murder she wrote - classic or dud?

i was watching this the other night with a brit. he called her a bad actress which i was like, don't say that

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/ref=pe_63660_17692720_pe_07/?ASIN=B003ZJ0POO

contain your excitement people!

she lends a sympathetic "aw, well time to go to jail" expression

lol -- yes

there's a film of this set in ireland, with gardai and leprechauns etc. i woke up one day after a heavy e session in 2005 and it was on tv. almost wept with joy at its existence.

http://www.etsy.com/listing/160254072/angela-lansbury-actress-doll-miniature
http://i.imgur.com/B1lXjo0.jpg

Fans of this talented actress will love adding little Angela to their collection! I created her from a combination of wood, wire, clay, and paint I created her a costume of black slacks, mustard gold jacket, and silky white blouse, She has a detailed, hand painted face, real fiber hair, and tiny silver beaded earrings. For a fun touch, she holds a book replica based on one of popular performances on television.

Angela is a fun and collectible 4 1/2 inches tall, (11.4 cm)

MSW rules. Lansbury rules. That doll... um. Yeah.

did you check out the other dolls? lol

I think the Lansbury doll is pretty good! Some of the others are a bit more hit and miss, sure.

i was praying there'd be a Columbo doll...and there is! i may be losing my shit in my dotage but i'd love to have a bunch of these

http://img1.etsystatic.com/017/0/5267222/il_570xN.497309153_6iez.jpg

i quite like this one tho

http://img0.etsystatic.com/022/0/5267222/il_570xN.501374522_kg70.jpg

at least its recognisable

http://img1.etsystatic.com/023/0/5267222/il_570xN.474698541_2l76.jpg

Ellen Corby aka Grandma Walton

a full list with category menu on the left
http://www.etsy.com/shop/UneekDollDesigns?ref=listing-shop-header-item-count

!!!!

http://img1.etsystatic.com/017/0/5267222/il_570xN.496600641_kznw.jpg

The Andy Warhol doll looks uncannily like this stoner dude I knew at university

ok i want this one
http://img0.etsystatic.com/010/0/5267222/il_570xN.461908610_h4yx.jpg

But if I had the money I would totally be clearing a space on my mantlepiece for my Fyodor Dostoevsky, Muriel Spark and Barbara Pym dolls right now

http://img0.etsystatic.com/000/0/5267222/il_570xN.268465302.jpg
Bob Marley

http://img1.etsystatic.com/000/0/5267222/il_570xN.267056513.jpg
Jimi Hendrix

http://img1.etsystatic.com/000/0/5267222/il_570xN.259545659.jpg

hahahahahahahaha
http://img0.etsystatic.com/009/0/5267222/il_570xN.428775616_bqvb.jpg

http://img0.etsystatic.com/003/0/5267222/il_570xN.405630522_a6ry.jpg

not sure Anne Sexton's neck was the same length as her torso, but ok

http://img1.etsystatic.com/017/0/5267222/il_570xN.490601873_dvut.jpg

http://img1.etsystatic.com/007/0/5267222/il_570xN.372554733_ffzc.jpg

I do like these dolls though... they look like they should be featuring in a 1970s kids TV show, I think it gives them a nostalgic appeal

like some kind of stop motion thing

OMG she does custom designs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaYHGFTP9JA

not as sophisticated as stop motion but definitely in this ballpark

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tu0vUwsufP0

better clip, sorry

she could sell this local hero round here
http://www.etsy.com/listing/127261573/david-livingstone-historical-art-doll?ref=shop_home_active

one for the UKIP/BNP types
http://img0.etsystatic.com/007/0/5267222/il_570xN.364595036_ne4b.jpg

http://img0.etsystatic.com/014/0/5267222/il_570xN.467310186_1hml.jpg

fearsome warrior queen who butchered her enemies - including women and children - in their thousands. is the one before it Boudicca?

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e4/Green_tick.png

http://img0.etsystatic.com/000/0/5267222/il_570xN.289930956.jpg
http://www.etsy.com/listing/87072061/royals-of-england-doll-princess-eugenie?ref=shop_home_active

http://img1.etsystatic.com/000/0/5267222/il_570xN.289798169.jpg

http://www.deadline.com/2013/10/murder-she-wrote-reboot-series-octavia-spencer-nbc/

killer either breaks down and confesses and she lends a sympathetic "aw, well time to go to jail" expression

lol yeah: the old lady smugness

http://24.media.tumblr.com/213fd9ed6f9cc3be940f98a9d89794d4/tumblr_mgr1yi1ZMl1r68d1so1_500.gif

Black women all look alike, Shakey?

lol I guess those two look alike enough for me to have thought they were the same person for like the last 5 years oops

apparently I am not alone

haha

lol

Office, day
NEEDLESSLY DICKISH BUSINESSMAN:
With Desperate out of the way, this merger will definitely go through! Yes, I had a motive to kill him alright.
IRRELEVANT CHARACTER WHO LOOKS CONFUSINGLY FAMILIAR:
I reply, but say nothing of substance and never become relevant to the plot, although I look enough like someone who is that you’re no longer completely sure of what’s happening.
Lovely house, day
JESSICA’S LOVELY FRIEND:
What’s that?
JESSICA:
Hm? Oh, just Desperate’s phone records from the night he died. Do you know, he didn’t make a single call to his wife that night? Don’t you think that’s odd?
JESSICA’S LOVELY FRIEND:
I like you but no.
JESSICA:
All the same, I’m going to keep looking through these records.
JESSICA’S LOVELY FRIEND:
Well, this isn’t at all the right context for this phrase, but a rolling stone gathers no moss.
JESSICA:
Moss… that’s it!
JESSICA’S LOVELY FRIEND:
That’s what?
JESSICA:
The missing piece of the puzzle!
JESSICA’S LOVELY FRIEND:
What puzzle?
JESSICA:
The puzzle of who killed Desperate Businessman!
JESSICA’S LOVELY FRIEND:
It’s getting weird that you won’t just tell me what you know.
JESSICA:
I have to get to the police station immediately! (leaves)
JESSICA’S LOVELY FRIEND:
Jessica, for fuck’s sake!

Rue McClanahan is in this awful 1985 episode as a librarian, which we know because she wears Tootsie glasses.

I missed this: http://www.vulture.com/2014/10/murder-she-wrote-30th-anniversary-netflix.html

She put it best in a 1985 New York Times interview: “Mostly, I've played very spectacular bitches”.

Hallmark runs a mini marathon every Saturday and Sunday. Best part of waking up.

http://i.imgur.com/z2aocJY.gif

A lovely read.

What really drew me to the show, however, was Jessica herself. Brilliantly embodied by Lansbury, she is a sassy, smart and funny older woman who — despite not knowing how to drive — is totally independent. As she travels the world, she seems as comfortable in Cairo as she does back home in Maine. While she has many admirers, she doesn’t have any interest in moving on from her dead husband Frank. She has no children. This is not as sad as it sounds; she’s genuinely happy with life.

Her contentment without kids made me feel more secure about my own choice to not become a parent. When it comes up in conversation, I’m often told I will regret the decision, and some wonder who will take care of me when I am older. But Jessica, who seemed to have an abundance of friends and extended family, showed me that being a senior woman doesn’t mean that you will be alone in the world. Setting aside the dead bodies and the half-serious fan theories imagining her as the real killer in each case, she might be the healthiest, most stable character I have ever seen on television.

All that and she met Magnum and was able to resist his charms.