I think that an earlier post on this site had the writer of murder With Too Many Notes talking about what he intended, and what actually made it to screen. B-E-C-C-A are musical notes (as are G-A-B-E). I can only assume that the title gives a clue as to how Columbo solved the murder. Except it didn’t, lol.
Just visualize a Kay Freestone type executive ripping out pages that would have explained the mystery, leaving us with huge plot holes. Then she proudly says: “At least we’re back on schedule now boys. And they’ll never miss what they didn’t know”.
Of course, since the entire episode didn’t make sense, I guess we really do miss what we didn’t know, lol
I thought Becca was the girlfriend (short for Rebecca).
I vaguely recall the clue was that the notes from the award winning song spelled out becca, and the only way for that to be was if the victim wrote the song.
I thought Becca was the girlfriend (short for Rebecca).
I vaguely recall the clue was that the notes from the award winning song spelled out becca, and the only way for that to be was if the victim wrote the song.
Perhaps some of the reruns leave that detail out.
I have the DVD version and there is no explanation at the end. I mean, if you're going to cut a scene, why would they cut out the most important one? That would be a good episode if there was an ending of some sort.
1. Tony Galper OR Gianelli - either one
2. Uneasy Lies the Crown (Boy wasn't Corman a creep?)
3. Strange Bedfellows - while having lunch with Fortelli.
4. Oscar Finch
5. Father was Jordan Rowe
6. Now You See Him
7. Theodore Albinski
8. Bakersfield
9. The Teeee-Thirty-threeeee silver star
10. Brimmer
11. Kathleen Calvert
12. B-E-C-C-A This one generated some questions on the (?) clue.
13. Stallions