Season 6, Episode 3, Columbo - The Bye-Bye Sky High IQ Murder Case (1977)

 
This episode was directed by Sam Wanamaker, and written by Robert Malcolm Young and William Link, and Richard Levinson. 

The three best outfits from this episode are: 
 
1) Vivian Brandt's red sheer tunic outfit: 
 
 

Here she is wearing a wide leg bright red jumpsuit with a silver belt and a long sheer boatneck tunic on top. 


She really loves clothes, expensive clothes, and spending money she doesn't have on them. 


The red dots on the tunic are 3D texturized, almost looking like pussy willows, and there are sequins. It looks great with her hair. 
 
2) Vivian Brandt's new nightgown: 
 

 She vies for her husband's attention in this dramatic entrance wearing her new pale pink silky negligee with matching robe with giant emu feather sleeves. 


She bought it for him, but unfortunately he felt compelled to embezzle from his firm and murder his partner to pay for her clothing, so he is too distracted to notice or enjoy. 


Vivian loves buying clothes! 


3) Miss Eisenback's white suit with tiger blouse: 


She's wearing an ivory blazer with orange piping trim over a disco tiger blouse and skirt set. 


It's a nice outfit to wear while she thinks she drank her contact lens. 


Oh wait, no - she found it. 

The funniest lines from this episode are when Suzy at the Disco tells Campanella all the self-help she's done:



She's tried Esalen, Primal Scream, Pyramid Power, 


Synanon, A Black Mass in San Francisco,


Open marriage, EST, TA, TM, I'm Okay You're Okay, 


And she's STILL a target!

She tells Columbo she likes the way he wears his hair: 


And he returns the compliment:



 
Columbo trying to manage the crowded disco on Suzy's lap is funny in itself:



 
 
Also funny is Columbo's backhand slap at the Sigma (Mensa) Society members' intelligence:



He was talking to the most intelligent people in the world, and never even noticed. 

Also funny is the scene with Jamie Lee Curtis as a waitress in a diner who makes Columbo give her his donut



 
She hands him a menu and asks what he wants, and guess what? 

 
He wants a donut! 


 
Bonus points for decor awarded to the KEEP L.A. CLEAN trashcan: 


Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Season 1, Episode 6, Columbo - Short Fuse (1972)

Image
Season 1 Episode 6:  "Columbo" Short Fuse (TV Episode 1972) This episode was directed by Edward Abroms, and written by Jackson Gillis, Lester Pine and Tina Pine.     The three best outfits from this episode are:  1) Roger Stanford, genius fop murderer, in a blue paisley puffy shirt, skin-tight velour western flares, gold science society medallion:      He later completes the look with a teal suede cafe racer jacket with covered buttons:      2) Every secretary at Stanford Chemical is dressed in a very fun outfit, it’s hard to pick one, but we will go with Nancy in an orange belted mini-dress with contrast gold turtleneck and gold flare sleeve cuffs with t-strap leather heels:       Her silver circle belt buckle and silver circle shoulder pin put this over the top     3) Mrs. Buckner’s shiny silver patterned gown that she wore to the Opera board meeting:       This has layers, something like a cape dress over a long skirt:     She accessorizes with big turquoise, white gold an
Read more

Season 2, Episode 3, Columbo - The Most Crucial Game (1972)

Image
  Season 2 Episode 2:  “Columbo” The Most Crucial Game (TV Episode 1972) This episode was directed by Jeremy Kagan, and written by John T. Dugan, William Link and Richard Levinson.  The 3 best outfits in this episode are:  1)  The teams and crowds:  The team-issued Rockets football apparel is fresh - Coach Rizzo sports a fire engine red blazer with Rockets pocket insignia, and the other coach has a nice baseball cap, Rockets windbreaker, and a heathered gray athletic tee peeking out:       Also love the Lakers basketball players in purple and gold stripe trim tank tops, yellow silky short shorts, and blue and white striped track pants:         Long-time NBA player, coach, and executive Pat Riley was there in a plain white tee and red silky short-shorts, plus giant mustache:         And finally the football fans in the crowd as Hanlon walks by in his Ding-a-Ling Ice Cream costume and Adidas Stan Smith sneakers - they’re all basic yet stylish in supremely colorful slacks and button downs
Read more

Season 3, Episode 7, Columbo - Swan Song (1974)

Image
S eason 3, Episode 7, Columbo - Swan Song (1974)   This episode was directed by Nicholas Colasanto (Coach from Cheers), and written by David Rayfiel, Stanley Ralph Ross, and Richard Levinson.  This is the Johnny Cash episode! There are not many exceptional outfits in this episode, as most of the characters are dressed in choir robes, seamstress coats, or as is the Man in Black - head to toe black. But let's celebrate what we can. 1) Tommy Brown's Levi's 70671 split tail dark denim chore coat:    He breaks his all-black rule only in the final scenes to don this long jean jacket with western styling, over his all-black western clothing and indigo bandana scarf.  The unrepentant ladies' man gets a backhanded dig in at Columbo as he boards a round trip plane for San Francisco, but he looks good doing it. This is a rockstar's jacket.   Keep a lookout for this jacket repurposed in the next season by a murderous photographer.    2) Tina's embroidered western shirt: 
Read more