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Bert Spindler:
[holds up a drink in a toast] To Max the Magnificent.

Lt. Columbo:
To Max, sir, and all these tricks, you know how they all work?

Bert Spindler:
That's my job. A very beautiful and ancient art.

Lt. Columbo:
And the uh, mind reading part, how did that all work?

Bert Spindler:
Consultant; universities, corporations, government agencies. Exposing those ESP people. He even wrote a book on it: 'Dyson on Mind Reading.' Max was so good himself, he never found a psychic who wasn't a fake. Until yesterday.

Lt. Columbo:
Is that a fact, sir?

Bert Spindler:
He conducted a big test out at some think tank institute. Really shook him up.