tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6319982385052710495.post7594720585882132557..comments2024-03-25T14:00:23.934-04:00Comments on The Land of Whatever: What Might've Been: The Eddie Capra Mysteries (1978)hobbyfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08089664500077967952noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6319982385052710495.post-65931549681070814422020-11-25T07:32:04.898-05:002020-11-25T07:32:04.898-05:00If I can find it, I'll get it. With my luck, i...If I can find it, I'll get it. With my luck, it's probably out of print.<br /><br />As for Leighton being Link & Levinson, I was not aware of this little nugget.hobbyfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08089664500077967952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6319982385052710495.post-15204025616711563442020-11-24T11:57:33.178-05:002020-11-24T11:57:33.178-05:00Scanning the imbedded episode, I note that the ori...Scanning the imbedded episode, I note that the original story is credited to "Ted Leighton".<br />That's a registered pseudonym, which the Writer's Guild allows its members so they can remove their real names from a script that got mucked up during production, while protecting their future royalty payments.<br />"Ted Leighton" was actually William (Theodore) Link and Richard (Leighton) Levinson, who had occasion to use this disguise several times in the past (such as on the Peter Lawford/<i>Ellery Queen</i> pilot of some years before).<br />In the past, I've given limited credence to the "second-hand <i>EQ</i> scripts" story, but this might be an example of that, so there too.<br />Anyway, there is a documented example of a <i>Murder, She Wrote</i> episode that seemed to clearly derive from a potential <i>EQ</i> segment ("The Grand Old Lady", from Season 6, written by <i>EQ</i> bossman Peter S. Fischer), so there too - also.<br /><br />Did I ever tell you about <i>Me And <b>MURDER, SHE WROTE</b></i>, Peter Fischer's memoir, from which I cribbed much of the foregoing?<br />Worth checking out, if you can ...Mike Doranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14427528138598549103noreply@blogger.com