# RIP Peter Falk **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 24, 2011, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-peter-falk/586733 "2011-06-24T17:38:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2011, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-peter-falk/586733/21 "2011-06-24T18:14:26Z")
Goodnight, Grandpa. ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2011, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-peter-falk/586733/22 "2011-06-24T18:17:42Z")
Now I feel old. Most of his movies are among my favorites, a big part of it was his performance, even in a supporting role. Damn, he was funny. Favorite quotes: “if you wasn’t a women, I’d kick you in the stomache’” “It’s only half a mustache.” and the above mentioned 'Serpentine!" ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2011, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-peter-falk/586733/23 "2011-06-24T18:18:39Z")
RIP, Mr. Falk. I remember him as the very memorable Lieutenant Columbo. I’ll have to check out the movies mentioned in this thread. I think I may have seen _The In-Laws_. It sounds familiar. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2011, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-peter-falk/586733/24 "2011-06-24T18:32:08Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > I’ll have to check out the movies mentioned in this thread. Certainly _Wings of Desire_, a fantastic film. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2011, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-peter-falk/586733/25 "2011-06-24T18:36:05Z")
I shall pull a gun on my phone and keep martinis (both olives and onions) in my desk for the next week in tribute. ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2011, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-peter-falk/586733/26 "2011-06-24T18:39:27Z")
Damn, I’’ miss him. Columbo was my all-time fave TV show. What happened to his old filthy raincoat? ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2011, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-peter-falk/586733/27 "2011-06-24T18:48:36Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Among his many great roles, my favorite by far was his portrayal of Vincent J. Ricardo in [The In-Laws](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079336/). That movie has been cracking me up for over 30 years now. > > “Serpentine, Shel! Serpentine!” > > RIP, Peter (and thanks). “Ooooooookay. Sometimes I’m so smart I scare myself.” Love that movie. ---
**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:** [June 24, 2011, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-peter-falk/586733/28 "2011-06-24T18:55:13Z")
Damn. I just read his memoirs a couple of weeks ago. One line of his I always think of is from the TV verson of **The Sunshine Boys** : “Enter! And Come in!” Every time there’s a celebrity murder, I can’t help but think, “Columbo would have a confession in three days.” ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2011, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-peter-falk/586733/29 "2011-06-24T18:57:20Z")
> [@Dr.Rieux](#): > > Every time there’s a celebrity murder, I can’t help but think, “Columbo would have a confession in three days.” Yes, even from By God OJ! ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2011, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-peter-falk/586733/30 "2011-06-24T19:02:16Z")
He was so amazingly perfect in _The In-Laws_ I knew I’d never bother to watch the remake. RIP. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2011, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-peter-falk/586733/31 "2011-06-24T19:42:39Z")
He was brilliant in _Wings of Desire_, and also _Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter_ had me nearly wetting myself. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2011, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-peter-falk/586733/32 "2011-06-24T19:55:43Z")
> [@Cheesesteak](#): > > RIP Sam Diamond “That can mean only one thing… and I don’t know what that is…” ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2011, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-peter-falk/586733/33 "2011-06-24T20:04:43Z")
He was very funny in a walk-on for _The Larry Sanders Show_. During a break in the interview, he mutters to himself: I’m never coming back on this fucking show again. Shandling turns to him and says “what?” Falk deadpans him and says “I said I’m never coming back on this fucking show again.” At which Rip Torn storms over and has a faux confrontation with what turns out to be a very old friend. ---
**Author:** ![Tapiotar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3be4f8/32.png) [@Tapiotar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapiotar)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2011, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-peter-falk/586733/34 "2011-06-24T20:09:56Z")
I loved Columbo, of course, and seeing him in Wings of Desire made the movie that much better. But I think I first fell in love with him when I saw him shooting pool in Trials of O’Brien. I was only a very young girl then, but fell for his charm and sophistication. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2011, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-peter-falk/586733/35 "2011-06-24T20:18:26Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > I got an autograph off Peter Falk when I was a kid, at a pro-am golf tournament. My pen had ran out, so he rummaged through his pockets looking for one. He didn’t have one, Classic. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2011, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-peter-falk/586733/36 "2011-06-24T20:22:38Z")
Been Netflix-ing old Colombo for a while now. Loved Falk in his comedy roles, too. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2011, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-peter-falk/586733/37 "2011-06-24T20:35:27Z")
> [@woodstockbirdybird](#): > > He was so amazingly perfect in _The In-Laws_ I knew I’d never bother to watch the remake. RIP. I remember his character had helped plan the Bay of Pigs invasion, and had an autographed photo from JFK in his office inscribed, “At least we tried!” LOL. ---
**Author:** ![infinitii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e8c25b/32.png) [@infinitii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/infinitii)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2011, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-peter-falk/586733/38 "2011-06-24T20:37:25Z")
Columbo was a big inspiration for me…I knew this day would come (he was in his 80s, every time he was on screen he was smoking, he couldn’t have been in the best health, etc), but it’s still very sad. ---
**Author:** ![Tinkertoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f19dbf/32.png) [@Tinkertoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tinkertoy)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2011, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-peter-falk/586733/39 "2011-06-24T20:48:36Z")
He has always been one of my favorites. I was just thinking about all the wonderful parts he’s played while watching [Robin and the seven hoods](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058529/). You pit your wits with me, little man, and you won’t have your wits to pit with, know what I mean? ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2011, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-peter-falk/586733/40 "2011-06-24T20:48:57Z")
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