Got this bad boy for my birthday. Yes that’s right a Columbo board game!! Thinking of framing it, would look awesome on the wall. Anyone ever played it???

My lil tribute to one of my all time favourite TV personalities and childhood heroes 🥰 Peter Falk as Lieutenant Columbo. ❤️

I painted this imagining what it would be like to sit down and have dinner with him. Ohhhh the questions I'd have! Both for the brilliant Lieutenant Columbo and for the man who brought him to life, Peter Falk.

I've adored this character since I was a little girl, and that admiration has only grown over the years. There's just something so special about him.

If only I could have had that dinner... although I have a feeling I'd never want the conversation to end 😅

'Just One More Thing...' 🎨 Acrylic on canvas

Hey everyone!

I've been rewatching Columbo for the millionth time (something about fall puts me in a Columbo mood for whatever reason) and obviously couldn't resist doodling the most doodleable man of all time. My love for this small crumpled detective knows no bounds. Hope you enjoy!

P.S. Can you tell my bias towards him having the biggest hair imaginable?

Woman of a million expressions and piercing eyes. I just love her in everything.

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I know that the die hards ( of which I am a card carrying member!) debate what Lt Columbo’s first name is. I’m watching episode 5 “Dead Weight” with Eddie Albert. When Columbo comes to the door of the General to say he is investigating a reported murder he shows his badge and ID. It’s pretty big shot of the ID. I took a picture and enlarged it on and it looks like his first name is Frank.
I think Columbo would be proud of me for my deductive reasoning.

6.8 on IMDB seems too high compared with Last Salute To The Commodore which currently scores the lowest of the entire show with a 6.2. MWTMN suffers from all the same issues. It's nonsensical, flat out weird and has a truly crap ending. It's almost like a spiritual successor to the Commodore episode.

It even has the same director, the wonderful Patrick McGoohan, who in spite of directing and starring in some of the shows best, is responsible for two of the shows worst too. I just wonder why MWTMN turned out this way. The show seemed to he finding its feet again towards the end of its run, and this one just disrupts the flow of fantastic episodes.

1. Peter Falk In Gratitude & Bonfire

2. Gene Barry In Triggers In Leash, Salvage & Dear Uncle George

3. Jack Cassidy In The Photographer & The Undertaker

4. Robert Culp In A Man Great Beloved & Good-Bye, George

5. Roddy McDowall In See The Monkey Dance & The Gentleman Caller

6. Patrick O'Neil In Bed Of Roses

7. John Cassavetes In You Got To Have Luck, Murder Case, & Water's Edge

8. Ray Milland In A Home Away From Home

9. Richard Basehart In The Black Curtain & Starring The Defense

10. Anne Baxter In I Confess & A Nice Touch

11. Laurence Harvey In Arthur

12. Martin Landau In The Second Verdict

13. Vera Miles In Revenge, Don't Look Behind Y & Death Scene

14. Richard Kiley In The Crooked Road & Blood Bargain

15. Dick Van Dyke In Craig's Will

16. Robert Vaughn In Dry Run

17. Janet Leigh In Psycho (Yes, I'm also adding Alfred Hitchcock's movies too)

18. Ricardo Montalban In Outlaw In Town

19. Fred Draper In Off Season (I couldn't find an image of him in the episode, so I used a picture of him in Faces)

20. William Shatner In The Glass Eye & Mother, May I Go Out To Swim?

21. Joyce Van Patten In The Lovely Hours

22. Theodore Bikel In The Hands Of Mr.Ottermole

23. Louis Jourdan In The Paradine Case

Only of the original episodes. Not the 80’s shows!

I will compile the overall top and bottom next weekend!

https://www.reddit.com/r/Columbo/s/fVK0jz4Odm

There are villains like the Riddler, Ra's, and—above all—Bane who have managed to deduce Batman's identity. But could Columbo do it?

Got thinking the other day, although have always thought of this on and off. How Columbo is such a great show its become a comfort blanket.

Yes, it will be the memories of watching it as well that help. Being lucky and growing up in a safe household in the 80s and one day discovering Columbo at a weekend (I'd only ever see it on at a weekend in the UK). Columbo became a safe place. I hated school and more so high school so ended up finding comfort in certain shows.

Being in the safety of a warm home and then getting to watch Columbo. Its never worn off.

I thought of this again as was driving to one of our sites at work. Not far, about 30mins drive. Had been listening to an ebook but wanted something more comforting. Being in the car on your own already is a comfort. So with all my Columbo episodes already on my phone I start one up in VLC, put it into audio mode and headed out.

Its just nice.

Other comfort shows from growing up would be

Star Trek TNG and Voyager (enjoyed Deep Space Nine but doesn't get included in the comfort range). Voyager had started a couple of years after school and was now in college. But both get the comfort status because......the ships have carpets :o) just makes them feel so homely.

And Star Trek TNG started on BBC 2 (with no adverts) during high school years. So the Star Trek day would always been a great day as although school may have been crap that day, knowing would get to watch Columbo later helped.