For its part, the show devoted some levity tothe single-parent issue, with fictional anchor Jimoffering the new mother support.
"Let's look at the bright side," Jim said. "Inthe olden days, a woman bearing a child out ofwedlock would've been stoned to death."
The program did not reserve its attacks forQuayle. Two less successful candidates for federaloffice also drew barbs from the cynical MurphyBrown.
When Brown's baby woke crying in the middle ofthe night, Bergen asked soothingly, "Did you dreamPat Buchanan was hiding under your bed?"
Trying to put the baby to sleep, Brown offereda verbal list of tranquilizers.
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"Warm milk, long car rides, Paul Tsongas," sheintoned.
This article was written using wire servicereports