Funny Bones

Bones, bones, bones, bones...does anyone else remember that song?? I'm afraid that's all I can remember of it, but it conjures images of Sesame Street and skeletons.

So, why this talk of bones? Well, you might remember a couple of weeks ago, I was watching my favourite Miss Marple BBC episode: Sleeping Murder. I've probably watched it twenty times or something embarrassing like that; but yesterday I finally finished reading the book! You might have read it already, and not seen the BBC episode, and therefore wondering why on earth I am talking about bones—other than the obvious of course.

However, if you have read the book, and watched the BBC episode, perhaps you will be feeling as confused as I am? When are the Funny Bones going to arrive? I wondered as I turned the pages. They are not here yet; but there is Captain Erskine and Janet (not nearly as fun sounding as Dawn French) and yes, there is Jackie Afflick but where is little Evie Ballentine and her tap-dancing xylophone playing?

There were a number of other differences too, the husband (Giles) was present throughout instead of the side-kick Hugh Hornbeam. Oh, but the most interesting twist was Helen. I won't spoil it, but I started wondering why there were so many changes to the original story? I would quite like to find out what Agatha thought of it all.

So, I did a bit of googling—by the way, isn't it funny how we all know what this means? Imagine if there was no google, but people were googling anyway! The mind boggles, or goggles, or googles.

Anyway, I discovered there were quite a number of adaptations whilst Agatha was alive. In addition to the previously mentioned Murder on the Orient Express there were twenty one others, some made in Germany, France and India. How interesting!

I'm definitely starting with Gumnaam, the Indian production of And Then There Were None produced in 1965—recommended by book riot. (https://bookriot.com/agatha-christie-movies/). For starters, I love a good sixties movie, I'm a huge fan of Audrey Hepburn and Doris Day films, and this one looks way too fun considering what is about to happen to them all!!

Apparently there are more Bollywood Agatha Christie films to come and one in production this year! I have to say, I'm excited. I loved the Funny Bones sub-plot added to the BBC production of Sleeping Murder, and in my humble opinion: singing and dancing makes everything better.

As a lover of music and dance (apart from waltzing, which made her exceedingly giddy), I'm sure Agatha would approve too.