Phew! You must have been exhausted after writing that! Really thought-provoking stuff David, brilliant!

Great List David. Excellent!!
I particularlly liked #4. Just think of the type of search warrants that Columbo would have had to file if Brimmer had swallowed the lens..........not a pretty thought!!
And as far as #9 is concerned...who is Eric Prince? I'm a little confused.

Again...Terrific Job!

I'm puzzled too...who is the Eric Prince that you refer to? He's not in the cast & characters list on IMDB; was he somebody who Elliot Marhham refers to in the episode, perhaps the person who gave him the idea of building Williamson city?

Leighton, I did a search on Eric Prince....um.....well...the only results I got were gay porn sites...I'm sorry, but I am a bit befuddled. I thought maybe he was a terrific architect that I hadn't heard of. I'm sure David will fill us in.

Eric Prince was the killer in "Ashes to Ashes." It was a reference that Prince had disposed of the body by cremation and perhaps that is what Elliott Markham should have done.

Regarding no. 6 "Dale Kingston not disposing
of the stolen paintings". I would go farther
and say Columbo should have given thanks that
Kingston brought them into the house RIGHT UNDER
COLUMBO's NOSE and gave Columbo the opportunity
to touch them. The idiot could see that Columbo
was dozing, all he had to do was turn around and
put the paintings back in his car, or stash them
around the back of his house, or something similar
until Columbo left. WHAT A MORON! (or dumb writer
who couldn't figure out a better way for Columbo
to solve the case!)

Thank you David. I have never seen Ashes To Ashes so I had no idea who Eric Prince was.

... and I am thankful that you have taken the time to compose such a delightful post!

I thought I would bump this up to the top so we could again enjoy David's wonderful Thanksgiving post!

A lot of fun and clever ideas here!

i'm so glad you did e! david had done a fantastic job on this.