a plethora of other celebrity "killers."

Remember, if you walk into a room and you cannot figure out who is the least intelligent person is, it is you. (Never Columbo)

 

About 20 years ago, one of the local television channels used to run Japanese programming 2 nights a week (Saturday and Sunday) and I remember seeing a Japanese detective series (sorry, don't remember the name of the show or the lead) that was CLEARLY based on Columbo -- the detective was a modest (yet quite handsome) man in a trench coat who, like Columbo, would focus on the person he somehow knew was the murderer, and he had many of the mannerisms that Peter Falk invested in the character too. One thing that made the Japanese detective different is that he had a sidekick. Anybody out there know anything about this show?

 

I keep hoping that the Columbo blu-rays will come out. Here's hoping Mill Creek can put these out (even if I hate the label packaging and the lack of special features at least we will get a less expensive alternative to the Japanese imports)

 

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I still watch Columbo. I usually watch one episode per week. They are repeated on UK tv and for me they are still brilliant. Love Columbo

 

Furuhata Ninzaburō
Yes, that's the one! Thanks! I'd recommend this to anyone who enjoyed Columbo.

 

They showed the first ever episode last night on Cozi tv, from 1968. Great ending to an excellent primier.

 

A good decision for all involved. This is why a Columbo episode is a quality affair and something like the decent "Murder She Wrote" has an assembly-line feel to the episodes.

 

When my TIVO showed the original air date being 1968, I wasn't sure that was correct. Thank you much for the back story and confirmation of the year. The ending was first rate Columbo trickery!

 

In that episode, he wore a classy suit, his shoes were shined, his hair was combed and he carried a clean raincoat!

 

That's why I wouldn't rely on any type of streaming service (including YouTube) for anything that I want to keep. If I want to keep it I buy it. However, I do use streaming-type services as a tool for discovering that which I wish to keep.

I remember him most from the Saturday Morning series Far Out Space Nuts with Bob Denver. He basically played the "Skipper" role on the show against Denver's "Gilligan."

I recently discovered Columbo via the episode with Robert Culp and Dean Stockwell. I like that we know right up front how it is done and then enjoy Columbo ensnaring the guilty with their own subsequent actions.

 

Tough love with his son, what the falk.
Saying that..his show was good.