Mostly Murder (But Sometimes Not)

Get ready for our scariest episode so far—we watch the 1981 classic The Great Muppet Caper ! The Muppets sing, dance, fall out of buses, and more while investigating a jewel heist in a movie Carrie subtitled: “Piggy and Kermit’s London Romance.” We talk about the nightmare that is an eight-foot Miss Piggy suit, drugs, latchkey VHS’s, and terrifying Muppet parentage. Katy talks up Admiral Lord Nels...

WHO was Rebecca? WHAT was her deal? WHY is everyone so obsessed with her and her underwear? We watch the first mystery that is brand new to all of us, Alfred Hitchcock’s Rebecca (1940), and (wo)man, do we have some opinions. As modern “woke”* people, we give the main character an actual name and talk about feminism, lesbianism, and the control of women and power dynamics of 1940’s Hollywood. Maddy...

Grab your deerstalkers, fill up your pipe from your Persian slipper and let’s talk Holmes! We discuss the famous detective Sherlock Holmes, in particular the one portrayed by Robert Stephens in the 1970 film The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes . This episode is a bit longer partly because it’s the first time we talk about the character in general and partly because Katy is still learning how to su...

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