Publish or Perish
- Episode aired Jan 18, 1974
- TV-PG
- 1h 13m
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7.6/10
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A publisher hires a bomb enthusiast to murder a bestselling author of detective novels. Lt. Columbo is on the case.A publisher hires a bomb enthusiast to murder a bestselling author of detective novels. Lt. Columbo is on the case.A publisher hires a bomb enthusiast to murder a bestselling author of detective novels. Lt. Columbo is on the case.
John Davis Chandler
- Eddie Kane
- (as John Chandler)
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Did you know
- TriviaColumbo questions Eileen and Neal in Chasen's Restaurant and provides horrified amusement to everyone by ordering chili. Chasen's, which closed in 1995, was renowned for its chili.
- GoofsWhen Columbo opens up Eddie Kane's address book to look at Greenleaf's number, the closeup is the same one as the earlier shot when Greenleaf did the same thing, including Greenleaf's latex gloved finger.
- Quotes
Restaurant Manager: Your check, Lt.
Lieutenant Columbo: Six dollars! Excuse me, err... no I think there's a mistake, I had the chilli and the iced tea.
Restaurant Manager: Oh.
[makes alterations on check]
Lieutenant Columbo: Six seventy-five?
Restaurant Manager: I forgot to add the iced tea.
- ConnectionsReferences Columbo: Candidate for Crime (1973)
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an annoying inconsistency
I love Columbo. Have almost all of them on DVD.
But Publish or PErish strikes me as one of the more poorly written episodes.
In particular, one giant inconsistency. Riley Grrenleaf has an alcoholic blackout, he claims, and has no alibi for the time his best selling author was murdered. Riley greenleaf is the authors long-time publisher and is being dumped.
He is examining his car with Lt Columbo, noting a great deal of damage. The phone rings and Greenleaf's attorney goes in to answer the phone. When he returns he gloats to both Columbo and Greenleaf, that the latter has an ironclad alibi even he doesn't know about. He was in Encino the night before, getting drunk. HE had an accident with his car, was eventually arrested and spent the night int he drunk tank until he, the lawyer, bailed him out that morning.
So my question is, if Columbo is there asking all these questions about where Riley Greenleaf was at the time of the murder, why didn't the lawyer pipe up with this information at THAT time? Instead he lets Greenleaf squirm. He just told us he, the lawyer bailed greenleaf out of the drunk tank that morning.
Makes me nuts every single time I see this episode.
But Publish or PErish strikes me as one of the more poorly written episodes.
In particular, one giant inconsistency. Riley Grrenleaf has an alcoholic blackout, he claims, and has no alibi for the time his best selling author was murdered. Riley greenleaf is the authors long-time publisher and is being dumped.
He is examining his car with Lt Columbo, noting a great deal of damage. The phone rings and Greenleaf's attorney goes in to answer the phone. When he returns he gloats to both Columbo and Greenleaf, that the latter has an ironclad alibi even he doesn't know about. He was in Encino the night before, getting drunk. HE had an accident with his car, was eventually arrested and spent the night int he drunk tank until he, the lawyer, bailed him out that morning.
So my question is, if Columbo is there asking all these questions about where Riley Greenleaf was at the time of the murder, why didn't the lawyer pipe up with this information at THAT time? Instead he lets Greenleaf squirm. He just told us he, the lawyer bailed greenleaf out of the drunk tank that morning.
Makes me nuts every single time I see this episode.
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- Atschmid5322
- Aug 2, 2016
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