Columbo Clothes and Laughs

Season 5, Episode 2, Columbo - A Case of Immunity (1975)   This episode was directed by Ted Post, and written by Lou Shaw, James Menzies, and Richard Levinson.  The three best outfits in this episode are:  1) Xenia's red outfit:  She's wearing a bright red pussy bow blouse under a ribbed cardigan sweater dress.  The puffy sleeves add a little flair to her diplomatic wardrobe.    2) Rachman Habib's flowing robe over revolutionary student's outfit:      This looks like a nice light blue velveteen thobe with yellow and white embroidery, that he whips off in a switcheroo to reveal a protester's denim Canadian tuxedo with maroon jacket underneath:   The jacket has big brass buttons and shoulder epaulets giving it a military style.  Due to a lack of noteworthy outfits in this episode, we will focus more heavily on the humor, of which there is plenty.   First we have Hassan motivating Habib by channeling Star Wars by saying, "Try...

Season 4, Episode 2, Columbo - Negative Reaction (1974)     This episode was directed by Alf Kjellin, and written by Peter Fischer, William Link and Richard Levinson.    The three best outfits in this episode are:    1) Lorna McGrath's funeral attire:      She is unhypocritically attending the funeral of her lover/murderer's wife in a wide collared dark green and black geometric pattern with psychedelic floral splashes shirt dress and giant floppy green hat.  It is short and adorable.       Perhaps slightly too festive for the occasion.    2) Frances Galesko's red suit:     She's wearing a black with white and red abstract accents wide collar pussy bow neckline blouse with a bright red blazer and wide flare pants.  They zoom in on her neutral taupe and patent leather black slingback spectator heels as she delivers one of the funniest lines in the episode, while being tied to a chair about to be exe...