RIP Peter Falk

Well Peter Falk died today.....there are not many of the old style detectives of legend left. Falk as Columbo with his rumpled trench coat , his notebook and old odd car. All disguise his razor sharp observation skills that would eventually topple the arrogant murderer. That is what I think made this character so popular. He brought down the arrogant and always politely. "There is just this one thing that is bothering me" as he would say in that all most apologetic way of his character. He of course did other things in his career , movies such as The Great Race or Murder by Death. But like a Sean Connery as Bond or Peter Sellers in The Pink Panther movies you usually make your first mental stop at a favored character. Falk will be Detective Colombo and he enriched this character as few could. Like Leo McKern as Rumpole it is hard to see anyone else as that character. RIP , Det. Colombo and RIP Peter Falk.