- Nurse Receptionist: A regular Doctor Pygmalion. He works his way through all the new nurses in the building and most of his lady patients, too, if they qualify. Which means if they've got a pulse.
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- Frances Hunt: Kate, I told you, if we don't have an exclusive on that Kevin an Whitney story, I am not interested. And, Phil, I want you to bury Marla and play up Frank. And, George, this new piece on Robin, it's a good start, but... it needs a whole new take. It's anal, it doesn't begin to show the, the pain, the torment behind the comic mask. I want you to pull out all the stops, the sex, the booze, the compulsiveness, the whole deal.