In the mid-1980's, as VCR's were becoming standard equipment, some folks thought they might be a great vehicle for gaming as well. That was the mission of this title, a revved-up version of the popular Parker Bros. board game. The result, is one of the most wonderfully horrible videos ever produced. It is a joy to watch the credits and see just how many people were assembled to make such a mistake. The opening "how to play" sequence is amusing in its complexity, and the simplicity with which it is described by the program's host. The audience will quickly recognize that the game is hardly playable as they shuffle their black suspect cards with their red, blue, and green clue cards and a few other cards in the compartmentalized tray with included viewfinder and detective casebook. That said, Walter Covell makes the film as the mutton-chopped Colonel Mustard with a fondness for hunting and pizza. In fact, his exclamation "Pizza!" is the film's most memorable moment, it is beautifully overdone. Miss Peach is the film's seductive southern belle, too bad she's very nasty and apparently very cold. It is a game filled with glaring errors, Colonel Mustard spilling soup on himself, and visible string holding up the candles. My god, I've seen it too many times. Get it, at once, but don't attempt to play the game, just have some pizza!
