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Ellery Queen :: The Adventure of the Mad Tea Party (01x08)
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| Title: | The Adventure of the Mad Tea Party |
| Episode #: | 01x08 |
| Production Number: | 43601 |
| Original Airdate: | Thursday October 30th, 1975 |
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Ellery and his agent travel to the estate of wealthy eccentric Spencer Lockridge to try to get financial backing to turn one of Ellery's novels into a play. Not long after their arrival, Lockridge disappears and thrusts Ellery into another mystery.
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This is the only episode based on an actual short story by Ellery Queen. The pilot for the series, Too Many Suspects. was based on an actual Ellery Queen novel.
| This was the first episode of the series to be filmed according to the show's production codes.
| For once, Sgt. Velie plays a crucial role in the solution to the crime instead of merely putting the cuffs on the suspect after the denouement.
| Larry Hagman would later become a TV legend playing the villainous J. R. Ewing on Dallas.
| Jim Backus is best known for his role as millionaire castaway Thurston Howell III on Gilligan's Island.
| Emmy Reinhart reveals that she turned down the lead role in the classic film Johnny Belinda. Bad career move because Jane Wyman won an Academy Award for Best Actress in the role.
| It's ironic that one of the characters dresses up as the Mad Hatter at the party. Ellery Queen co-star David Wayne played the Mad Hatter on Batman.
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Ellery: 10:20. I could be home now soaking in a hot tub.
Biggers: Welcome to show biz, El.
| Ellery: How do you do?
Letitia: I do exceedingly well, Mr. Queen. Much to my son-in-law's relief.
| Letitia: (about the house) You see here a monument of Mr. Gardner's ability to turn mighty oaks into toothpicks.
| Johnny: (about Lockridge) You think he got snatched?
Ellery: I don't know. I just got out of bed.
| Biggers: (about Lockridge) If he walked away he's drowned now. It's a sea of mud out there.
| Laura: What precisely are we looking for?
Ellery: Good question, Mrs. Lockridge. I wish I knew.
| Johnny: (to Ellery) For a detective, you're not very smart.
| Gardner: One of us is playing some bizarre joke and I for one find it distinctly unfunny.
| Gardner: One of us here has a very grotesque sense of humor.
| Ellery: Dad, come on. You trust me, don't you?
Inspector Queen: No.
| Velie: How'd I do, Maestro?
Ellery: Perfect, Velie. Just perfect.
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In this episode it's revealed that Sgt. Velie once played Captain Hook in a high school play.
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