Murder, She Wrote

Angela Lansbury. 96. Helluva run. I used to watch as a kid with my grandparents on that old couch that everyone had which swallowed about $79 in change annually. RIP. Always seemed like a nice lady. 

Bedknobs and Broomsticks is better than Marry Poppins. There, I said it.

Awesome show! Or should I do the ultimate boomer move and say "I have no idea who this person was." 

barefootcyborg5000 said:
I used to watch as a kid with my grandparents on that old couch that everyone had which swallowed about $79 in change annually. RIP. Always seemed like a nice lady. 

Same! Good memories of my grandma. 

In reply to Appleseed :

I vaguely remember that one when it came out. I do remember likening it, but I was a young-un, then. 
My grandma got pretty hooked on her murder show; I never did watch much of it. 
Being a young adult around that show, it's hard to remember she was known as a bit of a hottie in her younger days. 
She did always come across as a nice person. R. I. P. 

I used to dislike Angela's acting because of Murder She Wrote.  As a kid, it was all my grandpa would watch and it was annoying.

Then I saw her Broadway performances as I got older.  Damn, that girl had CHOPS.

In reply to Curtis73 (Forum Supporter) :

I agree! But I knew not to hold that show against her; was aware she was better than that, from her early work 

We got on a Murder She Wrote kick early during covid. I sure liked it better than I did when it was current. She definitely seemed to be a master of her craft. 

Tim's parents, like a lot of their generation, were  huge fans of Murder, She Wrote. I have fond memories of hearing that theme song starting up and my father-in-law shouting toward the kitchen, "Ursula! The old bat is on!"

Margie

Told my wife - classic reply.

"I didn't know she was alive"

We like vintage TV in our house, and PW watches that show every day.

If you take the time to actually watch it, and listen to the dialogue, it's remarkable just how really, really bad that show is. The only interesting thing about it is seeing who's on each episode. It had to be some sort of make work project for the network regulars. Pretty much every B actor from every show in the 70's and 80's is on that show at some point.

My family watched Murder She Wrote when I was A kid. It was the last show on Sunday night and the official end of the weekend. I remember thinking at the time that Cabot Cove must have had the highest murder rate per capita in the country, and how suspicious it was that Jessica Fletcher always seemed to be there when someone was murdered. 

03Panther said:

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Being a young adult around that show, it's hard to remember she was known as a bit of a hottie in her younger days...

Funny thing, for some reason yesterday morning before hearing of her passing I was thinking about how most of the elderly actresses were hotties in their younger days and realized I'd never seen a photo of a young Ms. Lansbury. I then wondered if that meant she had not been a young hottie. Just a strange coincidence...

RIP

Lost to history for me now, but I remember there was a big dust-up between Angela and the producers of the show. It may have been over the quality, as they were 'dumbing it down' for the 'average' TV audience. I believe in later years she gained more control of the show.

If you ever have 50 minutes and want to understand Angela Lansbury's outlook on fitness, self-acceptance and sex after menopause, I really recommend her 1988 home video "Positive Moves": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lE7icznIxLc

secretariata (Forum Supporter) said:

03Panther said:

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Being a young adult around that show, it's hard to remember she was known as a bit of a hottie in her younger days...

Funny thing, for some reason yesterday morning before hearing of her passing I was thinking about how most of the elderly actresses were hotties in their younger days and realized I'd never seen a photo of a young Ms. Lansbury. I then wondered if that meant she had not been a young hottie. Just a strange coincidence...

RIP

So I was on a classic movie kick 15-20 years ago and watched Gaslight.  I think that was Angela Lansbury's first film role...

It was strange seeing her then after so many years of MSW...like "wait, is that?..."

I remember seeing her in The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945) and I'd agree that in those days she was a bit of a hottie.  

Appleseed said:

Bedknobs and Broomsticks is better than Marry Poppins. There, I said it.

Just proves that Nazis make Disney movies better.

RossD said:

Appleseed said:

Bedknobs and Broomsticks is better than Marry Poppins. There, I said it.

Just proves that Nazis make Disney movies better.

I mean, Indiana Jones proved that 30 years ago.