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Murder, She Wrote: No Laughing Murder (1987)
Deja Vu...
I was watching a re-run of an old Rockford Files episode that aired in November of 1977, ten years earlier than this episode of Murder, She Wrote. I was struck by the basic theme's similarity to this episode. Two rival has-been stand-up comedians with murder mayhem plotted between them. "Which of us was more famous? Which of us depended on the other for celebrity? Who stole whose material?" I guess it's true about television and movie writers copying the earlier work of others.
The Rockford Files episode was called "Requiem for a Funny Box," and it's a bit more involved with actual murder, mobsters, etc. Rather than just ego murdering shenanigans.
Christmas Angel (2009)
Romantic Lead a Failure
Maybe this deserves a better rating as a typically sappy "feel good" movie or something, but it has no oomph in the romantic genre. The actor in the male lead, K.C. Clyde, is completely uninspiring; he has negative sex appeal. He seems more suitable for playing a dorky side-kick supporting role in a comedy or a snotty protagonist at a boarding school. Bad casting; it killed the entire movie for me. I was hoping the boy DIDN'T get the girl the whole time I was watching it. But even as a feel-good movie, it misses the mark. The basic premise was supposed to be emotional, but the way it was handled left me unmoved. Maybe I've just been watching too many of these Christmas-themed movies. My reaction to most of the scenes was rolling my eyes. I really wouldn't recommend this movie. People need to know that the 2012 production of the same name isn't a remake of this disaster; it just has the misfortune of bearing the same title.