They appear and are eaten by Columbo and Peter in "Lady in Waiting."
They are mentioned in "Fade in to Murder," but do not appear because Claire decides to get a sandwich instead.
It appears in "Old-Fashioned Murder" when Columbo brings Janie a cheeseburger when she is in jail, but she throws it on the floor without eating it when she gets mad at Columbo.
A slight deviation from Columbo's usual hot dog! Can anyone think of any other cheeseburger appearances or references in other episodes?
#2 All the episodes involving Columbo out of the country were all the fourth episode to air during their original seasons.
#4 The first three McGoohan episodes were all the third episode to air during their original seasons. (The fourth McGoohan episode, "Ashes to Ashes," aired as a special, not part of a season.)
wow....i honestly thought cassa was joking! then i thought about it, and i realized cheeseburgers did work for "lady in waiting" and "fade into murder," but then i ruled it out again as just coincidence, because i couldn't remember any cheeseburgers in "old fashioned murder." well, it turns out my copy is from BRAVO, which EDITED OUT THE CHEESEBURGER!!!!
lol great question, E, and congratulations, cassa. you both obviously have very strange and wonderful minds.
Hopefully when season 6 arrives on DVD, the great cheeseburger scene in "Old-Fashioned Murder" will be restored! It always bothered me when Janie threw it on the floor...why waste a good cheeseburger?
And some more trivia...I believe Janie states that she prefers cheeseburgers without onions. I happen to love onions on my cheeseburgers!
the only thing i can say about janie...is that she freaks me out when she finds the bodies and she comes up to her aunt ruth and you think she is going to attack her or something and then she sticks her fingers in her mouth and........oh!!! that scene just freaks me out!!!
but E, as you pointed out to me once, her birthday is december 27th...and i will celebrate it this year with gusto!!
If you invite Janie over, try not to have any dead bodies or onions lying around...Janie is not known for her calm reactions under stress! In fact, I don't think I would even say "happy birthday" to her too loud!