Columbo (the series) talk

[LT. Columbo]

real columbo dvd's never have one episode--i don't know what you got.

[BR7]

What is this world coming to now we got counterfeit Columbos

[soup]

Is there nothing sacred left in this world, what next Bobblehead Columbo's.

[drfsupercenter]

LOL!

It was "The complete first season" 5 disc set. I got disc 5. Look up the details somewhere to see what I mean.

[LT. Columbo]

my season 1 has 4 dvd-18's no single ep's. oh well no matter.

I like the show I watch it on A&E a lot I think the last one I seen was something to do with a magician and a guillotine

"now you see him" great one with the late jack cassidy. his brother is a singer.

[drfsupercenter]

DVD-18's?? WTH are those?

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0002COTDA/qid=1139169600/sr=1-3/ref=sr_1_3/104-2140732-7740737?%5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glance&n=130

That's the first season the library has, there are 5 discs, the 5th has Blueprint for Murder.

[LT. Columbo]

not what mine are. dvd-18's are double sided dual layer discs. there are more than 1 columbo sets on dvd. actually the entire 69 episode run was released before season 1! god bless the men and women who made that happen

drf i suggest "murder by the book" next. don't think...just do it.

[drfsupercenter]

LOL! What disc is that on? (the 5 disc set)

And curious, that the library has 4 DL's and 1 SL as the 5-disc, and you have 4 dual sided DL's... is the quality better, or are there special features?

[LT. Columbo]

no special features unless you count a bloody menu. you'll find that many people directed various episodes, blueprint for murder doesn't have the best music. i'll give you that. don't get the wrong impression. actually not what i would have chosen as "my first columbo". many have great music like "lovely but lethal" and "death lends a hand" "double exposure" (really good) "lady in waiting" "the most crucial game" "a stitch in crime" "swan song" goes on and on...you'll also notice that each and every episode title has a meaning regarding the plot. you know this with blueprint for murder, now that you have seen it...and notice the director?

"Blueprint for Murder" (1972)
Season: 1, Episode - 7

Director: Peter Falk
Written by: Steven Bochco (from a story by William Kelley and Ted Leighton)
Produced by: Richard Levinson and William Link
Originally aired: Februrary 9, 1972
Run Time: 90 (mins)


Cast: Peter Falk as LT. Columbo

Patrick O'Neal as Elliot Markham
Forrest Tucker as Beau Williamson
Janis Paige as Goldie Williamson
Pamela Austin as Jennifer Williamson
Bettye Ackerman as Miss Sherman
John Fielder as Dr. Moss
John Finnegan as Carl
Nick Dennis as Guard
Robert Gibbons as Clerk
Cliff Carnell as Officer Wilson
Jimmy Joyce as Workman




Plot: Flamboyant Texas tycoon Beau Williamson returns from a long trip abroad to learn that brilliant architect Elliot Markham has persuaded his wife, young Jennifer Williams, to fund a revolutionary multi-million-dollar office complex: Williamson City. Beau is not touched ( except in his wallet ) by the honor. He knows a hustler when he sees one. A charming sophisticated, Elliot is using the naive Jennifer to get at Beau’s money. In rage, Beau storms into Elliot’s office and smashes the scale model of Williamson City. He then drives out of the construction site and confronts the architect. The devious architect sees a way out. Elliot goes out to Beau’s horse farm and hides in the industrialists car. When Beau gets into the car, thinking he is alone, Elliot forces him at gun point into a nearby stable. A shot is heard.

[soup]

Just looking around & found this.

[drfsupercenter]

Run Time: 90 (mins)

Is that including commercials? Cuz on the DVD, it was only 73 mins (and it says that on IMDB too)

[LT. Columbo]

yes that's right. that columbo site is actually quite sloppy with several things. but some columbo episodes are in fact 90min (without commercials).
they have season 3 dvd release announcement still on the home page! season 4 comes out next month and no announcement! sloppy!

[drfsupercenter]

Oh well... at least the library will buy them

[drfsupercenter]

Columbo [(DVD) videorecording]
Bochco, Steven.

Publisher: Universal,
Pub date: [2004], c1971-c1972.
Pages: 5 videodiscs (ca. 725 min.) :
ISBN: 1417014326
Copy info: No copies currently available. Estimated wait undetermined.
5 copies total in all locations.

Holdings
Troy Public Library Copies Material Location
DVD ARTS COLUMBO (SEASON 1) V.1 1 DVD - 7 day loan Being fixed/mended
DVD ARTS COLUMBO (SEASON 1) V.2 1 DVD - 7 day loan Material has been checked/charged out
DVD ARTS COLUMBO (SEASON 1) V.3 1 DVD - 7 day loan Material has been checked/charged out
DVD ARTS COLUMBO (SEASON 1) V.4 1 DVD - 7 day loan Material has been checked/charged out
DVD ARTS COLUMBO (SEASON 1) V.5 1 DVD - 7 day loan Material has been checked/charged out


That's what they have... which volume should I get? Apparently the library doesn't have season 3, season 1 is all that came up with the search "columbo"

[LT. Columbo]

get the disc that has "murder by the book" should be disc 1 , it's the first regular episode directed by steven spielberg.

trivia: the woman "miss lasanka" who gets murdered in it, actually WAS murdered in real life. this isn't the only case of this either.