'Murder in Malibu' in 13 Minutes | Columbo

[@TinyDancer250]

"I never saw a guy unwind that fast." 😂😂😂😂😂

[@ronnie4639]

lol

[@lawrencetaylor4101]

I think the pages in his script were stuck together and he missed a cue.

[@GnarlsGnarlington]

BAD acting!

[@justinmontana3710]

A quintessential "so bad it's funny" episode for me

[@RJ-jc4zb]

you were literally the only one laughing

[@Kingofallfunnelheads]

@@RJ-jc4zb No, believe me, more than justinmontana3710 laughed. This was a laughable episode.

[@jamesfeldman4234]

Columbo should have arrested both Andrew Stevens and Brenda Vaccaro on suspicion of overacting.

[@forestgeorge8855]

Stevens did Dallas shortly before this, I think. I wouldn't call it overacting, just a clash in styles. Stevens thought he was still doing Dallas.

[@jamesfeldman4234]

@@forestgeorge8855 To characterize Andrew's and Brenda's acting as "overacting" is a bit extreme, but I'm just making a joke.

[@artmallory970]

Charged by the Fraud squad for 'impersonating an actor'

[@blacjackdaniels200]

Underrated comment 😂😂😂

[@sneezingidiot301]

Well he did arrest Shatner twice

[@harter517]

It is still attempted murder if you shot a dead body intending to kill them even if you don’t know the person is already dead. A disaster of an episode with the two “villains” acting like two overgrown children.

[@johnnysunday402]

If the body is already dead you cannot argue any facet of 'murder', as the crime (injury) can only take place & be directed against a living person, not a deceased individual. There is a list of offenses that could be stacked up such as: Desecration of a corpse, unlawful discharge of a firearm, and interfering with a crime scene, obstruction of investgative process. But attempted murder requires the intent to kill a living individual, once the individual is deceased the claim of injury or intent to injure becomes irrelevant.

[@monkeyman5105]

@@johnnysunday402 It is still attempted murder if the criminal still believes the individual was alive. If they shot a dead body knowing its dead, it is desecration of a corpse. If they shot a dead body thinking they are alive, it is attempted murder. In this episode, he should have been charged with attempted murder on the first arrest, but after they discover he did kill her, it would be murder + desecration. There are multiple examples of attempted murder even though someone 'killed' a dead body in multiple jurisdictions irl.

[@Bridgukule-eh3xs]

There was furniture with more acting talent than Andrew Stevens in this episode, but I'm glad he went on to have success producing movies as I have a soft spot for anyone who appeared in Columbo.

[@lawrencetaylor4101]

I was struck by the acting chops of the supporting cast. Or was I struck by a pork chop? They're both ham.

[@Omega0850]

This episode shows quite clearly why Peter Falk needed a actor partner who could match his level of skill.

[@Kingofallfunnelheads]

The rest of the cast, with one or two exceptions were garbage.

[@Darkmage1293]

I'm so jealous of how good Columbo is at psychological warfare. He knows EXACTLY how to get around people's minds and expectations; and even if they know his game, he still knows how to drive his point home.

[@JustWasted3HoursHere]

The actor playing the suspect could easily have portrayed David Hasselhoff's little brother.

[@floydlooney6837]

The title sounds like it'd be from Baywatch Nights

[@sebastianniittyvuopio5017]

Who?

[@JustWasted3HoursHere]

@@sebastianniittyvuopio5017 2:35 That guy.

[@Gancanna]

That's Andrew Stevens, son of actress Stella Stevens.

[@JustWasted3HoursHere]

@@Gancanna Good to know!

[@CharlieFreeman-xw6fl]

I just loved this episode "Murder in Malibu"

[@lymadelima1138]

I always liked the episodes. In fact, he is a reference for everyone who came after him. I would like to see them all again on TV.

[@mrsbluesky8415]

One of the best episodes. Wayne Jennings was so bad, a classic narc and he bedded any broad young and old. Such an 80s vibe to the whole thing.

[@VonBlade]

There are all the episodes before the Last Salute to the Commodore, and that episode plus all the ones after it. Two totally different programs.

[@kev3d]

One of the worst episodes. Initially they let the murderer go because they believe he **only** shot a body that was already dead (later revealed to be part of the killer's plan). BUT THAT'S STILL ILLEGAL. Ignoring the "real murder", he still shot a body he believed to be alive (according to him). That's attempted murder. Even if he wasn't charged with attempted murder, there is still desecration of a corpse and illegal discharge of a firearm.

[@truth9958]

Maybe not attempted murder, but at least "Mutilation of a Corpse." That alone is worth 12-ish years in prison. He should have been in jail as soon as they found out he shot the body. All that being said, I still though it was her the entire time.

[@mikeblast7507]

Agree. You forgot to mention the horrendous acting. Awful episode.

[@x--.]

to be fair... Columbo would have known all that but also known that as soon as he charged him, he'd clam up. He wanted to pin the murder on him, not play into the murder's hands.

[@kev3d]

@@mikeblast7507 You're right, the acting was terrible. Especially the killer.

[@BigDaddy-je2nq]

@@mikeblast7507 I like the episode with drama freaks as the killer and columbos like “do you recognize this leaf? It only grows in Germany” and the killer holds up his shoe like “Thy weeping seed doth fall from heaven shan’t land on Earth for it extends to hell”

[@akmi1931]

How casually Columbo fondles women’s underwear is just so wild and absurd.

[@truthtransistorradio6716]

My theory is that Columbo was deeply closeted. That's why he always talked about his wife, yet we never see her. Even when he is on vacation! So the ladies undergarments don't phase him.

[@artmallory970]

@@LockPickingPaws There was a single 'spin-off' episode of Columbo featuring his wife.

[@akmi1931]

@@LockPickingPaws Howard’s mother in Big Bang Theory was an example of that being done wonderfully.

[@akmi1931]

@@artmallory970 yeah, they should of make that his niece (who canonically existed AND fit her description very well) Because Kate Mulgrew was half his age when that was filmed (although, that would also be accurate because Peter Faulks wife at the time was also half his age)

[@zzc8505]

@akmi1931 Why does that surprise you?… he’s an elderly married man with a wife he lived his whole life with. In addition, he’s a homicide detective who’s seen and touched all sorts of things. No reason to be squeamish or coy about underwear. Well adjusted mature ppl without below-the-belt hangups can handle underwear just like any other piece of clothing. The immature ppl, on the other hand, like you and other commenters responding to you in kind, must have their own unresolved below-the-belt fixations that they project onto others. As a well-known quote goes, very often banana is just a banana, and underwear is just underwear. Grow up and/or get therapy.

[@bigrigjoe5130]

I can't imagine "But your honor, her panties were on backwards!" holding up in court

[@JungleJoeVN]

Ha, ha😂

[@mikeblast7507]

I always found Andrew Stevens to be an annoying, insincere, overactor. Which made him absolutely perfect for this role.

[@LyingTube]

Label on the left. Surprisingly just about every single article of clothing made for women follows that exact rule.

[@jamesfeldman4234]

Yes, but clothing manufacturers, whether for a female garment or a male garment, generally put clothing labels on the left by default. For example, I often wear turtlenecks in the winter and so does my wife. To tell the difference between the front and the back, so you don't put it on backward, manufacturers sometimes put a label that goes at the inside-back of the neck, but almost all put a label on the inside-left along the inseam near the waist. This makes it easy to know which way to put on the turtleneck. Just make sure the label's on the left side when you put it on and you're good to go.

[@markemerson8399]

Too funny, the whole thing with the panties! LOL!

[@CuriousEarthMan]

Man, I miss these shows! lol

[@kevino4372]

How can shooting a dead body not be a crime? Person didn't know that and tried to murder them. Weird

[@panagea2007]

Imagine if the victim hadn't died from the first shot, but the second shot succeeded?

[@DeckerFI]

6:17 I liked how casually they shrugged off that the guy blasted a carcass. Columbo even said there's no law against shooting a dead body 😍 "We now realize you were only TRYING to murder a woman and ended up desecrating a corpse. Sorry to bother you. Have a good day, sir!"

[@brock2k1]

Jeez, anybody could put their underwear on backwards by accident. Or so I've heard.

[@HuberHeinrichHuber]

Wechsle die Unterhose 5 mal +, täglich . Da kann das passieren, aber egal. Die nächste trockene Unterhose, liegt schon bereit 😊! Bei 40 Grad + Temperaturen, Duschen wir hier im Dschungel, täglich öfters . Aber dafür braucht man Zuhause, keine weiteren Kleider anziehen 😊! Gruss Thailand 1959.

[@Kai-o8x]

​@HuberHeinrichHube What???

[@jediping]

Personal theory is this is the same guy from Murder She Wrote episode Lovers and Other Killers and it took him a bit longer to get caught by Columbo.

[@streamofconsciousness5826]

That was a good slap, I wonder if the first one was real.

[@hood_TheJoker]

genuine good heart this lieutenant always mentions his wife even though you never see her...

[@justinfalzon6854]

The episode is so entertaining and I hate to admit it. LOL.

[@reteipdevries]

Brenda Vaccaro should have had an oscar for worst actress. Overacting like crazy annoying.

[@TinyDancer250]

She's a bestie of Barbra Streisand. Birds of a feather.

[@1962pjh]

She was only really any good in the Stay Free Maxi Pads commercial.

[@sebastianniittyvuopio5017]

RAZZY😮

[@deborahminter6231]

This really had a "who done it" vibe to the episode. A departure from the tradition of the series, since the viewer usually knows from the beginning of the episode who comitted the murder.

[@francisclause4668]

I ALWAYS KNEW PANTIES COULD GET YOU IN TROUBLE!!!

[@AshleeWalkerTea]

I'm Columbo.. In the first scene, when the guy is in bed, he answers the phone and talks to the woman. The phone receiver is different in the next scene. 🚬🤠

[@GAMERLONN]

The mannequin at 12:40 is Dona Speir.

[@franklesser5655]

Oscar worthy acting!

[@jeffl.8489]

😅

[@TinyDancer250]

Raspberries maybe.

[@ulrikeinerehrhorngutt-niel1687]

Have never seen this. Have to stop watching to get the experience of the whole film.

[@jeffreyb8770]

I notice that good guys are always wizened, older men, and bad guys are always handsome to a fault, flaky, with a hidden agenda. Andrew Stevens, Edward Albert, me.

[@David-p9y9c]

Is it Christmas, because there’s sure plenty of ham!

[@HillValley85]

Well, I'm watching this on Thanksgiving, so...🤷🏿‍♂️

[@katem.3677]

I thought I recognized the actress playing Jess. She's Brenda Vaccaro and she played Dorothy's sister-in-law on the Golden Girls the same year as this episode.

[@SilverSurfer5150]

I thought this was quite a cool episode to be honest.

[@smash461986]

I've put pants on backwards before.

[@BubbaSmurft]

Hell, I've got my pants on backwards NOW!

[@unclequack5445]

Whats he saying when he jumps the PI sounds like Skaritin Skes?

[@farzb]

Great episode - the murderer always reminds me of David Hasselhoff!

[@sebastianniittyvuopio5017]

Who?

[@stevemellin5806]

I put my boxers on the outside of my pants and walked in to work .ha good times

[@orderofmagnitude-TPATP]

Yup

[@RJ-jc4zb]

no

[@JasonVandenbroeck-i9p]

Ya, the "New Columbo" episodes just don't have it... God bless Peter Falk, National treasure

[@johnmanier7968]

LAPD never had jurisdiction over Malibu. It’s a separately incorporated city, and before that it was unincorporated.

[@doug6259]

One of the worst entries in an otherwise classic show.

[@vibovitold]

Yeah, well. Good luck in court

[@royrayburn1503]

So bad it was a good. Made no sense, terrible writing and over acting. Still a bad Columbo was better than the junk they have today.

[@jmaxxtv9912]

The premise of this episode was great, but wow, I hated this cast. 🤣

[@rabeapakind3709]

11:34 - 11:37

[@larzkruber822]

First time i have seen Columbo beeing wrong it was his evil twin brother who died in a plane crash 4 years ago

[@Tim_the_Enchanter]

Most of the revival episodes were not great. This one is especially not great. Andrew Stevens was fine as "handsome man" in the soft-core that makes up most of his filmography. But playing an actual role ... errrr ... not so much.

[@master-kq3nw]

Beatiful house on the beach

[@markwegner6821]

It's one of the shows they must not have shown very often on the TV 📺.

[@BillMorganChannel]

"Minsan naglalagay ka ng pader hindi para pigilan ang mga tao, ngunit para makita kung sino ang may sapat na pakialam para sirain sila." ― Socrates

[@MgtowRubicon]

Busted!

[@rabbiswhy]

It's one of the worst episodes😢

[@CluckN]

Yeah them trying to introduce Columbo’s new sidekick The Rizzler didn’t work out too well.

[@forestgeorge8855]

I liked this episode okay. There might be better ones, but it was ... okay.

[@Hamstray]

@@CluckN the skibidi rizzler?

[@GEROKII]

​@@Hamstrayfake news

[@growlkitty]

I didn't mind it... but Columbo doesn't need a sidekick. A partner would just be a liability for Columbo.

[@PhoebeLing-vi2xh]

I was watching presumed innocent and it was gone How to get it back

[@greendesertgoddess]

The title is very bad!

[@BarbaraS-o4z]

Andrew Stevens always played a bad guy/creep in all his shows.

[@AvaCherry189]

So many episodes with great actors. This one had the worst!

[@ОляБорта]

Szeretném magyar szinkron nal acolombot

[@jellycanto8304]

I thought the socks were shin socks, I thought knee socks stopped just above the knee and thigh socks stopped 2-3 inches below the crotch area.

[@mullet75]

My goodness this was so terrible! Love Columbo, though. But this was hilarious how bad it was.

[@gophersmith]

They're all trying too hard. I keep going to sleep.

[@Synthematix]

Terrible editing and continuation.

[@alegriabenshitrit4646]

❤❤❤👍

[@tubey84]

This or 'Last Salute to the Commodore' are the worst episodes of the entire series. Just awful.

[@patriciamariemitchel]

Salute to the Commodore... are you nuts? You must have an aversion to comedy. 😳

[@mikeemad3399]

older columbo episods are better.

[@WestPicoBlvd]

this was one of the worst Columbo’s …ruined by the talentless drone playing Wayne

[@NiliShemesh]

That's alright but anyway u leave my cat and everybody on this erde..

[@JungleJoeVN]

❤ Nice, the riddle of the backwards panty's ❤🎉

[@SALTYH2O]

Ugh I can't stand these two!

[@treyparker3775]

When these episodes came out, the acting was not as good as the 70s

[@davideselmin8018]

In the second series the actors' faces seem to be made of plastic.

[@ricardosp7975]

Please stop saying 'panties'. It's just wrong.

[@bonghunezhou5051]

One of the weaker 'modern' Columbo entries - indeed, second only to No Time to Die 📺😐

[@GnarlsGnarlington]

Such bad acting!

[@asifshauket]

Columbo’s weakest gotcha……(one of many)

[@rudikelley]

One of the worst episodes, in a so bad it’s good type of way. But I loved the soundtrack.

[@davidweir6882]

Worst actor in ever

[@PhoebeLing-vi2xh]

I w

[@neilcarrollMeganJamieForever]

12:38 It's Irelands biggest lingerie section, I understand!

[@JuanValdez-e3l]

He would still be charged with a felony

[@Futur3sGamer]

The most Cringe killer ever