"Every time we go into a restaurant she steals an ashtray. It's very embarrassing in my line of work."
Wherein Jack reviews something she does enjoy to make up for a two part review about something she didn't. (And also implies that at the end of this she might have something writing related.)
I like crime shows. Rather, detective shows. I like to try and solve the cases before the detectives, and then at work I will stand about and try their methods of deduction on the costumers. I also like all shows that have a Sherlock like detective in them. (Because, let's face it, he was the most brilliant detective who never lived.)
But, I REALLY like it when someone can take that Sherlock like man and make him unique. A good example of this is Monk. Adrain Monk, a very observant fellow who is scared of everything, even milk. "Hey, we are making good progress with the milk!" When I saw Monk I thought the writers had done it. They'd finally created a detective like Sherlock but unlike him. I didn't think anyone else would or had ever come close to doing this before. I was wrong.
My friend got me into watching an old TV show called Columbo, made around the late 1970's and early 1980's I believe.
The show is about a rounded shouldered, slightly cross eyed, middle aged man named Columbo. He has thick, curly black hair, usually looks like he has just rolled out of bed and is in need of a long bath. His clothing is usually rumpled and askew, his rain coat apparently looks like it has been around since the dark ages. And if that wasn't enough to throw off the villains his eyes are. Very often he looks like a lost little boy, hoping to make a new friend who will go out for ice cream with him.
And then, on top of his appearance, is his personality. Now, I am not sure how much of this is an act or if this is just really how he thinks. (I believe most of it is an act, but I cannot prove it. Which I think is one of the best parts of the show. One can never tell if he is serious or faking to throw bad guy's off their guard.)
Anyhow, Columbo basically comes off as a little...a lot sometimes...dim, slow, clueless, who never pays attention to anything. He is the kind of detective bad guys DREAM of getting. He is the kind of man who looks and acts as if you were to tell him a chicken killed someone he would believe it. He acts as if he believes everything everyone tells him and every time he shows up on a case the villains assume they are home free.
Haha, bad guys. Haha.
I think Columbo, most of the time, knows who did it right off. He will then visit that person over and over and over and over and ramble on and on and on and on. He will ask them for help on the case and question them about things they have said that don't add up. (In other words he drives them insane by his constant, "Oh, one more question." Or, "You know, I have this little problem and I can't seem to figure it out. Maybe you can help."
By the end of it I think they are happy to get arrested, just to get away from him. (He also loves to talk about his family, his wife, his daily life. I think he has nephews and nieces who have done pretty much everything there is to do. He's Italian, big family.)
Another thing I love about him, is he will set up the bad guys. If he doesn't have any clue to prove they did it, he will find a way to fish them out. He goes out of his way to do this sometimes. (Borrowing a ring to worry a murdering wife into give away the location where she hid her husband's body. A borrowed contact which panics a murderer into tearing apart a car to find it and destroy it. A box of cigars which supposedly have a bomb in them {That one was pretty funny, actually. He was sitting there, all calm, and the bad guy was tearing apart the box trying to find the bomb and get rid of it.})
And usually, nothing ever bothers him. He is a very calm fellow who apparently likes to go about playing as if he's an idiot until he catches the bad guys - and only then can one see how upset he is they committed murders in the first place.
But, I've never actually seen him get mad, until last night when a doctor is trying to murder another doctor and Columbo is trying to save him. Trust me, you wouldn't like him when he's mad.
Something I didn't think I'd like about the show, is always at the beginning it shows who the murder is and how they did it. And I didn't think it would be any fun, not getting to try and guess who did it before Columbo. But it is so much fun watching him work out all the clues and annoy the murderers I don't mind anymore.
So, in short, it is a brilliant show and has a new twist on the typical Sherlock detective. (Side note, he's not really a detective. More of a policeman who investigates murders. Which is why someone always dies in every show.) Also, it has guest appearance of other actors I know. (Captain Kirk. Spock. Dick Van Dyke. You might not know it, but those three are rather sneaky in the murdering field. Makes me wonder just how the red shirts really did die.
Spock was one of the creepiest because he played a murdering doctor. I knew I had a good reason not to trust doctors. And Kirk almost outsmarted Columbo - almost.)
And, that is about it. So...aye, moving on.
Tomorrow I will have a huge writing update for all of you. But for now, I will leave.
Quote, again, is from Columbo.
Au Revoir
Allons-y!
I like crime shows. Rather, detective shows. I like to try and solve the cases before the detectives, and then at work I will stand about and try their methods of deduction on the costumers. I also like all shows that have a Sherlock like detective in them. (Because, let's face it, he was the most brilliant detective who never lived.)
But, I REALLY like it when someone can take that Sherlock like man and make him unique. A good example of this is Monk. Adrain Monk, a very observant fellow who is scared of everything, even milk. "Hey, we are making good progress with the milk!" When I saw Monk I thought the writers had done it. They'd finally created a detective like Sherlock but unlike him. I didn't think anyone else would or had ever come close to doing this before. I was wrong.
My friend got me into watching an old TV show called Columbo, made around the late 1970's and early 1980's I believe.
The show is about a rounded shouldered, slightly cross eyed, middle aged man named Columbo. He has thick, curly black hair, usually looks like he has just rolled out of bed and is in need of a long bath. His clothing is usually rumpled and askew, his rain coat apparently looks like it has been around since the dark ages. And if that wasn't enough to throw off the villains his eyes are. Very often he looks like a lost little boy, hoping to make a new friend who will go out for ice cream with him.
And then, on top of his appearance, is his personality. Now, I am not sure how much of this is an act or if this is just really how he thinks. (I believe most of it is an act, but I cannot prove it. Which I think is one of the best parts of the show. One can never tell if he is serious or faking to throw bad guy's off their guard.)
Anyhow, Columbo basically comes off as a little...a lot sometimes...dim, slow, clueless, who never pays attention to anything. He is the kind of detective bad guys DREAM of getting. He is the kind of man who looks and acts as if you were to tell him a chicken killed someone he would believe it. He acts as if he believes everything everyone tells him and every time he shows up on a case the villains assume they are home free.
Haha, bad guys. Haha.
I think Columbo, most of the time, knows who did it right off. He will then visit that person over and over and over and over and ramble on and on and on and on. He will ask them for help on the case and question them about things they have said that don't add up. (In other words he drives them insane by his constant, "Oh, one more question." Or, "You know, I have this little problem and I can't seem to figure it out. Maybe you can help."
By the end of it I think they are happy to get arrested, just to get away from him. (He also loves to talk about his family, his wife, his daily life. I think he has nephews and nieces who have done pretty much everything there is to do. He's Italian, big family.)
Another thing I love about him, is he will set up the bad guys. If he doesn't have any clue to prove they did it, he will find a way to fish them out. He goes out of his way to do this sometimes. (Borrowing a ring to worry a murdering wife into give away the location where she hid her husband's body. A borrowed contact which panics a murderer into tearing apart a car to find it and destroy it. A box of cigars which supposedly have a bomb in them {That one was pretty funny, actually. He was sitting there, all calm, and the bad guy was tearing apart the box trying to find the bomb and get rid of it.})
And usually, nothing ever bothers him. He is a very calm fellow who apparently likes to go about playing as if he's an idiot until he catches the bad guys - and only then can one see how upset he is they committed murders in the first place.
But, I've never actually seen him get mad, until last night when a doctor is trying to murder another doctor and Columbo is trying to save him. Trust me, you wouldn't like him when he's mad.
Something I didn't think I'd like about the show, is always at the beginning it shows who the murder is and how they did it. And I didn't think it would be any fun, not getting to try and guess who did it before Columbo. But it is so much fun watching him work out all the clues and annoy the murderers I don't mind anymore.
So, in short, it is a brilliant show and has a new twist on the typical Sherlock detective. (Side note, he's not really a detective. More of a policeman who investigates murders. Which is why someone always dies in every show.) Also, it has guest appearance of other actors I know. (Captain Kirk. Spock. Dick Van Dyke. You might not know it, but those three are rather sneaky in the murdering field. Makes me wonder just how the red shirts really did die.
Spock was one of the creepiest because he played a murdering doctor. I knew I had a good reason not to trust doctors. And Kirk almost outsmarted Columbo - almost.)
And, that is about it. So...aye, moving on.
Tomorrow I will have a huge writing update for all of you. But for now, I will leave.
Quote, again, is from Columbo.
Au Revoir
Allons-y!
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