Nearly 3 1/2 years ago, I'd posted an episode of the original Burke's Law that featured Bill Woodson & Paul Lynde. In 1994, Aaron Spelling revisited that episode, with a few twists.
"Who Killed Alexander The Great?" was a remake of 1963's "Who Killed Merlin The Great?", which was written by the legendary team of Richard Levinson & William Link, who got a credit for the remake as well. The setting has changed. Audrey Meadows (ex-The Honeymooners) is the MC, not a news reporter as Woodson was 31 years earlier. John Astin is Alexander, and you have Mark Hamill & Roddy McDowell as magicians.
Yeah, it's weird. The Joker & The Mad Hatter from Batman: The Animated Series reconstituted as magicians, but I digress. We'll also note Astin (Attack of The Killer Tomatoes, Addams Family), Dom DeLuise (ex-The Roman Holidays) & Tom Bosley (ex-Happy Days, Wait 'Til Your Father Gets Home, The World of David The Gnome). Even though DeLuise got a guest star credit in every episode, he should've been credited as a series regular.
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