This program is a quote making goldmine. I really didn't think murder could be all that funny, but this show usually produces about a half dozen LOL moments per episode. What are some memorable quotes? here's a few:

"...debating on whether the current art phase is post-modern, or post-post-modern."

regarding the promiscuous wife of a minister: "She got passed around more than the collection plate."

Paul Winfield, immediately following the testimony of some crazy local in Sebring, FL who insisted that Satan himself was responsible for the killing of an elderly couple: "But Satan was ruled out early on in the investigation."

Sticking with Florida, the Palm Beach episode saw an exterminator go on trial for a woman's murder. Winfield said something to the effect of: "His chances of getting off got squashed like a...well...bug."

I just love Paul Winfield's "well...maybe" narration here as it just drips with sarcasm.

He would always say something like, "Little did Becky Gustofson knoooww..." or "Little did the Foreigner tribute band knoooww that their hot blooded escapades were to be forever intertwined with a cold blooded case...of muuuuuurder." <cue the somewhat eerie music, cut to commercial>

And, until I learned about it after he died, I would never have thought Paul Winfield was either gay or black. Talk about a voice not in tune with common stereotypes. :p

"She did what anyone would do when she found a good, dependable plumber--she adopted him."

"July in Chattanooga...sticky as a Moonpie left in the sun on a pick-up dashboard." Totally true.

Moonpies. :) I work in a hotel in Michigan and we used to have this guest from TN who would supply us with moonpies whenever he stayed. Otherwise, they used to be nigh impossible to get here. I think they've just finally started carrying them, or a knock-off brand.

from the episode Macon: A Spoonful Of Arsenic: "Walking down Mulberry Street could take a few minutes or a few hours..."

This program is a quote making goldmine. I really didn't think murder could be all that funny, but this show usually produces about a half dozen LOL moments per episode. What are some memorable quotes? here's a few:

"...debating on whether the current art phase is post-modern, or post-post-modern."

regarding the promiscuous wife of a minister: "She got passed around more than the collection plate."

Paul Winfield, immediately following the testimony of some crazy local in Sebring, FL who insisted that Satan himself was responsible for the killing of an elderly couple: "But Satan was ruled out early on in the investigation."

I have lol'd at every one of these, both reading them on this thread AND hearing them on the show.

Also true to my inner twelve year-old, I admit I stifled a giggle at hearing Paul Winfield utter a (bleeped-out) B-word in reference to Athalia Lindsley in St. Augustine: The Socialite and the Politician.

from the Virginia City episode:

"Uncle Sam was a pimp."

I also loved the repeated close-ups of the "Governor Jesse Ventura had sex here" signs. Pretty wild to think it was the same city used as the setting for the Bonanza series. I wonder what Michael Landon thought.

"...disappared quicker than a one-hit wonder."

"...disappared quicker than a one-hit wonder."

Was that Philadelphia? I actually have "Double Dutch Bus" on my iPod and think about that episode every time it comes up on the playlist.

Was that Philadelphia? I actually have "Double Dutch Bus" on my iPod and think about that episode every time it comes up on the playlist.

nope, I think it was Seattle (Mia Zapata)


here's another one: "Nothing ever happens in Archer City, Texas. And that's the way most people like it. But on the evening of July 2, 1990, it seemed like everything was happening at once."

I'm pretty sure there was an episode of that show with one of those stereotypical, redneck southern sheriffs who said "If it WALKS like a duck, and TALKS like a duck, then BY GOD, it's a DUCK." I've never forgotten it.

Rednecks ain't always southern. ;)

Rednecks ain't always southern. ;)

I live in the Midwest. Believe me, I know that.

I live in the Midwest. Believe me, I know that.

True that. I love the Midwest, though, especially Indiana and Illinois.

True that. I love the Midwest, though, especially Indiana and Illinois.

:clap: My two states! Live in Illinois now, lived in Indiana for a couple of years when I first got married.

:clap: My two states! Live in Illinois now, lived in Indiana for a couple of years when I first got married.

Sweet! I lived in Decatur, IL for a very little while some years ago and my husband is from South Bend, IN. :)

Sweet! I lived in Decatur, IL for a very little while some years ago and my husband is from South Bend, IN. :)

My dad went to high school in Decatur. Don't know how you guys stand the smell. Staleys and ADM....bleh.

Does A&E ever show this anymore? I remember when I tended bar it would come on Saturday afternoons.

Does A&E ever show this anymore? I remember when I tended bar it would come on Saturday afternoons.

no, they don't air it anymore.

Just found it airing on LMN in the morning. DVR is set to record that and Cold Case files.

Just found it airing on LMN in the morning. DVR is set to record that and Cold Case files.

I noticed that awhile ago. They're skipping quite a few episodes though.

It has been so long since I've seen them. Between working very long hours at the family business that me my Uncle have taken over and raising a 8 yr old I don't get to watch much crime TV anymore. I've probably seen them all if the truth be known. I just don't remember. I used to watch marathons of this stuff when I was single. I think I've seen all the Dominick Dunne Power, Privilege and Justice shows when it was on Court TV.

I loved it when they we do things like this: "Carlsbad got back to its lazy routines." and the camera pans to a bunch of fat people on a junk-food picnic.

"News of the retrial hit Carlsbad like a falling stalactite."

"Normal is not a word often heard in Gibsonton"

I also love Paul Winfield's dramatic reveal of the verdict. 'They found John Doe......GUILTY!!!

"News of the murders hit Sebring harder than a cut in social security."

"In Sebring, staying up late means staying up 'til the end of Murder, She Wrote".

"Memphis is the kind of city where the pace of life wouldn't move any faster even if you wanted to. And in Memphis, nobody really wants it to."