"City Confidential" isn't nearly as good without Paul Winfield

[AlCzervik]

that is all.

[texanwitch]

1. I liked his voice, that made the show for me.

:hi:

[AlCzervik]

2. yeah, i can't warm up to the new guy, not his fault of course.

[Lady Effingbroke]

3. He had the perfect voice for that type of show - cynical and world-weary.

I could watch "City Confidential" all day just to hear him narrate the episodes!

[AzDar]

4. I agree wholeheartedly..he could sound either smarmy or haughty;

depending upon what the story called for.

[dolo amber]

5. His voice was indeed great, but it was the puns...the horrible,

wonderful puns, that made the show.

ESPECIALLY when the puns were followed by trademark pronunciation of "muuuurrrder". :D

[SeattleGirl]

6. I miss Paul Winfield.

His voice was great for that show. I was so sad when I heard he had passed away.

[AlCzervik]

7. i always enjoyed his work and City was my favorite, loved the snark

i always pictured him getting the script about some well heeled fancy pants community that ends up having a a really embarrassing scandal and him laughing his ass off.

[SeattleGirl]

9. Mine too, but I also loved him in that episode on Star Trek: TNG

Where he and Capt. Picard were stranded on that planet together. One of my favorite episodes, mostly because of Winfield.

[Robeson]

11. See my post below SeattleGirl...

...it was a great episode...:thumbsup:

[SeattleGirl]

12. I saw you post.

It WAS a great episode, wasn't it?

[flamingyouth]

8. No, he was great.

But I do still like that show. It's just not the same without him.

[Robeson]

10. I always think of him in that Star Trek episode "Darmok"....

...what a beautiful episode that one was. Another role I always think of him in was the movie "Green Eyes", back in the 70's. He was a Vietnam Vet going back to 'Nam, to find a child he had fathered.

[BlueIris]

13. Glad to know I'm not the only one who misses The Win.

Sigh. And with his passing, they've messed up my favorite thing about "CC"--the perfect pacing of the episodes. As someone who must see excellent to perfect pacing in order to enjoy a television series or film--ACK. The loss affected me so much I have hardly watched any episodes from the post-Winfield run.

[KT2000]

14. You are right

It was his personality that made the show.

[JohnKleeb]

15. Yeah it was better with Winfield

Always liked that show though because you can get the history of a city or region and get a good crime story to boot.

[Skittles]

16. it's just that there's no one else like Paul

his deliciously wicked voce really made that show