Lisa's Date with Density a child from Josh Weinstein's school days who everyday would get onto the bus with a piece of toast, which had Vaseline on it. A majority of the story is a reference to the film "Rebel Without a Cause". Lisa remarks that Nelson is "like a riddle wrapped in an enigma wrapped in a vest", a reference to "a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma"; this was Winston Churchill's opinion of Russia at the outbreak of the World War II. In its original broadcast, "Lisa's Date with Density" finished 63rd in ratings for the week of December 9–15,
A Caribbean Mystery (film) viewers. Hayes reprised her role as Marple in "Murder with Mirrors" (1985). The film was seen on TV by writer Richard Levinson who noted its ratings success. He thought of doing a regular mystery show about a Marple-like detective, who was a mystery writer like Agatha Christie. This led to "Murder, She Wrote". A Caribbean Mystery (film) A Caribbean Mystery is a 1983 American made-for-television mystery film based on the Agatha Christie novel "A Caribbean Mystery" and starring Helen Hayes as Miss Marple. Stan Margulies had the rights to eight Christie books. He made a TV movie of Christie's "Murder