Murphy Brown Season 7 Episode 19 It's Miller Time
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00:00hi myles hey corky nice shoes are they new no well on you they look new
00:10say myles i'm going to smithsonian tomorrow night you want to come they're having this
00:18great chair exhibit oh yeah i read about that america sits on it from washington's commode
00:23to norm's barstool sounds like fun how about i pick you up well actually some friends would
00:28be going with us oh okay but we could go along oh friends would be great great hey have you
00:34guys shared your first soda at the mall shop yet or are you waiting until after the big
00:38hayride miles did some male spinster just say something somewhere or was it just my imagination
00:44hey do you think if i get my navel pierced i'll regret it only when i pull it
00:50before we get this party started i just visited with the brass upstairs and well i have a bit
00:58of a bombshell to drop dear lord they're planning the company picnic again aren't they well if they
01:03think i'm going to bob for apples in the tub of water that andy rudy's already had his face in
01:08they're sadly mistaken easy there jimbo actually i have been asked to revamp the network's hip new
01:15magazine show the next wave and before anyone says anything let me just say that fyi has been running
01:21smoothly for a long time you people do your jobs very well and i don't think my split focus will
01:27affect things here at all we're children well i mean it might affect things here a little
01:35no it really won't yes it will i take care of hundreds of things you people aren't even aware
01:40of and that doesn't even count the things i do on show night oh please on show night all you do is
01:44stand at that little wheelie podium thing and do this
01:47i can't believe how blasé you guys are being about sharing miles with another show thank you
01:55i mean when i went off to do the next wave you treated me like i was some kind of leper that's
02:00because when you went on the next wave it stole our time slot now it's up against er
02:04oh okay hey good luck to you look if it'll make you feel any better you're crucial invaluable irreplaceable
02:14thank you but by tuesday we'll have forgotten your name so who uh replaced me as lead anchor here might
02:20be steve croft um no it's not steve paula zon was rumored for a while she's good but it's not her either
02:26so who is it who's replacing frank miller redfield who no way miles would you stop playing the coy geisha
02:37and spit it out already miller redfield okay miller redfield's lead anchor miller redfield they're
02:45replacing me with miller redfield what happened mtv wouldn't let beavis or butthead out of their contract
02:52who's miller redfield oh he's his airhead anchor they tried to put on fyi once last time we saw him
03:00he was doing the weather report with a hand puppet and the amazing thing is when miller spoke you
03:05barely saw the puppet's mouth move oh my god i think i know who you're talking about a blonde charming real
03:14sexy in that dan quayle sort of way you find dan quayle sexy oh my god are you kidding i'd kill for
03:26him to father my child wouldn't you all right guess not guys i had no choice he was already signed and
03:36they gave me free bullets tickets for not making a fuss well i'm sure that'll define consolation when
03:41he mispronounces newt gingrich on your opening broadcast hello everyone long time no see miller hey
03:53everyone it's miller how well speak of the devil okay
04:03he's red he lives in a place called hell and he sometimes goes by the name of saint
04:09is this some sort of network hazing ritual hey man uh congratulations on the new show hey thanks
04:17frank i hope they're no hard feelings hey for what it's worth the gig is a killer they actually had
04:22me watching three hours of this newt gingrich guy babbling about some contact with america hey what's
04:30that all about i've got a uh next wave meeting to get to it is great to have you on board big guy
04:37i really really hope those tickets are center court miles they damn well better be
04:46can't believe you guys are all still here maybe they should rename this show the old wave huh
04:56you're the new kid right you know how i could tell no how i've never seen you before see
05:03that's a reporter's instinct at work give it time you'll develop it too you know miller not that
05:10we haven't missed that dull vacant look in your eyes but with miles and minutes on our own we've
05:14all got a lot to do right guys i'll catch you later guys well happy for your new job miller told you i'd be
05:23back back back for you that was three years ago three years of brutal agony really oh yes every time
05:35one of my thrilling but meaningless sexual encounters where some other woman ended
05:41all i could think about was you
05:42and whether the pickup truck idling out front belonged to her husband
05:50i have to tell you miller i'm not the person you remember i've changed no i i know you know i could
05:58tell immediately you've got bangs now and there's also some highlighting there too am i right hey don't be
06:06embarrassed i do it too actually i was talking about inner changes oh hey i don't need to know about
06:14that internal lady stuff that's between you and your genealogist
06:26i'm not going to deny there wasn't something there between us but this is about your husband still
06:32isn't it no will and i are divorced really that's great i mean that's sad i mean that's great but in
06:41a sad way i mean that's sad but in a great way it's okay miller i think i know what you mean good because
06:50i was losing track what i wanted to say corky is that now that there are no obstacles between us
06:58why we can do whatever we wait a sec do you have kits no dodge that bullet
07:07yeah but you can have them right whoops oh that goes back to that internal ob gb stuff again
07:14gee i guess all roads lead to that place huh
07:20uh corky i'm gonna be taking off early today tell the guys i'll be in around new tomorrow
07:25miles always says here by 10. yep that's a nice piece of history i'll see you if no indeed
07:33miller listen i'm flattered by your interest really i am it's just that there's some other
07:43things in my life right now and i just don't think it's the time for us to get involved again
07:49you're here and i'm here corky and if there's one thing you should know about miller redfield
07:56it's that he is nothing if not persistent he's back and he's not going away
08:10hello again
08:30hey guys so glad you could join us frank what corky said the meeting wasn't starting till 12. that's right
08:3712. not 12 20. but hey it's no biggie in fact why even bother to come into work at all today why not
08:44make today a frank day go home draw yourself a nice bubble bath experiment with a new hair color go
08:52shopping try on a whole bunch of hats it was 20 lousy minutes what do you want my liver now where were we
09:00oh right did anyone see leno last night he swallowed a flower are you sure i couldn't tell if it actually
09:06went in his mouth or just flew away oh yeah it went in but i didn't say come out hey did you guys see
09:11letterman last night the top ten list was there anything on it that helps us with this story meeting
09:17no well then maybe you can share with us later well how come you can talk about leno but i can't
09:21talk about letterman because i was on time oh my god who are you people you look just like the group
09:34from fyi but you're all here working
09:39so how's it going that's my team listen i just dropped by to pick up some tapes but i heard martin
09:45scorsese wants to do the show and i think we should grab him now who can tackle this we can take care of
09:50us miles of course you can what am i doing go on maybe pro you know with miles not here there really
09:58isn't anyone in charge and since i hold the title of managing editor perhaps i should assume that
10:03responsibility well i was once president of the scott bale fan club big deal whatever does have a point
10:10jim i always thought that was more of a ceremonial title you know because you've been here so long and
10:16you're so old and you're so old that we are but suit yourself what chaos mean anarchists
10:24we live in a democracy why can't we work in one one person one vote it's fair it's reasonable
10:30agree now i think one of us should have veto power and i think that person should be me
10:36oh listen to this the sounds of lively and productive debate i love it by now i figured
10:50murphy would have declared herself queen of the bullpen and you'd all be out collecting wood to
10:53build her a throne anyway uh 2020 is preparing a story on welfare close to ours but we can beat them
11:00if we move things up whoa whoa it's late this is crazy but it's a crazy i love miles excuse me
11:08what time do you want to head over to the smithsonian oh god that's tonight corkey i don't think i can
11:14make it um can we rain check into next week no wait that's worse is there anything they're open till
11:19midnight don't worry about it miles it's no big deal go ahead you'll be late you're sure yeah it's okay
11:26oh thanks corkey i'll make it up to you i promise all right all right we can do this i'll rush that
11:32piece on welfare that miles was talking about frank how's your story on pesticides coming it's an
11:37editing great corkey what have you got gump versus pulp showdown at the oscar corral well get along there
11:43little corkey mcgovern i'm doing a story on pbs funding very timely polls show support for public
11:50broadcasting but it continues to be used as a political football jim what about your comment actually
11:55my angle is more like it's a huge strain on taxpayers money and should be privatized
12:01that's not your angle that's your opinion i veto that story
12:05can't do that we haven't voted on it oh he's over pulled or closed now that
12:09now wait a minute i think if miles were here he would love that story i mean who died and made you boss
12:15no one yet
12:16oh excuse me could you tell me where i could find miles silverberg stay in one place long enough and
12:27i'm sure he'll run into you corkey hey
12:37you came to see me i dig that actually i came here to see miles but you're seeing me at the moment and i'm
12:44glad listen i want to apologize for what happened the other day i guess when you're born as good
12:51looking as we are you sometimes forget that you're not always going to get what you want
12:56it's our cross to bear isn't it yeah
13:03anyway i just wanted to say that i've always treasured the memory of what happened between us
13:09and well i guess i got a little too excited when i found out that you were unattached but i respect
13:16your position and i hope that we can be friends i'd be sad if we weren't me too okay then
13:26so you're up and hey nice perfume oh i'm not wearing anything you're not oh hey maybe it's me
13:39yeah it is see jovan musk
13:46catch you later
13:52no no no no no no if he won't go on record we have to find another source okay confirm general
13:57stalker for show night quirky hey thanks for coming down again i am sorry about the museum how was the
14:07exhibit oh it was really great in fact there was so much to see i thought my story just fell through
14:13okay oh sorry cookie i'll be right back just hey crookie what are you doing here oh i just came here to
14:20ask miles son oh i gotta talk to him i'm telling you murphy is driving me nuts with her editing notes you
14:26know she actually insisted i lose a shot of me doing this while i'm listening to someone's sad story
14:32i am sorry but that sympathetic nod happens to be a frank fontana trademark i mean you might as
14:41well tell kim allen to go easy on the power tools it's a million things a minute franco you came down
14:48to visit too thanks wait oh quirky you say disaster with terrorist peace jack valenti just pulled out
14:54what he was a lock damn erica i see i'm not the only one seeking shelter from hurricane slugger
15:03she's cutting my commentary for time i asked her why we couldn't trim some of her rather lengthy
15:08segment on welfare you know what she said informing the public jim always takes precedence over boring
15:13them to death if time is to be lost we should all suffer equally look i don't know my piece is
15:18already cut to the bone oh please lose a half dozen of those self-serving shots of you nodding like a
15:24priest and that's a minute right there can any of you help me ilsa the wicked warden just told me to
15:31cut my story to a minute ten i know i'm new here but how have you guys put up with it for all these years
15:35therapy scotch you know
15:37over the years i've learned that if you just let murphy think she's getting her way she usually
15:45leaves you alone yeah but she is getting her way yeah well i don't care as long as she leaves me alone
15:54miles and i locked in valenti i am telling you i haven't slept in two days reading in three and i am
16:00loving it mcgovern jim hey everybody drop down well uh everybody except murphy but what can you expect
16:08yeah that's what we need to talk to you about my listen to me she is driving us up there you guys
16:13are am i the only person who cares about work or should we all just disappear when we feel like it
16:19this isn't how they built the pyramid so how's it going up there great oh mcgovern i'm glad you're here
16:26listen my story's going a little long so if you could give up both say 10 seconds from your piece
16:31that would be a big help i've got an even better idea maybe during jim's commentary i could do my
16:37piece in sign language and a little oval in the corner of the screen well you're thinking like a team
16:43player before i forget i talked the network into getting us three extra minutes from our lead-in miles
16:51that's great isn't that great guys that'll give us even more time for my welfare
16:57well my cellular at a stoplight while skiding locations for opening credits i hate downtime
17:05i can't leave you guys alone for five minutes okay everybody back to work
17:10what is it whenever you call something unbreakable no one's willing to take your word for it
17:36the thing is on break of all right so far where's miles he's running late but he said
17:45to be here asap great five minutes to air in the show's order hasn't been set yet relax frank
17:50i set the show's order what is it i'm first then you guys oh where's miles i don't have b-roll for
17:57my piece and i can't reach anyone in editing granted the whole segment's only 45 seconds long
18:02but i thought it might interest those viewers who choose not to blink
18:07i can't find the teleprompter man my commentary isn't entered if no one knows the order of the show
18:11we don't know the order of the show i know the order of the show i'm first then frank then corkey
18:17then jim then you now we all know the order of the show okay first welfare then pesticides people
18:23either turn the channel or they'll kill themselves before the first commercial
18:27frank let's hear it okay me first then mcgovern then you then jim then corkey
18:32oh no i'm not going last mcgovern's new she should go last oh that's a good idea we'll flip corkey
18:38with mcgovern forget it you're not cutting my story to bits then burying it i'm first then
18:42corkey then you then frank you forgot my commentary right and jim's commentary last
18:47it ignores two rules of broadcast journalism that fyi always adheres to one leave with your best story
18:56and two will you stop that already it's trouble where do you have the cameras why don't i just put
19:01them where they always go one in front of us and some a little off to the side
19:04all right everybody listen up now despite appearances everything is under control
19:19now you've been coming to me with questions and if you thought just a little bit harder i think
19:24you'd realize you already know the answers to yourself as you people are the best at what you do so
19:29whatever you did last week do this week and anything else that's junk
19:38everybody quiet places people i want camera one here camera two there camera three here
19:45the order is murphy corkey frank jim mcgovern why am i being buried there's no searching for your b-roll
19:51we have to buy time jim don't worry your lines are on the teleprompter no scarf on corkey fix the wobble
19:56in this chair cue theme music lose this and have a great show people
20:06good evening and welcome to fyi for your information
20:14hey murphy do you know where corkey is uh no i haven't seen her oh okay thanks so i thought the
20:20show went well in fact it may turn out to be one of our better ones yeah i was really proud of you guys
20:26and it's great because i found i really enjoyed doing both shows oh that's great you know because
20:30we found we really enjoyed being a little independent yeah really really enjoyed it great
20:37well see you tomorrow miles what we need you excuse me you're gonna make me say it again
20:48fine we need you we almost didn't make it to air tonight everything's in chaos without you and
20:55apparently i don't quite have your people skills
21:02although frankly i don't think that's an excuse to burn me an effigy
21:08it means a lot to hear you say that murphy well you're good miles that's why they wanted you on
21:11the next wave and i'm sure they'll understand when you tell them you have to quit because you have
21:16to focus your attention here oh murphy i wasn't lying when i said i really enjoyed doing both shows
21:21i plan to continue doing them oh oh well that's great that's just wonderful so where the hell does
21:28that leave us we can't survive another week like this one the only reason mcgovern's still alive is
21:33because i couldn't figure out a way to trigger a demeaning me alone in the boiler room murphy don't worry
21:39things will slow down once the next wave is up and running i will be here tomorrow morning 10 a.m
21:46sharp um actually miles we found we were just as effective when we got in at noon well 10 is okay too
21:53although 11 would be you know i gotta hand it to you there were some people who thought you wouldn't
22:00be able to pull this stuff off hmm well to tell you the truth i was one of them but i did it and
22:08it got me thinking if i could pull this off maybe there's some other things i've been avoiding you
22:14know things i could handle if i would just take that chance oh no you're not thinking of learning to
22:20ride a motorcycle again are you no way i still can't grow hair below my knees i was talking about
22:27quirky i've always been afraid that i wouldn't be able to handle both work and a relationship
22:32before but you know what i think i could pull that off too i really think quirky and i might have a
22:37chance miles nancy and sluggo have a chance you guys are just loopy that's what you want and good
22:45luck to you thanks quirky you're still here miles hi yeah um i'm on my way out well listen i'm glad i
22:57caught you because i have been doing a lot of thinking lately and i've realized some things and one
23:06of those things i realized was that i want us to start dating officially like two grown-ups let's go out
23:14right now tonight just the two of us what do you say oh my house gee i i'd love to but um
23:25the thing is i i kind of already made some plans at this hour can't you just you know
23:31corky hey ready to go yeah sorry miles see you tomorrow senior miles
23:49uh you know i'm gonna grab a burger at phil's you want to join me oh um um no no uh that's okay i've got
23:58some things i should really um you know take care of down on the set okay sit yourself
24:09actually murphy
24:12i think i really would like to go grab that burger with you at phil's great my treat
24:28so
24:40so