Murder, She Wrote (TV Series)

Killer Radio (1993)

Jeff Yagher: Marcus Rule

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• Jessica Fletcher : To show that there's no hard feelings, although you did mention that you don't find it necessary to read books, there's one that I'm going to send you one anyway.

  Marcus Rule : Yeah, well thanks but I educate myself through electronic media osmosis.

  Jessica Fletcher : Ah, extraordinary. But surely you've heard of Dostoyevsky?

  Marcus Rule : [Unconvincingly]  Hey, who hasn't?

  Jessica Fletcher : Well, he wrote about a man who reminds me a great deal of yourself. A man who sees clearly through the hypocrisy of his society.

  Marcus Rule : Really?

  [pause] 

  Marcus Rule : Well maybe I'll have to touch base with his publisher, get him to swing by on his next book tour.

  Jessica Fletcher : Oh, that would be quite a coup Mr. Rule. You see, he happens to have been dead for over a hundred years.

  Marcus Rule : [Averts his gaze, disconcertedly]  Anyway, what's the name of the book?

  Jessica Fletcher : It's called, The Idiot.

• [last lines] 

  [as Jessica enters Marcus's broadcast booth] 

  Marcus Rule : So, Jessica, you did real well. Sure, you solved the murder, sure. But nothing beats that warm-all-over feeling you get from nailing another man, right?

  Jessica Fletcher : I understand that Chicago fell through.

  Marcus Rule : Hey, no problem, lady. I got a home right here. Because you know something? The beauty of this one-horse state, is that no matter how much I insult these retards, no matter what I say, they're gonna keep coming back for more, because they are the stupidest, most muddle-headed dofuses this side of the zoo.

  Louise Anderson-Crowe : Marcus... I hope you really intended for that to be broadcast over 25,000 watts.

  [Marcus turns to see the On The Air' sign is still on] 

  Jessica Fletcher : Now I understand why it's called "Killer Radio."

• [first lines] 

  Marcus Rule : Yes, ladies and gentlemen, gophers and livestock, it's 65 degrees here in bustling downtown Easton, where the prairie skies are as empty as our listeners' heads. You're tuned to KGAB Radio, and this is the Rule Man, the voice of what we politely refer to as "the people."