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"Keep the Home Fries Burning" is the fourteenth episode of the second season of Murder, She Wrote and its 36th episode overall. It aired on January 19, 1986.
Summary[]
Poisoned strawberry preserves served at the Joshua Peabody Inn result in murder.
Starring[]
Regular cast[]
Recurring cast[]
- Tom Bosley as Sheriff Amos Tupper
- William Windom as Dr. Seth Hazlitt
Guest stars[]
- Sharon Acker as Wilhelmina Fraser
- Norman Alden as Mercer Hawthorne
- Orson Bean as Ebeneezer McEnery
- Gary Crosby as Ted Stully (the tourist)
- Rosanna Huffman as Helen Stully (the tourist)
- Anne Lloyd Francis as Margo Perry
- William Lucking as Bo Dixon
- John McCook as Harrison Fraser III
- Donna Pescow as Cornelia Montique
- Henry Polic II as Chef Alan Dupree
- Marcia Rodd as Betty Fiddler
- Alan Young as Floyd Nelson
Trivia[]
- The exteriors of Bo Dixon's diner was used for The Rockford Files (1974).
- Mr. Dupree, the chef, sarcastically refers to Jessica as "the Julia Child of Cabot Cove" when Jessica comments on how the food could have poisoned the dead woman. Julia Child was a famous American cook and television personality, known especially for her French cooking, who passed away in 2004.
- The title comes from the patriotic British song from World War I, "Keep the Home-Fires Burning ('Till the Boys Come Home)" written by Ivor Novello.
- The politician threatens that Mr. Hawthorne is getting "dangerously close to libel" for accusing the politician of being "crooked", Libel is a charge for false written statements. If anything, Hawthorne would be guilty of slander, but as he correctly points out, only if his statements are false.
- Alan Young and Henry Polic II would go on to have careers as voice actors in their later years, with the former probably best known as Scrooge McDuck on DuckTales.
Goofs[]
- Although Cornelia is supposed to be a long-time resident of Cabot Cove and seems to be familiar with Dr. Hazlitt, she mispronounces his last name.
Gallery[]
Home media releases[]
Item | Region | Release date |
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Murder, She Wrote: The Complete Second Season | Region 1 | December 6, 2005 |
Murder, She Wrote: Season 2 | Region 2 | May 1, 2006 |
Murder, She Wrote: The Complete 2nd Season | Region 4 | August 1, 2007 |
Murder, She Wrote: Seasons 1 - 3 | Region 2 | November 20, 2006 |
Murder, She Wrote: Seasons 1 - 5 | Region 2 | October 22, 2007 |
External links[]
- "Keep the Home Fries Burning" at the Internet Movie Database