History Trivia / TheNBCMysteryMovie

* EditedForSyndication: Some of the component shows, most notably ''Columbo'', retained the original NBC intro with the Henry Mancini theme for syndicated reruns; they simply created a new title card at the end without any NBC references (the original had multicolored filmstrips with "MYSTERY" and the NBC "Snake" logo rolling upwards inside a circle, with the "NBC (day) Mystery Movie" text superimposed; the edited version simply had the "MYSTERY" filmstrips, with no NBC references either in the filmstrips or overlaid, going upwards at a slower pace). Other times (as was the case for some of the series that ran on Wednesdays), they would simply fade out before they got to the titlecard at all.

** Similarly, Creator/JamesStewart starred in Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer's ''Hawkins'' as a high-priced rural-bred lawyer who regularly looked into the cases took... Stewart pulled out of the series because he felt the script quality couldn't be sustained. [[Series/{{Matlock}} Perhaps Andy Griffith wasn't available/old enough at the time]]. MGM also gave their TV version of ''Film/{{Shaft}}'' this treatment. Creator/RichardRoundtree returned for the series [[MoneyDearBoy and apparently got paid more than he was for the original film]]!

** Similarly, Creator/JamesStewart starred in Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer's ''Hawkins'' as a high-priced rural-bred lawyer who regularly looked into the cases took... Stewart pulled out of the series because he felt the script quality couldn't be sustained. [[Series/{{Matlock}} Perhaps Andy Griffith wasn't available/old enough at the time]]. MGM also gave their TV version of ''Film/{{Shaft}}'' this treatment.

** Similarly, Creator/JamesStewart starred in Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer's ''Hawkins'' as a rural-bred lawyer who regularly looked into the cases took... Stewart pulled out of the series because he felt the script quality couldn't be sustained. [[Series/{{Matlock}} Perhaps Andy Griffith wasn't available/old enough at the time]]. MGM also gave their TV version of ''Film/{{Shaft}}'' this treatment.

* ''[[Magazine/{{MAD}} MAD Magazine]]'''s satires were titled ''Clodumbo'', ''[=MacVillian=] & Strife'', ''[=McClown=]'' and ''Queezy, M.E.'' (although the latter came along when it was an hour-long show). The magazine ran one for the revival, a {{Crossover}} satire called ''The ABC Misery Movie'' with ''Giddyup Olive''[[note]]''Gideon Oliver'' A series starring Lou Gossett Jr. as a crime-solving Columbia University anthropology professor.[[/note]] ''B.S. Strikeout''[[note]]''B.L. Stryker'', with Creator/BurtReynolds as a Florida-based private investigator.[[/note]] and ''Clodumbo'' all joining Giddyup in New York City to solve a murder.[[note]]With an extended cameo from [[Series/MurderSheWrote Jessica Fletcher]], who discovers the "victim" Had just fallen asleep because of how boring the others' shows were.[[/note]]

* FollowTheLeader: After he show became a hit, Creator/{{ABC}} tried its own WheelProgram concept with ''The Men'' with an Music/IsaacHayes theme (Creator/RobertConrad in ''Assignment: Vienna'' (produced by Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer), James Wainwright in ''Jigsaw'' (from Creator/{{Universal}}) and Lawrence Luckinbill in ''The Delphi Bureau'' from Creator/WarnerBros) -- it didn't last, and neither did any of the elements. Creator/{{Universal}}, the company behind the ''Mystery Movie'' strand tried to replicate the success itself with ''Great Detectives'', shooting three TV movies (''Literature/TheHoundOfTheBaskervilles'' with Stewart Granger as Sherlock Holmes, ''The Adventures Of Literature/NickCarter'' starring Robert Conrad, and ''A Very Missing Person'' with Eve Arden as Hildegarde Withers) for a planned series. No go.
Similarly Creator/JamesStewart starred in Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer's ''Hawkins'' as a rural-bred lawyer who regularly looked into the cases took... Stewart pulled out of the series because he felt the script quality couldn't be sustained. [[Series/{{Matlock}} I suppose Andy Griffith wasn't available/old enough at the time]]. MGM also gave their TV version of ''Film/{{Shaft}}'' this treatment.
* TheOtherDarrin: In the pilot for ''The Snoop Sisters'' their chauffeur Barney and their friend on the force Lt. Ostrowski were played by Art Carney and Lawrence Pressman respectively; for the series Creator/LouAntonio and Creator/BertConvy took over those roles. This wasn't the only such example for the strand - see below.

* PlayingAgainstType: Bert Convy as a police officer- everybody else knows him from various game shows (''Series/{{Tattletales}}'' in the 70s, ''[[Series/{{Password}} Super Password]]'' and ''Series/WinLoseOrDraw'' in the 80s (the last one he co-produced with Creator/BurtReynolds, and aired on NBC- though the NBC version didn't have him hosting)).

* FollowTheLeader: After he show became a hit, Creator/{{ABC}} tried its own WheelProgram concept with ''The Men'' with an Music/IsaacHayes theme (Creator/RobertConrad in ''Assignment: Vienna'' (produced by Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer), James Wainwright in ''Jigsaw'' (from Creator/{{Universal}}) and Lawrence Luckinbill in ''The Delphi Bureau'' from Creator/WarnerBros) -- it didn't last, and neither did any of the elements. Creator/{{Universal}}, the company behind the ''Mystery Movie'' strand (and, tried to replicate the success itself with ''Great Detectives'', shooting three TV movies (''Literature/TheHoundOfTheBaskervilles'' with Stewart Granger as Sherlock Holmes, ''The Adventures Of Literature/NickCarter'' starring Robert Conrad, and ''A Very Missing Person'' with Eve Arden as Hildegarde Withers) for a planned series. No go.

Similarly Creator/JamesStewart starred in Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer's ''Hawkins'' as a rural-bred lawyer who regularly looked in the cases took... Stewart pulled out of the series because he felt the script quality couldn't be sustained. [[Series/{{Matlock}} Also, Andy Griffith wasn't available/old enough at the time]]. MGM also gave their TV version of ''Film/{Shaft}}'' this treatment.

* FollowTheLeader: After he show became a hit, Creator/{{ABC}} tried its own WheelProgram concept with ''The Men'' (Robert Conrad in ''Assignment: Vienna'', James Wainwright in ''Jigsaw'' and Lawrence Luckinbill in ''The Delphi Bureau'') -- it didn't last, and neither did any of the elements. Creator/{{Universal}}, the company behind the ''Mystery Movie'' strand (and ''Jigsaw''), tried to replicate the success itself with ''Great Detectives'', shooting three TV movies (''Literature/TheHoundOfTheBaskervilles'' with Stewart Granger as Sherlock Holmes, ''The Adventures Of Literature/NickCarter'' starring Robert Conrad, and ''A Very Missing Person'' with Eve Arden as Hildegarde Withers) for a planned series. No go.

* PlayingAgainstType: Bert Convy as a police officer- everybody else knows him from various game shows (''Series/{{Tattletales}}'' in the 70s, ''[[Series/{{Password}} Super Password]]'' and ''Series/WinLoseOrDraw'' in the 80s (the last one he co-produced with Creator/BurtReynolds, and aired on NBC- though the NBC version didn't have him hosting)).
** Stuart Margolin played ''Lanigan's Rabbi'' in the pilot for said show, but his commitments to being Angel in ''Series/TheRockfordFiles'' precluded any involvement in the series.

* ''[[Magazine/{{MAD}} MAD Magazine]]'''s satires were titled ''Clodumbo'', ''[=MacVillian=] & Strife'', ''[=McClown=]'' and ''Queezy, M.E.'' (although the latter came along when it was an hour-long show). The magazine ran one for the revival, a {{Crossover}} satire called ''The ABC Misery Movie'' with ''Giddyup Olive''[[note]]''Gideon Oliver'' A series starring Lou Gossett Jr. as a crime-solving anthropology professor.[[/note]] ''B.S. Strikeout''[[note]]''B.L. Stryker'', with Creator/BurtReynolds as a Florida-based private investigator.[[/note]] and ''Clodumbo'' all joining Giddyup in New York City to solve a crime.[[note]]

* ''[[Magazine/{{MAD}} MAD Magazine]]'''s satires were titled ''Clodumbo'', ''[=MacVillian=] & Strife'', ''[=McClown=]'' and ''Queezy, M.E.'' (although the latter came along when it was an hour-long show).

* TheOtherDarrin: In the pilot for ''The Snoop Sisters'' their chauffeur Barney and their friend on the force Lt. Ostrowski were played by Art Carney and Lawrence Pressman respectively; for the series Lou Antonio and Bert Convy took over those roles. This wasn't the only such example for the strand - see below.

* PlayingAgainstType: Stuart Margolin played ''Lanigan's Rabbi'' in the pilot for said show, but his commitments to being Angel in ''Series/TheRockfordFiles'' precluded any involvement in the series.

* [[HeyItsThatGuy Hey It's That Gal!]]: Amy Prentiss's daughter is a young [[MadAboutYou Jamie Stemple Buchanan]].

* ''[[Magazine/{{MAD}} MAD Magazine]]'''s satires were titled ''Clodumbo'', ''[=MacVillian=] & Strife'', ''[=McClown=]'', ''Queezy, M.E.''.