Columbo: The Most Dangerous Match (1973)

Chess player having a bad dream.

 Round building with shutters















You an play chess on a table cloth with all your eating supplies

Columbo: A Stitch in Crime (1973)

Cracking a hard boiled egg on the hood of the victim's car for breakfast.

Cracking a 2nd hard boiled egg on the murder weapon itself!

murderer Leonard Nimoy tries to kill Grandpa Walton next! — at A Stitch in Crime.

Columbo: Dagger of the Mind and Columbo: Requiem for a Falling Star (1972)

Columbo visited London. No women were allowed in this place where he had tea time.











 

Vinyl banquettes, cool wall on this double date

Murderer in octagonal sunglasses!

 Murderer wears pink lined bell bottoms slit up the thigh

Columbo: The Most Crucial Game (1972)

Swinger with black satin sheets!

 The murder weapon.

A young Valerie Harper plays a hooker — with snake taxidermy

Columbo: The Greenhouse Jungle (1972)

Whatever happened to these pre-digital flippy alarm clocks?

Relaxing your mind

Another source of chili - not from Bert this time

Columbo: Etude in Black (1972)

Outdoor escalator/people mover!

 The killer sees the flower he dropped (reflected in his sunglasses).

 A youngish Pat Morita pretends not to speak English

Columbo: Blueprint for Murder (1972)

In 1972, if you are rich you can have a horse for a hood ornament.

This is Goldie, ex-wife of the victim. Everything she wears is gold lame.

You never see construction workers smoking pipes anymore!

Columbo: Lady in Waiting (1971)

Lunatic spinster eating chocolates in bed and waiting to shoot her bro

Columbo goes to the real "service au volant" type of place. Why are his side mirrors in the middle of the hood area?

 
This is where you get your hair cut in 1971.  I noticed that everywhere was carpeted in the 1970s... shopping malls, hospitals.. imagine all the hair building up in the carpet here!

After the haircut, go to the clothing store/bar! ???

Columbo:Suitable for Framing (1971)

Dazzling colors. We are still in 1971.

The artist is played by Vic Tayback. Remember him as Mel Sharples on Alice? Only now with fake beard.

Sheesh, put on a bra, accomplice/victim #2.

Columbo: Dead Weight (1971)

An evil military guy doesn't realize that a lady has witnessed him murdering another guy.  Once he knows it, he pretends to want to date her.

Burn! The mother even encouraged her divorced daughter to date the killer.

 Killer has a revolving book case. Classic. You never see those nowadays. 

People drink liquor in almost every scene, as in most 1970s tv shows... except now with a candelabra. Who owns those?

 More of Burt's chili, only the restaurant looks completely different all of a sudden!

Columbo: Death Lends a Hand (1971)

The killer flashes back, remembering the murder... you can see it reflected in his sunglasses (shag carpet, etc.)

Millions of bits of information on those database tapes.

Columbo: Murder by the Book (1971)

Columbo helps victim's wife by making an omelet.  The oven is a double decker, Brady Bunch style

Extreme sparkling moonlight as murderer swims

Columbo: Ransom for a Dead Man (1971)

One funny thing about Columbo is the odd special effects.  They always appeared around the killer's face.

 Headlights/lady's face

the auto-dialer

Barney's Beanery.  Columbo ate chili in here.

BURN!

Columbo Prescription Murder (1968)

You can't go wrong with watching Columbo.  Cool clothes, decor, camera angles, etc.

Prescription Murder
When I first started watching it, I was surprised that everybody had a bar in their house or apartment.

Extreme shag carpet in the bathroom.

Bench seating in a plane

Columbo shows up in the park and is reflected in this art piece that is for sale

 this is a psychiatrist's office

Willie Dynamite (1974)

Willie Dynamite is a 1970s movie about a pimp, played by Roscoe Orman who played Gordon on Sesame Street!  It is really a classic.


At the left we see him with his girls.

 His outfits are always very cool.

He keeps his gun stuffed down his pants.  Note also: he doesn't wear a shirt under this jumpsuit.

Pretty snazzy car too.  The license plate said DYNAMITE.  Wait till you see the interior.

He is tying up an enemy with the seatbelt!

This is the apartment containing the girls.. Note the bumblebee wall colours.

Willie strutting with his fancy hat, cape, silver high heeled shoes etc. 

He retrieves the cocaine from the ceiling and stuffs it down  his trousers.

Black velvet jacket, orange pirate blouse

Here are the girls in the apartment

Enemy pimp enters apartment.  Looks like a red hat society member!

No problem.  Kick him while still seated,