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Re: worse ever moment ever cringe

Yeah -- perfectly innocent back then, but verrrry creepy today, especially in Etude.

Re: worse ever moment ever cringe

Ted
To me, the most cringe-worthy moments -- perhaps OK in their day, but which have aged VERY badly -- are Columbo\'s moments with young girls, where he tells them how beautiful they are, etc -- I \"get\" that Columbo was just being Columbo, but as I said, these bits of dialogue just do not hold up well over time!

Without taking time to check (and I\\\'m sorry if I get these wrong), I believe such moments occur in \"Etude In Black\" and in \"The Bye-Bye Sky High IQ Murder Case.\"



I agree. I could see how Columbo is acting like an uncle in Sky High but the writers did not really bring that out. The moments in Etude does not hold up. I think the girl in "Etude" seemed a bit young to asking Columbo the 'mind/body' question. Columbo lets that go as he does the remark she made about the name he was thinking about for a dog. (Just saw episode a week or so again.) Its one thing to be mocked by adults but another for him to take that nonsense from a kid.

Just my opinion.

Re: worse ever moment ever cringe

"I like your hair. Darryl"?

Columbo just responds...."uhhhh, yes"

Re: worse ever moment ever cringe

It isn't a CRINGE moment by a long shot, but I feel like rolling my eyes when the belly dancing instructor in TRY AND CATCH ME says "Remember to keep it dignified - this isn't a strip tease."
All joking aside, what's so undignified about a strip tease?