Murray Slaughter

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Murray L. Slaughter was a fictional character in the situation comedy The Mary Tyler Moore Show. He was played by actor Gavin MacLeod. 2Character Murray Slaughter is the news writer at fictional television station WJM-TV in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He is assigned to write the news stories for the station's nightly news broadcast, presented by pompous, incompetent anchorman Ted Baxter. 3Biography Murray is happily married to Marie (Joyce Bulifant) and has several daughters. In the show's later years, he and Marie adopt a Vietnamese son. Although he is a happy family man, he is forever in love with Mary Richards, whom he thinks is, in his words, "Absolutely terrific". He is protective of her and always concerned for her happiness and well-being. At one point, when Murray truly believes he is in love with Mary in a real way, Marie thinks he is going to leave her. Mary explains to her that she thinks of Murray as a best frien

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From “Party is Such Sweet Sorrow”

“Ted: [lamenting at the party that he isn't where he should be in life] I might as well face it. I'm a no-talent! Murray: Did somebody put truth serum in the punch?”

Tagged: Truth Serum, No-Talent

From “Didn't You Used to Be . . . Wait . . . Don't Tell Me”

“Ted: I went to my reunion a couple of months ago. Famous Announcers School. Murray: That's a correspondence course. Where did they have the reunion, in a mailbox?”

Tagged: Announcers School, Correspondence Courses, insults

From “Ted Over Heels”

“Ted has been in love ever since he was a baby and saw his reflection in the bathwater.”

Tagged: Narcissus, Narcissism

Murray Slaughter

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