06x22 - The Tip of the Silverberg

Episode transcripts for the TV show "Murphy Brown". Aired: November 14, 1988 – May 18, 1998.*
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06x22 - The Tip of the Silverberg

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♪♪ Because he never,
never does what he should ♪♪

♪♪ Just because he doesn't do
what everybody else does ♪♪

♪♪ That's no reason why ♪♪

♪♪ I can't give him all my love ♪♪

♪♪ He's always good to me ♪♪

♪♪ Good to him I'll try to be ♪♪

♪♪ 'Cause he's not a rebel,
no, no, no ♪♪

♪♪ He's not a rebel,
no, no, no, to me ♪♪

♪♪ Oh ♪♪

♪♪ No, no, no ♪♪

♪♪He's not a rebel,
no, no, no♪♪

♪♪ No, no, no ♪♪

♪♪He's not a rebel,
no, no, no♪♪

♪♪ No, no, no... ♪♪

It's right the, murphy.

How can you
not see something

That's right
in front of you?

Miles, your tie's

In your coffee.

Oh, great. Just great.

This one was my favorite.

How can you tell?

They all look the same

Except this one
has a really big stain

How about : ?

Better make that : .

That will give me time
to run over to brooks brothers

And get a new tie.

Haven't you heard?
They're all out.

The silk worms got so sick

Of churning out
those striped numbers

That they spun little nooses

And hung themselves.

I should take you shopping.

You, murph?

This somehow
amuses you, frank?

The best way
to help miles' look

Is to go with
another guy, like me.

What's wrong
with my look?

Oh, nothing,
if you're tearing tickets

Down at the cineplex.

There's nothing wrong
with sticking with a style.

And sticking with it...

And sticking with it...

You're more conservative
than I am.

You can't
be serious.

Look at
this rose pinstripe.

My socks have flecks of gold.

W, compared to you,
I'm a chorus boy

At the tropicana.

Open your eyes, man.

Don't you worry, miles.

I'll take you
shopping saturday.

I have a few things to pick up--
a purse, a belt

A blouse to go
with ny new red suit.

There's a couple of shoe sales
I want to check out.

This is going
to be so much fun.

Miles:
why does everybody want
to take me shopping?

There is nothing wrong
with brooks brothers.

I even have
my own salesman.

Bert.

Every time he sees me,
it's "hello, mr. Silverberg.

"What can I do for you,
mr. Silverberg?

Are you working out,
mr. Silverberg?"

Oh, yeah, you're hunky.

You need some help.

Since my interview
with oliver north

Was rescheduled
to "not in this lifetime"

I'll take you shopping.

Shop with a woman
who dresses like this?

Do you keep your socks
in thisdrawer?

I'll take you
shopping.

You'll both look
like italian peasants

With shirts buttoned

Up to here.

Gq, babe.
"Hot for spring."

What year, frank? ?

I'm going shopping
by myself.

It's your life.

If you had to choose
me or frank

Who would you pick?

Let go of the door.

You're holding up these people.
Answer the question.

I'd choose frank.

(Making buzzer sound)

Wrong answer, blazer boy.

Hi there, and welcome
to caravaggio.

Yes. He's looking
for a suit]

But you obviously
don't have any.

Let's go.

I have plenty, and I'd be
happy to show them.

My name is tadeus.

I am a big fan.

I'm in love
with that jacket.

Who is this?

Miles silverberg.

Right this way, miles.

Mr. Silverberg.

Miles, you are
about a short?

Regular. Regular.

Bert would have
known that.

Forget bert. Bert's dead.

A wall of wingtips
fell on him.

These suits
are from milano.

They are the spring line
from roberto bragini.

The suits, they come
in wheat grass and mustard

But for your coloring

I recommend eggplant.

I--i--
I don't think so.

Eggplant upsets
my stomach.

Don't you have anything
that looks more like this?

I mean,
what's wrong with this?

That blazer's
cutting you in half

Making you look shorter
than you are.

And those vents--

You might as well
have sign on the back

That says "wide load."

But with this bragini

It would smooth lumps

While lengthening
and enhancing the torso.

What are you saying?

I'm a lumpy troll
with a big butt?

The dressing room
is over here.

I will find you
a different shirt.

Okay, okay.

Maybe it's not
what I would have chosen

But we're here
to experiment.

Go on. Try it on.

I can't believe

I let you rope me
into this.

Here I am--

A successful man
in my thirties.

Suddenly, I'm back shopping
with my nana silverberg.

Oh. Oh, yeah.
That was fun.

She'd take me to saks

And have them bring out
jacket after jacket

Until she found
the perfect one.

And then, when they?
????????? Weren't looking

She'd write down
the style number

Fake heart palpitations

And we'd wind up
on the lower east side

Buying the suit wholesale
out of the trunk of a!car.

Hey, miles?

Right here.

Try this on.

Murphy,
what are you doing?!

Relax. You've got boxers on.

It's not like I can see...
Whoops!

I said I was sorry.

I don't want
to talk about it.

You know,
it wasn't my fault.

You were the one
bouncing around.

I don't want
to talk about it.

Besides, there's really
not that much

To be embarrassed about.

The truth is,
I didn't see that much.

I don't want to...

What is that
supposed to mean?

All I meant was

I didn't see that much
of your...

Shut up!

Well, look who's back.

If it isn't
mr. D mrs. Blackwell.

Where are the bags?

Yeah, didn't you see

Anything interesting?

We saw nothing!

Nothing at all.

What is with you people?

We have work to do.

If this were a beehive

We'd all be sitting around
on our stingers

And nobody would have
any honey.

Buzz, buzz, buzz, buzz,
buzz, buzz, buzz]

Murphy:
I'm just going
to get my notes.

Murphy, could I borrow

Last sunday's
washington post?

There's an article

On value-added taxes that i...

Okay, what's going on
with miles?

What makes you think
something's going on?

He was fine this morning.

Then you
took him shopping

Now he's buzzing

Like a giant bee.

Did something happen
on the way to the store?

On the way? No.

Okay, something happened
at the store.

They didn't decline

His credit card?

That's the most
embarrassing thing.

Oh, I wouldn't say that.

Oh, look, I forgot
to feed macneil.

You know, I think
he's still mad at me

For flushing lehrer
down the toilet.

You're changing the subject.

That means it is something.

I can't.

Why not?

Uh, well, let's just say

It's not something miles
wants out in the open.

She saw me, frank.

She saw me.

She saw me.

Oh! Oh..!

It's not funny.

No, no, no.

Of course not.

So, she saw you.

So what?

"So what?"

Come on, miles.

It's nothing to get
worked up about.

Has she ever seen yours?

Oh, god, no!

Look, you know, really,
I only say that

Because it's murphy

Not because...
I have anything

To be concerned about.

So, so, what are you saying,
that I do?

Because I don't.

I know that.

I mean, I don't know that,
but, you know...

Listen, I'm!sure
you haven't had

Any complaints,
right, man?

Complaints?
I don't think so.

Quite the opposite,
my friend.

Well, there you are.

Nothing to be
embarrassed about.

In fact, could be something
to be proud of, huh?

They've been in there
for a while.

You don't..?

Oh, no.

Definitely not.

Women don't talk
about stuff like that.

Oh, my god!

Shh! Will you keep
your voice down?

Oh, my god.

Then what happened?

I'm not exactly sure.

He let out some kind
of little yelp

And then he bounced
into the wall

And then he tripped
on his pants leg

And fell on the floor.

Poor miles.

So, what did it look like?

Corky!

I'm sorry, but I haven't
seen as many as you.

What am i, a urologist?

Anyway, we shouldn't even
be having this conversation.

You know how insecure

Men are when it comes
to that part of their anatomy.

Wouldn't you be?

It's like going through life

Wearing a slinky.

I will tell you
something else about women.

Freud was right
on the money

About that envy thing.

Mm-hmm, mm-hmm.

Because for a brief moment

I saw a look in her eye

That couldn't be explained
any other way.

Hey, we've all been there.

And that's why
value-added taxes don't work.

Hi, miles.

So, there you are. Ah!

Let's get this meeting started.

Great.

Nope. Not great.

Just what we do.

We have meetings.

And here's jim.

Sorry I'm late, miles.

Hope I didn't
leave you dangling.

(Laughing)

You told her!

How could you tell her?!

Really, murph!

You told frank?

Well, yeah. A guy can tell
another guy.

Tell a guy what?

I can't tell you.

It's embarrassing
to miles.

You said it shouldn't
be embarrassing!

What was I supposed..?

Somebody please tell me
what's happened.

Murphy saw miles's wiener.

Oh, god!

She what?

Corky!
Well, you told me

And miles told frank.

Somebody
had to tell jim.

No, they didn't,
and after six years

Of working together,
you should know

That's precisely
the sort of thing

I want kept from me!

We were in the middle

Of a meeting

And I would like to finish it.

You! Sit!

You! Talk!

We'll start with you, murphy.

Saw your edit on that...
Nato story.

Very informative.

But I want you
to go back into editing.

What? Why?

After looking at it

I'm convinced
your piece is too long.

Corky.

Right here.

I want you to follow up

With that executive
from capitol records

On a possible
beatles reunion concert

Because he might have

A hot tip.

Lead...

He might have a hot lead.

Jim.

Uh-huh?

I read your commentary.

Excellent... Job.

Now, frank...

(All laughing)

What did I say?

Nothing.

I'm sorry, miles.

We'll be good.

No, no, no, no.

All right,
you're right to laugh.

If it had happened
to anybody else

I'd be making jokes too.

Want to go to the movies?

The fly is reopening.

And then free willy
is coming out.

Here's another one.

Knock, knock.

Who's there?

My penis.

This isn't funny at all!

Miles...

Hey.

Oh, hey.

We haven't seen you
all morning.

Come join us.

No thanks.

I'm just getting
something to go.

In fact, I don't have time
for a sandwich.

But before you do
we have to talk

Come on over here
and sit down.

Now, there's something
I want to tell you

And I'm going to tell it
in front of everyone.

It's the story

About a little girl
in the fourth grade.

Bet it was murphy?

It happened during story time.

When the book was passed
to matthew flynn--

This little brat
who always thought

He was smarter than I was.

So when he said the word
"sovereign"

But I think that word
is pronounced "souvenir"

But the word
really was sovereign.

Oh, yes, it was.

And I just wanted to die.

That's it?

There are others
during my drinking days

But how often can you hear

About the evening
at the white house

When I grabbed the microphone
from liza minnelli

And did my own version
of "new york, new york?"

I think the point
murphy's trying to make here

Is that at one time or another

We've all been
deeply embarrassed.

I mean, who here hasn't dropped
a tray in the cafeteria?

Terrible.

Horrible.

Or flooded
a toilet

At someone
else's house?

My biggest fear.

Or lost the inflatable woman

Your friends got you
for your th birthday

Only to find your little sister
floating on it

At the flatbush community pool?

Your turn, corky.

This will help you, miles.

It was the fourth
of july parade in nebo.

I was , and as captain
of the drill team

I got to twirl
the flaming baton.

Well, my first two tosses
were perfect

But on the third toss

I must have given it
a little something extra

Because I waited and waited

And all of a sudden
I smelled smoke.

I turned around to see

The entire
"salute to cotton" float

Completely engulfed in flames.

The embers spread
to uncle sam's pant leg.

Well, you never saw
a man on stilts

Run so fast.

Wow. Burning down your hometown.

We haven't heard from jim.

I was on a plane
to paris in ' .

We were about an hour
into the flight

When I decided to
freshen up.

I securely locked
the lavatory door behind me.

I distinctly remember that.

So you can imagine my surprise
when I brushed up against it

And the door flew open
giving the entire cabin

An unobstructed view
of my... Bare bottom.

You mooned the plane?

I'll never forget
the expressions

In the faces
of the those two elderly women

In the front row.

One of them was...

The other was...

It was the most horrifying
experience of my life.

That's about as embarrassing
as it gets

Wouldn't you say, miles?

I mean...

I guess
about a hundred people

Saw jim's bare bottom,
wouldn't you say, jim?

About a hundred people
saw your bare bottom?

I never really stopped
to count.

Oh, yeah. I think
at least a hundred

And let's not forget
jim is famous

So they probably told
all their friends

And then they told
all their friends

So I'm guessing
a thousand...

No, a couple thousand people
are talking about jim's...

Murphy, jim might still be
a little sensitive

About the whole thing.

Can you blame him?

"Excuse me, stewardess.

I didn't know I was
in the tail section."

Oh, fine.
Go ahead and laugh.

You with your little
floatie girlfriend.

At least
I humiliated myself

In front of strangers.

She did it
in front of her town.

Corky:
oh, well.

Maybe my cheeks were red

But I bet your cheeks
were redder.

I've had
just about enough of this.

I think it's clear,
we're all open

To a little
friendly ribbing.

About these things.

♪♪ Start spreading the news ♪♪

Hey, lay off,
moon-man

It happened years ago,
and I've gotten over it.

No, you haven't.

None of you have.

All you've done

Is prove
that your embarrassing moments

Stay with you
for the rest of your life.

I thought if I could
just get through

The next couple of days

It would be okay,
but it won't!

See, you people don't have
to see the airplane ladies

Or liza minnelli every day

Unless I change jobs.

Maybe there's an opening
at the morning show.

At least paula zahn
hasn't seen me

With my pants down.

Oh, but she's certainly
heard the story.

All right,
this has gone far enough.

Geez, you never knock,
do you?

I know you men think

The world revolves
around your south poles

But what happened
yesterday

Was a silly little incident
between two friends

That was over
in the blink of an eye.

The point
you shouldn't let it affect

Your relationship
to me.

I know I shouldn't,
but it does.

If it were anyone else--
jim or frank or corky

Or ruth bader ginsberg

It wouldn't matter as much

Ruth bader ginsberg?

I have enough problems.

Don't ask me

Where that
came from.

The fact is

You don't realize what you're like.
You are a powerful and intimidating person.

It has taken me a long time

To establish my authority
with you

And now that's gone.

Now your opinion of me
has been diminished...

Or enhanced.

That's not where your authority
comes from.

You're smart. You're creative.

Oh, blah, blah, blah,blah.

It's all just words.

Our balance has been altered

And there is nothing
that can change that.

Well, looks like we have
a real problem here.

Guess there's only one thing
left to do.

What are you doing?

Restoring the balance.

Now, when you say
"restoring the balance," what..?

You're taking off
your shirt.

Well, talking didn't work.

This is how much
our friendship means to me.

I don't know what else to do.

You're taking off
your shirt?!

You are not!

You're bluff...
All right!

You're not bluffing.

Hey, you know...

Suddenly, I feel
a lot better about this.

This authority
and respect thing...

Ooh, it's back.

You don't sound too convinced.

I'm not, but I'm willing
to work on it

Are you sure?

Yes.

Thank god.
I haven't flashed these since woodstock.

I want you to know,
I appreciate the gesture.

Oh, rats.

I dropped a button.

What does it look like?

Oh, it's a little white...

Miles, i...

Oh, dear lord!
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