Columbo Clothes and Laughs

(For background on how these cards came to be, please check out How the Columbo Dog Head Greeting Cards Came to Be ).   Round three of the Columbo Parody Dog Head Greeting Cards !   These are the final four cards in this series.     Here we have 3 different cards inspired by scenes from Season 5, Episode 6, " Last Salute to the Commodore ." (1976).   The first features a red haired Golden Retriever dog meditating on a boat wearing a space dye sweater. Next to her sits a smiling Corgi who is also trying to meditate but asks, " What are you doing? "     This would be a great card for someone you haven't seen in a while, someone into yoga and meditation, or someone making a choice that you don't understand.      greeting card what you doing? DOGS 70s columbo parody original art corgi golden wyd   Next we have a flat greeting card with a scene featuring a Yellow Labrador Retriever puppy sitting on a couch on a boat next to a Pug who is...

Pilot 1, Columbo - Prescription Murder (1968)   This was the original first pilot Columbo TV Movie. It was directed by Richard Irving, and written by William Link and Richard Levinson.    From the very opening scene with women in a rainbow palette of sparkling and fluffy gowns, this pilot movie is heavy on the spectacular clothes and light on the comedy, so we will roll with it.   The three best outfits in this episode are:  1) Joan Hudson's goddess gown       This is a full length pink ancient Greek or Roman gown with gold trim   It matches Columbo's ice cream. 2) Carol Flemming's sailor nightgown and sunglasses:  She's in a full length ivory velvet nightgown with a dark brown sailor scarf tied in front Inexplicably she wears her sunglasses at night until she takes them off to tell her husband he is sleeping in the guest room 3) Joan Hudson's lime green knit racerback cut-out tank dress:  She's accessorized with some light yellow ...

Season 7, Episode 4, Columbo - How to Dial a Murder (1978)   This episode was directed by James Frawley, and written by Tom Lazarus, Anthony Lawrence, and Richard Levinson.   The dog episode!    The three best outfits in this episode are:  1) Miss Cochran the dog trainer's outfit:      She is wearing a light brown plaid butterfly collar blouse with a khaki denim western coat along with dark jeans tucked into high saddle leather boots.   Love her matching saddle leather dog treat pouch.  Bonus points for her orange 70s Chevy Blazer truck   And bonus points for her assistant Henry's "funny suit."  2) Charlie Hunter's tennis outfit:    He's sporting a two-tone brown matching sweatsuit with a green and white rugby stripe polo golf shirt  Unfortunately this will be his final outfit. The rainbow Head tennis racquet cover is a nice touch.  3) Joanne Nicholl's (Kim Cattrall) red cardigan outfit:  She is in a ch...

With the end of the 70s Columbo episodes rapidly approaching, I was feeling a little melancholy about the end of this project.      Columbo Clothes and Laughs has given me something wholesome and interesting to focus on (disassociate with) for the past 10 months straight.    I posted the three best outfits and funny lines from every episode, in order, every Wednesday without fail or delay since last April! This was the most disciplined and committed I've been to anything in decades.  Posting to Instagram has brought me in touch with a couple hundred of the most creative, compassionate people around the globe - Italy, Japan, Scandinavia, the Midwest of the US and Canada - the site has attracted some really funny and kind people - artists, writers, film buffs, fishers of memes, activists, vintage slingers, and more - and I don't want it to end! So, I am planning on picking my favorite 70s Columbo scenes and painting them on 8x10 canvas with acryl...

Season 2 Episode 8:  “Columbo” Double Shock (TV Episode 1973) This episode was directed by Robert Butler, and written by Jackson Gillis, Steven Bochco, and Richard Levinson.  The three best outfits in this episode are:  1) Dexter’s plaid suit with suede accents:     Dexter is wearing a full on matching suit of Glen plaid tweed wool. The blazer has side slits and western-style maroon suede trim on the epaulets, pockets, and back yoke.            He wears a red turtleneck underneath:        2) Lisa Chambers’ Macbeth tartan blazer over white:        She is running around like a cat in a white butterfly collared blouse, unbuttoned, white flare pants, white heels, and a wide white headband:      She is a health nut about to marry someone twice her age and her energy is bubbling over       3) Dexter’s navy and gold textured blazer during the cooking show:    ...