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May 2023
1h 26m

Murphy Brown, Dan Quayle and Damage (Ero...

Karina Longworth
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In the early 90s, one of the biggest scripted shows on TV was Murphy Brown, starring 40-something Candice Bergen as a product of the 60s whose high-powered career precluded marriage and family. When the character became a single mother, and was criticized for it by vice president Dan Quayle, a massive conversation about “family values” began that would chang ... Show More
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