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Snoop SistersBy victor
Before "Murder,
She Wrote" there was... The Snoop Sisters!
Long before Angela Lansbury brightened TV screens as the mystery writing
sleuth of Murder, She Wrote, Helen Hayes, the first lady of the
American theater, joined forces with film veteran Mildred Natwick to solve
crimes as "The Snoop Sisters, " one of four rotating segments
during the second season of The NBC Wednesday Mystery Movie.
"The Snoop Sisters" had rather obvious roots in Agatha
Christie's Miss Marple mysteries but also tried to be a senior citizen
revamping of McMillan and Wife,
which was the product of the same producers. Hayes and Natwick are
delightful, but for obvious reasons a show starring two aged performers
lacked the slam-bang action that viewers might have preferred in the cop
heavy atmosphere of the 1973-74 TV season.
Lacking the wit or clever plotting of Columbo,
this series never got off the ground. Even a guest appearance by then
red-hot rocker Alice Cooper in one episode failed to enliven the
proceedings. After four 90 minute episodes, "The Snoop Sisters"
joined the rest of The NBC Wednesday (and at midseason, Tuesday) Mystery
Movie segments (Banacek, Tenafly,
and Faraday and Company) on the
trash heap of cancelled programs.
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I loved all of the Snoop Sisters and am desperate to get my hands on videos of them. I especially loved Do Not Fold, Spindle or Mutilate and the one with Paulette Goddard. --Joan Chandler | Note: This is just a random sample of the Snoop Sisters messages in our TV forums! Click here to see what others have said or to post your own comments! |
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Aired: December 19, 1973 - August 20, 1974 |
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Cast: Helen Hayes, Mildred Natwick, Lou Antonio, Bert Convy |
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Network: NBC |
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Genre: Detective Drama |
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