Where Have You Gone, Billy Boy?
- Folge lief am 23. Aug. 1993
- TV-PG
- 47 Min.
IMDb-BEWERTUNG
6,5/10
300
IHRE BEWERTUNG
Füge eine Handlung in deiner Sprache hinzuA shy ventriloquist is suspected of murdering a ruthless comedy club owner.A shy ventriloquist is suspected of murdering a ruthless comedy club owner.A shy ventriloquist is suspected of murdering a ruthless comedy club owner.
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WUSSTEST DU SCHON:
- WissenswertesThe title is from a line in the song "Billy Boy" concerning the topic of courtship and dates from an unknown source in 19th century America. "Oh, where have you been, Billy Boy, Billy Boy? Oh, where have you been, Charming Billy? I have been to seek a wife, She's the joy of my life, She's a young thing And cannot leave her mother."
- PatzerWhen the murder victim's body is revealed, her mouth clearly moves.
- Zitate
[first lines]
Dennis Stanton: It's me.
Jessica Fletcher: It's not you.
Dennis Stanton: But of course it is. Damian Sinclair is dashing, intelligent, witty, compassionate. All my best traits. What I take issue with is this tailless dummy some hack illustrator's come up with. Really, now, I look like an aging gigolo.
- VerbindungenReferences Lichter der Großstadt (1931)
- SoundtracksMurder She Wrote Theme
Written by John Addison
Ausgewählte Rezension
A tough act to appreciate
The Dennis Stanton character is in some ways a male version of Jessica - kindly, thoughtful, widowed - which makes it easier for the viewer to forgive Jessica's absence. That, and the presence of Dennis's likable and level-headed sidekick Rhoda. The portrayal of show business goings-on is laughably improbable - then again, so is the entire premise of a retired schoolteacher from a village in Maine becoming a coast-to-coast publishing phenomenon, and yet we gladly suspend our disbelief for that one. The direction and camera work are great and there are moments of ingenious, laugh-out-loud humor, perhaps unmatched in other stories of the show. Sadly, these are buried under the big weight of that age-old cringe-worthy cliché - the ventriloquist's dummy. Deeper issues the dummy might symbolize - of identity, repression and searching for one's voice in a relationship and in the world at large - are only vaguely hinted at, thus keeping us planted in cliché territory. All in all, a decent episode, although I did find myself hitting the fast-forward button during the dummy's monologues.
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