Sleep-Deprived Columbo Investigates a Murder | Columbo

Columbo investigates the murder of a writer who was about to sign a contract with another publisher.
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Clip from Season 3, Episode 5 "Publish Or Perish" - An enraged publisher hires a gunman to kill an author (Mickey Spillane) who intends to sign a contract with a competitor.
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[@Meteorite_Shower]

"My client's being held like a common criminal and I want to know why." "Well sir, he's being played by Jack Cassidy, so there's a good chance he did it."

[@WatchingTrainsGoBy-PassingTime]

awesome...

[@moayadomar1955]

nice one..lol

[@aranayailyaris73]

Cop: "Where were you at the time of the murder" Lawyer: "You don't have to answer that." Client: "I don't mind answering that. The fact is I don't know where I was. Yes, it's true, I saw the victim last night, we had some words, I was very upset by it, I drove around, I had been drinking quite a bit" Lawyer: *screams internally*

[@FFKonoko]

Lawyer needs to amend that don't have to. Absolutely should not have at all.

[@GillAgainsIsland12]

Greenleaf was trying to impress his innocence on to Columbo. Why would a guilty man admit that? Pure psychological manipulation.

[@SimBir08]

He was proud of the alibi he'd spent all night setting up, he just had to tell someone about it.

[@blissfuldj7627]

@@FFKonoko that's not how our justice system works bud, some cops don't go for what's correct, or you can fumble your words and implicate yourself in something you didn't actually do, we have these rights for a reason

[@nickm1242]

And that's why the show is called "Columbo" and not "Murderer is actually smart enough to listen to their lawyer and not talk to police".

[@onemorething123]

Columbo notices more in a sleep-deprived state than the cops around him who had a decent night's sleep. I love the reference to the wife. All the nuggets of information he drops about her make her sound so interesting. She's the most well-written character that we never actually see.

[@notapeopleperson9390]

Completely agree with that but a close second is definitely captain mainwarings wife in dads army

[@sheltr9735]

And I'm not sure whether most people appreciate the little nuggets he drops about how he treats (and clearly, loves) his wife. E.g. "Four o'clock in the morning, my wife wants to watch Bette Davis. So, we're watching Bette Davis..."

[@onemorething123]

@@sheltr9735 Yep. And in 'A Stitch in Crime' he is a mess because he stayed up all night with her because she had the stomach flu.

[@hijodelaisla275]

"actually"

[@RDSports5]

Unless you watched Mrs. Columbo :)

[@WatchingTrainsGoBy-PassingTime]

I wonder if he ever thought to himself, "How many times do I have to arrest this guy?"

[@sandraelder1101]

And Robert Culp! 😂

[@thedeplorable8370]

And Patrick McGoohan!!

[@christopherecatalano]

😂😂😂

[@realenglishman580]

And William Shatner and George Hamilton !

[@SimBir08]

They keep getting off on technicalities because nobody reads them their rights when they're arrested.

[@deecook8393]

Jack Cassidy is so good, he can pull off trying to look like a bad actor when he's not.

[@no_one_of_that_name_here]

When actors pull off acting they're acting, it is a joy to watch

[@jamesbarlow6423]

Alot of comic actors can do that. E.g. Leslie Nielsen. In some respects even Richard Burton.

[@archlab007]

He's one of those special '70s actors who always played a character that gave one the Heeby-Jeebies. But he did it so well, that he made the show work, often in the favor of the 'good guys like Columbo. It is a testement to him that he was one of the actors selected as one of Colombo's quarry.

[@brianrichardson512]

Is he hoppalong cassidy's son from a previous relasho ?

[@lewisner]

Richard Basehart and Honor Blackman did that in "Dagger Of The Mind".

[@terracottapie]

"Dear God, not poor Alan! But why?! Who?!" It takes a great actor to play a shitty actor pretending to be upset.

[@malcolmredmond4156]

Just one more thing

[@malcolmredmond4156]

love the collection of cameos these series produced.All well cast.

[@foff-666]

"It takes a great actor to play a shitty actor pretending to be upset." -- does it though ? because it would be indiscernible from simply a shitty actor pretending to be upset.

[@richghost2897]

Name me something better to watch than back to back episodes of Columbo when you're off work sick, laid in bed.

[@donniehollingsworth1611]

when I’m home sick my go to for back to back viewing our Colombo little house on the Prairie Bob Ross, Joy painting the Andy Griffith show gunsmoke or Mission impossible the old series

[@SciTrekMan]

Well, back-to-back-to-back episodes!!!😂😂

[@KoylTrane]

I prefer to be fully concentrated when watching Columbo. If I'm off work sick, I'm watching Scrubs

[@stephaniecorporandy7018]

House, McHales Navy, The Good Doctor and Pink Panther, but Colombo is the best

[@alyssafaden9443]

"We found this in the basement. it's been fired." POINTS IT AT COLUMBO

[@WildCharger]

the last time a pencil had malicious intent it killed three people in a bar

[@totheno9207]

Columbo is a different breed of talent smart, detail oriented & a deep thinker. I enjoy watching him break down the crime step by step.

[@jorgegonzalez-larramendi5491]

@Abraxas you know so much for a kid w a one month old subscription - but rather nasty for a third grader. who painted the cover of abraxas, whiney ?

[@judithsweeney2553]

Sherlock injected cocaine.

[@malcolmredmond4156]

gotta love Bette Davis. I still watch her movies.

[@atinygoose6199]

I like the part where the cop balances a handgun on the end of a pencil then points it point-blank in columbo's face while the pencil is resting on the trigger.

[@devinemsm05]

🎉That cop was James B Sikking from Hill Street Blues *Ltd Howard Hunter.

[@bender7565]

Jack did a nice job portraying a bad liar, Greenleaf. His other criminal encounters with the Columbo, his characters seem smoother and a bit more clever.

[@jonpark6650]

Columbo figures out who's guilty 15 minutes into the crime, clamps down on their pants leg like a pit bull and NEVER lets go till the sergeant takes them to jail.

[@bgill7475]

@@jonpark6650 yep, it’s about proving it. He already knows.

[@EternalShadow1667]

​@@bgill7475Columbo saw the crime occur. He's just waiting for the best time to send the murderer to the Columbo Dimension.

[@GillAgainsIsland12]

Jack Cassidy really understood his role in this episode and played it well. Fine actor.

[@howardcroft3748]

I got into a text argument with a guy recently about Colombo. He didn't understand that Colombo could have a conversation with a suspect about two different things at the same time... but the suspect didn't realise. That was the brilliance of the writing.

[@RDSports5]

Great point. Also, I really enjoyed the few times Columbo got pissed off, it was just great to watch Peter Falk's range. Even when his character was upset though, he still seemed very in control at all times, and thats a testament to brilliant acting

[@TJay41]

@@RDSports5 one of my favorites was when Leonard Nymoy played the heart surgeon, and he actually laughed at Columbo, up until he slammed I think it was a clock down on the desk, and asked him what was so funny, I had never seen Columbo that angry, and yet he still kept it together, wiped the smirk right off the good Doctor’s face

[@RDSports5]

@@TJay41 Might be my favorite episode, great call. He slammed the coffee carafe. It was a brilliant scene by Peter Falk, and just a master class back and forth from him and Leonard Nimoy in that episode 👍

[@SciTrekMan]

@@TJay41 Nimoy

[@jamesfeldman4234]

It's fun to see Paul Shenar as Sgt. Young, a character who's really a budding first-rate detective, that directly helps Lt. Columbo, unlike Sgt. Willson (played by Bob Dishy), who largely helps Columbo as a result of fortuitous accidents. Paul Shenar would be immortalized for his brilliant portrayal as Bolivian drug lord Alejandro Sosa, in Scarface (1983).

[@robertparisi8016]

He passed away some time ago. Great acting job in scarface, cool seeing him so young.

[@johnmanier7968]

@@robertparisi8016 Both he and Jack Cassidy left us far too soon.

[@luishumbertovega3900]

Columbo talking about Bette Davis at 0:36, Peter Falk worked with Ms Davis in A Pocketful Of Miracles (1961) Frank Capra's last film.

[@jg2904]

While I was just casually watching this in the background, I instantly perked up 3:08 when I heard the unmistakable voice of James B. Sikking. He went on to do some impressive supporting parts in films like Outland, Star Trek III, and Narrow Margin, and played Lt. Howard Hunter for the entire run of Hill Street Blues-a very good actor who stayed under the radar for most of his career.

[@SallySallySallySally]

Yes, another always-working actor of the day. He was 40 years old here and that seven-year recurring role in HSB was a real break. Plus, he's still alive (as of this writing in 2022.)

[@Breeze0911]

Yes, Jack Cassidy, father of David Cassidy, excellent actor. Always enjoyed his acting, sinister at times, and 'smirks' on occasion. Thoroughly adore Mr. Peter Falk, our Columbo. 😉

[@noonespecial1178]

thanks for the info cool

[@christopherkraft1327]

Excellent episode!! Jack Cassidy, as always, played a diabolical killer, but he was no match for the Lieutenant!!! 👍👍🙂

[@MrBiggles53]

Ha. He never is!

[@TheHamNinja]

I love how the police officer is holding the pistol he found so that it points right at Columbo. :)

[@Cowcow211]

He has it hung on a pencil with the pencil resting on the trigger guard. Plus gun discipline wasn't as good then as today.

[@phitsf5475]

@@Cowcow211 Muzzle discipline does not care if it's hanging on a pencil lol

[@yeltsin6817]

I’ve always found that the suspects always provides possible solutions to the crime.

[@FIREBRAND38]

Duh!

[@FFKonoko]

Yeah. Providing alternatives to them being guilty

[@donarthiazi2443]

Well very good Mr Yeltsin. That's truly first rate detective work on your part!!

[@MustangMike012]

There was a really funny scene where Jack Cassidy insulted this woman in the parking lot. That was his alibi causing a fake accident.

[@ertznay3142]

That guy who played the security guard was popping up everywhere on TV from the 60s to the 80s.

[@SallySallySallySally]

That's Ted Gehring who, as you noted, was working constantly from the mid 60's through the 80's with hundreds of appearances in many shows. He did have a few recurring roles within some series such as "The Family Holvak" (as "Chester Purdle,") "Days of Our Lives" (as "Sid Forbes,") and "Alice" (as "Charlie.") He was 44 years old here and died in 2000 at age 71.

[@malcolmredmond4156]

good work if you can get it

[@5eurocups2005]

"The Rockford Files" a few times.

[@zovalentine7305]

Rest in powerful peace Peter Falk 🙏 16 September 1927 ~ 23 June 2011⚘

[@r0bw00d]

Yes, the guy's been dead for over 10 years now. People like you can now stop posting this comment on every single video.

[@michaeljohnson5365]

Just got all Columbo episodes for 50 UK pounds im on a Columbo binge 86 hours long!

[@davidmarshall5596]

Mr Columbo looks dishevelled at the best of times..he certainly wasn't at his best here ...BUT..he never misses what others fail to see 😁👍

[@ShahidKhan-ke8fe]

Hey! That's Lieutenant Columbo to you!

[@deltaframes-os4km]

THAT'S BRUTAL 😃😃😃

[@malcolmredmond4156]

he was in a fancy coat in one ep. it just wasnt him. he said he couldnt think whilst wearing it

[@davidmarshall5596]

@@malcolmredmond4156 yeah I remember rhat😀

[@jonandra678]

I never noticed how the street cop points the revolver toward Columbo's face 😂😂😂

[@dinky19810]

Columbo seems to always be in the right place at the right time. He never seems to force anything.

[@thebradman4662]

Jack Cassidy did such an amazing job in his three appearances during this series’ run, but his best performance was Santini in season 5. Remarkable actor taken well before his time. He and Peter Falk had a great rivalrous chemistry. May they both rest in peace.

[@PeterFraser-hp3rs]

6:05 How many times have we seen people feign this sort of emotion irl? Being able to see through it would be a real gift.

[@sleepquietlytiredtoys4212]

It’s a good thing I bought the whole box set, because these little snippets of Columbo, are just a tease. 😁

[@RDSports5]

So true, haha

[@barbfunke131]

Columbo is one of those that you can watch multiple times 👌❤️

[@RDSports5]

Oh and I intend to start the whole series up again soon :)

[@ptertaintv]

I can't understand why Colombo doesn't recognise 'the great Santini' After all he has arrested him for murder previously. Santini must have changed his identity. Maybe Colombo doesn't remember him due sleep deprivation. Colombo has been up all night watching a Betty Davies movie.

[@jonathancampbell5231]

Well, when he saw The Great Santini, he immediately pegged him as his prime suspect even though he seemed to have an iron clad alibi, so if anything he's on the ball.

[@Songbirdstress]

Surely it was Ken Franklin? ;)

[@david10101961]

@@Songbirdstress Yes, Jack didn't play Santini in "Now You See Him' (his third and final Columbo appearance) until season 5.

[@realenglishman580]

He also didn't recognize Robert Culp and Patrick McGoohan. Even though Patrick McGoohan would have been harder to be recognized because he looked completely different in all of the four episodes he played in.

[@jonathancampbell5231]

@@realenglishman580 An in at least one of those episodes he disguised himself as an old man (though, who ended up looking very much like "old Patrick McGoohan)

[@no-oneman.4140]

For those who don't know Jack Cassidy was David Cassidy's dad and if you wondered where David got his singing voice from look Jack up, he had a fine voice.

[@Tim_the_Enchanter]

She's a terrific actress, this woman, Bette Davis. Forget about it." Columbo's mind is everywhere, all at once.

[@JorgeRodriguez-po7kx]

At 0:46 " Oh this is Brutal " 😁😁

[@enomiellanidrac9137]

When your lawyer advise you not to answer question you're not legally compeled to... just listen to him and don't.

[@rosaliediones4180]

Had Peter Falk been alive, it's interesting to see solving crimes by CSI in collaboration with Columbo's techniques and wits

[@FIREBRAND38]

2:54 James B. Sikking before he joined the cops on Hill Street Blues. I still hate that at 3:09 he's pointing a loaded gun at Columbo's head.

[@jamesdewane1642]

It almost looks like intentional comedy. Imagine George Kennedy and Leslie Nielson doing this scene. Gun goes off and hits OJ in the foot etc

[@FIREBRAND38]

@@jamesdewane1642 Not really a comedy moment. You're reading too much into it. A director and actors who have no idea about firearms safety staging a scene. Really don't think they were mining comedy gold in a murder mystery.

[@marmeecruz6191]

Love Columbo.

[@ZS-bg7jo]

We gonna overlook the patrolman holding a LOADED revolver to Columbo's face barrel first?!

[@artmallory970]

They weren't so aware of 'firearm safety rules' back then...

[@sonnestt]

Columbo was in "pocket full of miracles" with Bette Davis and Glen Ford....a classic 🎥

[@kevanhubbard9673]

That policeman who shows Colombo the gun on the pencil looks like the policeman who later stared in Hill Street Blues as a sort of SWAT commander.

[@sebastiananthony5442]

0:57 in "forgetaboutit" ...this episode was filmed in 1974 sum 16 years before Goodfellas film came out in 1990.

[@pressureworks]

Even a sleep deprived Columbo could solve more cases the Lt, Drebin

[@5eurocups2005]

The security guard played some nice roles in The Rockford Files.

[@reformedpilgrim]

He was in an episode of MASH, also.

[@zivaray]

Great episode!

[@TheSleepingSeer]

What if Columbo just kept silently staring at Greenleaf, who in response to the pressure kept talking and eventually confessed - only for Columbo to say, "sorry, I haven't slept right recently, I was staring off into space again" before arresting Greenleaf

[@wayneyadams]

His feigned shock and dismay at hearing about the death is as phony as it gets. Jack Cassidy does a great job pulling it off.

[@kathyflorcruz552]

"Bette Davis - fuggatabouit." 😂

[@venitastrong4707]

Amazing show

[@bootstrapperwilson7687]

James B Sikking, after he resigned from being a hit man (Point Blank), before he moved to Chicago to lead the Hill St Swat team.

[@user-el3ub1ym4r]

Columbo askes you a question you better start running right now . not later but now

[@markpabst8468]

There’s one thing about these murders that always bothers me. Greenleaf thought that his alibi was ironclad, and flew in the face of his lawyer’s suggestions in order to provide it. Why? Why do this murderers always shy away from bringing in lawyers? Ego, probably. They think they can handle it themselves.

[@GillAgainsIsland12]

He wanted to impress his innocence on Columbo. A psychological ploy.

[@reckley]

I don't think I've seen this one. I'm looking forward to watching it!

[@power2084]

Another extremely bad lawyer in the Columbo series. Instead of telling his client "Do not answer any question, do not make any statement. I insist", he says "You don't have to answer that question". Ridiculous 😆

[@bonghunezhou5051]

If it were not for "bad lawyers" Columbo would not solve ALL his cases that come before him...

[@jamesdewane1642]

I'm not the first to say that the series is like a very long seminar driving home the point NEVER TALK TO THE COPS

[@earlsmith7428]

I don't understand the difference. Can you clarify?

[@jamesdewane1642]

@@earlsmith7428 A lawyer who is worth a sht will save you from yourself. In my childhood I watched my lawyer dad jump down people's throats to shut them up almost every week (or so it seemed). Most people don't realize that cops are specialized professionals whose job it is to get people to incriminate themselves. Your lawyer is your specialized professional whose job it is to keep you away from incriminating yourself, among other things. Before the dumbass even starts to speak, the lawyer should be throwing his coat over the guy's head and pushing him out of the room. It's that important to say nothing, and the mouthier you are, the more you need a lawyer who will stop at nothing to shut you the eff up. My dad regularly told clients they could either follow this advice or get another lawyer. The client in this case probably had a competent lawyer at some point in his life, but fired my dad and hired this wet noodle instead. Travesty.

[@power2084]

@@earlsmith7428 "You don't have to answer that question" leaves it up to the client to answer the question or not; it simply tells the client he has no oblighation to answer; "Do not answer any question, do not make any statement. I insist" leaves no room for choice, it sends to the client the clear message that he MUST NOT answer questions or make statements, period.

[@Lorna8264]

I love the multiethnic nature of his casts

[@oldblackstock2499]

That sound after the gun shot was the window blinds rattling. I suppose. I'd like to see the rest of the show.

[@SciTrekMan]

Follow the link at the end of the clip

[@HogTieChamp]

3:05 Geez, nice muzzle control, Officer! LOL!

[@booboolips6053]

Hey, that’s Sosa from Scarface🤩

[@Bram25]

Columbo could ask nose candy from Sosa. He is standing next to him!

[@user-ls1bh5fo8y]

Very chill to watch Columbo solve a murder case.

[@PaulHarvey-km7qg]

Guy writing on tablet at 35 seconds is Paul Shenar. He played Alejandro Sosa in the movie Scarface. Sadly he died in 1989 from AIDS.

[@chrysostom8987]

I've watched many investigating programs but Columbo was the top 10 no not 10 I would say top zillions .

[@jonathancampbell5231]

Top 10 is higher than Top zillions

[@carrie4558]

Columbo was the best 👍🇬🇧

[@James-ke5sx]

Those were the good old days every week we had a different series of the three of them

[@keythdanielsen5533]

It was great

[@mikeyates7931]

I'm half Italian and half Polish , and growing up I had 3 heroes on TV : Thomas Banacek , Carl Kolchak and Lieutenant Columbo ... good times .... good times ...

[@peterj5083]

I remember "Banacek".

[@danielfredericks7030]

Columbo should have more respect for Mr. Alejandro Sosa=Paul Shenar....

[@debbieking5171]

Jack Cassidy was superb in Now You See Him, that was my favorite.

[@romulusnr]

0:58 colombo said "fuggedaboutit"

[@thecleanbees.acleaningserv5606]

Great actor Columbo ❤❤❤❤

[@Sirenhound]

"We found this in the basement corridor, allow me to point it directly at your head. Don't worry, I'm holding it with a pencil so it's safe!"

[@Holfax]

Also, the victim was played by the famous crime novelist Mickey Spillane.

[@PeterFraser-hp3rs]

One of the things I loved most about Columbo was that he, like me, hated guns.

[@opticscolossalandepicvideo4879]

Alex Sosa as a police official. Unreal

[@charlessupp2543]

The horrible fate of Jack Cassidy--full asleep while smoking😢!

[@phyllishammond9886]

They always underestimate Columbo...... that's how he get them at the end!!!!

[@kathyflorcruz552]

David Cassidy's face is so evident in Jack's here.

[@keythdanielsen5533]

So sad he shortened his life with alcohol abuse (something you never hear about the Irish, is it. Like about half my family).

[@kathyflorcruz552]

​​​​​@@keythdanielsen5533 it is. But Jack was also a living wreck of a man, his legacy obviously affected David. Hollywood is HELL on children in the business. It's rather a miracle if they make it to adulthood intact. Shawn pays tribute to his brother on stage..it's worth looking up. ❤

[@keythdanielsen5533]

@@kathyflorcruz552 Sad that they both suffered from alcohol abuse. And the way Jack died was awful

[@HeronCoyote1234]

Looks like James Sikking got a promotion from beat cop to lieutenant (Howard Hunter on Hill Street Blues).

[@jeffl.8489]

Cassidy was so good in these Columbo episodes.

[@stevengalloway8052]

At least there's a lawyer present in this episode... 😆

[@susiem.5609]

Peter Falk was one of the most attractive, wonderful men in the world. 💕

[@RDSports5]

I agree that his handsomeness is underrated. He also just had a very friendly looking face, and that made you root for Columbo even more

[@susiem.5609]

@@RDSports5 He was not just handsome, he was completely, beautifully male. And a sweet guy.

[@Lizawieta]

@@susiem.5609 True

[@Sparky1701]

James B. Skiing. That guy went on to do great stuff as cops and captains :)

[@susanb2015]

When old movies were on every day and all night on Free TV and Columbo, Kojak, Kolchak the Night Stalker.

[@CD-yr8tw]

What happened?

[@susanb2015]

In the 70s TV was growing and they didn't have enough new shows so they played old movies at least in NYC where we had 7 stations. There was the late show at night and the late late show. The days I was young but I remember the morning movies. The afternoon movies. My mother left the TV on so when I came in from playing with all of the kids on my block I would watch part of the movies. I remember watching the Wolfman 1941. Invasion of the Bodysnatchers 1956. Blondie and Dagwood movies. Them! 1956 with the giant ants and my favorite the Bad Seed 1955. My mother told me when I asked about a movie it was the Postman Always Rings Twice 1946 with Lana Turner and John Garfield. And they played all of the silly 60s TV shows. I Dream of Jeannie. Bewitched. Gilligan's Island. Munsters, etc. And I Love Lucy. On Sundays it was Abbott and Costello followed by a 1930s gangster movie. It changed in the 80s. Stupid talk shows instead of movies. By 89 or 90 they totally changed the stations channel 9 and 11 and 5 was Fox. I wish it was the early 70s now.

[@patrickmaughan]

Peter Falk was fantastic as Columbo.

[@angelofinaldi5918]

Great actors...

[@bnpzarie9511]

It's nice to see Alejandro Sosa wasn't always a merciless druglord haha

[@4ndyr0g3r50n]

Greenleaf incriminated himself with a look just after hearing the gunshot on the recording. Instead of a look of surprise on his face it was a look that said "how on earth did you get that recording?"

[@MakeMeThinkAgain]

I checked and that really is a young James Sikking who brings in the revolver.

[@slackerman9758]

Should have taken his lawyers advice.

[@danf4447]

Jonathan!!! youre not going to LEAVE me here!!!......

[@jussaravieira4440]

Por favor mandar os episódios dublados...Assisto no KZbin em inglês...

[@SammyRenard]

dig that orange and black thermos

[@mumblesbadly7708]

The cop who showed Columbo the gun must gave moved to New York and joined the NYPD and advanced in his career. Because he shows up in the Hill Street precinct in the 80s working as a lieutenant leading their SWAT-lite team.

[@sandraelder1101]

8:54 those steely I-know-you-did-it eyes

[@bfree6521]

you cut it off at the end, he did not finish the question much less an answer

[@emanuell5926]

thats Alejandro Soza :)

[@sergeik2151]

Scare face guy😂

[@filiprad5881]

Oooh I didn't know that Sosa from Scarface was in Columbo 😃

[@jamesnasium4035]

3:09 Captain Styles of the Excelsior going back in time to prevent corruption of the timeline.

[@michaelallen1432]

I remember two episodes when people figured out that his bumbling is an act. In one episode, hes investigating a defense kawyer for murder. He tells his co-conspirator "some detective just came in here with an act you could take on the road" But my favorite was the one where hes investigating a murder at a military academy. The suspect is condescending toward his profession as a "policeman". But at a certain point he realizes that Columbo isnt the fool he pretende to be and says "your notbas dumb as you look". Columbo just smiles and says "You got me"