Cabot Cove Confidential

Why are amusement park offices always located underground? How much would you pay to visit a JB Fletcher themed amusement park? Will Laurie Bascom’s book become a best seller or fade hastily into obscurity? What’s a more effective way of catching a mystery writer, with gun threats or by piquing their curiosity? And most importantly, what does Kiss or Chris Angel have to do with any of this?

Monk Robes, giant heads,  cat sounds, swanky house coats, and underground lairs abound! Unravel the mysteries of call forwarding with us as we discuss Season 1, Episode 7 – “We’re Off To Kill The Wizard”.

EXTRAS:

We talked a little about about ‘Kiss Meets The Phantom Of The Park’ during the episode. Here’s a sweet NBC Saturday Night Movie bumper for it.

Tony, Tommy or does it even matter? Does your revolutionary angst get in the way of your pirate pride? Team Ethan or Team Amos? Does J.B. have an icy cool calm or a comfort with her mortality? And is there anything mechanical that a simple toggle switch can’t control?

Before there was Elon Musk….there was Daniel O’Brien, so put on your baseball bell bottoms and join us at the old Gentry Farm as we dissect this episode of Murder She Wrote, ‘Hit , Run and Homicide’! 

At the end of the episode we bring up that Andrew Stevens who played the mega-creepy David Tolliver in Episode 5 was the good cop in Charles Bronson’s ’10 To Midnight’. Jennie thinks it’s a good movie, Damien thinks it’s gross and exploitative. Here’s a trailer that shows how the whole movie goes down.

How many languages does Jessica speak? Is Doctor Edmund Gerard responsible for the 90’s Seattle grunge scene? How early is ‘too early’? Vonnegut, Fletcher or Hesse? Why does Damien think he learned to diagnose psychosis from a book that claims that untrained people shouldn’t?

These questions are raised and it’s all disco-jazz, Jennie’s pet peeves and inflatable raft charges when we discuss season 1, episode 5 of Murder She Wrote,  ‘Lovers And Other Killers’!

Among our diversions in this episode were mentions of the synth-wave band Drab Majesty and the 1986 film Eliminators. Here are vids for Drab Majesty’s 39 By Design and a trailer for Eliminators.

Do casts belong on safety shotguns? Can you slip a horse a mickey? Can young people hear dog whistles? Does Oprah have her own tea brand? Why is this episode so bananas? What do Potts and Spencer talk about? What is the median age of a metal detector user? And how legal is ‘legal as hell’?

This episode will kill the desire you have to get the answers to any of these questions because it’s all tally-ho and tea leaves when we talk about ‘It’s A Dog’s Life’!

Where would you fall on the Lydecker scale? Are break dancers flame-proof? Who would win if Gomez Adams threw down with Horshack? Does vodka mix well with Diet Coke? Where is Scott Bennett’s belt? Will Hernandez’s work become a Sunday night movie? Why was Damien fascinated by blue-eyed people as a kid? And just what do you get when you add Porky’s, Halloween and Flashdance together?

The first question only you can answer, five and six will remain mysteries that will haunt you for the rest of your life but all the other questions are answered in our coverage of the third regular episode of the first season of Murder She Wrote, ‘Hooray For Homicide’!

How do lobsters handle jet lag? Does Victoria ever get to marry Howard? Does she ever even get a late night date in San Francisco? Which Las Vegas llamas get the best dressing rooms? Is murder a good option for career advancement? And does a grief suit really improve your golf swing?

Most of these questions are answered and probably way too much is said about the G.I. Joe villain Serpentor in our coverage of the second regular episode of Murder She Wrote season one, Birds Of A Feather!

Just how many deadly ladies are in this one? Who is the worst? Where is the hobo and is he really even a hobo? How do you retrieve clams? What is Ethan’s job, and what do orangutans have to do with any of this?

Some of these questions will be answered in our coverage of Episode 1 of Season 1 of Murder She Wrote, “Deadly Lady”!

Show notes

Our previous episode covered “The Murder of Sherlock Holmes”, the pilot episode so this, our second podcast, is covering the actual first episode of season one. That’s not nearly as confusing as some of the stuff in this episode.

During the cast we had a tangent involving “Bj and The Bear”, co-starring Claude Akins. Here’s a really grainy upload of its intro. Such a sweet truck.

Welcome to Cabot Cove Confidential!

Do nephews always read your manuscripts? Can pectin make you a new man? How do you pull off a captain’s hat at all times, and what does Agnes Peabody have to do with anything?

We won’t answer any of those questions but we do have a good time looking into The Murder Of Sherlock Holmes!