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Lieutenant Columbo (A fan account) @lieutenant-columbo.bsky.social · 8h

Still working on "A Bird in the Hand". AKA "The Forgotten Murder".

Lieutenant Columbo (A fan account) @lieutenant-columbo.bsky.social · 14h

Lawrence Harvey was apparently rather sick for much of the filming of "The Most Dangerous Match" and sadly he passed away just 8 months after the episode aired. #Columbo buff.ly/txAb8bb

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The Most Dangerous Match

A blog about our favorite TV detective, Lieutenant Columbo! Trivia, episode guides, and more information and conversation.

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Lieutenant Columbo (A fan account) @lieutenant-columbo.bsky.social · 20h

Whenever I see that "Murder by the Book" is coming on, I always have to pause and watch that gorgeous opening shot where we see Franklin's Mercedes driving down the street, and then the camera pulls back to show Jim happily writing at the typewriter. #Columbo buff.ly/5mF7gti

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Lieutenant Columbo (A fan account) @lieutenant-columbo.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

It's a little jarring but also kind of exhilarating when Universal Crime rolls over from "Columbo Likes the Nightlife" back to the beginning with "Prescription Murder". #ColumboTV

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Lieutenant Columbo (A fan account) @lieutenant-columbo.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Season 2's "The Greenhouse Jungle" was the #Columbo debut for director Boris Sagal. Fun fact: He also directed the first episode of Mrs. Columbo. acolumboblog.blogspot.com/2021/12/the-...

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The Greenhouse Jungle

A blog about our favorite TV detective, Lieutenant Columbo! Trivia, episode guides, and more information and conversation.

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Lieutenant Columbo (A fan account) @lieutenant-columbo.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Happy birthday to Shaaron Claridge! You won't recognize her face, but you might recognize her voice. She was a real-life LAPD dispatcher who also did some voice work on Adam-12 and did a dispatcher voice on "Make Me a Perfect Murder". #Columbo buff.ly/l5g6rMo

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365 Days of Columbo: October 1st

A blog about our favorite TV detective, Lieutenant Columbo! Trivia, episode guides, and more information and conversation.

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Lieutenant Columbo (A fan account) @lieutenant-columbo.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

It pains me to have to turn off "Exercise in Fatality" which is just starting on Universal Crime, but it's bedtime. Enjoy #Columbo fans! acolumboblog.blogspot.com/2022/04/an-e...

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Lieutenant Columbo (A fan account) @lieutenant-columbo.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Happy birthday to Angela May! She was Nelson Brenner's secretary, Ruth, in "Identity Crisis". #Columbo acolumboblog.blogspot.com/2026/09/365-...

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Lieutenant Columbo (A fan account) @lieutenant-columbo.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

There's a persistent rumor that the house featured in season 1's "Dead Weight" was Peter Falk's actual house, but in fact it wasn't. Author David Koenig did some research and found that it was actually owned by Raymond Nemec at the time. #Columbo buff.ly/XtaSqAG

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Lieutenant Columbo (A fan account) @lieutenant-columbo.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

If this room looks familiar, I think it was also the room where Alan Stanwyk hires Irwin Fletcher to kill him in the Chevy Chase movie "Fletch".

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Lieutenant Columbo (A fan account) @lieutenant-columbo.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

We lost Joyce Jillson 22 years ago today. She was best known to #Columbo fans as Rick Carsini's fiance, Joan Stacey, in "Any Old Port in a Storm". Later in her life she wrote a daily astrology column for the newspapers. acolumboblog.blogspot.com/2025/06/any-...

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Lieutenant Columbo (A fan account) @lieutenant-columbo.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

"Death Lends a Hand" was actually the first #Columbo episode filmed, but the network thought "Murder by the Book" was a stronger opener so they aired that one first. acolumboblog.blogspot.com/2021/07/deat...

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Lieutenant Columbo (A fan account) @lieutenant-columbo.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

This actor is Larry Storch - perhaps best known for his work on F-Troop.

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Lieutenant Columbo (A fan account) @lieutenant-columbo.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The murder in Grand Deceptions is a little unusual for a #Columbo killing. Only a handful of times I can think of did the murderer plan to kill, face-to-face, with his hands or a knife. A much more physical and brutish killing than usual. buff.ly/6IEqbbS

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Grand Deceptions

A blog about our favorite TV detective, Lieutenant Columbo! Trivia, episode guides, and more information and conversation.

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Lieutenant Columbo (A fan account) @lieutenant-columbo.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

My next episode guide is in the works, it's for "A Bird in the Hand". I have it ranked #54 currently, we'll see if that changes after a couple of rewatches this week. :-) #Columbo

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Lieutenant Columbo (A fan account) @lieutenant-columbo.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Occasionally the question comes up of whether anybody tried to kill #Columbo. Yes, a few did...always unsuccessfully, thank goodness. buff.ly/eC5Ewsd

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Lieutenant Columbo (A fan account) @lieutenant-columbo.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

This actor is Albert Paulsen. In an episode about the Irish that had very few Irish actors....he isn't either. He was born in Ecuador.

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Lieutenant Columbo (A fan account) @lieutenant-columbo.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Robert Karnes only got to appear in 2 Columbos, which is unfortunate because I thought he did a great job as Sgt. Grover. Would have liked to have seen him be a more regular part of the #Columbo team. buff.ly/M47YWIA

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Robert Karnes

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Lieutenant Columbo (A fan account) @lieutenant-columbo.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This actress is Tisha Sterling, who was nominated for "Most Promising New Star" at the Photoplay awards in 1966.

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Lieutenant Columbo (A fan account) @lieutenant-columbo.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Happy Birthday to Columni Ian McShane Born on September 29, 1942, Ian McShane appeared in"Rest in Peace, Mrs. Columbo" as Leland St. John. If you know him best from Deadwood or John Wick, it’s fun to spot him on #Columbo.

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Lieutenant Columbo (A fan account) @lieutenant-columbo.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

"The Most Crucial Game" features one of the most innovative murder weapons in the series. Paul Hanlon (played by Robert Culp) uses a block of ice to bludgeon his victim, then just tosses the ice into the pool...where of course it will melt away. #Columbo buff.ly/fkwBmiJ

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The Most Crucial Game

A blog about our favorite TV detective, Lieutenant Columbo! Trivia, episode guides, and more information and conversation.

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Lieutenant Columbo (A fan account) @lieutenant-columbo.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

"Murder a Self-Portrait" just started on Universal Crime. It's too bad Fionnula Flanagan didn't have more to do on screen. She's one of the most likeable characters in the episode. #Columbo acolumboblog.blogspot.com/2026/05/murd...

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Murder, A Self Portrait

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Brian Libby @brianlibby.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Sal Mineo's performance is one of my favorites among Columbo victims. He's not onscreen that long, yet he quietly brings substantial emotional depth to the character. Plus every time I watch this episode, set at an embassy, I get fixated on the otherwise alien phrase "the legation."

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Lieutenant Columbo (A fan account) @lieutenant-columbo.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

If you're interested in some of the #Columbo mysteries that never got made, author David Koenig has done a great job of documenting some of them in "Unshot Columbo." 📖 buff.ly/r1BVDd6

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Lieutenant Columbo (A fan account) @lieutenant-columbo.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Vito Scotti appeared in 6 episodes of #Columbo and was quite good in all of them! It would have been appropriate for him to return for the final episode, but alas he passed away in 1996. buff.ly/1SweHiq

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The charming Vito Scotti

A blog about our favorite TV detective, Lieutenant Columbo! Trivia, episode guides, and more information and conversation.

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Lieutenant Columbo (A fan account) @lieutenant-columbo.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Happy birthday to Columni William Windom! He was the DA, Burt Gordon, in the first #Columbo movie of the Peter Falk era, "Prescription Murder". As far as I can tell he's the only actor (other than Falk, of course) from Prescription Murder to return for another Columbo appearance...in Short Fuse.

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365 Days of Columbo: September 28th

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Lieutenant Columbo (A fan account) @lieutenant-columbo.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Most of the basketball players in this scene were the actual Los Angeles Lakers. At the time the NBA was encouraging teams/players to get on more TV/movies for publicity.

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Lieutenant Columbo (A fan account) @lieutenant-columbo.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Rest in peace Rob Garrison. You may recognize him from The Karate Kid where he played on of the Cobra Kai, but in 1989 he had a modest role as one of the assistants at the Anneman Institute in "Columbo Goes to the Guillotine". #Columbo buff.ly/gtpZzTY

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Lieutenant Columbo (A fan account) @lieutenant-columbo.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

"Identity Crisis" is on Universal Crime right now. Starring and directed by Patrick McGoohan and featuring both Val Avery and Vito Scotti. acolumboblog.blogspot.com/2026/01/iden...

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Identity Crisis

A blog about our favorite TV detective, Lieutenant Columbo! Trivia, episode guides, and more information and conversation.

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Lieutenant Columbo (A fan account) @lieutenant-columbo.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Happy birthday to Tony Giorgio. Better known from The Godfather, he had a small role as one of the gun dealers Devlin goes to in "The Conspirators". #Columbo buff.ly/gtpZzTY

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Lieutenant Columbo (A fan account) @lieutenant-columbo.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

"Negative Reaction" just started on Universal Crime. A very different role for Dick Van Dyke. Antoinette Brower was not the most sympathetic victim. #Columbo acolumboblog.blogspot.com/2025/09/nega...

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Negative Reaction

A blog about our favorite TV detective, Lieutenant Columbo! Trivia, episode guides, and more information and conversation.

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Lieutenant Columbo (A fan account) @lieutenant-columbo.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

We lost John Ashton two years ago today. Before he was Sgt. Taggart in Beverly Hills Cop he was a real estate agent in #Columbo: Negative Reaction. #RIP buff.ly/blpOSKp

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Lieutenant Columbo (A fan account) @lieutenant-columbo.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Happy birthday to the lovely Britt Lind! She made an unsuccessful play for #Columbo in "Death Hits the Jackpot" as one of Freddy's neighbors. buff.ly/blpOSKp

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Lieutenant Columbo (A fan account) @lieutenant-columbo.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Happy birthday to Columni Patrick O'Neal! He appeared in two #Columbo episodes, first as murderous architect Elliot Markham, and then as New York TV executive Frank Flanagan. buff.ly/blpOSKp

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Lieutenant Columbo (A fan account) @lieutenant-columbo.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Happy birthday to Charles Macaulay! The name might not be familiar, despite the fact that he was in 3 Columbos, but what if I told you that he was the dog school headmaster who said that Dog "demoralizes the other students." #Columbo buff.ly/blpOSKp

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Lieutenant Columbo (A fan account) @lieutenant-columbo.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

One of those questions that comes up from time to time...did #Columbo ever carry a gun? Rarely, yes. buff.ly/iR9ZC6o

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Lieutenant Columbo (A fan account) @lieutenant-columbo.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Falk seems to have had a bit of a fascination with belly dancing - it showed up in at least two episodes in the 70s.

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Lieutenant Columbo (A fan account) @lieutenant-columbo.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

This actor is Mario Gallo. "Candiate for Crime" is my #2 ranked #Columbo episode...but he's not the reason why. 🤣

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Lieutenant Columbo (A fan account) @lieutenant-columbo.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

"Death Hits the Jackpot" is starting now on Universal Crime. Rip Torn is one of the better villians, especially of the ABC era. #Columbo acolumboblog.blogspot.com/2026/09/deat...

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Lieutenant Columbo (A fan account) @lieutenant-columbo.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

This actress is Patricia Mattick. She was 19 years old at the time. Sadly she passed away from cancer at age 52.

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Lieutenant Columbo (A fan account) @lieutenant-columbo.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Wow, I must be pretty chatty. I'm now over a thousand posts about #Columbo. Spoiler alert, the next thousand posts will be about Columbo too.

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Lieutenant Columbo (A fan account) @lieutenant-columbo.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The actor here is Dean Stockwell, who of course had a long TV career in other things, but back in season two he was the murder victim in "The Most Crucial Game". #Columbo #QuantumLeap

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Lieutenant Columbo (A fan account) @lieutenant-columbo.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Okay, let's try a little audience engagement. What's your favorite #Columbo episode and why? I can start. Mine is "A Friend In Deed", although there are 3 or 4 other episodes I consider pretty close. I like the performances, I like the story, and the gotcha is second to none.

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Lieutenant Columbo (A fan account) @lieutenant-columbo.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Starting now on Universal Crime: "The Conspirators". It's got a few sloppy gaps, but also a lot of charm. It's a watchable #Columbo. acolumboblog.blogspot.com/2026/03/the-...

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The Conspirators

A blog about our favorite TV detective, Lieutenant Columbo! Trivia, episode guides, and more information and conversation.

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Lieutenant Columbo (A fan account) @lieutenant-columbo.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

OK, so I published my "No Time to Die" episode guide. I gave this one more thought than I expected to, and came away a bit conflicted. There are some good elements of this episode, the problem is that it just doesn't work as a #Columbo. So, spoiler alert, it's still #69 for me. buff.ly/shbq92L

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No Time to Die

A blog about our favorite TV detective, Lieutenant Columbo! Trivia, episode guides, and more information and conversation.

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Lieutenant Columbo (A fan account) @lieutenant-columbo.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

"A Matter of Honor" is starting now on the Universal Crime channel. It's one of a short list of #Columbo episodes that take place outside of Los Angeles. acolumboblog.blogspot.com/2023/01/a-ma...

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A Matter of Honor

A blog about our favorite TV detective, Lieutenant Columbo! Trivia, episode guides, and more information and conversation.

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