Detective Lieutenant Columbo (when people ask his first name, he tells them it's Lieutenant) is from a tv show where he's a little gremlin man who gets on people's nerves and arrests a member of the bourgeoisie in almost every single episode. He refuses to carry a gun, and I can't even remember a single time where we see him in a police department or doing cop stuff. He just solves crimes and then goes home to his invisible wife.

[–] axont@hexbear.net 21 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yeah nearly every crime Columbo solves is some upper strata Los Angeles freak who killed someone using a diamond covered pool stick. Also Columbo likes chili and he may or may not have a glass eye. In one episode he caught Leonard Nimoy being an evil doctor.

However, as a negative, it's shown in several episodes that Columbo speaks fluent Italian and I can't forgive that

[–] EmmaGoldman@hexbear.net 8 points 2 years ago

anti-italian-action

[–] FunkyStuff@hexbear.net 8 points 2 years ago

Real life almost never actually solve crimes so I think that counts as enough of an abstraction that he's a good guy.