Ironies about Joe Regalbuto

Of course, he was hissed as the abusive fiancee of Blanche's daughter on "The Golden Girls" which aired towards the end of the season right before he was hired for "Murphy Brown". He was sort of like Murray to Mary Tyler Moore's tougher Murphy with the wise-cracks and all 'round best friend at the station. A year after "Murphy", he played the confidante and best pal to Suzanne Pleshette's Leona Helmsey in the TV movie, somebody Murphy would have socially taken down in real life along with the soon president to be, Mr. Trump.

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