Double Jeopardy (2.19)

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Re: Double Jeopardy (2.19)

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Luther's nephew Dobie wrote:
Gorilla Mask wrote:I gave a very good mark (8.5) for this one. The main plot is a good idea, whereas a bit predictable. Dana Wynter is fairly convincing in his double-crossing role, especially when she tried the senstive chord with TM who, younger, admired her as an actress.
I was wondering too if the real set apparatus/filming crew was partly used for the episode background ? I guess it seems probable.
The final untying is good too, while some may object that TM had, again, a real gift to make certitude from mere intuition, and barely (at most) time/opportunity to warn/alert Tanaka early enough.
Hi Gorilla Mask,
I don't know about this specific episode, but it is a given that in Hollywood productions it is the film crew in these scenes. You don't have to pay for extras that
way. Plus, generally speaking not just the on air cast but everybody involved form tight relationships just like in any work place, so it's nice to see "all the guys"
photographed for both the story line and a "yearbook" as it were.
On the last episode of Perry Mason, the murder occurred during the filming of a TV show. It gave the chance for just about everybody to appear on camera.
Not just the tech crew but playing the judge, Erle Stanley Gardner himself. It's one of the best handled farewell shows ever done, in my opinion.
Dick Clark is the killer, but keep it under your hat.
A lot of the times when you see kids(in a one off part) on TV shows they are the star's kids - Dick Van Dyke Show - or the producer's etc.
Garry Marshall had two of his kids appear with Fonzie when he was doing a magic act. John Wayne's daughter is the kid on the donkey at the end of The Alamo.
In Big Jake, Wayne goes after his kidnapped grandson, played by his own actual young son, I think the kid had 2 lines.
Probably most famously, at the end of a Van Johnson/Judy Garland movie, Judy is holding a baby and it's her own newborn, Liza Minnelli.
Thanks LND for these really interesting details.

This week i had the opportunity to watch an old 1967 french serie (Les Chevaliers du Ciel (knights of the Skies). That serie depicted spies and military plots around two French Armée de l'Air pilots. My father, who attended to the filming, told me that the director asked that the real crews and base personnel acted in their own role (Pilots, air traffic controllers, mecanics, armorers.... I identified some well known dubbers who played officiers too ! Among the crews and staffs, some have some lines; needless to say that severals are not accomplished actors ! :lol:
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Re: Double Jeopardy (2.19)

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Luther's nephew Dobie wrote: Fri Sep 11, 2020 12:59 am I can't recall which episode Pops Selleck was in, maybe someone can please tell me?
It was Going Home.

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ENSHealy wrote: Sat Feb 26, 2022 2:38 pm
Luther's nephew Dobie wrote: Fri Sep 11, 2020 12:59 am I can't recall which episode Pops Selleck was in, maybe someone can please tell me?
It was Going Home.
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Thank you, and for the pic.

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Re: Double Jeopardy (2.19)

#79 Post by Vxc961 »

Man, I enjoyed this episode, but it was pretty distracting watching it as I kept thinking of Alex Baldwin in Rust. I was surprised to come to this thread and see nobody had mentioned it (granted, I’ve previously said I’m amazed that we get so much enjoyment out of MPI that we can comment more than a decade after the thread was opened).

Part of the joy of MPI for me is the scenery, and I love all the behind the scenes info this site gives us. I loved the excuse to show so much of the estate in this one!

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#80 Post by charybdis1966 »

Vxc961 wrote: Tue May 17, 2022 3:44 am Man, I enjoyed this episode, but it was pretty distracting watching it as I kept thinking of Alex Baldwin in Rust. I was surprised to come to this thread and see nobody had mentioned it (granted, I’ve previously said I’m amazed that we get so much enjoyment out of MPI that we can comment more than a decade after the thread was opened).
Hello Vxc961 - I commented on this very thing on the 40th Anniversary watch thread here https://magnum-mania.com/Forum/viewtopi ... &start=645 on around page 44.

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#81 Post by Vxc961 »

I totally missed that thread—thanks!

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Re: Double Jeopardy (2.19)

#82 Post by MachoTaco »

bjs wrote: Fri Apr 05, 2019 8:17 pm 1. How did Tanaka know he would need to be in Martin's hospital room carrying a tape recorder set to record a confession?
2. How did Tanaka get into that room before Ross, or without Ross knowing about it?

Deus ex machina ending.
👍 Yeah, that's a good point. My mind wants to think he came in behind TM. These are the cool things I like about storytelling when your mind has to fill in the parts of the story.
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Re: Double Jeopardy (2.19)

#83 Post by Aloha Friday »

I liked this one...even more so that I know Dash Riprock guest-starred in it. The Beverly Hillbillies was always great. The premise was good...movie being made of one of Robin's books. I also got a kick out of the Jimmy Bond piece. I saw that Casino Royale on Youtube a couple years ago. I liked TC's female voice when he is rehearsing with Rick...reminded me of Flip Wilson doing his Geraldine routine.
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