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Hi she got a little cat while were on better warn you up front. Im not going to be like other mothers but i promise ill never make you wait until until birthday presents. We were all together making this show which was the birth of this child. We made it funny. We made it emotional. And we all Felt Like, gosh, we did a good job with that. A lot of people in moved to tears, you know, and then literally the next day our world changed. It doesnt help matters when Prime Time tv has Murphy Brown mocking the importance of fathers. The Vice President reacted to it as if it was a threat to the existence of america. The reaction to the Birth 101 episode was beyond anything wed ever known. It was overwhelming. It was everywhere. The brouhaha over Murphy Brown continues. Murphy brown fires back at Dan Quayle. Murphy brown has the Vice President hopping mad again. I never thought something that i wrote would lead to a Culture War. Thats public debate about what the meaning of reject the same Family Values that we care about . It is a political issue. Theyre not hearing that when they listen to you. The only question is whose values are you talking about . And Culture Wars that were Fighting Today Doo doo doo doo doo oh, youre sitting in traffic on the 101 freeway. And Aretha Franklin came on. Respect what you want baby. I got what you need thing. Just sort of took shape in my head. I hadnt really seen a character like Murphy On Television before. I hadnt seen a character like myself or my friends you know, women who were at that time really making our way in a mans world powerful zeitgeist in the 70s, and seconds in which women had gained increasing independence economic Power And Respect for their choices i have a new colleague to welcome, barbara. Thank you. Harry. I remember when Barbara Walters was the first female anchor to be paid 1 Million a year. That was a big deal. These anchors were breaking through in a way that they hadnt before. Connie chung and the channel two newsroom. Im Diane Sawyer sitting in for dan rather. Im oprah winfrey. See you monday. Up to that point, the industry had been controlled by men. Once they started seeing what we could do as women, as Los Angeles. Im cristina gonzalez, back to the studio. Things began to change. We had more women choosing not to have children or choosing to have children later. Single parent families are twice as common in America Today as they were 20 years ago. And then at the same mean, what happened to the role of the traditional Family Unit all women, all famous, all dead . I think im on to something. Ill get back to you. Thats one of the things she went up. Thatll be fine. When we were casting murphy we had kind of a huge net that we threw out bergen, her agent, submitted her headshot, and it stopped me. I went, wow a perfect choice to be Murphy Brown she was, well respected, well loved daughter of a very famous actor, Candice Bergen, daughter of Edgar Bergen she was a legend before she was ten years old. She was a huge star. She was a household name. She was a name that everybody in my generation knew since we were kids. Every man in the world had a huge crush on her. She was seen as a model, photojournalist, a movie star. Were you in love with kate her choosing to do this was a huge change for her career was huge. We immediately got the press. There was something about that actressnd that character that merged together on ththat show 14th, 1988 on cbs kind of at the top of her game in a news organization. She was unmarried no children and 40 years old. Interesting. And smart, but also had a lot of flaws. Be there Tomorrow Morning ready to paint or ill sue your overalls off. She was a loud mouth and could chew people out. Not always likable, not always kind we werent always getting women that were so three dimensional in that way. You make me feel you make me feel like a natural woman. Even though its called Murphy Brown, it is truly an ensemble show. I love corkys innocence. Jim was a traditionalist. Frank has his insecurities. And then miles, you know, trying to be the boss. As with any good workplace sitcom, the coworkers become a family oh, gee, jim, nice of you to drop by. Please make yourself at home. Thanks murphy. You know, in the 80s and 90s, comedy was king. This is that time where we still have that phenomenon, where at 8 p. M. , you buckle down and you watch tv for the next three hours. You see just these ordinary sitcoms drawing 20 to 30 Million viewers in a regular weekly episode. And its just a different landscape now. If 2 Million people are watching a Television Show on broadcast, its like almost a hit. Get ready for Murphy Brown mondays on cbs. People found the show and eventually the Ratings Sort of ticked up until it was in the top ten. In season three. And then by season four, it was the Number One show. The first thing we see is off the elevator. The first, you know, its like usually in a museum we stay with dont forget its going to be a complete cut the fourth season was murphys pregnancy to make her become a single mom, and we all talked about it and we were all on board. But something happened to me. If i became a mother. I mean, would i lose my edge . And if i dont, what kind of mother am i . It created the logical Story Challenge for an independent woman to face. Dont you worry. Ill be there for you even if i have to drive you to some Back Alley so some shady doctor who might not even wash his hands can take care of things. Corky, there is no Back Alley women in this country legally have a choice. At least i think they still do. I havent checked the Paper Today thought, okay, its a little bit of a stretch that you have to check the Morning Papers to see if you still have roe v. Wade rights. I mean, are they really going to go away . Here we are. You had to make a choice back then. You either stayed at home and had kids or you went out to work having field was unheard of. How would you even be able to do your job if you had a child to raise . It takes a tremendous amount of time and effort. Not that im disagreeing with you, but how did Mike Wallace do it . Morley safer, Howard K Smith they had wives i think one of the most emotional scenes wed ever written was the decision that murphy made to not get an abortion. I care about you, and ill care about this baby. The scene between murphy and her exhusband, who was the dad . It felt very real very true. But this is your Decision I Cant be here for you of us who Down Deep Inside had to make decisions that were difficult, it was it was a rare softening of the heart for me people . My water broke at The End of the fourth season in an episode called Birth 101. Murphy finally gives birth to that baby. Up until then you would see you know, sort of a fantasized version of of a woman giving birth. Ricky, this is it. You get the suitcase. The Suitcase Youd see the comical run to the hospital spent much time in the delivery room, i think. Murphy brown is a show. Went to great pains. So to speak. To make sure that every single Labor Pain was chronicled. Jim, she cut me open. Cut me open and get this kid out of me. Use a scalpel. Use a pocket life. Use a rotten, stinking Melon Baller if you have to. Just do it heres some ice chips. Murphy. Murphy brown didnt just go through labor. She went through aggressive labor. And Candice Bergen played it to the hilt oh, man. Its been many years. Many years. I dont think ive seen you since The End of the 10th season. Yeah yeah. Wow. Is that right . Yeah. Wow. I dont think there was ever a better set to work on than the Murphy Set just almost always. There was an element of fun and i think we got such an amazing fourth season that were actually idea that it would cause the sort of cultural conversation that it, that it did when we made this decision watching. And then the next day, our world changed. Murphy has baby quail, has cow. Ellens coming out episode says to the world, its okay to be gay. George bush does not care about black people who i never thought something that i wrote would lead to a Culture War. You didnt sit back like this and watch. You sat like that tv on the edge moments that shaped our Culture Tomorrow at nine On Cnn when my doctor gave me breztri for my copd, i noticed things changed. Breztri gave me better breathing. Starting within five minutes. It also reduced flare ups. 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Who are you it certainly throws me back to the set, holding that little baby. And we were enthralled to this baby you make me feel you woman this day without crying. Me either. I cannot. Yeah same. Yeah. Well, whats more powerful than having a child . Its um. Its just a crux of feelings. Never heard a quieter stage. It was just one of those magical episodes. So you can imagine after this experience that the next morning, i get a Phone Call from my assistant saying the phones are blowing up. Dan rather wants you on the news the Bushquayle Reelection Campaign appeared to be in Disarray Today over the fray, Created By Vice President quayle a carefully orchestrated attack on the Murphy Brown Tv Show and i said, whats happening . Whats happening . I had no idea what was happening it doesnt help matters when Prime Time tv has Murphy Brown, a character who supposedly epitomizes todays intelligent, highly paid professional woman mocking the importance of fathers by bearing a child alone and calling it just another lifestyle choice. You have to put that Dan Quayle Murphy Brown moment in context. Its may 1992. You had george h. W. Bush, the incumbent president , and Dan Quayle, the incumbent Vice President running for reelection. I guess someone was trying to find a way to make Dan Quayle useful, and they sent him out to make that speech. Dan quayle Making A speech before the Commonwealth Club in california suddenly became big news because of his misguided attempt to make Murphy Brown. Basically, the Poster Woman for the Ills Of Society Times top of the fold back when folds mattered. Murphy has baby. Quayle has cow. That always comes back to me. Yeah the Daily News has always had in its offices these iconic headlines Blown Up into movie poster size, even larger. And so what you have is pearl Harbor Attack The End of World War two. The moon landing. But nestled among those life changing historic events is quayle to Murphy Brown. You tramp it was a momentous moment. President bush had a Press Conference the next day with canadian prime minister brian mulroney, and at a certain bush. And then you hear the entire Press Corps explode. Mr. President, President Quayle, do you agree with quayle that shes a tramp . I believe that children should have the benefit of being born into families with a mother and a father who will give them Love And Care and attention all their lives. It leads to people going on and on about this. Murphy brown fictional character versus Dan Quayle situation. I think that father figures around that. The kid will will enjoy life better. People like Dan Quayle are so out of touch being a single parent, that just kind of reflects whats going on in society these days even Johnny Carson just roasted him for you know, the next week im going to join the cast of Murphy Brown to that kid it was just relentless and and i just hid behind my curtain. I mean i was really afraid to go out because it was so there was such an energy coming that was so huge that i didnt know how to manage it. I had a great mentor and he said just make one statement and then back off into the fray. And i thought that was really good advice. And so thats what i did Diane English responds, if the Vice President thinks its disgraceful for an unmarried woman to bear a child, and if he believes that a woman cannot adequately raise a child without a father, then hed better make sure abortion remains safe and legal. It was actually got frightening for me for a while, too because, um we would get weird messages from people who you know, sounded a bit deranged and, you know, you just never knew. So i Felt Like i had to be walked to my car sometimes at night, and you know, it was it was this whole world that, you know just exploded that i never thought i would be a part of. I know its not fashionable to talk about moral values, but we need to do it. I was the speechwriter who wrote the speech. I think if people read it, theyd be shocked at, you know, how they had misperceived what it was about. Every weekday morning, here are the five things you need to know to start your day. Get the news you need. How about this for an Earnings Call Headline in five minutes or less. Bravo cnns five things with Kate Baldwin and max. Unitedhealthcare knows youve got your whole life ahead of you. 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Not not what i love about working for Dan Quayle in particular was that that office was the locus of actual conservatism in the Bush White House that notion of Dan Quayle going after Murphy Brown, thats also the battle against hollywood, that that hollywood elite culture doesnt speak to your values. And the Republican Party seemed to be wanting to go back to the 1950s. The media historically had a very narrow definition of the Family Father knows best, you know, features a white suburban family, the husbands the breadwinner, the wife is domestic. Theres nothing like hamburgers for thanksgiving. Im starving so whether that was ever the norm in society, i think is another question. A lot of the change in families on television in the early 90s burst down certain doors, whether it was married with children. We all appreciate what you do for this family which was absolutely not the conventional family. And then the simpsons also which terrified people at the time, little lisa know your hands are too weak Dan Quayle was willing to touch what Tv And Hollywood were up to to hear the diminution of the family be addressed to have Murphy Brown being Glorified On Television as a single mother is really questionable, if not an absolute injustice. Weve got a battle on our hands that i think is equal to the battle on communism. Thank god Dan Quayle had the guts to come out and say something about it he was very young when he won the seat in congress. Part of the reason for his success is that he was just willing to take on these incumbents when nobody else would at age 33, Dan Quayle was the youngest person ever elected senator from the state of indiana its time to make this Country Work again, he was a, you know, kind of a polished new face. And that was, of course, part of his appeal to george h. W. Bush in the campaign, the next Vice President of the united states, senator Dan Quayle of Indiana Go get him i think they thought that Dan Quayle would be the Poster Boy for young republican, Straight Laced Future of the country. Hes a handsome fellow, may be president one day. And it backfired tremendously. The main liability for quayle when he was picked as vp was that he was inexperienced. In 1988, at the Vice President ial debate, Dan Quayle uses a moment to compare himself to a young John F Kennedy And Lloyd bentsen saw an opening i served with Jack Kennedy i knew Jack Kennedy Jack Kennedy was a friend of mine. Senator, youre no Jack Kennedy it may be the most epic Debate Moment in History Microwave Dan Quayle on the spot into a puddle that was really uncalled for. Senator kennedy lets just to gaffes there is nothing that a good defense cannot beat a better offense. His mangling of the united College Fund Mantra a mind is a terrible thing to waste what a waste it is to lose Ones Mind or not to have a mind is being very wasteful. How true that is. We went a season and a half of Making A Dan Quayle joke every episode. Yes, i was so amazed because we had never had a Vice President this unqualified who was a literally heartbeat away from the presidency. The hey heres Dan Quayle on the Driving Range and they said he wouldnt have anything to do if you gave him Truth Serum im pretty sure george h. W. Bushicked quayle in the first place. He was constantly mocked. Dan, my little Vice President on. Come on up here skipper. I think the poor guy got pretty much ridiculed unfairly at times. He couldnt have been as dumb as as everyone thought he was. He wasnt dumb. If he were dumb, george h. W. Bush wouldnt have picked him as Vice President. Everything he said was taken out of context and Blown Up, and he was made to look like an idiot. Do you think the national media have been fair to Dan Quayle well then lets annoy the media and reelect our great president what i think is great about making fun of him for the Murphy Brown speech is that thats not a gaffe. Its not a misstatement. Its a full on, articulated piece of weird ideology. You have to remember this was a speech that at some point started off talking about the l. A. Riots, which had happened weeks earlier. And if youre thinking to yourself, what on earth did Murphy Brown have to do with the l. A. Riots . Youre thinking exactly what everyone was also thinking at the time ooh, i voted buttons. Im voting for dragons. Mine are rainbow kittens. Why no donkeys or elephants . Donkeys and elephants are so boring its like your generation has evolved past traditional political symbols and Theres Room for everyone. Kind of like my podcast On Cnn. Yeah, plus these kittens puke rainbows. Point taken the new iphone 16 pro with Apple Intelligence wow. 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Oh, it was the most shocking and prolonged episode of my life. I mean, it was to be in the center of it. Hey, why dont we place ourselves in in the set from the top and rehearse it once with camera is better. My expression should be really different than everybody Murphy Brown was never meant to be the center of anything. There had been these riots in Los Angeles, which was the genesis of the speech. The la riots had to do with decades of tension between the africanamerican Community And Law enforcement in Los Angeles, which had been systemically racist for decades. During the 80s and 90s. There was this crackdown on the gangs of Los Angeles on drugs in south central Los Angeles. Another gang shooting. And it basically gave police the cover to use aggressive, militaristic style policing. Sit down subject to arrest. If you refuse to comply. And so, for black residents of la having an unfortunate encounter with the police was real. But things came to a head at that time. Certain things happened in a row had echoes of say, Slave Beatings and i think for a lot of people this was shocking. This videotape touched off a firestorm of outrage. It shows what appears to be a group of Los Angeles Police Officers beating a suspect with nightsticks and kicking him as other officers look on. We had Rodney King, and then we had latasha harlins, A Young Black Woman is shot to death by the korean owner of a Grocery Store for allegedly stealing a bottle of orange juice. You could honestly feel it bubbling. The anger of people rodney King Trial in Simi Valley we knew that if this went down, the not guilty way, something was going to happen Rodney King beating case found not guilty on all counts except one. And in response to that, the black community in la exploded okay. Youre looking at Main Street and what protesters are doing is theyre going down the street trying to light cars youre looking at whats on television. The city is out of control, and people are looting going on . And what has been going on . Dont Touch Me People were fed up, and so they resorted to street justice. By the time peace was restored, more than 50 people had died almost 12,000 arrests had been made and more than 600 structures were set on fire, adding up to close to 1 Billion in Damage Talk about the la riots was because it was a very big deal. It had riveted the whole country people were shocked and outraged by the verdict in the rodney King Trial. The republican Party Response to the riots was that they shouldnt be excused. But my friends, there is simply no excuse for the mayhem that followed. The speech was about young men in gangs, most of whom came from this, this underclass. It has become clear that the riots were fueled by the vicious gangs that terrorized the inner cities. And it was about the policies that were necessary to fix some of this, to make it so that there were fewer young black men coming out of single parent homes in poverty. The Anarchy And Lack of structure in our inner cities are testament to how quickly civilization falls apart when the Family Foundation cracks. Dan quayle. The fact that four Police Officers were acquitted for beating Rodney King apparently had nothing to do with it. It was the Dysfunction And Breakdown of the black family that led to social unrest if he wanted to go after the Rodney King riots, if he wanted to make a speech about institutional racism and the lack of opportunity, thats what he should have been talking about. Yeah. Yeah. And instead, he talked about Murphy Brown burying Babies Irresponsibly is simply wrong. Failing to support children. One is fathered. Is wrong. And we must be unequivocal about this. It doesnt help matters when Prime Time tv has Murphy Brown, a character who supposedly epitomizes todays intelligent, highly paid, professional woman, mocking the importance of fathers by bearing a child alone and calling it just another lifestyle choice. Thank you very much. Thanks it was relevant to put Murphy Brown in the speech because we were talking about moving to a values based discussion where the family would be strengthened and she connects to this policy of outofwedlock childbearing, which in general Causes Heartache and poverty. People have forgotten that Dan Quayle was engaged in what was a very racist criticism of the causes of the la riots. Instead, they remembered a comment he threw in at The End of the speech. Dan quayle had one line in an eight Page Speech and all you could talk about was that one line i happen to americans have come to expect that the position is one that you could make a difference. 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Com mesothelioma well send you a free book to answer questions you may have. Call now and well come to you. 808 three one 3700. Lets see what else happened in tv this year. Dan quayle criticized the Nice Irish Girl named Murphy Brown. And then in a stunning display of karma, misspelled the Word Potato the heat of this president ial election between Bush And Quayle and clinton gore, Vice President quayle goes to trenton, new jersey, and visits a school, and a child is spelling on the Chalkboard Potato and the Vice President steps in to correct the spelling with the incorrect spelling. You write phonetically, but what else . There you go. All right so Dan Quayle kind of became the mr. Potato head of politics, the Vice President of the united states spelled potato wrong yesterday. What do you think of that what an idiot. The Potato Incident that was just a selfinflicted wound. And everyone focuses on it and said this defines who . Vice President Quayle is and how his mind works and thats thats nonsense. Well, let me just say to all of my critics and to you and to all the american people i stand before you unbowed unbroken, and more determined than ever to stand up for our values. The big debate over Murphy Browns baby and Dan Quayle was really about defining Family Values. Once the family starts breaking down you know, you get problems like that where the kids, you know, they dont grow up, they dont learn the right values. I think if a single woman wants to have a child, shell probably be a better mother than a woman thats married and has an unwanted child. Dan quayles argument for traditional Family Values begs the question whose family . Whose traditions . And when i talk about Family Values, i am talking about a mother and a father. Marriage is the preferred option. Dan Quayle Definition of Family Values is defined by his upbringing and his existence, as if that is the default, but its not. The fact that one night of the republican convention in 1992 was devoted to Family Values tells a big part of the story that this was an evolution of the Republican Party the site of the Republican National Convention. Family values are the theme of the evening here at the astrodome, and the republicans will be showcasing the most prominent mothers Republican National Convention Pat Buchanan actually used the term Culture Wars. There is a religious war going on in this country. It is a cultural war as critical to the kind of nation we shall be as the Cold War itself. For this war is for the soul of america the Culture War was really coming into its own in 1992. Thats when republicans started talking about something besides lower taxes, limited government muscular foreign policy. A Culture War issue speaks to you as a person, right . Like gets into the core of you your identity, your ethics and so they were able to use it to rile people up from the inside, using it meant kind of highlighting the nature of the cultural disparity between hollywood and say, conservatives. And on behalf of Family Values. Weve taken on hollywood and the media elite, and we will not back down it just kept getting bigger and bigger. And then as the speculation of, you know, the beginning of season five and how that was going to be dealt with just became enormous. Mondays episode of Murphy Brown is perhaps the most anticipated Season Opener since dallas showed audiences who shot j. R. The big Season Premiere of Murphy Brown. What is she going to do . And the totally fictional character will respond to a very real attack by the Vice President of the united states long time we debated, dont ever mention it we decided it was so big that we really couldnt do that. It was an hour episode. Was it . Yeah. It was an hour watched by and then we actually play the clip of his speech. It doesnt help matters when Prime Time tv has Murphy Brown. He is talking about you and then the reply with real people on the stage. Id like to introduce you to some people who might not fit into the Vice President s vision of a family, but they consider themselves families nonetheless they work. They struggle they hope for the kind of life for their children that we all want for our children. And it was short and sweet, and we moved on. But you know, its murphy. She needs her slight little bit of revenge at The End of the episode, she dropped a load of potatoes in front of his house. Well, our Vice President woke up to a surprise. This morning. Do you think he knows how to spell the word reelected the curtain has dropped a President President elect Bill Clinton. I think there are a lot of things that contributed to the loss of the Bush Quayle Campaign in 92, but i put Murphy Brown right at the top of the list. The idea that this fictional character played any kind of role in president ial politics is bananas to me, but it really did. And it was because she symbolized the changing nature of Womens Role in society. We werent really trying to to change the course of an election that certainly wasnt our intention. But then there we were. In fact, i got a telegram from Bill Clinton after he was elected president thanking the Murphy Brown fans. And i congratulated Bill Clinton. And we must all pull together now. He is going to be the president of the united states. Dan quayle lost the battle of the 92 reelection. But for a lot of cultural conservatives, hell go down as a hero because he had the conversation that others werent willing to have. Dan quayle a lot of people laugh at him. A lot of people who live in Glass Houses throw stones. Ironically, he was one of the republican winners in this campaign. The Murphy Brown speech did, in fact, change the nature of the Culture War. Were always going to be debating what Family Values are. I dont need any lectures from hollywood on Family Values do you think its appropriate then, for a same Sex Marriage Concept to be taught in public schools as normative behavior . Correct . No, i didnt say that at all. Listen the union of a man and a woman is the most enduring human Institution Life starts at the moment of conception. And i dont believe in them. I would like to see fewer and fewer abortions and now they want men who claim to be women to go into the bathroom with children, to support the right of a faith based christian family what do we want . Trans rights. When do we want it . Now. I will sign a new Executive Order to cut federal funding for any school pushing critical Race Theory Transgender insanity and other inappropriate racial, sexual or political content and if you want to trace the archeology of that back, it starts with Dan Quayle comedy On Cnn has arrived. We look at the news of the week and ask questions like, what is a Comedy Show doing On Cnn and the people have spoken. Yes i have something racist to say. You go to hell. Moving on. Thats straight up freestyle thats too much fun. Landslide. I want donald now. Can you splice that . Have i got news for you . Next On Cnn i know a few things about a rivalry, but this one hits different. Cowboys offense. Very exciting ill give them that. But the Steelers Defense is so powerful. You want to run home crying. Sunday Night Football Nbc and peacock. When a tough cop finds you on the go, it would be silly. Hey trying to rob a thug . 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Murphy brown taught me that i could be ballsy and sweet, that i could find a group of people that would support me no matter what it gave me something to aspire to. Which is that i could be a strong woman one day, just like Murphy Brown getting to play murphy was a dream for me. She was just beloved. People would come up to me and say my mom and i used to watch murphy every episode together and it was an important show. I cant believe im here. I cant believe it either it was it was an important show for young women. It was just such a privilege for me to do that show and to play that character you make me feel like a