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wiseguy182 · 11-04-2013, 09:32 AM

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.

Gelatinous Goo · 11-04-2013, 06:00 PM

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.

MegtheEgg86 · 11-04-2013, 06:34 PM

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

MegtheEgg86 · 11-06-2013, 06:28 PM

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

wiseguy182 · 11-07-2013, 08:04 AM

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.

wiseguy182 · 12-07-2013, 07:28 AM

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

MegtheEgg86 · 12-08-2013, 01:42 AM

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Originally Posted by wiseguy182

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.

MegtheEgg86 · 12-08-2013, 01:46 AM

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.

wiseguy182 · 12-10-2013, 03:15 AM

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.

wiseguy182 · 01-29-2014, 09:25 AM

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

MegtheEgg86 · 01-29-2014, 04:24 PM

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Originally Posted by wiseguy182

"...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.

wiseguy182 · 01-30-2014, 05:57 AM

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Originally Posted by MegtheEgg86

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."

88keys · 02-01-2014, 03:19 PM

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.

MegtheEgg86 · 02-01-2014, 08:29 PM

Rednecks ain't always southern.

88keys · 03-18-2014, 02:38 PM

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Originally Posted by MegtheEgg86

Rednecks ain't always southern.

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

11-04-2013, 09:32 AM	#1
wiseguy182 Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Apr 11, 2006 Location: Wendy's salad bar Posts: 7,030	Favorite City Confidential quotes 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.

11-04-2013, 06:34 PM	#3
MegtheEgg86 Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Jun 19, 2008 Location: The Volunteer State Posts: 5,156	"She did what anyone would do when she found a good, dependable plumber--she adopted him."
	__________________ "Why is she lying?, it makes me wonder. What is she hiding?, it makes me wonder." Go Vols!

11-04-2013, 06:00 PM	#2
Gelatinous Goo Member Forum Regular Join Date: Apr 14, 2010 Posts: 563	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.

11-06-2013, 06:28 PM	#4
MegtheEgg86 Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Jun 19, 2008 Location: The Volunteer State Posts: 5,156	"July in Chattanooga...sticky as a Moonpie left in the sun on a pick-up dashboard." Totally true.

11-07-2013, 08:04 AM	#5
wiseguy182 Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Apr 11, 2006 Location: Wendy's salad bar Posts: 7,030	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.

12-07-2013, 07:28 AM	#6
wiseguy182 Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Apr 11, 2006 Location: Wendy's salad bar Posts: 7,030	from the episode Macon: A Spoonful Of Arsenic: "Walking down Mulberry Street could take a few minutes or a few hours..."

12-08-2013, 01:46 AM	#8
MegtheEgg86 Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Jun 19, 2008 Location: The Volunteer State Posts: 5,156	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.

12-10-2013, 03:15 AM	#9
wiseguy182 Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Apr 11, 2006 Location: Wendy's salad bar Posts: 7,030	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.

01-29-2014, 09:25 AM	#10
wiseguy182 Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Apr 11, 2006 Location: Wendy's salad bar Posts: 7,030	"...disappared quicker than a one-hit wonder."

02-01-2014, 03:19 PM	#13
88keys Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Jan 24, 2009 Location: Illinois Posts: 326	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.

02-01-2014, 08:29 PM	#14
MegtheEgg86 Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Jun 19, 2008 Location: The Volunteer State Posts: 5,156	Rednecks ain't always southern.