Murder By Death: Characters Poll

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Just watched a bit of this last night. Who's your favorite?

The sleuths are grouped into "teams" so as to have fewer entires that would probably get zero votes:

Poll Results

Option	Votes
Alec Guinness as Jamesir Bensonmum, the Butler	3
Peter Falk & Eileen Brennan as Sam Diamond & Tess Skeffington	3
David Niven & Maggie Smith as Dick & Dora Charleston	3
James Coco & James Cromwell as Milo Perrier & Marcel	1
Peter Sellers & Richard Narita as Sidney Wang & Willie, his adopted son	1
Truman Capote as Lionel Twain	0
Nancy Walker as the Maid	0
Elsa Lanchester & Estelle Winwood as Jessica Marbles & Nurse	0

― fade away & r80-8 (elmo argonaut), Thursday, 9 July 2009 19:57 (sixteen years ago)

i have no idea why i needed a pointless poll for this movie but i just had to do it. have people seen this?

it's between peter falk & david niven / maggie smith for me

― fade away & r80-8 (elmo argonaut), Thursday, 9 July 2009 20:00 (sixteen years ago)

Saw it once on TV many years ago. First time I ever heard of Truman Capote, I was ten or something, and he left me very confused.

― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 9 July 2009 20:01 (sixteen years ago)

I haven't seen this movie in so long. Totally forgot Smith and Cromwell were in it.

― Alex in SF, Thursday, 9 July 2009 20:01 (sixteen years ago)

This movie is fucking great.

― her performance (ie, her pubes) stood out for me (HI DERE), Thursday, 9 July 2009 20:02 (sixteen years ago)

you can stream it on netflix, which is how i watched it

― fade away & r80-8 (elmo argonaut), Thursday, 9 July 2009 20:06 (sixteen years ago)

i love this movie so much

― Bo-rad Crewcial Overdrive (jjjusten), Thursday, 9 July 2009 20:07 (sixteen years ago)

ok i cant decide, must watch again (thx for pro tip on streaming netflix btw)

― Bo-rad Crewcial Overdrive (jjjusten), Thursday, 9 July 2009 20:08 (sixteen years ago)

Jamesir Bensonmum: She murdered herself in her sleep, sir.
Dick Charleston: You mean suicide?
Jamesir Bensonmum: Oh no, it was murder, all right. Mrs. Twain HATED herself.

― fade away & r80-8 (elmo argonaut), Thursday, 9 July 2009 20:13 (sixteen years ago)

dr morbius would have something to say about this ;_;

― fade away & r80-8 (elmo argonaut), Thursday, 9 July 2009 20:21 (sixteen years ago)

Sam Diamond: I'll be around if you need me. All you gotta do is whistle, and you know how to whistle, don't ya, baby?
Tess Skeffington: Certainly. What do you mean? I don't understand you...
Sam Diamond: All right, never mind. Forget it. You ruined it.

― fade away & r80-8 (elmo argonaut), Thursday, 9 July 2009 20:23 (sixteen years ago)

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZJGhZzP6t7Q/RiMcVcpqrkI/AAAAAAAABgw/SiRAkSERkvw/s400/MurderByDeath10.jpg

niven & smith get my vote, because of this

― fade away & r80-8 (elmo argonaut), Friday, 10 July 2009 01:11 (sixteen years ago)

Lionel Twain: I'm the greatest, I'm number one!
Sam Diamond: To me, you look like number two, know what I mean?
Dora Charleston: What DOES he mean, Miss Skeffington?
Tess Skeffington: I'll tell you later. It's disgusting.

― Emmet Otter's SugBan Christmas (The Yellow Kid), Friday, 10 July 2009 01:21 (sixteen years ago)

oh man watching this right now and it is AWESOME

― Bo-rad Crewcial Overdrive (jjjusten), Friday, 10 July 2009 04:08 (sixteen years ago)

also reminded of this: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081201/

WHICH IS (with the lens of haven't seen it for 19 years) so fucking great

― Bo-rad Crewcial Overdrive (jjjusten), Friday, 10 July 2009 04:10 (sixteen years ago)

I enjoyed it when I saw it a decade ago, but then I watched The Cheap Detective right afterwards and turned against both films. Too much cheese, I guess.

i see this is on youtube too

― abanana, Friday, 10 July 2009 04:30 (sixteen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― System, Sunday, 19 July 2009 23:01 (sixteen years ago)

this movie is the BEST

― Dan I., Monday, 20 July 2009 04:40 (sixteen years ago)

Maggie Smith is so wonderful in this.

― maciej recognizing trill, Monday, 20 July 2009 05:06 (sixteen years ago)

Is it James Coco who complains "There is nothing in my dish but my dish"? (I misremembered it as being Dom DeLuise, always get those two confused.)

Anyways, him.

― Stop wishing death on people just for the cool thread titles (Myonga Vön Bontee), Monday, 20 July 2009 05:08 (sixteen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

― System, Monday, 20 July 2009 23:01 (sixteen years ago)

two months pass...

This was Neil Simon doing Unfunny All-Star Mel Brooks Parody just before Mel started doing them, you crackheads. Try watching sumthin that's actually funny, like The Thin Man.

― A Patch on Blazing Saddles (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 24 September 2009 15:25 (sixteen years ago)

three years pass...

I don't get the Lionel Twain / Lionel Train name pun.

― polyphonic, Wednesday, 21 August 2013 00:01 (twelve years ago)

just a lisp joke i presume

― Miss Arlington twirls for the Coal Heavers (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 21 August 2013 02:36 (twelve years ago)

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