#murder mystery special

[littlewalken]

Tip of my tongue 80s TV show

I'm trying to identify a murder mystery special or movie of the week that was aired in the early to mid 80s where the audience is given clues to identify a bride's murderer at a giant mansion and the suspects give their alibis to the camera. Everyone is a suspect, it does get solved at the end but I won't spoil it.

I want to say Bill Bixby hosted but it could be someone else who was known for hosting magic and mysteries of the unknown shows. Can't say if there were phone numbers for the audience to call in and vote for who did it. Having the audience try to figure it out before the end was an important gimmick.

[booigi-boi]

It's @shipwreckedcomedy's 10th anniversary and I had to draw something 🎂

Thank you for making me realize what my real aesthetic was and making me buy a big poster of Oscar Wilde that stares at me while I sleep ✨

[misswhateveryouwant]

IMO one of the most underrated scenes of the whole tv show.

The way she‘s talking - just adorable, followed by Jack‘s look …

[raventrigonsdaughter]

Hmmmm thinking about Agathario wenclair crossover fic happening after wednesday season 1 and canon divergence with the ending of aaa... i have many thoughs

[dragonsbooksandtea]

10/04/24

My most surprising read so far of 2024?

Voyage of the Damned by Frances White

I was so surprised by this one! It was a Spin the Wheel pick from my “Need to read soon” wheel. I actually enjoyed this so much; it was fun, quirky, a little emotional. There was some plot twists that I wasn’t expecting, but it was also very predictable from the start of who was going to be the murderer. But actually getting there was fun and unexpected. I ended up giving this one a 4 stars, almost a 5 star rating.

My only gripe with it was that’s it’s listed as an Adult novel when it’s more of a New Adult, mostly YA vibes. The main character was very immature and content wise wasn’t very adult either in my personal opinion.

This version of the book is by @illumicrate from their January box Murder Mystery.

Have you read Voyager of the Damned?

[unproduciblesmackdown]

furthermore going like okay not Sure of timeline things But. concerning bonus material Atlas's Actual Shirts deal

a) that bonus material is bonus material but this sure seems to fall into the [could be canon] &/or [basically is, but unseen within the main material b/c there's not really a place for it there] realms

b) both acknowledging the Marriage(tm) with a critical deconstructing lens huh. the girls & the gays. fucked up that someone might for example have an ongoing Gayce Moment (presumably aro as well, hardly irrelevantly) where their transactional associations must hinge on math, murder, etc

c) appreciating like okay mordecai would've lost everything but the clothes he was already wearing when he had to impromptu hightail it out of nyc, so that's when atlas must've given him his own clothes; this is Definitely Years Later (edit: definitely Months! Perhaps years! plausibly like a year or two! and apply that throughout the rest of this post)

d) when i) mordecai can surely have afforded to replace all the lended clothes & ii) his fumbling to argue the Practical Reasoning behind currently(!) wearing atlas's clothes still means it's Not for practical reasons. years later. while dodging & glaring at & competitive with & needling at atlas's wife. Oh You Know

e) and what a choice on atlas's part to give mordecai his own clothes. sure, that could've been the quickest way to give him Anything to wear (not now bloodstained, for instance) but buying new clothes would be like some possible Next Day shit, or, i dunno, asking around for Other people's secondhand clothes, both of which account for: this being several years prior to when this conversation could've happened, mordecai was how old when he met atlas? 16-18? 21 while we have it that:

this, after the fray at the lodge (noticing for the first time mordecai still has marks on his face from that here. it's been seventeen years Still noticing brand new things. like wick in volume one looking at a group photo in the café ft. the only characters known to us being mordecai, atlas, & viktor. what are you interested in about that hmm???) wherein, with the band on the stage, mitzi with a ukulele, & the dialogue suggesting as much amidst the context that atlas didn't really start being allied with marigold until after the lodge fray proper slaughter, atlas seems to be in the earliest stages of Meeting His Wife here. with his Ferocious Little Shadow. who i also note is looking Entirely Away even as prior i've simply interpreted this as Keeping An Eye Out &/or general disinterest in Anything going on at the speakeasies. competitive to near-homicidal relationship with atlas's ever-present wife....which, remembering what i was getting at in the first place. if atlas's shirts are noticeable big on mordecai at that point, surely all the more so originally. and he kept them! and kept wearing them! for Emotional Reasons Only Actually. goodness gracious.

f) where's the walking on sunshine mitzi & mordecai shopping montage? which did apparently happen, unless instead mordecai then rushed to get new bespoke shirts himself to avoid others Perceiving him judgmentally and the walking on sunshine montage specifically. she gives him a makeover (from buttonups to buttonups. whaddaya gonna do) she asks him for begrudgingly familial makeup touchups....she shares intimate exclusive secrets with him concerning my firm [they were both in on atlas's death, and so would atlas have to have been too] stance....Girl,

g) "atlas and i discussed that" what???? who???? when & why???? mitzi kicking her legs like so tell me about your Ferocious Little Gay Little Two Steps Ahead Shadow. did atlas volunteer mordecai's Entire Backstory as he knew it? did he provide it upon Request? did mitzi ask "why's ya boy wearing shirts that don't quite fit" and atlas goes "oh yeah that's because they're my shirts. i have noticed this without saying anything. for years" like imagine. what's going on around here

h) i forgot how i planned to work in this image of "i love this shot of & Look for mordecai." disheveled freshly wounded undershirt towel suspenders now as fashion accessories over pants Annoyed Sideeye & it Does help that elsa, real fave tertiary character, is here serving as well with the waist pants & putting her hair up & they're both always serving anyways. You Better Not Be Cunty Mordecai when i get over there to fish the shotgun pellets out of your body, Said No One!!!

anyways recap atlas giving mordecai his own shirts (at all genuine or All about trying to spam the [benefactor] key so mordecai sticks around & shoots people for him?) mordecai accepting and continuing to wear them for years until thwarted by atlas's wife whom he is Competitor with and now in one of those classic duos of "do we hate each other? well maybe, but also no of course not. we also share an understanding we can't have with anyone else. which is a secret about the same guy who neither of us wanted to die but were both involved in his death" mitzi Knowing things about mordecai, oh i know all about you wearing my husband's shirts years later, mordecai is at atlas's funeral nobody else we know but mitzi & asa are there obviously mitzi would have to know about this too like. transcendent. fluorescent. head in hands. happy pride

[dontcallmebymyusername]

@avoteforme I made this video a while ago just to show how corny and cheesy Murder Under the Mistletoe really is. Don't get me wrong, I absolutely love the episode, especially Jack's "Hemiparasitic, of the genus Viscum" line, but the number of murders was a little unrealistic. Also, honoring Jack's green sweater and Phryne's Mrs. Claus outfit. Lol

[phrynefishersfrocks]

The sixth and final look of "Murder Under the Mistletoe" (Season 2, Episode 13) is an eyecatching dress and cape combo made of shimmering red and gold fabric, along with a festive feather headband.

Phryne's holiday dress is made of a tarnished gold metallic lace, finely woven together, with a slip of antique maroon georgette worn underneath. It has a slightly scooped neckline and two straps over her shoulders. Adding to the luxe drama of the party, Phryne adds a beautiful capelet to her look. The capelet is a complementary floral metallic, and has fitted shoulders and wraps loosely around her neck. Her exaggerated split sleeves create movement and waft across the champagne and conversation.

She adds to her look with a feathered headband - hand dyed to match her dress, with a series of feathers set in a circle to imitate a nest, with a small bead serving as a wink at an egg. Two rosettes made from the same feathers, one slightly smaller than the other, rest on her left shoulder to accentuate the headpiece.

Miss Fisher finishes her ensemble with a brass flower ring with a jade center and gold t-strap heels, worn previously in 2x09 with her 'Golden Girl' dress.

Season 2, Episode 13 - "Murder Under the Mistletoe"

Screencaps from here, promotional photos from the official Facebook (x, x), hat photo from the official Pinterest, costume exhibition photos from here.

[gollancz]

SPECIAL EDITION ALERT!

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Don't mind me just frothing lightly at the mouth at this beautiful book. I was doing proof checks the other day and kept finding NEW JOKES.

If you would like to pre-order a standard HB (which will still be beautiful, just without the additional foiling and edges), you can do so here!

[notwithaste]

phryne fisher is that you

[darkartsdan]

There must be a language that doesn’t depend on words

[greenteacryptid]

I wish I understood how special interests work because what the fuck do you mean we're thinking about Cluedo all month

[caffeinatedopossum]

A friend told me I seem like the type of person who would like learning about serial killers and I've taken this as an insult.... I am no mere true crime fanatic, disrespecting the dead and fetishizing murder >:( I'm autistic with psychology and medical special interests

[transingthoseformers]

I feel like Chase asks the most innocuously awkward questions that completely catches the humans off guard. They don't really know how to explain this, as they're assuming that the transformers do not have an equivalent to the subject. But they do, and Chase just needs the right comparison.

*reading a novel* "Chief? I have a question."

"Go ahead and ask, partner."

"This book mentions two characters 'sleeping together'. Is there meaning to the human custom of recharging in pairs?"

*you can hear Kade choking on his water*

"I uh 😳 well-"

"Yeah I'm pretty sure it's human slang for 'facing Chase."

*More distressed Kade noises*

"Thank you for the clarification, Heatwave."

[jinxedshapeshifter]

sometimes being autistic is watching/playing something, getting hyperfixated on it, then basically saying "wait why am I hyperfixated on what amounts to an animated/visual novel legal drama"