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Guys, I was just in the executive gym,
and I heard some big news.

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Miles is meeting with the network brass,
and as we speak, they're deciding which

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one of us is going to get an hour -live
special.

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Oh, how exciting!

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Wait a minute, Frank. Why are you in
such a good mood?

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Well, come on. It's got to be me, right?
I mean, my last special pulled a 39

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share. Oh, yes, and what a special it
was.

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You and a vice squad mistaking a senior
citizen's home as a front for a crack

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house.

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Who could forget the image of that poor
woman face down on the shuffleboard

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court?

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It wasn't my fault. They were on to us
and took off before we busted in.

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But it still scored big numbers.

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Better than an 11 share.

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Oh, I suppose that's a shot at my 1983
special on the Grenada invasion.

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I'm fed up taking a fall for an 11
share.

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The network gave me a pocket change for
a budget. Then they scheduled it against

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that Facts of Life episode when Tootie
gets a brassiere. Well, I'll say to

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with them.

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Hey, look, guys, my chia dog sprouted.

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And people said I couldn't take care of
a pet.

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Stay.

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Good boy.

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Murphy, have you heard the good news?

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Miles is upstairs right now finding out
which one of us is going to get a

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special. I think I have a good chance,
too.

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Jim's last special was boring, and Frank
doesn't test well with the elderly

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anymore. What do you think?

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I think I don't care, Corky. A special
might sound attractive, but believe me,

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I've been there. The hours are brutal,
and the network's always sticking their

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nose into it. I wouldn't touch it with a
ten -foot pole.

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Good morning, people!

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You know?

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One of the real pleasures of my job is
coming down here with an exciting...

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get over to Miles. Which one of us is
getting the special?

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Found out, didn't you?

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You found out and you told them.

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Well, thanks a lot, Frank.

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Hey, you know what I'm thinking about
right now? A 72 -year -old woman named

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Hildy.

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And a shuffleboard court.

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It wasn't my fault.

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Miles, will you just tell us who got the
damn special so we can go back to work?

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And it better not be me.

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It isn't you.

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Oh. Well, good.

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Close one.

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Anyway, the reason I'm so pleased to
make this announcement is because...

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because my last special had no lead -in.
I'm happy to make this announcement

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because... Not my fault Betty Ford was
boring.

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That's what I was saying.

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I'm happy to make this announcement
because it reaffirms the network's faith

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a certain person's ability. That
whatever shortcomings there may have

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the past, that was then, this is now.
Well, it's about time. I agree, Jim.

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So congratulations, Corky. You've got
your first special.

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anything like this to happen. Well,
actually, I did, but I didn't think I

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say anything because I wanted to sound
humble. But now, I have a special, so I

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just don't care.

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Oh, thank you.

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Hey there,

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Corcorina. What a momentous occasion,
huh? The first meeting for your first

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special. I could hardly sleep last
night, Miles.

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My mind was just spilling over with so
many ideas.

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You know, Corky, this is a great
opportunity.

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You're getting the chance to show the
American public another side of you and

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the same time say something meaningful
to the people.

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I could hardly agree with you more,
Miles.

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That's why I'm going to turn my special
into a great big tea party.

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We'll do it on a set just like my living
room where famous guests drop by to

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talk about important issues.

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As long as they're not too depressing or
bring everybody down.

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So what do you think?

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You know, I remember the day I hired
you.

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I said to the network, trust me on this
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Someday, she's going to surprise us.

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Well, you didn't make a liar out of me.

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I knew you'd like it.

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Now, about the guest.

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I'd like to have someone on the show of
national importance.

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Would this be a real person or an
animated character?

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I was thinking about General
Schwarzkopf.

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Really? That's great.

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But then I started picturing him
tracking those dirty boots onto my nice

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set.

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So I decided on Mary Ann Mobley and Gary
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They have one of the most successful
marriages in television, and I think

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America wants to know why.

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Now, I can't decide between Mrs. Fields,
the chocolate chip cookie magnate,

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or Floyd Wilkins.

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Who's Floyd Wilkins? He's a Texas man
who doesn't have a collarbone.

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Let me review here, Corky.

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Your living room, wacky guests, and some
tea.

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I don't want to rain on your parade, but
the network may have some suggestions

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of their own.

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Oh, but not better than that collarbone
guy, Miles. You better get him before

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Nightline does.

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Murphy, go to your room. No, stay,
Murphy. I want your opinion on my third

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guest. I'm all ears, Corky. I wouldn't
miss this for the world.

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All right.

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For my third guest, I'd like to have a
major network television journalist.

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I think people would be very interested
in knowing what actually goes into

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getting the story.

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That's not bad.

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I like it. A lot. Oh, come on, Miles.
What self -respecting journalist would

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himself be interviewed at a tea party?

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None that I can think of.

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Unless that journalist is also a close,
personal friend willing to do a favor

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for someone who really needs it.

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Hey, gotta go. Have a nice special.

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See you in September.

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She's getting away, Miles. Do something.
Don't worry. I'll handle this.

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Murphy, you're fake typing again. I can
tell because you never hit the space

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bar.

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Stop wasting paper and listen to me.

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I'm not doing it, Miles. A good reporter
doesn't give personal interviews.

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Once we become part of the story, we
sacrifice all credibility.

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The next thing you know, we're celebrity
judges on Star Search.

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Oh, come on.

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The fact is, the journalist is a very
important part of the story.

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In fact, sometimes the most interesting
part of the news is how we... Not doing

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it, Miles.

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Do you mean to tell me that you are
never going to let people know how you

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landed your first Kissinger interview?

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What, erased?

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And the interview, what an insight into
the man.

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God, I got goosebumps just thinking
about it. Look.

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You have inverted pores, Miles. You
should buy a loofah mint.

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Hey, hey.

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You know what's another great story?

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You and Anwar Sadat. Now tell me that
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are made of.

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Yeah, it was pretty great. I knew if I
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Great Pyramid, I could really get him to
open up. I remember when I saw that

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interview, I couldn't get out of my head
for days.

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Look, they're back.

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Okay, Miles, I admit, I...

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I have my share of powerful and
fascinating stories, but still. Remember

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you played Monopoly with the Pope?

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You thought you caught him cheating?

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Oh, all right, all right. Yeah.

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Oh,

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look. Here's a mention of Corky's
special on the TV page. Really? What

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say? Well, let's see.

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Tonight, 9 p .m., Corky's place.

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Oh.

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Oh, my.

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Well, the main thing is they mentioned
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too.

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Corky Sherwood, FYI's cotton candy
reporter, who in the past has brought us

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hard -hitting fare as Woody Woodpecker
turns 50, hosts her own special with

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three live interviews, including FYI co
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We can hardly wait to hear Corky ask,
Murphy, if you were a salad dressing,

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kind would you be?

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If you want depth.

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Try the weather channel.

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Oh, this is horrible.

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What if Corky sees this? Do you think
she's seen it? Oh, come on, Miles. We've

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never actually seen Corky read a
newspaper. The only way she'll find out

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someone tells her. Nobody say anything.

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Hey, there she is. Hi, Corky. Today's
the big day, huh?

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Don't you people read the newspapers?

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How did you see it?

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I wouldn't have.

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Except that Mr. Puffy started bringing
up a furball this morning. I laid out

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some papers for him, and that's when I
saw it.

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This is why I don't read the newspaper.

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No, Corky, the public doesn't put much
stock in these reviews.

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This fellow took some very cheap shots
like that if you were a salad dressing

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thing. I never would have asked Murphy a
question like that. And everyone knows

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that. But it would have been perfect for
Marianne Mobley, and now I can't use

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it.

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I can't go on the air tonight, Miles.
Not after being human. humiliated like

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this what do you mean you can't do it
we've got an hour of prime time to fill

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corky i'm on the line here too i'm sorry
miles but millions of people are going

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to watch me on live television tonight
and they're going to be laughing at me

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parents will be so embarrassed they
won't even be able to walk out on the

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Did you get my message? No, Miles
dragged me all over the entire city

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for any place she might be. Here, have a
token for a free skate rattle.

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There she is.

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Miss America.

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What is wrong with her?

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Beer.

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I didn't want to serve her, but she got
surly. I didn't know Corky even drank

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beer. How much has she had?

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Half a glass.

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Did you get her half a cup of coffee,
Phil? We'll talk to her.

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Okay, do you know what you're going to
say?

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Oh, come on, Miles. I just came along to
make sure Corky was okay. I'm not

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talking her into something she may not
be ready to do yet.

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Here you go, Corky.

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Corky, honey, why don't you have some
nice hot coffee, and then we'll all get

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back to work.

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No. I told you, Miles, I can't do it.

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I'm a joke, even to the people I work
with.

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They don't think I'm in their league
because I don't ask the tough questions.

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Isn't that right, Murphy?

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Oh, I'm sorry, Corky. I just noticed
that photograph of Mo Udall.

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Has that always been there?

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Oh, come on.

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You never really liked my interview with
the San Diego Chicken, did you?

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You don't think I asked the kind of
questions you would ask, did I?

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All I ever wanted was to be as good as
the rest of you.

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That's why this special was so important
to me.

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Okay,

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Corky.

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Look, maybe some of what you say is
true.

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You don't ask the tough questions.

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But you've come a long way in the years
that we've been working together.

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I mean, when you first joined FYI, you
didn't know which end of the microphone

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to talk into.

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But I'm telling you, when you got Nancy
Reagan to do those stomach exercises on

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the air, it was a unique moment in
television.

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And I'm sure that in the next few years
you're going to come even further.

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You really think that, Murphy? I really
do.

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Now, you can just sit there and let that
reviewer keep you from doing what

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you're really good at, or you can show
everybody that Corky Sherwood has the

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right stuff.

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What do you say?

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I want to, but I'm scared.

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You know, we all get scared from time to
time, Corky.

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Take me, for instance.

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I'm scared right now.

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You know why?

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Because if you don't get your butt off
that stool and get back to work, I'll

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wind up wearing a hairnet and scooping
mashed potatoes in the commissary.

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I have another idea.

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Instead of me coming on as the last
guest, why don't I go on first?

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That way I'll be out there with you for
the entire interview. It wouldn't hurt

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to have a friend close by.

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It would make me feel more comfortable.

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Well, there you see. So let's do it. You
know you want to, okay?

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Okay. Yes.

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What a brave corkala.

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I've never been more proud of you than I
am right now.

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Thank you, Miles.

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And thank you, Murphy.

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I'll do my best to live up to your
standards.

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That was an unbelievably generous thing
you just did. One word to anybody that

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you saw that tender, vulnerable side of
me and I'll rip out your lungs and wear

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them as a hat.

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Okay, coming up in five, four, three,
two.

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Coming live to the floor, Hugh Corky.

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to Corky's Place, where some of my
friends have gathered for a little food,

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little tea, and a lot of good old
-fashioned conversation.

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And you know, at Corky's Place, you just
never know who might stop by.

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There's the door.

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I wonder who it could be.

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Murphy?

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Jeez, Miles.

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When you walk in, don't forget to say hi
to all the party guests. I refuse to

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take orders from a man in the bush. You
just do it, Murphy.

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It's Murphy Brown.

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Hi, Murphy.

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Hi.

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Would you like some tea?

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Oh, no, thank you.

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Are you sure?

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Oh, okay, I guess so.

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So, Mr.

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Murphy, what brings you by today?

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Well, Corky, I just thought I'd wish you
well on your first special.

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Let's chat.

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Good idea.

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Now, Murphy, you've had a remarkable and
often colorful career in broadcast

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journalism. Yes, yes, that's true.

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As a journalist, you must have many
sources who provide you with privileged

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information. Absolutely. The anonymous
sources of critical importance to anyone

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in my field.

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So then, back in the days when you were
a drunk, did that also mean you were

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a security risk?

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in your career, you were, in your own
words, a major booze hound.

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I was just wondering, could America
trust your judgment and accuracy in

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reporting information?

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Corky, did I ever tell you about the
first time I interviewed Henry

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It was in 1973.

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Were you a closet drinker, Murphy?

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Did you drink alone?

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A friend of mine had gotten me a pass
into the White House.

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I really wanted to interview Dr.

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Kissinger, but the idea of it was very
intimidating. After all, this was the

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who said that power is the ultimate
aphrodisiac.

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That brings up a very interesting
controversy.

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Now, I know this is a touchy subject,
but it's been rumored that you slept

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Kissinger in order to get that
interview.

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Can you tell us what you remember about
it?

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If I understand correctly, you feel your
aggressive reporting style may have to

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do with the fact that you rarely have
sex?

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It's only a theory, Corky.

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I mean, maybe I deliberately sabotage my
personal relationships because I fear

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losing some professional edge.

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Can I just go back and clarify what I
said about my father?

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When I said he beat the women in his
life, I meant that figuratively.

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He was a strong man who, from an early
age, used intimidation to get results.

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Isn't it time for Mrs. Fields?

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Oh, you know, you're right.

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My goodness, doesn't time just fly by?

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Murphy, the next time we do another
Corky's Place, I hope you can drop by

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visit us again.

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Thank you for sharing your life, your
pleasure, and your pain. Can I go now?

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America, don't you touch that dial.

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Corky's Place will be back with another
exciting guest right after.

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Oh, look, everyone.

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It's our stage manager, John.

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Has everyone met John?

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Come on out here, John.

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Okay.

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I bet you can't wait to have some of
Mrs. Phil's famous chocolate chip

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Well, actually, she's, uh... She's not
here anymore.

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Has she left?

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Yeah, with Gary and Mary Ann.

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Well, I guess if they can't take the
heat, they should just stay out of the

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kitchen.

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That's part of the excitement of live
television, isn't it?

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You just never know what's going to
happen next.

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We'll be back with more Murphy after
this.

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Oh, God.

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Murphy?

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Murphy, honey?

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How you feeling?

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Come on my show.

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We'll have tea.

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We'll chat.

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of the show that were very touching.

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Like that story you told about setting
one of your mother's wigs on fire just

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get her attention.

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I thought I actually saw your eyes well
up.

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Now, listen to me, Phil. I didn't cry.
You got that? She didn't make me cry.

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Yeah, yeah, okay.

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You go outside in the street.

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Get away from me, you little vulture.

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You've already picked the last pieces of
flesh off my carcass. Now why don't you

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just bring me here to rot?

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Murphy, I'm so sorry about what
happened.

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I wish you knew how really, really awful
I feel.

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Great special, Corky. I really loved it.

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Oh, thank you. I had a lot of fun doing
it.

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You know, Corky, I don't know how you
did it, but you single -handedly

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a reputation it took 42 years to build.

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I used to be feared, respected.

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Now, I'm an object of pity.

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That's why I have to kill you, Corky.

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and respect you.

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I did what I thought you would have done
in the same situation.

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For the first time, I asked the tough
questions.

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I didn't back off.

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And I got someone to talk about their
life in a way they'd never done before.

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It's an interview you would have been
proud of.

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I'm right, aren't I, Murphy?

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Well, Corky, as I see it, there are a
couple of ways I can go.

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I can leave the country and try to get a
job at a cable station in one of the

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lesser -known Baltic states.

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Or I can follow the same advice I gave
you.

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I can get up, dust myself off, and keep
on going.

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And I guess that's what I'll do.

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Good for you, Murphy.

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But not before I do this.

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We're even.

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I'll let you know when we're even.

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People say Murphy Brown captured the 90s
zeitgeist. What does that mean to you?

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That means a lot. Look, we tapped into
something. No, no, I'm sorry. The word

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zeitgeist. Do you have any idea what it
means?

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Oh, no, no, no, no.