"Upon the general separation into two factions, when, Pompey and Caesar taking up arms against one another, the whole empire was turned into confusion, it was commonly believed that he would take Caesar's side; for his father in past time had been put to death by Pompey. But he, thinking it his duty to prefer the interest of the public to his own private feelings, and judging Pompey's to be the better cause, took part with him; though formerly he used not so much as to salute or take any notice of Pompey, if he happened to meet him, esteeming it a pollution to have the least conversation with the murderer of his father. But now, looking upon him as the general of his country, he placed himself under his command, and set sail for Cilicia in quality of lieutenant to Sestius, who had the government of that province. But finding no opportunity there of doing any great service, and hearing that Pompey and Caesar were now near one another and preparing for the battle upon which all depended, he came of his own accord to Macedonia to partake in the danger. At his coming it is said that Pompey was so surprised and so pleased that, rising from his chair in the sight of all who were about him, he saluted and embraced him, as one of the chiefest of his party." ~Plutarch's Life of Brutus
Oh Hey, so over the weekend, this guy wore a top hat and played his cool AF Les Paul on a stage near me.
I think he’s got natural talent and he’s going to go far 😂
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when in the series in your opinion does columbo officially become Peepaw?
i love that "peepaw" has become the word people on this site use to describe Aged Columbo. that said, i think there are a few Peepaw Turning Points
there's a point in season 7 or so where peter falk really starts playing columbo differently on a consistent basis and leans more into being a whimsical, Proverbial-Moustache-Twirling Older Man than the younger, more straightforward, less "affected" character you see in the show's primary run:
i know it looks like the only real difference here is that he's just raising his eyebrows but trust me on this. these two are worlds apart
then, more obviously, we have the reignition of the series in 1989 where he's twelve whole years older, wearing reading glasses, and presumably in his early 60s (peter falk was 62). they still dyed his hair here though, and he's not played entirely like a senior citizen, so i'd put him not quite in gramps territory, but at the tail end of his DILF years
are you really flirting with GILFery until you're wearing reading glasses askew
the real peepaw point of no return is right after the faye dunaway episode, it's all in the game.
it's the last episode that gives us a columbo with youthful virility. the script was actually written by peter falk in the 70s, so i feel that natural, effortless energy he exuded back then comes through. in a way this episode comes as something of a swan song to his youth, because the very next episode is butterfly in shades of grey.
in accordance with the title, the makeup department is less heavy-handed with the hair dye, which (thank god) they maintain until the end of the series. as the series continues, he continues to show increasing age in both appearance and mannerisms.
can't handle the clams like he used to
but it's in his crowning final episode in 2003, at age 76, where he goes full peepaw. starkly contrasted with gen Xers and millennials, standing next to y2k alt culture at its finest, he finally shows his age in full force.
i love this shot because the strobe flash makes it look like an actual bad digital camera shot from 2003 and it rules
i think Conspirators is my least favorite episode of season 7, but it was still good. The murderer had a pretty good dynamic with Columbo and Columbo had some pretty good lines where he's talking about one thing but really talking about another thing; I love it when he does that. The "tilt" dialogue was great
"Murder under glass" was pretty good too, one of the episodes where Columbo says when exactly he first suspects the culprit. The ongoing joke with all the food was amazing as well. Columbo cooking at the end to catch the murderer was great too. Loved all the dialogue at that part, especially the part where the culprit says he respects Columbo but doesn't particularly care for him and Columbo answers with pretty much the same thing; he respects the culprit's talent but doesn't like anything else about him