Poll of the Day > I'm watching Columbo

(+) Yeah! (+)

Never seen it before. Its actually really good. I figured it was just some run of the mill mystery procedural type show but no its actually pretty cool.

A lot of the old mystery shows were really good. Try Banacek if you have the chance. He's a freelance insurance investigator who locates high-value items that have disappeared under mysterious circumstances, like a computer that takes up a whole room and is surrounded by an electric fence just vanishing overnight.

Just one more thing

Also, yes Columbo is a pretty good series

I just go into it also. Regret not watching it when I was younger and channel surf xD

I watched a few episodes on YouTube years ago. We used to watch them together as a family as a kid. I love the wine episode with Donald Pleasence the most. The one with Leonard Nimoy too.

If you watch too many in a row, it starts to seem repetitive and you can see the bullshit in how Columbo catches his clues. If you pause and think on some of them, it seems way too good to be true he'd arrive and that conclusion.

These episodes are pretty long

each one is a movie almost

Yeah, it's a great show. I didn't discover it until I watched Monk and needed something more to satisfy my craving for mystery. Which is another show you should check out if you enjoy Columbo. I think it takes a lot of inspiration from it (it's also one of my favorite shows of all time).

Great show, but yes: pretty formulaic. That said, the 'one more thing' bit is pretty good: it's one of those things that's kinda funny, then gets lame, then gets funny again.

I like the way he just kind of shambles around like a goober

I play dumb like Colombo and get my feelings hurt and move to New York like Im Dumbo

Dumbo moved to New York?

Hes an elephant they need to be able to roam

I never got Columbo in its prime, I watched Quincy M.E.

Reminder that Columbo is a fictional character so ACAB does not apply to him

Zareth posted...

Reminder that Columbo is a fictional character so ACAB does not apply to him

lol

these killers think theyre so smart

yeah i know its like dude, Brandon flowers, you arent that smart

VampireCoyote posted...

These episodes are pretty long

each one is a movie almost

It was originally part of the NBC Mystery Movie, along with Banacek, McCloud, McMillan & Wife, Hec Ramsey, Quincy M.E., and others.