I have been binge-watching the Perry Mason movies on Youtube. Sadly there are nine missing. DVDs are expensive or "unavailable". It was lovely while it lasted. Perry and Della are their old selves, Paul Drake II (Barbara Hale's son William Katt) is excellent. The script cleverly leaves it unclear whether Perry and Della are an item, but they behave pretty affectionately. At the end of one episode Perry hugs her, saying "It's just you and me now".
There's an in-joke about Burr's expertise as an orchid-breeder (he named a variety after Barbara).
And the clothes! The glamour! The settings! The mansions!
I've loved it.
Sadly, this episode was the first to be filmed after Burr's death, putting in Paul Sorvino as a similar character. But he has to be given "quirks" like singing opera (he's not bad, but should take voice lessons) and cooking (that veal sounds nice). He is no substitute.
The story is weak, the script is weak. I found it not worth watching, even for the clothes. One commentator opined that Caruso is funny, unlike Mason. I didn't laugh at the opera or any of it. Mason frequently comes out with witty one-lines, as does Della once the client has left. (Of one she says, "I could learn to loathe him".)
I shall just have to watch the old series as I wait for those missing TV films to become "available". RIP Raymond and Barbara.
There's an in-joke about Burr's expertise as an orchid-breeder (he named a variety after Barbara).
And the clothes! The glamour! The settings! The mansions!
I've loved it.
Sadly, this episode was the first to be filmed after Burr's death, putting in Paul Sorvino as a similar character. But he has to be given "quirks" like singing opera (he's not bad, but should take voice lessons) and cooking (that veal sounds nice). He is no substitute.
The story is weak, the script is weak. I found it not worth watching, even for the clothes. One commentator opined that Caruso is funny, unlike Mason. I didn't laugh at the opera or any of it. Mason frequently comes out with witty one-lines, as does Della once the client has left. (Of one she says, "I could learn to loathe him".)
I shall just have to watch the old series as I wait for those missing TV films to become "available". RIP Raymond and Barbara.