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Introducing the columbophile blog
“Gee whizz, I’d just like to tell you how excited I am to meet you. You see, my wife, Mrs Columbo, she’s a big fan of yours. I can’t wait to get home and let her know you’re reading my, errrr, my...
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Why is there a Columbo statue in Budapest?
Trawl through the #Columbo hashtag on Instagram and it won’t be long before you spy a multitude of tourists cuddling up to a familiar-looking bronze figure, striking a classic pose, raincoat as rumpled...
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A Lieutenant’s best friend: Columbo and Dog
Dog’s debut in 1972’s Etude in Black An adorable Basset Hound without no known name leapt into collective hearts and minds on 17th September 1972, when a dozy beast, who would later simply be known as...
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6 life lessons I learnt from Lieutenant Columbo
A pet peeve of mine is the number of utterly pointless listicle articles that do the rounds on LinkedIn and the such. You know the sort: ’22 things ultra-successful people do every morning’; ‘Do these...
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Columbo: an origin story
February 20 1968 is a red-letter day in the annals of TV history as the day Prescription: Murder first aired, bringing Lieutenant Columbo, as we mostly know and love him, to the collective...
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Was Lieutenant Columbo’s first name really Frank?
What’s in a name…? Columbo’s first name was a closely guarded secret throughout the series’ 35-year lifespan. Indeed, whenever he was asked by a guest star killer if he had a first name, Columbo would...
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