Today in TV History: 'Murphy Brown' Gets the Attention of the White House - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Brian Damage · 05-19-2010, 09:10 PM

May 19th, 1992 - U.S. Vice President Dan Quayle criticized the CBS sitcom "Murphy Brown" for having its title character decide to bear a child out of wedlock

Furienna · 05-28-2010, 09:43 PM

As a conservative, I still have to say, that Quayle did a huge mistake. He obviously hadn't watched the show, at least not that carefully, or if he would have known, that Murphy hadn't actually planned to become a single mother. Avery was the result of a short fling, and she chose to keep him. So really, if he was to say anything about this, Dan Quayle should have applauded her for not having an abortion. My guess is though, that he thought Murphy had used a sperm donor or something, but still...

ThomasE · 06-07-2010, 01:33 PM

I liked how the show was able to tie in the Dan Quayle clip into the show the following season. Very brilliant.

Furienna · 06-08-2010, 01:28 PM

Yeah, that was brilliantly done.

05-19-2010, 09:10 PM	#1
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06-07-2010, 01:33 PM	#3
ThomasE Member Moderator Forum Star Join Date: Apr 04, 2000 Location: New York, New York, U.S.A. Posts: 10,857	I liked how the show was able to tie in the Dan Quayle clip into the show the following season. Very brilliant.
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05-28-2010, 09:43 PM	#2
Furienna Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Oct 22, 2006 Location: Örnsköldsvik, Sweden Posts: 6,280	As a conservative, I still have to say, that Quayle did a huge mistake. He obviously hadn't watched the show, at least not that carefully, or if he would have known, that Murphy hadn't actually planned to become a single mother. Avery was the result of a short fling, and she chose to keep him. So really, if he was to say anything about this, Dan Quayle should have applauded her for not having an abortion. My guess is though, that he thought Murphy had used a sperm donor or something, but still...

06-08-2010, 01:28 PM	#4
Furienna Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Oct 22, 2006 Location: Örnsköldsvik, Sweden Posts: 6,280	Yeah, that was brilliantly done.