A Cowboy Pete Casting Call Kudo to “Desperate Housewives”

One of the fun casting bits on “Desperate Housewives” has been Kathry Joosten as neighborhood busybody Karen McCluskey. Joosten previously was best known as Mrs. Landingham, the formidable Presidential secretary on “West Wing” who met a far-too-soon violent death in a car accident. Eventually she was replaced by Deborah Fiderer, portrayed by the inestimable Lily Tomlin.

So story developments on “Desperate Housewives” have landed Poor Mrs McCluskey in a hëll of a fix, consigned to a hospital’s mental ward as a neighborhood villain has convinced the other residents that Mrs M is having a breakdown. Deciding that she needs reinforcements in the face of such villainy, Mrs. M sends out a call to the toughest woman she knows: Her sister.

Played by Lily Tomlin.

President Bartlett’s two secretaries teamed up. The villain doesn’t stand a chance.

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