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Following the previous post, here's early access to the second episode of Joe's Shelf that will go out publicly in a few days. This time we're discussing Murder By Death (1976) - Neil Simon's mystery spoof starring the likes of Peter Sellers, Peter Falk, David Niven, Maggie Smith, James Coco, Alec Guinness, and Elsa Lanchester as parody versions of some of the genre's most iconic detectives. Not to mention a special appearance from Tiny Tim/Droopy Dog himself - Truman Capote.

Spoiler alert: We had much different views on this one so listen at your own risk at moderate volume.

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The Film Smith

Hearing Ryan talk about this movie reminded me of when I watched 48 Hours for the first time with some friends. Would recommend checking out It Was Just An Accident, Sentimental Value, and No Other Choice if you have the time for any of them (NOC came out last weekend I believe). Those were among my favorites from what I saw last year.

Luke Gordnier

No Joe to really torture Ryan you gotta force him to do the second part of the mel fun retrospective.

Troy Thomas

Firmly on Ryan's side of this debate. I would always catch clips of this when it would play periodically on TCM, not laugh, and then change the channel after about three minutes. Oh yeah, also, Peter Falk is overrated and Ryan is right, he's the worst one in the movie.

Trevor Poe

I started laughing when Joe got mad at Ryan for successfully persuading him that it’s a bad movie.

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One battle after another was so bad

Demetreas Andrews

I'm glad you covered this. I recommend this movie several years ago. To me this is the quintessential "almost cult classic" being (rightly) overshadowed by Clue. I like parts of this movie, but wish I could like it more. Clue took the premise and did it better making this movie almost unnecessary

Thomas Bishop

i remember renting this on VHS as a kid thinking it had so many things I liked that it was gonna be my favorite movie.... I don't think I made it 40 minutes. It kinda reminds me of the nonsense that was Casino Royale, which I also haven't seen in 25 years.

Jason Patterson

The last two episodes have been great! It really feels like you guys are coming into you're own lately. I miss the old format, but you guys bantering about almost anything is so charming and funny

Louie Caponecchia

Damn, its been almost a month since y'all posted something?