MURKY BROWN

MURPHY BROWN
CBS 1988-1998

MURKY BROWN
MAD #289, September 1989
w: Dick DeBartolo
a: Angelo Torres

Barbara Walters and Hugh Downs of 20/20 host an episode that portrays the sitcom about the behind-the scenes look at a fictional news show called FYI hosted by Murphy Brown (Candice Bergen). The main cast was Miles Silverberg (Grant Shaud), Corky Sherwood (Faith Ford), Jim Dial (Charles Kimbrough), and Eldin Bernecky (Robert Pastorelli).

The wooden figure in the foreground of one panel is Charlie McCarthy, character of Candice Bergen's father Edgar.

Phil (Pat Corley) was the owner of Phil's Bar, where many of the scenes in the show took place.

Joe Regalbuto was Frank Fontana.

Here's another of the letters to MAD from celebrities.

SMURPHY BRAWN
Cracked #260, January 1991
w: Vic Bianco (Lou Silverstone)
a: John Severin

A running joke was that there was a different secretary each week.

Mortimer Snerd was another of Edgar Bergen's characters.