Episode #423 "Cybill In The Morning"

   Cybill has been hired as a co-host on The Julie Show, a cable talk show. The original star of the show, Julie, is upset about the change, since she has been hosting the show alone for the past three years. Julie does what she can to sabotage Cybill, including gluing her to a director’s chair, and during a segment on scuba gear, replacing her oxygen tank with laughing gas. Cybill puts up with Julie’s transgressions but fears the worst when Julie hires a producer she knows Cybill doesn’t get along with, Charlie Addison. Charlie and Cybill have hated each other for years, ever since he produced a film Cybill was starring in. Cybill thought she’d be playing a woman who saves her family from an approaching tornado. The director had other ideas, thinking the tornado could slowly peel the cloths from Cybill’s body. Cybill balked, then agreed to do the nude scene. As her clothes we re blown away her bottom was exposed. She had written "How Am I Driving?" on it. Fearing he would lose his own job, Charlie sided with the director and Cybill was fired. Se veral years later, though, Cybill and Charlie find that time has turned their hatred into animal attraction. Seeing her plan to hurt Cybill with Charlie backfired, Julie re a l i zes she must learn to deal with Cybill in a professional manner. On her cell phone with Ma ryann, Cybill realizes she must get her best friend to call off the goons she had sent after Julie. She was going to have them slip something into Julie’s tea that would cause her to lose control over her neck on the air. Cybill and Maryann realize with horror that the goon slipped something into the wrong drink. Cybill’s drink. Cybill loses control of her neck on the air and her head falls into a banana cream pie. Meanwhile, Zoey gets another gig as a piano-playing Barbie at a child’s birthday party. She wonders how long it will be before she feels proud of her career. Cybill tells her to hang in there. Zoey’s thrilled when she gets to the birthday part y. The father of one of the children is the Director of the L.A. Conservatory of Music. He asks her to play at his child’s birthday party. Zoey feels hopeful that this will lead to greater things.