Murphy Brown Season 6 Episode 5 The Young & The Rest Of Us
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00:00...and hard to get along with.
00:01But the fact is, our audience really responds to him,
00:03and he tested great with the focus groups.
00:05Let me see that.
00:06Look at those results.
00:07They're interested in his choice of stories,
00:09they admire his gutsy style of reporting,
00:11and a surprising number of them want to see him with his shirt off.
00:14Oh, sure.
00:15But how does he test with the men?
00:17Frank, those are the men.
00:20Oh, God.
00:21Miles, what is the meaning of this memo?
00:23The network is taking 20 seconds off my commentary
00:26so they can promote another funny home video special.
00:29I say if you weigh 300 pounds,
00:31you have no business riding your dog in the first place.
00:34Jim, I know this guy reports from Lebanon, Iraq, South Africa.
00:39Now, what do they have in common?
00:42They're all places you can get a great suntan.
00:45That's what these people are responding to.
00:47You send him off to Alaska to one of my pipeline stories,
00:50then take off his shirt so he wants to look at it.
00:52Frank, can you just drop this?
00:53Did you see the latest issue of TV Guide?
00:55It's got that article on the women of primetime news
00:58you suggested I do.
00:59It's a nice picture, huh?
01:00Look, here's Barbara Walters,
01:02Diane Sawyer,
01:03Connie Chung,
01:04Leslie Stull.
01:05Oh, oh, wait a minute.
01:07Who is that peeking out
01:08from behind Maria Shriver's hair?
01:10It's me.
01:11This isn't a publicity shot.
01:12It's a where's Waldo.
01:13I'm going to get my way out of the trash in the pan.
01:16You don't realize that the matter is nothing.
01:18Stop it right now.
01:20Jim, I don't have your 20 seconds.
01:22Murphy, I didn't take the picture.
01:23And Frank, this obsession with another man's chest
01:25is starting to affect your work.
01:28Well, here it is.
01:30Another show night.
01:32Aren't we the luckiest people in the world
01:34to be doing something we love
01:35with people we care about?
01:37Corky, can I see you?
01:38Miles, I see you.
01:39I see you.
01:40I see you.
01:40I see you.
01:41I see you.
01:41I see you.
01:42I see you.
01:43Oh, you guys.
01:48This is so sweet.
01:50Sweet, you're the best.
01:52Every single one of you.
01:54John, Doug, Brian, Leonard, other Doug, Steve, Mitch, Kieran, Kenny, other John.
02:04I can't believe Corky didn't mention her birthday was tomorrow.
02:07I can't believe that guy's name is Kenny.
02:09He gave me the high like five years ago.
02:10I've been calling him George ever since.
02:13She could have had the decency to drop a hint.
02:14Everybody drops hints.
02:16Well, maybe it's not that big a deal to her.
02:18She's two years younger than I am.
02:19That means she's turning 30.
02:20Tell me that's not a big deal.
02:21Okay, at the next commercial, we'll give her a cupcake.
02:24We can't just give her a cupcake.
02:25The crew gave her a cupcake.
02:26We make a lot more money than they do.
02:28We should get her a whole cake.
02:30It's some ice cream.
02:32Neapolitan is always a popular choice.
02:33What is it?
02:34Ice cream, Paul.
02:35We should throw her a party.
02:36That's what we should do.
02:37Oh, how do you know she even wants a party?
02:40Maybe she's comfortable about turning 30.
02:42I know, I don't even remember my 30th birthday.
02:45Of course not.
02:45You were smashed out of your mind.
02:46Okay, but that wasn't because it was my birthday.
02:50Back then, I'd celebrate 4.30.
02:52The point is, just because you people are all morbidly fixated on birthdays doesn't mean...
02:57That's up.
02:57Going live in 5, 4, 3, 2...
03:01Good evening, and welcome to FYI.
03:06For your information tonight, Murphy Brown reports on the 203rd session of the Supreme Court.
03:11Frank Fontana goes undercover exposing fraudulent healthcare clinics.
03:15And Peter Hunt is on assignment in Colombia.
03:17First, some say the American education system is a foundering ship.
03:23Tonight, Corky Sherwood introduces us to three young Americans who are sailing a different schooner.
03:29Corky?
03:30Thank you, Jim.
03:32Tonight, we're proud to have with us this year's recipients of the National Association of Teachers Award for America's Best and Brightest.
03:40Sanjay Kondwala, Susie Ahn, and Kwon Chang.
03:44Your families must be just thrilled about your achievement.
03:50Now, I understand that you're all high school seniors.
03:53How old would that make you exactly?
03:5517.
03:5617.
03:5717.
03:59Well, that is such a special age.
04:02I, myself, was 17 when I was chosen to represent Louisiana in the Junior Miss pageant.
04:07It was the fulfillment of a young girl's dream.
04:11So, what kind of dreams do you have, Susie?
04:14I'd like to study the burgeoning field of recombinant genetics, specifically how it relates to the pathology of neurological diseases.
04:22That's nice, too.
04:23It's just so hard to sit here with all of you and not think about how few years there are between 17 and, oh, 29 or 30.
04:3612 or 13 years, Mr. Lee.
04:40Thank you, Kwon.
04:41You're just a human calculator, aren't you?
04:45So, looking down the road, what would each of you like to be doing when those 12 or 13 years have passed?
04:53I'd like to go to medicine.
04:54I don't want to be a doctor.
04:56All doctors.
04:58Isn't that cute?
05:00But then what?
05:02I would like to follow my father's footsteps and be the second Kondwala to win a Nobel Prize.
05:07Well, that would be a very special and wonderful achievement, Sanjay.
05:13But what about after you win the Nobel Prize?
05:18What then?
05:20You have a Nobel Prize and you're 30.
05:27Do you think that will make you happy?
05:29I'm not sure.
05:32What about you, Kwon?
05:35Susie?
05:36Will you be happy?
05:38I don't know.
05:40I haven't quite thought this through, have you?
05:46Well, it looks like maybe you're going to have to do a little more homework before you're ready for the real world.
05:52Hmm?
05:54Can't hear you, Kwon.
05:55Okay, maybe she does need a party.
06:01I just want to help people.
06:06Okay, so that's three dozen crab puff pastries and 25 servings of lemon duck on arugula?
06:13Great.
06:14All right, so we're going to need that at 1 o'clock.
06:17Today?
06:18Well, okay, if that's pushing it, we can make it 1.30.
06:21Well, they call themselves professional caterers.
06:26It's no wonder our small businesses are failing.
06:28How in heaven's name did we get in this position?
06:31Isn't there someone around here who keeps track of birthdays?
06:34Yeah, Corky.
06:35Cool.
06:36So we're just going to have to pull this together and do it ourselves.
06:39We've had parties without caterers before.
06:41Yeah, but Corky's always thrown them.
06:43I miss Corky.
06:44Frank, is this supposed to be helping?
06:46I think I know what Frank's feeling.
06:48Corky's always been there for us.
06:49Happy, funny little Corky.
06:52Here is our chance to repay her.
06:53A simple acknowledgement of the day she sprang to life.
06:56And we blew it.
06:58We don't deserve Corky.
07:00I'm in the canoe and I'm paddling by myself.
07:03Look, I'm due at the Senate in half an hour.
07:05Frank's got an 11 o'clock with Ralph Nader.
07:07So can we please just focus on showering Corky with love and attention as quickly as possible
07:11so we can all get on with our lives?
07:13Well, I've always thought colorful decorations were the key to a festive party atmosphere.
07:18That and Neapolitan ice cream.
07:21Jim shoots, Jim scores.
07:22I'll handle the decorations.
07:23Wendy, can you fly down to the drugstore, pick up some streamers, banners, you know,
07:27your basic happy birthday assortment?
07:29Okay, decorations are done.
07:31Was that so difficult?
07:32Was that a cake?
07:33A cake, right.
07:33I was going to get to that.
07:41What?
07:41Too much cologne?
07:42Hey, it's Peter, everybody.
07:46Peter's back from Columbia.
07:48Isn't it good to see him?
07:49Welcome back.
07:50Yeah.
07:50Retracting mud.
07:52I missed you guys, too.
07:54I bought you a little souvenir from the Medellin airport.
07:57My Spanish isn't what it used to be, but I think it's either a dried apricot or a human ear.
08:03Neat, huh?
08:05Thank you, Peter.
08:06So, how'd everything go south of the 23rd parallel?
08:09Oh, what's a little dysentery, a few minor snakebites, a strip search at gunpoint,
08:14when you can get a one-on-one with Major Paolo Panero.
08:17You got footage of Panero?
08:21I don't believe this.
08:23Clovey's most notorious drug lord, exclusively on FYI.
08:26Way to bring it home, Peter!
08:28Yeah, well, you know what they say.
08:30You gotta crack the toughest rinds to savor the sweetest fruit.
08:32Oh, true.
08:33Nice turn.
08:39It's amazing, isn't it?
08:41Twelve hours ago, I was sitting in mud drinking coffee out of a roughy tin can.
08:45Now I'm drinking Swiss mocha amaretto out of a Snoopy mug.
08:50How can you people live like this?
08:52Here you go, Petey.
08:53Anything to make you feel more comfortable.
09:01North American, bud.
09:02Just not the same.
09:05Look, I didn't mean to imply that you people live a dull life around here.
09:08You seen me working on something pretty intense when I walked in.
09:11Why don't you bring me up to speed?
09:12What's the topic?
09:16Cake.
09:19Cake.
09:20Yeah, too hot for me.
09:22I'm going back to Columbia.
09:23Yes, yes.
09:25Have your laugh.
09:26But the fact is, it's Corky's birthday, and we're throwing a small celebration
09:30because that's the sort of people we are.
09:32We care about each other.
09:33And we're having Neapolitan ice cream.
09:38Okay, I'm in.
09:39What?
09:39I like Corky.
09:40I get a kick out of her.
09:41And I'm a part of FYI, so I'm in.
09:43Well, how about that, everybody?
09:46Peter wants in.
09:47Isn't that nice?
09:48Let's let him in.
09:48She's our Corky.
09:50Frickling men.
09:52Fine, fine, you're in.
09:54But since we know Corky a little better than you do,
09:56I think you should just stand back and observe.
09:58Now, where were we?
09:59Cake.
10:01Right.
10:02What kind is Corky like?
10:04Chocolate.
10:04Oh, chocolate cake.
10:07Wow, you guys are close.
10:10All right, we'll get back to it.
10:11Any thoughts on a gift?
10:12Something pastel.
10:14Pink.
10:15Look at all the pink stuff she has in her office.
10:16It's like the inside of a bottle of Pepto-Bismol.
10:20I've read something with animals.
10:22She does seem fond of animals.
10:23Okay.
10:24Something pink with an animal motif that she can wear.
10:27That should practically jump off the shelf.
10:31What are you doing if I'm going to do one?
10:32Oh, let me guess.
10:34Dragging Ralph Nader from Neiman Marcus.
10:36All right, Miles.
10:37You take Corky to editing and then bring her down here at one.
10:40Okay, but I'll need some kind of a signal.
10:42I know, I know.
10:43I'll cough three times when we're in the hallway.
10:45Three staccato coughs.
10:50Great.
10:50I'll call Phil and...
10:51Wait a minute, wait a minute.
10:52You weren't listening, were you?
10:53We're in the hallway.
10:54We're in the hallway.
10:56We scream surprise, Corky squeals with delight, and this whole nightmare is over.
11:00Now that has to be it.
11:01Going once.
11:02What about the cake?
11:03Oh, jeez.
11:05Carrot.
11:06Excuse me?
11:06Corky likes carrot cake.
11:07Well, how would you know that?
11:09I'm a reporter.
11:10I notice things.
11:11I've seen her order carrot cake three times at lunch.
11:14Same way I've noticed Jim ordered Jell-O and pudding on alternate days.
11:17Miles asked for his sandwiches with no lettuce.
11:19Frank says he shouldn't order fries and does, and Murphy just steals off of everybody else's plate.
11:23Excuse me.
11:27Lucky guests.
11:31Look at this.
11:33Who would have thought a Halloween sale could provide such a lively decor?
11:35And what a stroke of luck that all three drugstores Wendy went to were out of Happy Birthday in English.
11:43Having it in Spanish adds that international flavor.
11:47I would say festive is a word that's more to the point.
11:51Who are we kidding?
11:53This party's going to be about as festive as an evening with Dr. Kevorkian.
11:56Phil, the man of the hour arrives.
12:02I tell you, Murphy, I did the best I could.
12:06But next time you've got to give me a little more warning.
12:09I'm a chef, not a magician.
12:10But you made it, Phil.
12:11We can always count on you.
12:13In keeping with Corky's Louisiana roots, the burgers are black and Cajun style.
12:18So, they just look burnt to me.
12:21Okay, Murphy.
12:22They're burnt.
12:22You tried cooking 20 extra burgers during the lunch hour.
12:27For crying out loud, my place is so crowded it looks like a Clinton half-brother reunion.
12:34Hey, Phil.
12:35Aren't you going to stay for the party?
12:38No, Frank.
12:39I'm jetting to the Riviera.
12:41It's lunchtime.
12:43Nobody understands the restaurant business.
12:45I was all over town and ready to give up when I struck gold.
12:51I didn't even have a chance to have it wrapped.
12:54What do you think?
12:58It's pink.
12:59It's something she can wear.
13:01And it has this feathery part which looks like it came from an animal.
13:05It's even flame retardant.
13:07Nader liked that.
13:09Here.
13:09Feel it.
13:10Feel it.
13:10You hate it, don't you?
13:15Well, why'd you send me for this in the first place?
13:16You know, it's not like I am known as a shrewd shopper.
13:19The minute you asked me to go, I knew this present was going to be a bust and I was going
13:23to be the one to take the blame for it.
13:25Look, next time, you just send somebody else, okay?
13:29Who decorated this place?
13:30Sylvia Platt?
13:34No, this is the party, huh?
13:36And I chipped in 40 bucks.
13:37You don't mind if I see the receipts, do you?
13:40Okay, the party stinks.
13:42We all know it stinks.
13:44We're busy people.
13:45We did the best we could.
13:46And it stinks.
13:47Thank you, Frank.
13:48But can we all at least get the hide and yell surprise thing right instead of Corky walking
13:52into the world's most depressing, pathetic surprise?
13:59Did no one hear me coughing?
14:00My throat is raw from coughing.
14:03Now, Corky?
14:04I know what you're thinking.
14:06This looks like one lame excuse for a birthday party, and it is.
14:10But I can explain.
14:11You see, oh, no, she's crying.
14:13Oh, Corky, don't do that.
14:14Corky, I know this seems like a bad party, but we've all seen worse.
14:20Why, there was that one where Trunkite walked through a plate glass door.
14:23At least you don't have lacerations about your head and neck.
14:26That's something to be happy about.
14:27Oh, no, it's not the party.
14:31The whole thing is beautiful.
14:33You're the best friends I could ever hope for.
14:37Was Frank in charge of the gift?
14:44They sent me.
14:45It's almost like they wanted me to fail.
14:47It's lovely.
14:51Probably just the kind of thing a woman's supposed to wear when she's 30.
15:01Oh, hey.
15:02Hey, Corky.
15:04I know turning 30 is a tough one.
15:07Suddenly, you're not the wonder kid anymore.
15:10You look around, and people even younger than you are nipping at your heels, right?
15:14No, that's not it.
15:18Well, you're feeling a little more, right?
15:21And you figure if you're alone at 30, you might just be alone for the rest of your life.
15:26No, that's not it either.
15:29Is it perhaps that you realize that you're one year closer to death?
15:35No, but thanks, Jim.
15:39Then what the hell is it?
15:40You've got fame, money, glamour, professional recognition.
15:44What's the damn problem?
15:46That is my problem.
15:48I have too much to show for my life.
15:50I have all of that, and I'm only 30.
15:53What am I supposed to do for the next 50 years?
15:56The best thing that could happen to me now would be if my car plunged over an embankment,
16:01exploding into a fiery inferno,
16:05snuffing out a life that's past its prime.
16:08You know, Corky, about the carpool arrangement, I don't...
16:14If only I paced myself, I wouldn't be so successful yet.
16:23I know that's something the rest of you can't understand.
16:27You were smart.
16:28You waited to be famous until you were old.
16:35Um, Corky, if it'll make you feel any better,
16:39I tasted success at a pretty young age,
16:42and I had some of the same fears you do.
16:45But then look at all I've experienced since then.
16:48You became an alcoholic.
16:51You had to dry out at Betty Ford.
16:54You had an illegitimate child.
16:57I'm looking at my future!
17:04This is why I don't help people.
17:07All right, all right.
17:09Coming through.
17:10May I please...
17:14Corky.
17:16Corky.
17:18You can't remember the last time
17:20something took your breath away, can you?
17:23No.
17:24You stopped feeling that rush you felt
17:26the first time you filed a story,
17:29or took an overseas assignment,
17:31or made it over the wall of a foreign prison.
17:34Uh, let's change that last one to, uh, what?
17:39I once snuck into a Scientology meeting
17:41to get an interview with Tom Cruise.
17:46Close enough.
17:48And you felt that rush of adrenaline, didn't you?
17:52Didn't you?
17:53But now life is just one big,
17:55seen it, done it, lived it.
17:56Am I right?
17:57Oh, yes.
17:59Oh, yes.
18:00Then there's only one thing left to do.
18:03Gin your tie.
18:04What?
18:05Come on, we're wasting time.
18:06Let's go.
18:07Oh, well...
18:08All right, but...
18:09But now,
18:10you just...
18:11Be careful with this.
18:12It was...
18:13It was a gift from Miles.
18:14Yes, well, it's, uh...
18:15It's very nice.
18:17Thanks.
18:18I picked it out.
18:23Of course.
18:24Why didn't I think of that?
18:25There's nothing like a nice game of
18:27pin the tail on the donkey
18:28to yank her out of this
18:29pit of despair.
18:32Come on, Corky.
18:33I'm gonna show you
18:34how to really celebrate
18:35your birthday.
18:36Where are we going?
18:36You're just gonna have to
18:37trust me on this, okay?
18:39You're having cake
18:40and ice cream.
18:42Corky, this is insane.
18:43He blindfolds you,
18:44leads you away
18:45without any explanation,
18:46and you're just gonna
18:47go off with him?
18:48I guess.
18:53You're gonna love this.
18:55Just relax
18:56and bend your knees.
18:57I'll take care of the rest.
19:00Relax, bend my knees.
19:03Relax, bend my knees.
19:06I just have one more question.
19:08Shoot.
19:09Why are we doing this?
19:12Because of what happened
19:14on my 30th birthday.
19:15I was on a routine assignment
19:18flying between Managua
19:19and San Salvador.
19:21One minute I'm sleeping
19:22off some bad tequila,
19:23and the next we're being
19:24strafed by anti-aircraft fire.
19:27Before I know it,
19:28somebody's slapping
19:29a parachute on my back,
19:31shoving me out the hatch
19:32and yelling at me
19:33to count the ten
19:34and pull the cord.
19:36That afternoon,
19:37I came this close to dying.
19:40Thanks for sharing that.
19:42I feel a whole lot better now.
19:46It was also the most
19:47exhilarating experience
19:49of my life.
19:50Look,
19:51two hours ago,
19:53you had no idea
19:54you'd be 10,000 feet up
19:55staring eternity
19:57in the face
19:57with a guy
19:58you barely know.
19:59But that's why
20:00I brought you up here.
20:02To realize that
20:02life's great pleasure
20:04is never knowing
20:05what's around
20:05that next nerve.
20:0720 seconds to jump run.
20:09South Ferry,
20:10last stop.
20:12Everybody out.
20:13Kneel down right there.
20:15There you go.
20:18What?
20:21What if something goes wrong?
20:26Well, think of it this way.
20:28If I'm the last thing
20:29you see on this earth,
20:31you could have done a lot worse.
20:32You ready?
20:34No.
20:34Perfect.
20:35Perfect.
20:51Good morning.
20:53What did you do to have?
20:55You want to make somebody in?
20:56Oh, don't play innocent.
20:58We haven't heard from her
20:59or seen her
20:59since she was here with you.
21:00Good morning, Frank.
21:04No.
21:05It's crippled her.
21:07What's the foot?
21:08What's the foot?
21:09What did you do to her?
21:10Frank,
21:11it wasn't his fault.
21:12I didn't follow instructions.
21:14I kept telling her
21:15to relax and bend her knees,
21:16but she was all tensed up.
21:17I was kidding.
21:22And with all my weight
21:23on top of her,
21:24Peter and I went skydiving.
21:37I landed wrong,
21:38compressing my spine,
21:40spraining the transverse ligament
21:42in my ankle,
21:43and having without a doubt
21:44the best birthday of my life.
21:48It was good for me, too.
21:49You went skydiving?
21:52And it was wonderful.
21:53Peter knew exactly
21:54what I needed
21:55because on his 30th birthday,
21:57he was on a routine assignment
21:59when his plane was strafed
22:00by any aircraft fire,
22:01and he had to parachute out.
22:04Because of Peter,
22:05I will always remember
22:07that life is never knowing
22:10what's around that next curve,
22:12and an ankle is a delicate balance
22:14of tendons and ligaments.
22:16I am so grateful.
22:19Really, really grateful.
22:20Oh.
22:21All right.
22:25Don't worry, Chrissy.
22:30He is not going to hurt you anymore.
22:36Has anyone ever told you
22:37that you have
22:38tremendous upper body strength?
22:40Not that I'm complaining,
22:42it's just that...
22:43Oh, I'm so sorry.
22:45I guess I'm still
22:46a little bit lightheaded.
22:47I don't know whether
22:48it's the painkillers
22:49or the fact that my life
22:52has been deeply
22:52and profoundly changed forever.
22:54Come on, Corky.
22:56What you need
22:57is to just get off your feet
22:59and have a nice cup of tea.
23:02Chamomile.
23:03Oh, chamomile.
23:05My favorite.
23:06I knew that.
23:07Well, what do you know?
23:13The guy with all the answers
23:14actually had the answer.
23:16Well, what can I say?
23:18If there's one thing I know,
23:19it's how to take a woman
23:20screaming to new heights.
23:25Yeah.
23:26Well, I wouldn't brag about it
23:27until you can do it
23:28without a pilot,
23:29a control tower,
23:30and an air-sick bag.
23:31One other thing.
23:38Corky is a vulnerable
23:39and trusting human being.
23:41None of us would take kindly
23:43to someone who might
23:44try to take advantage of that.
23:46I hear you, Sheriff.
23:51Strafed by anti-aircraft fire?
23:54Too much?
23:56I wasn't sure
23:57when I threw that in,
23:58but it seemed to do the trick.
23:59I knew it.
24:00So what did you really do
24:01on your 30th birthday?
24:03Have a few beers
24:03with your buddies,
24:04a pizza with a candle on it?
24:05Actually,
24:06I spent the day
24:07bound and gagged
24:08in the trunk
24:09of a Volkswagen in Beirut
24:10while my captors argued
24:11over which of my fingers
24:12to include in the ransom note.
24:14Well,
24:15at least you've saved
24:16something for Corky's 40th.
24:27The new season's here
24:29The new season's here
24:30The new season's here
24:30going to be
24:31the new season's here
24:31before it starts to не
24:31long away
24:31The new season's here
24:32along with the
24:34danesee
24:35Tuesday.
24:36Tuesday.
24:38It's hot damn damn
24:39Iieroni
24:40my danesee
24:41me
24:42Rosem
24:4416
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