# Lansbury vs. Falk? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 4, 2004, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lansbury-vs-falk/278030 "2004-12-04T05:48:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2004, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lansbury-vs-falk/278030/1 "2004-12-04T05:48:16Z")
Well? ---
**Author:** ![brianjedi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@brianjedi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brianjedi)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2004, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lansbury-vs-falk/278030/2 "2004-12-04T06:02:48Z")
Falk, if he’s prepared. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2004, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lansbury-vs-falk/278030/3 "2004-12-04T06:04:05Z")
Oh, please. All Angela has to do is catch his eye. Then she can refuse to give it back unless he concedes… ---
**Author:** ![supervenusfreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@supervenusfreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/supervenusfreak)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2004, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lansbury-vs-falk/278030/4 "2004-12-04T06:08:44Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > Oh, please. All Angela has to do is catch his eye. > > Then she can refuse to give it back unless he concedes… “Groans here.” If Falk even came within 20 feet of Lansbury, something obvious would happen and he would be dead by the next commercial. Then Kate Mulgrew would appear and she and Lansbury would solve the case! ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2004, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lansbury-vs-falk/278030/5 "2004-12-04T06:12:30Z")
Kate loves a mystery! But let her have her coffee first…and keep her away from wormholes. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2004, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lansbury-vs-falk/278030/6 "2004-12-04T06:33:32Z")
Bah. The grandfather from _The Princess Bride_ beats Mrs. Potts, easily. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2004, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lansbury-vs-falk/278030/7 "2004-12-04T06:35:30Z")
And Mrs. Iselin would kick Abe “Kid Twist” Reles’ ass. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2004, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lansbury-vs-falk/278030/8 "2004-12-04T06:38:49Z")
Two words: Mrs. Lovett. Columbo can’t win against that. Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2004, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lansbury-vs-falk/278030/9 "2004-12-04T06:40:12Z")
Curse you, **jayjay**! You win this round! (I just saw _Sweeny Todd_ on stage a few hours ago. Shudder.) ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2004, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lansbury-vs-falk/278030/10 "2004-12-04T06:41:37Z")
They really _are_ the worst pies in London. Especially the one with the glass eye. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2004, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lansbury-vs-falk/278030/11 "2004-12-04T06:42:37Z")
Oh, and one more thing… Columbo would only _appear_ to be stumped. He will have caught on to Mrs. Lowell’s ghastly scheme early on, but would play the buffoon and ask non-threatening questions until he had gathered enough evidence to shut her bakery down for good. So there. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2004, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lansbury-vs-falk/278030/12 "2004-12-04T06:44:13Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > They really _are_ the worst pies in London. Especially the one with the glass eye. Dang. That was clever. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2004, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lansbury-vs-falk/278030/13 "2004-12-04T07:05:54Z")
> [@JThunder](#): > > Well? Same as Marple vs Poirot