Lt. Columbo:
[first words ever said by Columbo] Dr. Flemming?
Dr. Ray Flemming: Who are you?
Lt. Columbo: Lieutenant Columbo, police.
--Peter Falk (as ) in Prescription: Murder
Dr. Ray Flemming: Who are you?
Lt. Columbo: Lieutenant Columbo, police.
--Peter Falk (as ) in Prescription: Murder
Lt. Columbo:
[reaching in his pockets] Oh, uh, a few questions for my report, Doc.
[searching other pockets]
Lt. Columbo: Now, uh, you were in Mexico when this thing took place, and... uh... the dates there were... uh, gee, you don't have a pencil, do ya?
[Flemming hands him his pen]
Lt. Columbo: Thanks. You know, my wife, she gives me one every morning, but I just can't seem to hold onto it.
--Peter Falk (as ) in Prescription: Murder
[searching other pockets]
Lt. Columbo: Now, uh, you were in Mexico when this thing took place, and... uh... the dates there were... uh, gee, you don't have a pencil, do ya?
[Flemming hands him his pen]
Lt. Columbo: Thanks. You know, my wife, she gives me one every morning, but I just can't seem to hold onto it.
--Peter Falk (as ) in Prescription: Murder
Lt. Columbo:
I think I'm too suspicious. I don't trust people, that's my trouble.
--Peter Falk (as ) in Prescription: Murder
--Peter Falk (as ) in Prescription: Murder
Lt. Columbo:
Lieutenant Columbo.
Burt Gordon: My name's Gordon. I'm with the District Attorney's Office.
Lt. Columbo: Yes sir, I know.
Burt Gordon: I appreciate it. Anything you can do for Dr. Flemming, he's a good friend of mine.
Lt. Columbo: I'll try.
--Peter Falk (as ) in Prescription: Murder
Burt Gordon: My name's Gordon. I'm with the District Attorney's Office.
Lt. Columbo: Yes sir, I know.
Burt Gordon: I appreciate it. Anything you can do for Dr. Flemming, he's a good friend of mine.
Lt. Columbo: I'll try.
--Peter Falk (as ) in Prescription: Murder
Lt. Columbo:
There must be something wrong with me. I seem to bother people, to make them nervous.
--Peter Falk (as ) in Prescription: Murder
--Peter Falk (as ) in Prescription: Murder
Lt. Columbo:
You know my sister, she has a living room that's very, very modern. But the minute you sit down in it, you can't open your mouth. You know, she's got this big kidney-shaped coffee table, it upsets me just to look at it. Her husband doesn't say anything and I figure the coffee table got to him years ago.
--Peter Falk (as ) in Prescription: Murder
--Peter Falk (as ) in Prescription: Murder
Joni Adamo:
How lovely to see you. What an elegant tuxedo.
Don Francesco DeMarco: Really? Do you like it?
Charlie Adamo: What do you call this, a pair of pajamas?
Don Francesco DeMarco: Your wife has good taste in men, Charlie.
Charlie Adamo: She's got good taste in money, too. She likes it green.
Margaret DeMarco: Well, green is a good color.
Charlie Adamo: The best.
--Peter Falk (as ) in Machine Gun McCain
Don Francesco DeMarco: Really? Do you like it?
Charlie Adamo: What do you call this, a pair of pajamas?
Don Francesco DeMarco: Your wife has good taste in men, Charlie.
Charlie Adamo: She's got good taste in money, too. She likes it green.
Margaret DeMarco: Well, green is a good color.
Charlie Adamo: The best.
--Peter Falk (as ) in Machine Gun McCain