The exploits of a clueless American senator and the eccentric, morally corrupt people who are closest to him.The exploits of a clueless American senator and the eccentric, morally corrupt people who are closest to him.The exploits of a clueless American senator and the eccentric, morally corrupt people who are closest to him.
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- TriviaCasting director Sheila Guthrie recommended that the creators of Frasier (1993) should invent a part for David Hyde Pierce in part because of his physical resemblance to Kelsey Grammer. She left them with tapes of this series, and they were so dazzled by his performance that they devised the role of Niles Crane explicitly for him.
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Sen. William Franklin Powers: Politics is 30 percent hard work, 30 percent persuasion, and 90 percent communication.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Mystery Science Theater 3000: Radar Secret Service (1993)
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In a TV world catering to the lowest common denominator, this show was a giant. It was intelligent humor at its best. While the characters were largely stereotypes and the skits often not original, the delivery was superb. David Hyde Pierce as the mumbling unlikely Congressman was especially wonderful.
I strongly urge Columbia and Sony to make the series available on DVD, I'd buy it and I've never bought a TV show before. Unfortunately, I suspect that the media moguls consider the commercial potential of a re-release in the context of the original shows popularity, so it may be a cold day in hell before "The Powers That Be" are in the store.
Furthermore, in our politically correct world, maybe it's now a violation of the Patriot Act.
I strongly urge Columbia and Sony to make the series available on DVD, I'd buy it and I've never bought a TV show before. Unfortunately, I suspect that the media moguls consider the commercial potential of a re-release in the context of the original shows popularity, so it may be a cold day in hell before "The Powers That Be" are in the store.
Furthermore, in our politically correct world, maybe it's now a violation of the Patriot Act.
- svescapekey
- Dec 19, 2005
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