Columbo - The Complete First Season Rating: Release Date: 07 September, 2004 Retail Price: $39.98 OUR Price: $19.97 You SAVE: $20.01! Cast: Peter Falk

Columbo - The Complete First Season Reviews

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Columbo Series DVDs
I have been a big fan of the Columbo series, ever since it first aired on television in the early 1970s. I own all of series to date, and I can't wait for the remaining seasons to be released on DVD. I never get tired of watching these shows, I throughly enjoy them each time I see them. I am really glad to have purchased these. I haven't had any problems with the DVDs I've received from Amazon. However, I too would like some feedback from Peter Falk, regarding the series. "Oh, just one more thing..." I never once watched any of the Mrs. Columbo series, and I would like to see more bonus features that pertain to this particular series.


Good Start for a Great Detective
How can you not love Columbo, the disarming detective with the absent-minded demeanor who unnerves heinous murders from their ivory towers? The first season probably deserves five stars for its innovation and development. The pilot movie delighted audiences with its surprises and characterization. There are skillful performances throughout and interesting cases to boot. One could find minor qualms almost from the series' success and continuing improvement. There are a few episodes that bring a cliff-hanger and depend on Columbo's assumptions of human nature to unravel their crimes. They aren't always coincidences, but chance plays into Columbo's hand a little too neatly sometimes.

Despite this picky complaint, the crimes presented seem flawless by those living the lifestyles of the rich and arrogant, and it Columbo's finesse as a man with everyman's savy that has delighted audiences for decades. He's still the TV detective to beat. (Leslie Nielsen [playing it straight--no less!] Jack Cassidy, Lee Grant, and Ross Martin are just a few of the guest cast who make the adventures authentic. Roddy McDowell, subjectively, is the smoothest murderer of the bunch.) The debut season is a good start to a great television series.

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