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Old 07-04-2017, 10:03 PM   #1
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Default Kauffman, Crane, and Lear (and Brown and Parker): A Look at THE POWERS THAT BE

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Oh, "The Powers That Be", we hardly knew ye. All very good, but especially Elizabeth Berridge and David Hyde Pierce.
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Oh, "The Powers That Be", we hardly knew ye. All very good, but especially Elizabeth Berridge and David Hyde Pierce.
These 2 stole the show.
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Memorable line from Holland Taylor.

"I would rather have that Roseanne person give me a sponge bath".

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Don't remember the show, but I remember two things about Elizabeth Berridge from The Funhouse.
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The memory's more revealing in The Funhouse.
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I will have to check those er uh that out.
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Such a great show and cancelled far too soon.
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