Columbo (TV Series)

Short Fuse (1972)

Peter Falk: Columbo

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• Doris Buckner : Roger, I called the Commissioner of Police, and he said he'd send over his very best man.

  Roger Stanford : [looking Columbo over]  Is that a fact?

  Lt. Columbo : Lt. Columbo: Well, my wife, she says I'm second-best, but, uh... She claims there are eighty fellas tied for first.

• Lt. Columbo : You know something, Roger? The truth is hard to find - sometimes - but sometimes it's right in front of ya and ya can't prove it.

• Lt. Columbo : You don't think that all of these people wanted to kill Mr. Buckner, do you?

  Roger Stanford : I did; but, a large corporation is like a jungle, Lieutenant, to coin a phrase.

• Lt. Columbo : Now, you see, my problem with chemistry, that started way back in high school. 'Cause in my junior year, I... I had to get a better grade. So I said the heck with this chemistry stuff, I'll take another year of woodshop. You know. You just build a bird house, and if you paint it red, you get an A.

• Roger Stanford : You mean, that old heap out there is yours?

  Lt. Columbo : Oh, yeah. It needs a coat of paint, doesn't it?

• Lt. Columbo : Y'know, that's a wonderful darkroom. Imagine having something like that right next to your own office. Wonderful.