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Let''s pretend we''re an episode of Murder, she Wrote

J.B. travels from Cabot Cove to New York because her beloved nephew, that plucky Grady Fletcher, wants her to meet his new girlfriend. At a pleasant dinner, Grady mentions that he's now a partner in a restaurant--except the owner seems a bit "manic." The next thing we know, the owner is found dead, face-down in a pile of sardines, and Grady is blamed. Guest stars include Burt Reynolds as the shady restaurant owner, Mickey Rooney as a janitor who saw too much, and Brenda Vaccaro as the restaurateur's aggrieved ex wife, who got nothing in the divorce.

by Anonymousreply 70April 19, 2020 5:49 PM

And Richard Beymer as the bitchy restaurant critic.

by Anonymousreply 1August 13, 2011 2:10 AM

Who gets the girlfriend role? I vote for plucky "Head of the Class" ensemble player and current nonentity Khrystyne Haje.

by Anonymousreply 2August 13, 2011 3:04 AM

I can pay for the last couple of dental appointments!

by Anonymousreply 3August 13, 2011 3:53 AM

The World Trade Center in the background of two shots haunts the viewers of reruns of the episode from 2002 through 2010, and then they don't notice it any more.

by Anonymousreply 4August 13, 2011 3:57 AM

I'm Virginia O'Brien, former MGM co-star of Miss Lansbury, coaxed out of retirement to play a deceptively sweet librarian. I attempt a Downeast Maine accent with atrocious results.

by Anonymousreply 5August 13, 2011 4:02 AM

I'd rather pretend we were an episode of The X-Files.

by Anonymousreply 6August 13, 2011 4:18 AM

Then you'd be boring, r6.

by Anonymousreply 7August 13, 2011 4:22 AM

I am Dennis Stanton, a former jewel thief, now an investigator for a San Francisco insurance company. I was a pinch hitter when Angela couldn't be bothered to phone in her weekly performance.

by Anonymousreply 8August 13, 2011 4:40 AM

I'm the surprise twist, revealed in the second part of the two-part episode, where Grady reveals to Aunt Jess that he's gay, and the girlfriend ia actually his husband, Simon.

Billy Campbwll guests as Simon.

by Anonymousreply 9August 13, 2011 4:59 AM

I'm Kay Lenz as Nurse Jenny Wells. (Filling small cups with pills)

"He didn't suffer, it was quite peaceful really... but he did say something that didn't make sense at the time. It was um... pork roll!. Yeah that was it, pork roll. Isn't that peculiar?"

by Anonymousreply 10August 13, 2011 5:20 AM

I'm Barbara Babcock, the red (headed) herring daughter of the heir, who was asking about how to cut brake fluid wires on the victims car, just out of curiosity, in a posh British accent, with pasty white skin.

by Anonymousreply 11August 13, 2011 11:57 AM

I'm Genie Francis, playing the coked up soap actress with a yoyo weight problem, with teeth the size of clothes pegs.

by Anonymousreply 12August 13, 2011 12:13 PM

I'm Leann Hunley, playing the same role I always play, in a beautiful white silk blouse and suit, sans bra.

by Anonymousreply 13August 13, 2011 12:18 PM

I"m Harry McGraw...ready and willing to put a hurtin' on Jessica Fletcher's snatch.

by Anonymousreply 14August 13, 2011 12:26 PM

I%E2%80%99m Eve Simpson, and I%E2%80%99m a sexy, vivacious, 65 year-old hottie. All the men in this backwater town fantasize about me because I am simply too wonderful. They know they%E2%80%99ll never find anyone as good in the sack as I am. Well, I gotta run because I%E2%80%99m late for my weekly roller set at Loretta%E2%80%99s Beauty Parlor. Goodness, my nails also need a fresh coat of red lacquer. OP, stop stirring the mud.

by Anonymousreply 15August 13, 2011 12:28 PM

I'm the Accountant who's fiddling the books!

by Anonymousreply 16August 13, 2011 1:04 PM

I'm Dr. Seth Hazlett, who trysts with Amos Tupper in Room 6 at Hill House every night before my constitutional.

by Anonymousreply 17August 13, 2011 1:30 PM

I am the country themed sweaters Jessica wore whenever she putzed around her house in Cabot Cove.

by Anonymousreply 18August 13, 2011 1:38 PM

I'm Brian Kerwin, playing the eager deputy.

by Anonymousreply 19August 13, 2011 1:43 PM

I am Jessica's 3-speed bycycle. Moments after she waved to her neighbours, I crashed into an old telegraph pole. I am damaged beyond repair.

by Anonymousreply 20August 13, 2011 1:43 PM

I am Jessica's Royal typewriter, tucked into a box at the church jumble sale.

by Anonymousreply 21August 13, 2011 2:41 PM

I am the Murder, She Wrote book cover.

by Anonymousreply 22August 13, 2011 2:48 PM

Ding Dong

"Who is it?"

"It's Jessica Fletcher."

"Don't let her in! Every time she shows up, somebody DIES!!"

by Anonymousreply 23August 13, 2011 2:50 PM

I will be Jessica's big '80's glasses.

by Anonymousreply 24August 13, 2011 2:54 PM

Helen Lawson guest stars as Letitzia Lyonard, Jessica Fletcher's old sorority sister who is now a famous (and controversial) gossip columnist.

by Anonymousreply 25August 13, 2011 2:57 PM

I'm world-renowned Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal.

My most personal investigation has brought me to Cabot Cove, where I hope to finally capture "die H%C3%BCndin von Dachau," Chef Oberaufseherin Jessika Fulcher.

An anonymous informant contacted my foundation 2 weeks ago and assured me that Herr Fulcher has been hiding in plain sight, making her living as a popular crime fiction writer. Should this tip prove to be true, one of the most notorious war criminals of all time will finally be brought to justice.

by Anonymousreply 26August 13, 2011 4:06 PM

I'm the typewriter caressed by Angela Lansbury's old, fingerprint-less fingers.

by Anonymousreply 27August 13, 2011 6:05 PM

I am sheepish, deferential housewife Nell Gibbons, played by Carrie Snodgress. My fisherman husband cheats on me openly with Lucy Croftwell, the young manicurist at the beauty parlor. When he's found dead, bludgeoned by a frying pan, Amos Tupper throws me in the slammer. Luckily my old English teacher, Jessica Fletcher, deduces that my husband was also having an affair with a vixen from Boston, who killed him in a drunken rage after too many Cape Codders at the Joshua Peabody Inn.

by Anonymousreply 28August 13, 2011 6:11 PM

BUMP!

by Anonymousreply 29August 16, 2011 6:12 PM

I'm Jessica's very best friend, back in town for a visit. Yes, it is odd that in eight years of this series you've never heard my name mentioned even once but, really, I AM Jessica's best and oldest friend!

by Anonymousreply 30August 16, 2011 6:20 PM

I am yet another of Jessica Fletcher's nephews or nieces.

Yet another of the hundreds of never before mentioned young relatives who'll turn up in aunt Jessica's murder filled life.

Could Jessica's flesh and blood be a KILLAH?

Don't think so.

by Anonymousreply 31August 16, 2011 9:09 PM

World-renowned Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal is my hero.

by Anonymousreply 32August 16, 2011 9:40 PM

I'm one of Jessica's frumpy dresses from Season 1, given away to the Cabot Cove Goodwill when Angela Lansbury insisted on glamming up her look

by Anonymousreply 33September 6, 2011 1:34 AM

I'm the bicycle seat from the opening credits thinking "Damn, her pussy stank!"

by Anonymousreply 34December 28, 2011 9:16 PM

I'm the stock footage of the quizzical look on Angela's face.

by Anonymousreply 35February 24, 2014 7:11 AM

I am the Murder of the Maine accent by all but a wee minority of actors on this and every other TV show and movie ever set in the rocky State of Maine.

by Anonymousreply 36February 24, 2014 7:46 AM

I'm Frank's pipe. My beloved Jess gave me to a passing vagrant who was later murdered by his daughter. I languished in unclaimed evidence box for a few years before Amos Tupper took me with him when he retired.

I miss living at Jessica's - so much drama.

by Anonymousreply 37November 15, 2017 12:53 PM

J am the dancing corpse, the title caracter of J.B. Fletcher's first book, "The Corpse Danced at Midnight,"

by Anonymousreply 38November 15, 2017 1:11 PM

I'm the local undertaker of Cabot Cove. Business is booming. I've just opened my 10th mortuary.

by Anonymousreply 39November 15, 2017 2:04 PM

I'm the pathetic wannabe author writing a spec script for a "Murder, She Wrote" reunion movie. 92 year old Jess, who everyone she encounters greets her with, "Jess, you look wonderful!" stumbles upon the retired sheriff Amos Tupper and Dr. Seth Hazlett in bed together, but both dead.

by Anonymousreply 40November 15, 2017 3:06 PM

I'm the Titanic VHS tape mysteriously paused in the player at where the old couple are in their bed about to drown. See, Amos and Seth died in their sleep. It was the most beautiful death ever. They even held hands. It was so romantic. (sniff)

by Anonymousreply 41November 15, 2017 3:33 PM

I'm the stunning later novel.. "The Corpse swam by moonlight". Jess knocked out about 4 books a year.. were any based off her real life experiences?

by Anonymousreply 42November 15, 2017 3:57 PM

I'm the random townsperson giving Jessica the side-eye and wondering if I'm the next one to die.

by Anonymousreply 43November 15, 2017 4:05 PM

I'm the cross-stitched samplers decorating the walls of every room in Jessica's cozy little cottage. Who stitched me? Surely JB didn't have the time, between writing and sleuthing.

by Anonymousreply 44November 15, 2017 4:40 PM

Jessica's house barely changed at all in 12 years. She never let success go to her head but she did start locking her door!

by Anonymousreply 45November 15, 2017 8:30 PM

I'm the Maine accent Lansbury attempts half-heartedly in the two-part pilot before giving up altogether.

by Anonymousreply 46July 28, 2018 5:04 PM

I'm the unflattering high-waisted jeans worn by Lansbury.

by Anonymousreply 47July 29, 2018 1:44 PM

I'm the closeup of something -- an earring, a cigarette lighter, a notepad -- in the first act that will be significant in the mystery in the fourth act.

by Anonymousreply 48July 29, 2018 1:45 PM

I'm the later seasons in which Jessica suddenly becomes best friends with disadvantaged, ethnic inner city youths. Though often accused of murder, Jessica is sure they're never guilty.

by Anonymousreply 49July 29, 2018 1:46 PM

I'm Jessica and Frank's inordinately fertile siblings who have provided her with a seemingly endless number of nieces and nephews all across the country.

by Anonymousreply 50July 29, 2018 1:49 PM

I'm the overdone, mouth gaping fake laugh that Angie often does for finale freeze frames.

by Anonymousreply 51July 29, 2018 1:51 PM

I'm the annual Ireland episodes in the later seasons -- and their accompanying jaunty, fiddle-heavy score.

by Anonymousreply 52July 29, 2018 1:54 PM

I'm Angie's cue cards.

by Anonymousreply 53July 29, 2018 1:54 PM

I'm the obligatory character telling Jessica they love her books

by Anonymousreply 54July 29, 2018 1:59 PM

I'm Ahmed, the Indian doorman in her NYC apartment.

by Anonymousreply 55July 29, 2018 1:59 PM

I'm the former students who all seem to be unusually close with a former English teacher.

by Anonymousreply 56July 29, 2018 2:14 PM

I'm Jessica's sensible thermal knickers. Dr Hazlitt is NOT getting into me!

by Anonymousreply 57July 29, 2018 2:23 PM

I'm the Universal backlot doubling for Maine, New York, Hong Kong, Paris, and Mexico City.

by Anonymousreply 58July 29, 2018 4:38 PM

I'm Heidi Bohay and I'm president of the Cabot Cove Itty Bitty Titty Committee.

by Anonymousreply 59July 29, 2018 6:32 PM

I'm the Pyrex dish fat Seth came to borrow. When he ate that poisoned apple left bby Eudora Mcveigh he dropped me on the floor!

by Anonymousreply 60April 11, 2019 7:06 PM

I'm "Dear World", the real theme for "Murder She Wrote", edited out when it sounded like Jessica was indeed the killer, threatening "to cut out the growth".

by Anonymousreply 61April 11, 2019 7:12 PM

I'm writer Barbara Thorndyke (not an author, Malamud is an author! LOL!) visiting Cabot Cove and running into that hack genre fiction 'writer', JB Fletcher. I'm not in any episodes but I should be, I mean surely Cabot Cove has a country club with exclusionary policies that serves a terrific brunch!

by Anonymousreply 62April 11, 2019 7:14 PM

I'm Julie Adams, showing Angela some videos from the soap opera I was contracted to, convincing her to hire Constance Towers and Marj Dusay as guest stars.

by Anonymousreply 63April 11, 2019 7:14 PM

I'm the photocopier at the 24 hour gas station out on the freeway that Eudora takes Jessica's manuscript to while Jessica is unconscious from sleeping pills!

by Anonymousreply 64April 11, 2019 7:55 PM

I'm the boob tube Jess wore when she went out whorin' for evidence.

by Anonymousreply 65April 12, 2019 8:24 AM

I'm Patty Duke waiting for my phone to ring about a guest spot on this friggin show, my ex-husband has been used multiple times and they seem to use Carrie Frickin Snodgrass every other week (btw, if she's in the episode, she's the murderer, take it to the bank!) , I was made for a schlock heap show like this, yet, crickets? Surely Angela Lansbury wouldn't be the type to hold a grudge? Especially for something that happened so long ago. Especially against a woman who was just a child at the time--a child who was dry-humped by her elderly guardians in a motel room while recovering from a terrible sunburn...

by Anonymousreply 66April 12, 2019 9:28 AM

Patty you were fine in The Miracle Worker but Angela was mesmerising in The Manchurian Candidate.

by Anonymousreply 67April 12, 2019 9:43 AM

I'm Jessica solving crimes remotely due to the virus.

by Anonymousreply 68April 19, 2020 2:36 PM

I'm the 3rd shift production manager at the Cabot Cove Casket Factory screeching to the workers "Let's get it together, people!" and I haven't had a day off since that bitch Jessica started "solving crimes."

by Anonymousreply 69April 19, 2020 3:09 PM

I’m that certain something that just doesn’t add up.

by Anonymousreply 70April 19, 2020 5:49 PM
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