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...camera then followed Bergen across the set,where a dozen single-parent families stood andintroduced themselves as the screen faded toblack...

Author: By Brian D. Ellison, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 'Murphy Brown' Zings Quayle in Premiere | 9/22/1992 | See Source »

When Brown's baby woke crying in the middle ofthe night, Bergen asked soothingly, "Did you dreamPat Buchanan was hiding under your...

Author: By Brian D. Ellison, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 'Murphy Brown' Zings Quayle in Premiere | 9/22/1992 | See Source »

...campaign issue last May, was the butt of what seemed like every third joke onstage. Comedian Richard Lewis said he would "run away" if Quayle ever became President; Robin Williams, in a clip from the Tonight show, described Quayle as being "one taco short of a combination plate." Candice Bergen, accepting her Emmy for Murphy Brown, sarcastically thanked the Vice President. And Diane English, Murphy's creator, capped the evening with a defense of single mothers that crossed the line into partisan meanness. "As Murphy herself said, 'I couldn't possibly do a worse job raising my kid alone than...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sitcom Politics | 9/21/1992 | See Source »

...never have prime-time entertainment shows been so bold about commenting on current affairs -- or their creators been so willing to step outside their characters to engage in political debate. "I had no animosity toward Quayle," says Bergen, "but then this glint of a zealot appeared. With the recent poverty figures that have been released, and the highest levels of unemployment since 1984, making ((Murphy's motherhood)) a campaign issue is insane." Producer Diane English -- who even challenged Quayle to debate the < issue, to no avail -- draws a rather far-fetched parallel between the Administration's campaign against...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sitcom Politics | 9/21/1992 | See Source »

...Candice Bergen: She's a beautiful, intelligent career woman, wife and mom -- Murphy Brown should have it so good...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Magazine Contents Page | 9/21/1992 | See Source »

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