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From: ma@hropus.UUCP (Miguel Abdo)
Newsgroups: net.tv
Subject: Re: Question about MOONLIGHTING background
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Date: Thu, 9-Jan-86 09:19:58 EST
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Posted: Thu Jan  9 09:19:58 1986
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I watched the first run of the show; the  movie  from  which  the
series  was  based.  You seem to have learned a fare amount about
the program on your  own.   However,  I  can  only  provide  some
background.  Addison was, in fact, running the agency on his own;
however, he was supposed to lose money so that it could  be  used
as a tax writeoff.  When Maddie lost all her money, she wanted to
sell the agency, but he convinced her that  he  could  also  make
money,  if  that  is  what  she wanted.  There was some murder, I
don't remember the details, which the  two  of  them  solved  and
therefore she decided to keep the agency.

As to why she didn't go back to modeling, maybe she was too  old.
This  is  just  my  opinion  as to a good scenario, since I don't
recall any mention of it in the show.

What I don't get is how when the  show  first  premiered  halfway
through the 84 season, it seemed to have flopped, and when it was
re-released in 85, it became such a popular show.  From  the  few
shows I have seen this year, they didn't change the format.

Hope I was able to enlighten you.

Miguel