Columbo Reads the Mind of a Psychic | Columbo

Columbo investigates a murder, or as it was proposed, a magic trick gone wrong. Perhaps the magician's mentee may be holding on to some useful information.
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New Columbo, Season 1 Episode 1 "Columbo Goes to the Guillotine": Lt. Columbo delves into the world of magic, ESP, and sleight of hand as he investigates the death of a magician.
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[@brucesinclair8663]

I was the Magic Consultant on this episode and designed the look of that guillotine. I am in the credits.

[@danielchae1452]

There's a magic trick in this episode that Columbo ends up figuring out (with the help of a young magician) and I've always been curious how did the writers come up with it. Did the have a magic consultant during the writing of the episode as well?

[@deecook8393]

Very cool!!

[@brucesinclair8663]

@@danielchae1452 That was moi!

[@danielchae1452]

@@brucesinclair8663 Nice job! Not only the effect was cool, but the trick itself was pretty clever.

[@megahellreaper]

The psychic actor's portrayal really sells that he was a professional hack, I love it.

[@iluvdissheet]

So good 🤌🏾

[@Mokkari77]

Anthony Andrews. He starred in the 1981 miniseries Brideshead Revisited with Jeremy Irons.

[@lornaweis7759]

Also, in Ivanhoe with Sam Neill.

[@dogberry20]

And The Scarlett Pimpernel (1982) with Ian McKellen.

[@carolgarland3282]

And in the series Danger UXB.

[@blockmasterscott]

I just love how the magician’s whole story got dismantled bit by bit. 😂😂😂

[@Tim_the_Enchanter]

I much prefer the original run to the revival, but this episode is classic Columbo. The killer attempts to steer the lieutenant away by "helping," but only manages to tighten the rope around his own neck.

[@DavidRay39]

This psychic guy looked and sounded very familiar to me, so I looked into it and discovered he played Percy Blakeney in The Scarlet Pimpernel, a TV movie based on the book of the same name. The film also includes Ian McKellan, long before he portrayed Gandalf.

[@snorpenbass4196]

He also played Ivanhoe in the 1983 TV movie - which is the only modern movie to have gotten medieval peasant clothes right (brightly colorful!).

[@gailwilkinson8848]

He is Anthony Andrews,, he was in UXB in 1976

[@wayneharper2168]

He also starred in the movie The holcraft covenant.

[@TinyDancer250]

Anthony Andrews

[@soniavadnjal7553]

Anthony Andrews. Played Sebastian Flyte in the tv series Brideshead Revisited.

[@christopherecatalano]

"...and when we do, maybe you can help us by reading his mind" 😅 That is both an excellent and utterly ridiculous line. So many ways to appreciate Columbo...

[@michaelbezoski3096]

If I could read Columbo's mind listening to this guy rambling himself into a rabbit hole you can bet his BS meter is reading a solid 10. What a great show. Peter Faulk = Academy Award.

[@Redem10]

Columbo vs Shawn from Psych would be like the immovable object vs the unstoppable force

[@WillCWilson]

The first Columbo episode in almost 11 years since 1978's "The Conspirators"; the first episode aired on ABC.

[@ianmangham4570]

Anthony Andrews Danger UXB 🇬🇧 🎬

[@WilliamLucas-hy8mx]

Clive Revill was beautiful AF in that episode

[@martinfinn1550]

Personally I never cared much for the conspirators episode. A new Zealand actor, Clive Revill, supposedly playing an Irish rebel from Belfast in Northern Ireland, but with a fake Southern Irish accent.

[@ianmangham4570]

@@martinfinn1550 Still a great accent he pulled off ,you looking for an Olivier award lmno

[@martinfinn1550]

@@ianmangham4570 You missed my point. Maybe if he was trying for a Southern Irish accent it would be fine. But the Belfast accent is completely different. Maybe the Columbo producers didn't know that or care. They just assumed in America nobody would notice, and everybody in Ireland talked with the same accent, north or south.

[@jimwile9313]

Every psychic is an actor who found a better paying gig!

[@artmallory970]

Funnily enough, you can certainly undo a 'phillips' head screw with a 'blade' screwdriver by simply putting it between 2 of the slots instead of 4. You won't get as much purpose, but certainly possible...

[@lennierofthethirdfaneofchu7286]

Can do in a pinch, but why do it if you have a Phillips-head readily available?

[@artmallory970]

@@lennierofthethirdfaneofchu7286 Fair point. My OP was that that was far from 'concrete' evidence. In most ep's of Columbo, he relied on the suspect talking themselves into a confession or giving up certain evidence. Still a great series...

[@ResettisReplicas]

Unless the blade is too big to fit in there.

[@tomasomaonaigh7659]

OK Sherlock.

[@Suthek]

@@lennierofthethirdfaneofchu7286 Because, ironically, depending on the quality of the screw it's actually the better choice. Low quality PH-Screws have a tendency to get stripped easily. In those instances you can get much better traction with a slit screwdriver.

[@FIREBRAND38]

Unfortunately this episode had one of the stupidest endings to a _Columbo_ episode. Add the obnoxious kid in the magic shop as a cherry on top.

[@voxorox]

0:59 "...as tangible as brick." Yeah, somebody stepped on a Lego right there. You should move a bit to your right so it doesn't cloud your reading.

[@fedos]

The lesson here is to by a 3lb corned beef and 2 heads of cabbage every day so f you're murdered by someone who tries to frame it as a suicide, the police aill be suspicious right away.

[@kb12689]

Anthony Andrews is one of the best actors ever.

[@stephenholmes1036]

Anthony Andrews , Minus his teddy bear!

[@rnash999]

His bad eye is really obvious when he is explaining the slotted screwdriver. Another thing you would not have noticed on the original broadcast of the show.

[@thebadger8989]

My grandparents played this most of the time. I think it's the reason I can figure out who dunnit in like 70% of all mystery movies.

[@logicalchaos9008]

Why would a single man buy 3 pounds of corned beef? Was he going to eat nothing but corned beef and cabbage for a week? Did he have a secret family? It doesn't add up!

[@artmallory970]

It was 3 pounds, & he could have been planning on eating it over the next few days/week...

[@logicalchaos9008]

@artmallory970 I corrected my mistake.

[@r0bw00d]

Church was still a thing back then. Perhaps his next Sunday would've had a fellowship meal.

[@mtsflorida]

A magician and entertaining psychic must also be an escape artist. Columbo should have asked how ge got in not out. As a professional locksmith it's quite easy.

[@BackToTheBlues]

Re the screwdrivers, here's a thing. When my first girlfriend and I moved into our flat i was trying to fix something, and I asked her to pass me a screwdriver. "Do you want a plus or a minus?" she asked. Now, I'd never thought of them like that before, but get one of each and look at them end-on, and you'll see them in a new light!

[@sandwich2473]

It makes more sense to call them a plus and minus than a flat head and a Philips head

[@DavidRay39]

Please fix the description. You misspelled Columbo's name as "Clumbo".

[@r0bw00d]

Hm, combine the C and L and reverse them to get a D...By Jove, Watson! I know who did it!

[@mirandarights9635]

Anthony Andrews also portrayed the evil incestuous brother Robert Mariell in "Haunted". An awesome movie!

[@rkabilly73]

The way Columbo let him make a fool of himself😅😅😅

[@ЗухраМуслимова-ч1о]

Давайте уже полные версии сериала на русском языке

[@DashiellParr411]

I do miss the days when we all dressed to impress and had self respect.

[@superubergoober]

i prefer the days where people can dress how they feel most comfortable and happy as opposed to impressing people theyll never see again. why older people tend to abstain from personal freedom ill never understand

[@martinfinn1550]

@@superubergoober Personal freedom is relative, they didn't see it that way. If some people had their way they would go walking the streets stark naked on a hot day.

[@devonrule1412]

Columbo is famously disheveled and unfashionable in a way that often leads his snobbish clients to underestimate him.

[@superubergoober]

@@martinfinn1550 of course its relative, but so is everything else. the fact that older people still harp on the new generations for wearing light, comfortable clothing is foolish. the only thing that matters is if youve got your bits covered, saying people dont have self respect for wearing clothes they find comfortable is being overly sensitive

[@RADIUMGLASS]

👍👍👍

[@Dpb-236]

What is his name? Not colombo

[@lotovsvs]

Лейтенант

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[@lotovsvs]

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[@gailwilkinson8848]

Anthony Andrews he was in UXB 1976

[@Dpb-236]

@@gailwilkinson8848 🥰

[@robertladue7647]

The Englishman had played Sebastian on the PBS series, Brideshead, a successful series.

[@timmyteaching]

This dude was terrific in Under the Volcano playing opposite Albert Finney and Jacqueline Bisset.

[@David-dy7xc]

Antony Daniels was superb in this episode as Psychic Tony Blake one of his best performances also David Learner as Max Dyson is superb too And One More thing Peter Falk is on top form My Favourite episodes

[@r0bw00d]

C-3P0 wasn't in this episode.

[@johnking5174]

7:15 - The collar is interesting. I have been trying to think of an explanation that could be used in court. I would say that the collar had evidence of the victim's blood in it, due to a previous accident. The victim could have had an accident, where blood of his dripped on to the collar at some point. Blood dries in, and there it is on the collar.

[@r0bw00d]

That's why you don't come up with ideas until you have more information. There's more to the collar than just the blood.

[@grokeffer6226]

👍👍👍🔮🪄🎱

[@josephineclay235]

Frosty

[@josephineclay235]

🐶men

[@master-kq3nw]

👍

[@Younes-rk3fb]

Thx..!!!

[@vercoda9997]

If I was facing corned beef and cabbage, I'd be looking for the nearest guillotine too. My emigrated kid sister in New York had a grim St Patrick's Day this year - all the Yanks around here put on a big Corned Beef And Cabbage meal, because they were convinced That's what Irish people eat (she didn't know how to tell them that *nobody* in Ireland eats corned beef and cabbage, which sounds disgusting).

[@rnash999]

It is good though. Seasoned beef and cabbage with some potatoes is not a bad meal.

[@stephaniecorporandy7018]

I love corned beef and cabbage. It's supposed to be good luck to eat it on New Years Day. I don't tempt fate eat it every NYD.

[@martinfinn1550]

The Irish traditional meal as far as I am aware is cabbage and bacon served with plenty of potatoes and copious amounts of butter.

[@johnking5174]

2:10 - Right, let me have a go at trying to dismantle Columbo's argument. First the food the victim bought on the day he was killed. Suicidal people can have drastic changes in mood. The victim could have been happy enough when he went to get the food. But when he arrived back, having time to think, depression quickly set in, which caused him to consider killing himself. Bipolar episodes can cause people to have drastic mood swings.

[@kenle2]

It's one indication that this was a set-up. Columbo, like most perceptive cops, looks for cumulative evidence.

[@r0bw00d]

Unless the victim had a history or mood swings or a diagnosis of bipolarism (which he obviously didn't, else this scene would be different), then you're chasing leads where there are none.

[@johnking5174]

5:05 - Now the screwdriver. The victim could have been experimenting with his equipment. He could have been trying out different screwdrivers to see which can do the job best. Trial and Error, and sadly he made a bad error in this case. Just because he had a different screwdriver in his hand, doesn't mean anything suspicious. He was simply testing them out, when the incident occurred.

[@r0bw00d]

You've never used a screwdriver, I see.

[@johnking5174]

@@r0bw00d Remember this is what a lawyer would do. I am just giving explanations of what they would propose as an alternative.

[@r0bw00d]

@@johnking5174 So my observation is correct. Got it.

[@vlc-cosplayer]

@@johnking5174 if you use the wrong screwdriver (or even a cheap one) you risk stripping the screw (don't ask me how I know), so I don't think there's much validity to this theory. Either a screwdriver fits the screw, or it doesn't, the only time you try out a bunch to see which works best is if you are absolutely unable to get the right one for the job 💀

[@evabermon9670]

I'm not falling for this. If you're going to present Columbo, you should present whole episodes or at least take the scenes to the end. This is cheating your viewers. I won't trust you again.

[@soniavadnjal7553]

No need to fall. Copyright doesn't allow showing the entire film. Only highlights. They appear on yt from time to time. I don't mind. I still enjoy watching Falk/Columbo, even for a few minutes.

[@r0bw00d]

Keep watching until the scene is over and then read the end card. Perhaps then you'll see what's going on.

[@vlc-cosplayer]

@@soniavadnjal7553 I'm pretty sure the uploader is also the copyright owner, they could upload whole episodes for free if they wanted to, but why do that when you can nickel and dime people for a classic TV show?