OH DEAR!! Now I am so torn!!!! Is it Sylvester Morrie???...or Norville-Blenkinsop???....or Bob??? I am so confused!! I am falling into the abyss of confusion!!!
Theres an interview somewhere from the creators of Columbo and Columbo himself (Peter Falk obviously) saying that he never had a first name. Tough one who to believe, the creators or some badge off the net.
Anyway if he had a first name it would be Mario or Luigi or Popeye not Frank.
I always thought his last name was Umbo, and his real rank was not Lt. but Col. Col. Umbo, see? Of course that doesn't settle the issue of his first name. Unless his last name is Bo, his first name is Um, and his rank is Col. Col. Um Bo? Maybe his parents named him Um, because he said that a lot as a kid? Col. Um Bo could have lying all those years about his being a lieutenant because of his humility . . .
I like lou spelt lie, ten ant (middle name like van der) and finally columbo as surname. Nicely done, job over, everybody happy. Either that or the parents were so confused with the forms when filling them in they forgot to enter one in, accidently leaving the box empty resulting in no first name.
God bless,
Of course his first name is Lieutenant! Now calm down Milo, go for a run on the beach, a swim in the pool, a few skips of the rope, a couple of punches at the bag, and then finish it off with a glass of carrot juice and vitamins, and I am sure you will be a lot better.
Actually there was a commercial for a famous laxative, that used the saying ******* spelled backwards is *******. Anyone remember the name of the product?
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No, that was Gilligan. And if you spell Columbo backwards, you get Obmuloc. Sounds like the name of some over-the-counter laxative.
But didn't Gilligan do a lot of traveling, too. He and pal Skip took three-hour tours of Howellywood, Tinalousia, Maryannville, etc. And wasn't there a laxative that's name ended in "loc"?
I've always thought if Ex-Lax decided on a name change, the company could adopt the old imported car lemon name: Yugo (By the way, are there any of those Yugos still around? One'd make a grand Columbo car if his old one finally fell apart).
Columbo! Oh, you doesn't has to call me Columbo. You can call me Ray, or you can call me Jay, or you can call me Johnny, or you can call me Sonny, or you can call me RayJay, or you can call me RJ, or you can call me RJJ or you can call me RJJ Jr., but you doesn't have to call me Columbo!