Today we return with Lt. Columbo to Bert’s diner for a bowl of his signature chili, as seen in “Dead Weight,” the episode of Columbo that first aired on October 27, 1971. This was the second of Timothy’s three appearances on the series, always as the proprietor of an eating establishment.

Where else could you get a complete meat loaf dinner for $1.25 on special? That was pretty cheap even for 1971.