Columbo Clothes and Laughs

 POLL: Columbo S2E3 The Most Crucial Game - Which outfit is your favorite?   Eric Wagner’s navy swim trunks with wide white side stripe and taboo necklace   Hanlon’s green blazer redux     Hanlon’s Ding-a-Ling ice cream outfit with Stan Smiths         Rockets coaches' football gear     Lakers practice wear   Hanlon's Secretary’s polka dot ruffle blouse     Hanlon’s striped shirt with red patterened tie and burgundy suit     Eve Babcock’s sheer sleeved dress or her visitor’s striped blazer      

  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 sn...

This episode was directed by Bernard Kowalski, and written by Richard Levinson and William Link. Levinson and Link won Emmy awards for most Outstanding Writing for this.  The three best outfits in this episode are: 1) Brimmer’s green blazer:      Brimmer wears a dark green blazer with leather covered buttons and western curve piping seam on back. They are in Los Angeles in the early 70s and the slight western style is evident.       He pairs this with a peach with blue stripe oxford shirt, deep coral/brown slacks and a bright red tie. Somehow he pulls this off without looking too Christmas-y or clown-y.       (Brimmer is played by Robert Culp who also wears a green blazer while guest starring and murdering in two future Columbo episodes, be on the lookout, this is foreshadowing.)     2) Ken Archer’s golf outfit:     The adulterous golf pro sports a gold polyester rayon Munsingwear penguin polo shirt, khaki flare golf ...