There's an aberration during the first grid where Bob tells a joke about Kojak reminiscing with Yul Brynner about dandruff. Whereas the canned laughter is usually ubiquitous with any gag Bob delivers, in this case there's silence in the studio, with no post-dubbed "audience" response added.
The first main grid - the real first names of TV detectives - had previously featured in Episode #2.14 (1995).
Six of the possible answers were the same, whereas a further four were variations on the same person: "Richard Cannon" is here as an option as opposed to the 1995 edition's Frank Cannon; "Steve Starsky" appears instead of Dave Starsky; "Endeavour Morse" appears instead of Simon Morse, and "Mary Beth Lacey" appears in place of Mary Beth Cagney. (In the instance of Morse, then his first name wasn't revealed in print until 1996, and on TV in 1997, so it would have been impossible for the earlier episode to have included the correct option.)
The same grid concept was brought back again in Celebrity Special (1998), though there only two connections were the same. One was that another new first name was given for Cannon: "Joe Cannon". The other was the real first name of Inspector Morse was again used.
Six of the possible answers were the same, whereas a further four were variations on the same person: "Richard Cannon" is here as an option as opposed to the 1995 edition's Frank Cannon; "Steve Starsky" appears instead of Dave Starsky; "Endeavour Morse" appears instead of Simon Morse, and "Mary Beth Lacey" appears in place of Mary Beth Cagney. (In the instance of Morse, then his first name wasn't revealed in print until 1996, and on TV in 1997, so it would have been impossible for the earlier episode to have included the correct option.)
The same grid concept was brought back again in Celebrity Special (1998), though there only two connections were the same. One was that another new first name was given for Cannon: "Joe Cannon". The other was the real first name of Inspector Morse was again used.
An indication of when this edition was shot comes with Bob remarking of Steve McGarrett from Hawaii Five-O (1968): "Sorry to lose him... he was a lovely, lovely guy."
Jack Lord, the actor behind the character, had died in January 21st the same year.
Jack Lord, the actor behind the character, had died in January 21st the same year.
The grid subjects featured on this edition are:
Main Grids: First names of fictional police; Parts of a horse.
Auction Grids: Characters from Alice In Wonderland; People associated with the saxophone.
Final Grid: UK No.1 hits for ABBA.
Main Grids: First names of fictional police; Parts of a horse.
Auction Grids: Characters from Alice In Wonderland; People associated with the saxophone.
Final Grid: UK No.1 hits for ABBA.
"Jules Maigret" appears as an answer on TV police known by their last name. However, as the character originated in print and no specific television series is cited, this isn't included in Movie Connections.
