1. It just seems like a funny
place to make a funeral arrangement.Copy !req
2. Well, I guess she'll inherit
everything he owned.Copy !req
3. Why did I have to hear about this
on the news?Copy !req
4. Don't feel bad.
Could happen to anybody.Copy !req
5. You'll make another two million
the first year.Copy !req
6. It's also my problem to find
somebody...Copy !req
7. who might even have
the motive to kill Mr. Wagner.Copy !req
8. You're looking for something?Copy !req
9. Columbo, I'm gonna throw you out
of here, on your rear.Copy !req
10. I mean, you missed the best part.Copy !req
11. Hello everybody, from Los Angeles,Copy !req
12. the jam-packed Coliseum on a
brilliant, sunshiny day.Copy !req
13. Welcome to professional football...Copy !req
14. And oh, what a game this is going to be,
ladies and gentlemen.Copy !req
15. Both teams have finished their
warm-ups,Copy !req
16. Both coaches have finalized their
game plans,Copy !req
17. And yours truly and our old buddy,
that old linebacker Virgil Tower...Copy !req
18. Is here with all the action.Copy !req
19. It's the final meeting of the season,Copy !req
20. Between the local Rockets
and our powerful Pioneers.Copy !req
21. Good afternoon, Mr. Hanlon.Copy !req
22. It's Jimmy, isn't it?
You should've called the office.Copy !req
23. I won't be having any people
this afternoon.Copy !req
24. Oh, well, I thought maybe Mr. Wagner
might be bringing by some people.Copy !req
25. Well, you're new
in the organization, kid.Copy !req
26. Eric Wagner owns the team,
but football is not his game.Copy !req
27. Well, would you like a drink, sir?Copy !req
28. Well, let's see, there's uh...
tomato juice in the icebox?Copy !req
29. Yes, sir.Copy !req
30. Okay, why don't you get yourself
an empty seat,Copy !req
31. or take your girl to the movies or
something.Copy !req
32. I won't need you at all
this afternoon.Copy !req
33. Gee, thanks, Mr. Hanlon.Copy !req
34. Right.Copy !req
35. There's plenty of ice in there, sir.Copy !req
36. Okay, you scoot now.Copy !req
37. Yes, sir.Copy !req
38. Uh, lock that one on the way out, huh?Copy !req
39. Yes, sir.Copy !req
40. Looks like somebody is planning to
march right on into that scoreboard.Copy !req
41. Let's listen to some music.Copy !req
42. And say, you mentioned Dodge,
now, there's quite a story...Copy !req
43. about that courageous young man,Copy !req
44. His right leg's been broken
four times...Copy !req
45. Yeah.Copy !req
46. Eric?Copy !req
47. Eric, is that you?Copy !req
48. Ahhh... I'm not sure.Copy !req
49. Ooooh, what a night.Copy !req
50. You're not still in bed? Of all the...
At least you're alone, aren't you?Copy !req
51. Um...Copy !req
52. Yeah..., yeah. Oh, listen, Paul,
I gotta tell you...Copy !req
53. That... that chick that you've put me
on to,Copy !req
54. She brought her little sister along...Copy !req
55. Well, will you... get yourself
out of there,Copy !req
56. And dunk yourself in some coffee,Copy !req
57. And get out to the pool, you hear me?Copy !req
58. Now, hold it, Hanlon,
I'll do whatever I want.Copy !req
59. Kid, this is an emergency.
I stopped by the travel agency,Copy !req
60. And picked up our tickets.Copy !req
61. We're on our way to Montreal
at 6:30.Copy !req
62. We're what?Copy !req
63. If we move fast enough,Copy !req
64. I can still pin down that hockey
franchise for you.Copy !req
65. I've been on the horn
to the Canadians...Copy !req
66. What am I gonna do with another
sports franchise?Copy !req
67. Anyway, hockey's for penguins.Copy !req
68. You'll make another two million
the first year, kid, I guarantee it.Copy !req
69. Who needs it?Copy !req
70. Look, let's put the money into
something constructive.Copy !req
71. Now look, you just get yourself
out of there and haul it to the pool!Copy !req
72. Get in and get a workout.Copy !req
73. I don't want you day-dreaming
when we get to Canada.Copy !req
74. I need your signature, kid.Copy !req
75. Hey, look, hold it Hanlon.Copy !req
76. I'm gonna fire you one of these days.Copy !req
77. Next time you call me "kid",
you've had it.Copy !req
78. My son, this isn't for me,
I just work here.Copy !req
79. It's for your dad, remember?Copy !req
80. Biggest sports empire in the world.Copy !req
81. That's all he ever dreamed of.Copy !req
82. Yeah, yeah, yeah, Paul,
I don't need to hear that again.Copy !req
83. All right. 6:30. I'll be ready.Copy !req
84. What's all that noise?
Oh you're at the game.Copy !req
85. Sure kid, I'm minding your store
as usual. I'll talk to you later.Copy !req
86. Yeah. Bye.Copy !req
87. Yeah.Copy !req
88. I want Rizzo.Copy !req
89. This is me. This is Rizzo, Paul.Copy !req
90. One sign that, hey, he's looking...Copy !req
91. another game's just about
read to start.Copy !req
92. I've got eyes, Rizzo,
I want you up here at halftime.Copy !req
93. Oh yeah? Why?Copy !req
94. I don't like your game plan,
that's why.Copy !req
95. I may make some changes.
In the 2nd half.Copy !req
96. You may make some changes?Copy !req
97. Listen, Paul. Come on,
we settled all this last night.Copy !req
98. Last night's last night.
Today, we've got to win! This one!Copy !req
99. All right.Copy !req
100. But I'm not going to start Laden
if that's what's you're getting at.Copy !req
101. Now, you know what the doc said,
his bad knees...Copy !req
102. I don't care about his knees.
What do you think of that?Copy !req
103. And I'm going with the long game!Copy !req
104. Use the long game, if you have to
as long as it works!Copy !req
105. Listen Paul, who the...Copy !req
106. I mean, what do you mean,
calling me up like this?Copy !req
107. Right by before the kickoff...Copy !req
108. Rizzo, I'll call you anytime I feel
like it. And get this straight.Copy !req
109. If you can't make up your mind
on 3rd down,Copy !req
110. You call me on the field phone.Copy !req
111. I'll make your decisions.Copy !req
112. Oh, yes, sir. Mr. Hanlon sir,
Mr. Paul Hanlon, yes sir. You...Copy !req
113. Who the...Copy !req
114. Here.Copy !req
115. What's this for?Copy !req
116. Shove it up the field telephone!Copy !req
117. Huh.Copy !req
118. And there they were,
their backs against the wall...Copy !req
119. on their own 47 yard line.Copy !req
120. That's what happened.Copy !req
121. Thank you, Virg, for a brilliant
analysis, but that was last time.Copy !req
122. Today is another Sunday, fans.
Today all holds are barred.Copy !req
123. Today we'll find out who's really
the best in this division.Copy !req
124. And now, ladies and gentlemen,Copy !req
125. From the Coliseum in Los Angeles,
our national anthem.Copy !req
126. Two weeks ago he made that
beautiful game-saving tackle...Copy !req
127. On Murdoch in the last five seconds...Copy !req
128. To put these Rockets right
where they are today.Copy !req
129. And here we go,
Jefferson approaching the ball...Copy !req
130. goes right and then cuts back
to the left, but Pioneers are on him...Copy !req
131. And down he goes under
a whole host of white shirts.Copy !req
132. It'll be first and ten for the Rockets
on their own,Copy !req
133. Let's make it the 28-yard line.Copy !req
134. Did you notice how fast old Billy
Murphy got down there, Tom?Copy !req
135. I sure did. He's one of the best
on those special teams.Copy !req
136. Yeah, we'll be watching him
a lot this afternoon,Copy !req
137. Along with Sam Dusky, 14 tackles,
10 assists last week for the fans.Copy !req
138. All right, they're out of the huddle,
Senovichis wide,Copy !req
139. First play of the game, fans,
38-yard line.Copy !req
140. From that rush and down he goes,
back at the 33-yard line.Copy !req
141. You know, it,
It didn't even look like...Copy !req
142. He was looking for a receiver.
To you, Tom?Copy !req
143. Loss of 5 yards, 2nd down 15.Copy !req
144. Jones over the ball,
Dunkle barks them out.Copy !req
145. Snapped to old number 11.
This one's going to be a pass...Copy !req
146. Intercepted by number 33, and uh-oh,
he's long gone down the right sideline.Copy !req
147. 35, 30, 25, 20, 15, 10, 5, touchdown!Copy !req
148. Mason has him, and Saxon.
They bury him!Copy !req
149. Four Pioneers all over him this time.
So back to...Copy !req
150. Willy. Listen, I placed an order for that
juice 20 minutes ago.Copy !req
151. Yeah, I need reviving, man.Copy !req
152. All right, hey, hey!Copy !req
153. Stick in a couple of little half-pints, will
you, for, uh... travel size, all right?Copy !req
154. Drops back, Rockets need to
get on the scoreboard,Copy !req
155. It's in the air, and Maslovsky,
number 25, he's to the 35,Copy !req
156. And he's tackled at the 38.Copy !req
157. Sanders at quarterback now,
drops back...Copy !req
158. Rockets need to get on the
scoreboard,Copy !req
159. It's in the air, and they wrestle for
it, neither one gets it.Copy !req
160. Ball bounces off out in to
the end zone.Copy !req
161. Might be interference, and it is!
They're on the 2-yard line.Copy !req
162. Hello.Copy !req
163. Yeah, Eric, it's Paul again.Copy !req
164. What's the matter?
You afraid I'd fall back asleep?Copy !req
165. No. Hey kid, I'm sorry.
I was a little hard on you.Copy !req
166. Just called to see if you wanted me
to pick you up,Copy !req
167. There's no sense in taking
two cars to the airport.Copy !req
168. Well, you're our leader.Copy !req
169. What are you doing now?
Playing right tackle?Copy !req
170. Oh, I got the radio on here in the
box. I guess it's a little loud.Copy !req
171. Yeah.
So how are my gladiators doing?Copy !req
172. They're getting murdered.
Listen, is your head clear, yet?Copy !req
173. Oh, clear as mud.Copy !req
174. I'm out by the pool now.Copy !req
175. But are you in it, yet?Copy !req
176. Will 20 more laps satisfy you?
I told you I'd be ready, didn't I?Copy !req
177. Now get off my back, Hanlon!Copy !req
178. Pick me up at 5:30.
You got that?Copy !req
179. Hey mister! Stop,
I want an ice cream! Please stop!Copy !req
180. Mister, stop!Copy !req
181. Paul...Copy !req
182. How did you get here?Copy !req
183. What are you doing wearing that...Copy !req
184. Pioneers' ball, hands off to "Old
Faithful", number 44, Billy Tyram,Copy !req
185. And there's a big 63 coming up,
and they're both down...Copy !req
186. at the bottom of a pile.Copy !req
187. There's not too much time left
in this half.Copy !req
188. Well, there's maybe time for
a few more plays.Copy !req
189. And here they come,
Pioneers break out of the huddle.Copy !req
190. Second and 7, defense is deep,
they're looking for the pass...Copy !req
191. There's the count, ball handed off
to Murchison, number 20...Copy !req
192. Hold on, there's a fumble!Copy !req
193. Time remains for the Rockets
to make one more at tempt...Copy !req
194. to get on that scoreboard
before half time.Copy !req
195. It'd be a great psychological
boost.Copy !req
196. Sanders again at quarterback,
the ball is snapped.Copy !req
197. Play-action fake
straight up the middle.Copy !req
198. Not enough. A great play, a great
call, but it just didn't work.Copy !req
199. This 1st half at the Coliseum
of Los Angeles is over.Copy !req
200. Well, as expected, fans, a great first
half of football, and its usual...Copy !req
201. spectacle down on the playing field
here at half time,Copy !req
202. The bands, all the great colors,
these youngsters marching...Copy !req
203. All right, Mr. Hanlon.Copy !req
204. Coliseum at Los Angeles
certainly enjoying themselves,Copy !req
205. And they're buzzing about
that first half.Copy !req
206. Paul?Copy !req
207. Look at that little girl down there,
uh, if we can get a camera on her...Copy !req
208. Uh... take a look at that!
Boy, she's a pretty one. Tom?Copy !req
209. Listen, uh, Virg, uh, you've got an
eye for the ladies, we all know that.Copy !req
210. Coach?Copy !req
211. Yeah.Copy !req
212. There's nobody answering your field
phone. I've been trying to reach you.Copy !req
213. Yes, I know.Copy !req
214. So, we're trailing by a few points.Copy !req
215. I'm still not going to take a chance...Copy !req
216. putting Laden in there
with his bad knees.Copy !req
217. Okay, Rizzo.
Let's skip the whole thing.Copy !req
218. I had a couple of plays would've been
working better than yours.Copy !req
219. Oh, yeah?Copy !req
220. But I can't do everybody's job
and I know it.Copy !req
221. I'll stick to what we agreed on
last night: you run your team.Copy !req
222. Good.Copy !req
223. I got bigger fish to fry.Copy !req
224. Rockets' ball. Break huddle.
New ball game, fans, this half,Copy !req
225. And the Rockets are moving again.Copy !req
226. Here's the count, Yodel in motion,
Miller wide left, snap, Duransky...Copy !req
227. Takes the hand-off,
oh, a great haul off...Copy !req
228. Over here, Lieutenant.Copy !req
229. Breaks another tackle, twists away,
and here comes Chance, got him down...Copy !req
230. at the 45 yard line.Copy !req
231. In fact, I don't think he quite made it,
uh, for that 1st down, did he, Virg?Copy !req
232. Well, it was a pretty fast whistle
there...Copy !req
233. They've been waiting for you
by the pool.Copy !req
234. All right here's the play.
2nd down Rockets, 3 yards to go.Copy !req
235. Rockets break huddle... hand-off
to Phelps, drives straight ahead...Copy !req
236. Wait a minute. Fumbles!Copy !req
237. Ah... I just want to hear the end of
that play. I just got here, Sergeant.Copy !req
238. Sir, the Deputy Coroner is all ready
to leave.Copy !req
239. He needs your okay to remove the
body.Copy !req
240. Ugh, Sunday afternoon.Copy !req
241. This shouldn't take you long,
Lieutenant.Copy !req
242. I hope not.
What happened here anyway?Copy !req
243. The decedent's name is Wagner.
Owns this place.Copy !req
244. A delivery boy from the liquor store
found him floating...Copy !req
245. in the pool at 2:50 p.m.
Fished him out,Copy !req
246. Yelled to neighbor for help,
they couldn't revive him,Copy !req
247. Called the police the big panic.Copy !req
248. Lieutenant, I've got some guests
waiting for me at home.Copy !req
249. Oh, sorry, Doc.
I got here as fast as I could.Copy !req
250. Where were you, at the golf course?Copy !req
251. Well no, my wife went bowling...Copy !req
252. and I was sort of testing out this
new hammock listening to the game,Copy !req
253. Then I ran into this Sunday...Copy !req
254. Yeah. Well, uh,
you wanna take a look?Copy !req
255. You said somebody was
in a big panic?Copy !req
256. The neighbor.Copy !req
257. What did you say, the neighbor?Copy !req
258. The neighbor.Copy !req
259. Saw some blood over here.
Severe concussion. Do you see that?Copy !req
260. Did he make it?Copy !req
261. Uh, what time do you think
this thing happened, Doc?Copy !req
262. Oh, he's been dead about an hour
now. Let's put it around... 2:30.Copy !req
263. Okay? We're going now?Copy !req
264. Listen, Doc, I kind of...Copy !req
265. He's no prize for 1, 2 and they're
untangling now. Pretty good game...Copy !req
266. Ah, I kind of like to know a little bit
more about what happened here.Copy !req
267. Why? It's a false alarm, Lieutenant.Copy !req
268. Well, how do you know that?Copy !req
269. Well, look over there from the water
that splashed on the decking,Copy !req
270. He must have been diving,
he slipped on that board,Copy !req
271. And that contusion would have
knocked him unconscious.Copy !req
272. All right, boys.Copy !req
273. How do you know that happened
on the board?Copy !req
274. I mean, there's water up
around the steps, too.Copy !req
275. The board, the steps,
the bottom of the pool.Copy !req
276. What difference does it make?Copy !req
277. He was knocked out
and he was drowned, that's all.Copy !req
278. I've seen it a dozen times.Copy !req
279. That's another big 3rd
coming up, though...Copy !req
280. You're gonna work...
do an autopsy, aren't you?Copy !req
281. We have to Lieutenant, it's routine.
Remember?Copy !req
282. Or maybe you've forgotten.Copy !req
283. I think he may be right, Lieutenant.Copy !req
284. Detective there in the house says
the same thing.Copy !req
285. Well, as long as I'm here, I'd better
see anybody who's in there.Copy !req
286. There isn't anybody, Lieutenant.Copy !req
287. Except maybe the delivery boy
and the neighbor.Copy !req
288. Y'mean, in a house like this,
there are no servants?Copy !req
289. Couldn't find any.Copy !req
290. Send the detective up.Copy !req
291. Yes, sir.Copy !req
292. Officer, is there a gardener?Copy !req
293. Wagner had a party last night,
Lieutenant.Copy !req
294. I'm Sergeant Clemens, sir.Copy !req
295. What was that, a party?Copy !req
296. A pretty good one too, I guess.Copy !req
297. You see, the neighbors said Wagner's
wife is out of town someplace.Copy !req
298. So, maybe Wagner let the servants go
for a while, and...Copy !req
299. You know what I mean?Copy !req
300. You've read about Eric Wagner,
haven't you?Copy !req
301. Eric? You mean the one whose
father used to own the football?Copy !req
302. You mean that's who this was?Copy !req
303. The kid still owned it, I think.Copy !req
304. Paul Hanlon.
You must have heard of him.Copy !req
305. He's a general manager
or something.Copy !req
306. Yeah!Copy !req
307. I was just listening to the game!Copy !req
308. Sir, I'd like to release the delivery
boy, you know, and the neighbor?Copy !req
309. No.Copy !req
310. I mean... yes.
As soon as you get their statements.Copy !req
311. But I want a full team out here.
I want prints and pictures,Copy !req
312. the whole inside of the house.
Oh, and the diving board,Copy !req
313. And the pool coping all around.
Your name is Clemens?Copy !req
314. I'll leave you in charge of that.
I'll be in touch.Copy !req
315. Oh, yes, sir.
But where are you going, sir?Copy !req
316. To the football game.Copy !req
317. Wide left this time,
a hand off the Ramsey again,Copy !req
318. Blockers in front of him,
5 yards across the 40,Copy !req
319. The 35 and he's down on
the 31 yard line.Copy !req
320. Well, with that hold of penalty,
of course,Copy !req
321. they're still way short of
the 1st down...Copy !req
322. But here comes that talented Tod
from Sweden.Copy !req
323. Yes, here comes Spencer,
the men's love 'em,Copy !req
324. 4th down his club needs 3 points,
3 points to tie...Copy !req
325. It's a private box, mister.Copy !req
326. Well, I knocked. You are
Mr. Paul Hanlon, aren't you?Copy !req
327. I've seen your pictures
in the newspaper.Copy !req
328. I'm busy now.Copy !req
329. Tied up!Copy !req
330. Who are you? What do you want?Copy !req
331. Uh, Lieutenant Columbo, sir,
L.A.P.D.Copy !req
332. Police?Copy !req
333. I'm afraid I have some bad news
for you, Mr. Hanlon.Copy !req
334. And since we can't locate
Mrs. Wagner...Copy !req
335. Well, Eric Wagner was found dead...Copy !req
336. a little while ago
in the swimming pool.Copy !req
337. Eric?Copy !req
338. Sorry, sir.Copy !req
339. Oh, no, no. Ugh.
I just talked to him.Copy !req
340. You did?Copy !req
341. Yeah, about a couple of hours ago,
I guess.Copy !req
342. I called up from here
before the game.Copy !req
343. Then I called him again
a little time later.Copy !req
344. We were supposed to fly to Montreal
tonight at 6:30.Copy !req
345. I mean, I don't get this.Copy !req
346. Eric was by the pool. He was
alone as far as I could tell.Copy !req
347. And he's a terrific swimmer.Copy !req
348. Oh, this looks like a typical
accident, sir,Copy !req
349. There was this bump on his head.Copy !req
350. Anyway, we're trying to locate his
wife.Copy !req
351. And there were no servants
in the house.Copy !req
352. There weren't?Copy !req
353. No, sir.Copy !req
354. And it's my understanding at least
from the newspapers...Copy !req
355. that you're like one of
their family.Copy !req
356. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, okay, Lieutenant.
I'll come right over.Copy !req
357. Shirley's in Acapulco, she went
down there about a week ago...Copy !req
358. some kind of charity function.Copy !req
359. I'll contact her.Copy !req
360. I'll talk to her.
Myself. Thank you.Copy !req
361. Don't worry sir, I won't bother with
any questions just yet.Copy !req
362. Nor you either for that matter.Copy !req
363. What questions?Copy !req
364. Oh, well.Copy !req
365. Looks like Mr. Wagner had some
kind of a party out there last night.Copy !req
366. I don't think that's any concern of
yours, Lieutenant,Copy !req
367. any more than it is mine.Copy !req
368. And you've done your duty,
that's enough, ain't it?Copy !req
369. Well, I do kind of wonder
about the pool service.Copy !req
370. By any chance
you don't happen to know...Copy !req
371. whether they come
to the Wagner house on Sundays?Copy !req
372. I don't know of any pool service
who works on Sunday at all. Why?Copy !req
373. Oh there was just this water
around the pool decking.Copy !req
374. Well, that's normal for there to be
water around the pool ain't there?Copy !req
375. Yes, sir. But not fresh water.
No chlorine in it.Copy !req
376. So, his death was an accident,Copy !req
377. There must some simple
explanation.Copy !req
378. Well, that's why I said it "looked"
like an accident, sir,Copy !req
379. Because if someone had used
the hose around there,Copy !req
380. Like... to maybe hide something,Copy !req
381. Or make it look like
Mr. Wagner was diving.Copy !req
382. Well, that's my problem, sir.Copy !req
383. I sure don't wanna bother you
with that now.Copy !req
384. Coach Rizzo?Copy !req
385. Coach Rizzo?Copy !req
386. Excuse me,
I'm looking for Mr. Rizzo.Copy !req
387. I'm the coach Rizzo. Yeah.
Who are you?Copy !req
388. Got a minute?Copy !req
389. Yeah, sure, what can I do for you?Copy !req
390. My name is Lieutenant Columbo.
I've got some bad news for you, sir.Copy !req
391. Eric Wagner drowned this afternoon.
In his pool. By the house.Copy !req
392. Eric... huh?Copy !req
393. Yeah.Copy !req
394. Oh...Copy !req
395. Oh no, Eric.
Oh, that poor boy.Copy !req
396. Sorry to bring you
such a bad news, sir.Copy !req
397. Huh?Copy !req
398. Like everybody that reads
the sports page, I was aware...Copy !req
399. that you were very close to
Eric's father when the man was alive.Copy !req
400. So I figured you wanted to know.Copy !req
401. Yes. That child... that poor boy.Copy !req
402. Never did anything right
as you know, I mean,Copy !req
403. According to his father's standards.Copy !req
404. The old man always wanted him to
be big time quarterback,Copy !req
405. Professional, touchdown, blah blah.
See what happens.Copy !req
406. The poor kid winds up as the
would-be half-baked swinger type.Copy !req
407. Maybe you could fill me in there,
sir.Copy !req
408. I couldn't help noticing his name
pop up...Copy !req
409. in some of the scandal columns
now and then.Copy !req
410. Was there anything that I...?Copy !req
411. Now, come on, Lieutenant.Copy !req
412. The kid sow the couple of wild oats,
like anybody. It's...Copy !req
413. Well, why do you ask me all these
questions?Copy !req
414. Well, I happen to be from Homicide.Copy !req
415. Homicide? You just said
the boy drowned in the pool.Copy !req
416. Oh, just routine, sir.
We investigate everything.Copy !req
417. Actually I would ask Mr. Hanlon
some of these questions,Copy !req
418. But he's a very busy man,
and excitable fellow.Copy !req
419. Yes, very busy and excitable,Copy !req
420. Since one of these days,
dive for that bomb shell.Copy !req
421. What did you say, sir?Copy !req
422. I'm sorry, Lieutenant,
that was a bad joke, I...Copy !req
423. I suppose it's his privilege
sometimes to...Copy !req
424. You mean Mr. Hanlon was
sort of upset today?Copy !req
425. Yeah, yeah, you could say
he was sort of upset.Copy !req
426. He called me up on the field
from the owner's box,Copy !req
427. You know, up on top of
the stadium...Copy !req
428. just before the game was
about to start,Copy !req
429. Chewed me out something
I ought to do.Copy !req
430. So, halftime I scooted up there,Copy !req
431. Was gonna give him a piece of my
mind. I get up there and...Copy !req
432. Well, you know, it was all right.
Everything seemed to be just fine.Copy !req
433. Gee, I didn't think we did that good
during the 1st half. Oh, no offense.Copy !req
434. Ah, I wanted to ask you a question
about Mr. Hanlon.Copy !req
435. I read some of the publicity.Copy !req
436. Now, he's very new here with you
the Rockets, isn't he?Copy !req
437. No, not that. Not really. He was a
PR man first when he came.Copy !req
438. You know, the public relations?Copy !req
439. And then about two years ago when
Mr. Wagner died,Copy !req
440. Well, Eric didn't know anything
about running the board clubs,Copy !req
441. So we got Hanlon come in and
take over, run the business for him.Copy !req
442. So Hanlon just stepped in?Copy !req
443. No. No, he didn't "just step in".Copy !req
444. Don't go getting any bright ideas,
Lieutenant, will you?Copy !req
445. Look, maybe I'm not
the biggest fan of Paul Hanlon.Copy !req
446. But let me tell you this.Copy !req
447. He's one of the sharpest shrewdest
general managers in this business.Copy !req
448. Put this club on its fame,
got another basketball franchise,Copy !req
449. Built a couple of stadiums, he made
the kid a couple of million dollars,Copy !req
450. And they were the best of friends.Copy !req
451. Really?Copy !req
452. Yeah. Really and that goes for...Copy !req
453. just about everybody else
around here, too.Copy !req
454. What do you mean by that, sir?Copy !req
455. What I mean is;
you're wasting your time.Copy !req
456. Look I grant you I don't say
Eric was the greatest in many things,Copy !req
457. But he was a...
Well, he was an all right kid.Copy !req
458. I don't know anybody,
anybody in the whole world...Copy !req
459. that would want to see him dead.Copy !req
460. He's been so busy. No, he hasn't
talked to anyone all day.Copy !req
461. No, sir, the funeral arrangements
aren't being announced just yet.Copy !req
462. Yes, Mr. Hanlon will make
an announcement...Copy !req
463. when it's appropriate.
Thank you, sir.Copy !req
464. Just leave it there, right there.
That's fine.Copy !req
465. Oh, do I have to sign?Copy !req
466. Wagner residence.
Hold a moment, please.Copy !req
467. I was looking for the housekeeper.Copy !req
468. Oh, I'm afraid she's busy
with Mr. Hanlon.Copy !req
469. She just got here herself, and she's
quite upset, so I don't think...Copy !req
470. Well, I'm Walter Cunnell.
I was Eric Wagner's lawyer.Copy !req
471. I was his father's attorney
and best friend for about 40 years.Copy !req
472. Please, sir. I am sorry.Copy !req
473. You see, I'm new in the office and
well... I replaced Miss Babcock,Copy !req
474. And she was only there
for a couple of days,Copy !req
475. So I really haven't got everybody's
name straight yet...Copy !req
476. Oh, now now, that's nothing to
worry about. That's all right.Copy !req
477. Oh, that's fine. Right over there.Copy !req
478. But... whose office?Copy !req
479. Pardon?Copy !req
480. The office that you're new in.
Whose office is that?Copy !req
481. Oh, Mr. Hanlon's.Copy !req
482. Mr. Hanlon. Oh.Copy !req
483. You can go now. Thank you.Copy !req
484. Oh, no,
I just helped him carry it in...Copy !req
485. I'm out from the police.
Lieutenant Columbo.Copy !req
486. Oh... Wagner residence.
Hold please.Copy !req
487. Well, Mr. Hanlon said...Copy !req
488. he just wouldn't be able to
see you for a while, sir, so...Copy !req
489. No problem. I don't mind waiting.Copy !req
490. Lieutenant.
What are you doing here?Copy !req
491. Well, actually, sir, we've had a little
trouble locating Mrs. Wagner.Copy !req
492. We've checked all the hotels
in Acapulco.Copy !req
493. Is that so far?Copy !req
494. Of course Shirley is
a bit of a whirling dervish...Copy !req
495. on every committee there.
Fairly social.Copy !req
496. Ah, sir.Copy !req
497. Yes?Copy !req
498. You don't mind if I asked you
a personal question, do you?Copy !req
499. No.Copy !req
500. What did you pay for those shoes?Copy !req
501. I think about... $60.Copy !req
502. I stepped into some water yesterday,
I ruined mine.Copy !req
503. You don't know where I could get
a pair that looks like that...Copy !req
504. for around 16 or 17?Copy !req
505. 16 or 17? Sorry, I don't.
Really, Lieutenant.Copy !req
506. Thank you.Copy !req
507. Walter I didn't know you were here.Copy !req
508. You should've come on into the
study.Copy !req
509. I didn't want to disturb you. Paul.Copy !req
510. I thought you might be privately
negotiating or something.Copy !req
511. Ah, this doesn't seem to be the time
or the place...Copy !req
512. to hear bad grimaces between
you and me, Walter.Copy !req
513. Why didn't call me this afternoon?Copy !req
514. Why did I have to hear about this
on the news?Copy !req
515. I really wasn't sure
you were back from Washington.Copy !req
516. Wagner residence.Copy !req
517. What? Oh, it's you again,
Miss Rokoczy.Copy !req
518. Well, wait a minute.Copy !req
519. Walter, you shouldn't get yourself
into an uproar.Copy !req
520. You know it's bad for your ulcer.Copy !req
521. Where's Shirley?Copy !req
522. She's on her way.
I've spoken to her.Copy !req
523. Look, I know this must be very
unpleasant for you, so...Copy !req
524. Sir, it's a Miss Rokoczy.Copy !req
525. I can't take any calls now, honey.Copy !req
526. She says it's quite...Copy !req
527. I told you no calls today.
I don't have time.Copy !req
528. Not till tomorrow. Got it?Copy !req
529. Well, Miss Rokoczy, he says he just
can't talk to you until...Copy !req
530. Walter, you will have to excuse me
now. That's all there is to it.Copy !req
531. There's nothing that's left to be
done that needs to be done.Copy !req
532. Shirley will be back tomorrow,
and that's it.Copy !req
533. Lieutenant, it's for you.Copy !req
534. I left this number. Excuse me.Copy !req
535. Lieutenant Columbo.Copy !req
536. Not a thing, huh?Copy !req
537. Well what about the autopsy?Copy !req
538. I see. Thank you very much.Copy !req
539. Lieutenant, if you need me,Copy !req
540. I'll be back in my apartment
in about two hours.Copy !req
541. I'm gonna finish
the funeral arrangement.Copy !req
542. Well, I did want to ask you, sir.Copy !req
543. You don't mind if I bring
another lab crew in here...Copy !req
544. first thing in the morning?
Kind of recheck everything?Copy !req
545. No, whatever you want.
So long, Walter.Copy !req
546. Sure knows how to take charge,
doesn't he?Copy !req
547. Lieutenant. What is all this?
Autopsy, lab crews?Copy !req
548. Well, just part of our routine
murder investigation, sir.Copy !req
549. Excuse me.Copy !req
550. Murder?Copy !req
551. Will Mr. David North, please report
to the trans-global ticket counter?Copy !req
552. Will Mr. David North, please report
to the trans-global ticket counter?Copy !req
553. Miss Rene Rudolph, please go to
the nearest red courtesy telephone.Copy !req
554. Miss Rene Rudolph, please go to
the nearest red courtesy telephone.Copy !req
555. Can't talk to you now. Bye.Copy !req
556. Columbo! What are you doing?
You following me?Copy !req
557. Well, sir, it just seems like a funny
place to make a funeral arrangement.Copy !req
558. You know, you sort of caught me
by surprise back there.Copy !req
559. I mean, making that telephone call...Copy !req
560. right after you told the girl
back at the house...Copy !req
561. that you didn't have time
to talk to anybody.Copy !req
562. That's why I was on the phone.Copy !req
563. I was calling off a meeting
at Montreal for tomorrow.Copy !req
564. I forgot about it earlier.
I don't know why.Copy !req
565. Well, you have to be terribly upset
by everything that's happened.Copy !req
566. I can understand that.Copy !req
567. Anyway, when you turned up at
the airport, and actually...Copy !req
568. All right! Lieutenant.Copy !req
569. I am meeting Mrs. Wagner's plane
in just a few minutes.Copy !req
570. You know, I kind of thought
that's what it might be.Copy !req
571. I just couldn't figure out how she
could have gotten here so soon.Copy !req
572. I mean, all the way from Acapulco.
You see, we checked the airlines...Copy !req
573. I chartered a special flight for her.Copy !req
574. Boy! You really know
how to get things done.Copy !req
575. Sorry, Lieutenant, I couldn't
tell you about it back at the house,Copy !req
576. Not with all those...Copy !req
577. The last thing in the world that
Shirley needs now is any of that...Copy !req
578. bleeding heart sympathy
from Walter Cunnell.Copy !req
579. I can appreciate that, sir.Copy !req
580. I don't want any of that newspaper
people after her either.Copy !req
581. Not till she's had
a good night's sleep.Copy !req
582. I understand, sir.
You could be a big help to me, sir,Copy !req
583. If you just filled me in
with certain details.Copy !req
584. Do you think you could do that?Copy !req
585. Well if you can be brief, Lieutenant.Copy !req
586. I'll certainly try, sir.Copy !req
587. I want to be delicate about this
but...Copy !req
588. I have wondered about the kind of
marriage that the Wagners had.Copy !req
589. I mean in the light of the
kind of party...Copy !req
590. that Eric threw there
last night.Copy !req
591. Ahh, Mr. Columbo. That boy was
like a kid brother to me.Copy !req
592. But I couldn't straighten him out.Copy !req
593. He was a baby who just never
grew up.Copy !req
594. Shirley understood about that,
in better part of the year I guess.Copy !req
595. She was way out of his class.
They both knew.Copy !req
596. They knew. Both of them.Copy !req
597. But unfortunately, she could never
bring herself to break off with him.Copy !req
598. Sounds like quite a woman.Copy !req
599. She is.Copy !req
600. Ah, you don't happen to know...Copy !req
601. Well, I guess she'll inherit
everything he owned, wouldn't she?Copy !req
602. What the hell is this? Exactly.
Why follow me?Copy !req
603. It's just that things are happening
so fast, sir,Copy !req
604. And I thought maybe
you'd want to be brought up to date.Copy !req
605. Like that autopsy report.
I just got it on the phone.Copy !req
606. Incidentally you never asked me
about that. I thought you would.Copy !req
607. I guess it slipped your mind.Copy !req
608. No, it didn't slip my mind.
It was nothing to ask about,Copy !req
609. Because there was nothing new,
was there?Copy !req
610. No, sir. There wasn't.Copy !req
611. Lieutenant, you're gonna find
this was an accidental death.Copy !req
612. And if God forbid,
it's anything else.Copy !req
613. Then it was one of those crazy hippie
girls he was mixed up with.Copy !req
614. You see, that was another thing
I wanted to tell you about, sir.Copy !req
615. We located every girl
that was at that party.Copy !req
616. They were no leads there at all.
Nothing.Copy !req
617. So it looks to me like we're just
gonna have to look to someone else.Copy !req
618. What does that mean?Copy !req
619. Well, you see, we turned up
a neighbor's kid...Copy !req
620. who's reported seeing a
"DING-A-LING ICE CREAM" truck...Copy !req
621. in the area around 2:30.Copy !req
622. That's just about when
Mr. Wagner would have died.Copy !req
623. I don't... So? What?Copy !req
624. So, I have to thank my wife for one
'cause she's mad at everybody.Copy !req
625. She's even mad
at the ice cream man.Copy !req
626. "Why does the ice cream truck
have to come just before lunch,"Copy !req
627. "just before dinner,
ruining the child's appetite?"Copy !req
628. I have to listen to that.
I hear that three times a week.Copy !req
629. You know that's twelve times
a month. Well, anyway, listen.Copy !req
630. I called the "DING-A-LING ICE
CREAM" company.Copy !req
631. Turns out they don't have the route
before lunch,Copy !req
632. They don't have one before dinner,
they don't have one at 2:30.Copy !req
633. They don't even work in that area.
So I'd say, what I call a "loose end",Copy !req
634. And it's something I gotta tie up.Copy !req
635. Well, I wish you luck.Copy !req
636. And the other thing, sir. I hope
you're not offended by this.Copy !req
637. I have to find somebody who will
substantiate your story...Copy !req
638. that you were in your box
at the football game.Copy !req
639. No, Lieutenant, I'm not offended.
That's your job.Copy !req
640. Everybody is a suspect.
Isn't that true?Copy !req
641. Thank you very much.
I'm very happy to hear you say that.Copy !req
642. Ah, gee, I thought Mr. Rizzo could
do it for us, you know,Copy !req
643. But it turns out that he says
he didn't speak to you...Copy !req
644. even once on the field phone
during that whole awful 1st half.Copy !req
645. And then you weren't even angry...Copy !req
646. Columbo I told you I called Eric
from the box just before the game,Copy !req
647. I called him again from the box,
about the end of the 1st quarter.Copy !req
648. Unfortunately the telephone
company's records can't prove that.Copy !req
649. But that's not my problem, is it?Copy !req
650. No, sir. That's my problem.Copy !req
651. It's also my problem to find
somebody...Copy !req
652. who might even have
the motive to kill Mr. Wagner.Copy !req
653. Paul!Copy !req
654. Yes.Copy !req
655. Oh, Paul.Copy !req
656. I'm sorry.
I've just been holding it in.Copy !req
657. Lieutenant,
she's going to be at home.Copy !req
658. You won't bother her, will you?Copy !req
659. You're looking for something?Copy !req
660. Hold it right there!
Just raise your hands up.Copy !req
661. Now wait a minute, officer.
This isn't what it looks like!Copy !req
662. It's all right. He won't have a gun.
Just get his wallet.Copy !req
663. Thank you, sir.Copy !req
664. Don't thank me.
Thank that radio over there, huh?Copy !req
665. Well, what do you know!
License and everything.Copy !req
666. Of course, I've got a license.
My name is Ralph Dobbs.Copy !req
667. What do you mean "radio"?Copy !req
668. Well, let me show you. Don't feel
bad. Could happen to anybody.Copy !req
669. You see, some of these bugs have
frequency leakage.Copy !req
670. If you don't put them in right, it
affects the other electrical systems.Copy !req
671. That's what happened to you.Copy !req
672. Well, take it easy, will you?
Those things are expensive.Copy !req
673. Sorry, it won't happen again.Copy !req
674. Anyway, you put it in wrong,
that's all.Copy !req
675. When you used the telephone,
it effected the radio.Copy !req
676. I noticed the static.Copy !req
677. But don't feel bad. I didn't know
anything about this myself.Copy !req
678. Till I had trouble on my TV
when my wife used the hair dryer.Copy !req
679. So the electrician explained to me.
Do you find this boring?Copy !req
680. And tell me who told you
to take out those bugs.Copy !req
681. Oh, come on, will you?
Business is bad enough to...Copy !req
682. Answer the lieutenant! That's why
we caught you in the act of doing!Copy !req
683. All right, it's all right, Sergeant.
I've got a pretty good idea...Copy !req
684. who might have wanted
Eric Wagner spied on.Copy !req
685. I also remember who I told
about coming in here with a lab crew.Copy !req
686. Paul Hanlon, right?Copy !req
687. Come on, Lieutenant,Copy !req
688. You know my client's name is
privileged information.Copy !req
689. Now I have a perfect right
to keep his identity a secret.Copy !req
690. I've got a perfect right to arrest you
for breaking and entering.Copy !req
691. Not to mention illegal wire tapping.Copy !req
692. So for the sake of that license of
yours Mr. Dobbs, who hired you?Copy !req
693. You know, you've put me on a spot?Copy !req
694. I can't give you his name
without his permission.Copy !req
695. Well I'm not worried. Since I can
call you an accessory to a murder.Copy !req
696. I know you're gonna help me out,Copy !req
697. You're gonna get me
that information.Copy !req
698. Six seasons? Where did you spend
most of the time?Copy !req
699. Mid-west and East, and during
the summer, we spent in Europe.Copy !req
700. Where did you get those shoes?Copy !req
701. Norton Wilship.Copy !req
702. Mr. Hanlon! Mr. Hanlon.Copy !req
703. What?Copy !req
704. Telephone!Copy !req
705. Oh, right, cut it over here, guys.Copy !req
706. Yes. Yeah.Copy !req
707. Did what? Who let them in?Copy !req
708. No, I want that watchman fired!Copy !req
709. You get in touch with my attorneys
and get them to meet me over here.Copy !req
710. I wanna see them at...Copy !req
711. Oh... no, cancel that.
I'll have to call you back.Copy !req
712. What is this? My office tells me
this morning someone came in there...Copy !req
713. before the dawn
with a search warrant.Copy !req
714. We didn't touch anything.
Honestly, I promise.Copy !req
715. You want some more shots
of both of you?Copy !req
716. No, no not now.Copy !req
717. Finish the interview with Marc
and then wrap it up, you guys.Copy !req
718. You know, I didn't expect
to find you here.Copy !req
719. I had some trouble locating you,Copy !req
720. Because I didn't know that you were
at a basketball game, you know,Copy !req
721. The day after Mr. Wagner is dead.Copy !req
722. Not a game!Copy !req
723. It's just some pros who live around
here who like to work out together,Copy !req
724. That's all.Copy !req
725. Oh, these are professionals?Copy !req
726. Yes, these are professionals.Copy !req
727. That's LeRoy Ellis, Pat Riley,
Happy Hairston, Jim McMillan,Copy !req
728. That's Keith Ericson,
Flynn Robinson.Copy !req
729. In about two weeks
all're gonna be working for me.Copy !req
730. Marc was the first one to sign,Copy !req
731. I had to come over here
to get his signature,Copy !req
732. Because he's gonna be gone this
afternoon! What are you up to?Copy !req
733. That's what I came down here
to explain, sir.Copy !req
734. I mean I came down here
to get you because...Copy !req
735. I made a real wrong guess
last night.Copy !req
736. I think you made a few.Copy !req
737. No, I'm talking about the phones
in Mr. Wagner's house.Copy !req
738. What about 'em?Copy !req
739. Mr. Hanlon.
Those phones were bugged.Copy !req
740. Bugged?Copy !req
741. Yes, sir.Copy !req
742. And I admit that for a while,Copy !req
743. I thought you had something to do
with it, so we checked your office,Copy !req
744. And you know what?
Your phones were bugged, too.Copy !req
745. By the same equipment,
and by the same man.Copy !req
746. My phones?Copy !req
747. Yes, sir. Bugged. Honestly, that's
the only reason we went in there.Copy !req
748. The other thing sir, is,
I came down here to get you,Copy !req
749. Because I thought you would like to
meet the man...Copy !req
750. who hired the detective.Copy !req
751. Yes, I'd like to meet him.Copy !req
752. Apparently they've got tapes
of all your conversations...Copy !req
753. for the past two weeks.
Isn't that something?Copy !req
754. Well, Walter, you actually hired
a private detective?Copy !req
755. I'm sorry Hanlon. That's all I can...Copy !req
756. You're sorry!Copy !req
757. I think maybe you will be, when
I report you to the bar association...Copy !req
758. For spying on your own client.Copy !req
759. Lieutenant,
young man there is my witness.Copy !req
760. I'm voluntarily disclosing
everything that...Copy !req
761. that I paid Dobbs to do.Copy !req
762. And I'd personally sue you
for invasion of privacy.Copy !req
763. Gentlemen please.
I know it's kind of irregular,Copy !req
764. But Mrs. Wagner is waiting inside.Copy !req
765. I told you to stay away
from Mrs. Wagner!Copy !req
766. I'm the one who's insistent.Copy !req
767. And besides I dare know
what Dobbs has in his tapes.Copy !req
768. And I want everyone to hear
everything. Understand?Copy !req
769. But... Columbo? Are you in charge
of this mess or not!Copy !req
770. Sir... sir! I'm only trying
to solve a murder and,Copy !req
771. This gentleman was
Mr. Wagner's lawyer,Copy !req
772. And this seems all right with me.
Why don't we proceed?Copy !req
773. Mr. Hanlon! A moment.Copy !req
774. What is it?Copy !req
775. Bad news.Copy !req
776. What?Copy !req
777. You remember
I definitely told about...Copy !req
778. the "DING-A-LING
ICE CREAM" truck?Copy !req
779. The "DING-A-LING ICE CREAM",
Yes, you did.Copy !req
780. Ah, I checked the main office and
I've got it right here...Copy !req
781. They told me when I originally
called...Copy !req
782. what areas they service and,
And I've got all these papers here...Copy !req
783. Oh, here we are. And it turns out...Copy !req
784. that they're in Westwood,
Hollywood, Downtown L.A.Copy !req
785. Shows you how stupid I am,Copy !req
786. It never occurred to me
that Downtown L.A...Copy !req
787. included the concession
at the stadium.Copy !req
788. I don't understand.Copy !req
789. Well, I'm sorry to say this, sir,Copy !req
790. But this makes it even more
important that...Copy !req
791. we find some way
to substantiate your story...Copy !req
792. that you were at the stadium
at the time of the crime.Copy !req
793. Well, Lieutenant, you may be right.
Let's go inside, shall we?Copy !req
794. You're not still in bed. Of all that...
At least you're alone, aren't you?Copy !req
795. Yeah, yeah.Copy !req
796. Oh, listen, Paul,
I gotta tell you...Copy !req
797. That... that chick that
you've put me on to,Copy !req
798. She brought her little sister...Copy !req
799. Stop it! Stop it right there.Copy !req
800. Shirley, that's the very sort of thing
that I suspected.Copy !req
801. Paul Hanlon was egging Eric on...Copy !req
802. He was just trying to make trouble
between the two of you.Copy !req
803. Walter. We have been listening to
this for nearly three hours.Copy !req
804. And that's the very first time...Copy !req
805. there's been a slightest
suggestion of anything.Copy !req
806. But he said "that little chick that
you've put me on to, Paul".Copy !req
807. Didn't you hear him? Shirley, that's
why I came back from Washington.Copy !req
808. That's the whole reason
that I had Dobbs here.Copy !req
809. I wanted evidence to prove
to you and Eric,Copy !req
810. Our Hanlon had been using him.
Using you both...Copy !req
811. Wait a minute.
Just hold it a second.Copy !req
812. I think I've got it.Copy !req
813. It took me a minute to
connect with the word "chick".Copy !req
814. Eric said
that you wanted a new maid.Copy !req
815. Do you recall anything about that?Copy !req
816. Well, he was trying to find you one,
as a surprise before you got back.Copy !req
817. And I put him on
to the best employment agency...Copy !req
818. that I could find. And that's all.
If he found some girl through that...Copy !req
819. Yes. Of course.
Will you please get this over with?Copy !req
820. Certainly, ma'am.Copy !req
821. Two cars to the airport.Copy !req
822. Well, you're our leader.Copy !req
823. What are you doing now?
Playing the right tackle?Copy !req
824. Oh, I got the radio on here in
the box. I guess it's a little loud.Copy !req
825. So how are my gladiators doing?Copy !req
826. They're getting murdered.
Listen, is your head clear yet?Copy !req
827. Oh, clear as mud.Copy !req
828. I'm out by the pool now.Copy !req
829. But are you in it, yet?Copy !req
830. Will 20 more laps satisfy you?Copy !req
831. I told you I'd be ready, didn't I?Copy !req
832. Now get off my back, Hanlon!
Pick me up at 5:30. Got that?Copy !req
833. That's all there is to that, sir.Copy !req
834. There's still a big pile of tapes
in Mr. Hanlon's office phone.Copy !req
835. Ah, Sergeant, do you happen to
have the time that I made that call?Copy !req
836. Oh.Copy !req
837. The log on my pickup has it
at 2:29.Copy !req
838. Of course, if you want to check with
the radio station,Copy !req
839. They keep the record
of those football broadcasts.Copy !req
840. And Eric died at 2:30. You said.Copy !req
841. Approximately.Copy !req
842. Well, Walter,
maybe I ought to thank you.Copy !req
843. For at least you managed
to prove where I was.Copy !req
844. And I guess that's another
"loose end" as you call it, tied up.Copy !req
845. You see, Shirley,
the lieutenant thinks, I imagined,Copy !req
846. With Walter's help
that I might have killed Eric.Copy !req
847. I really don't know what to say
to you, Walter.Copy !req
848. That would tell you
how contemptible I think you are.Copy !req
849. But Shirley,
you've got to believe me.Copy !req
850. Y'know, I had these tapes made
for your own sake.Copy !req
851. Look, don't worry, Walter.Copy !req
852. I already knew how jealous you were
of Mr. Hanlon's influence.Copy !req
853. Now just get out! All of you!
Please leave!Copy !req
854. Mrs. Wagner. Um... there's still
a lot of investigating we have to...Copy !req
855. Just go away!Copy !req
856. Hello.Copy !req
857. Hey, Eric, it's Paul again.Copy !req
858. What's the matter?
You're afraid I'd fall back asleep?Copy !req
859. Lieutenant.Copy !req
860. You wanted to see me?Copy !req
861. Just a minute.Copy !req
862. I'm listening to that thing,
that's the last phone call.Copy !req
863. A hundred times. Nothing!Copy !req
864. Well, the last three days I've called
your office at least a hundred times.Copy !req
865. Listen, Lieutenant, about my license.
I cannot live without it.Copy !req
866. Didn't I give you that back?Copy !req
867. No.Copy !req
868. Okay, I'm sorry.
Must have forgotten.Copy !req
869. Doesn't that strike you funny?Copy !req
870. A man's watching a football game,
makes a telephone call,Copy !req
871. Just when they call pass interference
against his own team.Copy !req
872. On the 2 yard line?Copy !req
873. Yes, I suppose so.Copy !req
874. Maybe it'll prove he wasn't
really there.Copy !req
875. In the meantime,
I gotta have my equipment.Copy !req
876. You see, that's my problem.
I can't prove where Hanlon was.Copy !req
877. That's why I'm listening to this.Copy !req
878. Trying to hear a sound; something
that doesn't belong there.Copy !req
879. Maybe he made the phone call
from some place else.Copy !req
880. Have you ever think of that?Copy !req
881. Some place where there was
a radio broadcasting.Copy !req
882. Background noises, boat whistles,
dogs barking, things like that.Copy !req
883. Just can't seem to...Copy !req
884. Listen, will you go find yourself
another suspect?Copy !req
885. Oh, come on, Lieutenant, cut it out!
I gotta have my equipment back.Copy !req
886. Oh, listen, by the way,Copy !req
887. How did you manage to plant
those phone bugs in the first place?Copy !req
888. I didn't.Copy !req
889. Well, who did it?Copy !req
890. Come on, Lieutenant, I would be
betraying a trust. You'd ruin me.Copy !req
891. I don't want to get anybody else
in trouble.Copy !req
892. All I can tell you, it wasn't by
breaking and entering, okay?Copy !req
893. It wasn't?Copy !req
894. No.Copy !req
895. Then how was it?Copy !req
896. That's all I can tell you.Copy !req
897. Oh. I understand.Copy !req
898. Listen, about the equipment,
I'm sorry to hold you up on it.Copy !req
899. It's just that I have been
preoccupied by this case.Copy !req
900. What's it worth?Copy !req
901. 600 bucks.Copy !req
902. A lot of money.Copy !req
903. All right.
I put a girl in Hanlon's office.Copy !req
904. She ran an errand to Wagner's
house. It's as simple as that.Copy !req
905. A girl?Copy !req
906. Yeah. A part time operator.
I use her all of the time.Copy !req
907. She likes it for a change.Copy !req
908. She have a name?Copy !req
909. Eve Babcock. That's all she did.
She's not there anymore.Copy !req
910. Why?Copy !req
911. I don't know why.
Hanlon fired her after three days.Copy !req
912. Oh, a secretary.Copy !req
913. Babcock. A secretary?Copy !req
914. Well, that's not
her usual line of work.Copy !req
915. Lieutenant, my equipment!Copy !req
916. Coming!Copy !req
917. Hi, darling.Copy !req
918. Miss Babcock?Copy !req
919. Don't be so Cincinnati.Copy !req
920. My name is Eve.Copy !req
921. Don't be embarrassed.
I've been expecting you.Copy !req
922. You have?Copy !req
923. Sure! Our mutual friend called
and told me all about you.Copy !req
924. He did?Copy !req
925. Oh, I didn't expect that.Copy !req
926. I bet you're starving.
Are you starving?Copy !req
927. We'll go to dinner at Chasen's.Copy !req
928. Apartment 2B?Copy !req
929. Yes!Copy !req
930. Eve Babcock?Copy !req
931. Will you relax please?Copy !req
932. We'll go out to Luau for drinks,
that'll be fun.Copy !req
933. Then the Chasen's for dinner.Copy !req
934. No, there's a mistake, ma'am.
I haven't planned on dinner.Copy !req
935. Oh, you haven't? All right.
No dinner. It's all right.Copy !req
936. It just would've been nice to know,
you know?Copy !req
937. I mean,
I planned up the whole evening.Copy !req
938. I had no idea you were
pressed for time.Copy !req
939. I mean, Harry should have told me.Copy !req
940. Who is Harry?Copy !req
941. Harry Stevenson.Copy !req
942. No, I got your name from uh...Copy !req
943. uh, from a Mr. Dobbs.Copy !req
944. Ralph? Oh, wouldn't you know,
oh, this is really silly.Copy !req
945. Look honey, you should have called
before you came up.Copy !req
946. I'm busy. Now. Ah, what about
tomorrow? No no, no not tomorrow.Copy !req
947. Thursday. I'm free Thursday.
Will that do?Copy !req
948. Thursday.Copy !req
949. Hello, darling.Copy !req
950. Miss Babcock?Copy !req
951. Eve. And you're Cincinnati,
aren't you?Copy !req
952. The broker's convention, right?Copy !req
953. Uh, my name is Smith.Copy !req
954. Okay, Smitty.
Ah, Smitty, this is my cousin.Copy !req
955. He was just leaving, weren't you,
honey?Copy !req
956. Well, yeah, how are you?Copy !req
957. Fine.Copy !req
958. Oh I know a lot of people
in Cincinnati, oh yes.Copy !req
959. Incidentally...Copy !req
960. My name is Lieutenant Columbo,Copy !req
961. I'm from the Los Angeles Police
Department.Copy !req
962. Uh, Miss Babcock about those
stocks, I'll call you.Copy !req
963. Nice that to have met you,
Lieutenant.Copy !req
964. Don't ask me any questions.
I'm calling my attorney.Copy !req
965. Wait a minute.Copy !req
966. No.Copy !req
967. Instead of doing that,
why don't you do yourself a favor?Copy !req
968. Take this appointment book...Copy !req
969. and put it some place
where I can't see it.Copy !req
970. Don't call your attorney,
'cause I'm not here to hurt you.Copy !req
971. Now put that away.Copy !req
972. I'm investigating the death
of Eric Wagner,Copy !req
973. And I just wanted to ask you
a couple of questions.Copy !req
974. But why would you wanna ask me...Copy !req
975. I already know you planted
the phone bugs for Mr. Dobbs.Copy !req
976. I'm not worried about that.
This is what bothers me.Copy !req
977. Why were you fired from that job
after only three days?Copy !req
978. Because, if you don't mind
my noticing,Copy !req
979. You'd be an ornament in any office.Copy !req
980. Thank you, Lieutenant.Copy !req
981. Perhaps my typing was not
good enough. Who knows?Copy !req
982. I thought maybe you got offered
a better job.Copy !req
983. I really think you should go.Copy !req
984. Or maybe somebody offered you
more money than Dobbs could.Copy !req
985. I mean, Mr. Hanlon,
he doesn't miss much...Copy !req
986. And he sure wouldn't miss you...Copy !req
987. And I thought that maybe he noticed
you planting those phone bugs,Copy !req
988. And bought you off?Copy !req
989. Hey wait. Look, stop this!Copy !req
990. Eric Wagner's death was
an accident, right? Was it not?Copy !req
991. That's what all the newspapers
have said.Copy !req
992. You have absolutely no right
to come in here...Copy !req
993. and start upsetting me asking
me questions, insinuating things...Copy !req
994. Miss Babcock, you're perfectly right.
I was getting way ahead of myself.Copy !req
995. And I know you wanna get
something to eat,Copy !req
996. So I'm gonna run along. Good night.Copy !req
997. Good night.Copy !req
998. You know. It just struck me...Copy !req
999. You know
when you got upset there...Copy !req
1000. well, the tiniest little accent
came out,Copy !req
1001. And you know, I've got a nephew
who married a girl,Copy !req
1002. She's got this same kind of accent,
she's also very pretty...Copy !req
1003. But she's Hungarian.Copy !req
1004. Do you have another name?
Besides Babcock,Copy !req
1005. Something more Hungarian?
Like "Rokoczy"? Miss Rokoczy?Copy !req
1006. But, just a thought.
Enjoy your meal.Copy !req
1007. Well, good afternoon, sir. And
where would you like to go today?Copy !req
1008. Home.Copy !req
1009. What?Copy !req
1010. To soak my feet. They're killing me.
New pair of shoes.Copy !req
1011. Just exactly what is it
that you wish, sir?Copy !req
1012. Mr. Paul Hanlon,Copy !req
1013. Did he make a reservation
for Sunday for Montreal?Copy !req
1014. Oh, why do you ask?Copy !req
1015. I'm from the police.
My name is Lieutenant Columbo.Copy !req
1016. Does Mr. Hanlon usually
use this office...Copy !req
1017. to make all his travel
arrangements?Copy !req
1018. Yes, he does.Copy !req
1019. Well, would you check on it?
The Sunday reservation?Copy !req
1020. I'll have to consult my files.Copy !req
1021. Is that the game at the Coliseum?Copy !req
1022. Yeah.Copy !req
1023. Football, 2nd down 7
on their own 24 yard line.Copy !req
1024. How long has it been around?Copy !req
1025. Just started.Copy !req
1026. You know, I had tickets for the game,
didn't even use it, couldn't enjoy it.Copy !req
1027. Not till I find the answer;
I can't think of anything else.Copy !req
1028. Boy, the number of times
I've heard these guys voices...Copy !req
1029. over and over and over...
Still can't find it.Copy !req
1030. Yeah, well, sometimes things are
difficult to find, you know.Copy !req
1031. You know what it's like?
I can hold the half of something,Copy !req
1032. And you can't get a hold of
the other half.Copy !req
1033. Yeah, right.Copy !req
1034. Sanders at quarterback,
he takes a snap, hands off,Copy !req
1035. It's that same play again, Kelly
over right tackle, it works again,Copy !req
1036. Good for 5 solid, no, 6 yards
to the 41 yard line.Copy !req
1037. Well, it's sure different
from last week brother Tom,Copy !req
1038. These Rockets are moving today.
Two field goals...Copy !req
1039. Mr. Hanlon?Copy !req
1040. Columbo. What is it?Copy !req
1041. Sure going great guys today,
aren't we?Copy !req
1042. I'll tell the coach. Kind words from
a loyal fan are very rare.Copy !req
1043. This "DING-A-LING ICE CREAM"
concession, that's the best in town.Copy !req
1044. Don't ever change that.Copy !req
1045. All right, Columbo.
Now, what do you want?Copy !req
1046. Ah... I've got something to show you,
sir. It won't take long.Copy !req
1047. Oh, those shoes feel better! Boy!Copy !req
1048. They were giving me
a lot of trouble earlier.Copy !req
1049. Columbo, I'm trying to watch
this game! What is it?Copy !req
1050. You know you did the same thing
the first time I came in here?Copy !req
1051. Last Sunday. I guess that's
what started me wondering.Copy !req
1052. I did what?Copy !req
1053. You turned the radio down,
but not quite off.Copy !req
1054. When I told you that Eric Wagner
was dead. It's all right.Copy !req
1055. I do the same thing. You know,
when I'm listening to the game,Copy !req
1056. My wife interrupts, I can't help
myself. I wanna hear that game,Copy !req
1057. And I don't care how important
the interruption.Copy !req
1058. Your wife has my sympathy.Copy !req
1059. However, when I told you about
the fresh water on the decking,Copy !req
1060. When I told you that Eric Wagner
might have been murdered,Copy !req
1061. You know what you did?Copy !req
1062. Turned the radio completely off.Copy !req
1063. Well, I thought I'd struck a chord
or something.Copy !req
1064. No, Columbo, you struck out.Copy !req
1065. Now will you please go find
somebody else to pester?Copy !req
1066. I won't take long, sir.Copy !req
1067. Actually I just came here
to talk about Miss Rokoczy.Copy !req
1068. Who?Copy !req
1069. You know, Miss Babcock.
That was the lady...Copy !req
1070. who kept trying to call you
at the house and then later on...Copy !req
1071. you phoned her from the airport?Copy !req
1072. What are you talking about?Copy !req
1073. Well, you did try to call her,
didn't you?Copy !req
1074. I mean, you wanted to tell her
that... be quiet about something.Copy !req
1075. I don't even know anybody named
Rock..., whatever it is.Copy !req
1076. Well, I spoke to her last night.Copy !req
1077. And you see, when I saw the type
of the woman that she was,Copy !req
1078. It suddenly occurred to me
why you were in such a hurry...Copy !req
1079. to rush out of that house and
get to an outside phone.Copy !req
1080. The only reason that could have
been was because,Copy !req
1081. You already knew that the phones
in that house were bugged.Copy !req
1082. You did know, didn't you?Copy !req
1083. Wait a minute, wait a minute,
wait...Copy !req
1084. You're not seriously expecting me
to tell you anything now.Copy !req
1085. I don't expect you
to admit anything, sir.Copy !req
1086. "Admit"?Copy !req
1087. But you see, when I saw the type
of lady that she was,Copy !req
1088. And that she'd like to have her
bread buttered on both sides,Copy !req
1089. Well, she practically admitted it.Copy !req
1090. I don't believe you!
You're really something!Copy !req
1091. And I'm sure Miss Rokoczy is gonna
do a lot more talkingCopy !req
1092. When she knows that this was really
a murder. And it really is, sir.Copy !req
1093. This is a murder case.
There is no question about it.Copy !req
1094. Oh, look, you did it again.Copy !req
1095. I guess you just can't help yourself.Copy !req
1096. Columbo, I'm gonna throw you out
of here, on your rear.Copy !req
1097. I wouldn't do that, sir.
I mean, you missed the best part.Copy !req
1098. You see? I'm not finished.
The point is this.Copy !req
1099. Ah...Copy !req
1100. You see? The point is this.Copy !req
1101. If you knew that house was bugged,
then you also knew...Copy !req
1102. that you could use those phones
to set up your perfect alibi.Copy !req
1103. What you want to call an alibi
is the truth.Copy !req
1104. Jesus, why can't you get that?Copy !req
1105. I knew I had to break that alibi.Copy !req
1106. They're on the 10, sir.Copy !req
1107. Oh, yeah, I knew
until I've broken that alibi,Copy !req
1108. None of these other things would
mean much. But now...Copy !req
1109. Look, they scored a touchdown.Copy !req
1110. "But now", what?Copy !req
1111. You don't mind listening to
last week's game again, do you, sir?Copy !req
1112. Why?Copy !req
1113. Well, just by coincidence.Copy !req
1114. It happens to be
exactly the same time...Copy !req
1115. that you made
that second phone call to Eric.Copy !req
1116. Number 45...Copy !req
1117. Here we go. Exactly 2:29.Copy !req
1118. Just a minute or two
before he was murdered.Copy !req
1119. You know, I listened to this thing,
I can't tell you how many times...Copy !req
1120. over and over again,Copy !req
1121. Figuring maybe I'd hear something
that shouldn't be there.Copy !req
1122. Some sound that shouldn't be there.
An ambulance, the fire truck,Copy !req
1123. Or it could be in the phone booth,
something...Copy !req
1124. But you didn't
because it isn't there!Copy !req
1125. I made the call from this booth,
from that phone!Copy !req
1126. Then it suddenly occurred to me.
Wap. I had it backwards.Copy !req
1127. Maybe there was a sound
that should be there... and wasn't.Copy !req
1128. Like what?Copy !req
1129. Something right in front of us.Copy !req
1130. What kind of sound?Copy !req
1131. Oh, Shhh!Copy !req
1132. I'm out by the pool now.Copy !req
1133. But are you in it, yet?Copy !req
1134. Will 20 more laps satisfy you?Copy !req
1135. I told you I'd be ready, didn't I?
Now get off my back Hanlon!Copy !req
1136. Pick me up at 5:30. Got that?Copy !req