Columbo's Best "Gotcha" Moments! | Columbo

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  @biggstavros5876 · 1 year ago

  Not a single detective show today can hold up against Columbo.  I have been a fan for 50 years now.

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  @robadams5799 · 3 years ago

  I like how Columbo was always so polite to the killers. "Yes. sir."  "I wouldn't think so, sir."  "Excuse me ma'am, would you mind holding the gun?"

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  @aaronmehaffey6251 · 3 years ago

  "Commissioner I believe you killed your wife." I love when Columbo drops the act and goes into Arrest Mode.

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  @richardcanedo1614 · 4 years ago

  To those who have not seen this terrific murder mystery show, part of what made it different is that you, the viewer, ALWAYS knew who the murderer was -- that wasn't the mystery at all! The crime was set up and committed early in each episode and it seemed clear that it was a perfect crime. (The murderer was almost always a highly intelligent, sophisticated sort, moving in a high-class world of art, education, design, business, etc.) Then enter frumpy, bedraggled Lt. Columbo, who always seemed befuddled and who asked lots of obvious or (it seemed) inane questions, especially, as he was about to exit, "Oh, just one more thing  . . ." The fun was in trying to figure out how Columbo was figuring out what was wrong in the "perfect" crime -- and that was never obvious until very close to the end, like these samples. Terrific show, and a nice departure from the structure of "regular" murder mysteries.

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  @sethc6663 · 3 years ago

  Peter Falk frequently added in unscripted improvisations such as asking for a pencil, searching for something in his pockets, asking a character to repeat something, rambling about irrelevant trivialities, or adding in a line about Mrs. Columbo. Falk did this to frustrate and annoy his fellow actor (usually the suspect) and generate a genuine "get to the point" moment ~ IMDb

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  @FactBuffet · 2 years ago

  Peter Falk won 4 Emmys and a Golden Globe for playing Columbo!

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  @NoxiousRob · 4 years ago

  Columbo used a well worn technique, always make the other guy believe he's the smartest person in the room.  He was able to disarm these people by letting them think he was not too smart a detective, and playing up to their egos by adopting a deferential approach.  That lulled them into a false sense of security and eventually led to them giving the game away.

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  @barquerojuancarlos7253 · 4 years ago (edited)

  The facial expressions of the people at the moment of being caught, of being exposed by Columbo are amazing.  The acting in this series was superb

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  @ajhintleman215 · 3 years ago

  The last scene where Columbo pulls his hands out of his pockets and just makes the most "Oh really now? You dunn goofed, kid" face ever...I love it

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  @JacksonBetta · 3 years ago

  Nobody sets you up better than Columbo. What a great show this was.

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  @bluefinMars · 3 years ago

  Since I was 14, every Sunday night I would watch this with my dad. During the third commercial break, we would get ice cream-- I always had the purple bowl and he had the orange bowl. If we felt like it, we'd have popcorn at the final 30 minutes. I'm happy to say that I'm 23 now and though I'm at university, we still watch it together with the same routine whenever I come home. It's also very common in our family to say "just one more thing" and hold our hand up like Columbo does. This show has a special place in my heart!

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  @caybin · 1 year ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyfywQ98dIU&amp;t=665">11:05</a> is so funny. The way Columbo says &quot;Can we?&quot; Then echoes the other cop&apos;s &quot;Yeah&quot; in such a deadpan way. Perfect comedic delivery.

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