Special Bulletin (1983 TV Movie)

David Rasche: David McKeeson

Quotes 

• Dr. David McKeeson : Woodley, that's a nice Anglo-Saxon sounding name. I hope it's your own.

• Dr. David McKeeson : I would like to make a statement. I just wanna say how much I love RBS News, and I didn't believe any of those stories of how John Woodley got mad when Susan Myles was made a co-anchorperson... those stories were circulating?... That's not true, John, you didn't get mad, did you? And one more thing... I LOVE this logo with America Under Seige with music in the background... and uh... it just give me chills. Makes me real proud to be a part of this whole thing. It never ceases to amaze me the ability of the news media to trivialize any event of any significance... any meaning... it just, uh, I don't know... What?

  Dr. Bruce Lyman : What are you doing, Dave?

  Dr. David McKeeson : People are talking about us like we're doing some sort of bad thing. A terrible thing. And we are making a statement. We're trying to do a good thing just like John Woodley is trying to do a good thing, and I think we are together on this. Right?

  John Woodley : Well, I think any connection between what Dr. McKeeson is doing and RBS in its attempts cover it is highly remote.

  Dr. David McKeeson : John, you eat us for breakfast and for lunch. You have like an earthquake or a plane crash or something. John... John Woodley. Good Anglo-Saxon name. I hope it's his own. John? John, are you there?

  John Woodley : Yes, Dr. McKeeson.

  Dr. David McKeeson : Does this qualify for gratuitous self-indulgence?

  John Woodley : Well, perhaps, that is in the mind of the beholder, Dr. McKeeson, if you choose to think of it like that.

  Dr. David McKeeson : I made John mad, here now. Don't mean to get John mad. See, I am just trying to improve your rating points.

  John Woodley : You think this is about ratings?

  Dr. David McKeeson : John, okay, John, you tell me. Look, here's what you do... I want you to call up NBC, call up CBS, and get 'em on the line and you tell them there's a story here you don't want to cover anymore. This will show me then. There's a story you don't want to cover. Take Steve out of here. Steve is really doing a great job. And I know if he stayed here, his career would be made with RBS. But if rating points don't mean anything to you, then what I want you to do is cut me off. Just pull the plug. I mean, if you're so righteous, if it doesn't to you that the entire country is turned to RBS for exclusive coverage, we'lljust end it. I mean, NBC would kill its mother for its footage. Any of them would. So, if it doesn't matter to you, fine, then cut it off. I would like to see RBS willingly give up exclusive coverage. This will be interesting. Let's see it... I'm waiting... Well, I guess we all know where we stand, don't we?