In the London edition of Time Out magazine. MTV presenter and XFM DJ Alex Zane is interviewed about his favourite TV. One of his 5 picks is Columbo he says,

"One of my favourites is Columbo. I got into him when I was about 11 - you could dress like him and he was my icon. I didn't go as far as plucking out my eye and putting in a false one, but I did have a big mac and I started my sentences with 'just one more thing..'"

This made me think, are there other famous Columbo fans that people know about.

Well...they are no longer with us but 2 people who appeared on Columbo seemed to be fans of the show.
This is from the Columbo Phile...

Vincent Price said..."I loved the show, so I was very pleased to be asked to be on it."

Richard Kiley said..."I loved the show..so I was quite pleased to appear on it. It was a wonderful experience."

What oddly similar quotes. It almost makes you wonder if they just weren't made up by somebody.

I was thinking the same darn thing!!!

The quotations from Kiley and Price made me wonder if the ratings number-crunchers ever concluded anything about the intelligence of Columbo viewers. I wouldn't want this to spread beyond the Kingdom of Columboia, but have you ever noticed that those who dislike Columbo--well--they may not be as--intelligent--as those who are more enthusiastic about the show?

Yes..Michael...we can bask in the glory that we are all eggheads!! Columbo is definitely not for the small-brained...it is a show which should be savoured and appreciated for all the wonderful and subtle and intellectual aspects...
Columbodom is safe tonight...those infiltraters and infidells (sp) will not be able to approach us...we will stay safe in the knowledge that we know and love Columbo...............alls right with the world.

I mentioned in a posting some time ago that
in the book "Dark Sun" by Richard Rhodes which
deals with the Soviet espionage in the Manhattan
Project that allowed the USSR to build an atomic
bomb years earlier than they could have without
this help, the author describes how British/German
communist physicist/spy Klaus Fuchs was caught,
but the information they used to identify him
was secret and could not be used in court to convict
him. Thus, the prosecutors had to get a confession
out of him. To do this, they got a special investigator who was described in the book as a
"Columbo" type, dishevelled on the outside, but with
a keen mind and he was able to maneuver Fuchs into
confessing. Thus, we see, Columbo has become part
of the folklore of modern society, just as Sherlock
Holmes did a hundred years ago.

Thanks for the info. Great story.