Carol the Dabbler

Woulda been a nice break from the tedious main cast, though!

I tried (briefly) to find anything about that (and failed). But I did find this: The trio were characters in the original Baldur's Gate. My husband used to spend hours on that game, but I don't recall him ever encountering them. Maybe he never happened to go where they were. .

Seeing as how they never caught the guy, that movie has a whole lot of room to explore.

Hello, moschino_high, and welcome to Sherlock Forum! You've raised some interesting questions, only some of which have previously been answered (or even raised). Here's a link to a search I did on this thread, looking for the word "rescue." (Note: to search a single thread, go to the top of any page within that thread and find the Search box near the top-right corner. It's pre-set for searching the thread.)

They left the mouse on her bed -- but if it wasn't quite as dead as assumed, it may now be hidden just about anywhere in the house. My mother finally learned to look carefully before she let the cat into the house. If there was anything dangling from Star's mouth, Mom would praise her lavishly through the screen, then shut the door.

One reason I prefer The Bob Newhart Show is that it did NOT have Larry, Darryl, & Darryl. That bit was hilarious the first time and funny the second time, but rapidly became tedious after that -- yet was still treated as obligatory. Same type of thing that eventually ruined Good Times for me.

I had never realized it was formulaic till I read that parody. Watching the show since then, I tend to giggle occasionally and/or mutter "Watch out for the murder moss!" Mr. Carlin was a terrific character, well played by the late Jack Riley. I guess that's why he was often added to other group sessions, even those that he didn't seem eligible for.

We're pretty much in the same boat as you. Monk is one of our favorite shows too. We discovered it on one of those broadcast rerun channels, though (because high-speed internet isn't really available here, so we don't do much streaming), and then bought the DVD set. From the rest of your list, the only shows I'm familiar with are Newhart and Murder, She Wrote (both of which we watched when they were on network TV). We didn't like Newhart nearly as much as the earlier Bob Newhart Show (where he plays a psychologist), which we also have on DVD. We also liked Murder, She Wrote well enough to buy the DVDs -- though I must admit that reading this spot-on parody has interfered somewhat with my ability to enough the show! (If you enjoy that parody, be sure to read the readers' comments as well.)

That does sound truly suspicious! What's your reason for watching mostly older shows? (Not arguing with you -- my husband and I have similar habits.)

Hello again, chongjasmine -- welcome back!!! My preference is for a story to be the right length to cover everything that really helps tell the story. Arthur Conan Doyle's first Holmes story, A Study in Scarlet, includes a really long section in the middle that tells the "back story" (which had happened years ago, and helps explain what's happening in the main story). It's my opinion that the back story could have been covered much more briefly and gracefully within the main story, simply by having the cab driver tell Holmes what had happened. I suspect that Doyle was being paid by the word, but it's possible that his agent or the publisher wanted a longer story. I think there have been a few times when I wished one of his short stories had included a bit more detail, or perhaps a bit of what happened next, but I don't recall which stories those were.

I don't think the cat appreciates the joke, though.

Well, hello again! This forum isn't as manic as it was at your last visit (less than a year after Series 3 had aired), but we're still here. As always, you're more than welcome to post in any thread that catches your eye, and/or to start new ones. Welcome back!

His scene was near the end of "His Last Vow," wasn't it?

I assumed that the title was referring to a Cumberbatch offspring -- till I clicked on the link and found that it's actually young Moffat, AKA Louis Oliver. Looks like he's got a feline friend. 🐱

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