Arrogant people don't know how to keep silent.

Exactly, if this jackass had just kept his mouth shut, he might have won.

Not for long. It would only delay Columbo’s hangman’s noose.

Well in real life no detective would have questioned a suspect like that prior to searching him for weapons, and definitely not in his own home.

I completely Agree.... It's your 🗣️Mouth.. 🤬.. That will..send you.. South. "Prison ⚡😂...😂

The decor, the technology, the mannerisms and the people. I swear, every single one of these episodes is like a lovingly crafted time capsule for the era that it was shot in. Up to and including "Columbo Loves the Night Life"

@Ronin:Yes,, do I agree! Thus far, my DVD collection consists of Seasons 1-3 and, those which contain the years, 1988-1991. I, WILL, eventually, own the complete library, for certain. BTW, when I thought I wouldn't be coming, out, satisfied(not being a big GH fan), WAS I surprised, discovering it's now one of my top ten, all-time favourites. He was fine. Great "payoff", in my, humble, opinion. Oh...for our forum, "one thing, more."(sorry). Could the lieutenant, truly, use the word, "EYEwitness?" Your thoughts, people?

@@djdon60

One of the best TV programmes ever made!!

I didn’t even have a color TV when I started watching Columbo.

I still laugh at Hamilton playing Dracula in "Love at First Bite". The guy known for having the best tan in Hollywood plays a vampire. 😂

He's absolutely brilliant in this scene , and I don't compliment often.

I totally agree with everything--and how handsome he was! Season 4 was the best in my opinion

Read his book... "Don't mind if I do"... A FASCINATING life.

@@GodsFavoriteBassPlyr thanks

I also liked Rin Tin Tin in the guest role.

But he was only caught because he is pre-tan George Hamilton. Post tan, he would have been undefeatable.

The victim, right before the murder, described him as “Never at a loss for words.” He always had to have the last thing to say. He saw himself as the doctor and everyone else was just his mice to manipulate however he wanted. Of course he wouldn’t think of them as being able to threaten him. Columbo knew all do this about him, and tailor made this trap for him

@@Noah-wx7fm The victim, Carl Donner, was played by Stephen Elliot, who many people would probably recognize as the “is this the man….” police chief in Beverly Hills Cop.

@@Noah-wx7fm It was lovely to see the smile quickly fall off his face when the man started reading

The slime just oozes off him. I love his quick obnoxious replies every time Columbo lays out what he has.

@@ColonelCarnagevery well put 👍

Then a Not Guilty Verdict cause I'm sure there's a case for him

This is one of my favorite gotcha moments too but I also really like the guy who picks the camera out that took a picture of his wife before he shot her that he had reversed and the lady in the wall with the beeper that he messaged that says gotcha

Yeah, it's a great scene and "gotcha" moment, but a first-year law student could get him off. The evidence is so circumstantial -- and super-thin. I mean, the suspect assumes the guy's blind ... and that PROVES he saw the guy's brother that evening? I don't think so. No D.A. in their right mind would ever prosecute this case in real life. Great episode nonetheless.

@@RMR1 You miss the point. He didn't assume the guy is blind, he insisted the guy was blind. There is no reason to believe that guy was blind unless he believed he saw him that other day with the guide dog. Second this was not the only evidence. Watch the entire episode and there were gaping holes in the culprit's case.

@@oot007 Even if he "insisted" Morris was blind -- and you're right, he is insistent -- it still proves nothing. A defense lawyer could easily show that any doctor might reasonably believe that a man acting the way Morris did was blind. Not so much because he moved in a slow, almost robotic way and wore dark glasses indoors, but because he stared at a fixed point, even as both Columbo and Collier moved while talking to him. Sighted people -- especially well-mannered and educated people, which Morris clearly is -- do not stare into space while others are addressing them. And yes, there is other evidence, but it's either entirely circumstantial or very thin. All of which, though, is completely moot. His admission, if you can call it that, would never be admitted in court because Columbo -- even after advising Collier that he was under arrest -- does not Mirandize him. And without the subsequent "confession," the case goes nowhere. Again, in real life. On TV, sure, it's an airtight case.

Modern American murder investigation shows are almost science fiction.

I've only watched Columbo dubbed so far. Never would I have known the problems of the audio editing if it weren't for this clip.

It wouldn't hold up in court I’m afraid.

Yeah unless he has more evidence thinking someone looks blind isn’t proof of murder.

Peter S. Fischer. The writer of this episode. He passed away in October 2023, just a few weeks after you wrote that comment. Fischer is best known for creating the show "Murder, She Wrote".

Robert Arthur, there's a familiar name! He created the "Alfred Hitchcock and The 3 Investigators" series of mystery novels for kids.

This set was used in at least two other Columbo episodes!!

@@SciTrekMan if you ever spot them let me know. The brother (David) played Swanny and he killed "The Commodore" in another episode.

@@truthlifefishing1730 One was Playback, and another was Candidate for Crime

@@SciTrekMan Thanks Mate. It reminds me of the set design for Get Smart. Those designs were AMAZING, lots of decor, great dimensions, when you think of Max's apartment it was so clever.

Then there would be no Columbo !

There was also one subtle clue that the man “can’t” be blind, and that was when the officer silently gestured for him to come forward, and he did. Contrast that to the blind man’s entrance, which was preceded by Columbo yelling out his name (and quite loudly).

Thats why you don't talk to cops, especially without a lawyer present

@@robertbotelho9702 Which could also be easily staged by police (one man behind corner with blind man, who prods him to go forward when he sees the office gesture)

Truth

Great purchase. Haha.

I wish someone could take the time to find out the exact count 😂

Apparently "One more thing" came about by accident. Levinson & Link had typed up (on a typewriter, of course) a scene where Columbo went to the villain's house to ask some questions. When they read the scene back, they realised Columbo hadn't asked the question he needed to ask. Rather than type the whole scene out again, they had Columbo come back in and say "One more thing" and it worked so well that they kept using it!

Frank? If you were a true Columbo fan you'd know that only his wife calls him that. I'm gonna take a guess you are not his wife

@@friedrice7Go jump in a lake. I am an absolute true-blue Columbo fan. The reason I refer to him as Frank sometimes [with tongue _firmly_ in cheek] in comments is because on his badge his first name clearly spells out Frank in cursive, and _other_ true Columbo fans know that. I _know_ that nobody on the show ever actually calls him by his first name [Rumford asks him, "Do you have a first name?" and Columbo answers, "I do. My wife is about the only one that uses it."] To be so silly as to even _suggest_ that I'm not a true Columbo fan because I refer to him sometimes by his first name is . . . well, goofy.

@@SECRETARIATguy224 ...don't take the bait.

@@jackclements2163 You're one of the very best.

He was though that’s the difference.

Mr Morris would have found OJ guilty.

Not with that racist jury that let him go

Everyone knew OJ was guilty. You don't need a great detective for that

Yeah. Not so much the 1st murder but programming the wife to jump off the balcony to kill herself was the dead that made columbo really despise Dr. Collier

At 5:35 the suspect dismisses the entire concept of the man on the couch seeing/giving the matches as he is convinced the 'witness' is blind. 'Hamilton' is too arrogant to perceive it otherwise.

The whole scene is very deliberate and, not that he was ever above this sort of thing, this is probably one of the most underhanded gotchas in all of Columbo. Everything that they do in this scene is to provoke this response while having a solid counter-argument. No department would even humor attempting this unless they knew that the post-arrest investigation would seal the deal, because this is a hair folicle above straight up entrapment.

In wot way ??

@@anthonymaughan6103 in every way

And the thumbnail. It’s unedited

You’re right, but not only that! I don’t think he incriminated himself because when the guy walked in very slowly and slowly eased his way to the sofa, any person would assume he was blind. So, when the charade was up and the man started to read the newspaper, how did the murderer incriminate himself? He could of said, I assumed he was blinded the way he was acting. You fooled me into thinking he was blind. So what? How does that prove I’m the murderer? When the other guy, his brother, who is blind comes in, he was the real guy who was out that night. He couldn’t know what car or who was driving that night. So, the little charade doesn’t prove anything except you had his brother pretend to be blind and he pretended to eyewitness me. But he wasn’t there and it’s all a charade. You still have zero proof that I’m the murderer. Right? So, I don’t think that was a very good script for that particular episode. Although most of the Columbo episodes are really good, that was a loser.

The tire tread was the same and nobody at the institute could place him there before 6pm. Judges have signed lots of warrants on much less.

@@nightowl5475 I'm pretty sure that the case would be thrown out based on police entrapment. The bogus witness lied to make the suspect incriminate himself. The fact that Columbo's conclusion was logical wouldn't make it admissible, IMO.

@@JohnDrummondPhoto It wouldn't be entrapment, no. The police are allowed to lie. It would only be entrapment if he were talked into the murder itself.

A lot of the more popular episodes run into this problem. Any good lawyer could get them off.

No, the issue is that the murderer wasn't supposed to see anyone, as he had a fake alibi to where he was at the time of the murder. So, by saying he saw the blind man, he just contradicted his own alibi and put himself at the scene of the crime when it happened.

You do if you're innocent!!!!

@@tilesetter1953 Would you like to watch a KZfaq video that explains why you must not talk to the police even if you're innocent ? I will give you the link only if you're interested

@@power2084 Of course I'm interested!

@@tilesetter1953 I just made a comment above with a video link, I don't know if it's been blocked by KZfaq. If it's the case, search KZfaq for "Don't Talk to the Police", duration 46 mins 38 secs. You only need to watch the first half.

@@power2084 Ok.