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Bing Crosby/Columbo
My mate told me Bing Crosby was the producers first choice to play Columbo, is there any truth in this?
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Apparently he turned down the role as it would interfere with his golf!
I dont know whether this link will work and it is still difficult to see but if you look closely you can pick it out.
http://www.columbo-site.freeuk.com/original.htm
Hate to be a smarta**e
When Trivial Pursuit came out a court case ensued by a guy who said it was based on his trivia book, and he could prove it beacause he put a deliberate error in his book (like mapmakers used to, to ensure copyright)
The error was Columbos 1st name (he quoted Phillip) but this was made up to prove any copying of the trivia facts.
Go to http://www.columbo-site.freeuk.com/scrapbook.htm
and you'll find out lots of trivia....the closest you'll get is if you can read Columbo's badge in the grainy screen shot....
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