"I was waiting for the universe to dispense some justice but sometimes the universe is just too damn slow. The effects of putting Nair in someone's styling gel, however, only take a few minutes."
"I haven't experienced life!"
"I've experienced life, and I'm here to tell you it's overrated."
"I am only a lowly cog in this woman's life. Pity me."
"When will you learn, if it doesn't apply to me, it doesn't matter?"
"I was waiting for the universe to dispense some justice but sometimes the universe is just too damn slow. The effects of putting Nair in someone's styling gel, however, only take a few minutes."
"I haven't experienced life!"
"I've experienced life, and I'm here to tell you it's overrated."
"I am only a lowly cog in this woman's life. Pity me."
"When will you learn, if it doesn't apply to me, it doesn't matter?"
"I come in peace!"
"..I take it you're going with 'I come in peace' again..."
"My head is spinning..."
"Of course it's spinning. It's revolted-your brain is probably trying to twist its way out of your head!"
"C'mon guys, I'm missing '2 Stupid Dogs' for this."
"...that bleeping little Dutch boy...."
"We are in court-you will need to read that EXACTLY as you wrote it."
I'm having trouble finding quotes, and am forced to rely on memory.
This limits the number of non-giveaway quotes.
This set SHOULD do it.
"I was waiting for the universe to dispense some justice but sometimes the universe is just too damn slow. The effects of putting Nair in someone's styling gel, however, only take a few minutes."
"I haven't experienced life!"
"I've experienced life, and I'm here to tell you it's overrated."
"I am only a lowly cog in this woman's life. Pity me."
"When will you learn, if it doesn't apply to me, it doesn't matter?"
"I come in peace!"
"..I take it you're going with 'I come in peace' again..."
"My head is spinning..."
"Of course it's spinning. It's revolted-your brain is probably trying to twist its way out of your head!"
"C'mon guys, I'm missing '2 Stupid Dogs' for this."
"...that bleeping little Dutch boy...."
"We are in court-you will need to read that EXACTLY as you wrote it."
"That IS the way I wrote it. Look."
"'That bleeping little Dutch boy...'"
"That means WE are the art!"
"I want a Miles Silverberger!"
"People don't name sandwiches after executive producers.
Look, I know you like hot dogs-let me get you a Fontana Frank."
"Oh, great!
Now we know what they teach in the Louisiana school system in
sophmore year instead of Spanish!"
"...This is a gay bar."
"A gay bar? Jim owns a gay bar? That means-oh my God- Jim is GAY?"
"CORKY!
Jim and Doris have been happily married for over TWENTY YEARS!"
"I was waiting for the universe to dispense some justice but sometimes the universe is just too damn slow. The effects of putting Nair in someone's styling gel, however, only take a few minutes."
"I haven't experienced life!"
"I've experienced life, and I'm here to tell you it's overrated."
"I am only a lowly cog in this woman's life. Pity me."
"When will you learn, if it doesn't apply to me, it doesn't matter?"
"I come in peace!"
"..I take it you're going with 'I come in peace' again..."
"My head is spinning..."
"Of course it's spinning. It's revolted-your brain is probably trying to twist its way out of your head!"
"C'mon guys, I'm missing '2 Stupid Dogs' for this."
"...that bleeping little Dutch boy...."
"We are in court-you will need to read that EXACTLY as you wrote it."
"That IS the way I wrote it. Look."
"'That bleeping little Dutch boy...'"
"That means WE are the art!"
"It's on the CEILING!"
"Miller Renfield! How were things in the Kuala Lampur?"
"I finally figured out what FYI stands for: "Four Yelling Idiots."
"All right. That's a step.
There's 11 more-we'll get to that."
"There was no chemistry, there was no old gang! And if there was, you weren't apart of it. You drove us nuts! Taking off your shoes, humming while you ate, and there's no such word as alls, it's all. It's all I know! It wasn't the network, it was us! We wanted you fired!"
"I want a Miles Silverberger!"
"People don't name sandwiches after executive producers.
Look, I know you like hot dogs-let me get you a Fontana Frank."
"Oh, great!
Now we know what they teach in the Louisiana school system in
sophmore year instead of Spanish!"
"...This is a gay bar."
"A gay bar? Jim owns a gay bar? That means-oh my God- Jim is GAY?"
"CORKY!
Jim and Doris have been happily married for over TWENTY YEARS!"
"Do you think she knows?"
"And that's ALL'S I know about politics."
This is a show that had a character who previously had spent time in the Betty Ford Clinic.
"I was waiting for the universe to dispense some justice but sometimes the universe is just too damn slow. The effects of putting Nair in someone's styling gel, however, only take a few minutes."
"I haven't experienced life!"
"I've experienced life, and I'm here to tell you it's overrated."
"I am only a lowly cog in this woman's life. Pity me."
"When will you learn, if it doesn't apply to me, it doesn't matter?"
"I come in peace!"
"..I take it you're going with 'I come in peace' again..."
"My head is spinning..."
"Of course it's spinning. It's revolted-your brain is probably trying to twist its way out of your head!"
"C'mon guys, I'm missing '2 Stupid Dogs' for this."
"...that bleeping little Dutch boy...."
"We are in court-you will need to read that EXACTLY as you wrote it."
"That IS the way I wrote it. Look."
"'That bleeping little Dutch boy...'"
"That means WE are the art!"
"It's on the CEILING!"
"Miller Renfield! How were things in the Kuala Lampur?"
"I finally figured out what FYI stands for: "Four Yelling Idiots."
"All right. That's a step.
There's 11 more-we'll get to that."
"There was no chemistry, there was no old gang! And if there was, you weren't apart of it. You drove us nuts! Taking off your shoes, humming while you ate, and there's no such word as alls, it's all. It's all I know! It wasn't the network, it was us! We wanted you fired!"
"I want a Miles Silverberger!"
"People don't name sandwiches after executive producers.
Look, I know you like hot dogs-let me get you a Fontana Frank."
"Oh, great!
Now we know what they teach in the Louisiana school system in
sophmore year instead of Spanish!"
"...This is a gay bar."
"A gay bar? Jim owns a gay bar? That means-oh my God- Jim is GAY?"
"CORKY!
Jim and Doris have been happily married for over TWENTY YEARS!"
"Do you think she knows?"
"And that's ALL'S I know about politics."
"And now, a man so cute they gave him his own network, Stan Lansing!"
"You make me feel,
You make me feel,
You make me feel like a natural woma---AAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!!
Commercials ripped this episode off for YEARS.
(And it was still amusing.)
This is a show that had a character who previously had spent time in the Betty Ford Clinic.
And had Scott Bakula as a regular at one point. And Lily Tomlin. And Gary Marshall.
And guested Bob Newhart, Don Rickles, Bette Midler, Rose Marie, and Haley Joel Osment.
It won 7 Emmys, 3 Golden Globes, and 2 SAG Awards.
(It might have won more Emmys, but one actress removed herself from consideration after winning
"I was waiting for the universe to dispense some justice but sometimes the universe is just too damn slow. The effects of putting Nair in someone's styling gel, however, only take a few minutes."
Murphy was known to prank people in revenge.
"I haven't experienced life!"
"I've experienced life, and I'm here to tell you it's overrated."
Corky and Murphy. Corky was getting married and having wedding jitters.
"I am only a lowly cog in this woman's life. Pity me."
Eldon the housepainter.
"When will you learn, if it doesn't apply to me, it doesn't matter?"
Murphy's view on life.
"I come in peace!"
"..I take it you're going with 'I come in peace' again..."
Frank Fontana did a story with a hostage situation, where he acted as an unofficial negotiator.
Whenever FYI did a retrospective, he ALWAYS chose that one as a must-use.
"My head is spinning..."
"Of course it's spinning. It's revolted-your brain is probably trying to twist its way out of your head!"
Corky had kissed Miller Renfield-and Murphy walked in as it happened.
("My eyes!")
"C'mon guys, I'm missing '2 Stupid Dogs' for this."
Frank, concerning one early meeting.
"...that bleeping little Dutch boy...."
"We are in court-you will need to read that EXACTLY as you wrote it."
"That IS the way I wrote it. Look."
"'That bleeping little Dutch boy...'"
Corky Sherwood married Bill Forrest, making her Corky Sherwood-Forrest.
(Faith Ford, at the time, had married and was Faith Ford-Nottingham.)
Bill Forrest had written a children's story. While he wrote, she wrote in her diary.
Later, someone claimed he plagiarized their story.
Corky's diary, when she was frustrated over all his work on the story with no time for her-
became the critical evidence in the case.
"That means WE are the art!"
"It's on the CEILING!"
Eldon the painter (who did murals on ceilings) had an art showing. The walls were bare, and some pretentious
visitors speculated this was a statement on the barrenness of art, except for one who thought that it made
THEM the art. But, it was ON THE CEILING and they didn't look up. So, Eldon pulled a cord, dropping the cover
off the mural. At which point, that guy thought they were the art again.....
"Miller Renfield! How were things in the Kuala Lampur?"
The FYI team had conspired to have him sent far, far away....
"I finally figured out what FYI stands for: "Four Yelling Idiots."
A political cartoonist made fun of an accidentally-broadcast joke, and then made a bigger and bigger fuss
over them, almost turning his strip into an anti-FYI strip.
And THEN Murphy got him back....
"All right. That's a step.
There's 11 more-we'll get to that."
Murphy began the series returning to FYI after a stay at Betty Ford to dry out.
Sometime later, a colleague (Kate Mulgrew) arrived with a serious drinking problem.
Murphy helped her face up to it-by admitting she HAD a problem.
Which, IIRC, is Step One of the 12-Step program.
"There was no chemistry, there was no old gang! And if there was, you weren't apart of it. You drove us nuts! Taking off your shoes, humming while you ate, and there's no such word as alls, it's all. It's all I know! It wasn't the network, it was us! We wanted you fired!"
Wallace Shawn played a former FYI'er who had habits that annoyed the rest of them, so they complained, and management
moved him. Eventually he came back, and Murphy had to clear the air.
"I want a Miles Silverberger!"
"People don't name sandwiches after executive producers.
Look, I know you like hot dogs-let me get you a Fontana Frank."
Phil tried to name food dishes after the FYI crew.
Miles Silverberg didn't get something named after him, and was bitter.
Phil gave it up because it was costing him business. "People kept coming in, saying 'Hate him, hate her' and not ordering."
"Oh, great!
Now we know what they teach in the Louisiana school system in
sophomore year instead of Spanish!"
A Thanksgiving somehow resulted in a LIVE turkey being loose in Murphy's house.
Corky tried to get it to cooperate. She noted they're skittish, then tried to imitate a turkey,
which was funny on its own, but then Murphy gave this reply.
"...This is a gay bar."
"A gay bar? Jim owns a gay bar? That means-oh my God- Jim is GAY?"
"CORKY!
Jim and Doris have been happily married for over TWENTY YEARS!"
"Do you think she knows?"
Priceless exchange.
Jim Dial missed the bar he visited when he was a journalism student, long ago.
He took his money, and bought a bar, and tried to recreate the feel of it.
Since he's an anchorman, he called it "the Anchorman."
He was unaware it had attracted a gay crowd of customers. (It was doing good business,
he was having a good time when he was there....)
The first time the FYI crew visited, Corky went to the ladies room (so clean, it's like it was never used),
and one of the guys made a pass at Frank (who had been annoyed he didn't see any women.
When Corky got back, they tried to explain it to her. Then they had to tell Jim.
"And that's ALL'S I know about politics."
Wallace Shawn's character came back, and tried his hand at public office.
"And now, a man so cute they gave him his own network, Stan Lansing!"
Stan Lansing, studio head, was frustrated they couldn't find a perfect host for the late-night show he
wanted-like the Tonight Show, etc. Eventually, someone blurted out that if he thought it was so easy
to do, HE could try it.
So he did.
Crash and burn.
"You make me feel,
You make me feel,
You make me feel like a natural woma---AAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!!
Commercials ripped this episode off for YEARS.
(And it was still amusing.)
First episode.
Murphy, home alone, singing to some of her favorite music,
and completely unaware that Eldon, the housepainter, was there,
finishing some work. He came out at the singing, and just watched her from
a doorway until she spotted him and screamed.
This is a show that had a character who previously had spent time in the Betty Ford Clinic.
And had Scott Bakula as a regular at one point. And Lily Tomlin. And Gary Marshall.
My favorite line of Scott Bakula's character:
"What? Seriously-Murphy's had a lot of secretaries?"
If you'd watched a few episodes, it was a funny line.
If you'd watched more, it was funnier.
And guested Bob Newhart, Don Rickles, Bette Midler, Rose Marie, and Haley Joel Osment.
It won 7 Emmys, 3 Golden Globes, and 2 SAG Awards.
(It might have won more Emmys, but one actress removed herself from consideration after winning
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I've been trying to place that second quote for a while.
Now that you posted the top one....
"Wings", right?
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Right, WW. Your turn!
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I thought I had one, but I've forgotten. I must think on this..
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"I was waiting for the universe to dispense some justice but sometimes the universe is just too damn slow. The effects of putting Nair in someone's styling gel, however, only take a few minutes."
"I haven't experienced life!"
"I've experienced life, and I'm here to tell you it's overrated."
"I am only a lowly cog in this woman's life. Pity me."
"When will you learn, if it doesn't apply to me, it doesn't matter?"
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GeorgeStGeorge
Wild guess: "Just Shoot Me"?
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Swing and a miss.
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"I was waiting for the universe to dispense some justice but sometimes the universe is just too damn slow. The effects of putting Nair in someone's styling gel, however, only take a few minutes."
"I haven't experienced life!"
"I've experienced life, and I'm here to tell you it's overrated."
"I am only a lowly cog in this woman's life. Pity me."
"When will you learn, if it doesn't apply to me, it doesn't matter?"
"I come in peace!"
"..I take it you're going with 'I come in peace' again..."
"My head is spinning..."
"Of course it's spinning. It's revolted-your brain is probably trying to twist its way out of your head!"
"C'mon guys, I'm missing '2 Stupid Dogs' for this."
"...that bleeping little Dutch boy...."
"We are in court-you will need to read that EXACTLY as you wrote it."
"That IS the way I wrote it. Look."
"That bleeping little Dutch boy..."
"That means WE are the art!"
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I'm having trouble finding quotes, and am forced to rely on memory.
This limits the number of non-giveaway quotes.
This set SHOULD do it.
"I was waiting for the universe to dispense some justice but sometimes the universe is just too damn slow. The effects of putting Nair in someone's styling gel, however, only take a few minutes."
"I haven't experienced life!"
"I've experienced life, and I'm here to tell you it's overrated."
"I am only a lowly cog in this woman's life. Pity me."
"When will you learn, if it doesn't apply to me, it doesn't matter?"
"I come in peace!"
"..I take it you're going with 'I come in peace' again..."
"My head is spinning..."
"Of course it's spinning. It's revolted-your brain is probably trying to twist its way out of your head!"
"C'mon guys, I'm missing '2 Stupid Dogs' for this."
"...that bleeping little Dutch boy...."
"We are in court-you will need to read that EXACTLY as you wrote it."
"That IS the way I wrote it. Look."
"'That bleeping little Dutch boy...'"
"That means WE are the art!"
"I want a Miles Silverberger!"
"People don't name sandwiches after executive producers.
Look, I know you like hot dogs-let me get you a Fontana Frank."
"Oh, great!
Now we know what they teach in the Louisiana school system in
sophmore year instead of Spanish!"
"...This is a gay bar."
"A gay bar? Jim owns a gay bar? That means-oh my God- Jim is GAY?"
"CORKY!
Jim and Doris have been happily married for over TWENTY YEARS!"
"Do you think she knows?"
"And that's ALL'S I know about politics."
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GeorgeStGeorge
I hardly ever watched the show, but I'll guess
"Everybody Loves Raymond."
George
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WordWolf
No.
You were closer the first time, if at all.
I'm sure someone can name it by now.
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doojable
"Night Court"?
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WordWolf
No.
All the quotes were from regular characters.
Including the ones with the names in it.
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"I was waiting for the universe to dispense some justice but sometimes the universe is just too damn slow. The effects of putting Nair in someone's styling gel, however, only take a few minutes."
"I haven't experienced life!"
"I've experienced life, and I'm here to tell you it's overrated."
"I am only a lowly cog in this woman's life. Pity me."
"When will you learn, if it doesn't apply to me, it doesn't matter?"
"I come in peace!"
"..I take it you're going with 'I come in peace' again..."
"My head is spinning..."
"Of course it's spinning. It's revolted-your brain is probably trying to twist its way out of your head!"
"C'mon guys, I'm missing '2 Stupid Dogs' for this."
"...that bleeping little Dutch boy...."
"We are in court-you will need to read that EXACTLY as you wrote it."
"That IS the way I wrote it. Look."
"'That bleeping little Dutch boy...'"
"That means WE are the art!"
"It's on the CEILING!"
"Miller Renfield! How were things in the Kuala Lampur?"
"I finally figured out what FYI stands for: "Four Yelling Idiots."
"All right. That's a step.
There's 11 more-we'll get to that."
"There was no chemistry, there was no old gang! And if there was, you weren't apart of it. You drove us nuts! Taking off your shoes, humming while you ate, and there's no such word as alls, it's all. It's all I know! It wasn't the network, it was us! We wanted you fired!"
"I want a Miles Silverberger!"
"People don't name sandwiches after executive producers.
Look, I know you like hot dogs-let me get you a Fontana Frank."
"Oh, great!
Now we know what they teach in the Louisiana school system in
sophmore year instead of Spanish!"
"...This is a gay bar."
"A gay bar? Jim owns a gay bar? That means-oh my God- Jim is GAY?"
"CORKY!
Jim and Doris have been happily married for over TWENTY YEARS!"
"Do you think she knows?"
"And that's ALL'S I know about politics."
This is a show that had a character who previously had spent time in the Betty Ford Clinic.
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Was it that short-lived, FOX "adult" sitcom? I think it was called "Action."
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doojable
I had to google the character names to get this.... Good choice!
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WordWolf
This show was NOT short-lived.
It was, what? 7 seasons? 8 seasons?
All on primetime, not counting syndication.
Raf must be busy.
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(Where did this post go? I reconstructed most of it a post later.)
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"I was waiting for the universe to dispense some justice but sometimes the universe is just too damn slow. The effects of putting Nair in someone's styling gel, however, only take a few minutes."
"I haven't experienced life!"
"I've experienced life, and I'm here to tell you it's overrated."
"I am only a lowly cog in this woman's life. Pity me."
"When will you learn, if it doesn't apply to me, it doesn't matter?"
"I come in peace!"
"..I take it you're going with 'I come in peace' again..."
"My head is spinning..."
"Of course it's spinning. It's revolted-your brain is probably trying to twist its way out of your head!"
"C'mon guys, I'm missing '2 Stupid Dogs' for this."
"...that bleeping little Dutch boy...."
"We are in court-you will need to read that EXACTLY as you wrote it."
"That IS the way I wrote it. Look."
"'That bleeping little Dutch boy...'"
"That means WE are the art!"
"It's on the CEILING!"
"Miller Renfield! How were things in the Kuala Lampur?"
"I finally figured out what FYI stands for: "Four Yelling Idiots."
"All right. That's a step.
There's 11 more-we'll get to that."
"There was no chemistry, there was no old gang! And if there was, you weren't apart of it. You drove us nuts! Taking off your shoes, humming while you ate, and there's no such word as alls, it's all. It's all I know! It wasn't the network, it was us! We wanted you fired!"
"I want a Miles Silverberger!"
"People don't name sandwiches after executive producers.
Look, I know you like hot dogs-let me get you a Fontana Frank."
"Oh, great!
Now we know what they teach in the Louisiana school system in
sophmore year instead of Spanish!"
"...This is a gay bar."
"A gay bar? Jim owns a gay bar? That means-oh my God- Jim is GAY?"
"CORKY!
Jim and Doris have been happily married for over TWENTY YEARS!"
"Do you think she knows?"
"And that's ALL'S I know about politics."
"And now, a man so cute they gave him his own network, Stan Lansing!"
"You make me feel,
You make me feel,
You make me feel like a natural woma---AAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!!
Commercials ripped this episode off for YEARS.
(And it was still amusing.)
This is a show that had a character who previously had spent time in the Betty Ford Clinic.
And had Scott Bakula as a regular at one point. And Lily Tomlin. And Gary Marshall.
And guested Bob Newhart, Don Rickles, Bette Midler, Rose Marie, and Haley Joel Osment.
It won 7 Emmys, 3 Golden Globes, and 2 SAG Awards.
(It might have won more Emmys, but one actress removed herself from consideration after winning
her FIFTH EMMY IN A ROW for this show.)
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Sorry, Dude. I'm drawing a complete blank. Of course, there are lots of popular shows that I've seen maybe once or twice, if at all.
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I've got it! (the Miles Silverberger gave it away) ...it's Murphy Brown... (I think)
If I'm right could someone please take the honor?
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GeorgeStGeorge
That seems like a good guess. And it's a show I watched once or twice.
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WordWolf
You ARE correct!
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Here's how the quotes fell....
"I was waiting for the universe to dispense some justice but sometimes the universe is just too damn slow. The effects of putting Nair in someone's styling gel, however, only take a few minutes."
Murphy was known to prank people in revenge.
"I haven't experienced life!"
"I've experienced life, and I'm here to tell you it's overrated."
Corky and Murphy. Corky was getting married and having wedding jitters.
"I am only a lowly cog in this woman's life. Pity me."
Eldon the housepainter.
"When will you learn, if it doesn't apply to me, it doesn't matter?"
Murphy's view on life.
"I come in peace!"
"..I take it you're going with 'I come in peace' again..."
Frank Fontana did a story with a hostage situation, where he acted as an unofficial negotiator.
Whenever FYI did a retrospective, he ALWAYS chose that one as a must-use.
"My head is spinning..."
"Of course it's spinning. It's revolted-your brain is probably trying to twist its way out of your head!"
Corky had kissed Miller Renfield-and Murphy walked in as it happened.
("My eyes!")
"C'mon guys, I'm missing '2 Stupid Dogs' for this."
Frank, concerning one early meeting.
"...that bleeping little Dutch boy...."
"We are in court-you will need to read that EXACTLY as you wrote it."
"That IS the way I wrote it. Look."
"'That bleeping little Dutch boy...'"
Corky Sherwood married Bill Forrest, making her Corky Sherwood-Forrest.
(Faith Ford, at the time, had married and was Faith Ford-Nottingham.)
Bill Forrest had written a children's story. While he wrote, she wrote in her diary.
Later, someone claimed he plagiarized their story.
Corky's diary, when she was frustrated over all his work on the story with no time for her-
became the critical evidence in the case.
"That means WE are the art!"
"It's on the CEILING!"
Eldon the painter (who did murals on ceilings) had an art showing. The walls were bare, and some pretentious
visitors speculated this was a statement on the barrenness of art, except for one who thought that it made
THEM the art. But, it was ON THE CEILING and they didn't look up. So, Eldon pulled a cord, dropping the cover
off the mural. At which point, that guy thought they were the art again.....
"Miller Renfield! How were things in the Kuala Lampur?"
The FYI team had conspired to have him sent far, far away....
"I finally figured out what FYI stands for: "Four Yelling Idiots."
A political cartoonist made fun of an accidentally-broadcast joke, and then made a bigger and bigger fuss
over them, almost turning his strip into an anti-FYI strip.
And THEN Murphy got him back....
"All right. That's a step.
There's 11 more-we'll get to that."
Murphy began the series returning to FYI after a stay at Betty Ford to dry out.
Sometime later, a colleague (Kate Mulgrew) arrived with a serious drinking problem.
Murphy helped her face up to it-by admitting she HAD a problem.
Which, IIRC, is Step One of the 12-Step program.
"There was no chemistry, there was no old gang! And if there was, you weren't apart of it. You drove us nuts! Taking off your shoes, humming while you ate, and there's no such word as alls, it's all. It's all I know! It wasn't the network, it was us! We wanted you fired!"
Wallace Shawn played a former FYI'er who had habits that annoyed the rest of them, so they complained, and management
moved him. Eventually he came back, and Murphy had to clear the air.
"I want a Miles Silverberger!"
"People don't name sandwiches after executive producers.
Look, I know you like hot dogs-let me get you a Fontana Frank."
Phil tried to name food dishes after the FYI crew.
Miles Silverberg didn't get something named after him, and was bitter.
Phil gave it up because it was costing him business. "People kept coming in, saying 'Hate him, hate her' and not ordering."
"Oh, great!
Now we know what they teach in the Louisiana school system in
sophomore year instead of Spanish!"
A Thanksgiving somehow resulted in a LIVE turkey being loose in Murphy's house.
Corky tried to get it to cooperate. She noted they're skittish, then tried to imitate a turkey,
which was funny on its own, but then Murphy gave this reply.
"...This is a gay bar."
"A gay bar? Jim owns a gay bar? That means-oh my God- Jim is GAY?"
"CORKY!
Jim and Doris have been happily married for over TWENTY YEARS!"
"Do you think she knows?"
Priceless exchange.
Jim Dial missed the bar he visited when he was a journalism student, long ago.
He took his money, and bought a bar, and tried to recreate the feel of it.
Since he's an anchorman, he called it "the Anchorman."
He was unaware it had attracted a gay crowd of customers. (It was doing good business,
he was having a good time when he was there....)
The first time the FYI crew visited, Corky went to the ladies room (so clean, it's like it was never used),
and one of the guys made a pass at Frank (who had been annoyed he didn't see any women.
When Corky got back, they tried to explain it to her. Then they had to tell Jim.
"And that's ALL'S I know about politics."
Wallace Shawn's character came back, and tried his hand at public office.
"And now, a man so cute they gave him his own network, Stan Lansing!"
Stan Lansing, studio head, was frustrated they couldn't find a perfect host for the late-night show he
wanted-like the Tonight Show, etc. Eventually, someone blurted out that if he thought it was so easy
to do, HE could try it.
So he did.
Crash and burn.
"You make me feel,
You make me feel,
You make me feel like a natural woma---AAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!!
Commercials ripped this episode off for YEARS.
(And it was still amusing.)
First episode.
Murphy, home alone, singing to some of her favorite music,
and completely unaware that Eldon, the housepainter, was there,
finishing some work. He came out at the singing, and just watched her from
a doorway until she spotted him and screamed.
This is a show that had a character who previously had spent time in the Betty Ford Clinic.
And had Scott Bakula as a regular at one point. And Lily Tomlin. And Gary Marshall.
My favorite line of Scott Bakula's character:
"What? Seriously-Murphy's had a lot of secretaries?"
If you'd watched a few episodes, it was a funny line.
If you'd watched more, it was funnier.
And guested Bob Newhart, Don Rickles, Bette Midler, Rose Marie, and Haley Joel Osment.
It won 7 Emmys, 3 Golden Globes, and 2 SAG Awards.
(It might have won more Emmys, but one actress removed herself from consideration after winning
her FIFTH EMMY IN A ROW for this show.)
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SINCE Tom was right,
this one is up for grabs.
Whoever wants to put up the next one, can put up the next one.
How about some new faces?
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