and one more vote for "i knew you could do it"..and the little wink from columbo...so priceless!
how about Dog's face in forgotten lady?...when columbo has just treated himself and Dog to ice cream cones............they arrive at grace wheeler's house and Dog has vanilla ice cream on his face, and columbo says to Dog that he has to clean his face himself......Dog looks at him so bewildered, but yet so lovingly..
and this one is not a facial expression, but more of a body one.......it is from the most dangerous match, when emmet clayton is demonstrating how he can play chess against a number of players at once. well, there is columbo as one of the spectators in the small crowd. just look how cute he is as he gives a little wave to clayton! it is so adorable!..and it looks exactly like this.. ..it is such a little boyish wave...and it is so sweet and innocent..
One of my favorites is at the end of "Troubled
Waters" when Hayden Danzinger (Robert Vaughn) is with Columbo
looking at the surgical gloves Danzinger planted.
Danzinger says something like "now you can find the powder marks
which will incriminate Lloyd Harrington". Columbo
says something like, "no, I am interested in the
fingerprints INSIDE the gloves". Danzinger's look
of shock is priceless as he realizes he has
been taken in.
Or when Johnny Cash sees Columbo slinking along the edges of the airport in Swan Song. Columbo's look of a little boy who's been sneaking around the pantry looking for cookies and gets caught by a parent.
Another one is when Carsini and his secretary are having a dinner in the noble restaurant and Carsini can't wait to taste the wine, but when he tries it, he makes a really memorable face and says "But this is disgusting" or sth. similar
I think you are confused. Carsini liked the wines
in the restaurant, all of which were chosen by Columbo. He makes the face with the wine when
he is sitting next to Karen on the airplane
flying to New York.
It was from the "This is dreadful . . . how can you serve this . . . this . . . LIQUID FILTH! " scene at the restaurant when he drank the vintage ferrier port.
Vito Scotti and (I think it was the red wine steward) tasting the wine afterwards - great scene.
Actually, VENTO is right, Carsini can't wait to taste the "dessert wine" at the restaraunt, but is disgusted because they had stored it in excessive temperatures. Of course, he was actually tasting his own wine.
a great non-caring expression comes in 'Ashes to Ashes" when Columbo is looking for a house on Sunset Blvd. He finds it, slams on the brakes and a car goes skidding by him honking the horn loud. Columbo doesn't even flinch!! His facial expression is one of oh well, at least I found the house.
Another great one was in "Forgotten Lady" when the doctor was explaining to him about Mr. Willils' condition. He invites him into the morgue to continue talking and Columbo immediately comes out looking like death himself and says, "Thanks doc."
I'm not sure but I think the 2nd scene you described, isn't in "Forgotten lady".Or maybe there's exactly the same scene in some other Columbo, that's sure.
Columbo's embarrassed grin when Ward Fowler catches Columbo in his trailer, wearing Fowler's big white Panama hat and clomping around in his elevator shoes.
Agreed, that scene in "Friend in Deed" is very good.
He couldn't wait to get out of there. The hostility
of the (IIRC) Hispanic cop was pretty effective also.
Hello all! It's fun visiting again after such a long while away and not having watched Columbo in a while.
There are so many great expressions, especially from the original series!
One that immediately springs to mind is Dale Kingston's look of desperation when Columbo reveals his gloved hands.
I also like the murderer's painful cringe turning to disbelief that Columbo is still alive in "Columbo Goes to the Guillotine".
Gotta see another episode one of these days!
To digress - wonder when we'll see a new Columbo movie? I also still wish upon a star that there would be some sort of Columbo reunion or gathering with Falk, McGoohan and other guest stars. What fun that would be!
cigar george said...
"The sheepish smile on Columbo when he realizes his request to Paul Galesco for a picture of a dog is absurd."
and what a wonderful scene that is!!..levinson & link didn't think peter would go for that idea of columbo asking for the picture...and they were so happiply surprised when he did!! fantastic scene!!
I mentioned this elsewhere, but Ray Milland's glare at Bob Dishy when he's reading him his rights in Greenhouse Jungle. Dishy forgets who is in which position, so to speak, and his voice falters.