Face it folks, "Columbo" by 1990 was in desperate need of a reboot, or at least some new ideas. Unfortunately, what may have seemed hip and cool at the time (Fine Young Cannibals wasn't all that even then) just sounds hopelessly dated today. But to show the brilliant Lt. Trenchcoat getting outwitted, in the most public and humiliating manner possible? Now that's entertainment!
Of course it wasn't going to be that simple, but credit the writers and producers for trying. And Peter Falk for going along with the gag. Just the sight of Columbo dumping his flute of champagne on the ground while his tormentor basks in victory was worth the scenes of airport footage and bulldozers.
Of course it wasn't going to be that simple, but credit the writers and producers for trying. And Peter Falk for going along with the gag. Just the sight of Columbo dumping his flute of champagne on the ground while his tormentor basks in victory was worth the scenes of airport footage and bulldozers.