Laugh-In mini-collection

One of my FAVORITE old TV shows is Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In. Almost every episode, they showed a "party" scene in which the guests would dance and have a good time, but they all froze when the music stopped, two people would tell a joke, the music would resume and everyone would unfreeze. I LIVED for that scene. The following is another mini collection of outfits I could see fitting into a party like that.

Laugh-In Collection - "Goldie Hawn"

This outfit may seem a little clown-like, but I can really see Goldie wearing a dress like this on the show.

Goldie always seemed to have messy hair and poorly-applied makeup back then.

Laugh-In Collection - "Barbara Sharma" EDIT: "Pamela Rodgers"

I think it's Barbara Sharma, but I'm open to corrections if any of you can tell me if that's the name of the pretty actress who played the ditzy long-haired redhead girl was in the last Season of Laugh-In.

Edit: I have found out the name of the pretty redhead was Pamela Rodgers. Thanks Hilly_Blue!

This dress was kind of an excercise in ruffles and gathers and layers. This hideous-gorgeous seafoam green material with stitched-on flowers and vines is almost see-through, much to Raine's delight.

Laugh-In collection "Judy Carne"

Judy was, at least to me, the apparent tomboy of the group with her short brown hair, but she still dressed like a lady. I remember her wearing a lot of oranges and browns.

I was surprised to find that I LOVED making this outfit. I only had one yard of the yellow fabric that I discovered in a box at a garage sale. It is from the 60's and is made of actual silk. Of course, being used to working with cheap polyester, I got frustrated sometimes with straight pins continually slipping out while I was sewing, but I really like the result.

Cheapness

For those of you who may not know, I am very thrifty when it comes to what I spend on materials. It is not unheard of for me to find a couch abandoned on the side of the road and go back at 1:00 on the morning with some scissors and cut the fabric off of it. Sorry, mom! I know it's dirty, but it's FREE FABRIC!!!

Anyway, I realized that this particular outfit is composed of all bargain basement stuff and perhaps because of that fact, it is one of my favorites to date!