Corrected entry: Riley pays hired killer Eddie off with a wad of bills which he says totals a thousand dollars. But just the top note in the cash roll he hands Eddie is a $1000 bill - so obviously, it's more than a thousand dollars. (00:05:00)
Corrected entry: When Columbo talks with a publisher and agent at a fancy restaurant, he asks for Chili, which the snobbish waiter indicates they don't have. However, when asked by the publisher to help him out, the waiter returns minutes later with a bowl of chili, which would be impossible. You don't need to be a chef to know that chili takes two or more hours to prepare.
Correction: What he brought was probably heated up chili from a can.
Correction: It is not a $1,000 bill, but a $100 bill. The $1,000 bill (last printed in 1945) has either a large portrait of the bald eagle or the words United States of America (depending on the year). The bill seen has neither of these, and in fact you can see part of the Independence Hall portrait that's on the $100 bill. Additional evidence it is a $100 is the way 100 is printed, curving around the border, the $1,000 bill has the numbers flat or curving in the opposite direction.
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