ep. #3.23, "Go Girlz", May 1, '96
"enters Ellen's apartment with a smoke exhale, holding a cigarette inserted in a holder. She basically holds it the entire scene during the slumber party episode and not much beyond that"
"Ellen" (1994) | Ellen DeGeneres
ep. #4.22, "The Puppy Episode", Apr. 30, '97
"smoking in bed ... She only took one or two drags and it looked to me like
her concentration on her smoking was only halfway there."
"Ellen" (1994) | Ellen DeGeneres
ep. #5.14, "Escape from L.A.", Jan. 28, '98
"In the opening scene, Ellen lights up an unfiltered cigarette pretending
to smoke to get a hotel room and coughs out an exhale as a result.
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