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Clips from Murder, She Wrote (1984) - Murder to a Jazz Beat (S01E01)

"which is almost impossible to trace..."
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"I see. An obscure, South American poison."
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"I don't read mystery novels, Mrs. Fletcher, but I do read people."
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"And I know a publicity stunt when I see one."
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"- Now, look here, Lieutenant. - An autopsy costs time and money."
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"If one is ordered, the coroner had better find something besides a coronary,"
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"or I'll see you both charged with impedin' a police investigation."
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"Now, do you still say poison, Mrs. Fletcher?"
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"- In Chapter 18... - 10:00 tomorrow. In my office."
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"Cops. [Scoffs] That's the one thing about New Orleans that's no different from the rest of the country."
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"Hawley. I want to talk to you."
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"In private, if you don't mind."
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"Why didn't I get a call from you instead of from your cameraman?"
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"What call? Do you realize we have less than an hour..."
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"to get the Coleman tapes edited for the 11:00 news?"
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"That's insane!"
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"Ben Coleman died on camera. Well, I know."
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"And we have a "WDBX-clusive." You can't show that!"
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"But it's news, Hawley, news. Showing him die?"
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"That's sordid. I'm tellin' you. You either get me the tapes,"
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"or I'm gonna go see the station manager. Fine."
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"Let's go and see him together."
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"All right."
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"Jessica? It's all right, Jonathan."
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"I'll drive her to the hotel. Uh, tell her I'll call."
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"Right."
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"Mrs. Fletcher, uh... Jonathan had to leave. He said he'd call you."
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"I didn't much like the look of that man."
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"Carl Turnbull. News Director, WDBX."
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"He wanted the tapes of Ben to play on the 11:00 news."
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"Jonathan went with him to have it out with the station manager."
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"I said that I would drive you home. Oh, thanks, but I'll take a cab."
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"Oh, no! It's no bother. I'd like to."
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"Anyway, I'd like to buy you a nightcap."
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"Sleep is not gonna come easy tonight."
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"[Aaron] Ben wasn't the nicest man you'd ever meet, but he sure had talent."
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"That made up for a lot with me."
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"But not with everyone who knew him."
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"No. Not with everyone."
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"Did he always have a container of coffee on Callie's piano during the performance?"
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"Well, like the gum, he was trying to break some bad habits."
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"The trying stopped, though, with alcohol and cigarettes, even with Carol helping."
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"Carol? Mrs. Coleman."
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"[Chuckles]"
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"Ben named her Callie because he thought Carol was too high-toned."
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"But she is a high-toned lady. And there is another one."
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"That's Mama Creole. She's very good."
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"Yes. Mrs. Fletcher... [Sighs]"
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"Do you mind if I call you Jessica? Oh, of course not."
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"Well, Jessica, there are thousands of good ones in this town. Thousands."
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"I have wished to be one of them for 25 years."
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"- Do you play? - No. I can't blow a lick."
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"But I sure can listen. So I stick with those who can, and I try to help them..."
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"- make a few bucks. - I understand you do quite a bit of that."
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"Well, I try. I have a sextet touring the Orient."
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"Ben's group just got back from South America."
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"I have several groups around town. I have several, uh, singles."
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"[Laughing] No."
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"That's somebody with class. No, Jessica, I'm just a talent broker with a tin ear."
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"[Announcer] A reminder. You are watching the tragic death of Ben Coleman, as taped..."
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"from the Jonathan Hawley program, New Orleans Today, a WDBX-clusive."
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"While there is no official word, we have just learned..."
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"the police are investigating the possibility of homicide."
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"We expect this to be confirmed momentarily."
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"At which time, we will switch to our..."
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"How to move from insipid talk show host..."
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"to muckraking news hawk in one easy lesson."
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"You're wrong, Lieutenant. Jonathan Hawley is not capable of..."
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"Don't defend him to me, Mrs. Fletcher."
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"That tape of last night's news speaks for itself. And for Hawley."
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"You'd have thrived very nicely in the Old West, Kershaw."
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"You've a fine talent for hip-shooting."
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"- Jonathan... - Too bad it's not supported by a semblance of intelligence or understanding."
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"The station manager sided with Turnbull. Left me no choice. I quit."
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"And spent the rest of the night celebrating. [Sighs]"
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"From Basin Street to the bayou."
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"Oh, Jonathan. I am so sorry."
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"Looks like I made a mistake."
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"[Sighs] If she says that Ben Coleman was murdered, you can..."
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"Hawley, please. It was a long night."
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"Startin' with roustin' that bookstore owner out of bed."
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"Not half-bad, lady. [Chuckles]"
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"Know when the coroner called this mornin' to say "heart attack"?"
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"I told him to go back and double check the inner lining of the liver."
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"Sure enough, just like in the book."
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"Well, your a-apology is accepted, Lieutenant."
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"I suppose you're aware that he and his group recently returned from South America."
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"Mm. Somethin' else the coroner came up with."
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"Heavy traces of junk in Coleman's system."
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"- Narcotics? - No surprise."
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"When I first met him, he was a two-bit street punk."
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"He got lucky. But he never changed."
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"We'd been tipped that one or two of them..."
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"might have been doin' some smugglin'... couldn't nail them."
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"And whatever else was brought in, obviously poison was too."
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"Ah... Poetic."
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"You know, when I was a beat cop..."
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"this is about 14 years ago... Ben Coleman was just another punk kid."
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"I had him and his brother, dead to rights, in a liquor store holdup."
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"Clerk was killed. Ben's girlfriend Callie swore that they were with her."
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"Well, we couldn't break the alibi."
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"No. The brother died in a street fight a couple of years later."
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"Now Ben's got his."
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"The question is, how was he poisoned?"
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"I mean, did the coroner notice any marks on his body?"
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"[Laughing] You mean, like a dart bein' shot from a trumpet?"
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"Could it have been in the coffee he drank?"
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"I thought of that. I had my men go back this mornin' and look for the cup."
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"I looked last night. But the cup was gone. The killer took it with him?"
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"Or her. There were a dozen people there with both motive and opportunity."
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"Jonathan, you had three cameras going last night."
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"Do you suppose that Ben Coleman's murderer..."
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"could also be on that tape?"
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"?? [Squeaks, Stops]"
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"Give us the wider angle. [Clicks]"
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"Can you start it where Mr. Hawley..."
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"introduces the Buddy Brunson tribute?"
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"[Tape Rewinding]"
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"For Ben to pay homage to his mentor..."
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"the gone, but not forgotten, great "Sweetman" Buddy Brunson..."
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