Oh, Mack
- Episode aired Dec 12, 1992
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Bill is suspicious of a charming Hollywood mogul who's won over the women in the Powers home.Bill is suspicious of a charming Hollywood mogul who's won over the women in the Powers home.Bill is suspicious of a charming Hollywood mogul who's won over the women in the Powers home.
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- TriviaThe dialog for this episode could easily be a "Who's Who" of Hollywood at the time (1993), with several politicians thrown in for good measure. The Hollywood connection is due to the story being about a man claiming to be a Hollywood agent, whom Senator Powers invites to stay a few days. Aside from Aaron Spelling (who actually appears as himself in one scene), the following are mentioned, some more than once, and often simply by their last (or first) name: Lauren Bacall, Oliver Stone, Cruise (Tom Cruise), Costner (Kevin Costner), Kissinger (Henry Kissinger), Redford (Robert Redford), Streep (Meryl Streep), Jack Nicholson, Streisand (Barbra Streisand), Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Carel Struycken (Theodore has to explain to the Senator that this actor played "Lurch" in The Addams Family (1991)), Charlton Heston, Eastwood (Clint Eastwood), Duke Wayne (John Wayne), Dustin Hoffman, Sharon Stone, Michelle Pfeiffer, Steven Bochco, Warren Beatty, Mr Spielberg (Steven Spielberg), Woody (Woody Allen), Mia (Mia Farrow), Julio Iglesias, Willie Nelson, Paul Newman, and Joanne (Joanne Woodward).
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Sen. William Franklin Powers: Didn't you have a fundraiser out in Hollywood last year, Theodore?
Theodore Van Horne: Oh, mmm, yeah, it was a big one. We had wine *and* cheese.
- ConnectionsReferences The Way We Were (1973)
- SoundtracksThe Powers That Be
Music by Marvin Hamlisch
Lyrics by Alan Bergman & Marilyn Bergman
Performed by Stephen Bishop
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Episode 14 "Oh, Mack" features Aaron Spelling
This episode begins with Bill bringing home a visitor, Mack Novitz (Victor Garber of ALIAS), a wheeler-dealer Hollywood agent who wants to stay a few days, but must wear down Margaret's resistance first. He succeeds by comparing Margaret to Lauren 'Betty' Bacall, then charms Sophie by calling her 'a klutz,' while Caitlyn succumbs when he provides a sympathetic ear to her marital woes. Jordan and Charlotte cannot resist his endless stories either, which leads a jealous Bill to inquire about him with the Hollywood set. It's Aaron Spelling (playing himself) who returns the call, revealing Mack to be a phony leech named Bernie Fishbaum, who spent three weeks posing as an astronaut in his home, leaving him "with a $900 phone bill and a pregnant housekeeper!" It's Theodore who gets the last word when the imposter is revealed: "Hit the road Mack!" Bill also discusses points with Bradley, such as donating his frequent flier miles to the homeless (Bradley: "good idea sir, it's a nice gesture, and flying them around like that would keep them off the streets!"). He also laments that his heroes, like Charlton Heston, Clint Eastwood, and John 'Duke' Wayne, were not liberal Democrats that could work with him, admitting that Dustin Hoffman "looks downright goofy on a horse!" Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Pierce yet again is absent from this episode.
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