This entertainment is certainly not restricted to "Etude in Black."
In "The Greenhouse Jungle," Columbo further annoys
Jarvis Goodland by interrupting the line of conversation to praise his own shot on Goodland's pool table.
Martin Hollister of "Dead Weight" and Milo Janus of "An Exercise in Fatality" sound almost identical as they remind Columbo to get back on track:
"You did not come all the way out here to talk about life on the high seas."
"You did not come here to talk about your wife's eating habits."
Getting back to Season 2, we must not forget the negative first impression he made on Barry Mayfield by forcing the murderous doctor to repeat his question of "What do you want?"
Only thing is, I find myself doing that for real sometimes, especially after I've spent a solid week watching Columbos.
My wife, on the other hand, is not amused. She says if I keep it up she'll have my truck's paint oxidized, the door hinges dried out do they'll squeak and she'll replace our cat with a long-faced dog.