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Columbo is no more
Jun. 24th, 2011 08:10 pmPeter Falk died today. I know I should mention Wim Wenders' Wings of Desire, but to me he will always be Columbo!
I loved the show, and how fun it was to watch only to see the way Columbo would get the bad guy for we knew who-did-it from the beginning. He was a bit of a sadist (and a scrounger)and it was very formulaic but it worked.
Ah Columbo's invisible wife (the spin-off was a bad idea!) and French car, and his "just one more thing" when he was toying with the murderer like a cat with a mouse!
Good old times...
I watched many bad tv shows in my youth, especially in the Sci-Fi genre, but neither "Columbo" nor "Magnum P.I" were bad. Of course, I didn't love Magnum for the same reasons...
ETA: Just heard that Christine Desroches Noblecourt died today too...
I loved the show, and how fun it was to watch only to see the way Columbo would get the bad guy for we knew who-did-it from the beginning. He was a bit of a sadist (and a scrounger)and it was very formulaic but it worked.
Ah Columbo's invisible wife (the spin-off was a bad idea!) and French car, and his "just one more thing" when he was toying with the murderer like a cat with a mouse!
Good old times...
I watched many bad tv shows in my youth, especially in the Sci-Fi genre, but neither "Columbo" nor "Magnum P.I" were bad. Of course, I didn't love Magnum for the same reasons...
ETA: Just heard that Christine Desroches Noblecourt died today too...