(I agree! and for that reason I won't reply to this one....but HeCk!! I have a good response!! ...there's another episode that deals with one... )

...picnic table (from Identity Crisis)

And Cass, different robots, but Robby the Robot appeared in many sci-fi films and television shows over the years. Interestingly, he debuted in Forbidden Planet(1956) which starred Anne Francis and Leslie Neilson, both of whom later played on Columbo. BTW Forbidden Planet is basically a remake of Shakepeares The Tempest.

hot dog (what columbo was trying to eat)

and yeah i knew about robbie the robot from forbidden planet..tcm has a short about the movie that they run form time to time...and the tempest is my second favourite shakespeare play.

Insurance (Columbo talking with the insurance broker at the hot dog stand in Murder By The Book)

(excellent!! that was the exact scene i was thinking of for a response to hot dog! )

author...(the insurance policy that riley greenleaf had on allen mallory in publish or perish.)

Abigail Mitchell.

safe

jewels (Janice Caldwell's--Friend in Deed)

jewels (Janice Caldwell's--Friend in Deed)