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* Vicki Lewis ("Beth") on ''[[News Radio]]'' reportedly feuded with Kathy Griffin because of her similar redheaded character on ''[[Suddenly Susan]]''. It is worth noting that Griffin's character, while a complete ripoff of Lewis's from the standpoint of personality, is not actually a secretary. |
* Vicki Lewis ("Beth") on ''[[News Radio]]'' reportedly feuded with Kathy Griffin because of her similar redheaded character on ''[[Suddenly Susan]]''. It is worth noting that Griffin's character, while a complete ripoff of Lewis's from the standpoint of personality, is not actually a secretary. |
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** And Vicki Lewis is actually talented and funny. |
** And Vicki Lewis is actually talented and funny. |
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{{quote|'''Beth:''' Mention that there's a spunky redhead in this office. |
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'''Joe:''' I don't know how to tell you this, but there's a spunky redhead in ''every'' office. |
'''Joe:''' I don't know how to tell you this, but there's a spunky redhead in ''every'' office. |
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'''Beth:''' Tell me about it. }} |
'''Beth:''' Tell me about it. }} |
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** She shouldn't have been so upset about one character being like her character, so much as for most of [[The Nineties]] approximately 80% of the shows on NBC were about [[Follow the Leader|single people working at a media outlet in a big city]]. They all had a character that was exactly like hers. |
** She shouldn't have been so upset about one character being like her character, so much as for most of [[The Nineties]] approximately 80% of the shows on NBC were about [[Follow the Leader|single people working at a media outlet in a big city]]. They all had a character that was exactly like hers. |
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* Whenever Picard adopts the persona of Dixon Hill in the holodeck on ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'', he gets his own [[Sassy Secretary]]. |
* Whenever Picard adopts the persona of Dixon Hill in the holodeck on ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'', he gets his own [[Sassy Secretary]]. |
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* A rare male example: Dennis Finch (David Spade) on ''[[Just Shoot Me]]'' (though he denies being a secretary, at least at first). |
* A rare male example: Dennis Finch (David Spade) on ''[[Just Shoot Me]]'' (though he denies being a secretary, at least at first). |
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{{quote|'''Finch:''' ''(answering phone)'' Blush magazine, underpaid phone monkey speaking.}} |
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** Oddly enough, Russell Dunbar (also Spade) has his own rare male example, Timmy, on ''[[Rules of Engagement]]''. |
** Oddly enough, Russell Dunbar (also Spade) has his own rare male example, Timmy, on ''[[Rules of Engagement]]''. |
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* John Inman in ''[[Take A Letter Mr Jones]]'' |
* John Inman in ''[[Take A Letter Mr Jones]]'' |
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* Eva from ''[[Grim Fandango]]''. |
* Eva from ''[[Grim Fandango]]''. |
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{{quote|'''Manny Calavera:''' It's my boss's secretary, Eva. |
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'''Eva:''' It's my boss's whipping boy, Manny. }} |
'''Eva:''' It's my boss's whipping boy, Manny. }} |
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{{quote|'''Manuel Calavera:''': Any messages for me? |
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'''Eva:''': No, calls stopped coming for you the day you left. They're STILL sending you that lingerie catalog, though. }} |
'''Eva:''': No, calls stopped coming for you the day you left. They're STILL sending you that lingerie catalog, though. }} |
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{{quote|'''Manuel Calavera:''': Busy as ever, I see. |
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'''Eva:''': I'd have more work to do if you had more clients. }} |
'''Eva:''': I'd have more work to do if you had more clients. }} |
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