Crashing The Class | Columbo

From Season 1 'Blueprint For Murder' - Elliot Markham, a brilliant architect and con-man, murders a Texas millionaire and hides his body in order to keep his visionary construction project financed.
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[@jakirakumahata5701]

"But you don't reblog a tweet sir! You retweet it." "You are...very observant, Lieutenant."

[@Calmputer]

5:13 "Do you want half a candy bar?" Columbo was just playing a point & click adventure all along. Picking up everything not nailed down, then "Trial & Erorr"-ing his way to the solution.

[@Fakafon]

I was thinking the exact same thing XD

[@FourOf92000]

I was about to say I'm disappointed there isn't a _Columbo_ point and click, but _Sam & Max_ is close enough

[@lionheart6176]

there needs to be a point and click columbo adventure game. thankfully Gianni could do the VA

[@DeathnoteBB]

@@FourOf92000Sam and Max had an accident in a laboratory that merged them into a bumbling hairless ape

[@jeffrourke2322]

This was the best ending to any Columbo for me. Staging the dig, knowing that nothing would turn up. Realizing that this guy was trying to trick him with these classes about tombs/burying bodies and KNOWING he would go back after the dig to dump the body. Lieutenant Columbo is my hero.

[@sadderthanyou7793]

Yes, a marvelous episode!

[@garenpetrossian9338]

There is something about end scene that I look forward to- when they show Patrick O'Neal getting into Police Car and camera is on Columbo(master shot) and Columbo says "who would've checked in the same place twice"

[@jamesrivera4947]

Markham had the burial vault idea earlier, on the construction platform ramp during his tete d tete with Williamson. Markham had clearly been mapping out a possible means to take out the rich Texan for some time 😬

[@rhondawoodhouse5508]

🎬I could not have said it better‼️My Columbo Friend! ‼️To think Columbo had to walk off sets until he got a chance to direct this episode!!!!!!Priceless‼️♥️

[@diamonddog13]

If Columbo was so smart why didn't he ever check the ranch?

[@dqskymagne2762]

I love Patrick O'Neal in this scene. He does so much and so little at the same time. I like the way he talks through his teeth. Even when the camera is on him exclusively, he gives nothing and it's beautiful.

[@michelemarcolin2548]

Great villain role, indeed!

[@happyhumpinghamsters]

'I can offer you some raisins' :) One of the great qualities of Columbo is there is so often a little humor. No one like Peter Falk, no one could have played the part as he did.

[@ericwardell6639]

Love that! Then offers him a half a candy bar later too 😂

[@kathleenking47]

And look the part Columbus was like Falk Italian Jewish Looking around for clues, etc

[@christopherkraft1327]

Nobody can outsmart the lieutenant! He's a genius ☺

[@janeporter818]

Fact

[@RJ1999x]

He actually was. Did you see the one where he outsmarted the genius and caught him?

[@24magiccarrot]

Columbo by his own admission isn't a genius. He said in one episode words to the effect of he doesn't need to be a genius or perfect he can make a hundred mistakes in every case, the murderer however they only need to make one mistake.

[@friedrice7]

I did, that's why there isn't an episode with me in it 😁

[@johnnastrom9400]

When Columbo starts asking you one more question as you're are about to go out the door, you know you are doomed.

[@SW-zu7ve]

We know they are doomed. We watched a few episodes. They don't have a clue. Its their first time running into him.

[@whodeanimania712]

so true......

[@ronmackinnon9374]

​@@SW-zu7ve Exactly. We know they are doomed. They just know they're annoyed.

[@jamesfeldman4234]

I'm glad that Columbo nailed Professor Markham. I took his class years ago and turned in a terrific term paper on architecture, but the bum gave me a B-.

[@somerandomperson467]

Learning requires a solid foundation.

[@michaelfontanelli2450]

And he killed Sgt. O’Rourke, don’t forget that!

[@stephenbeckwith6268]

You took a course from a fictitious professor?

[@Ladiesman-iw9gc]

@@stephenbeckwith6268 he’s not fake. they clearly show him teaching a class

[@drxph]

@@stephenbeckwith6268 bro do you not get what satire is?

[@TheMasterNinjaRyu]

You know I love Columbo. So much, that I imported the blu-ray version of the whole series. Ironically, you can only get this from Japan. Apparently Columbo is huge in Japan and the Japanese decided to remaster them to blu-ray. Go figure. Cost me $500 back in 2012. It's a beautiful set presented in a cigar box design. Literature in is Japanese and the title menu is too. But it's easy to figure out.

[@barbarabrennan1753]

Im a bottom feeder. Wow ordering a blue ray. I have an old tv and vcr. My dvd player and tv combo vcr were stolen. Had to leave everything behind to escape from an old motel The Star Lite when druggies took over. Every place i moved was corrupted in some way.

[@barbarabrennan1753]

I had to spend two years at the StarLite. It was initially owned by a nice old Indian couple. Then the scurfball jackasses who were following me around polluted the environment with their asshole takeover. I tried ti have a little garden. The derelects hosed raw sewage to it. It was only supposed to be a transition but turned into the trashy environment that arrogant people are want to do. Men were being pimped at me. Stalking me. I suffered severe emotional damage. Just ask Doris Day. Oops, Betty. She fled when she found out what the trash were doing to tge place.

[@barbarabrennan1753]

Two young acresses hung around Betty who was trying to help me. Doris Roberts played Betty too I believe. The Titanic actress was there. She ended up marrying the asshole young stud who staljed me fir three years. Using an electronic device that almost drove me insane. Very wealthy young guy related to one if the richest men in the world. Mr. Virgin. They all got off scot-free after torturing me for years.

[@Heavenzvoice]

TheMasterNinjaRyu nice!!!!

[@Heavenzvoice]

Barbara Brennan Barbara if all this is true I just read a movie script!!! Good Lord!

[@michaelgould3433]

The best bit in Columbo was where he actually told the smug murderer that it was him/her (and he could not prove it yet but he would do and they knew he would).

[@rosario508]

One of my favorite episodes with my all time favorite ending. Pure genius.

[@mattdaugherty7865]

Yes, I'll bet the lieutenant knows the answer to every question he asks! He just loves to see the expressions on their faces when he asks them!

[@YouTubeallowedmynametobestolen]

"Enjoy your meal--now that you know you're at the top of my list of suspects."

[@actioncom2748]

"Enjoy your meal. " I'll bet he did. Or he suddenly lost his appetite.

[@sfcablecar]

Columbo might as well have said “I know you killed him and I’m going to prove it too. Enjoy your meal while you can.”

[@littlejoe9381]

Never tell a murderer that you know what he did and you’re going to report him. That’s usually how people end up being the next victim. Always wait until after you have proven everything and you are absolutely safe.

[@46monkeyes]

sfcablecar -That’s no usually Columbo’s MO.

[@rsrt6910]

I think he did.

[@SnowDaulphin]

Patrick O’Neil. Wonderful actor. Great to see him in Under Siege one of my ATF action movies.

[@rosario508]

Holy sh*t. Your right. He was Captain Adams! I’m stunned!

[@zacharycat]

Changing the radio station was an amateur mistake.

[@martinfinn1550]

Not really. The murderer could not have known in advance his victim listened to country music only as he did not go through all of his music cassettes. In any case just after murdering someone presumably for the first time ever, he would not be thinking clearly.

[@MrPicklerwoof]

Correct. A professional killer would have touched nothing in that car while driving it and may have even destroyed all his clothes he was wearing afterwards, so no possible fibre matches could show up.

[@michaelschramm1064]

zacharycat Agree...especially since the killer knew that the victim’s tastes were no where near allied with his high society tastes. He referred to him as a “philistine” after all, which is akin to a low brow country bumpkin type.

[@Baron_Blue_Max]

Almost all of these killers are amateurs. And as Columbo says in another episode, his specialty is homicide.

[@KhorenMusic77]

He is just too good, sir you like classic music too right. And the guy almost had heart attack lol. Have nice dinner sir. Lol

[@orionstar6747]

Columbo is roasting this guy with question, after question, even though , he already knows he is the murderer. Columbo likes to play like the cat plays with the mouse, after he has caught it.

[@mitchjust6688]

Fucking sadist! :D

[@olstar18]

Not it isn't that he likes to play cat and mouse. The thing is just because he knows someone is guilty doesn't mean he can prove it. There is an audio drama called Black Jack Justice that has an episode that brings that up. There was a crime boss that thought The PI's were investigating him and they went to talk to the police about it. The Lieutenant had a couple boxes full of files pulled for them to see. It was full of what they knew about the crime boss. The problem was as much as they knew about the man's crimes they couldn't prove a single thing.

[@metsrus]

@@olstar18 yup he wants them to incriminate themselves the longer they speak. Also i think he was a body language expert, he wanted to confirm his suspicions through their reactions.

[@danguid2753]

Peter Falk is a director on this episode.

[@danguid2753]

@John Smith Of course, in this extract as in each episode there are inconsistencies, they happen during editing. It happens when there is a lot of take, we want to keep the one that looks the best but that is not connected with the previous.

[@danguid2753]

@John Smith This is your opinion, it only engages you.

[@gatienmouanda1583]

@John Smith Who cares?! Columbo is columbo. And still, this episode is one of the best.

[@Omnicient.]

@John Smith Most of the episodes have errors; they were always against the clock and often had only around 10 days to film each episode; many of them feature length; plus location work then interiors done in a studio. It seems they had to record the actual sound of the noisy building site which interfered with sound and voices.

[@rosario508]

John Smith Like what?

[@kenchristie9214]

This was the very first episode of Columbo I saw. To this day it is still my favourite.

[@bee1978]

I hope they upload the clip of him trying to get permission to dig up the construction site. where is waiting in the queue for his turn. great scene.

[@riaprabandarie7563]

Up

[@SirGrimLockSmithVIII]

"That's the thing, sir. You don't reblog a tweet. You retweet it."

[@phineasjwhoopie4615]

"I know that you did it, and yes I'm sure going to try to prove it." Great scene!

[@universalassociates6857]

“There’s a perfectly reasonable answer to that question, Lieutenant...”Suspect proceeds to answer and incriminate himself.”

[@eddarby469]

That is the one thing I learned from Columbo; I'm never going to explain how I didn't do it. I'm going to let him spin his wheels on it as long as possible. They always give plausible answers that lead to new questions.

[@moneygrip4464]

Wow a chalk board... now I feel old.

[@jamesrivera4947]

Very decent of Columbo to offer Markham half of his Mounds bar to stave off his hunger. Would have gone great with the raisins 🍫🍇

[@1979or1979]

Columbo trolled Mr. Markham throughout this episode.

[@thecapybara1846]

Want half a candy bar...? Brilliant

[@Cheezwizzz]

THE CAPYBARA I woulda had half, and some raisins!

[@benjaminstarks6615]

"No"...the abrupt reply was also brilliant.

[@MrK623]

Is he the first killer to say: I think you already know the answer to your question.

[@BirdogEd]

“Just one more thing”...play “Nocturne” on your way to lunch Professor as it will be your last before your arrest!

[@pound7816]

There’s a bar in Budapest called Columbia and a large icon of Columbo is painted on one wall, columbo smoking a cigar

[@bryantcurtis2665]

Colombo is a national treasure

[@ivanppillay914]

International - universal - treasure.

[@jamesolojo787]

Classic Columbo not sure he would enjoy his meal after that

[@ericcrawford3453]

That dang Columbo, he's good oh he's very good! ☝oh one more thing.

[@lanareed214]

I think this was the first one I ever saw! Omg if you can get the full one PLEASE load it!😍😍😍

[@DavidSmith-zd2rp]

Would love that as well. Definitely one of my favorite episodes. I particularly like the ending.

[@lanareed214]

@@DavidSmith-zd2rp Yes! Columbo is always 2 steps ahead! It made me love him and created a great bond with me and my dad.

[@robertwheatley2471]

Buy the entire Columbo box set for $50. Then you'll have *EVERY* episode..

[@IanP1963]

He's on to him and he knows it🙄

[@Iruparazzo]

Columbo's pocket raisins for dinner LOL

[@rsrt6910]

This is why I'd pay money to watch a Columbo - Monk team up.

[@lawrencetaylor4101]

Don't forget the half of a candy bar. He wasn't anorexic.

[@donaldholderdoc2910]

Or his hard boiled eggs and peanut butter and raisin, jam sandwiches.

[@jackbennett2269]

“Now that you mention it,” lmao

[@njb1126]

…but you don’t reblog a tweet sir, you retweet it. …you’re… very observant, lieutenant

[@casey6556]

My very thought as well LOL

[@rsrt6910]

NOW, would be the right time to call a lawyer.

[@dashriprock2916]

Never answer questions from a cop without a lawyer.

[@Baron_Blue_Max]

Those raisins have probably been in his pocket so long they would break his teeth

[@ryanashbaugh4974]

They should've sent Columbo to figure out who REALLY built the pyramids and how.

[@gordonsmith1774]

I don't know who built the Pyramids, but it must have been Hard Work.

[@rsrt6910]

Probably by the pyramid builders union I would think.

[@jameretief8327]

Already done. Steven Wright has informed us it was a guy named Eddie.

[@kathleenking47]

@@rsrt6910 slaves dont have unions

[@rsrt6910]

@@kathleenking47 Assuming they were built by slaves.

[@jerryleroy9187]

I find it interesting that they call the pyramids tombs when now we know they never were.

[@aokproservice9324]

One of my favorite episodes :-)

[@brucemacmahon5603]

An architecture class that jumps from ancient Egypt to the Baroque period? Yeah, it's not like anything of note happened in the works of architecture in that 4,000 year gap.

[@matthewsims9469]

lol😂

[@bitw9141]

One of my favourite episodes of season one.

[@njmccormackgmail]

Season one was all high quality.

[@ivanppillay914]

@@njmccormackgmail : Yes, with the exception of, "Short Fuse". That obnoxious Roddy MacDowell devalues that episode.

[@SW-zu7ve]

I'll remember if I ever use someones car for nefarious deeds to put the radio back to where it was.

[@paulcoy9060]

And put the seat back to it's original position.

[@raz1739]

I am just annoyed they didn’t erase the blackboard completely.

[@bornyesterday21]

me too .. lol .. i thought i was the only nut.

[@zimbag]

I was just thinking do schools still use blackboards..I must find out.

[@orionstar6747]

@@zimbag Probably they use a gigantic I PAD.

[@rsrt6910]

Because he's Columbo... not Monk.

[@Jess-k6q]

Me too!!!

[@smokeya2]

Back when classrooms only had 15 students.

[@stupidnamefilter]

That was obviously a first year class too from the subject, first year humanities classes can be BIG

[@jills4597]

And they all wore jackets and ties

[@miketheodore9235]

I just realized: Both times Markham brought up wanting to hurry out because he needs a meal, Columbo offered him a snack as a little test to see if he was truly hungry.

[@manjackson2772]

Or the guy just doesn't like raisins. Or he's too polite or proud to take them even if he's starving.

[@maciejguzek3442]

your remark sounds as if it is logical, but in practice I think 9 out of 10 hungry people wouldn't take a snack from an acquaintance like this, but would just hurry to their meal exactly like Markham did

[@NiceTryLaoChe]

@@maciejguzek3442 It would be genuinely funny if this high-powered architect and professor started chowing down on a handful of raisins Columbo had just pulled out of his pocket.

[@mickirving6779]

Fantastic early episode

[@jturner7771]

My college math lectures were in this room.

[@Sameoldfitup]

"The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which." George Orwell.

[@royrush5374]

Offers him raisins and half a candy bar. funny.

[@chr970]

“I can offer you some raisins?” Colombo knew how to agitate and trip up the culprit every time, while being nice. 😊

[@DavidLorellHoskins]

*_Thanks_*

[@matthewsims9469]

love how he says no when Colombo asks him if he wants half a candy bar

[@RADIUMGLASS]

Half of candy bar and raisins. I've been there.

[@stitcha123]

Lol what?

[@vercoda9997]

When Columbo comes down the steps wearing That coat against That wall, he disappears from view. Fact!

[@harpoon_bakery162]

Every A-list classically trained actor wanted to do an episode of Columbo. I believe the only one who didn't get to do it was that Oliver fellow, the one that was in Gladiator.

[@sorenlilienthal1368]

Oliver Reed, R.I.P.

[@MrDavey2010]

Classy & classic. None better.

[@jameretief8327]

Entombing the architect. He practically laid out what he was going to do.

[@hosseintalaee3119]

Pls full episode .thx

[@crabbieappleton]

Moving from the pyramids into the baroque period?

[@rsrt6910]

Time moves slightly faster now and then in Egypt.

[@francus7227]

5:33 I wish Peter Paul made Almond Joy with dark chocolate, too.

[@ericwardell6639]

Patrick O’Neal is fantastic... especially his voice...he played another smaller role in a later episode of I’m not mistaken.

[@nevientadross8129]

He was the Boss in "make me a perfect murder", right?

[@cartoonpete407]

Alternative video title: Crashing The Classical 😆

[@mauriciodupuy408]

He won't enjoy his meal... lol.. :)

[@sandradavis4551]

Yeah!!!! Can't bambuzzal my Columbo Man. You goin' down!

[@alfredino724]

that leftover chalk is bothering me

[@r0bw00d]

Your lack of capitalization and punctuation is bothering me.

[@alfredino724]

@@r0bw00d because that teacher got arrested and I never learned better

[@r0bw00d]

@@alfredino724 You can't help the former, but you can the latter.

[@accountformyfamilytouse5980]

This shouldn't be listed under a playlist "Columbo Endings" since this isn't the ending of the episode.

[@markmaki4460]

Boy oh boy - that 70s hair... but Peter Falk's hair was timeless. Maybe that's just me.

[@jeffstanley4593]

I wonder how much Peter Paul Company paid for him to use "mounds" candy bar at 5:33?

[@FMJIRISH]

"Fly under a different name" Jesus, different times then...

[@kissarococo2459]

This guy casually orders a policeman to clean his blackboard and even when they both clean it they STILL leave the work undone fully. My OCD....

[@nerdygeekyart]

It made my face twitch ._.

[@trevorinthailand]

Columbo is fantastic

[@lordvengerx]

Merry Christmas everyone!!! Just one more thing! Be safe out there :3

[@martm216]

'Enjoy your meal.' (!)

[@evabathori5882]

BEAUTIFUL!♥️😇♥️🙏

[@nicholasschroeder3678]

Wow, they've got those students wearing ties

[@bonnie_gail]

also, back then, people got dressed up when flying on an airplane lol

[@nicholasschroeder3678]

@@bonnie_gail True. One thing, though, that people forget about flying is that until deregulation--late 70s--flying was quite expensive. In a sense, it was like a fancy restaurant. Then it became McDonalds.

[@ronmackinnon9374]

'I'll keep that in mind, lieutenant. In case I kill somebody.' 😁

[@Omnicient.]

Two actors more concerned in dialogue and performance than being aware the blackboard hasn't been properly wiped! And can't someone with a car glove compartment full of country and western songs not also listen to classical music or any other music on radio?!

[@BishopGarnier]

I watched all épisodes of "Colombo" on french TV when I was a young kid first time in thé 70's and this one is my favorite. Pls, note ... I think Patrick O'Neil was an excellent actor and remarquable as an architect in this épisode. About "bureaucratie" , it's the same problem every where and every time in the world about "construction building" .

[@mariavolkonkskaya4827]

columbo's success is based on the fact that none of his suspects ask for a lawyer. if they did columbo would not solve a single case

[@fp08frwi]

Maria Volkonkskaya They never get the time to get a lawyer because Columbo is smart

[@Botwin66]

It’s hubris. Usually the suspects are so sure of themselves that don’t feel the need to lawyer up. They’ve committed the perfect crime and now all they gotta do is play it cool... 😎

[@MrK623]

Part of that, is because they are never arrested. He wants them to be free to make mistakes trying to cover up the crime. What do you want a lawyer for? You're not a suspect, you haven't been arrested. Asking for a lawyer would only make them look guilty. A murderer who is playing like they are innocent is not going to leave town. They have to keep up the pretense. All of these killers are upper class, elitist, rich snobs. Who all think they are smarter than this disheveled, bumbling cop. Most of them begin to realize he is much smarter than they first thought. But by then it's too late.

[@rsrt6910]

@@MrK623 "Those skilled in warfare make their weaknesses look like strength and their strengths look like weakness." Sun Tzu.... and Columbo apparently.

[@man-who-sold-the-world]

Harder to prove cases in court. But we dont see the trial.

[@wilhelmu]

*everyone leaves* "Why do I hear boss music?"

[@BDiaz-np8fn]

What a dig as he leaves for dinner. Lol

[@george5120]

Only in television; In real life, a professor would never tolerate a detective intruding into their classroom and then asking questions that a suspect doesn't have to answer.

[@raistlin3462]

In real life if a detective asks you questions is time to: 1) call a lawyer. 2) quote your rights. 3) shut your mouth until the lawyer arrives. But that would be boring in TV.

[@mikeblast7507]

The ultimate predator. Cold-eyed, smart, deliberate, tenacious, and fearless, he taunts his prey in the most subtle manner, though not so subtle it's lost on his victims.

[@jonahansen]

Radio set to "52" - no such AM or FM station...

[@johnking5174]

A pre-set radio can store up to 60 different radio stations, maybe this is what he meant.

[@fab92n15]

Great

[@killer-moth2664]

How in the world are they moving from ancient Egypt to the Baroque in a week? What kind of class is this?! lol

[@fahimabemberry9756]

Genius😂

[@zhangjao6328]

This guy must always be smoking on a blunt. Nobody's that chill dealing with murderers all the time.

[@enomiellanidrac9137]

"Oh just one little thing, studies show that it is far more probable that the pyramids were built by paid worker and not slaves sir" "You are.... very well informed lieutenant".

[@paultheaudaciousbradford6772]

I was thinking the same thing when I listened to the lecture.

[@robertorodriguez2609]

where can i see more columbo episodes for free here in KZbin?

[@incub8]

Notice the ashtrays on the back of the theatre seats.

[@im1who84u]

2:07 Enter Jimmy Hoffa

[@DamianBrown]

Tim Vine at his best