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What business did Susan Clark have in wearing a hat this ugly, even in the early 70s?

On Columbo

The episode was great, even if the plot was thin.

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by Anonymousreply 66January 10, 2025 9:42 PM

Why would she not have bleached her mustache?

by Anonymousreply 1May 24, 2024 10:30 PM

OMG, the trolls on here can literally come up with threads on anything. .

by Anonymousreply 2May 24, 2024 10:46 PM

It's called fashion. Looks divine to me!

by Anonymousreply 3May 24, 2024 10:48 PM

What Tallulah said at r3 said.

70s fashions have nothing to answer for precisely because they were so distinct, over the top, and fun, to boot. Hell, bring back the leisure suit.

I'm glad 70's style flare and wide leg jeans are back.

I HATE skinny jeans and those ugly jeggings. NO human being looks wearing them, no matter how young you are and even if you're in superb physical shape.

by Anonymousreply 4May 24, 2024 11:05 PM

No human being looks good wearing them^

by Anonymousreply 5May 24, 2024 11:05 PM

With that Pan Am midcentury stewardess hairdo, OP, she had to do SOMETHING.

by Anonymousreply 6May 25, 2024 2:39 AM

Lulu had a similar hat back in the 60s.

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by Anonymousreply 7May 25, 2024 2:52 AM

It's a "baker boy" or "newsboy" hat. 1970s style.

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by Anonymousreply 8May 25, 2024 3:18 AM

I had a denim hat similar to that when I was in high school. I thought I was the coolest thing ever.

It went well with my knee-high boots with my jeans tucked snugly in the tops.

by Anonymousreply 9May 25, 2024 3:24 AM

Baker Boy caps were popularized by you-know-who.

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by Anonymousreply 10May 25, 2024 3:44 AM

I thought shew was trans when she was on Webstor.

by Anonymousreply 11May 25, 2024 3:46 AM

It seems to be recycled from one of the lesser Barbra Steisand movies.

by Anonymousreply 12May 25, 2024 3:48 AM

I like this episode

by Anonymousreply 13May 25, 2024 3:50 AM

[quote]Baker Boy caps were popularized by you-know-who.

Yes.

The Jackson 5

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by Anonymousreply 14May 25, 2024 3:50 AM

I saw the thread title and knew *exactly* which one it was going to be. The whole ensemble was unfortunate.

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by Anonymousreply 15May 25, 2024 3:53 AM

Even when I was a child I couldn't stand Webster and thought it was such a shit show.

by Anonymousreply 16May 25, 2024 3:54 AM

OP, you could pull this off. Nobody would laugh at you and the hat would go so well with your Tabi boots, too!

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by Anonymousreply 17May 25, 2024 3:57 AM

I always hated that style. A friend had a denim one he loved and I hated. One night I lost control, snatched it off his head, and hid it so he'd have to stop wearing it.

by Anonymousreply 18May 25, 2024 10:58 AM

As much business as she had selling Webster to Michael Jackson when work got hard to find.

by Anonymousreply 19May 25, 2024 11:02 AM

She costarred in [italic]Coogan's Bluff[/italic], the movie that inspired the series.

by Anonymousreply 20May 25, 2024 11:18 AM

Babs made a seamless transition from Baker Boy to Borsalino.

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by Anonymousreply 21May 25, 2024 11:38 AM

I thought Susan and Alex Karas were in a lavender marriage.

by Anonymousreply 22May 25, 2024 11:43 AM

She scares me.

by Anonymousreply 23May 25, 2024 12:03 PM

I thought the costuming in that episode was phenomenal, given that the character was "free" for the first time and finding herself, with more money than sense.

by Anonymousreply 24May 25, 2024 12:19 PM

Well, she did play Babe Didrikson to great effect.

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by Anonymousreply 25May 25, 2024 12:24 PM

Great thread title. However, the hat isn't ugly. Her face is.

by Anonymousreply 26May 25, 2024 12:52 PM

I guess in OP's world actors have veto power over their wardrobe.

by Anonymousreply 27May 25, 2024 1:08 PM

Her boyfriend should have done something to plump those lips the old-fashioned way.

by Anonymousreply 28May 25, 2024 1:13 PM

Dullest “actress” ever.

by Anonymousreply 29May 25, 2024 1:40 PM

[quote]She costarred in Coogan's Bluff, the movie that inspired the series.

Wrong, r20, it inspired McCloud.

by Anonymousreply 30May 25, 2024 2:26 PM

I’d rather discuss the lavender marriage she shared with Alex Karras, as R22 brings up.

by Anonymousreply 31May 25, 2024 2:39 PM

It should have inspired fire R30. To burn that hat.

by Anonymousreply 32May 25, 2024 2:42 PM

You're right, r30. I guess I muddled Million Dollar Mysteries.

by Anonymousreply 33May 25, 2024 7:23 PM

She kind of looked like David Bowie as Ziggy Stardust.

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by Anonymousreply 34May 25, 2024 7:26 PM

Muddled is a kind way of saying you’re a feckln’ idiot….

by Anonymousreply 35May 25, 2024 9:21 PM

It's mind-boggling that she was "Cherry Forever" in Porky's. Alex Karras played the sheriff. It was a Canadian production (even though it was filmed in Florida). Susan Clark is Canadian. My theory is that she would agree to do the movie if they let her bring in her new husband?

by Anonymousreply 36January 2, 2025 1:34 PM

It could have been the opposite. Either way, there was some sort of package deal.

by Anonymousreply 37January 2, 2025 1:36 PM

She seemed so bitchy on Webster

by Anonymousreply 38January 2, 2025 1:37 PM

She clutched her uterus on Webster as she was miscarrying.

by Anonymousreply 39January 2, 2025 1:38 PM

OP, it was stylish in the 1970s.

by Anonymousreply 40January 2, 2025 1:41 PM

She was bitchy cause she and Alex pitched Webster as a classy romantic comedy two-hander, then that little black kid showed up and hogged all the attention

by Anonymousreply 41January 2, 2025 1:42 PM

R40 very groovy, especially paired with that type of ribbed knit, mock turtle top she's wearing. In matching burnt orange no less!

by Anonymousreply 42January 2, 2025 1:46 PM

That is pink

by Anonymousreply 43January 2, 2025 1:48 PM

R43 She's too femme to be Pink!

by Anonymousreply 44January 2, 2025 1:53 PM

[quote]That is pink

Not to my eyes r43. That pumpkin shade was popular in the 70s. To be fair, so was pink—often combined with pumpkin.

by Anonymousreply 45January 2, 2025 2:18 PM

She posed for Playboy in the early 70s

by Anonymousreply 46January 2, 2025 2:22 PM

Her hair is orange. her outfit is pink

by Anonymousreply 47January 2, 2025 2:25 PM

Erin Gibson does Colombo recaps as part of the Attitudes podcast Patreon. I've never seen an episode but they're funny to listen to, highly recommend

by Anonymousreply 48January 2, 2025 4:06 PM

Quickly now OP! JUMP in that time machine of yours, get to the set and fucking DEMAND that she be re-styled.

SET.

YOUR.

BOUNDARIES.

by Anonymousreply 49January 2, 2025 4:57 PM

There was a top American women's tennis player in the early '70s named Julie Heldman, who wore a similar hat to Clark's while playing matches.

by Anonymousreply 50January 2, 2025 5:41 PM

When I was a kid and we would watch Webster, I thought she had a mean face and vibe.

by Anonymousreply 51January 2, 2025 5:43 PM

Beg pardon r47 I believe you’re correct. My tablet screen was on night shift. Apologies.

by Anonymousreply 52January 2, 2025 6:17 PM

Bitch is on this episode of Barnaby Jones from 1974. Not at all attractive

by Anonymousreply 53January 10, 2025 3:41 PM

Page Boy Hats have been in America since the early 20th Century. It's a 14th Century European flat cap modded into the pageboy cap. The were made popular everywhere by British fashion designer Mary Quant, who is credited with designing the miniskirt that helped to define the 60s. Also, the Beatles.

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by Anonymousreply 54January 10, 2025 3:55 PM

Shut your mouth with that jive, honkey! It’s what Pepper wore to blend right in with the streets. We could not tell she was the fuzz. It was the hat that sold it, mayn.

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by Anonymousreply 55January 10, 2025 4:01 PM

This thread reminds me - we need to add Susan Clark to the 2025 Celebrity Deadpool list.

by Anonymousreply 56January 10, 2025 4:06 PM

Performers don't choose their own wardrobes.

by Anonymousreply 57January 10, 2025 4:19 PM

The scene.

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by Anonymousreply 58January 10, 2025 4:38 PM

Also called a Butcher’s Back Alley Butt Boy Cap

by Anonymousreply 59January 10, 2025 4:46 PM

It was trendy back then and that's important to some people.

by Anonymousreply 60January 10, 2025 5:01 PM

That was my era. You got the feeling some TV wardrobe people didn't understand "the kooky clothes the kids are wearing."

by Anonymousreply 61January 10, 2025 8:02 PM

[Quote] Performers don't choose their own wardrobes.

Excuse you very much.

by Anonymousreply 62January 10, 2025 9:08 PM

By the way, in those three film panels on the doll box at r55, you’ll see “Pepper” Anderson engaged in action sequences. As far as I recall, she never had a scuba battle nor did they drop from a plane via parachute.

I do not believe that David Gerber Productions typically had budgets for such sequences.

by Anonymousreply 63January 10, 2025 9:13 PM

1. I didn't know she was actually married to Mongo.

2. I thought she was already dead but only because I get her confused with the cokehead on "Newhart"

by Anonymousreply 64January 10, 2025 9:30 PM

R9 the jeans tucked into the knee high boots are still the coolest thing ever.

by Anonymousreply 65January 10, 2025 9:38 PM

Mary Frann? Cokehead? I've never heard this. Eating disorder on the other hand...

by Anonymousreply 66January 10, 2025 9:42 PM
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