Columbo Clothes and Laughs

Season 7, Episode 2, Columbo - Murder Under Glass (1978)   This episode was directed by Jonathan Demme, and written by Robert Van Scoyk, Richard Levinson, and William Link.      This is the food episode! It runs 75 minutes, and Columbo is eating for a solid 58 of them.   The three best outfits in this episode are:  1) Paul Gerard and Eve Plummer's Japanese kimonos:  Paul's kimono has a blue and gray stylized ocean wave and or shark motif       Eve's kimono appears to be bright orange satin embroidered with an island scene   Perfect for eating fugu sashimi in Los Angeles  2) Paul Gerard's pink butterfly collar polo under navy sweater  He looks extra suave later at the farmers' market with the sunglasses:  3) Eve Plummer's v-neck tennis sweaterdress This is a gray and white space dye vertical knit dress with half sleeves and three pastel stripe trim Bonus points for clothing go out to Eve's black dress with silver ...

Season 4, Episode 6, Columbo - A Deadly State of Mind (1975)   This episode was directed by Harvey Hart, and written by Peter Fischer, William Link and Richard Levinson.    The three best outfits in this episode are:    1)  Giving Lieutenant Columbo a run for his money in the all-brown arena, Dr. Mark Collier in a brown-on-brown-on-brown-on-brown get up:  Mark is wearing a camel cashmere turtleneck, under a khaki camp shirt button down, under a shiny khaki jazzed up trench coat with wide collar and shoulder epaulets.  He's paired these layers of tan with chocolate brown suede leather pants.  Even his murder weapon of choice, the fire place poker, is brown.  2) Dr. Anita Bolden's pink on pink outfit:  She's sporting wide cotton candy pink pants and sweater with a big collared maroon blouse (or Dickey collar) underneath.      She's wearing white loafer heels on the color coded lined hallway floor as she subliminally rem...

Season 3, Episode 4:  “Columbo” Double Exposure (TV Episode 1973)     This episode was directed by Richard Quine, and written by Richard Levinson, William Link, and Stephen Cannell. The three best outfits in this episode are: 1) Brimmer/Hanlon/now Dr. Bart Keppel's green blazer!     Robert Culp trots out this dark green jacket with leather covered buttons and western back styling for a third time. Recall he wore this in both " Death Lends a Hand " and " The Most Crucial Game ."     He goes back to his first look by pairing it again with a bright red tie, opting this time for beige slacks:       2) Keppel's supermarket surveillance outfit:        He's wearing a yellow canvas cropped motorcycle jacket, tight bootcut flare dark denim jeans, and white sneakers, probably pro-Keds      We wonder if the yellow jacket is a nod to the yellowjacket hornet - Keppel also has a vicious stinger.     These n...