Post by Tim on Aug 31, 2016 12:11:50 GMT -5
This is the show that the late Peter Falk is best known for, the title character, Columbo. Columbo was a Lt. with the LAPD, Homicide division.
Columbo was different that your normal cop show. For one thing, it wasn't a whodunit, but a howcatchem. You were shown the murderer right off the bat. The show's concept was how Columbo would put the pieces together and finally get his murderer.
The episodes would open with us being introduced to the murderer. We are then shown how he/she would carry out the murder and then cover up the crime. After that, Columbo would enter the scene. Upon meeting Columbo, the murderer would always be amused because it seemed that such an unlikely cop would catch him/her. Columbo almost always acted like a complete bumbler, however, that was just a front. Underneath he was an intelligent cop and almost always knew who the murderer was upon meeting said murderer. The trick was to find the evidence needed to make an arrest.
Columbo was known for the following:
-whenever he left the murderer, he almost always came back with the "just one more question".
-he drove an old looking car, which he described as a French car.
-he had a dog which he called "Dog".
-he didn't seem to have first name.
-he would make frequent references to his wife, a wife we never saw throughout the whole series.
Playing the murderers were actors who were well known at the time. Patrick McGoohan, Jack Cassidy, and Robert Culp all appeared on the show more than once, playing different murderers (these men were friends of Peter Falk). Also playing murderers were William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Martin Landau, Roddy McDowell, Janet Leigh, and many others.
Columbo was so popular that, in the late 1980's, it was brought back as a series of occasional TV movies, which continued up until Mr. Falk's health began to fail in the 00's (he died in 2011).
This was a great series, I recommend it.
Columbo was different that your normal cop show. For one thing, it wasn't a whodunit, but a howcatchem. You were shown the murderer right off the bat. The show's concept was how Columbo would put the pieces together and finally get his murderer.
The episodes would open with us being introduced to the murderer. We are then shown how he/she would carry out the murder and then cover up the crime. After that, Columbo would enter the scene. Upon meeting Columbo, the murderer would always be amused because it seemed that such an unlikely cop would catch him/her. Columbo almost always acted like a complete bumbler, however, that was just a front. Underneath he was an intelligent cop and almost always knew who the murderer was upon meeting said murderer. The trick was to find the evidence needed to make an arrest.
Columbo was known for the following:
-whenever he left the murderer, he almost always came back with the "just one more question".
-he drove an old looking car, which he described as a French car.
-he had a dog which he called "Dog".
-he didn't seem to have first name.
-he would make frequent references to his wife, a wife we never saw throughout the whole series.
Playing the murderers were actors who were well known at the time. Patrick McGoohan, Jack Cassidy, and Robert Culp all appeared on the show more than once, playing different murderers (these men were friends of Peter Falk). Also playing murderers were William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Martin Landau, Roddy McDowell, Janet Leigh, and many others.
Columbo was so popular that, in the late 1980's, it was brought back as a series of occasional TV movies, which continued up until Mr. Falk's health began to fail in the 00's (he died in 2011).
This was a great series, I recommend it.