Was getting divorced THAT big a deal?
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lorraine1232 — 9 years ago(June 23, 2016 05:25 PM)
I think it was an A&E special. I got it in a set of the old Columbia House vhs tapes.
I never knew of that book, or that Peter Falk wrote one! I have a rare out of print one called The Columbo Phile. Cost me over $100 on eBay, most expensive book I ever bought! -
rosarypliers — 9 years ago(June 23, 2016 01:24 PM)
I knew that, but it doesn't matter. Isn't it a bit ironic that while Columbo's wife is never seen on the show, Peter Falk's wife was a semi-regular?
I'm neither a grandmother, nor a mother, by the way. I did watch some episodes with my maternal grandma, though. She introduced me to the show. She really liked the little Lieutenant.
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cujokay — 9 years ago(June 23, 2016 03:59 PM)
I knew that, but it doesn't matter. Isn't it a bit ironic that while Columbo's wife is never seen on the show, Peter Falk's wife was a semi-regular?
I'm neither a grandmother, nor a mother, by the way. I did watch some episodes with my maternal grandma, though. She introduced me to the show. She really liked the little Lieutenant.
I remembered we had "spoken" quite a bit but didn't remember if I'd told you I've watched this show since its original run! lol
I also find it ironic that the TV wife was never shown but that's been done before so I didn't find it that big a deal.
I thought it was "fun" that his real wife was often on the show. Unless I'm mistaken, I don't think they were ever a couple on the show. Correct me if I'm wrong.
My sons are in their 30s now and I introduced them to Columbo while they were in their teens. My oldest has a 14-year-old daughter that LOVES Columbo. She often spends the night on Saturdays so we can have a Colummbo marathon; we usually watch 2/3 episodes. It's fun that she enjoys something that I love. It's very special to me. -
McCartney42 — 9 years ago(June 30, 2016 11:09 AM)
Paul Galesko didn't kill because of money. Neither did Alex Benedict. In "Negative Reaction", Paul Galesko murdered his wife because she was a nagging b**tch and she was always insulting him. In "Etude to Black", Benedict murdered his mistress Jennifer Welles because she was blackmailing him. Get a divorce or I tell her type of thing.
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cujokay — 9 years ago(July 09, 2016 06:02 PM)
In "Etude to Black", Benedict murdered his mistress Jennifer Welles because she was blackmailing him. Get a divorce or I tell her type of thing.
Which would have upset his mother-in-law (forget about the wife) who held the purse strings. She made it VERY clear that if anyone messed with her daughter or her business they'd be out on their ear. -
lorraine1232 — 9 years ago(June 22, 2016 04:26 PM)
That must have been the reason in Negative Reaction. He didn't seem all that rich to me, but I guess the wife was? But she seemed to keep him on a pretty tight leash financially so I don't quite get the advantage of killing her, other then she was quite a shrew, and he did have that hottie assistant.
Also Playback, but it was the mother in law killed, not the wife. I think she might have even stuck by him had he not like, killed her mother. -
cujokay — 9 years ago(June 23, 2016 04:15 PM)
That must have been the reason in Negative Reaction. He didn't seem all that rich to me, but I guess the wife was? But she seemed to keep him on a pretty tight leash financially so I don't quite get the advantage of killing her, other then she was quite a shrew, and he did have that hottie assistant.
It was definitely the wife who had the money. The funny thing was she was on all these boards and was giving away money left and right; I never quite understood the murder. Yes, she was a shrew and was giving him the business but wouldn't logic dictate that she would leave the bulk of her estate to charity rather than the husband she despised and humiliated?
Also Playback, but it was the mother in law killed, not the wife. I think she might have even stuck by him had he not like, killed her mother.
The mother-in-law held the purse strings. This one was exceptionally sad because it seemed they really loved each other. The mother was tired of him wasting "her" money on "gadgets" and was forcing him to step down. He hated his mother-in-law but I always got the impression he loved his wife. -
Justice5 — 9 years ago(July 08, 2016 09:05 PM)
I didn't get the feeling that the Playback husband was so in love with his wife. He was very condescending to her; treating her like a child. There was a scene where he dismissed her to bed and proceeded to place her on that stair lift and hit the button to have it take her up the stairs-no discussion. My daughter and I were incredulous at that scene. I would have tumbled out of that chair down the steps and dared him to get rid of me.
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cujokay — 9 years ago(July 09, 2016 11:57 AM)
Haven't seen that episode in a while. I thought he did that because he and her mother were going to have it out and he was sparing her. It upset her when they argued. I didn't look at as dismissive as you did. I'll have to watch it again.
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Justice5 — 9 years ago(July 09, 2016 07:39 PM)
Yes, please re-watch. Her suggestion that she run the company was met with hostility-he believed it to be the epitome of ridiculousness. He had a total lack of respect for her abilities that did not appear to be being protective. If she had taken it over, she would have seen as did her mother what a needless strain his excesses where on the bottom line. He was keeping her ignorant. She even had to "check" Columbo when he behaved as if his dog's paws being up on her lap caused her undo pain and crisis.
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lanceus — 9 years ago(June 22, 2016 06:49 PM)
I would guess that n addition to the scandal of divorce, some of the men and women were afraid of the potential ex would start blabbing about their secrets, and would also be concerned about the friends, allies and influence they could lose as the friends pick sides.
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ddariced1958 — 9 years ago(November 04, 2016 01:57 AM)
I love Columbo and if they didn't give a good reason for the murder it would be boring; plus Columbo would have nothing to solve. I've been a criminal defense lawyer since 1988 and I can tell you that I have seen guys murder woman for practically no reason at all (almost every murder client I've had is a guy. Columbo likes to bring in both sexes.) I had a guy murder his wife because his steak wasn't cooked well enough. One guy came home and the girlfriend didn't buy the beer she was supposed to get for him. Some happen basically because the killer is very drunk or high on drugs or both. When they were sober everyone got along fine. I've seen lots of bar room fights where someone has a knife on him. I've had teenagers kill others to steal their Michael Jordan sneakers or leather coats. A huge factor in violent crimes is people who have had too much alcohol. The numbers always amaze me. Other drugs aren't even a close second (I say other because alcohol is a drug. Maybe one day we won't say "alcohol and drugs"). I work near Chicago - but not in that specific county. I'm not including any gang murders here but there are plenty of them (that we are sadly famous for).
People do kill because they don't want to share the money or the kids but it's pretty rare. It's more likely that they keep taking each other to divorce court to change the child support amount, custody arrangements, etc. I have to walk past those courtrooms everyday and the yelling is awful. I'd rather do a death penalty case than be in divorce court. Fortunately we abolished Capital Punishment. Yay!
If you watched the "true life" TV shows you'd think the "murder rather than divorce" situation happens all the time. They just show the more compelling stuff. Watch enough of them (in other contexts) and you'll start seeing the exact same cases you've seen before. If I see another guy named Peterson convicted of killing the wife or ex-wife I'll puke. I want some new stuff.