The Lt. Columbo Forum

An area where fans from all over can ask each other questions and voice their own ideas and opinions on anything Columbo.

This Forum is fondly dedicated in memory of  "cassavetes45"  (Carleen Zink),
Columbo's greatest fan and a great friend to us all.
​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
The Lt. Columbo Forum
Start a New Topic 
Author
Comment
View Entire Thread
Re: Ad Lib/Misspoken lines kept in

LOL! I can’t believe I never noticed that. Have to look for it the next time I watch that episode. And, yes, reshooting that would have been easy.

Re: Ad Lib/Misspoken lines kept in

There's always Halperin saying "quid quo pro" in "A Friend in Deed". :relieved:

Also, in "Swan Song", the FAA inspector kind of flubs one of his lines at the crash site. He caught himself and they just left it in.

Re: Ad Lib/Misspoken lines kept in

Yes! Two of the most obvious "bloopers" - I didn't think of them.

Re: Ad Lib/Misspoken lines kept in

There is at least one outtake with him and William Shatner from Fade Into Murder (at least, I'm pretty sure it isn't from Butterfly In Shades Of Gray). I've seen it on blooper specials.

Re: Ad Lib/Misspoken lines kept in

I've mentioned this before, but in LADY IN WAITING, Beth sort of pretends to misunderstand when Columbo says he's "compulsive," as if he meant something sexual. She smiles and says "Are you REALLY?" and leans toward him. When she does that, he moves back kind of quickly. That's always looked like an ad-lib to me, with Susan Clark coming up with the joke and Peter going along with it. But who knows.