I love Columbo and all of Jack Cassidy's performances. It's just that the killer's scheme is absurd. Besides the basic plot of his murder plan, he has to lie too much to Columbo, concoctions no murderer could keep up with. As usual excellent performances by a cast of super pros. It's always funny to see how cavalier the police and forensic are with handling property at crime scenes in TV cop shows of the era. Columbo plays the victim's answering machine with bare hands. One funny bit has him borrowing a pencil from a waiter who served him chili at a lux restaurant to write some info in his notebook during a phone call from police headquarters.
Review of Publish or Perish
