One More Thing (Columbo)

[Karl Henning]

Loving "Rest in Peace, Mrs Columbo" all over again. 

[BWV 1080]

Just watched the Johnny Cash episode

[Brian]

Just watched the Johnny Cash episode

I do wish they'd sprung for a few more songs, not just "I Saw the Light," but otherwise it's a classic!

Loving "Rest in Peace, Mrs Columbo" all over again.

Melodramatic storytelling style but a real refreshing change of pace! You've got me wanting to rewatch "Cries Wolf," which I've only seen once but enjoyed as much for Falk's performance as for the cheesy early 90s hair and fashions...

[Karl Henning]

I do wish they'd sprung for a few more songs, not just "I Saw the Light," but otherwise it's a classic!

And the squirrel chili!

[Karl Henning]

I wouldn't go so far as to say I don't like it, but I've come to feel that "Uneasy Lies the Crown" is one of the weaker episodes. A bit of a lapse for Steve Bochko.

[Karl Henning]

I think the chimp's fingerprint has to be a Top-Five Gotcha. 

[Karl Henning]

A very nice tease at the start of "No Time to Die." The scene is a wedding reception. The camera moves in on a table where the Lieutenant is seated with a lady, and we wonder if we've met Mrs Columbo at last.

[Karl Henning]

"It's All in the Game," the first episode (I think) penned by Falk himself. And Faye Dunaway gives him a big kiss. Coincidence? I think not. I like the running "What's your first name?" "Lieutenant" gag.

[Karl Henning]

In "A Trace of Murder" Peter Falk makes a coy reference to his glass eye when he tells the perp, "three eyes are better than one."

[Karl Henning]

Looks like a late November release of COLUMBO: THE 1970s
SEASONS 1-7 on blu-ray at Kino Lorber

[Karl Henning]

Looks like a late November release of COLUMBO: THE 1970s
SEASONS 1-7 on blu-ray at Kino Lorber

• RESTORED IN 4K BY UNIVERSAL PICTURES
• Includes the 1968 Movie-of-the-Week "Prescription: Murder" and the 1971 Pilot "Ransom for a Dead Man"
• NEW Audio Commentaries for PRESCRIPTION: MURDER/BLUEPRINT FOR MURDER/A STITCH IN CRIME/A FRIEND IN DEED/TROUBLED WATERS/LAST SALUTE TO THE COMMODORE/TRY AND CATCH ME by Author Mark Dawidziak
• NEW Audio Commentaries for RANSOM FOR A DEAD MAN/DEATH LENDS A HAND/THE MOST DANGEROUS MATCH/DOUBLE SHOCK/PUBLISH OR PERISH/BY DAWN'S EARLY LIGHT/PLAYBACK/A DEADLY STATE OF MIND by Author/Historian Scott Skelton
• NEW Audio Commentaries for MURDER BY THE BOOK/LADY IN WAITING/REQUIEM FOR A FALLING STAR/LOVELY BUT LETHAL/CANDIDATE FOR CRIME/NEGATIVE REACTION/IDENTITY CRISIS/THE BYE-BYE SKY HIGH IQ MURDER CASE/MAKE ME A PERFECT MURDER/HOW TO DIAL A MURDER by Author/Historian Jim Benson
• NEW Audio Commentaries for RANSOM FOR A DEAD MAN/MURDER BY THE BOOK by Screenwriter/Historian Gary Gerani
• NEW Audio Commentaries for DEAD WEIGHT/DAGGER OF THE MIND/ANY OLD PORT IN A STORM/DOUBLE EXPOSURE/SWAN SONG/AN EXERCISE IN FATALITY/FORGOTTEN LADY/NOW YOU SEE HIM.../OLD FASHIONED MURDER by Author/Historian David Koenig
• NEW Audio Commentary for ÉTUDE IN BLACK by Authors/Historians David Koenig and Scott Skelton
• NEW Audio Commentaries for SHORT FUSE/THE GREENHOUSE JUNGLE/THE MOST CRUCIAL GAME/A CASE OF IMMUNITY/MURDER UNDER GLASS by Writers/Authors Troy Howarth and Nathaniel Thompson
• NEW Audio Commentary for A MATTER OF HONOR by Author/Historian Amanda Reyes
• NEW Audio Commentary for FADE IN TO MURDER by Author/Historian Amanda Reyes and Author/Podcaster Daniel R. Budnik
• NEW Audio Commentary for MIND OVER MAYHEM by Historian/Filmmaker Craig Bream with Special Guest Bill Malone
• NEW Audio Commentary for THE CONSPIRATORS by Television Music Historian Reba Wissner
• Selected Commentaries Include Excerpted Interviews with Peter Falk, Dick Van Dyke, Patrick McGoohan, Vincent Price, Martin Sheen, Richard Levinson, William Link, Lee Grant, Steven Bochco, Suzanne Pleshette, Norman Lloyd, Robert Butler, Stanley Ralph Ross and Many More!
• Shorter 71 Minute-Cut of ÉTUDE IN BLACK
• Booklet with Essay by Author Mark Dawidziak and Episode Guide
• Optional Music and Effects Audio Tracks for Every Episode
• Newly Commissioned Slipcase Cover Illustration by Tony Stella
• Optional English Subtitles
1968-1978 Color Approx. 3800 Minutes (20 Discs) 1.33:1 Not Rated (REGION A)
Restored in 4K by Universal Pictures! Columbo is the landmark series that set the standard for the murder mystery genre. Remastered in 4K by Universal, Columbo: The 1970s includes the first seven seasons of this enduring classic on Blu-ray! Starring Peter Falk in his four-time Emmy-winning role as the cigar-chomping, trenchcoat-wearing police lieutenant, this 20-disc collection includes every criminally entertaining episode from the series' first seven seasons.

@Brian 

[Karl Henning]

Back when @Brian announced the coming blu-ray edition, I embarked on one final tour of the DVDs. Just wrapped up last night with "Murder With Too Many Notes" and "Columbo Likes the Nightlife." Arguably in this or that episode over the course of the series' run, there may be an element or two which is sub-par, but I really don't believe there is a genuinely poor episode in the lot.

[Brian]

Back when @Brian announced the coming blu-ray edition, I embarked on one final tour of the DVDs. Just wrapped up last night with "Murder With Too Many Notes" and "Columbo Likes the Nightlife." Arguably in this or that episode over the course of the series' run, there may be an element or two which is sub-par, but I really don't believe there is a genuinely poor episode in the lot.

By the way, the 70s blu-ray edition is scheduled to arrive right around Thanksgiving, with the 80s/90s run to follow. KL credits Universal with supervising the transfer, and every episode will have a commentary from TV historians and enthusiasts.

[Brian]

Oh, sorry, I didn't see your post above! Wasn't trying to repeat you! 

[Karl Henning]

Oh, sorry, I didn't see your post above! Wasn't trying to repeat you! 

No worries! Just thought you'd find it of interest!

[drogulus]

Looks like a late November release of COLUMBO: THE 1970s
SEASONS 1-7 on blu-ray at Kino Lorber

    I'm waitin' on that.

    I've never watched a BD/UHD extra. All I care about is me SQ and PQ.

[JBS]

The Lieutenant is showing up in some unexpected places.
(More pics in the next post.)
[From Twitter]

[JBS]

More screengrabs

[Karl Henning]

The Lieutenant is showing up in some unexpected places.
(More pics in the next post.)
[From Twitter]

I have retained entirely too little from my four or five years of trying to study Japanese, long ago, but seeing American pop culture rendered in Katakana always makes me smile.

[JBS]

I have retained entirely too little from my four or five years of trying to study Japanese, long ago, but seeing American pop culture rendered in Katakana always makes me smile.

He does look on the young side compared to the series. Perhaps this was a very early case in his career.