Was him being a bumbling, clumsy idiot all part of an act?

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WarrenPeace — 1 year ago(June 25, 2024 04:42 AM)

To get the suspect to accept him to allow him into their lives, homes and places of business the way they did?
If he had been abrasive then they would have kicked him out and cut him off.
Or was he really this moronic slob who just happened to be a good detective and figured things out?
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NZer — 1 year ago(June 25, 2024 05:33 AM)

I think it was a very clever act. He was no moron.

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/.​ — 1 year ago(June 25, 2024 06:05 AM)

Are you Russell in dis guise?
Only he would ask such a stupid ****ing question.
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Blue Wave — 1 year ago(June 25, 2024 07:09 AM)

Yes it was. Sometimes being the charming idiot can get better results than the overworried bully.

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sheetsadam1 — 11 months ago(May 04, 2025 01:01 AM)

Yes, it's literally the entire premise of the series.
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/.ㅤ — 11 months ago(May 05, 2025 10:30 AM)

He really was a bumbling idiot and solved the cases through pure luck.
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preachcaleb — 2 weeks ago(March 16, 2026 11:02 PM)

I do feel he plays it up. Several suspects point out that he's far more intelligent than he lets on and that he's always observing.
So many stories, so little time.

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CoffeeMugShot — 2 weeks ago(March 16, 2026 11:07 PM)

Yeah, he played this annoying yet tolerable sweet natured guy.
Of course the suspect has to accept him, however reluctantly, to try and seem inconspicuous and I think that gets to Columbo on who to suspect.

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preachcaleb — 2 weeks ago(March 17, 2026 02:07 PM)

That's very interesting. It's almost as if Columbo looks for someone who is just a little too eager to help and keep trying to point him into a specific direction.
So many stories, so little time.

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Tunko Abdul Raju — 2 weeks ago(March 17, 2026 02:34 PM)

Dusty Hofferman in the court reminding me off Columbine when I was watch it Sleepers (1996), hana