Just One More Thing – Simon Dunn

February 20, 2018

Just One More Thing

It’s 50 years since Peter Falk first played Lieutenant Columbo in Prescription: Murder. Here’s a walk-on appearance on The Tonight Show.

https://youtu.be/6SC4Ae6FuWM

The episode he’s talking about is An Exercise In Fatality. I won’t ruin the reveal, but it’s a doozy, he’s right.

Johnny Carson clearly had a lot of time for the show, and here’s a loving spoof he performed of it.

https://youtu.be/–H8t1Daja8

And here’s William Link talking about casting the role, and his surprising first choice for it.

e.phemera, Thought Vomit

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