Publish or Perish (1974) review | The Columbo Episode Guide (S3, E5)

Jack's back and in explosive form.
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[@keithjones6023]

Explosive performance as usual from Jack. He was such a great actor to play opposite the great detective, Jack's rather smooth demeanour added another dimension which made the clash of personalities between Jack's character and Columbo even more interesting!

[@damienfenton3880]

John Davis Chandler reminds me so much of Steve Buscemi.

[@WatchitforDays]

I agree with you, this incredible episode does get overlooked. One of my favorite Jack Cassidy moments is the explosive "WHAT!!?!" and I love that you included it twice in your review. You made me laugh several times!

[@merfigNOW]

Another great review, thanks. Jack is always strong. I also love that he doesn't attempt to alter any of his mannerisms (unlike Culp, whose murderers are all quite different in temperament), he is just Jack. I wouldn't have been surprised at the gotcha, he turned and was wearing a cape, and Columbo slaps his head and yells: "Saaantiniiii! How about that?" 😉

[@ShaneyBright]

Always thrilled to watch your Columbo retrospectives.

[@RegginaldRiglet]

Completely agree. Schlock is so good at his reviews.

[@thenicklas615]

There's a hillarious dialogue between Greenleaf and this "madam" in the parkinglot of a bar in the valley where he dillibertly back into a innocent cople then blast both of them for his recklessness: "In your case madam I'd call a plastic surgeon" then laughs away.

[@davohna]

Dang it, you beat me to the punch line. I spit of my drink when they were throwing insults from laughing so hard😃

[@cohnhead65]

You certainly wouldn’t want to kill Rock Hudson since he starred in another of the NBC Mystery Movie series McMillian and Wife, part of the anthology that included Columbo.

[@ganimed1976]

One of my favorite Columbo episodes ever.

[@seancorner1069]

Fantastic review!! Please keep them coming!!

[@RegginaldRiglet]

Another riveting review. Truly look forward to these. Thanks!

[@master-kq3nw]

In this episode columbo mentioned case nelson hayward episode candidate for crime

[@ianmangham4570]

Great acting by Mickey 🤖🤣💯

[@FCN933]

11:03 This must have been one of the most savage remarks in a TV series ever!

[@asteverino8569]

Thanks for another great AF review. I have watched this one a few times and usually Cassidy’s character on Columbo, “lays it on a bit thick”. It is a fast pace episode, for sure.

[@pinball1970]

This IS a great plot. Less than two minutes in. Steve Busceti? Anyway...

[@jayparmo2284]

I watched this to make sure i understood it correctly. The transcript part confused me but im pretty solid on the key gotcha. Although I'm still a bit confused how greenleaf came into possession of the key to the lock that columbo installed.

[@Dabhach1]

Fun fact -- John Davis Chandler (Eddie Kane) was the bounty hunter in The Outlaw Josie Wales ("Dyin' ain't much of a livin', boy.")

[@bretts1019]

Many thanks for your videos they have saved me

[@oldbalreask]

What I don't get is Eddie told Greenleaf that the door was open when Greenleaf asked if he had any trouble. So why did Greenleaf continue planting the key?

[@irar4665]

I think its because though Greenleaf knows it was open, but COLUMBO doesnt know that- and is still looking for the guy who could have a key that got in a LOCKED door.

[@kevinobrien9626]

COLUMBO GOES TO COLLEGE has a callback to The Bite of Cheese.

[@robinstevens7651]

Love it. Well done

[@tomlord5398]

There was another 'call back' to one with Pat McGoohan where he mentions the chewing gum he found in the trash can.

[@master-kq3nw]

Jack cassidy show 3 times in columbo episodes mjrder by bpok publish perish now you see him

[@ianmangham4570]

Eddie is hilarious

[@gosnooky]

I've been over this episode over and over, but there's a glaring plot hole I can't reconcile. Greenleaf puts the key on Eddie's key chain, and that key ends up opening up the office door - but the locks were changed after the murder at Columbo's request. So how did Greenleaf get a copy of that key made if he was unaware Columbo changed the lock?

[@irar4665]

Greenleaf originally had Kane plant the key that he had of the office. Turns out that this planted key was the wrong key , and that Malory had changed locks. So Greenleaf tries again:The next scene, he immediately calls a locksmith to have a key made OF THE OFFICE DOOR (theres no key duplicate- he asks the locksmith to make a key from scratch of the office door) Turns out Columbo outsmarted him , predicting that Greenleaf might try again, and Columbo had the lock on the door changed by this point!! So its clearly Greenleaf who is responsible for this new key- how (and why) could someone have a copy of a lock that Columbo himself just put on the door!

[@pandithammultilingualcompu1552]

Awesome 🎉🎉🎉

[@StarShipGray]

Eddie Cane is the bad guy in “Adventures in Babysitting”!

[@ianmangham4570]

0:53 Sosa "Scarface"

[@kayBee-Licious]

Any more coming??

[@cejannuzi]

I think people just get all the Jack Cassiday Columbo episodes mixed up, since he looks and acts the same in all of them (which is great but...). And then I think the first one with JC is also about murder and book publishing, so it gets even more mixed up in memory.

[@dankerns9441]

"But WHO?!? WHY?!?"

[@nettiewolverinethunderbird8341]

Did you notice alec baldwin carries out the body?

[@stefan0453]

5:44 SOSA IN COLUMBO

[@speedtimothy]

David Cassidy's dad

[@ianmangham4570]

3:05 cop 👮‍♂️ "Swat Team captain Hill Street Blues"

[@jmo5947]

the credits state that Gregory Sierra played as Lou D'allessandro... as co star???..where the heck is he???what happened?????

[@jennifermoriarty2188]

They make a call back to it in columbo goes to college

[@pinball1970]

Cassidy died in a house fire not long after this?

[@schlockhorror5533]

He did make one more Columbo after this in 1976, but then yes sadly he did pass away only a few months after it aired.

[@pinball1970]

@@schlockhorror5533 Yes, The magician one? One of my favourites. Can't wait till you do that. I get my series mixed up a bit. They are on in the UK every Sunday channel 21, 5USA? Sunday is Columbo day!

[@aldasonnoli6293]

Yes

[@tommym321]

Why ON EARTH would a police detective change the locks at a murder scene?

[@RADIUMGLASS]

3:52 the house owned by Riley Greenleaf was originally owned by the film director Alan Dwan. Here's video of the house and you will see the window in Riley's office. The house was demolished about 3 years ago. kzbin.info/www/bejne/rWXLpYyYa82Yp6M

[@hanzkammler6388]

that WHAT edit for the key, made me spit my coke zero at my screen. 10x lmao P.S. yeah its 4 am.... shut up.

[@virnamisra1657]

Jack Cassidy. A Man Maketh things happen. Rest dangling from the clothesline. Oh Peggy I mean Colombo lost as in pocketfulls o rye

[@Sixfoot8m]

I'm in the minority as this is my least favorite of the Cassidy villains. The episode was to "busy" imo to let Cassidy shine as he did in Murder by the book.

[@javiergilvidal1558]

Lotsa problems with this one. What will Columbo accuse Greenleaf for? Killing the writer? Impossible: didn´t do it. Killing Eddie? Impossible: no proof, even of Greenleaf knowing where Kane lived. There´s no real case against the editor, who will walk away unscathed from the courtroom .... and Lt. C. will get a hefty rebuke from his superior!

[@mogensschmidt2498]

boring hulk movie? good bad flicks would disagree