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Why Jennifer? She's had the bad luck to show up at at the Case Detective Agency to apply for a secretarial position just as Case is murdered. At the time, Disney was rather proud of the show's "special effects" and actually aired a disclaimer featuring Michael Eisner and warning children (and presumably their parents) that there was no such things as ghosts. They needn't have bothered. It was all about as terrifying as a glass of warm milk; typical Disney live action TV fare, sturdy and well-crafted enough to entertain but hardly anything to make much fuss about, never mind get excited about. It straddles a thin line, attempting to please both children and and their parents, but never quite makes it. Even Carlin as the dead dick seems tamped down, the wisecracks few and far between (although the invisible asskickings are fun) and the usual P.I. trappings -- including the obligatory mysterious femme fatale (aka "The Lady in Black") who may hold the key to everything -- are trotted out more as a matter of course, than with any real little originality or freshness, which is a bit of a surprise, considering it's Blake Edwards, the man behind Peter Gunn, Richard Diamond et al, who's calling the shots. Shot as a pilot, it was never picked up. Still, the film does have its fans. Edwards' knows his way around slapstick, the romantic comedy bits steam right along and things wrap up nicely for all concerned. Except for Case, of course, who's still dead. Pleasant, but hardly essential. TELEVISION
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