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Who is the greatest TV detective of all times? That can be debatable, but Lieutenant Columbo is definitely the coolest - cooking omelette with his raincoat on, always happening to be in the neighborhood, and he always has one more thing. The mystery in the very first episode is not the best one from the whole series, and definitely isn't the most interesting ones among the whole television detective stories, but it has loads of charm and playfulness. Peter Falk's Columbo is quirky yet cool, he seems not the brightest tool in the box, but it is just one of his tool to overplay his opponents. Jack Cassidy's Ken Franklin is so arrogant and full of himself, that his cold confidence makes him quite chilling murderer. This is one of the stories where characters are much stronger and interesting than the story they are part of.

I had to catch that episode, besides Peter Falk's wonderful acting, mostly because it was directed by non other than great Steven Spielberg, but now I think I got hooked, and have to go through all the series. Binge watching 'Columbo' starts now.

Well, don't get too excited over the title - there are very little actual ballooning in the movie. No big stunts either, just cheap slapstick gags which some are great, but overall, the film can be quite a disappointment to big Buster Keaton's fans.

Buster Keaton stars as a young man who is so inept at anything, and being so oblivious about his own bumbling ways that it is almost hard to bear. His adventures start at the fun house of the amusement park, where Buster tries to amuse himself at someone's else expense. After failed attempt to hit on a girl on a boat ride, Buster stumbles on a hot air balloon that takes him into the wilderness. Trying to survive in the nature Buster has to overcome many obstacles, to win the heart of a girl.

A young man must go into to big city to prove himself to the father of his girlfriend. He tries different professions and sends a letter home every time, so his girlfriend can imagine her sweetheart making big career.

Although the film is survived only partially - the dream sequences of Buster working as a surgeon and a wall street wolf are some that are gone. Luckily, the missing scenes are not that important in the storytelling point, and the film's flow is quite untouched, by the missing scenes. The film is worth to watch only for the fantastic chase scene where Buster is running from the whole city police.