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The Bob Newhart Show: Crisis in Education (1978)
Confusing info on actor
The listing for the character "Billy" indicates that it was a voice only credit. However, this character (as a grade school student) had an opening scene with Emily Hartley in her Assistant Principal's office. He was obviously played by an actor born in the 1960s, whereas the biographical information refers to an English actor born in 1941.
Perry Mason: The Case of the Startled Stallion (1959)
Unbelievable
Even for Perry Mason plots, the solution to this episode fails to withstand even cursory scrutiny. Consider that the very short time period in which the murderer could have implicated Mason's client was all included in the filming. Although it was night, previous testimony indicated that the full moon afforded good visibility at substantial distance. The only access to the stable was via the bolted door, so the murderer must have already committed the crime and departed the stable from the side fronting the access road. However, Jo Ann Blanchard neither saw anyone as she approached the horse, nor was there any other vehicle in the immediate vicinity. The murderer had no prior knowledge that either his victim or the defendant would be at the stable in the middle of the night. (Which begs the question, why was he looking there instead of the disabled man's room?) The perpetrator also had strong incentive to depart immediately after the deed was done, rather than wait around on the off chance that he could implicate someone else, since he was either unknown or unwelcome to everyone else living there. Finally, if he had hidden the murder weapon as described, it was very likely that Jo Ann would have heard her car door open and close.
Too many extremely unlikely occurrences in way too brief a time for such a crime of opportunity.