*First mistake:* murdering someone. *Second mistake:* giving the primary investigator of the murder you committed the key to your residence, under the passive-aggressive ploy of having nothing to hide.
And he avoids the bait, knowing that (if he's right) then the murderers next ploy will be to pin the murder on someone else (ideally the lady in his way for the inheritance). If Columbo doesn't show up while the murderer is "home," he misses his chance to spot their effort to frame someone else
@@malbig2344 It indicates lightheartedness & is pretty harmless in common parlance. There are worse cases of the language being misused. The construction of your original sentence is a prime example.
"No... really... I admit it would be more convenient, but..." takes the key. "Thank you very much. See ya!" And the guys face! What a scene! Just great. :D
In every case, at the third "just one more thing" the suspect enters evident despair and almost confesses. That apparent calm and naivety of Columbo is maddening for the offender.
@@djrychlak4443 I have never seen a coffee machine produce a cup of coffee so quickly after putting the money in lol! Hot and terrible perhaps, but quick it is!
Yep. However, if Mr. Kingston knows there is nothing in his house that could incriminate him, then there'd be no worry. Now if he was hiding something that could have incriminated him, then yea, don't give a key to your house to Colombo lol. He'll get you one way or the other in the end.
@Willem DaFuckedUp I think they're still out there in a few places. Courthouses and the like. Maybe not though, been a few years. I remember you could also get chicken bouillon in most of them :-D
Legend Don Ameche (Lawyer cameo toward the end) was the only one who knew how to properly don attire-but he's been clean,sharp,dapper & debonair since the 1930s. Colombo is the personification of a guilty conscious that becomes an ever increasing irritant until confession.
Look it's Lt. Columbo the coffee machine saw him and it already had a cup ready for him. Too bad there wasn't a machine for lunch goodies like hard boiled eggs.
You can always spot the bad guys in Columbo they're rude to him whether they're male or female but the innocent one's are polite and don't really mind him hanging around.
I don't know -- some respond to his dumb act not with rudeness but by being cooperative to a fault, demonstrating their interest in influencing the investigation as only a guilty person would have.
This is Columbo at his most punchable. He doesn't play the unassuming detective this time, he just plain annoys the killer. You know he loves insinuating that he knows he's the murderer but the way he acts would be annoying to any man.
Ross Martin's character is particularly despicable in this episode, so I imagine Columbo was having a little fun annoying him, even if he wasn't doing more than his usual approach.
@@jkta97 I agree, i dont think Columbo was punchable at all. Actually I prefer the murder despicale, as it makes the final "GOTCHA" much more satisfying .
I don't remember Martin in another Columbo episode either, but I could be wrong. Little known fact that Ross Martin was a early acting coach for Peter Falk and remained lifelong friends. They were in in The Great Race film together in 1965. Let us know which episode. Cheers
That's the fastest coffee machine ever, he puts the coin in and immediately opens the door and pulls out a hot cup of coffee. I wonder why they are so slow nowadays.😂
After further thought, I don't always think Columbo knows the person he aggrivates is the killer, I just think he has such a curious mind and he wants to do a thorough investigation on things that don't make sense to him. Most people may assume he knows who the killer is. He's just trying to make sense of things. Maybe closer to the middle or end he may know who it is. He slowly figures it out.
To be fair, he says in a few episodes that he hones in on the chief suspect within the first couple of times of meeting them, usually because of a seemingly trivial disparity in their version of events. That's why he deliberately aggravates them, because he knows that genuinely innocent people would not be bothered by his questions. He never finds out much about the nuts and bolts of the case from bugging the suspect, he pieces the case together in the background. The purpose of bugging the suspect is to let them know he's getting closer to the truth. Although sometimes the haranguing directly solves the case by coaxing suspects into incriminating themselves by planting evidence to frame other suspects
@@tonguelessghostofsin Great perspective. You’ve really thought it out well. As much as I respect your comment, I don’t know, I kind of think innocent people do sometimes get aggravated by questions, especially if after being questioned before, or a certain number of times, and they feel the investigator is wasting time on them, while the real killer is out there, or getting away. I also think the audience automatically thinks Columbo knows who the killer is because they’ve been shown who the killer is at the beginning of each episode. I believe that Columbo just has a curious mind, is patient, and just pieces things together as he goes along.
I agree with a lot of what you said though. I think Columbo is just so patient, tedious, and good at his job, that even when he really doesn’t know who the killer is, his methods lead him to them anyway. Lol
@@alfreddreamerphotocomics4880 Yes to be fair you're right, there are enough miscarriages of justice to know that innocent people could get paranoid. I think the thing we can't ignore about almost all Columbo's suspects is that they are all wealthy and/or famous, therefore they have this sense of entitlement that manifests in petulance when they consider this lower middle-class detective who dresses like a tramp and talks like a rambling drunk is haranguing and outwitting them
Like most of the murderers on this show, they are all clever in the moment and shortly after, but they can never account for every future step. Columbo is 4 or 5 steps ahead of the suspect each and every time
The thing about Colombo that endear him to me is that he is not a genius detective ala Sherlock Holmes who knows almost everything. But the thing that makes him a good detective is that he noticed discrepancies in people stories n statements faster than the average cop. That's why in all Colombo episodes we see him confronting the suspects with these discrepancies, giving them chance to explain them.
Columbo's strategy Is similar to chess. In tournament chess you often don't have a clear win, but there are certain weaknesses in the opponent's position. You start pressing on these weaknesses, and then, under pressure, the opponent will himself weaken his position further - and so it starts to crack. But that's because they start blundering trying to save a slightly worse position.
Even Though Dale Kingston gave Columbo the keys he was in an agitated state of mind at the time, so I wonder what would be the legal position of Columbo actually using them to enter his house and search it. If Columbo did find any incriminating evidence as a result, would it be considered admissible in court? In the end though Columbo never caught him for the two murders, only for stealing the paintings.
The lady who plays the character Hildy in the scene looks very familiar but she is not credited on the show and IMDb does not list her either. I tried to do a general internet search but didn’t come up with anything. Anybody else have any clues?
If Columbo had taken this bait, he _may_ not have had the reason to come check while the incriminating evidence is there. Columbo waits to catch him there knowing he'll be in the middle of carrying out the back half of his plot (framing someone over an inheritance)
All of this alibi and how could that electric blanket really have done all of that . He did do it and they never show if they think that he had that girl do it that he helped and killed . So the electric blanket trick worked because the alibi was so suspicious .
Dale Kingston would have been 101 in 2021. Would he have still been that arrogant or would he have mellowed down had he lived that long is the Question❓
*First mistake:* murdering someone.
*Second mistake:* giving the primary investigator of the murder you committed the key to your residence, under the passive-aggressive ploy of having nothing to hide.
And he avoids the bait, knowing that (if he's right) then the murderers next ploy will be to pin the murder on someone else (ideally the lady in his way for the inheritance).
If Columbo doesn't show up while the murderer is "home," he misses his chance to spot their effort to frame someone else
Third mistake: trying to cast blame on the investigator
COLUMBO: "I admit is would be more convenient, but ..." [takes key] "... thank you very much." [suspect's jaw drops] Cracks me up every time.
I love Columbo, my mother once said that Columbo gets on your nerves so much that you want to confess
That's why I like him so much.
Lol 😂 indeed might as well get it over with
The problem isnt just that he's irritating, but that he's irritatingly RIGHT, which really drives the murder nuts, haha :p
I love how Falk explained the character. He said getting pestered by Columbo is like being pecked to death by a duck
His face when Columbo did get the key from him....he thought wansn't going to take it !lol
Exactly! And it turns out that helps Columbo nail him (no spoilers lol)
Do you really need to write "lol" at the end of your post...why???
@@malbig2344 Who? And why are you so upset?
@@ferocel because writing the idiot "lol" is destroying the English language. Why do people write it?
@@malbig2344 It indicates lightheartedness & is pretty harmless in common parlance. There are worse cases of the language being misused. The construction of your original sentence is a prime example.
"No... really... I admit it would be more convenient, but..." takes the key. "Thank you very much. See ya!" And the guys face! What a scene! Just great. :D
In every case, at the third "just one more thing" the suspect enters evident despair and almost confesses. That apparent calm and naivety of Columbo is maddening for the offender.
Giving Columbo the key to his property wasn't Dale Kingston's first mistake. Take that crushed blue velvet suit for example.
The 1970s were a fashion mistake.
Or that tie that’s as wide as it is long...
Bahaaaaaaa
Well said sir!
or the fact that Jim Wests partner Artemus Gordon is moonlighting as a art critic.
5:49 his frozen expression when he actually takes the key...
OMG! I was cracking up at that scene! So perfect.
And then as he walks away, Columbo turns round and casually says, "See yea". 😂
A velvet sport jacket, jumbo sized tie and even a coffee machine :) this is a great early 70’s period episode - wish I could go back in time.
Rob so do I. I would like to time machine to the early 70s.
I thought this episode was filmed in the late 90s
The coffee out of those machines was hot and terrible. Awful. But like I said, it was hot.
Go back in time? You mean to tell him not to dress like a clown?
@@djrychlak4443 I have never seen a coffee machine produce a cup of coffee so quickly after putting the money in lol! Hot and terrible perhaps, but quick it is!
That coffee was ready before Columbo put money in the machine. 😁
You could be Columbo 😉
Ya think! Lol
Why even make the microwave... ?
It's obviously guilty, hence the over accomodation to Colombo.
I wish Ross Martin was used more than once. He would have been as good as Jack Cassidy
Ross Martin is good and everything he does
I thought he was gonna reject the apartment key 😂😂😂😂
He took it like he own it
Sure these episodes went into the 80's, 90's, and 00s', but there is something remarkably stunning about the 70's visual aesthetic!
70s different class
YES ! Exactly what I think too
The patronizing tone toward Columbo is often the best feature of these shows. Nobody does it better than Ross Martin.
Columbo is so cool. He enjoys toying with the murderers☺
did anyone one laugh when he took the key - called his bluff -
I’ve watched this scene so many times and it still makes me laugh 😂
I did just now!
Right here!
His downfall began the minute he gave Columbo that key.
You don't play Columbo. Columbo plays you.
😂😂😂
Yep. However, if Mr. Kingston knows there is nothing in his house that could incriminate him, then there'd be no worry. Now if he was hiding something that could have incriminated him, then yea, don't give a key to your house to Colombo lol. He'll get you one way or the other in the end.
no, his downfall began when he chose to wear that velvet suit.
@@MrBeen992 That and the fact he stirs his drinks with his finger.
@@actioncom2748 the finger in the drink sealed his fate
Wow, those coffee vending machines were freaking fast back in the 70s. Like Star Trek replicator speed. Amazing.
@Willem DaFuckedUp I think they're still out there in a few places. Courthouses and the like. Maybe not though, been a few years. I remember you could also get chicken bouillon in most of them :-D
Willem DaFuckedUp There is one where I work. Coffee, Cappuccino, Latte and Hot Chocolate.
I love the whole thing, so real. all the actors were too, very believable. somehow now the cop shows don't seem real at all!
Legend Don Ameche (Lawyer cameo toward the end) was the only one who knew how to properly don attire-but he's been clean,sharp,dapper & debonair since the 1930s. Colombo is the personification of a guilty conscious that becomes an ever increasing irritant until confession.
The painting columbo shows Kingston is very reminiscent of the German Impressionst painter Franz Marc.
Yes, Marc's "Blaues Pferd". Certainly looks better than by an untalented 12 year old.
Yes, it's meant to cast doubt on Kingston and make him unappealing to the viewer.
@@WinrichNaujoks Indeed, I have a framed repro of one of these paintings on my wall : )
The sasarcastic expression on his face when he says.. with you we know exactly where you were and when ahahahahahahaahh
Basically saying, "why is your story so neat? That's kinda fishy"
That's the fastest coffee machine ever!
Look it's Lt. Columbo the coffee machine saw him and it already had a cup ready for him. Too bad there wasn't a machine for lunch goodies like hard boiled eggs.
Yes, it didn't even make noise. And those machines are noisy today! Imagine in the 70s! Nope, that coffee was already waiting for the lieutenant there
I never noticed that before. Now i can't stop laughing at it.
That coffee was probably prepared for Mr Kingston just before Columbo showed up.
@@bivio1
But then Columbo said "one more thing" to the coffee machine and it broke down.
"See ya" - the last thing a suspect wants to hear from Columbo.
I'm not sure who annoyed suspects more, Columbo or Monk. The difference being Columbo did it deliberately while Monk couldn't help but do it.
That actually is quite apt. Also Mr. Monk was let's face it a germophobe.
@@newstarcadefan Columbo had his own phobias. Heights and flying.
Colombo... come on now. Wouldn’t be a Monk without Colombo.
Amazing how fast that coffee was ready !!
You can always spot the bad guys in Columbo they're rude to him whether they're male or female but the innocent one's are polite and don't really mind him hanging around.
I don't know -- some respond to his dumb act not with rudeness but by being cooperative to a fault, demonstrating their interest in influencing the investigation as only a guilty person would have.
Ah, yes. Mrs. Peck was so polite to Columbo and didn’t mind having his company.
This is Columbo at his most punchable. He doesn't play the unassuming detective this time, he just plain annoys the killer. You know he loves insinuating that he knows he's the murderer but the way he acts would be annoying to any man.
but he does save that treatment for the murderers
Ross Martin's character is particularly despicable in this episode, so I imagine Columbo was having a little fun annoying him, even if he wasn't doing more than his usual approach.
@@jkta97 I agree, i dont think Columbo was punchable at all. Actually I prefer the murder despicale, as it makes the final "GOTCHA" much more satisfying .
The picture and sound quality on these clips is fantastic
How did the coffee machine deliver the coffee so fast?
He still do not realise which trouble he is in, but we know Colombo and how he work
@EMINƎM - he have must seen Colombo television on as else everyone
one of my favorite scenes...they way he offers key is classic and I use that in real life for fun...
Elephants Aplenty 😂 What do you say if someone takes the offer?
@@katana5562 I act stunned...
There’s a dolly zoom at 50 seconds so subtle and smooth Kubrick would be proud
Intentionally Ironic the dialogue is disparaging television 😂
Wait.. that machine made a cup of coffee in a second. Thats an amazing machine!
Most likely the machine made too much noise
This technology got lost in the great internet flood of 1997.
Lieutenant Columbo, is polite with his suspects!
Now that's what I call.... Instant Coffee ...lol
Columbo reminds me of a cute ol Bulldog 😂
Channel 21 here in UK Sundays columbo all day, and I've just stumbled across this channel so I subscribe
he was more of a psychologist than a detective
Both
That was one speedy coffee machine, not even here in 2023 can such a machine produce a coffee-related beverage so fast... :P
Ross Martin was brilliant in another Columbo favourite of mine,
BITW91 Which one?
I don't remember Martin in another Columbo episode either, but I could be wrong. Little known fact that Ross Martin was a early acting coach for Peter Falk and remained lifelong friends. They were in in The Great Race film together in 1965. Let us know which episode. Cheers
@@katana5562 just referring that Ross Martin starring in one my favourite episodes of Columbo :)
@@raymondcaylor6292 Just referring that Ross Martin starring in one of my favourite Columbo episodes.
BITW91 Yeah you can in interprete it two ways thats right!
The comic timing of the “hee haw” donkey music at 6:03 is brilliant.
Absolutely loving these videos - I need to watch some series!
Ross Martin taught acting and one on his pupils was Peter Falk.
He's got cha! I love Colombo. 💖
Artemus Gordon was a pretty danged good actor.
🤡
Excellent episode 👍👍👍👍
Being sober might help i suppose.
I'd like to replace my Mr. Coffee with that quick-brew vending machine!
A guilty person always have time for questions.
Why would you say that?
Anxiety. He's curious to know what you know. It's nature.
I do NOT think it was necessary for Columbo to get a coffee from that machine.
That's the fastest coffee machine ever, he puts the coin in and immediately opens the door and pulls out a hot cup of coffee. I wonder why they are so slow nowadays.😂
What kind of "make-up off"... she just put some cream on his face and didn't take off the make up!!!
After further thought, I don't always think Columbo knows the person he aggrivates is the killer, I just think he has such a curious mind and he wants to do a thorough investigation on things that don't make sense to him.
Most people may assume he knows who the killer is. He's just trying to make sense of things. Maybe closer to the middle or end he may know who it is. He slowly figures it out.
To be fair, he says in a few episodes that he hones in on the chief suspect within the first couple of times of meeting them, usually because of a seemingly trivial disparity in their version of events. That's why he deliberately aggravates them, because he knows that genuinely innocent people would not be bothered by his questions. He never finds out much about the nuts and bolts of the case from bugging the suspect, he pieces the case together in the background. The purpose of bugging the suspect is to let them know he's getting closer to the truth. Although sometimes the haranguing directly solves the case by coaxing suspects into incriminating themselves by planting evidence to frame other suspects
@@tonguelessghostofsin Great perspective. You’ve really thought it out well. As much as I respect your comment, I don’t know, I kind of think innocent people do sometimes get aggravated by questions, especially if after being questioned before, or a certain number of times, and they feel the investigator is wasting time on them, while the real killer is out there, or getting away. I also think the audience automatically thinks Columbo knows who the killer is because they’ve been shown who the killer is at the beginning of each episode. I believe that Columbo just has a curious mind, is patient, and just pieces things together as he goes along.
I agree with a lot of what you said though. I think Columbo is just so patient, tedious, and good at his job, that even when he really doesn’t know who the killer is, his methods lead him to them anyway. Lol
@@alfreddreamerphotocomics4880 Yes to be fair you're right, there are enough miscarriages of justice to know that innocent people could get paranoid. I think the thing we can't ignore about almost all Columbo's suspects is that they are all wealthy and/or famous, therefore they have this sense of entitlement that manifests in petulance when they consider this lower middle-class detective who dresses like a tramp and talks like a rambling drunk is haranguing and outwitting them
He definitely knew Spock was a murderer and told him to his face
Good morning class. Today we will learn how to circumvent needing a search warrant.
Quickest coffee machine I ever did see.
Coffee cup cigar ashtray .....
' art talk '
columbo takes an empty cup out of the coffee machine !
Mrs Bates at the end of these vids always creeps me out.
Wow that coffee machine is instant fast! Beats even today's machines.
Pastelles you know.
In talking to Columbo, never bluff!! Never offer anything of value, because he might accept your offer!!
Lieutenant Columbo is polite with his suspects.
Hey! That horse in the painting isn't bad at all- they're famously hard to get right.
When he took that key!!!
They used to say, you can’t sh!t the sh!tte@
Lol
Dale Kingston is too smart for his own good.
Like most of the murderers on this show, they are all clever in the moment and shortly after, but they can never account for every future step. Columbo is 4 or 5 steps ahead of the suspect each and every time
I always liked Ross Martin. This episode of Columbo was probably about 8-9 years after his role as Artemis on The Wild Wild West.
The thing about Colombo that endear him to me is that he is not a genius detective ala Sherlock Holmes who knows almost everything. But the thing that makes him a good detective is that he noticed discrepancies in people stories n statements faster than the average cop. That's why in all Colombo episodes we see him confronting the suspects with these discrepancies, giving them chance to explain them.
Columbo's strategy Is similar to chess. In tournament chess you often don't have a clear win, but there are certain weaknesses in the opponent's position. You start pressing on these weaknesses, and then, under pressure, the opponent will himself weaken his position further - and so it starts to crack. But that's because they start blundering trying to save a slightly worse position.
Artemis Gordon meets his match.
Even Though Dale Kingston gave Columbo the keys he was in an agitated state of mind at the time, so I wonder what would be the legal position of Columbo actually using them to enter his house and search it. If Columbo did find any incriminating evidence as a result, would it be considered admissible in court? In the end though Columbo never caught him for the two murders, only for stealing the paintings.
Cup of coffee moves on the table 4:34
Columbo knows he's got his man from the get go then he just strings it out, for the fun of it.
And now he admonishes him for not being home, taking control of his life.
Worlds fastest coffee machine
I liked the guys painting of the horse 👍
Обожаю Коломбо!)
This Mr Kingston is quite a snob isn't he?
This one drive me nuts because the lady walked through the living room so casually when the guard was trying to get in the front door.
You my friend are toast 😅
There's a good episode with two Dobermanns.....
The command was:' Rosebud'.
Using the Here’s Lucy stage.
his tie has yellow stars on it - are we supposed to deduce something from that?
Come on - say the line Columbo, say the line! (5:11)
Great Épisode
The lady who plays the character Hildy in the scene looks very familiar but she is not credited on the show and IMDb does not list her either. I tried to do a general internet search but didn’t come up with anything. Anybody else have any clues?
Dale Kingston and Dexter Paris are just a few of the TV and movie personalities Columbo took down.
If Columbo had taken this bait, he _may_ not have had the reason to come check while the incriminating evidence is there. Columbo waits to catch him there knowing he'll be in the middle of carrying out the back half of his plot (framing someone over an inheritance)
i always get distracted by the pretty woman
More than a key it's perhaps a bank locker or at a conspirator accomplice s that there may be a certain hidden giveaway
...but gutsy good he sure is
I like Columbo on tonight English TV
All of this alibi and how could that electric blanket really have done all of that . He did do it and they never show if they think that he had that girl do it that he helped and killed . So the electric blanket trick worked because the alibi was so suspicious .
BEAUTIFUL!!!😇🙏💞💞💞
Why was the entire episode removed?!?
See the link to Peacock at the end of the clip.
Super 👏
Dale Kingston would have been 101 in 2021.
Would he have still been that arrogant or would he have mellowed down had he lived that long is the Question❓
First season
Two people who just dont want on your tail if you committed a murder. Colombo and Horatio of Csi miami.
Big mistake
god this is hilarious. the acting is superb
I think the guy talking to Columbo is completely innocent. Columbo's got the wrong person.
Columbo is harrassing him. 🙂
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