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Brothers (US) :: Fear of Flying (01x05)

 
Episode Information
 
Title: Fear of Flying
Episode #: 01x05
Original Airdate: Thursday September 06th, 1984
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Episode Crew
Director: Greg Antonacci
Writer: Stu Silver
Greg Antonacci
 
Episode Summary
 
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Joe's friend the governor dies in Joe's restaurant while a snooping report from a tabloid magazine is looking for a "big story."
 
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Guest Stars
 
Guest Stars
Debbie Combs (1)playedStewardess 
Lana ClarksonplayedVanessa 
Paul ProvenzaplayedMan 
Terry KiserplayedBill Mento 
Woody EneyplayedGovernor Ed Manville 
 
Featured Songs
 
ArtistSong TitlePlayed When
DonaldRun for Your Life 
 
Episode Quotes
 
Joe: Why would Cliff suddenly blurt out his sexual preference? Did you ever hear me going around screaming, "Hey, I love long-legged blondes"?
Cliff and Lou: Yeah.
Joe: When?
Cliff: At the victory celebration when you won the championship.
Joe: I was celebrating.
Lou: And the year you lost?
Joe: I needed comfort.
Lou: And during Ghandi....twice.
 
Mento: Look, Joe, you got a story, and I want it.
Cliff: He told you. I'm gay!
Mento: I don't buy it.
Donald: Well, you don't get it for free!
 
Lou: Excuse me, honey, what's the film?
Stewardess: Leave me alone, I've got cramps.
Lou: Oh, geez, another Jill Clayburgh film!
 
Joe: Where did you learn to fly a plane like that?
Donald: I was in the Air Force.
Lou: The United States Air Force?
Donald: No, Mel's Air Force. It's a small outfit in Pasadena.
 
 
Episode Goofs
 
Cliff: Joe, he's naked. He doesn't have any clothes. Right now, he couldn't pass for Jewish.

Cliff never saw the body in Donald's bedroom.
 
Donald: I come home from the Shubert Theatre to find this.

The Shubert Theatre is in New York, not Philadelphia.
 
 
Cultural References
 
Joe: He died? He just died?
Kelly: No. First he said, "Rosebud."

Charles Foster Kane's last word in the film Citizen Kane.
 
Donald: Fasten your seat belts, boys. It going to be a bumpy night.

Bette Davis' memorable quote from All About Eve.
 
Reporter: And who are you?
Donald: Pete Rozelle. How's that for a scoop?

Pete Rozelle was NFL commissioner from 1960 to 1989.
 
Donald: (flying plane) I'm on top of the world, ma!

The line (a paraphrase of "Made it, Ma! Top of the world!") was said by James Cagney in White Heat. It was on the list of AFI's 100 Best Movie Quotes at #18.
 
 
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