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I watched about half of it and I noticed most of his trademarks weren't created yet. He wasn't wearing his trenchcoat. He had really neat, short hair. His suit was pressed nicely and not crumpled. He carried a briefcase but not by the handle but under his arm. I never saw what kind of car he drove. I thought it was really interesting. I like what he eventually became.

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This first episode, Columbo was much more 'hard-boiled'---the way he hammered his accusations at Miss Hudson was old school detective. As the series went on, Colombo became more and more eccentric--almost clownish toward the end.
My favorite Colombo villains were TV veterans Ross Martin, Dick Van Dyke and Robert Vaughn.

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