Some of you may not recall the show, Murphy Brown. CBS has done a re-boot with many of the old cast. I watched the first episode and genuinely laughed at the humor. It takes a few pokes at Trump... Actually, a lot of pokes.
Some of us may relate all too well to the scene where the hip young tech-savvy guy freaks out over Murphy's flip phone. And get a chuckle out of her response to Twitter.
The original show often lampooned politics and social norms. In fact, there was a bit of a "WTF" moment when the original show ran Murphy Brown becoming a single mom at 42. VP Dan Quayle publically chastised the show for encouraging women to have children out of wedlock.
CNET has a really good article and a synopsis of the new reboot and the original. https://www.cnet.com/how-to/murphy-brow ... t-details/
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Murphy Brown
by SciFiFisher » Sun Sep 30, 2018 3:36 pm
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Re: Murphy Brown
by SciFi Chick » Sun Sep 30, 2018 7:14 pm
I always enjoyed the show, but I'm mad that we don't have a real life Murphy Brown. This is pure fantasy. 
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Re: Murphy Brown
by pumpkinpi » Sun Sep 30, 2018 7:15 pm
Oh yeah, I remember the original in real time. And I watched the reboot. It was great!
I need to do a double check of the math, though. How is her son 28? Was it really on the air that long ago?
I need to do a double check of the math, though. How is her son 28? Was it really on the air that long ago?
Too bad ignorance isn't painful.
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Re: Murphy Brown
by SciFiFisher » Mon Oct 01, 2018 12:31 am
pumpkinpi wrote:Oh yeah, I remember the original in real time. And I watched the reboot. It was great!
I need to do a double check of the math, though. How is her son 28? Was it really on the air that long ago?
Murphy was on from 1988-1998. If her son is 28 he would have had to have been born in 1990. Quayle was VP from 1989 to 1993. It seems plausible. Very plausible for TV history.
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Re: Murphy Brown
by SciFiFisher » Mon Oct 01, 2018 12:32 am
SciFi Chick wrote:I always enjoyed the show, but I'm mad that we don't have a real life Murphy Brown. This is pure fantasy.
Yes, it is. But, it's fun. And I agree, a real Murphy Brown would be nice.
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