George Clooney in a trenchcoat
March 11, 2017 9:41 PM Subscribe
Murder, She Wrote trading cards.
Angela Lansbury killed a lot of famous people, didn't she!
posted by not_on_display at 10:21 PM on March 11, 2017 [2 favorites]
posted by not_on_display at 10:21 PM on March 11, 2017 [2 favorites]
The very definition of "relevant to my interests"; I'm so glad these aren't available for purchase or something real stupid would be happening tonight.
posted by MCMikeNamara at 10:32 PM on March 11, 2017 [5 favorites]
posted by MCMikeNamara at 10:32 PM on March 11, 2017 [5 favorites]
They should bring MSW back. There ought to be a law, in fact, mandating that there is always at least one family series featuring a polite elderly woman sniffing out murderers. Oprah would have been perfect for this! HBO, btw, had a series (based on a character in a book) called Number One Ladies Detective Agency. It was terrific, but it only lasted on short season.
posted by Beholder at 10:38 PM on March 11, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by Beholder at 10:38 PM on March 11, 2017 [1 favorite]
Angela Lansbury killed a lot of famous people, didn't she!
I mean, Sweeney Todd should have been enough of a warning.
posted by rhizome at 10:54 PM on March 11, 2017 [2 favorites]
I mean, Sweeney Todd should have been enough of a warning.
posted by rhizome at 10:54 PM on March 11, 2017 [2 favorites]
Beholder - your grandma will probably enjoy ME TV and Family Net channels.
posted by davidmsc at 11:12 PM on March 11, 2017
posted by davidmsc at 11:12 PM on March 11, 2017
Yes, and GetTV, and Decades, and uh, there's a couple of other broadcast repertory channels that are probably also on cable. There's a game show repeats (50s-80s) channel called Buzzr. And Murder She Wrote is on....COZI-TV for two hours every day and three hours on Sundays.
Lots of great channels for repeats these days, and a lot of them get it. It's kind of a rennaissance.
posted by rhizome at 11:28 PM on March 11, 2017 [1 favorite]
Lots of great channels for repeats these days, and a lot of them get it. It's kind of a rennaissance.
posted by rhizome at 11:28 PM on March 11, 2017 [1 favorite]
Holy shit Bryan Cranston used to look like T1 era Arnold Schwarzenegger
posted by Sebmojo at 1:01 AM on March 12, 2017 [2 favorites]
posted by Sebmojo at 1:01 AM on March 12, 2017 [2 favorites]
> always at least one family series featuring a polite elderly woman sniffing out murderers
That's, like, fully 20% of the BBC's output. Just import it.
posted by Leon at 1:50 AM on March 12, 2017 [3 favorites]
That's, like, fully 20% of the BBC's output. Just import it.
posted by Leon at 1:50 AM on March 12, 2017 [3 favorites]
I got a hologram Jessica. Any offers?
posted by Samizdata at 3:12 AM on March 12, 2017 [3 favorites]
posted by Samizdata at 3:12 AM on March 12, 2017 [3 favorites]
Bill Maher's so pissed in that photo, he looks like he's talking to a Muslim feminist who vaccinates kids
posted by middleclasstool at 6:09 AM on March 12, 2017 [6 favorites]
posted by middleclasstool at 6:09 AM on March 12, 2017 [6 favorites]
If so, I hope he got murdered
posted by middleclasstool at 6:10 AM on March 12, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by middleclasstool at 6:10 AM on March 12, 2017 [1 favorite]
If your playing"Six degrees of separation" with someone and end up getting assigned George Clooney and Buddy Hacket, today's your lucky day!
posted by AlonzoMosleyFBI at 6:15 AM on March 12, 2017 [2 favorites]
posted by AlonzoMosleyFBI at 6:15 AM on March 12, 2017 [2 favorites]
They should bring MSW back.
They did, they just called it Castle.
posted by jacquilynne at 7:34 AM on March 12, 2017 [4 favorites]
They did, they just called it Castle.
posted by jacquilynne at 7:34 AM on March 12, 2017 [4 favorites]
I hope they do this with the Rockford Files- I just finished binging the first season (thanks, Hulu!), which includes Ned Beatty as a an evil Wall Street executive and a very 70's Hector Elizondo.
posted by Esteemed Offendi at 7:54 AM on March 12, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by Esteemed Offendi at 7:54 AM on March 12, 2017 [1 favorite]
Given what he grew into, it's amazing how unattractive George Clooney looks.
posted by Nelson at 9:44 AM on March 12, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by Nelson at 9:44 AM on March 12, 2017 [1 favorite]
I mean, he's hotter now, but he was still plenty attractive then.
posted by jacquilynne at 10:06 AM on March 12, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by jacquilynne at 10:06 AM on March 12, 2017 [1 favorite]
Given what he grew into, it's amazing how unattractive George Clooney looks.
...which was the style at the time.
posted by rhizome at 11:53 AM on March 12, 2017 [3 favorites]
...which was the style at the time.
posted by rhizome at 11:53 AM on March 12, 2017 [3 favorites]
Ned Beatty as a an evil Wall Street executive
Aren't you talking about Network?
posted by Beholder at 12:36 PM on March 12, 2017
Aren't you talking about Network?
posted by Beholder at 12:36 PM on March 12, 2017
Given what he grew into, it's amazing how unattractive George Clooney looks.
...which was the style at the time.
I believe The Facts of Life, where he was brought on for Season 7 ratings boosting beefcake (as I'm sure you all know), is proof that George Clooney has always been hot, it's just the definition of hot that changed around us. For us to pretend otherwise means we ignore the cultural mistakes we may have made along the way, and I think that's dangerous unless we want the forefront of masculine hotness to mean mullets AND mousse again. And though I appreciated it the first time around, that's not happening on my watch again.
posted by MCMikeNamara at 4:11 PM on March 12, 2017 [1 favorite]
...which was the style at the time.
I believe The Facts of Life, where he was brought on for Season 7 ratings boosting beefcake (as I'm sure you all know), is proof that George Clooney has always been hot, it's just the definition of hot that changed around us. For us to pretend otherwise means we ignore the cultural mistakes we may have made along the way, and I think that's dangerous unless we want the forefront of masculine hotness to mean mullets AND mousse again. And though I appreciated it the first time around, that's not happening on my watch again.
posted by MCMikeNamara at 4:11 PM on March 12, 2017 [1 favorite]
They should bring MSW back.
NBC thought about a reboot with Octavia Spencer, but axed the project.
posted by Monochrome at 8:53 PM on March 12, 2017 [1 favorite]
NBC thought about a reboot with Octavia Spencer, but axed the project.
posted by Monochrome at 8:53 PM on March 12, 2017 [1 favorite]
Given we're now getting Big Bang Theory spinoffs, a literary crime show is probably the furthest thing from any network's schedule.
posted by rhizome at 7:44 PM on March 13, 2017
posted by rhizome at 7:44 PM on March 13, 2017
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Getting ready to cancel my Grandmother's Netflix and get her cable again. She enjoyed streaming until her favorite shows (Murder and Rockford Files) were removed. In fact, Netflix does a crummy job of offering any TV dramas from the 70s/80s. They offer zilch to elderly viewers looking for a nostalgia fix.
posted by Beholder at 9:58 PM on March 11, 2017 [1 favorite]