{"id":5556,"date":"2011-06-24T23:56:27","date_gmt":"2011-06-25T03:56:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=5556"},"modified":"2011-06-24T23:56:27","modified_gmt":"2011-06-25T03:56:27","slug":"rip-peter-falk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=5556","title":{"rendered":"RIP &#8211; Peter Falk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2011\/z062411peter_falk.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"475\" height=\"425\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Peter Falk<\/strong>, best known as tv&#8217;s legendary <strong>Detective Columbo<\/strong>, died last night at the age of <strong>83<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">My first memory of <strong>Peter Falk<\/strong> is in his role as <strong>Maximilian Meen<\/strong> from <em><strong>The Great Race<\/strong><\/em>.\u00a0 Truth be told, I&#8217;d probably seen <strong>Mr. Falk<\/strong> earlier in one of his guest appearances on tv shows like <em><strong>Have Gun Will Travel<\/strong><\/em>, <em><strong>Alfred Hitchcock Presents<\/strong><\/em> or <em><strong>The Twilight Zone<\/strong><\/em>.\u00a0 I know that I saw him in <em><strong>It&#8217;s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World<\/strong><\/em> before I ever saw <em><strong>The Great Race<\/strong><\/em>, but it was his role as <strong>Maximillian Meen<\/strong> that made the first big impact and brought him to my attention.\u00a0 I would have been all of seven years old.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">My next big memory of <strong>Peter Falk<\/strong> is in his role of <strong>Columbo<\/strong>.\u00a0 He first appeared as <strong>Columbo<\/strong> in the tv movie <em><strong>Prescription Murder<\/strong><\/em> [1968].\u00a0 Then from<strong> 1971<\/strong> to <strong>2003<\/strong>, <strong>Mr. Falk<\/strong> reprised the role in <strong>68<\/strong> more tv movies. \u00a0<strong>Peter Falk<\/strong> was perfect in the role and fans loved him.\u00a0 I can remember watching the movies with mom or my grandfather.\u00a0 They enjoyed the series as much as me&#8230; maybe more.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In <strong>1979<\/strong>, my girlfriend [later to be my wife] and I went to movies every week.\u00a0 One of the films we decided to see was <em><strong>The In-Laws<\/strong><\/em>.\u00a0 I thought it would be okay.\u00a0 I was wrong.\u00a0 <em><strong>The In-Laws<\/strong><\/em> turned out to be a comedy classic.\u00a0 We left the theater talking about how great it was and laughing about it long after the film was over.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Peter Falk <\/strong>appears in another of my favorite films, <em><strong>The Princess Bride<\/strong><\/em> which we [my wife and I] watched with our sons when they were young.\u00a0 It&#8217;s pretty cool that I was able to enjoy <strong>Mr. Falk&#8217;s movies<\/strong> with the significant people throughout my life.\u00a0 I guess that&#8217;s the sign of a true star, he\/she is able to continue to find good roles throughout their lives.\u00a0 <strong>Mr. Falk<\/strong> was such a star.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">My thoughts and prayers go out to his family, friends and fans.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Peter Falk, best known as tv&#8217;s legendary Detective Columbo, died last night at the age of 83. 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