iT security expert here. The fact that the computer “hacking” in this episode was basically just spyware installed via social engineering means that it’s probably one of the most realistic portrayals of how a security breach actually happen in a show or movie.
Deleted scene: Jessica overhears someone mention a blue screen of death, and is very disappointed to find, after wasting several hours investigating, that it involves no actual murder.
I love the development of Jessica’s career. She went from writing in her hometown using a typewriter to renting an apartment in New York and has a ton of cash to get a computer.
Honestly if you ever meet J.B. Fletcher you need to be nice and polite to her and for the love of god make friends with her. Sure you may get accused of murder but at least you are far less likely to get murdered. Honestly just tell her your her niece or nephew, she has lost count of how many of those she has at this point.
Alright, I'm calling it now: if they ever reboot Murder She Wrote, you need to be a consulting producer. Somebody who, like, maps the character bible for a 21st-century version and nitpicks every script from the writers' room so that everything at least makes sense, without sacrificing the charm or the cheese. Since NBC Universal is clearly paying attention to your videos, I hope they see this comment and consider it.
@@Danbo22987 New ideas really don't sell on their own anymore, and they'd probably slap the title on the proposal anyway. I'm just cutting out the middleman in the suit.
Unfortunately, Aunt Jess...ehm, i mean Angela Lansbury herself is strongly against a reboot of the series. But she's also open to some reprise of the iconic role.
I'm incredibly impressed that the episode handled the tech as well as it did, given the VR video game episode. Also I very much appreciated the HACK THE PLANET running joke. 9/10 MSW ep, 10/10 PUR ep :D
I think J. Michael Straczynski had something to do with the tech. He's the creator of Babylon 5 and was very heavily engaged with his fanbase on usenet newsgroups during that show's run.
@@michaelmayo2365 His co-producer credit made it into the video, _IMDb_ says he was also the writer. I thought the detectives also felt JMS-ish. The least believable thing about it is that the computer novice author/sleuth discovered his data theft method while the computer programmer didn't.
As someone who has always struggled with titles, "The Damned Are Playing at Godzilla's Tonight" is how you fucking TITLE! You know you want to find out what that story's about! Also, a lot of blazer/giant jewellery combos going on in this episode.
@@SquiresIsle it was J. Michael Straczynski, writer of the episode. The Damned is an actual punk band that played a gig at a club called Godzilla's in Sun Valley in 1982. Maybe Straczynski was at the gig, or maybe someone just told him "The Damned are playing at Godzilla's tonight". In any case, he also used the title later for an episode of a radio drama series, starring Steve Buscemi. The episode is available on youtube.
"Well, how did he get in [If he didn't have the credentials]?" Honestly, I feel like this guy could have gotten away with sitting in on that class for at least a couple of weeks without signing up. If anyone asked why he wasn't registered, it would be easy to be like "But I am? Maybe the computer's not working right." and any professor I ever had would have gone like "Yeah, OK, I bet you're right."
I didn't even really think they had prerequisite classes in college. You could sign up for any class you wanted to pay for, it's just that you'd likely have no idea what was going on if it was too advanced, fail, and have to pay to take it again. Especially back when this show was on.
@@danielgehring7437 Nope, they definitely have prerequisites. And while some are necessary--Anatomy 1 before Anatomy 2--most are just the university's way of getting you to pay for three classes when you need one.
Seriously it's called auditing- usually they tell you to just go and then talk to the teacher. Heck, sometimes you can even take a course for credit without the prereqs if the professor thinks it's fine
The peas were hiding a fake head and acted as a test to see Jessica’s sleuthing skills! It failed because Jessica didn’t touch the peas as she despises the vegetable.
You know, maybe one of the reasons the episode wasn’t sloppy with tech (aside from disc) was because it was co-produced and written by J. Michael Straczynski, who did a lot to interact with fans online and promote tech in his shows, like Babylon 5. He’s also a huge comic book writer!
JMS talked about updating the status quo of the series in his memoir. Though if I recall correctly, he later decided to leave partially due to creative conflicts with Lansbury (whom he still praised a lot).
I was actually watching Murder She wrote when this popped up! The one where Jessica stumbles into becoming a Madame at a brothel, it's bananas and honestly I'm eager for that episode as well. Great content Roses! Thanks for getting me hooked on a great show.
I love how in, like, season 4 she's like "I don't think I'll ever use one of those weird computer things," and then by season 10 she's going "I brought my laptop with me on the plane so i could get some writing done." In this house, we call that growth.
The notepad on the back of the phone was a speed dial directory. EVERYONE used them and, if your family was ridiculous, order was a big deal. Speaking of order, many used them for take out places as god intended.
I don't think we ever wrote down what our speed dial buttons were is the thing, so all those on our phones were pristine, if yellowed. (Really, pretty sure there as only 1 ever programed in anyway.)
Ours was Pizza Hut, some family members and a funeral home. (The funeral home had a number a digit off from ours and people would leave messages for them on our answering machine, so we'd get home and then have to call and give them their messages at least weekly.)
I was recently on a trip in Belfast and the guy from the airbnb had a golden girls and a murder she wrote pillow in neon colours in his otherwise very neutral living room he also had the matching hand towels, apron, mugs and plates. Everytime I saw them I thought of your channel lol
About the Detectives: Weren't the later episodes of Murder she wrote often meant to be backdoor pilots for new shows? That would explain why they get so much screen time.
A Floppy Joe is what computers eat with disk rinds and gear beer. ...I'm so sorry. Also wanted to say Jessica's wardrobe was super fun in this one. Looking forward to The Styles of JB Fletcher: A Retrospective She Wrote.
Did you know that there was an adaptation of Agatha Christie's Death on the Nile with Angela Lansbury as a writer! She plays Salome Otterborne. It would be so good to review and it's currently free with ads on TH-cam.
Oh man, I love that adaptation! I grew up watching it with my parents! Finally broke down and bought a copy so that I'd always be able to watch it if I felt the need ^_^
@@lrrrruleroftheplanetomicro7221 Try Death on the Nile 1976 and it will say under the thumbnail Free with Ads. Edit, the movie was made in 1978, my bad.
2:22 Pretty sure "serious cybernetics corporation" is a riff on "sirius cybernetics corporation". Was not expecting a Douglas Adams reference in a Murder she wrote episode.
@@superluser J. Michael Straczynski who wrote this episode is a HUGE nerd. He was a big enough fan of British Sci-fi that he attempted to follow in Terry Nation's footsteps by writing the entire first season of a show by himself... (Terry's show was Blake's 7, JMS's was Babylon 5) so he'd be the first place I'd look for the source.
@@superluser Yeah. His name shows up in the opening credits around the minute or so mark, and he's credited as writing 5 episodes in season 8 and 2 episodes in season 9.
I think this exact same pun reference recently showed up in the Rivers of London series...tells you something when Hitchhiker's Guide is still so popular that writers are doing the same riffs all over again!
Actually a great episode that you should consider for the future is “hit, run, and homicide”. It’s from season 1. It’s the second episode to take place in Cabot cove and it features a driverless cars trying kill people and Jessica playing an arcade game and almost being driven off a cliff by the driverless car! It’s great and definitely up your alley
I was just thinking about you! I began watching “Murder, She Wrote” for myself and already have a whole list of episodes that would be fun for you to review. I’m just in the first season! Love your content, keep it up! 💛
I was just about to watch yet another episode, am making my way chronologically through the series, when my mother informed me that Angela Landsbury had passed. Watching it was bittersweet.
@@deementia6796 He also shows up multiple times on Murder, She Wrote in multiple roles, including as a sleazy TV producer trying to pitch a new show about inner-city detective kids who are “black, white, brown, yellow, you know, all different colors.”
8:20 - Yes, we had that *EXACT* model of cordless phone, and parents wrote the requisite local police non-emergency, fire, and poison control numbers, plus a couple aunt and uncles. But only the local ones. Not the ones that would be a long distance call. :-D I don't think I ever called any of them.
Right, I remember whether I saw them it was usually local police and fire department, occasionally the poison control. Damn, that reminds me that I can recall when the phone number for 911 was new. Is that even right? *Am* I remembering that correctly? Was it new in the 80's? Yup. "By 1987 ... 50% of the US population had access to 9-1-1 emergency service numbers. By the end of the 20th century..93% had access in the U.S."
Such great shows. I was a total Grandma's boy and watched them with her when I would be over at her place. Also Scarecrow and Mrs King, Quincy a little earlier, the 80s were the best lol.
It's wild to see the show try to modernize with computers this way when the typewriter in the opening credits is so iconic and the coziness of the show is so tied to its timeless feel.
Another installment of my favorite MSW series. I’d love to see you cover “J.B…As In Jailbird.” I just watched it the other night and immediately thought it needed the PUR treatment.
You'd have to do "Widow, Weep for Me" and maybe the russian ballet episode from the first season first, because JB as in Jailbird involves recurring characters from those episodes. (Also Widow, Weep for Me was confusing in general... and introduces one of my favorite recurring characters... so maybe it's worth covering on its own? :P) I just started season 6, does the kgb agent ever show up again?
"Ken Williams." That is a DEEP CUT joke. I was a big enough Sierra fan to get the reference, but not enough to recognize that he looks like him. I googled a picture. And yes, i agree.
@@Sam_on_TH-cam King's Quest and Laura Bow games were amongst my favorites during the Sierra's golden era though I equally loved Space Quest, Quest for Glory, Gabriel Knight and Police Quest series too not forgetting some of those one timers like Conquest of Camelot and Codename: Iceman. Had many of these on my pimped up Amiga 500. Sierra was the household name in computer gaming back then. Btw, I really had to google out if "Roberta sent me" password would've worked too after seeing your reply and now I feel a bit stupid.
"Surrender or die, Earth scum" I would be willing to give that game a try on the strength of the title alone. Although with my luck it'd turn out to be a dating sim...
It was killing me for most of the video: the Murder She Wrote lady in the blue dress also played the alternate-universe captain of the Enterprise C in "Yesterday's Enterprise". Star Trek nerds will spot a cameo by a Trek Actor 100% of the time.
YAY! I guess they finally let you post your video, eh? Well, whatever happened, I'm happy to finally see it! Take care, PUR! Your work brings so much joy to my miserable life (medical/mental stuff). Thank you so much! And screw those copyright idiots. 😉😎🤘☮️🌈
The Encarta Puzzle game felt like such a fever dream for so long-then I heard just enough people bring it up to solidify its reality in my mind. I just wish someone would rig it to an emulator so I could play it again
I love these videos. Murder She Wrote has a special place in my heart and I love how you break the episodes down and all the fun little add ins. Thank you for continuing to make these. It always a great way to start my day.
80s computers will always be my favorite because the general public didn't understand them yet, so all you had to do was type on the keyboard and all the plot-convenient information would pop up on the magic monitor 😄 In fact, if you'd care to check out _Tales from the Darkside_ sometime (I think it'd be right up your alley), "Word Processor of the Gods" from the first season is based on a short story by Stephen King and definitely worthy of this channel.
That episode was huge to me! I enjoyed the short story version as well. Years later, reading "Tommyknockers", I realized King is an excellent recycler of his own work!
The principal is played by Alan Oppenheimer, best known for his many voice acting roles on 80s kids shows like He-Man and Transformers. And best know to MSTies for his part in Riding With Death.
I love the little talk she gives to Michael in this one, the one the title comes from. Really got to me for some reason, watched it at exactly the right time. Always happy for a new roses video!!
I worked at a police department in 2011 and they still fucking used phones with the notepads on the back. I remember it had three phone numbers, and to be fair I dialed those particular phone numbers very frequently. Also I am here for sexy sax.
PLEASE do a video on MSW Season 2 Episode 1 'Widow, Weep for Me'!!!! Jessica is fierce as an undercover rich woman with a huge lilac turban and throws tons of wonderful shade 😏😏 anyway your video is just what i needed to laugh and relax today thank you 😊
I love your Murder, She Wrote videos! I keep wanting to make a request but there are so many that I couldn't choose just one (though this video being from season 8 makes me remember watching "Danse Diabolique" with my grandma). Also, one of the detectives is played by Charles Cyphers, aka the sheriff in Halloween, and it always seems like every time I see him in something, he's either a cop or a coach.
This is a college, right? I have never had a class where the professor would range from "happy to have you" to "whatever, I don't care" if someone wanted to sit in. This principal/dean/whatever guy is just a jerk.
Yknow there's lots of online horror writers, especially with ARGs being so popular. I could see a great cheesy one of movie reboot/remaining of this where the stories she writes start coming true and she has to use her Jessica fletcher skills to solve the crimes.
I absolutely love these Murder She Wrote videos. My parents never watched this when I was growing up but in my later years (30+) I became an avid mystery fan and started watching it - and seeing all the videos you do have been such a treasure. I can't commit to a patreon but I can like and comment to help out in any small way!
Loved the “Hack the Planet” references. I probably watched that movie over 100 times back when I was a teen. So much cheese but damn did it have some really quotable moments.
Jessica Fletcher reminds me of my Crime Fiction teacher in high school when I did an Extension 1 English course, I love these Murder She Wrote recaps as well as the Golden Girls ones Roses does.
Rewatching this one. I really like that Jessica wasn't a curmudgeon, and even if she was a bit bewildered by new technology at times, she also opened herself up to the possibilities and kept a positivity that is sometimes missing from older characters in fiction.
I love these! You have even gotten me into watching Murder She Wrote, while I crochet. I am truly an old small town woman at heart. I think you should do Season 1 Episode 7 "Lovers and Other Killers" It is crazy. What is the lady in the cold open doing with that music box (it never comes up again)? Where did Jessica get that baby? Since when did she know Mandarin? And that's only the fist 5 minutes! Younger men, mysterious figures, it has it all. Hope to see your take on it someday. Thanks for the amazing content!
I just need to say you bring a great deal of joy to me with ANY/ALL Murder She Wrote shows. These are my favs (because I made sure to watch them with my mother on Sunday nights during the original run), and your take and flare, and humor is ON POINT. Thank you
Absolutely love these Murder She Wrote episodes. It seems like no other channel really talks about this show but that's ok! So comfy and a joy to watch.
My roommate and I JUST watched this one as we slowly but surely plow through the series, so this was a very fun upload for me! The 90s saxophone in this season gets me every time, it's so funny, and I'm so glad I'm not the only one who has noticed it lmao
This was a really satisfying, interesting one, probably because I loved all the early nerd / PC / internet stuff juxtaposed against #ToughGuysWithComputers . Love your work! Hope you're doing well!
If you want a old show that was based around old computers, look up "The Whiz Kids".where kids use 80's computers to fight crime by violating several major laws.
I believe this move to the big city and the use of a computer was part of JMS (Joe Michael Strazinsky) coming to work on the show. He talks about it in his autobiography about how he wanted to show older people using and understanding computers on TV so as to encourage their use among older viewers.
Wow this is some fantastic and engaging content! I sure do love watching it, as it is excellent advertising value for popular media amongst my demographic!
This has slowly become one of my favourite series on TH-cam, and it's nice to see an episode I actually remember watching! An earlier episode with some... interesting computer related content is "Deadpan" from series 4 - could be worth a future video.
I just have to say, calling Dave Groh as the frontman for Oo Ighters is good, but I think Fo Fighter would be better and Dave Groh of the Faux Fighter would be even better.
iT security expert here. The fact that the computer “hacking” in this episode was basically just spyware installed via social engineering means that it’s probably one of the most realistic portrayals of how a security breach actually happen in a show or movie.
Hard to believe - lol.
Actually, as a marketing pro at an IT company, I’m going to second this.
And unfortunately it still has some inaccuracies such as DISC instead of DISK and also the wrong way the error was described.
Deleted scene: Jessica overhears someone mention a blue screen of death, and is very disappointed to find, after wasting several hours investigating, that it involves no actual murder.
🤣🤣🤣
so not strangulation?
(snicker!)
Alternatively, she finds a clever way to bring the cartoonish rogue Gill Bates.
I don't think blue screening existed back then, but that would be cool.
I love the development of Jessica’s career. She went from writing in her hometown using a typewriter to renting an apartment in New York and has a ton of cash to get a computer.
Maybe she thought she could move away from all the murders
@@Faction.Paradox Or maybe she was starting to run out and needed to go to a bigger city with more people.
@@ZipplyZane Its what they did to “Sheriff Lobo”. Episodes on TH-cam, love that show.
She also became a senator or maybe a member of congress as the series went on
@@J.Valentine1031 ??? You mean that episode in the first season where she filled in for a dead senator until a new one could be elected?
The pros and cons of being friends with J. B. Fletcher.
Pros: You get to be friends with J. B. Fletcher
Cons: You will get accused of murder
Or be murdered. 😮
she'll always prove your innocence in the end so a win win regardless
the only exception might be Amos, but that’s because he’s the one doing the arresting when Jessica is visiting her hometown
Honestly if you ever meet J.B. Fletcher you need to be nice and polite to her and for the love of god make friends with her. Sure you may get accused of murder but at least you are far less likely to get murdered. Honestly just tell her your her niece or nephew, she has lost count of how many of those she has at this point.
That's if you're lucky, otherwise you'll be the one who ends up murdered.
On a related note, Dame Angela Lansbury will receive the Tony Award for her Lifetime Achievement this year. A literal legend.
Oh, cool!
Well deserved!
Wonderful news!
Damn shes alive? She must be at least 95 by now *checks* Oh, yeah, 96 😂
Lordy, were they waiting to see if they could wait her out?
Alright, I'm calling it now: if they ever reboot Murder She Wrote, you need to be a consulting producer. Somebody who, like, maps the character bible for a 21st-century version and nitpicks every script from the writers' room so that everything at least makes sense, without sacrificing the charm or the cheese. Since NBC Universal is clearly paying attention to your videos, I hope they see this comment and consider it.
They should just do a series inspired by Murder She Wrote with an older lady detective solving mysteries in cozy towns.
@@Danbo22987 New ideas really don't sell on their own anymore, and they'd probably slap the title on the proposal anyway. I'm just cutting out the middleman in the suit.
Murder She Tweeted
@@Nickelodeon81 I dunno about tweeted, but it would likely involve a true crime podcast for sure.
Unfortunately, Aunt Jess...ehm, i mean Angela Lansbury herself is strongly against a reboot of the series.
But she's also open to some reprise of the iconic role.
I'm incredibly impressed that the episode handled the tech as well as it did, given the VR video game episode. Also I very much appreciated the HACK THE PLANET running joke. 9/10 MSW ep, 10/10 PUR ep :D
Never forget Jessica saying putting in a locked door that's never accessible is an unfair video game design. Bless.
I think J. Michael Straczynski had something to do with the tech. He's the creator of Babylon 5 and was very heavily engaged with his fanbase on usenet newsgroups during that show's run.
@@jaysonl you beat me to the punch. He absolutely had to have been a driving force behind this episode.
@@michaelmayo2365 His co-producer credit made it into the video, _IMDb_ says he was also the writer. I thought the detectives also felt JMS-ish.
The least believable thing about it is that the computer novice author/sleuth discovered his data theft method while the computer programmer didn't.
Having finally watched the wonderfully so-bad-it's-good Hackers recently... HACK THE PLANET!
With what? A Magic Gun? Where do we get one from?
That movie was a bi/pan thirst trap.
@@gingerkid1048 You ain't just whistling Dixie about that.
As someone who has always struggled with titles, "The Damned Are Playing at Godzilla's Tonight" is how you fucking TITLE! You know you want to find out what that story's about!
Also, a lot of blazer/giant jewellery combos going on in this episode.
I would assume a band I only like one song of is playing a club with a great name
That was my favorite part too! I had flashbacks to my creative writing class in college. 😂
Kudos to whoever came up with it AND allowed it to be used like that. I would have back-pocketed that thing for some other project.
@@SquiresIsle it was J. Michael Straczynski, writer of the episode. The Damned is an actual punk band that played a gig at a club called Godzilla's in Sun Valley in 1982. Maybe Straczynski was at the gig, or maybe someone just told him "The Damned are playing at Godzilla's tonight". In any case, he also used the title later for an episode of a radio drama series, starring Steve Buscemi. The episode is available on youtube.
"Well, how did he get in [If he didn't have the credentials]?" Honestly, I feel like this guy could have gotten away with sitting in on that class for at least a couple of weeks without signing up. If anyone asked why he wasn't registered, it would be easy to be like "But I am? Maybe the computer's not working right." and any professor I ever had would have gone like "Yeah, OK, I bet you're right."
I didn't even really think they had prerequisite classes in college. You could sign up for any class you wanted to pay for, it's just that you'd likely have no idea what was going on if it was too advanced, fail, and have to pay to take it again. Especially back when this show was on.
@@danielgehring7437 Nope, they definitely have prerequisites. And while some are necessary--Anatomy 1 before Anatomy 2--most are just the university's way of getting you to pay for three classes when you need one.
Seriously it's called auditing- usually they tell you to just go and then talk to the teacher. Heck, sometimes you can even take a course for credit without the prereqs if the professor thinks it's fine
Your exasperated sounding delivery of the line : "We only have tan." made me giggle far too much.
I laughed the same way I did when she said "I told you IT WAS POOP" in "That Time Murder, She Wrote's Murderer Was a Dog"
My absolute favorite thing about Roses is the details she notices. "Who needs THAT many peas?!" and the weird paintings she erks to a stop for.
I wonder if Jessica ALSO noticed the absurd number of peas present...
@@OhNoBohNo There are a few comments saying "my family always eats that many peas" I like to think Jess doesn't judge!
@@lazyhomebody1356 My sister consumes a massive amount of peas nearly daily lol, I think we need an intervention for her
The peas were hiding a fake head and acted as a test to see Jessica’s sleuthing skills! It failed because Jessica didn’t touch the peas as she despises the vegetable.
@@kenthuang436 Brilliant! I'm glad the murderer got away with it in that case
You know, maybe one of the reasons the episode wasn’t sloppy with tech (aside from disc) was because it was co-produced and written by J. Michael Straczynski, who did a lot to interact with fans online and promote tech in his shows, like Babylon 5. He’s also a huge comic book writer!
He also wrote the scariest episodes of the Real Ghostbusters. So much of my childhood was terrifying and awesome thanks to that man.
JMS talked about updating the status quo of the series in his memoir. Though if I recall correctly, he later decided to leave partially due to creative conflicts with Lansbury (whom he still praised a lot).
@@BornIn1142 in that book he also talked about how he snuck into writing classes and getting found out in the same way the guy does in this episode.
1:06 in the review
@@lizardkingsliwinski4031 oh my GOD is Michael a self-insert, that would explain why the credit shows up RIGHT as the character appears
I was actually watching Murder She wrote when this popped up! The one where Jessica stumbles into becoming a Madame at a brothel, it's bananas and honestly I'm eager for that episode as well.
Great content Roses! Thanks for getting me hooked on a great show.
I would love to see PushingUpRoses cover that episode.
I love how in, like, season 4 she's like "I don't think I'll ever use one of those weird computer things," and then by season 10 she's going "I brought my laptop with me on the plane so i could get some writing done." In this house, we call that growth.
Her initial confusion with computers reminds me of the "series of tubes" phrase!🤣
The notepad on the back of the phone was a speed dial directory. EVERYONE used them and, if your family was ridiculous, order was a big deal. Speaking of order, many used them for take out places as god intended.
I don't think we ever wrote down what our speed dial buttons were is the thing, so all those on our phones were pristine, if yellowed. (Really, pretty sure there as only 1 ever programed in anyway.)
Same as Fran for me. Speed dial was always for people we called so much that we didn't need a reminder.
Yep, we used them too!
The order was VERY important. Under no circumstances was your aunt allowed to find out that she was below the vet.
Ours was Pizza Hut, some family members and a funeral home. (The funeral home had a number a digit off from ours and people would leave messages for them on our answering machine, so we'd get home and then have to call and give them their messages at least weekly.)
Omg, that “ADRIEEEN” was so spontaneous and savage and well executed, I’m crying.
I was recently on a trip in Belfast and the guy from the airbnb had a golden girls and a murder she wrote pillow in neon colours in his otherwise very neutral living room he also had the matching hand towels, apron, mugs and plates. Everytime I saw them I thought of your channel lol
About the Detectives:
Weren't the later episodes of Murder she wrote often meant to be backdoor pilots for new shows?
That would explain why they get so much screen time.
I think you're probably right, but there were some recurring detectives. I actually liked them.
that's true. That's how the show The law and harry macgraw came into being.
RIP Angela Lansbury (16 Oct 1925-11 Oct 2022)
A Floppy Joe is what computers eat with disk rinds and gear beer. ...I'm so sorry. Also wanted to say Jessica's wardrobe was super fun in this one. Looking forward to The Styles of JB Fletcher: A Retrospective She Wrote.
that "if only she she knew what was to come" montage hit me too hard. what have we done, people
Did you know that there was an adaptation of Agatha Christie's Death on the Nile with Angela Lansbury as a writer! She plays Salome Otterborne. It would be so good to review and it's currently free with ads on TH-cam.
If anyone would search for that video, what would they type? :D
Oh man, I love that adaptation! I grew up watching it with my parents! Finally broke down and bought a copy so that I'd always be able to watch it if I felt the need ^_^
@@lrrrruleroftheplanetomicro7221 Try Death on the Nile 1976 and it will say under the thumbnail Free with Ads.
Edit, the movie was made in 1978, my bad.
Interesting, I've never seen that as an option on TH-cam and I just tried to search it and came up with nothing. It might be USA specific?
@@tinkerer3399 Oh, it might be, sorry.
If the fact every single episode of this series brings back memories of my late Grandma wasn't enough; the Encarta joke was pure added awesomeness.
2:22 Pretty sure "serious cybernetics corporation" is a riff on "sirius cybernetics corporation". Was not expecting a Douglas Adams reference in a Murder she wrote episode.
I caught that too! I wonder who put that in?
@@superluser J. Michael Straczynski who wrote this episode is a HUGE nerd. He was a big enough fan of British Sci-fi that he attempted to follow in Terry Nation's footsteps by writing the entire first season of a show by himself... (Terry's show was Blake's 7, JMS's was Babylon 5) so he'd be the first place I'd look for the source.
@@rpgaholic8202 Whoa! J. Michael Straczynski wrote this one? Like the Babylon 5 dude?
@@superluser Yeah. His name shows up in the opening credits around the minute or so mark, and he's credited as writing 5 episodes in season 8 and 2 episodes in season 9.
I think this exact same pun reference recently showed up in the Rivers of London series...tells you something when Hitchhiker's Guide is still so popular that writers are doing the same riffs all over again!
Actually a great episode that you should consider for the future is “hit, run, and homicide”. It’s from season 1. It’s the second episode to take place in Cabot cove and it features a driverless cars trying kill people and Jessica playing an arcade game and almost being driven off a cliff by the driverless car! It’s great and definitely up your alley
I was just thinking about you! I began watching “Murder, She Wrote” for myself and already have a whole list of episodes that would be fun for you to review. I’m just in the first season! Love your content, keep it up! 💛
Ha me too. I was just thinking it's been a while since a new MSW video then bam!
Season 1 is really great 😊😉🥰
I was just about to watch yet another episode, am making my way chronologically through the series, when my mother informed me that Angela Landsbury had passed.
Watching it was bittersweet.
Oh Roses, a Floppy Joe is a really disappointing tinder date.
*insert sad-sounding SFX whenever Roses gets to the part of the episode where someone dies*
You were killing me with the editing in this one. The horrific visions of future internet and the clips of Hackers had me rolling.
I was trying to figure out why Det. Devereaux looked familiar. She’s the mom in the Karate Kid movies and also the best secretary Don Draper ever had.
Also, the male detective is Sheriff Brackett from Halloween
Considering she kept making Rocky references I was surprised she didn't make a Karate Kid reference.
@@zeoalexo Good pull. He was also the Cleveland Indians general manager in the classic, "Major League".
@@deementia6796 He also shows up multiple times on Murder, She Wrote in multiple roles, including as a sleazy TV producer trying to pitch a new show about inner-city detective kids who are “black, white, brown, yellow, you know, all different colors.”
8:20 - Yes, we had that *EXACT* model of cordless phone, and parents wrote the requisite local police non-emergency, fire, and poison control numbers, plus a couple aunt and uncles. But only the local ones. Not the ones that would be a long distance call. :-D
I don't think I ever called any of them.
Right, I remember whether I saw them it was usually local police and fire department, occasionally the poison control.
Damn, that reminds me that I can recall when the phone number for 911 was new.
Is that even right? *Am* I remembering that correctly? Was it new in the 80's?
Yup.
"By 1987 ... 50% of the US population had access to 9-1-1 emergency service numbers.
By the end of the 20th century..93% had access in the U.S."
Hey rose, I really want to say that you got me into murder she wrote and the golden girls. So thanks I reall enjoy them.😊
Such great shows. I was a total Grandma's boy and watched them with her when I would be over at her place. Also Scarecrow and Mrs King, Quincy a little earlier, the 80s were the best lol.
3:25 Man, that line just sent memories rushing back. So good! haha
Just saw the news. The world has lost a legend. 💔
I often save these That Time on Murder, She Wrote for a rainy day when I need something nice after a tough day. Today was that day. Thank you so much
I would definitely like to read "The Damned are Playing at Godzilla's Tonight. "
4:27 - Not dead, Jim. Love it! May you live long and make many, many more of these videos! It's the logical thing to do!
It's wild to see the show try to modernize with computers this way when the typewriter in the opening credits is so iconic and the coziness of the show is so tied to its timeless feel.
Another installment of my favorite MSW series. I’d love to see you cover “J.B…As In Jailbird.” I just watched it the other night and immediately thought it needed the PUR treatment.
You'd have to do "Widow, Weep for Me" and maybe the russian ballet episode from the first season first, because JB as in Jailbird involves recurring characters from those episodes. (Also Widow, Weep for Me was confusing in general... and introduces one of my favorite recurring characters... so maybe it's worth covering on its own? :P) I just started season 6, does the kgb agent ever show up again?
"Ken Williams." That is a DEEP CUT joke. I was a big enough Sierra fan to get the reference, but not enough to recognize that he looks like him. I googled a picture. And yes, i agree.
Ken sent me
@@realtsarbomba I always preferred Roberta.
@@Sam_on_TH-cam King's Quest and Laura Bow games were amongst my favorites during the Sierra's golden era though I equally loved Space Quest, Quest for Glory, Gabriel Knight and Police Quest series too not forgetting some of those one timers like Conquest of Camelot and Codename: Iceman. Had many of these on my pimped up Amiga 500. Sierra was the household name in computer gaming back then.
Btw, I really had to google out if "Roberta sent me" password would've worked too after seeing your reply and now I feel a bit stupid.
@@realtsarbomba I played a lot of them, but my favorites by FAR were Kings Quest and especially Quest for Glory.
@@Sam_on_TH-cam Quest for Glory was a trailblazer with those mixed in rpg mechanics.
2:57 “we only have TAN” KILLS ME every time i hear it
8:14 I guarentee that there are many country folks that had that card neatly filled in with emergency and neighbors numbers
I think my mom did and still has it.
Yeah my step-dad had the hospital, vet, and his favorite local pizza house on there.. lol
"Surrender or die, Earth scum"
I would be willing to give that game a try on the strength of the title alone. Although with my luck it'd turn out to be a dating sim...
Oh no. D: dating Sims the most degenerte and lazy type of game.
Reminds me of spaced invaders....
I dunno, a dating sim called "Surrender or die, Earth scum" would at least be an interesting concept...
"Surrender or die, Earth scum! Evil Alien Invades Earth and Gets Stuck With a Harem." - a new light novel dating sim.
A dating sim for people that touching grass won’t help.
It was killing me for most of the video: the Murder She Wrote lady in the blue dress also played the alternate-universe captain of the Enterprise C in "Yesterday's Enterprise".
Star Trek nerds will spot a cameo by a Trek Actor 100% of the time.
also, the episode was written by J. Michael Straczynski of Babylon 5 fame :)
Yay for this video leaving MGM limbo hell.
I chuckled everytime the HACK THE PLANET joke re-appear, 10/10 episode will re-watch soon
I am genuinely impressed by how extra jam packed the quips are in this episode review! 😂🥰
5:40 I just knew a Chumbawamba joke was coming then you swerved me and went with rocky
YAY! I guess they finally let you post your video, eh? Well, whatever happened, I'm happy to finally see it! Take care, PUR! Your work brings so much joy to my miserable life (medical/mental stuff). Thank you so much! And screw those copyright idiots. 😉😎🤘☮️🌈
The Encarta Puzzle game felt like such a fever dream for so long-then I heard just enough people bring it up to solidify its reality in my mind.
I just wish someone would rig it to an emulator so I could play it again
I love these videos. Murder She Wrote has a special place in my heart and I love how you break the episodes down and all the fun little add ins. Thank you for continuing to make these. It always a great way to start my day.
80s computers will always be my favorite because the general public didn't understand them yet, so all you had to do was type on the keyboard and all the plot-convenient information would pop up on the magic monitor 😄 In fact, if you'd care to check out _Tales from the Darkside_ sometime (I think it'd be right up your alley), "Word Processor of the Gods" from the first season is based on a short story by Stephen King and definitely worthy of this channel.
That episode was huge to me! I enjoyed the short story version as well. Years later, reading "Tommyknockers", I realized King is an excellent recycler of his own work!
Love you Rose! Always rooting for you in your fight against unjust takedowns, thank you for keeping the memories we grew up with alive ❤️
That internet timeline montage was exceptional and succinct.
The principal is played by Alan Oppenheimer, best known for his many voice acting roles on 80s kids shows like He-Man and Transformers. And best know to MSTies for his part in Riding With Death.
I KNEW I knew that name! god, Riding With Death, what a wild ride
And his glasses are still filthy…
@@d3pr0fundis No, that was William Sylvester. Alan Oppenheimer was forever working on his patent papers.
And the bald middle-aged student is Conrad Janis, Mindy's dad on Mork & Mindy. (I actually thought he was the principle at first.)
@5:59 remember those books with all the pages glued together and spray painted gold and then stuck on the wall? Every house had one in the 90s lol.
I love the little talk she gives to Michael in this one, the one the title comes from. Really got to me for some reason, watched it at exactly the right time. Always happy for a new roses video!!
4:20 Did...she just Rickroll us?😂😂😂
I worked at a police department in 2011 and they still fucking used phones with the notepads on the back. I remember it had three phone numbers, and to be fair I dialed those particular phone numbers very frequently. Also I am here for sexy sax.
I love these murder she wrote videos!!
You inspired me to make my own TH-cam channel. Respect. :)
You don't understand I've been WAITING for another TToMSW episode let's GO
PLEASE do a video on MSW Season 2 Episode 1 'Widow, Weep for Me'!!!! Jessica is fierce as an undercover rich woman with a huge lilac turban and throws tons of wonderful shade 😏😏 anyway your video is just what i needed to laugh and relax today thank you 😊
I love your Murder, She Wrote videos! I keep wanting to make a request but there are so many that I couldn't choose just one (though this video being from season 8 makes me remember watching "Danse Diabolique" with my grandma). Also, one of the detectives is played by Charles Cyphers, aka the sheriff in Halloween, and it always seems like every time I see him in something, he's either a cop or a coach.
This is a college, right? I have never had a class where the professor would range from "happy to have you" to "whatever, I don't care" if someone wanted to sit in. This principal/dean/whatever guy is just a jerk.
Well of course he is. He literally told Jess not to care about her students
Yknow there's lots of online horror writers, especially with ARGs being so popular. I could see a great cheesy one of movie reboot/remaining of this where the stories she writes start coming true and she has to use her Jessica fletcher skills to solve the crimes.
Yes! My favorite series on this channel! 🤩
I absolutely love these Murder She Wrote videos. My parents never watched this when I was growing up but in my later years (30+) I became an avid mystery fan and started watching it - and seeing all the videos you do have been such a treasure. I can't commit to a patreon but I can like and comment to help out in any small way!
So excited to watch this! More Jessica Fletcher!
4:40 For a moment I thought there was a sprite sheet of Guybrush Threepwood hanging on the wall.
Loved the “Hack the Planet” references. I probably watched that movie over 100 times back when I was a teen. So much cheese but damn did it have some really quotable moments.
Jessica Fletcher reminds me of my Crime Fiction teacher in high school when I did an Extension 1 English course, I love these Murder She Wrote recaps as well as the Golden Girls ones Roses does.
Rewatching this one. I really like that Jessica wasn't a curmudgeon, and even if she was a bit bewildered by new technology at times, she also opened herself up to the possibilities and kept a positivity that is sometimes missing from older characters in fiction.
I love these! You have even gotten me into watching Murder She Wrote, while I crochet. I am truly an old small town woman at heart. I think you should do Season 1 Episode 7 "Lovers and Other Killers" It is crazy. What is the lady in the cold open doing with that music box (it never comes up again)? Where did Jessica get that baby? Since when did she know Mandarin? And that's only the fist 5 minutes! Younger men, mysterious figures, it has it all. Hope to see your take on it someday. Thanks for the amazing content!
"You're never too old to learn, just too dumb!"
OK I'm 100% using that at work sometime
1:57
Thank you for that.
I just watched this episode last week and thought 'What would PuR say about this?' 😅
I just need to say you bring a great deal of joy to me with ANY/ALL Murder She Wrote shows. These are my favs (because I made sure to watch them with my mother on Sunday nights during the original run), and your take and flare, and humor is ON POINT. Thank you
Yay I love this series
Absolutely love these Murder She Wrote episodes. It seems like no other channel really talks about this show but that's ok! So comfy and a joy to watch.
Just came to say you’ve obviously never had dinner at my MIL if you think that’s a large bowl of peas.
Keep doing what you’re doing as we love it
I've missed this series so much!
RIP the real Queen.
Hurray, more Murder, She Wrote content! I love these so much, your deep dives on episodes are always a great watch.
The 'oo 'ighters joke was so good.
My roommate and I JUST watched this one as we slowly but surely plow through the series, so this was a very fun upload for me! The 90s saxophone in this season gets me every time, it's so funny, and I'm so glad I'm not the only one who has noticed it lmao
I hope you cover 'Lone Witness' at some point to make tons of Doogie Howser MD Jokes during the review.
Yes! That's a great one! 👍
Found you through retro-playthroughs
impeccable content.
This was a really satisfying, interesting one, probably because I loved all the early nerd / PC / internet stuff juxtaposed against #ToughGuysWithComputers . Love your work! Hope you're doing well!
This brought me way back to when you collabed with LGR, that was where I first saw your channel. Been a viewer ever since!
If you want a old show that was based around old computers, look up "The Whiz Kids".where kids use 80's computers to fight crime by violating several major laws.
Was that the Radioshack themed comics?
@@tanyasobsessions2131 Ni, it was a show in the same universe (via Magnum P..A. and Simon and Simon crossovers),
Thanks!
9:53 - a disappointing end to a date?
I believe this move to the big city and the use of a computer was part of JMS (Joe Michael Strazinsky) coming to work on the show.
He talks about it in his autobiography about how he wanted to show older people using and understanding computers on TV so as to encourage their use among older viewers.
“I’m the biggest sl*t.” 😂My favorite quote ever
So glad you are doing these Murder She wrote videos. Now my partner and I are working our way through the series and having a wonderful time.
Wow this is some fantastic and engaging content! I sure do love watching it, as it is excellent advertising value for popular media amongst my demographic!
This has slowly become one of my favourite series on TH-cam, and it's nice to see an episode I actually remember watching! An earlier episode with some... interesting computer related content is "Deadpan" from series 4 - could be worth a future video.
I just have to say, calling Dave Groh as the frontman for Oo Ighters is good, but I think Fo Fighter would be better and Dave Groh of the Faux Fighter would be even better.
5:32 maybe Miss Piddlin from "All That" snuck by and put her big bowl of peas on that table. ;p