what was the name of columbo's dog
"Dog"
title: Columbo (character) text: he is visiting them. "Étude in Black" (1972) marked the first appearance of the lieutenant's basset hound, named "Dog". "Dog" came to be an occasional regular character in the films. Columbo considered names like "Fido", "Munch" and "Beethoven" but ultimately settled on "Dog". In "Sex and the Married Detective", Columbo is put on the spot when he is asked to play the tuba. Reluctantly he agrees, only to demonstrate great proficiency. He subsequently claimed that at school, the tuba was the only instrument left. In several episodes, Columbo is seen eating a breakfast of a boiled egg, usually while investigating title: Columbo text: her that he couldn't sleep at night if he had doubts, because he frequently watched "Columbo" as a child. In Harry Turtledove's sf/alternate history novel Homeward Bound a non-human detective, Inspector Garanpo, is a recognizable tribute to Columbo. A statue of Lieutenant Columbo and his dog was unveiled in 2014 on Miksa Falk Street in Budapest, Hungary. According to Antal Rogán, then-district mayor of the city, Peter Falk may have been related to Hungarian writer and politician Miksa Falk, although there is no evidence yet to prove it. A podcast about "Columbo" was launched in 2014, primarily considering episodes of title: Columbo (character) text: used at the beginning of the pilot of "The Rockford Files", "The Backlash of the Hunter". The car also made an appearance in an episode of "Adam-12". In "Columbo Goes to College" (1990), he reveals that this is not his only car, as his wife has a "little runaround for the shopping". When the series returned on ABC, James and Connie Delaney of Findlay, Ohio, owned the car, but were unwilling to sell it, though they lent it to Universal for filming. Columbo (character) Columbo or Lieutenant Columbo is the eponymous main character in the successful detective crime drama series title: Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane text: with Coy and Vance Duke for most of season 5, but the Duke boys are often able to elude Rosco, who usually winds up wrecking his patrol car (or "scuffing my vehicle" as he phrased it) in various ways. Starting with the third season (1980–1981), Rosco got a pet dog/police dog—a lazy basset hound he calls "Flash" and nicknames "Velvet Ears"—which he mothered and loved dearly (Rosco was a bachelor and childless), that loved the Dukes but always barked at Boss Hogg. Early on, the dog's gender was male, but this would change in later episodes. (Flash is "introduced' to title: Columbo text: the television series. "Mrs. Columbo", a spin-off TV series starring Kate Mulgrew, aired in 1979 and was canceled after only thirteen episodes. Lt. Columbo was never seen on "Mrs. Columbo"; each episode featured the resourceful Mrs. Columbo solving a murder mystery she encountered in her work as a newspaper reporter. Connections with the original "Columbo" series were made obvious: the glaring presence of Columbo's car in the driveway, Dog, and Mrs. Columbo emptying ashtrays containing the famous green cigar butts—all featured in the show's opening sequence. References were also made to Kate's husband being a police lieutenant. Columbo Columbo ()