My implausible theory - he is saying that the Murphy Brown reboot isn't very good, and CBS would have done better to cast her in a Murder, She Wrote reboot.
On Friday, September 28, 2018 at 7:40:45 AM UTC-4, Jon Delfin wrote: > > Another possibility: Somebody thinks Candice Bergen starred in "Murder, > She Wrote." > > Sometimes a screwup is just a screwup. > > On Fri, Sep 28, 2018, 2:23 AM 'David Bruggeman' via TVorNotTV < > [email protected] <javascript:>> wrote: > >> FWIW, I was in the 'Newhart' boat on my initial listen. >> >> The best I can find for a connection are two pretty obscure items: >> >> * A Murphy Brown episode called "Burger, She Wrote" around the theft of a >> burger restaurant mascot >> * Candice Bergen and Angela Lansbury starred on Broadway in a 2012 >> production of The Best Man. >> >> David >> >> On Thursday, September 27, 2018, 11:17:07 PM EDT, Diner < >> [email protected] <javascript:>> wrote: >> >> >> It was the theme to "Murder, She Wrote." >> And no, I couldn't figure out the connection either. >> >> >> On Thursday, September 27, 2018 at 10:36:44 AM UTC-4, PGage wrote: >> >> Last night’s show was a good example of the questions I have about >> Batiste (I do notice I had been spelling and saying his name incorrectly). >> >> I am pretty sure he played on Candice Bergen with the theme from Newhart. >> This raised the question, is there a sly or subtle connection (I checked to >> see if maybe she was born or went to school in Vermont, but no) or was it >> possible they somehow confused the shows. Or, as frankly seems his approach >> much of the time, did they just choose a random TV sitcom them to play in >> her honor? I want to think there is a cryptic, smart or hip explanation for >> things like this, but not sure what it is. >> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
