I Watched This Friggin' GRUESOME Episode of Murder, She Wrote

[@lissiz3432]

People these days don't realize how big MSW was in its days. It averaged up to 30 million viewers, all the way up to its 11th season. It would have continued too, if CBS hadn't moved the show to a different night. It was the first hour long show to feature a woman as the only lead, Jessica also never needed a love interest. Her first and only kiss happened in the pilot. Angela Lansbury won several Golden Globes and received 12 Emmy nominations. MSW really revolutionized TV in an unparalleled way. I wish more people would remember that.

[@mycupoverflows7811]

She has a pretty steamy kiss with Leslie Nielsen in season 2...

[@no_peace]

That was more than 10% of the population lol

[@bryanzermeno8466]

That number seems a little too high……. Like not actually true high….

[@KristopherBel]

@@bryanzermeno8466I did a quick wikipedia search and will put what I found here. So Murder she Wrote averaged more than 30 million viewers in it's prime and was in the top 10 most popular tv shows on the air for years, it's highest rated episodes pulled more than 40 million viewers and even before it changed nights in the 11th season it was regularly pulling 25 million viewers a week.

[@kathleenking47]

IMO..one of the last great tv series

[@lukeryanjames]

“Not only is he pushing 30, he’s also pushing his luck.” This comment was underrated

[@nottoday9182]

I feel like he is a very handsome 64... that dude is nowhere near 30 haha

[@brandon91191]

He is pushing his Good Luck, Charlie.

[@kenna163]

@@brandon91191 I don't think I've seen anyone recognising him but me

[@janedoll3237]

He definitely can’t pass as 29

[@Davey_Cakes]

“Building up my deltoids, papa bear.” I’m saving that one.

[@ThatBoogieman]

The best part of that line is he's not even working out his deltoids. Deltoids are the muscle on top of your shoulder that pulls the arms up, he's pulling down, working his traps, lats, and biceps.

[@sugarbaby1974]

ThatBoogieman It’s a line that’s ridiculous on multiple levels! 😂🤣

[@mattw8332]

Hilarious line! I like to think the one of the actors thought up that line and the production team went with it.

[@ThatGuy-y2c]

I say this to my wife all the time. We’re barely on speaking terms at this point.

[@daelen.cclark]

⁠​⁠@@ThatBoogieman Traps lats and biceps, papa bear.

[@lhfirex]

Oh great, now I'm going to have that guy saying "I am a GYNECOLOGIST" stuck in my head all day.

[@jessicalillianweinberg4401]

That same actor was a nervous wreck of a criminal on Perfect Strangers - Marvin Berman - and this character and that one are not so different.

[@edgarallenhoe3518]

That actor looks very familiar to me

[@jigmeoser]

@@edgarallenhoe3518 George Wyner. Spaceballs! The Movie!

[@zeoalexo]

@@edgarallenhoe3518 he was Colonel Sandurz in Spaceballs

[@ronald-xs7sp]

George Wyner.

[@JaymicTheUnyielding]

You know what has bothered me ever since I was a kid watching these? The only line I could ever pick out of Jessica's typing in the intro is "Arnold raced out the door..." WHO IS ARNOLD. WHERE IS HE GOING. These questions have haunted me for over twenty years.

[@alasdairgoudie9459]

J.B Fletcher's true opus- Hey Arnold fan-fiction.

[@Jayfive276]

If a character in a MSW episode refers to another person as "football-head", everyone here will lose their damn minds.

[@RichterPhallos]

Arnold raced out the door...but none have been faster than I, Jessica Fletcher. He died by my hands that night. This is my confession.

[@patrickmccurry1563]

@@RichterPhallos The spin off we all wanted. It starts with the confession of the world's most prolific serial killer, Jessica Fletcher. The protagonist is an investigator that catches killers that use murder investigation as cover. Second case, past accomplice of Jessica, Magnum.

[@raymondgerlach3148]

Same here. I wish I could read more but it goes by to quickly.

[@xWatanukix]

Fun Fact: When you are "pushing 30" as a professional in speed disciplines in skiing you are actually in your best age. The technical disciplines tend to be dominated by people in their early 20s but for the speed disciplines you don't need that much agility but experience. The oldest winner of a race was 37 (and he also won the World Cup in that year) and the oldest placing within the Top 3 was 40.

[@DancingPony1966-kp1zr]

Yea. An athlete es usually at his physical peak at about thirty. The stamina and joints generally start to suffer the wear and tear about then.

[@1980rlquinn]

"I'm pushing 30," says the obviously 45+ year-old man.

[@wareforcoin5780]

Yeah. He's been pushing it for a while now.

[@BainesMkII]

Going by IMDB's dates, the actor playing Gunnar would have been around 26 at the time.

[@1980rlquinn]

@@BainesMkII He must have had a rough childhood. O.o

[@Puda]

What lol? He surely doesn’t look like he is 45. He actually sounds like he could be younger than 30. Unsure how you came up with 45! Unless you are like 22 lol.

[@BainesMkII]

@@Puda The issue may be his already thinning/receding hair. His hair also looks relatively fine (thin width-wise), which would make any thinning (hair loss) look worse.

[@brookb5890]

Hey! I've been loving your MSW playlist. Just a quick note since you mentioned the title... "Snow White, Blood Red" is a play-on-words for the fairytale "Snow White, Rose Red" that's basically about two sisters living happily ever after because they trust a bear (hence the papa bear quote in the movie) and are unfailingly kind and forgiving. It's a rather cruel irony because the cop (the sole person you should be able to trust in this situation if you're white upper-crust like they all are) turns out to be a phony and the murderer all along. It's like if the bear in the fairytale reassured the sisters that he just wanted a warm place to sleep, they let him in, and he ate them both for dinner.

[@Itsrainingcatsyall]

Thanks for this 🙏🏼 subtle humor doesn’t seem to work for this generation 😂

[@ccvv1119]

@@Itsrainingcatsyallit’s not really subtle humor it’s just a book that really no one has read

[@kikiTHEalien]

​@@ccvv1119A book, which noone has read? Like Grimm's Fairytales?

[@Phantomphan613]

​@@kikiTHEalien there are several of the Grimm stories that aren't well-known. Everyone knows Snow White, but not as many know "Rose Red". I myself only found out about the story when reading about the Rammstein song Rosenrot (Rose Red)

[@kikiTHEalien]

@@Phantomphan613 The story is called "Rose Red and Snow White"

[@thelexicon7294]

Ah, yes. The age of 30. Or as we like to refer to it here in Cabot Cove - At Death's Door.

[@QJ89]

@hamsterpotato Oh God...!

[@jitespol1795]

EVERYONE in Cabot Cove is at Death's door

[@jessicalillianweinberg4401]

Actually, almost no one in Cabot Cove is young.

[@user-jn1wm3tb8v]

@@jessicalillianweinberg4401 Yeah like what's up with that? It seems thriving so unless they're all still working for fun idk how the economy works.

[@Cydonia2020]

“I’m a gynecologist.” “Hi. Please tell me you washed your hands.”

[@shamelesshussy]

Yeah, doctors tend to. They also wear gloves. Unless your point is women’s reproductive organs are gross and dirty, which, cool…

[@Cydonia2020]

@@shamelesshussy Yeah, thanks for shitting all over my joke…🙄

[@Gemcat]

"Who has a crossbow with the arrows, mounted right there for anyone to nab?" Chekhov Interior Design...

[@SopeV0point1]

I like this comment.

[@MrSilvUr]

Obligatory "bolts*" comment.

[@kirbysuperstar5494]

eyyyyyyyyyy 😏👉

[@Avellania]

I kind of want every sweater shown in this episode.

[@anonthe-third2367]

Are you perhaps...a grandmother?

[@ace-of-teacups]

I like them too

[@simonzenn]

oh my gosh same

[@calanon534]

I want most of them. I was born in 1981.

[@maria.whiddon]

Lol I ❤ argyle

[@SpikeStarkey]

"And we all know that once you turn 30, you die!" Can confirm, am 30.

[@user-DullardBones]

R.I.P.

[@QJ89]

30, working a long-hour, low-wage job and still living at home with my annoying step-dad. *existential dread*

[@RG7621]

Am 36 in 2020 💀

[@CallMeAlice818]

I am 32 and therefore immortal! Muahahahaha!

[@sneepsnorp1404]

@@QJ89 sounds like a personal problem

[@Maicowerk]

What would have been funny is when that guy said "I"m a gynecologist!" if Jess responded with "Thanks, but I don't think this is an appropriate time".

[@silverwingdragon4161]

"Building up my deltoids, papa bear." ...Except the machine he's using is for lats, not deltoids, and he's not even using it right. Pulling the bar down behind your neck can cause injury.

[@Penguin_of_Death]

Although pulldowns do primarily work the latissimus dorsi, they also use the trapezius, pectoralis minor and anterior deltoid muscles, and even (to a lesser extent) the biceps...so what he's saying isn't unreasonable. I did lat pulldowns in front and behind neck for years, never once had an injury, nor do I know anyone who was harmed doing it...behind the neck works the traps more. Provided you are pulling it down under control, not hitting the back of the neck with the bar you should be OK

[@willlastnameguy8329]

Nerd.

[@sswpp8908]

@@Penguin_of_Death It doesn't seem likely that anybody would go to the pulldown to build their deltoids even if they are engaged in the exercise.

[@markbraunstein58]

R.e. behind the neck pulldowns-- definitely can cause injury, and absolutely how we did it back in the day of Nautilus

[@edmondkarisen3937]

@@sswpp8908 he is right, that is used for the deltoids, however, I like other exercises for my shoulders.

[@incognitoburrito7458]

Honestly, that crossbow shot was impressive, there’s no way anyone could make that shot in a blizzard, at night, with a moving target.

[@DVLBUNY]

have you ever played assassins creed ... it's perfectly possible

[@obvioustroll13]

@@DVLBUNY are you using a video game as an example bro

[@Igarappappa]

Why hitmen make the big bucks.

[@Anachronismgorl]

Chekhov's crossbow should really be the title of this episode.

[@Anachronismgorl]

Goth Nerd Are you familiar with Chekhov’s gun?

[@davidgantenbein9362]

Goth Nerd It‘s a principle for writing drama. Google it and you will see how it was applied directly in this episode.

[@kap79]

Absolutely!

[@Urmom-sr3tt]

Wait, I don’t get it what does the navigator from Star Trek have anything to do with this? Sorry, I’m not only an idiot but also an uncultured swine 😅

[@XanderPGK]

Yes. I know what that is.

[@Somehowstillkicking]

to be fair on the “murder again to cover my original intent” it does help confused the detectives when it comes to profile, easier to make up a fake serial killer so they focus on the possible ‘patterns and victims’ while they forget your motivation since it “doesn’t line up”

[@Igarappappa]

True but it also runs the risk of getting caught performing a second murder and just makes everybody even more on edge and draws more attention. So it's sort of a toss-up whether that's going to help you or not.

[@thelexicon7294]

"Jess asks for the gynecologists's help once again." Truly the commentary possible for only the raddest of episodes.

[@raymondgerlach3148]

Hey, a doctors a doctor. They have to have some basic anatomy training don't they? 💊😜

[@alicewilloughby4318]

*The Lexicon* they never did explain why Frank and Jessica never had children, did they?

[@calumsanderson6741]

They really missed out on making a spinoff centred on the gynaecologist

[@PhileasLiebmann]

"Who has a crossbow right there with the arrows just for anyone to nab?" Me: *squints over at my hand-made crossbow standing in the corner* Yeah, that's so irresponsible.

[@pickeljarsforhillary102]

Looks at .357 revolver on computer desk.

[@calanon534]

*Gazes up from cleaning 9mm Ruger* A terrible oversight. *And gazes away from the shotgun in his closet, tossing boxers over the S&W 9mm in the unlocked nightstand drawer, and yesterday's t-shirt over the tactical knives, the two .22LR rifles and various muzzleloaders already covered by coats* What am I afraid of? Absolutely nothing. Except that my wife might be a better shot than me.

[@ArkaSaurusRex218]

@@calanon534 do you happen to be American?

[@TJ52359]

*looks awkwardly over shoulder to the inordinate amount of Bladed Weapons on the shelf behind me

[@tomgcooktown5019]

"Building up my deltoids, papa bear," is the second best line I've heard in any film. The #1 line was in a gay porno & I will not repeat it here. TgT

[@NillumNaes]

This episode has my favourite line from any Murder She Wrote episode: "Well, on the surface, it seems like we're looking for a left-handed homicidal maniac."

[@CoLoJePa]

Whenever I visited my nana, she seemed to always be watching a repeat of Murder, She Wrote. It holds a soft spot in my heart for this, especially right now as it's been seven years since her death. I haven't watched an episode in all that time but your commentary is sending me back.

[@calanon534]

I called my grandmother, Nana, too.. and she, too, loved MSW. As does my mom. And me..

[@Ravenford]

Many years ago, my grandmother and I always watched the show in the afternoon and tried to find out who the killer was in each chapter. Generally it was I who found out before her, but it was hilarious to see us talk about who the killer could be and make deductions. My grandmother is no longer among us, but those good memories accompany me even today and your videos help me remember some of those moments. Thanks and keep it up, you do great

[@jessicalillianweinberg4401]

Regarding the reveal here, they did give us the information that Gunar had had an affair with a married woman whose husband was mobster-ish, and had made that guy made. And they presented it in a way so as to make it feel like background information that we'd assume WOULDN'T be important, and then it was. And I have to say, there are a few instances on this show where a policeman seems almost TOO eager to have Jessica's collaboration...and he turns out to be not legit. So, anytime there's a policeman she doesn't know well, or who is there too coincidentally, it can be a tip-off. On the other hand, in the later seasons, and in New York especially, some of the very real cops do absolutely idolize Jessica and seek out her help / tutoring.

[@NicholasAdeptus]

Your grandmother let you figure it out first. Grandmas are rad like that.

[@Lily_of_the_Forest]

That’s a beautiful memory

[@barneybetsington7501]

Sus amogus

[@barneybetsington7501]

My grandmother would have loved among us lol

[@Danbo22987]

“The Corpse Flew First Class” is another great episode, so many plot twists!

[@elsie8757]

I didn't know the dad from Good Luck Charlie was in Robin Hood: Men In Tights!

[@swift104]

I knew I recognized him!

[@masterof4elements826]

he also played Thor in an 80s Hulk movie

[@CMinorOp67]

I was looking in the comments specifically to see if anyone mentioned this. I thought it looked like him, but wasn’t sure.

[@micahjohnsonboxing6409]

I recognized him from The Hughleys, he's in so many things.

[@patriciabusch4599]

THAT'S where I recognized him from!!! Gah! It was driving me crazy. Thank you!

[@pushinguproses]

Dangit. At 9:14 I accidentally refer to the coach as Gunnar. Twice. My bad.

[@tamirshimshoni8185]

"I'm a gynecologist!" AND I'M JAVERT!!! ...Yes, gynecologist guy is a character in Le Mis now.

[@lmnisop5516]

Do not forget my name Do not forget me OBGYN Hey that scans!

[@EveryDayALittleDeath]

Omg, when Roses made the joke that everyone should introduce themselves by agressively stating their profession I'm like "I'm disabled and can't work, wtf do I say?" This! This is what I should say.

[@moralityisnotsubjective5]

I was hoping for a Spaceballs joke concerning him. Since he and the other guy are wearing the same style of sweater how about, "They've gone to plaid!"

[@annedavis3340]

@@EveryDayALittleDeath same occupation, same question. I used to tell people "I'm a cat sitter" (technically true), but I've started debating telling people joke jobs like "I'm a ghost writer, BOO," or "I'm a competitive argyle sweater designer," or "I extract dinosaur DNA from amber for replication." The trick would be having a different occupation the next time the same person asks, or, bonus, someone asks your occupation again while you're standing with someone you just told. It'll be lovely once disability is normalized to the point that you can move to the next topic other than employment without people dragging you right back and asking again, and saying "I don't have a job, I'm disabled" doesn't just murder the entire conversation.

[@michelleadams7058]

@@moralityisnotsubjective5 I know IMDB says it's the same guy, but he looks absolutely nothing like Colonel Sandurz, and considering this episode was released in 1988, only one year after Spaceballs, it's a bit surprising.

[@BunScholar]

Not gonna lie "WWJD" as in "What Would Jessica Do" is one of my life mantras, not because I'm trying to solve murder mysteries, but because I love how she is able to deal with all sorts of crazy characters while maintaining her non-judgmental, well mannered composure. Who else does that?

[@susie8104]

Me too!

[@treenamacdonald1325]

I love this one! Murder mystery confession: when it gets snowy where I am, I watch a double bill of this episode and a Hart to Hart that also takes place at a ski resort (Downhill to Death, S1E16). Yay, Roses!

[@tjohnson3725]

Yessss to Hart to Hart!

[@Bride_of_Medusa]

Snowed-in episodes of murder mysteries are always so cozy, I really enjoyed the ones in Case Closed/Detective Conan.

[@AppallingTrashFilms]

Treena Macdonald Great episodes!

[@dianamitchell7128]

Treena Macdonald Lol that’s the one with Juliet Mills and the cheating husband, right?

[@PixelSlayers]

"Best line in a Murder She Wrote episode..." I SO thought this was gonna be "I'm a gynecologist" 😂

[@jessicalillianweinberg4401]

If you have seen the Perfect Strangers episode where that actor plays a bomber, you might have thought that guy would be the murderer here.

[@downtownj9730]

The actor who played Guner also played bob Duncan on good luck Charlie

[@RobertKeilOK]

Downtown J ...and Thor on an 80s Justice League pilot

[@downtownj9730]

Robert Keil oh yea i remember that lol

[@HyouVizer]

eric allan kramer, total stud look at that hair....he use to have

[@clintbrew]

@@RobertKeilOK u mean the incredible hulk returns tv movie he did play a kryptonian in lois and clark superman though

[@siobhannicolson5566]

I KNEW I RECOGNISED HIM FROM SOMEWHERE!

[@B1_66ER]

That camerawork from 11:13 is amazing. How close the camera is huddled behind the character. It really created dread and sold the impression that something bad is about to discovered in that room.

[@Imberis]

"Remember perms?" [sobbing] I do. I do remember.

[@sabinfigaro7334]

I remember the smell...

[@FeralFelineFriend]

So does my mom. My grandma made her get one for her wedding. Lemme tell ya, she was not happy.

[@maximoscott8135]

My mom looked so ridiculous with a perm on her graduation

[@therealopaartist]

The hair this lol like you stuck you finger in a lightsocket? Yeah.

[@PrincessToyNerd]

The worst mistake me and my mom both made.

[@spaceracer23]

Yes, we need a buddy cop series with a gynecologist.... a gynecologist with terrible puns!!! -Im going to shine some light on this. -Things are getting personal. -Something smells fishy to me.... -I'm making your business my business!

[@littlegreengamer]

What makes the gynecologist character in this episode even more bizarre is that he's played by George Wyner, the same actor who played that pervy dentist in an episode of the Golden Girls a couple of years later after this episode of Murder, She Wrote.

[@squishycoveswena]

It made my grandmother so happy when I told her there was a KZbinr who covers Murder, She Wrote.

[@baileybrian9560]

that guy isn't even 30 years old yet? oof, he is not aging well

[@vianjelos]

29 going on 60

[@PrincessToyNerd]

37 yet pushing 74

[@gabrieldevoogel6225]

He aged like goat cheese 😂

[@Suzanne-IndieBard]

Love these videos! My suggestion for a possible future one: "Mirror, Mirror, On the Wall", the two-part ending to Season 5 (it really is the best season). This one has always stood out to me because we see such a different dynamic to Seth and Jessica's friendship, when he confronts her about what's essentially burnout. Also... then he almost DIES.

[@tjohnson3725]

Yes, a very good and twisted episode.

[@srb93ma]

I think "Mirror Mirror..." was supposed to be the last ever MSW episode, which is why it's different in feel to other episodes. But then they persuaded Angela to come back, but as she'd agreed to other projects, season six had all those dull narrated episodes... 🙃

[@froncifresh]

Is that the one where he eats he poisoned apple?

[@terri8372]

Love that one, Jean Simmons is awesome...as always!

[@dianamitchell7128]

YES! Great suggestion, and a 2-parter. Plus Ken Howard is in it (one of several), and I love him (I have always loved old people tv shows 🤣).

[@RemusHolt]

1:37 That’s Bob Duncan (Real name, Eric Kramer) from good luck Charlie I loved him. He was like one of the best Disney Channel dad’s right next to Jerry from wizards of Waverly place also, he’s really nice on social media. 💕🖤(he just gave/gives really nice dad vibes in the show and on his social media he also ended up being a dilf)

[@solveigelisabethhenne1739]

"Watch out for the yeti, now." I remember that skiing game where the monster/yeti came running and ate the skier at the end! Oh man, great memories - and awesome video, as always!

[@cookingwithtabitha]

Ski Free! I remember it too. I always had fun setting the trees on fire.

[@festerizzy69]

The gynecologist is the most qualified to inspect bloody holes

[@QJ89]

Ew. Also, am I the only one who thinks that a male gynaecologist makes absolutely no sense?

[@KairuHakubi]

jesus tapdancing christ, I hate modern people.

[@nthgth]

@@QJ89 probably. That's kinda like saying a human doctor for dogs makes no sense. You don't have to personally have the physiology in order to work on it. In fact, the few women in my life with which the subject's come up have generally had better experiences with male gynos. (And they didn't mean it jokingly)

[@sexualtaco308]

😭😭 this is the worst best comment

[@pixieoftheopera]

About two weeks ago I was sick and was up early and was flicking through the tv to see if there was anything good on and I saw that Murder She Wrote was on and after watching you cover some of the episodes I decided to give it a watch and I’m now heavily invested in it and it’s becoming one of my favorite shows

[@NastyWoman1979]

I am too!!! I have been binging them a lot lately!

[@sabinfigaro7334]

Awesome, didnt know it was still getting play.

[@ItsIdaho]

*"Confronts the storm of plastic bag bits"* Gosh I love this Channel.

[@CleverCrumbish]

Is there any episode of MSW where the murderer tries to kill Jessica? If you want to get away with murder in Cabot Cove it'd seem like that's a must.

[@pushinguproses]

Yes, I believe there are a few.

[@LilCosgrove]

Quite a few IIRC, usually at the end. There's even one where someone tries to frame HER!

[@kommissar.murphy]

In the final episode it is revealed that she was doing all of the killings, framing hundreds as she went.....

[@clauderains1534]

@@kommissar.murphy I always suspected this ... I wasn't scared of monstets as a child Jessica Fletcher terrified me

[@iamok7085]

I remember one where Sam Gamgee's dad tries to off her. I don't mean The Gaffer, I mean Gomez Addams.

[@SugaredViolette]

“And we all know that once you turn 30... you DIE.” *turns 30 this year* ...WELP

[@Woad25]

It's the end of the year.. RIP Baroness

[@SugaredViolette]

@@Woad25 Am now a ghost, wooooooo

[@EricEells]

What another fun episode Roses. I hope your able to review season 2’s “If a body meet a body”. A intriguing mystery with the wrong body in a casket and Jessica actively trying not to get involved.

[@redmustangredmustang]

Murder She Wrote did very well for CBS for over a decade. Even got 4 made for TV films and 2 video games. Angela Lansbury got to live to 96 years old until she died in 2022. This was a good series to watch after 60 Minutes. This was Pat Summerall would say over and over after the game each week saying 60 Minutes then Murder She Wrote.

[@coolmanjack1995]

5:49, I always appreciate when they have a guy who can actually play guitar on screen. I can't even hear the actual audio but I can tell he's actually pushing down the strings and making real chord shapes. It's the little details that really stick out and half the time people just dont even try to pretend

[@JeremyBoegelisBwayBabyCA]

Hey Roses, love your Murder, She Wrote recaps. I have three episode suggestions. The first two are from the same season as Snow White, Blood Red. In fact they are the two episodes that come right after: Coal Miner's Slaughter and Wearing of the Green. The first has an early appearance of Megan Mulally (aka Karen Walker for all those Will and Grace fans out there). The second deals in the world of jewels and features Lucie Arnaz (aka Lucy and Desi's daughter) as the cop. The third episode is from Season 7 called Family Doctor. In it, Seth is forced to operate on a mobster and is accused by the sons of being the hitman hired to kill said mobster. It's all up to Jessica to straighten it all out! I'd love to hear your takes on these great episodes. Keep up the great work!

[@Jayfive276]

Jess tearing it up on the piste and looking like a wintery snacc while doing so, is there nothing this magnificent woman cannot do? edit - 4:58 - HAH!

[@user-DullardBones]

"It's a battle of the Argyles!" -- Pushing Up Roses, 2020

[@NemFX]

"I'm a gynecologist" and then the episode goes a much different direction.

[@gabzgabz2987]

YES, I like you and that's why I became a Patreon. Your comments make me laugh. That was just another great cover of yours. Thank you!

[@PatrickOTreat]

I don’t think I’ll ever watch an episode of MSW as it’s not my type of show, but Roses’s take on them makes them fun. Well worth my Patreon dollars. 10/10, would Patreon again.

[@MiniatureWerewolf]

"Snow White, Rose Red" is the title of a story in Grimm's Fairytales, FYI! It's a clever title if you know the reference, but the reference is kind of obscure.

[@jamesbuc6116]

PushingUpRoses: one of the highest body counts... *laughs in Midsomer Murders*

[@emilymarley4505]

The DCI Barnabys are screaming 😂😂

[@quinnzykir]

Ben Matlock “Noaw wait just a minute!”

[@superspy6]

Jon, what are you doing here?!

[@TJ52359]

doesn't each Midsomer Case average 3 Corpses...

[@sugarbaby1974]

No word of a lie, I’ve been streaming this entire MSW playlist repeatedly at work for the last week and can’t watch my own DVD collection now without hearing your hilarious commentary in my head. I became a patron for the selfish reason that I want you to review all 260-plus episodes so I can watch my DVDs along with your videos. And I’ll pay extra for a Failed Relationships of Grady Fletcher bonus episode. Just sayin’. ;)

[@Evan_L_Rodriguez]

“Little John from Robinhood Men in Tights” Uuuuum... I think you mean: the dad from Good Luck Charlie. (The joke is that’s where I exclusively know him from.)

[@victrola2007]

Just discovered your channel in '23 and as an '80's teen am binge watching!! AND I (a woman) own that rather pricey Nordic sweater 🙊.

[@TechnicolorDojo]

"Building up my deltoids, Papa Bear."

[@poetgriot18]

"Refining my calves, papa bear."

[@ToddThiner]

Aaron Mcclinton never forget leg day papa bear

[@alainaferreira849]

Technicolor Dojo HMU

[@teresal.gehlen588]

Showing my age, but there used to be a children's story called "Snow white, Rose Red". Hence the reference to the title of this episode. Love your stuff!

[@IlNeige]

“Building up my deltoids, Papa bear,” shirts when?

[@masterof4elements826]

I'd buy it. Also maybe a pencil pouch

[@taleef1760]

Snow White Rose Red is a play on the original fairy tale. In the original story there were 2 stories name Snow White and Rose Red. Rose has been forgotten by most mainstream stories sadly.

[@Decanta]

Your videos take me back to those mid-90’s sick days, sitting on the couch watching whatever drama my mom had on after All My Children, waiting for my turn to watch Arthur or at least The Price is Right. It’s a cozy safe feeling, I guess.

[@sugarcrystals5649]

11:52 ALSO BOB FROM GOOD LUCK CHARLIE!!!

[@richmcgee434]

2:28 "Once you turn 30 you die." That is literally a synopsis of the plot of Logan's Run, you know.

[@keyonta3]

I think the episode “A Fashionable Way to Die” is a really good one and you should definitely check it out. I also been hoping that you review it😄

[@sophiaandre139]

I just watch it on Amazon Prime. Boy!!! What a doozy. The best of 80's fashion: big bows, sequins, feathered bangs, lame, shoulder pads.

[@BalthorYT]

I hope there comes a time in which this series of reviews has as many episodes as Murder, She Wrote. Videos on TV shows or even movies isn't something I watch at all usually, but these are always so great that I've already blown through all of them! So in short, thanks for making them, hope there's plenty more coming our way!

[@thatlycantomboy]

“As everyone knows, when you reach 30, _you die.”_ I knew it.

[@moralityisnotsubjective5]

Only on the inside though.

[@Belgand]

Sorry, Logan.

[@dngillikin]

Carousel is a lie. There is no Renewal.

[@moralityisnotsubjective5]

@@dngillikin Nice. Though in the book, which I managed to find and read it was 21. No one was going to buy that Michael York was that young I guess.

[@gabriellavedier9650]

It's been months but the trope of killing more than the intended target exists for a reason. It's even seen in real life killers. A targeted, single death leads to a small pool of suspects, especially those who have reasons for killing them that can be determined by auditing personal connections. But if more murders happen, you have to audit each one, find some kind of Venn overlap that can throw things wildly out of perspective, and also have no connection to the killer per se. If the murder appears to be the result of a series of killings it's not especial enough to warrant focused attention, and indeed will forcibly split focus as all the crimes must be solved at once, leading to mistakes.

[@luckyowl1681]

"Watch out for the yeti!" Hahaha. Ski-Free Yeti. I remember that old game. It was one of the games on a list of programs on my grandma's then-working, never-connected-to-net computer, alongside Chip's Challenge and the Flying Toasters screensaver. And Rat Race (as in, a randomized race between some AI rats on a screen). I... think that's all we played as her grandkids on that. But wow, I liked this series and I STILL missed a lot.

[@amityislandchum]

WHOOOOOAAAAA I totally forgot about that rat game until your comment! The wave of nostalgia knocked me over.

[@TheDing1701]

My mom is 82, and she knows "Murder, She Wrote" like I know "Star Trek". I watched a lot with her during the first run, and always enjoyed it. (Back then, and to this day, she called it a "light murder" show). I told her a couple of months ago about your channel, and I think I convinced her to actually check out KZbin on her tablet. She asked if you were old, and I said, 'Well, I know she's over thirty!" and still likes the show! I'm 49, and still watch from time to time,

[@Moonbeam143]

I'm 34. Might as well retire, and head off to the senior home.

[@katyornok63]

Haha you have such good commentary, wit and humor - I love it! In this ridiculous ski & crossbow murder scene, let's not forget that we see the crossbow on the skier's far-right as he's coming down hill but then the arrow hits him on his left side and from his left side. Which means the arrow took a drastic L shape to hit him. Excellent writing, team!

[@avosmash2121]

"ITS A BATTLE OF THE ARGYLES" that got me laughing so hard XD

[@victoriaisham5662]

Ever since watching your videos of this show, I've been watching the show again. I never really gave it a chance when I was younger, but now I love it!

[@infamoussphere7228]

Weird thought when watching this, as someone who's currently in a bushfire prone area frequently filled with suffocating smoke - someone should write a closed circle about bushfires. Several people can't get out of their towns and can't get phone reception and even when it comes to my city, yesterday most of the ways out of the city were blocked on and off, planes couldn't take off or land and the smoke was so thick nobody could leave the house without masks. Doesn't have the cosiness of a snowstorm though, just a whole bunch of blegh. Helps to distract myself with something fun and snowy though! Love the that time on episodes despite never having seen murder she wrote, they're always a delight.

[@roguishpaladin]

It's not a bad idea, but there is a crucial difference between a snowstorm and a wildfire. With a snowstorm, there is nothing really to worry about besides waiting it out, assuming you have a proper shelter. With a wildfire, the fire itself can spread to the safe area where the closed circle takes place. A writer would need to explain how the safe area is both cut off but not threatened, and indulging that setting explanation can distract from the thrust of the story (unless that explanation is then leveraged in another way by the main plot, using what seems like setting exposition to set up a Chekhov's crossbow...er, gun).

[@LilCosgrove]

@@roguishpaladin I could see it working if the writer used the wildfire as an extra stake in the story - they need to find out X in order to solve Y, and they need to solve Y before they can leave the area, where the fire is closing in fast...

[@mermaidscooter]

The Siamese Twin Mystery by Ellery Queen takes place during a wildfire. A group of people end up trapped in a large house in the mountains. Murder ensues of course.

[@pickeljarsforhillary102]

Howie Long's Firestorm.

[@pinkbrando]

I live that you put captions on this, can you do the hard of hearing one extra favor? Put the things you dont say vocally into brackets. I'm low hearing and dyslexic and sometimes it jumbles me up, but the commentary is still funny!!!

[@stefanfilipovits21]

Ann’s hair looks like the wig Captain Hook wears in Hook except it’s red.

[@victoriashevlin8587]

For real. Soon as I saw it , the first thing I said was 'holy jesus hell, that's some hair...'

[@stefanfilipovits21]

Little V it’s more like a mane! Lol

[@delaneyfyi]

Definitely one of my favorites! I've been watching through the whole series of Murder, She Wrote (it's a pretty good background show) and I just hit one that. Ight be a fun review: S8E12 - The Witch's Curse. It's got community theater! Insurance fraud! Ghosts(?)! Assumed witchcraft! And it's actually set in Cabot Cove (a lot of the later seasons are not)..

[@Arrowdodger]

I love your laugh about the crossbow death, it's just so perfectly capturing the morbid humor of the show. At least, I hope it's funny on purpose. Some of the deaths on this show are so damn camp.

[@TheFuschiaDragonfly]

I'm so thrilled that there's a channel that covers this show, that I've been loving for literally all of my life ❤

[@vivi4557]

I love how you're becoming The Murder Mystery KZbinr™

[@queenoffabulous2156]

Ive recently started Murder she wrote, and I'm already up to the first Grady Fletcher sighting

[@DrGregoryHouseIT]

I remember watching this as a kid and being SCARED of this episode. Though the lodge sounds like a wonderful setting for an atmospheric slasher.

[@doomguy676]

I have yet to see an episode of this show for myself yet i love to see every one of these you upload

[@gunungmerapiapi1933]

Watching this 7 AM while having my coffee is really relaxing Your voice, Rose, is so good, you should read a book audio(what's that called?) or do a podcaaaast

[@Tboneman]

It's November 3rd, Election Day USA, and I'm watching PushingUpRoses because this provides 13 minutes of distraction from this hellscape. Thanks! :D

[@ZekeAxel]

Crossbow kill on a mid-air skiier! Damn, that's like going in a FPS multiplayer highlight vid.

[@kungfuskull]

Loved the episode, but you made my eye twitch every time you referred to a bolt as an arrow 🤣 And, incidentally, a corpse would "bleed" when shot if it's fresh. No the heart wont pump out blood obviously, but you've got quite a lot of blood just floating around, enough to at least leak out and stain a jacket. Well, in most cases anyway. 🤔 the cold weather might actually have prevented that.

[@qmurphy8833]

"Ski Lodge murder" feels like a genre, no? I'm positive there's more than "And Then There Were None"

[@simonorourke4465]

I believe there was also a Poirot short story which h took place in a health farm/ski lodge that was cut of by a storm.

[@brendakrieger7000]

Hart to Hart had one

[@HOGuru]

If you include slasher films, then yes, there's dozens. "And then there were none" doesn't take place at a ski lodge, it's an island vacation house. Although perhaps one of the many adaptations moved the action to an isolated ski lodge?

[@qmurphy8833]

@@HOGuru 1964 version is in the Alps

[@victoriashevlin8587]

@@qmurphy8833 I did not know that. Is it worth watching?

[@dovelugosi]

I remember how much we used to laugh about it with my grand-mère it is so dangerous to be around JB Fletcher ! The amount of people dying around her, I think we all thought about the fact that she could be the one killing all these people and that she's living in a sort of fantasy since her husband died.

[@RogueScholarMDC]

Man those Murder She Wrote footage clips are REALLY high quality.

[@snakewich]

I love ski lodge themes, especially 80s ones with all the great fashion. The Garfield and Friends episode "Break-a-Leg" does a great job with it too, with the sweaters and puffy 80s skisuits. I'm also a big fan of the 'closed circle' trope used for mysteries. And a ski lodge or cabin locked down due to a storm, is 'almost' better than being stuck on a train, with having to find the killer fast and having no outside interference. One of my first murder mystery dinner parties was one of those box kits and it was called the 'Icicle Twist'. Getting to pull out my best 80s style sweater while host a party themed at being at a ski lodge was so much fun. I think you would enjoy that mystery dinner. Anyhow, thanks for reviewing this one, I enjoyed it for many reasons; as you can tell. Thank you Roses!

[@pizmeyre5055]

I'm pretty sure the title is just a take on the fairy tale "Snow White and Rose Red."

[@theotakux5959]

8:01 Remember, in the only case of poisoned Halloween candy, while the father only targeted his own kids, he'd given poisoned candy to other kids to throw people off his tracks (fortunately nobody else ate any), so 'killing more people to divert suspicion' is a pretty realistic trope.

[@MrStatistx]

At least his gynecology training allowed him to fish out the bullets XD

[@daltonbelflower7331]

Just watched this episode. It's very good. It's got a lot of recognizable faces: Emma Samms (Dynasty, General Hospital), Jamie Rose (Falcon Crest), and Ronnie Clair Edwards (The Waltons). It has good twists and turns and I loved it!

[@theunwelcome]

that amount of blood borders on Dracula: Dead and Loving it territory

[@brendakrieger7000]

That's a great movie! Loved Leslie Nielson

[@michelleadams7058]

@@brendakrieger7000 Agreed. Can't get much better of a combination than Mel Brooks and Leslie Nielsen.

[@flext-rex8284]

Thank God for your upload! I was in the middle of a [very reasonable and acceptable] mental breakdown. I swear I was scream crying like a banshee when I saw your notifications, and I like calmed down because i love you and Murder she wrote.