Columbo Season three
Added 11/12/2009
We enjoyed the shows very much. And the quality of the dvds is excellent.
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Columbo - The Complete Second Season
Added 10/5/2009
The Disc came in small envelope, No box!
Three I had to play on small dvd player
becuse it won't work on my regular dvd player
it would said "no Disc."
The other played ok.
I all was like columbo he's
the best crime budey you want on your side.
peter falk plays a good role.
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Columbo has always been one of my favorite programs so it was just like old times
to see the second season again. It is well worth watching and I highly recommend
it and look forward to eventually purchasing the entire collection of Columbo movies on DVD.
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great detective TV
Added 9/1/2009
This Columbo is just great entertainment. The mystery and details that come out as Columbo tries to solve the crime are incredible. This series will not disappoint. Each episode is extremely entertaining and the interplay between Columbo and the villain is remarkable. A must view!!!
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Great series-poor DVD packaging
Added 7/2/2009
A most enjoyable series that received the usual--nowadays--poor, user hostile DVD packaging. For starters you are forced to watch the fake FBI threat for quite a while, unable to fast-forward to the episode you paid for. This well-known threat appears on each DVD and on the box; no need to ram it down the throat of viewers also. As if this onus is not enough, you are then forced to watch numerous previews of other shows: essentially to watch ads you have to pay for. Next, you watch previews of the episode itself that give hints to the plot, thus robbing you of the pleasure of anticipating the story. Last, the DVD's do not carry a description of their contents; you have to refer to the box to find out what each contains.
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SEASON ONE, EPISODE ONE
Added 4/11/2007
After two pilots, Columbo: Prescription for Murder aired in February 1968 and Columbo Collector's Edition: Ransom For A Dead Man aired in March 1971, the first episode of Columbo, MURDER BY THE BOOK, was finally broadcasted on Sept. 15th, 1971. It's also possible to watch this episode in the DVD standard by purchasing Columbo - The Complete First Season.
I was somewhat anxious before watching MURDER BY THE BOOK because I feared that the pleasure I had, during the seventies, to watch Columbo on TV was only associated with my teen years and hadn't pass the test of time. How was I wrong ! The quality of this episode is undeniable, even measured according to our actual standards. Steven Spielberg, who directed MURDER BY THE BOOK, was already yeasty in his direction. He managed to create a suspense drama during the first 15 minutes of the episode while everybody had already understood, since the first 15 seconds of MURDER BY THE BOOK, that Jim Ferris would be murdered by Ken Franklin. The suspense simply lied in the fact that we didn't know how Ferris would do it. Spielberg, with a few Hitchcockian scenes, compelled us to successively believe that Franklin was meant to die poisoned, drowned and shot to death.
Peter Falk is perfect and Jack Cassidy, as the villain, also top-notch. A special mention though to Barbara Colby who, in the role of the blackmailer Lilly LaSanka, shines in all the scenes she appears in.
A VHS for your library.
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