Columbo (character) 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
Columbo show's composers, Patrick Williams. "Columbo" received numerous awards and nominations from 1971 to 2005, including 13 Emmys, two Golden Globe Awards, two Edgar Awards and a TV Land Award nomination in 2005 for Peter Falk. As of January 10, 2012, Universal Studios Home Entertainment had released all 69 episodes of "Columbo" on DVD. The episodes are released in the same chronological order as they were originally broadcast. On October 16, 2012, Universal released "Columbo — The Complete Series" on DVD in Region 1. Because the "Columbo" episodes from 1989 to 2003 were aired very infrequently, different DVD sets have been