Colambo
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Colambo is Muppet lamb detective seen in a series of Sesame Street segments. His first appearance was as an investigator for the Bureau of Missing Bears, helping Big Bird to find Radar.
Colambo appeared on the show from approximately Season 23 to Season 26. Colambo once helped Kevin Kline (as Nick Chicken) solve the mystery of the missing chicken in Episode 3129 and was featured in his own sketches solving nursery rhyme and fairy tale cases, such as "Mother Hubbard's Heist." His most recent appearance to date was in Episode 3902 helping in the search for Oscar's pet elephant.
The character is a parody of TV detective Columbo, who was played by Peter Falk.
According to Joey Mazzarino, he originated the character in his audition script for Sesame Street.
Sketches
| Picture | Title | Earliest Known Appearance | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | The Lost Slipper Caper | Episode 3050 | Colambo helps Cinderella figure out what happened to her glass slipper. The Prince shows up with it, and takes Colambo with him to the palace. |
 | The Case of the Missing Pig | Episode 3112 | Colambo interrogates Tom Piper's Son for info about a missing pig. |
 | The Great Plum Plunder | Episode 3121 | Colambo, in his office, decides to have a piece of Christmas pie, when he notices a plum missing from it. He asks the janitor, Little Jack Horner, some questions about what he was doing in the corner. It turns out that Jack had stuck in his thumb and pulled out the plum. |
 | Mother Hubbard's Heist | Colambo visits the home of Old Mother Hubbard to investigate a missing bone for her dog, Bootsie.
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