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TONIGHT TELEVISION
TAKES A LOOK AT ITSELF.

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WHAT'S
ON THE IDIOT BOX?

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IT'S ONLY AN IDIOT BOX
IF AN IDIOT IS WATCHING IT.

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I'LL TELL YOU ABOUT
THE GOLDEN AGE OF TELEVISION.

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THIS PERIOD IN TIME

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WILL BE LOOKED UPON
AS THE PLATINUM AGE.

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OUR OBLIGATION IS TO ENTERTAIN,

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AND IF WE'VE LEFT SOMETHING TO
THINK ABOUT, SO MUCH THE BETTER.

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KUNTA. KUNTA KINTE.

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TELEVISION SHOULD NOT BE
JUST ENTERTAINMENT.

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CHARGES WERE LEVELED AT THE
COMMERCIAL TELEVISION NETWORK.

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CONGRESS HAS NO RIGHT INTERFERE
WITH THE MEDIA.

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WELL, EXCUSE ME!

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WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY
TO GIVE THE AUDIENCE

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WHAT IT TUNED IN TO SEE.

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THE YEARS OF THE '60s,
WHICH END IN A FEW HOURS,

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HAVE A BAD REPUTATION
THAT IS NOT ENTIRELY JUSTIFIED.

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SOME THINGS GOT WORSE, OBVIOUSLY,

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BUT TV AND OTHER NEWS COVERAGE
IS BETTER, NOT WORSE.

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WE SIMPLY DEVELOPED
MORE DEMANDING STANDARDS.

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WHEN I THINK OF TV,
I THINK OF THE '70s.

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WHAT IS THIS WORLD
COMING TO?

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THE AMERICAN PUBLIC
WAS HUNGRY FOR MORE.

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WHAT WAS ALLOWED
THAT HADN'T BEEN BEFORE?

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IT WAS THE LAST DECADE WHERE
IT WAS A CAMPFIRE TELEVISION,

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WHERE THERE WAS ONE
IN THE LIVING ROOM.

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I WANT TO WATCH AN ALL-BLACK
SHOW FOR A CHANGE.

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WHERE YOU GONNA FIND ONE?HERE'S ONE--

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THE LOS ANGELES LAKERS
AGAINST THE MILWAUKEE BULLS.

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YOUNG PEOPLE WERE
INTERESTED IN RELEVANT THINGS,

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AND SO TELEVISION
BEGAN TO REFLECT THAT.

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THIS IS CBS.

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REALLY IT WAS VERY SIMPLE--
YOU HAD THREE CHANNELS,

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AND PLUS PBS.

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WHEN THE DECADE
TURNED OVER INTO THE '70s,

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TELEVISION WAS VERY RURAL.

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CBS HAD "BEVERLY HILLBILLIES,"
"GREEN ACRES."

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"PETTICOAT JUNCTION" AND THESE
KIND OF RURAL FANTASIES

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OF MAYBERRY AS A--

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THE HILLBILLY SHOWS
WERE EVERYWHERE,
AND THEN THEY WEREN'T.

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FRED SILVERMAN, WHO WAS
RUNNING PROGRAMMING AT CBS,

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SAID WE'RE GONNA GET RID
OF THE SHOWS

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THAT ARE THE MOST HIGHLY RATED,

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AND REPLACE THEM WITH SHOWS
THAT THEY THOUGHT

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WOULD BE MORE APPEALING
TO THAT YOUNGER AUDIENCE.

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THEY CHANGED
THE FACE OF TELEVISION.

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MY NAME IS NORMAN LEAR.

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UNTIL 1971,
HE WAS A VERY SUCCESSFUL,

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IF LARGELY UNHERALDED
PRODUCER/WRITER IN HOLLYWOOD.

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BUT THEN HE BURST UPON
THE PUBLIC CONSCIOUSNESS

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WHEN HE TOOK ON BIGOTRY
WITH HIS "ALL IN THE FAMILY."

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NORMAN LEAR AND BUD YORKIN

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CREATED ABSOLUTELY ICONIC SHOWS.

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THEY REVOLUTIONIZED
NOT ONLY CBS,

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BUT ALL OF AMERICAN TELEVISION.

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OUR WORLD IS COMING
CRUMBLING DOWN.

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THE COONS ARE COMING.

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TO USE LANGUAGE LIKE THAT ON TV
WAS JUST UNHEARD OF,

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BUT IT REALLY CAPTURED
A CERTAIN MOMENT.

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ARCHIE, 12%
OF THE POPULATION IS BLACK.

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THERE SHOULD BE A LOT OF BLACK
FAMILIES LIVING OUT HERE.

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YEAH, THIS IS
ONLY A BEGINNING,

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BUT I THINK IT'S
WONDERFUL.

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WELL, LET'S SEE
HOW WONDERFUL IT IS

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WHEN THE WATERMELON RINDS
COME FLYING OUT THE WINDOW.

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IT SCARED ME
WHEN I FIRST SAW "ALL IN
THE FAMILY" A LITTLE BIT.

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I THOUGHT,
"THEY BETTER BE CAREFUL."

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THERE WAS NO DOUBT IN MY MIND

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THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
WERE GONNA ACCEPT IT.

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DO YOU HAVE A QUICK ANSWER
FOR THE PEOPLE WHO SAY

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THE SHOW REINFORCES BIGOTRY,
AND YOU KNOW THAT CHARGE STARTED

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FROM THE VERY BEGINNING?YES, MY QUICK ANSWER
IS NO.

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EVERYBODY WAS GONNA SEE SOMETHING

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THEY KNEW DAMN WELL
WAS GOING ON,

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AND I THINK THAT'S SURPRISING.

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EDITH,
WE'RE OUT OF TOILET PAPER.

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NO WE'RE NOT.
I BOUGHT SOME YESTERDAY.

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IT'S IN THE CLOSET
IN THE KITCHEN.

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I AIN'T
IN THE KITCHEN.

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OH!

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HEARING A TOILET FLUSH FOR
THE FIRST TIME WAS A BIG DEAL

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AND MADE HEADLINES.

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WHAT'S THIS COUNTRY
COMING TO, ANYHOW?

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WHAT IS IT, ARCHIE?
BAD NEWS?
WHAT ELSE?

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WE GET OUT OF VIETNAM
OR SOMETHING?

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DON'T BE
A WISE GUY, HUH?

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I WASN'T GONNA PLAY AROUND
WITH "MOM DENTED THE CAR,

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NOW HOW ARE WE GONNA KEEP DAD
FROM FINDING OUT ABOUT IT?"

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NOT WHEN I SEE EVERYTHING

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THAT'S GOING AROUND
IN OUR COUNTRY.

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JUST BECAUSE
A GUY IS SENSITIVE,

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A-AND HE'S AN INTELLECTUAL
AND HE WEARS GLASSES,

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YOU MAKE HIM OUT A QUEER.

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I NEVER SAID A GUY
WHO WEARS GLASSES IS A QUEER.

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A GUY WHO WEARS GLASSES
IS A FOUR-EYES.

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A GUY WHO'S A FAG
IS A QUEER.

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"ALL IN THE FAMILY"

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DID SOMETHING REALLY NEW
FOR TELEVISION.

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IT PUT BEFORE
THE AMERICAN PUBLIC

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ARCHIE'S FRIEND,
WHO WAS VERY MASCULINE,

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AND WHO HAPPENED TO BE GAY.

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HOW LONG YOU KNOWN ME?
10, 12 YEARS?

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YEAH.

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IN ALL THAT TIME,
DID I EVER MENTION A WOMAN?

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OH, COME ON, STEVE.

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NIXON OBJECTING TO THE SHOW--
THAT WAS A BADGE OF HONOR.

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AND IT WAS REALLY CULTURALLY
ON POINT EVERY TIME.

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FOR A SITCOM--
THAT WAS UNHEARD OF.

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1, 2, 3.

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I WANTED TO DO AN EPISODE

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WHERE SOMEBODY COULD GIVE ARCHIE
WHAT HE EARNED.

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SHUT UP, ALL OF YOU!
SHH.

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WE CREATED A CHARACTER

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THAT COULD REALLY
LET HIM HAVE IT.

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MAUDE!

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I'M ONLY HERE
BECAUSE OF EDITH.

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THE FACT THAT YOU HAPPEN TO BE
HERE WITH HER

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IS BEYOND MY CONTROL...

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LIKE ANY OTHER
FREAK OF NATURE.

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BEFORE THAT SHOW
WAS OFF THE AIR,

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FRED SILVERMAN WAS
ON THE TELEPHONE WITH ME

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SAYING, "THERE'S A SHOW
IN THAT WOMAN."

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HELLO?
NO, THIS IS NOT MR. FINDLAY.

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IT'S MRS. FINDLAY.

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YEAH, MR. FINDLAY
HAS A MUCH HIGHER VOICE.

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NOW, GET YOUR COAT
AND COME ON.

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WHAT MAKES YOU THINK

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YOU CAN ORDER ME AROUND
LIKE THAT, HENRY?

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YOU'RE MY WIFE.
THAT GIVES ME THE RIGHT.

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WHEN HE SAYS "WIFE,"
HE MEANS POSSESSION.

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SO WHAT, MAUDE?
YOU'VE TOLD ME A HUNDRED TIMES

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YOU WANT
TO FEEL POSSESSED.

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WALTER FINDLAY, I NEVER
SAID THAT STANDING UP,

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AND YOU KNOW IT.

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NORMAN LEAR AND BUD YORKIN

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REALLY TURNED THE SPIN-OFF
SERIES INTO AN ART FORM.

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NORMAN LEAR HATES TO HEAR
IT CALLED "THE LEAR FACTORY."

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ALL HIS SERIES COME OUT
OF THIS BUILDING,

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ALLOWING LEAR TO MOVE FROM
SHOW TO SHOW LIKE A DERVISH.

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"GOOD TIMES" WAS LIKE,
"HOLY SMOKES,

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THERE'S BLACK PEOPLE ON TV."

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THERE HAD NEVER BEEN
A COMPLETE BLACK FAMILY

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ON TV BEFORE WITH THE FATHER.

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WHAT MADE IT
SO UNIQUE AND UNIVERSAL

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WAS THAT WE HAVE THE SAME
PROBLEMS IN OUR HOUSEHOLD,

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AND WE DO NOT LIVE
IN THE PROJECTS IN CHICAGO.

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DY-NO-MITE!

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YOU WANT TO WORRY YOUR HEAD
ABOUT NOTHING, GO ON AND DO IT.

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BUT WE GOT $32
IN THE SHOEBOX,

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AND I GOT ANOTHER $6
RIGHT HERE IN MY POCKET.

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YOU WORKED ALL NIGHT,
AND ALL THEY PAID YOU WAS $6?

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THERE WERE A LOT OF FOLKS WHO
WERE NOT HAPPY WITH THE SHOW.

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THE BLACK PANTHERS
WERE VERY UPSET.

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WHEN HUEY NEWTON CAME TO SEE ME,

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THE BIG COMPLAINT WAS,
"WHY CAN'T WE SEE A BLACK MAN

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THAT'S DOING BETTER THAN THAT?"

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"THE JEFFERSONS" STARTED
AS NEIGHBORS OF ARCHIE BUNKER.

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DON'T CALL ME HONKY!

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OH! WHY YOU SO SENSITIVE
ALL OF A SUDDEN?

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HOW WOULD YOU LIKE IT
IF I CALLED YOU "NIGGER"?

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HE CALLED ME "NIGGER."

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THAT'S NO WORSE
THAN "HONKY."

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YOU'RE RIGHT.

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NOTHING'S WORSE THAN HONKY
EXCEPT BEING MARRIED TO ONE.

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NORMAN LEAR SET THE STAGE
FOR OTHER SHOWS IN THE '70s

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THAT JUST BROUGHT GRAVITAS
TO TELEVISION.

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WHAT ARE
YOU STARING AT?

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I WAS JUST THINKING,

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I'D BRING MY NEIGHBOR'S KIDS
OVER HERE.

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THIS PLACE IS BETTER
THAN THE ZOO.

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ON SATURDAY NIGHTS,

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THE CBS LINEUP IN THE EARLY '70s
WAS AMAZING.

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8:00-- "ALL IN THE FAMILY,"

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8:30-- "M-A-S-H,"

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9:00--
"THE MARY TYLER MOORE SHOW."

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YOU HAD
THE "THE BOB NEWHART SHOW."

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AND IT ENDED WITH
"THE CAROL BURNETT VARIETY SHOW"

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AT 10:00.

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THEY USED TO CALL IT
MURDERERS' ROW.

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PEOPLE HAD NO DVRs,
THEY HAD NO VHS,

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THEY HAD NOTHING WITH INITIALS,

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SO PEOPLE WOULD STAY HOME
ON SATURDAY NIGHTS.

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THEY WOULDN'T GO TO THE MOVIES.

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THEY WOULDN'T GO TO RESTAURANTS.

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THAT MAY BE THE BEST NIGHT
OF TELEVISION

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IN ALL OF TELEVISION HISTORY.

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MARY TYLER MOORE
WAS A SINGLE WOMAN

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WORKING AS AN ASSOCIATE PRODUCER
ON A NIGHTLY TV SHOW.

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YOU KNOW WHAT?
YOU GOT SPUNK.

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I HATE SPUNK!WELL, YES.

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THERE WERE A LOT OF YOUNG WOMEN
ENTERING THE WORKPLACE THEN,

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AND FOR SOME OF THEM,

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MARY TYLER MOORE
WAS LIKE A PORT OF ENTRY.

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I'M DOING AS GOOD A JOB
AS HE DID.

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BETTER.

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BETTER.

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AND I'M BEING PAID LESS
THAN HE WAS BECAUSE...

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YOU'RE A WOMAN.

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THE TELEVISION FEMALE
COULD BE A HERO.

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SHE COULD BE THE MAIN EVENT.

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READ IT?

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ALL RIGHT.

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OUT LOUD!

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THE FIRST SCRIPT WRITTEN
ALLAN BURNS AND JIM BROOKS

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HAD MARY COMING
TO MINNEAPOLIS DIVORCED,

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AND, OH, VERY QUICKLY CBS SAYS,
"NO, NO, NO, NO."

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AT THE BEGINNING OF THE DECADE,

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DIVORCE WAS CONSIDERED
SOMEWHAT SCANDALOUS.

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SHE WENT ON DATES
WITH A LOT OF GUYS,

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BUT THE GUYS
WEREN'T REALLY IMPORTANT.

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WE SEEMED TO BE HITTING IT OFF,
AND I JUST THOUGHT--

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YOU JUST THOUGHT.

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SHE'S NOT OBSESSED
WITH FINDING A HUSBAND.

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DON'T FORGET
TO TAKE YOUR PILL.

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I WON'T.I WON.

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THIS WAS ABOUT PEOPLE
COPING WITH ONE ANOTHER,

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AND THE WORKPLACE
WAS LIKE A FAMILY.

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I TOLD TED TO CLOSE
WITH THE COPY FOR SUE ANN.

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OH, MY GOD.

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WHAT'S WRONG?

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I TOLD THE PROJECTIONIST
IT WAS THE OTHER WAY AROUND.

222
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OH, MY GOD.

223
00:10:42,034 --> 00:10:45,448
LOCAL PIG FARMERS SERVED NOTICE
TODAY THAT RISING CORN PRICES

224
00:10:45,551 --> 00:10:48,758
ARE FORCING THEM TO FIND OTHER
MEANS TO FEED THEIR STOCK.

225
00:10:48,862 --> 00:10:51,827
HERE'S ONE PIG
THAT DOESN'T SEEM TO NOTICE.

226
00:10:51,931 --> 00:10:53,931
JUST LOOK AT HER GOBBLE UP
THAT SLOP.

227
00:10:54,034 --> 00:10:57,137
STARTING TOMORROW, WE'LL BE
PRESENTING A NEW FEATURE ON WJM,

228
00:10:57,241 --> 00:10:59,310
"DINING OUT
WITH SUE ANN NIVENS."

229
00:11:00,793 --> 00:11:02,310
ONCE JIM BROOKS SAID TO ME,

230
00:11:02,413 --> 00:11:06,482
"I KNOW THERE'S A WORLD
OF COMEDY IN MY WIFE'S PURSE.

231
00:11:06,586 --> 00:11:08,000
I JUST CAN'T ACCESS IT."

232
00:11:08,103 --> 00:11:10,758
WE'VE GOT TO FIND SOME FEMALE
WRITERS FOR THIS SHOW.

233
00:11:10,862 --> 00:11:12,344
DID YOU CRASH
THE MEN'S ROOM?

234
00:11:12,448 --> 00:11:16,241
OF COURSE NOT.
I WENT AS SOMEBODY'S GUEST.

235
00:11:17,482 --> 00:11:19,310
WHY DO YOU THINK
IT'S SUCH A WINNER?

236
00:11:19,413 --> 00:11:21,413
I THINK BECAUSE
OF THE CASTING,

237
00:11:21,517 --> 00:11:23,827
AND I THINK BECAUSE
OF THE WRITING.

238
00:11:23,931 --> 00:11:26,206
THEY DON'T SACRIFICE
THE CHARACTER

239
00:11:26,310 --> 00:11:28,137
FOR THE SAKE
OF A GOOD JOKE.

240
00:11:28,241 --> 00:11:30,724
THAT EFFORT TO KEEP
THE FEMALE SENSIBILITY

241
00:11:30,827 --> 00:11:32,965
IS WHAT MADE IT
AUTHENTIC AND GOOD.

242
00:11:33,068 --> 00:11:36,068
PEOPLE WOULD SAY, "YOU'RE JUST
LIKE ME AND MY GIRLFRIENDS."

243
00:11:36,172 --> 00:11:39,206
HOW CAN YOU GORGE YOURSELF
LIKE THAT AND STAY SO SKINNY?

244
00:11:39,310 --> 00:11:40,655
I'M GOING CRAZY
WITH HUNGER.

245
00:11:40,758 --> 00:11:41,793
WELL, EAT SOMETHING.

246
00:11:41,896 --> 00:11:45,137
I CAN'T. I GOTTA LOSE
10 POUNDS BY 8:30.

247
00:11:45,241 --> 00:11:48,310
FREDDIE SILVERMAN,
HEAD OF THE NETWORK AT THE TIME,

248
00:11:48,413 --> 00:11:51,137
SAID, "VALERIE, LISTEN,
I'M GOING TO SPIN YOU OFF,

249
00:11:51,241 --> 00:11:53,103
AND I THOUGHT,
"OH, MY GOD, I'M FIRED,"

250
00:11:53,206 --> 00:11:57,620
BECAUSE SPIN-OFF IS A TERM
THAT WAS ORIGINATED IN THE '70s.

251
00:11:57,724 --> 00:11:59,344
IF WE'RE GONNA START
LIVING TOGETHER,

252
00:11:59,448 --> 00:12:01,241
WE GOTTA TELL
EACH OTHER EVERYTHING.

253
00:12:01,344 --> 00:12:03,862
OKAY, JOE,
I WANT TO BE MARRIED.

254
00:12:05,896 --> 00:12:11,448
RHODA AND JOE'S WEDDING
BECAME A HUGE NATIONAL EVENT.

255
00:12:11,551 --> 00:12:14,862
52 MILLION PEOPLE
TUNED IN TO SEE THAT.

256
00:12:14,965 --> 00:12:16,689
SUDDENLY RHODA'S
IN A HAPPY RELATIONSHIP,

257
00:12:16,793 --> 00:12:18,620
AND THEY DIDN'T KNOW
WHAT TO DO WITH THAT.

258
00:12:18,724 --> 00:12:20,482
THEN THEY HAD TO HAVE HER
GET DIVORCED

259
00:12:20,586 --> 00:12:21,965
TO TRY TO REBOOT THE SHOW.

260
00:12:22,068 --> 00:12:23,586
WHY DID YOU MARRY ME?
JUST ANSWER ME THAT.

261
00:12:23,689 --> 00:12:25,241
WHY DID YOU MARRY ME?YOU MADE ME MARRY YOU.

262
00:12:25,344 --> 00:12:26,724
I FEEL SO FUNNY.

263
00:12:26,827 --> 00:12:28,758
JUST A MATTER OF TRUST.

264
00:12:30,413 --> 00:12:32,068
OH, SHE'S NOT
GONNA DO IT.

265
00:12:32,172 --> 00:12:33,827
BUT, DOC,
WHERE DOES THAT LEAVE US,

266
00:12:33,931 --> 00:12:35,379
AND WHERE DO WE GO
FROM HERE?

267
00:12:35,482 --> 00:12:38,827
THAT, WE'LL HAVE TO DISCUSS
IN FUTURE SESSIONS.

268
00:12:38,931 --> 00:12:41,896
THE '70s ALSO HAD THIS
THERAPEUTIC OVERLAY.

269
00:12:42,000 --> 00:12:43,103
HI, BOB!

270
00:12:43,206 --> 00:12:43,724
OH, HI, BOB.

271
00:12:43,827 --> 00:12:44,379
HI, BOB!

272
00:12:44,482 --> 00:12:45,413
HELLO?

273
00:12:46,620 --> 00:12:48,793
WE DECIDED TO MAKE HIM
A PSYCHOLOGIST.

274
00:12:48,896 --> 00:12:51,655
YOU SEEMED TO HAVE RUN OUT
OF THINGS TO SAY.

275
00:12:51,758 --> 00:12:53,275
WHY DON'T WE PRAY?

276
00:12:53,379 --> 00:12:55,413
YEAH, LET'S PRAY
FOR THE END OF THIS SESSION.

277
00:12:55,517 --> 00:12:58,034
I DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING
ABOUT THERAPY PRIOR TO THAT.

278
00:12:58,137 --> 00:13:00,758
I'M FROM
THE PLANET BLOTHAR.

279
00:13:02,793 --> 00:13:05,379
IT'S IN THE GALDOU GALAXY.

280
00:13:07,344 --> 00:13:10,862
HOW-- HOW LONG ARE YOU
GOING TO BE IN TOWN?

281
00:13:10,965 --> 00:13:13,551
I DIDN'T WANT TO DO A SHOW
WHERE WE HAD CHILDREN.

282
00:13:13,655 --> 00:13:15,379
I DIDN'T WANT TO BE
THE DUMB DAD.

283
00:13:15,482 --> 00:13:17,379
SIT, WHITEY.

284
00:13:20,862 --> 00:13:22,724
HOWARD, I DON'T CARE
WHERE WE EAT.

285
00:13:22,827 --> 00:13:24,931
I JUST DON'T WANT TO
MAKE ANY MORE DECISIONS.

286
00:13:27,620 --> 00:13:30,620
PEOPLE WILL SAY, "GEE, MY DAD
AND I USED TO WATCH THIS SHOW,

287
00:13:30,724 --> 00:13:31,931
AND IT WAS GREAT."

288
00:13:32,034 --> 00:13:35,000
AND THEN YOU REALIZE
YOU'RE PART OF PEOPLE'S LIVES.

289
00:13:36,620 --> 00:13:39,862
THE '70s WAS THE ERA WHERE
A CERTAIN ARTISTRY DEVELOPED.

290
00:13:39,965 --> 00:13:42,000
"M-A-S-H" REALLY CHANGED

291
00:13:42,103 --> 00:13:45,172
MANY PEOPLE'S PERCEPTION
OF WHAT A SITCOM <i>CAN</i> BE.

292
00:13:45,275 --> 00:13:47,103
A SITCOM COULD BE CINEMATIC.

293
00:13:48,000 --> 00:13:50,517
"M-A-S-H" WAS SHOT LIKE A MOVIE,

294
00:13:50,620 --> 00:13:52,655
AND "M-A-S-H" WAS MAYBE

295
00:13:52,758 --> 00:13:56,793
THE SINGLE MOST UNIQUE
SITUATION COMEDY EVER.

296
00:13:56,896 --> 00:14:00,413
I HAVE A HEADACHE,
A TREMENDOUS HEADACHE.

297
00:14:00,517 --> 00:14:03,344
IT GOES ALL THE WAY DOWN
TO MY WAIST.

298
00:14:03,448 --> 00:14:06,000
THE TELEVISION SERIES "M-A-S-H"
HAD ONE THING THE MOVIE,

299
00:14:06,103 --> 00:14:07,896
IN MY ESTIMATION, DID NOT,
WHICH WAS HEART.

300
00:14:08,000 --> 00:14:10,689
THERE ARE CERTAIN RULES
ABOUT A WAR,

301
00:14:10,793 --> 00:14:13,103
AND RULE NUMBER ONE
IS YOUNG MEN DIE.

302
00:14:13,206 --> 00:14:16,827
RULE NUMBER TWO IS DOCTORS
CAN'T CHANGE RULE NUMBER ONE.

303
00:14:16,931 --> 00:14:18,931
IT WAS ABOUT KOREA,
BUT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT

304
00:14:19,034 --> 00:14:20,413
AND DOING THINGS
THAT HAD TO DO WITH VIETNAM,

305
00:14:20,517 --> 00:14:21,241
AND EVERYBODY KNEW IT.

306
00:14:21,344 --> 00:14:23,034
ROLLING. ACTION.

307
00:14:23,137 --> 00:14:24,620
WAR ISN'T HELL.

308
00:14:24,724 --> 00:14:25,931
WAR IS WAR, AND HELL IS HELL,

309
00:14:26,034 --> 00:14:28,034
AND OF THE TWO,
WAR IS A LOT WORSE.

310
00:14:28,137 --> 00:14:31,931
WE HAD 30 MILLION PEOPLE A WEEK
WATCHING "M-A-S-H."

311
00:14:32,034 --> 00:14:34,103
HAVE YOU EVER REALLY
CONSIDERED THE FOOT?

312
00:14:34,206 --> 00:14:35,896
YEAH, BUT I PREFER GIRLS.

313
00:14:36,000 --> 00:14:38,310
BETTER NOT BUMP INTO HENRY
AND THAT GENERAL.

314
00:14:38,413 --> 00:14:41,000
I INTEND ONLY TO
BUMP INTO NURSE BAKER,

315
00:14:41,103 --> 00:14:42,655
REPEATEDLY IF POSSIBLE.

316
00:14:42,758 --> 00:14:44,586
PROGRAM AND PRACTICES--
THESE WERE PEOPLE

317
00:14:44,689 --> 00:14:46,793
WHO WOULD GO THROUGH THE SCRIPTS
AND SAY,

318
00:14:46,896 --> 00:14:48,068
"YOU CAN'T USE THIS WORD."

319
00:14:48,172 --> 00:14:51,172
WE FELT LIKE WE WERE
IN THE MIDST OF A BATTLE.

320
00:14:51,275 --> 00:14:53,517
THIS IS FREEDOM OF SPEECH.

321
00:14:53,620 --> 00:14:56,206
AT THE SENATE HEARINGS
ON TELEVISION VIOLENCE TODAY,

322
00:14:56,310 --> 00:14:57,586
STRONG CHARGES WERE LEVELED

323
00:14:57,689 --> 00:14:59,551
AT THE COMMERCIAL
TELEVISION NETWORKS.

324
00:14:59,655 --> 00:15:02,655
THE BROADCASTING INDUSTRY
NOW STANDS CHARGED

325
00:15:02,758 --> 00:15:05,827
WITH HAVING MOLESTED THE MINDS
OF OUR NATION'S CHILDREN

326
00:15:05,931 --> 00:15:07,965
TO SERVE THE CAUSE
OF CORPORATE PROFIT.

327
00:15:08,068 --> 00:15:10,793
THE FAMILY HOUR WAS ESTABLISHED
BY THE THREE NETWORKS

328
00:15:10,896 --> 00:15:13,137
AND THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

329
00:15:13,241 --> 00:15:16,275
IN RESPONSE TO COMPLAINTS
OF TOO MUCH SEX AND VIOLENCE

330
00:15:16,379 --> 00:15:17,517
ON EARLY-EVENING TELEVISION.

331
00:15:17,620 --> 00:15:18,896
THE FAMILY HOUR,

332
00:15:19,000 --> 00:15:20,758
THE TWO HOURS
FROM 7:00 TO 9:00 P.M.,

333
00:15:20,862 --> 00:15:22,793
DURING WHICH PARENTS
AND CHILDREN

334
00:15:22,896 --> 00:15:24,862
ARE SUPPOSED TO BE ABLE
TO WATCH TELEVISION

335
00:15:24,965 --> 00:15:27,275
WITHOUT BEING MADE TO FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE.

336
00:15:28,931 --> 00:15:31,310
SO IT JUST SEEMED
ALTOGETHER UNFAIR,

337
00:15:31,413 --> 00:15:33,137
AND WE SUED.

338
00:15:33,241 --> 00:15:36,379
FAMILY HOUR IS UNDER ATTACK
FROM SOME PRODUCERS, UNIONS,

339
00:15:36,482 --> 00:15:38,655
AND OTHERS
IN THE TELEVISION INDUSTRY.

340
00:15:38,758 --> 00:15:40,965
THEY HAVE FILED A LAWSUIT
TO HAVE IT ABOLISHED.

341
00:15:41,068 --> 00:15:43,517
AS THOSE SCHEDULED
TO TESTIFY ARRIVE,

342
00:15:43,620 --> 00:15:45,344
LIKE GRANT TINKER
AND ALLAN BURNS

343
00:15:45,448 --> 00:15:47,068
OF MARY TYLER MOORE ENTERPRISES,

344
00:15:47,172 --> 00:15:49,793
THEY PASS THROUGH A PICKET LINE
PROTESTING THE HEARING.

345
00:15:49,896 --> 00:15:52,689
CONGRESS HAS NO RIGHT WHATSOEVER

346
00:15:52,793 --> 00:15:55,275
TO INTERFERE IN THE CONTENT
OF THE MEDIA.

347
00:15:55,379 --> 00:15:57,034
IF YOU CAN CENSOR A JOKE TODAY,

348
00:15:57,137 --> 00:16:00,482
THEN TOMORROW YOU CAN CENSOR
THE EXPRESSION OF ANY THOUGHT

349
00:16:00,586 --> 00:16:02,517
IF YOU CAN CENSOR A JOKE.

350
00:16:02,620 --> 00:16:04,517
IT JUST BECOMES EASIER
THE NEXT DAY.

351
00:16:04,620 --> 00:16:06,517
A FEDERAL JUDGE IN LOS ANGELES

352
00:16:06,620 --> 00:16:08,344
RULED THE SO-CALLED
"FAMILY HOUR"

353
00:16:08,448 --> 00:16:10,448
ON TELEVISION
FROM 7:00 TO 9:00 P.M.

354
00:16:10,551 --> 00:16:12,068
WAS UNCONSTITUTIONAL,

355
00:16:12,172 --> 00:16:14,379
A VIOLATION
OF THE FIRST AMENDMENT GUARANTEE

356
00:16:14,482 --> 00:16:16,137
OF FREE SPEECH.

357
00:16:16,241 --> 00:16:19,862
THE FIRST AMENDMENT WAS UPHELD
IN A MOST IMPORTANT DECISION,

358
00:16:19,965 --> 00:16:23,103
AND IT'S REALLY, TRULY A VICTORY
FOR EVERYBODY.

359
00:16:33,344 --> 00:16:35,482
<i>"THE ROOKIES"
WILL NOT BE SEEN TONIGHT</i>

360
00:16:35,586 --> 00:16:38,620
<i>SO THAT WE MAY BRING YOU
THE FOLLOWING SPECIAL PROGRAM.</i>

361
00:16:38,724 --> 00:16:41,206
TONIGHT TELEVISION
TAKES A LOOK AT ITSELF.

362
00:16:41,310 --> 00:16:43,896
WE ARE LOOKING AT WHAT YOU WATCH
MOST OF THE TIME,

363
00:16:44,000 --> 00:16:46,517
ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMMING ON
THE THREE COMMERCIAL NETWORKS.

364
00:16:46,620 --> 00:16:48,827
WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT,
AND IS IT GOOD FOR YOU?

365
00:16:48,931 --> 00:16:51,586
SOMEWHERE AROUND
THE MIDDLE OR LATE '70s,

366
00:16:51,689 --> 00:16:53,862
IT'S LIKE PEOPLE GOT TIRED
OF TALKING ABOUT REAL STUFF.

367
00:16:53,965 --> 00:16:55,517
WELL, IF THE GOOD LORD
PROVIDED US WITH BERRIES,

368
00:16:55,620 --> 00:16:56,724
I THINK
WE OUGHT TO EAT THEM.

369
00:16:56,827 --> 00:16:59,068
THERE WAS
A LONGING FOR A SIMPLER TIME

370
00:16:59,172 --> 00:17:01,448
WHEN IT DIDN'T SEEM LIKE
THERE WAS SO MUCH ANGER

371
00:17:01,551 --> 00:17:02,551
AND CONTENTIOUSNESS,

372
00:17:02,655 --> 00:17:04,517
WHEN PEOPLE WEREN'T SO MAD
AT EACH OTHER.

373
00:17:04,620 --> 00:17:06,275
DURING LAST SEASON,
"THE WALTONS" CAUGHT ON.

374
00:17:06,379 --> 00:17:08,413
GOOD NIGHT, JOHN-BOY.John-Boy: GOOD NIGHT.

375
00:17:08,517 --> 00:17:10,655
THIS YEAR
THERE'LL BE MORE NOSTALGIA

376
00:17:10,758 --> 00:17:12,034
AND WHOLESOME FAMILY DRAMA.

377
00:17:12,137 --> 00:17:14,379
NOW THAT DINNER'S OVER,
LET'S TRY OUT THE PIANO.

378
00:17:14,482 --> 00:17:16,551
OKAY.
I AM TAKING REQUESTS.

379
00:17:18,241 --> 00:17:21,034
♪ SUNDAY, MONDAY, HAPPY DAYS

380
00:17:21,137 --> 00:17:24,793
I CREATED "HAPPY DAYS"
NOT WHAT A FAMILY REALLY WAS.

381
00:17:24,896 --> 00:17:26,620
I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE GOOD

382
00:17:26,724 --> 00:17:29,206
IF THERE WERE SOME FAMILIES
THAT <i>DIDN'T</i> GET DIVORCED.

383
00:17:29,310 --> 00:17:30,482
OH, YOU GUYS
ARE REALLY M--

384
00:17:30,586 --> 00:17:31,827
WOW!

385
00:17:31,931 --> 00:17:33,793
IT WASN'T BY ACCIDENT

386
00:17:33,896 --> 00:17:36,310
EVERYBODY ON "HAPPY DAYS"
HUGS EACH OTHER.

387
00:17:36,413 --> 00:17:39,103
IT WASN'T BY ACCIDENT
EVERYBODY IN THE FAMILY

388
00:17:39,206 --> 00:17:42,655
ATE AT THE SAME TIME
AT THE SAME TABLE.

389
00:17:42,758 --> 00:17:44,310
IT WAS A SWEET TENDER SHOW

390
00:17:44,413 --> 00:17:45,896
IN THE VEIN
OF "AMERICAN GRAFFITI."

391
00:17:46,000 --> 00:17:48,000
LOOKING BACK ON THAT ERA
OF THE '50s

392
00:17:48,103 --> 00:17:49,379
WITH A CERTAIN AFFECTION.

393
00:17:49,482 --> 00:17:51,172
AY-Y-Y!

394
00:17:51,275 --> 00:17:55,586
ABC WANTED FONZIE'S "AY-Y-Y"

395
00:17:55,689 --> 00:17:57,344
TO COMPETE DIRECTLY

396
00:17:57,448 --> 00:18:01,206
WITH JIMMY "J.J." WALKER'S
"DY-NO-MITE!"

397
00:18:01,310 --> 00:18:03,655
'CAUSE I'M THE FONZ!
AY-Y-Y!

398
00:18:03,758 --> 00:18:04,758
CATCHPHRASES WERE BIG.

399
00:18:04,862 --> 00:18:06,379
SIT ON IT, MARVIN!SIT ON IT, MARVIN!

400
00:18:06,482 --> 00:18:07,448
SIT ON IT, HOWARD.

401
00:18:07,551 --> 00:18:09,310
DOES ANYONE SAY,
"THANK YOU, ARNOLD"?

402
00:18:09,413 --> 00:18:11,379
NO.
YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAY?

403
00:18:11,482 --> 00:18:12,655
SIT ON IT, ARNOLD.SIT ON IT, ARNOLD.

404
00:18:12,758 --> 00:18:14,172
THAT'S WHAT THEY SAY.

405
00:18:14,275 --> 00:18:17,517
YOU WATCH FONZIE,
AND YOU JUST WANT TO BE FONZIE.

406
00:18:17,620 --> 00:18:19,068
AWW.

407
00:18:21,931 --> 00:18:23,655
HEY, GIRLS.
KNOCK YOURSELVES OUT.

408
00:18:23,758 --> 00:18:25,965
I'M REALLY SORRY.
IT WAS A SLIP OF THE FINGERS.

409
00:18:26,068 --> 00:18:30,551
IT'S A FANTASY
OF WHAT TEEN LIFE COULD BE.

410
00:18:30,655 --> 00:18:32,965
HEY, DeFAZIO!
THEY'RE HERE.

411
00:18:33,068 --> 00:18:34,379
ALL RIGHT.

412
00:18:34,482 --> 00:18:35,793
MWAH!LAVERNE.

413
00:18:35,896 --> 00:18:37,758
THIS IS LAVERNE DeFAZIO.
SHE'S MINE.

414
00:18:37,862 --> 00:18:40,448
AND THIS IS SHIRLEY FEENEY.
SHE'S YOURS, AS YOU CAN SEE.

415
00:18:40,551 --> 00:18:42,896
NICE TO MEET YOU,
RICHIE.MY PLEASURE.

416
00:18:43,000 --> 00:18:45,551
WHEN LAVERNE AND SHIRLEY
MADE A GUEST APPEARANCE,

417
00:18:45,655 --> 00:18:46,896
ONE OF THE CAMERAMEN SAID,

418
00:18:47,000 --> 00:18:49,206
"LOOK AT THIS TWO-SHOT.
THAT'S A SERIES."

419
00:18:49,310 --> 00:18:53,103
SCHLEMIEL! SCHLIMAZEL!
HASENPFEFFER INCORPORATED.

420
00:18:54,103 --> 00:18:56,275
TUESDAY NIGHT
BETWEEN 8:00 AND 9:00

421
00:18:56,379 --> 00:18:57,655
IS CALLED THE DEATH SPOT--

422
00:18:57,758 --> 00:19:00,034
DEATH TO ANY PROGRAM
THAT DARES TO GO HEAD-ON

423
00:19:00,137 --> 00:19:03,103
AGAINST ABC's "HAPPY DAYS"
AND "LAVERNE & SHIRLEY."

424
00:19:03,206 --> 00:19:06,172
"LAVERNE & SHIRLEY"
WAS ONE OF THE FEW SITCOMS

425
00:19:06,275 --> 00:19:08,275
THAT EVER DEBUTED AS NUMBER ONE.

426
00:19:08,379 --> 00:19:11,862
THE ABSOLUTE TOP NUMBER-ONE SHOW
THIS SEASON

427
00:19:11,965 --> 00:19:14,344
IS "LAVERNE & SHIRLEY,"
A SEEMINGLY HARMLESS,

428
00:19:14,448 --> 00:19:16,517
BUT ESSENTIALLY BRAINLESS EXERCISE

429
00:19:16,620 --> 00:19:17,896
IN ADOLESCENT SILLINESS.

430
00:19:18,000 --> 00:19:20,379
YOU HAVE TO GO ALL THE WAY BACK
TO "I LOVE LUCY"

431
00:19:20,482 --> 00:19:23,068
TO GET THE SAME SORT OF
SLAPSTICK AND PHYSICAL COMEDY.

432
00:19:23,172 --> 00:19:25,793
I MEAN, WE NEVER
THOUGHT ABOUT ITS IMPORTANCE,

433
00:19:25,896 --> 00:19:28,551
EXCEPT THAT, YOU KNOW,
IT WAS TWO GIRLS TRYING,

434
00:19:28,655 --> 00:19:30,482
AND THE VALUE OF FRIENDSHIP.

435
00:19:30,586 --> 00:19:33,344
IT MUST HAVE SOMETHING
GOING FOR IT.

436
00:19:33,448 --> 00:19:36,724
I DON'T
VO-DEE-OH-DOE-DOE.

437
00:19:36,827 --> 00:19:39,310
YOU VO-DEE-OH-DOE-DOE.

438
00:19:40,482 --> 00:19:43,344
I DON'T
VO-DEE-OH-DOE-DOE.

439
00:19:43,448 --> 00:19:46,344
THEY COULDN'T SAY "SEX,"
SO THEY SAID "VO-DEE-OH-DOE."

440
00:19:46,448 --> 00:19:47,862
YOU VOE-DEE-OH.

441
00:19:47,965 --> 00:19:50,172
EVERYBODY KNEW
WHAT THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT.

442
00:19:50,275 --> 00:19:51,655
ONCE.

443
00:19:51,758 --> 00:19:53,724
MY SON DIDN'T WATCH
"LAVERNE & SHIRLEY"

444
00:19:53,827 --> 00:19:54,931
OR "HAPPY DAYS."

445
00:19:55,034 --> 00:19:56,551
I SAID, "YOU DON'T LIKE IT?"

446
00:19:56,655 --> 00:19:58,724
HE SAYS, "I LIKE IT,
BUT WHAT'S MISSING?

447
00:19:58,827 --> 00:20:00,241
SPACEMEN!"

448
00:20:00,344 --> 00:20:02,275
'CAUSE WE WERE GETTING
INTO SPACE.

449
00:20:02,379 --> 00:20:04,655
AND SO THAT'S WHEN
I CREATED A SPACEMAN.

450
00:20:04,758 --> 00:20:06,551
WHOO-OO-OO!WAIT A MINUTE.
WHO ARE YOU?

451
00:20:06,655 --> 00:20:08,758
I AM MORK FROM ORK.

452
00:20:08,862 --> 00:20:10,586
THE WRITERS ALL ROLLED
THEIR EYES.

453
00:20:10,689 --> 00:20:12,275
"AN ALIEN?
HE WANTS AN ALIEN."

454
00:20:12,379 --> 00:20:13,896
I HAD TO MAKE UP A STORY--

455
00:20:14,000 --> 00:20:16,000
FONZIE'S RUNNING OUT
OF ADVERSARIES.

456
00:20:16,103 --> 00:20:18,862
THAT'S RIGHT.
FONZIE'S NEVER LOST A...YET.

457
00:20:18,965 --> 00:20:21,034
AND WE GOT THE HOME-PLANET
ADVANTAGE.

458
00:20:21,137 --> 00:20:24,689
THEN WE GOT HIM ON HIS OWN SHOW,

459
00:20:24,793 --> 00:20:27,758
AND "MORK & MINDY" WAS
THE HIP SHOW OF THE '70s.

460
00:20:27,862 --> 00:20:29,344
<i>SHAZBOT!</i>

461
00:20:29,448 --> 00:20:30,827
AH!

462
00:20:30,931 --> 00:20:32,896
HAH!Rosenthal:
THE AUDIENCE--

463
00:20:33,000 --> 00:20:35,241
TALK ABOUT A WILLING
SUSPENSION OF DISBELIEF--

464
00:20:35,344 --> 00:20:37,482
IS WILLING TO BUY THE PREMISE...MIND IF I DO?

465
00:20:37,586 --> 00:20:39,551
...JUST SO THEY CAN WATCH
ROBIN WILLIAMS.

466
00:20:40,655 --> 00:20:41,344
<i>NA-NU! NA-NU!</i>

467
00:20:42,620 --> 00:20:44,862
WELL, EXCUSE ME!

468
00:20:44,965 --> 00:20:47,620
THAT WAS AN INTERESTING
PART OF THE BALANCE, I THINK,

469
00:20:47,724 --> 00:20:49,379
OF THE TELEVISION DIET.

470
00:20:49,482 --> 00:20:51,551
THAT THERE WAS AN ATTEMPT TO
EXPLORE DEEPER INTO THE PSYCHE

471
00:20:51,655 --> 00:20:53,000
OF WHAT MAKES US TICK.

472
00:20:53,103 --> 00:20:55,517
BUT THERE WAS ALSO, YOU KNOW,
A NEED TO ESCAPE.

473
00:20:55,620 --> 00:20:57,413
I'M GOING
TO A BEACH BARBECUE.

474
00:20:57,517 --> 00:21:01,931
UH-HUH. I CAN SEE WHAT'S
GONNA HEAT UP THE COALS.

475
00:21:02,034 --> 00:21:03,862
IF THERE'S ANY SINGLE PHENOMENON

476
00:21:03,965 --> 00:21:06,172
THAT HAS TILTED THE RATING BOOK
IN ABC's DIRECTION,

477
00:21:06,275 --> 00:21:07,758
IT'S "T" AND "A."

478
00:21:07,862 --> 00:21:09,689
HERB JACOBS,
AT THE CBS AFFILIATES MEETING,

479
00:21:09,793 --> 00:21:12,862
HE EXPLAINED TO US HOW THESE
"T"-AND-"A" SHOWS ARE CONCOCTED.

480
00:21:12,965 --> 00:21:15,620
AND THEY TAKE THEIR CLOTHES OFF
THREE TIMES, THEY GET IDEAS,

481
00:21:15,724 --> 00:21:18,137
AND THEN THEY WANT TO HAVE TO
RUN TWO OR THREE TIMES,

482
00:21:18,241 --> 00:21:21,448
SO THEY JIGGLE, AND ALL
ARE WELL-ENDOWED, OF COURSE,

483
00:21:21,551 --> 00:21:24,310
AND THEN THEY SAY, "NOW, LET'S
GET THREE UNDRESS SCENES

484
00:21:24,413 --> 00:21:26,827
AND THREE JIGGLES,
AND WRITE A SCRIPT AROUND IT."

485
00:21:26,931 --> 00:21:28,448
THERE ARE
SOME WHO WILL TELL YOU

486
00:21:28,551 --> 00:21:30,517
THAT "T" AND "A" HAS PEAKED
AND IS ON ITS WAY OUT.

487
00:21:30,620 --> 00:21:32,827
BUT ABC HAS SHOWS
LIKE "THE LOVE BOAT"

488
00:21:32,931 --> 00:21:34,103
AND "THREE'S COMPANY."

489
00:21:34,206 --> 00:21:36,103
"JIGGLE TV"
REFERRED TO THE FACT

490
00:21:36,206 --> 00:21:37,586
THAT THESE WERE WOMEN
WHO WERE--

491
00:21:37,689 --> 00:21:40,448
YOU KNOW, WHO-- WHO WERE,
YOU KNOW...

492
00:21:42,103 --> 00:21:43,172
Good morning, Angels.

493
00:21:43,275 --> 00:21:44,655
GOOD MORNING, CHARLIE.

494
00:21:44,758 --> 00:21:48,000
"CHARLIE'S ANGELS" BECAME
A VERY ENDURING TRADEMARK

495
00:21:48,103 --> 00:21:49,586
OUT OF THE '70s.

496
00:21:49,689 --> 00:21:52,482
I've already made arrangements
for you three to go to prison.

497
00:21:52,586 --> 00:21:53,344
OPEN YOUR TOWEL.

498
00:21:53,448 --> 00:21:55,758
I'LL BE STANDING
AS ERECT AS EVER.

499
00:21:55,862 --> 00:21:57,413
GOOD LUCK, ANGELS.

500
00:22:01,310 --> 00:22:04,275
OH, GOD, I DID
"BATTLE OF THE NETWORK STARS"

501
00:22:04,379 --> 00:22:06,448
A COUPLE OF TIMES,
AND I HATED IT.

502
00:22:06,551 --> 00:22:09,344
I THINK I MADE UP SOME PRETTY
GOOD TIME ON BILLY CRYSTAL.

503
00:22:09,448 --> 00:22:12,137
NETWORKS WOULD
LOAN OUT THEIR TV STARS

504
00:22:12,241 --> 00:22:15,448
TO COMPETE IN A SERIES
OF QUASI-OLYMPIC TYPE EVENTS.

505
00:22:15,551 --> 00:22:17,482
: SHE'S LEANING SO FAR
OVER IN THE BOAT,

506
00:22:17,586 --> 00:22:19,206
SHE SEEMS TO BE WOBBLING
A GREAT DEAL.

507
00:22:19,310 --> 00:22:21,655
ERIN GRAY WITH THAT
LITHE, SUPPLE BODY.

508
00:22:23,241 --> 00:22:25,517
SHE'S GOT A GREAT SET OF LEGS.
WHAT THE HECK!

509
00:22:25,620 --> 00:22:27,827
I THINK THAT WE HAVE A LOT
TO APOLOGIZE FOR

510
00:22:27,931 --> 00:22:29,206
WITH THE WORST OF TELEVISION.

511
00:22:29,310 --> 00:22:32,310
MY ONLY DEFENSE WAS,
IT WAS THE '70s.

512
00:22:33,413 --> 00:22:35,517
DID I JIGGLE MUCH?

513
00:22:38,000 --> 00:22:40,413
ENH...LIVE AND LEARN.

514
00:22:50,448 --> 00:22:54,275
PUBLIC TELEVISION HAS BEEN
EXPECTED TO DO A GREAT DEAL.

515
00:22:54,379 --> 00:22:57,034
ALMOST HALF OF NON-COMMERCIAL
PROGRAM HOURS

516
00:22:57,137 --> 00:22:59,137
ARE AIMED AT CHILDREN.

517
00:22:59,241 --> 00:23:03,758
AND IT HAS COME TO BE SO MANY
THINGS TO SO MANY PEOPLE.

518
00:23:03,862 --> 00:23:07,172
THE PBS CHILDREN'S
PROGRAMMING IN THE '70s

519
00:23:07,275 --> 00:23:10,206
BECAME THE PLATINUM STANDARD
ON THE PLANET

520
00:23:10,310 --> 00:23:13,172
FOR HOW YOU USE THIS MEDIUM
TO EDUCATE KIDS.

521
00:23:13,275 --> 00:23:16,241
♪ WOULD YOU BE MINE?
COULD YOU BE MINE? ♪

522
00:23:16,344 --> 00:23:19,103
♪ WON'T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR?

523
00:23:19,206 --> 00:23:21,793
IT WAS FRED ROGERS
WHO MADE IT OKAY

524
00:23:21,896 --> 00:23:25,413
TO SPEAK TO AN AUDIENCE OF KIDS
LIKE THEY WERE HUMAN BEINGS.

525
00:23:25,517 --> 00:23:29,137
THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT ARE
VERY DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND

526
00:23:29,241 --> 00:23:31,172
IN A NEWSPAPER.

527
00:23:31,275 --> 00:23:33,482
EVERY NOW AND THEN I
THINK BACK TO MR. ROGERS,

528
00:23:33,586 --> 00:23:35,724
AND I THINK, "HE WOULD SAY,
'DON'T BE SCARED,

529
00:23:35,827 --> 00:23:37,241
LIFE IS GOOD, LIFE IS SPECIAL.'"

530
00:23:37,344 --> 00:23:41,275
EVERYBODY IS SO SPECIAL
BECAUSE EVERYBODY IS DIFFERENT.

531
00:23:41,379 --> 00:23:43,068
JUST GO AND DO THE THING
THAT YOU LOVE,

532
00:23:43,172 --> 00:23:44,275
AND THAT ALWAYS STUCK WITH ME.

533
00:23:44,379 --> 00:23:45,931
SEE YOU TOMORROW.

534
00:23:46,034 --> 00:23:50,068
♪ COULD YOU TELL ME HOW TO GET,
HOW TO GET TO SESAME STREET? ♪

535
00:23:50,172 --> 00:23:52,586
"SESAME STREET"
INTRODUCED MY CHILDREN

536
00:23:52,689 --> 00:23:55,586
TO THE INTERACTION OF PEOPLE
WITH DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS.

537
00:23:55,689 --> 00:23:59,068
♪ IT'S NOT BAD BEING,
BEING GREEN ♪

538
00:23:59,172 --> 00:24:00,379
John John:
COUNT THIS PENNY.

539
00:24:00,482 --> 00:24:01,862
COUNT THAT PENNY?

540
00:24:01,965 --> 00:24:03,413
YEAH, COUNT IT.

541
00:24:03,517 --> 00:24:04,586
OKAY.

542
00:24:04,689 --> 00:24:05,827
COUNT IT.

543
00:24:05,931 --> 00:24:07,172
ONE.

544
00:24:07,275 --> 00:24:10,034
"SESAME STREET" WAS AGGRESSIVE

545
00:24:10,137 --> 00:24:13,310
IN TERMS OF LEARNING
NOT ONLY CONCEPTS OF READING,

546
00:24:13,413 --> 00:24:15,206
BUT CONCEPTS OF INTERACTING.

547
00:24:15,310 --> 00:24:16,931
I MAY BE SMALL...

548
00:24:17,034 --> 00:24:18,344
I MAY BE SMALL...

549
00:24:18,448 --> 00:24:19,896
...BUT I AM......BUT I AM...

550
00:24:20,000 --> 00:24:21,689
...SOMEBODY!...SOMEBODY!

551
00:24:21,793 --> 00:24:24,931
"SESAME STREET" WAS, YOU KNOW,
AS BIG AS IT GOT

552
00:24:25,034 --> 00:24:26,758
IN TERMS OF CELEBRITY.

553
00:24:26,862 --> 00:24:28,965
EVERYBODY WANTED TO HANG
WITH THE MUPPETS.

554
00:24:29,068 --> 00:24:30,931
AREN'T YOU JOHNNY TRASH?

555
00:24:31,034 --> 00:24:32,586
CASH.
CASH. CASH.

556
00:24:33,620 --> 00:24:35,724
EDUCATIONAL CHILDREN'S
TELEVISION

557
00:24:35,827 --> 00:24:37,344
REALLY MATURED IN THE '70s.

558
00:24:37,448 --> 00:24:39,241
I'M LEAVING.
WHEW!

559
00:24:39,344 --> 00:24:40,827
I LOVE YOU.

560
00:24:40,931 --> 00:24:42,965
I LOVE YOU, TOO.

561
00:24:43,068 --> 00:24:44,413
OH, THANKS.

562
00:24:44,517 --> 00:24:46,793
AND NOW FOR SOMETHING
COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.

563
00:24:46,896 --> 00:24:51,620
WHEN I WAS 13, THIS
SHOW FROM ENGLAND CAME ON PBS,

564
00:24:51,724 --> 00:24:54,310
WHICH BEFORE THAT WAS ONLY
THE REALM OF MY PARENTS.

565
00:24:54,413 --> 00:24:55,931
UGH!WHAT DO YOU MEAN, UGH?

566
00:24:56,034 --> 00:24:57,862
I DON'T LIKE SPAM!

567
00:24:57,965 --> 00:25:01,655
AND SUDDENLY THEY'RE DOING
THE MOST OUTLANDISH, RACY,

568
00:25:01,758 --> 00:25:03,896
NON SEQUITUR TYPE OF HUMOR...

569
00:25:05,517 --> 00:25:07,931
...AND KILLING ME,
THE 13-YEAR-OLD.

570
00:25:08,034 --> 00:25:09,827
IT'S EXTRAORDINARY WHAT YOU
<i>CAN'T</i> DO

571
00:25:09,931 --> 00:25:11,000
ON AMERICAN TELEVISION.

572
00:25:11,103 --> 00:25:12,379
I THINK YOU CAN DO IT ON PBS,

573
00:25:12,482 --> 00:25:14,137
AND THAT'S WHY I HOPE
YOU ALL WATCH IT.

574
00:25:14,241 --> 00:25:15,482
COME AT ME
WITH THAT BANANA!

575
00:25:15,586 --> 00:25:16,896
COME ON, ATTACK ME
WITH IT!

576
00:25:17,000 --> 00:25:18,655
COME ON!
AAAH!

577
00:25:19,896 --> 00:25:21,724
AND SO YOU HAVE THIS
GENERATION OF COMEDY NERDS

578
00:25:21,827 --> 00:25:23,896
WHO DON'T EVEN KNOW
THAT THEY'RE COMEDY NERDS.

579
00:25:24,000 --> 00:25:26,206
THIS PARROT IS NO MORE.

580
00:25:26,310 --> 00:25:29,344
IT HAS CEASED TO BE.

581
00:25:29,448 --> 00:25:33,068
"MONTY PYTHON" TURNED
OUT TO BREAK SO MANY RULES.

582
00:25:33,172 --> 00:25:34,896
I MEAN, IT CHANGES EVERYTHING.

583
00:25:35,000 --> 00:25:36,758
JUST LIKE WITH THE BEATLES,
YOU CAN SAY,

584
00:25:36,862 --> 00:25:38,344
"OH, THEY CAME
AFTER THE BEATLES."

585
00:25:38,448 --> 00:25:40,000
YOU LOOK
AT "SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE,"

586
00:25:40,103 --> 00:25:41,206
YOU LOOK AT "SCTV"--

587
00:25:41,310 --> 00:25:42,827
OH, AFTER--
AFTER "MONTY PYTHON."

588
00:25:42,931 --> 00:25:44,344
BEGINNING ON OCTOBER THE 11th,

589
00:25:44,448 --> 00:25:46,620
SATURDAY NIGHT WILL OPEN UP
A WHOLE NEW LIVE VENTURE

590
00:25:46,724 --> 00:25:47,896
FROM NEW YORK CITY.

591
00:25:48,000 --> 00:25:50,689
WE JUST HAPPEN TO HAVE
THE PRODUCER OF THE PROGRAM,

592
00:25:50,793 --> 00:25:51,793
MEMBERS OF HIS COMPANY.

593
00:25:51,896 --> 00:25:53,827
WHAT SHOULD WE LOOK FOR
ON YOUR PROGRAM?

594
00:25:53,931 --> 00:25:55,137
ANXIETY.

595
00:25:55,241 --> 00:25:57,034
LORNE MICHAELS,
THIS CANADIAN COMEDY PRODUCER,

596
00:25:57,137 --> 00:25:58,413
WAS GIVEN FREE REIN...

597
00:25:58,517 --> 00:25:59,586
HI. I'M LORNE MICHAELS,

598
00:25:59,689 --> 00:26:01,379
THE PRODUCER
OF "SATURDAY NIGHT."

599
00:26:01,482 --> 00:26:05,068
...AND HE ULTIMATELY WINDS UP
HIRING A BUNCH OF IMPROV COMICS.

600
00:26:05,172 --> 00:26:06,103
REHEARSAL OF WARMUPS.

601
00:26:06,206 --> 00:26:07,793
LET'S DO 20 FACE-SLAPS.

602
00:26:07,896 --> 00:26:09,758
COME ON. SLAP.

603
00:26:09,862 --> 00:26:11,206
COME ON, MAKE IT HURT.

604
00:26:11,310 --> 00:26:12,586
GEORGE CARLIN WAS
THE FIRST HOST,

605
00:26:12,689 --> 00:26:15,482
AND WANTED TO BE
A PERMANENT HOST.

606
00:26:15,586 --> 00:26:17,275
NICE TO SEE YOU. WELCOME.

607
00:26:17,379 --> 00:26:19,172
AND THANKS FOR JOINING US LIVE.

608
00:26:19,275 --> 00:26:21,655
THERE WERE A LOT OF NAMES
BANDIED ABOUT

609
00:26:21,758 --> 00:26:23,586
IN TERMS OF A PERMANENT HOST.

610
00:26:23,689 --> 00:26:26,241
THAT'S ONE OF THOSE
TV RULES THAT YOU MUSTN'T BREAK

611
00:26:26,344 --> 00:26:27,965
UNTIL YOU DO,
AND THEN YOU REALIZE,

612
00:26:28,068 --> 00:26:30,379
WHY DON'T YOU HAVE
A DIFFERENT HOST EVERY WEEK?

613
00:26:30,482 --> 00:26:33,275
BUT IT WAS THE CAST THAT FINALLY
WON THE PEOPLE'S HEARTS.

614
00:26:33,379 --> 00:26:34,862
COME ON,
WHO IS THIS?

615
00:26:34,965 --> 00:26:35,689
CANDYGRAM.

616
00:26:35,793 --> 00:26:37,689
AAH! NO!

617
00:26:37,793 --> 00:26:38,517
YOU GOT THAT?

618
00:26:38,620 --> 00:26:40,000
YOU CUT YOUR OWN STEAKS!

619
00:26:40,103 --> 00:26:41,448
WE GIVE YOU THE SAUCE!

620
00:26:41,551 --> 00:26:42,827
I'M BARBARA WAWA.

621
00:26:42,931 --> 00:26:44,482
THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

622
00:26:44,586 --> 00:26:46,034
YOU'RE BEAUTIFUL.
YOU'RE BEAUTIFUL. THANK YOU.

623
00:26:46,137 --> 00:26:48,137
YOU WERE DRAWN TO THE TV SET

624
00:26:48,241 --> 00:26:50,310
BECAUSE YOU KNEW SOMETHING
INSANE MIGHT HAPPEN...

625
00:26:50,413 --> 00:26:51,551
LIVE!
LIVE!

626
00:26:51,655 --> 00:26:53,137
LIVE FROM NEW YORK!

627
00:26:53,241 --> 00:26:54,206
...PARTLY BECAUSE IT WAS LIVE,

628
00:26:54,310 --> 00:26:55,689
BUT PARTLY BECAUSE YOU KNEW

629
00:26:55,793 --> 00:26:57,724
TELEVISION WAS NOW IN THE HANDS
OF THE TELEVISION GENERATION.

630
00:26:57,827 --> 00:27:01,413
♪ NBC, SMART AS A PEACOCK

631
00:27:01,517 --> 00:27:04,931
AND THESE WERE "KIDS"
WHO JUST MIGHT DO ANYTHING.

632
00:27:05,034 --> 00:27:06,551
YES, HAVING SEX
WITH WOMEN!

633
00:27:06,655 --> 00:27:09,620
THE PRESIDENT,
WITHIN THESE VERY WALLS.

634
00:27:09,724 --> 00:27:13,206
THAT NEVER HAPPENED
WHEN DICK NIXON WAS
IN THE WHITE HOUSE.

635
00:27:13,310 --> 00:27:14,896
IT WAS COUNTER TELEVISION,

636
00:27:15,000 --> 00:27:16,172
AND THAT'S PARTLY
WHAT MADE IT ATTRACTIVE.

637
00:27:16,275 --> 00:27:17,896
NO PROBLEM.

638
00:27:18,000 --> 00:27:19,862
EVERY ONE OF THEIR EPISODES

639
00:27:19,965 --> 00:27:23,758
BECAME WORTHY OF TALMUDIC STUDY,
IF THAT'S THE WORD.

640
00:27:23,862 --> 00:27:26,448
WHEN I HOSTED,
LORNE CALLED ME INTO HIS OFFICE

641
00:27:26,551 --> 00:27:30,068
AND SAID, "YOU REALIZE
THE KIDS ARE THE STARS.

642
00:27:30,172 --> 00:27:32,551
THE HOST WASN'T
NEARLY AS IMPACTFUL...

643
00:27:32,655 --> 00:27:35,068
THAT'S NOT QUITE IT. UH...

644
00:27:35,172 --> 00:27:37,379
...BECAUSE THE THING WAS
ALL THE RAGE.

645
00:27:38,689 --> 00:27:40,310
THEY CALLED THEMSELVES

646
00:27:40,413 --> 00:27:41,931
"THE NOT READY
FOR PRIME TIME PLAYERS,"

647
00:27:42,034 --> 00:27:43,724
NOT BECAUSE THEY FELT
THEY WEREN'T GOOD ENOUGH,

648
00:27:43,827 --> 00:27:45,275
BUT BECAUSE THEY FELT
THEY WERE TOO GOOD.

649
00:27:45,379 --> 00:27:47,241
GOOD EVENING.
I'M CHEVY CHASE,

650
00:27:47,344 --> 00:27:48,551
AND YOU'RE NOT.

651
00:27:48,655 --> 00:27:50,344
CHEVY CHASE
BECAME AN INSTANT STAR.

652
00:27:50,448 --> 00:27:51,275
OUR TOP STORY TONIGHT...

653
00:27:51,379 --> 00:27:52,862
OUR TOP STORY TONIGHT...

654
00:27:52,965 --> 00:27:54,827
...PRESIDENT FORD FLEW TO PARIS
FOR A SUMMIT CONFERENCE...

655
00:27:54,931 --> 00:27:56,586
...PRESIDENT FORD FLEW TO PARIS
FOR A SUMMIT CONFERENCE...

656
00:27:56,689 --> 00:27:57,896
...AND BOY,
ARE HIS ARMS TIRED.

657
00:27:58,000 --> 00:28:00,448
...AND BOY,
ARE HIS ARMS TIRED.

658
00:28:00,551 --> 00:28:03,068
CHEVY CHASE WAS ON THE SHOW
FOR ONE YEAR.

659
00:28:03,172 --> 00:28:05,275
ARE YOU SORRY YOU LEFT
"SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE"?

660
00:28:05,379 --> 00:28:07,068
I'M DEEPLY, DEEPLY SORRY.

661
00:28:08,827 --> 00:28:11,931
CHEVY DECIDED
THAT HE WAS TOO BIG FOR
THE SHOW, AND SO HE LEFT.

662
00:28:12,034 --> 00:28:16,103
IN SOME WAYS CHEVY LEAVING AFTER
THE FIRST YEAR WAS A BLESSING

663
00:28:16,206 --> 00:28:18,379
BECAUSE IT SHOWED
THAT "SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE"

664
00:28:18,482 --> 00:28:20,931
WAS GOING TO DO
MUCH MORE THAN SURVIVE.

665
00:28:21,034 --> 00:28:25,482
♪ THERE ARE SOME THINGS
THAT JUST AREN'T EXPLAINABLE ♪

666
00:28:25,586 --> 00:28:26,586
HELLO, I'M BILL MURRAY.

667
00:28:26,689 --> 00:28:27,965
YOU CAN CALL ME "BILLY,"

668
00:28:28,068 --> 00:28:30,620
BUT AROUND HERE, EVERYBODY
JUST CALLS ME "THE NEW GUY."

669
00:28:30,724 --> 00:28:33,068
WHEN CHEVY CHASE LEAVES,
BILL MURRAY COMES IN.

670
00:28:33,172 --> 00:28:36,379
COME ON.OKAY, ALL OF IT IN.

671
00:28:36,482 --> 00:28:38,068
CUT! CUT!

672
00:28:38,172 --> 00:28:40,482
MAKEUP, CAN WE GET IN HERE,
PLEASE? SORRY, FELLAS.

673
00:28:40,586 --> 00:28:42,862
I MEAN, THAT JUST OPENED UP
OTHER DOORS,

674
00:28:42,965 --> 00:28:46,000
AND "SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE" WAS
JUST KIND OF TAKING OFF.

675
00:28:46,103 --> 00:28:48,275
TWO WILD AND CRAZY GUYS!

676
00:28:48,379 --> 00:28:49,758
SUPER BASS-O-MATIC '76.

677
00:28:49,862 --> 00:28:52,241
YOU'LL NEVER HAVE TO SCALE,
CUT, OR GUT AGAIN.

678
00:28:52,344 --> 00:28:53,931
"DEAR ROSEANNE ROSANNADANNA..."

679
00:28:54,034 --> 00:28:56,413
CHEESEBURGER! CHEESEBURGER!CHEESEBURGER!

680
00:28:56,517 --> 00:28:59,413
BACK TO GRADUATION! NO!

681
00:28:59,517 --> 00:29:01,103
WHERE DO WE COME FROM?FRANCE.

682
00:29:01,206 --> 00:29:02,551
JANE, YOU IGNORANT SLUT.

683
00:29:02,655 --> 00:29:06,965
IT WAS THE SHOW <i>FOR</i> US.
IT WAS THE SHOW <i>ABOUT</i> US.

684
00:29:07,068 --> 00:29:08,827
YOU WANTED TO BE A PART OF IT.

685
00:29:08,931 --> 00:29:11,103
IT WAS INEXTRICABLY LINKED
WITH THE TIMES.

686
00:29:11,206 --> 00:29:12,724
THAT'S THE NEWS.
GOOD NIGHT.

687
00:29:12,827 --> 00:29:15,310
AND HAVE A PLEASANT TOMORROW.

688
00:29:28,551 --> 00:29:29,758
MONDAY! MONDAY!

689
00:29:29,862 --> 00:29:31,482
MONDAY'S THE GREATEST DAY
OF THE WEEK!

690
00:29:31,586 --> 00:29:33,000
THROUGHOUT HIGH SCHOOL,

691
00:29:33,103 --> 00:29:35,310
THERE WAS ONE SHOW
THAT WAS RELIGIOUS BROADCASTING

692
00:29:35,413 --> 00:29:37,482
THAT YOU HAD TO WATCH
'CAUSE IF YOU DIDN'T SEE IT,

693
00:29:37,586 --> 00:29:39,206
YOU WOULDN'T HAVE
ANYTHING TO TALK ABOUT

694
00:29:39,310 --> 00:29:42,034
FOR ALL OF TUESDAY
AND MOST OF WEDNESDAY

695
00:29:42,137 --> 00:29:43,482
AND A BIG PART OF THURSDAY.

696
00:29:43,586 --> 00:29:47,275
WHY? BECAUSE MONDAY NIGHT IS
NFL FOOTBALL NIGHT, THAT'S WHY.

697
00:29:49,482 --> 00:29:54,379
"MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL" GOT ITS
START ON SEPTEMBER 21, 1970,

698
00:29:54,482 --> 00:29:56,551
WITH THE CLEVELAND BROWNS
HOSTING THE NEW YORK JETS.

699
00:29:56,655 --> 00:29:59,689
WELCOME TO ABC's MONDAY NIGHT
PRIME TIME

700
00:29:59,793 --> 00:30:02,068
NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
TELEVISION SERIES.

701
00:30:03,689 --> 00:30:06,793
AND THIS GAME
IS UNDER WAY ON ABC.

702
00:30:06,896 --> 00:30:08,827
FRANK WAS THERE
TO DO PLAY-BY-PLAY.

703
00:30:08,931 --> 00:30:10,758
DON WAS THERE TO DO REPLAYS

704
00:30:10,862 --> 00:30:13,034
AND PROVIDE SOME HUMOR
TO THE TELECAST.

705
00:30:13,137 --> 00:30:16,862
AND HOWARD WAS THERE TO BE THE
STRAW THAT STIRRED THE DRINK.

706
00:30:16,965 --> 00:30:20,310
LET'S HEAR IT!
COME ON! LET'S GO! LET'S GO!

707
00:30:20,413 --> 00:30:24,241
THE PAIRING OF
HOWARD COSELL WITH DON MEREDITH

708
00:30:24,344 --> 00:30:27,482
IS A CLASSIC SITCOM
ODD-COUPLE KIND OF PAIRING.

709
00:30:27,586 --> 00:30:29,620
YOU COULDN'T HELP
BUT BE SWEPT UP

710
00:30:29,724 --> 00:30:31,241
BY WHAT THOSE GUYS WERE SAYING.

711
00:30:31,344 --> 00:30:33,758
THE BOOTH ITSELF WAS ALMOST
LIKE A VARIETY SHOW.

712
00:30:33,862 --> 00:30:35,758
WE HAVE OUR EXTRA
HERE WITH US THIS EVENING.

713
00:30:35,862 --> 00:30:37,655
I'VE CALLED IT
A TRAVELING FREAK SHOW,

714
00:30:37,758 --> 00:30:39,275
AND IT REALLY WAS
KIND OF A--

715
00:30:39,379 --> 00:30:42,137
AND THE HEAD FREAK WAS HOWARD,
AIN'T NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT.

716
00:30:42,241 --> 00:30:43,965
THE TENSION
BETWEEN THE TWO OF THEM

717
00:30:44,068 --> 00:30:46,344
MADE FOR THE KIND OF THING YOU
JUST WANTED TO SEE EVERY WEEK.

718
00:30:46,448 --> 00:30:48,241
PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL
IS RAPIDLY GROWING

719
00:30:48,344 --> 00:30:49,586
INTO A VERY BIG BUSINESS.

720
00:30:49,689 --> 00:30:51,413
YOU UNDERSTAND FOOTBALL?
OUR FOOTBALL?

721
00:30:51,517 --> 00:30:52,931
NOT WHAT THEY CALL
FOOTBALL IN EUROPE.

722
00:30:53,034 --> 00:30:55,034
I LIKE TO WATCH IT,
BUT I DON'T UNDERSTAND TOO MUCH.

723
00:30:55,137 --> 00:30:58,000
WOULD YOU LIKE TO LEARN
MORE ABOUT IT?

724
00:30:58,103 --> 00:31:00,758
WE WERE ON A MISSION THAT
TOOK US VERY CLOSE TO SAYING,

725
00:31:00,862 --> 00:31:03,517
"SCREW THE FOOTBALL FAN BECAUSE
HE'S GONNA COME ANYWAY."

726
00:31:03,620 --> 00:31:06,310
WHAT WE NEEDED TO DO
WAS APPEAL TO WOMEN.

727
00:31:06,413 --> 00:31:09,620
WE NEEDED TO APPEAL
TO THE CASUAL FOOTBALL FAN.

728
00:31:09,724 --> 00:31:12,172
THAT'S WHY WE STARTED
TELLING STORIES--

729
00:31:12,275 --> 00:31:13,758
TO HUMANIZE THE PLAYERS.

730
00:31:13,862 --> 00:31:15,827
JOE NAMATH, ONE OF THE GREATEST
OF ALL TIME,

731
00:31:15,931 --> 00:31:17,862
UNFORTUNATELY, HIS LEGS
DO NOT GO WITH THAT ARM.

732
00:31:17,965 --> 00:31:21,000
THERE'S THINGS
THAT PEOPLE ASSOCIATE WITH.

733
00:31:21,103 --> 00:31:22,724
RECOGNIZE THIS FELLOW?

734
00:31:22,827 --> 00:31:23,827
WHAT'S BEEN YOUR VIEW

735
00:31:23,931 --> 00:31:25,827
OF THIS AMERICAN
PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL SCENE?

736
00:31:25,931 --> 00:31:27,689
IT'S AN AMAZING EVENT
AND SIGHTS.

737
00:31:27,793 --> 00:31:30,448
IT MAKES ROCK CONCERTS
LOOK LIKE TEA PARTIES.

738
00:31:30,551 --> 00:31:33,068
I'D LIKE TO HAVE YOUR JOB
AND BE A SPORTSCASTER.

739
00:31:33,172 --> 00:31:35,103
THAT SHOW BECAME,
WEEK AFTER WEEK,

740
00:31:35,206 --> 00:31:37,275
ONE OF THE MOST
HIGHLY RATED SHOWS IN AMERICA.

741
00:31:37,379 --> 00:31:40,827
♪ TURN OUT THE LIGHTS,
THE PARTY'S OVER ♪

742
00:31:40,931 --> 00:31:44,413
IT SHOWED THAT FOOTBALL WAS
AN ENTERTAINMENT EXPERIENCE

743
00:31:44,517 --> 00:31:47,758
ON PAR WITH ANY PRIMETIME SHOW
YOU COULD IMAGINE.

744
00:31:47,862 --> 00:31:48,965
MAYBE IT WAS BETTER

745
00:31:49,068 --> 00:31:51,448
BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T KNOW
HOW IT WAS GONNA END.

746
00:31:52,931 --> 00:31:56,862
"60 MINUTES" DECIDED TO PEER
INTO THE ELECTRONIC FUTURE

747
00:31:56,965 --> 00:31:59,689
TO TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT MAY BE
IN STORE FOR TELEVISION VIEWERS

748
00:31:59,793 --> 00:32:01,206
IN THE DECADE OF THE '70s.

749
00:32:01,310 --> 00:32:04,689
IT IS TELEVISION BY CABLE,
A COMMUNICATIONS REVOLUTION

750
00:32:04,793 --> 00:32:07,344
THAT COULD RADICALLY ALTER
OUR WAY OF LIFE.

751
00:32:07,448 --> 00:32:09,206
CABLE,
FOR A QUARTER OF A CENTURY,

752
00:32:09,310 --> 00:32:10,931
THERE'S NOTHING
DISTINCTIVE ABOUT IT.

753
00:32:11,034 --> 00:32:11,931
IT'S JUST A WAY FOR YOU

754
00:32:12,034 --> 00:32:13,862
TO GET WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE
CAN ALREADY GET.

755
00:32:13,965 --> 00:32:16,241
AND THAT'S THE WAY IT IS
UP UNTIL...

756
00:32:16,344 --> 00:32:19,241
<i>WELCOME TO HOME BOX OFFICE
SUBSCRIPTION TELEVISION.</i>

757
00:32:19,344 --> 00:32:22,068
...HBO DEBUTS NOVEMBER 8, 1972.

758
00:32:22,172 --> 00:32:24,724
AND IT IS NOT
AN OVERNIGHT SUCCESS.

759
00:32:24,827 --> 00:32:27,344
PRESENTING THE PENNSYLVANIA
POLKA FESTIVAL.

760
00:32:27,448 --> 00:32:29,413
AND THE OFT-REPEATED SAYING WAS,

761
00:32:29,517 --> 00:32:30,655
GETTING PEOPLE TO PAY FOR TV

762
00:32:30,758 --> 00:32:33,482
WILL BE LIKE GETTING THEM
TO PAY FOR AIR.

763
00:32:33,586 --> 00:32:35,482
SATURDAY MORNINGS,
THEY WOULD PLAY BAND MUSIC,

764
00:32:35,586 --> 00:32:38,275
AND YOU'D SEE SLIDES
OF NOTHING-- I DON'T KNOW.

765
00:32:38,379 --> 00:32:39,965
NOBODY KNEW WHAT YOU COULD DO.

766
00:32:40,068 --> 00:32:41,655
NOBODY KNEW
WHAT YOU COULDN'T DO,

767
00:32:41,758 --> 00:32:45,275
BUT YOU WERE DESPERATELY TRYING
NOT TO BE COMMERCIAL TELEVISION.

768
00:32:45,379 --> 00:32:46,586
HOW MUCH TIME WE GOT?

769
00:32:46,689 --> 00:32:48,793
<i>LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
ROBERT KLEIN.</i>

770
00:32:48,896 --> 00:32:50,379
THE BEAUTY OF IT WAS,

771
00:32:50,482 --> 00:32:52,689
YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO PACK
EVERYTHING QUICKLY.

772
00:32:52,793 --> 00:32:54,551
YOU COULD WARM UP
AND GET TO KNOW,

773
00:32:54,655 --> 00:32:56,448
AND TAKE THE STAGE,
SO TO SPEAK.

774
00:32:56,551 --> 00:32:58,448
THE TALK SHOWS ARE OKAY,
YOU KNOW?

775
00:32:58,551 --> 00:32:59,724
I DO "THE TONIGHT SHOW."

776
00:32:59,827 --> 00:33:02,344
I SIT, COME IN, I HAVE TO BE
FUNNY IN A HURRY.

777
00:33:02,448 --> 00:33:05,310
I GET SO LITTLE TIME, 6 MINUTES,
AND BOOM-BOOM-BOOM.

778
00:33:05,413 --> 00:33:10,724
IT WASN'T THIS CONTRIVED-- IT
WAS A FULL-THROATED PERFORMANCE.

779
00:33:10,827 --> 00:33:12,241
THIS IS NOT REGULAR TELEVISION.

780
00:33:12,344 --> 00:33:14,172
IT'S SUBSCRIPTION.
YOU CAN SAY ANY--

781
00:33:15,724 --> 00:33:17,793
BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT USING
PUBLIC AIRWAVES,

782
00:33:17,896 --> 00:33:19,344
THE FCC CAN'T
REGULATE YOUR CONTENT.

783
00:33:19,448 --> 00:33:22,448
I UNDERSTAND YOU HAD
TWO ORGASMS YESTERDAY.

784
00:33:22,551 --> 00:33:25,482
CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THEM?

785
00:33:25,586 --> 00:33:27,758
HBO GAVE CABLE
SOMETHING TO SELL.

786
00:33:27,862 --> 00:33:31,448
YOU WERE GETTING MOVIES UNCUT
IN YOUR HOME,

787
00:33:31,551 --> 00:33:33,689
ALL THE NAUGHTY BITS INTACT.

788
00:33:35,379 --> 00:33:38,068
AND THEN SEPTEMBER 1975,

789
00:33:38,172 --> 00:33:42,000
WE DEBUT COAST TO COAST
WITH "THE THRILLA IN MANILA,"

790
00:33:42,103 --> 00:33:44,344
ONE OF THE ALL-TIME CLASSIC
HEAVYWEIGHT FIGHTS--

791
00:33:44,448 --> 00:33:45,482
FRAZIER/ALI--

792
00:33:45,586 --> 00:33:47,448
AND THAT'S WHEN HBO EXPLODES.

793
00:33:47,551 --> 00:33:48,965
IT'S ALL OVER,

794
00:33:49,068 --> 00:33:51,655
AND MUHAMMAD ALI AT THE END
OF THE 14th ROUND...

795
00:33:51,758 --> 00:33:54,689
BEFORE THAT,
YOU'RE COUNTING GROWTH

796
00:33:54,793 --> 00:33:56,758
IN TENS OF THOUSANDS
OF SUBSCRIBERS.

797
00:33:56,862 --> 00:33:59,793
AFTER THAT,
YOU'RE COUNTING IN MILLIONS.

798
00:33:59,896 --> 00:34:02,655
THAT'S REALLY DAY ONE
FOR BOTH BUSINESSES--

799
00:34:02,758 --> 00:34:04,896
HBO AND THE CABLE INDUSTRY.

800
00:34:05,000 --> 00:34:06,068
<i>IF YOU'RE A FAN,</i>

801
00:34:06,172 --> 00:34:09,034
<i>WHAT YOU'LL SEE
IN THE NEXT MINUTES TO FOLLOW</i>

802
00:34:09,137 --> 00:34:11,931
<i>MAY CONVINCE YOU
YOU'VE GONE TO SPORTS HEAVEN.</i>

803
00:34:12,034 --> 00:34:14,000
IN THE MID-'70s
IN THE SPORTS WORLD,

804
00:34:14,103 --> 00:34:19,482
THERE WERE JUST THESE
THREE GIANTS-- CBS, ABC, NBC.

805
00:34:19,586 --> 00:34:20,896
AND THEN IN CONNECTICUT,

806
00:34:21,000 --> 00:34:23,241
SOMEBODY GOT A HOLD
OF A TRANSPONDER.

807
00:34:23,344 --> 00:34:25,413
THE PICTURE
YOU'RE WATCHING RIGHT NOW

808
00:34:25,517 --> 00:34:26,689
HAS BEEN TAKEN BY A CAMERA

809
00:34:26,793 --> 00:34:28,724
SENT THROUGH
SOME SOPHISTICATED EQUIPMENT

810
00:34:28,827 --> 00:34:30,482
TO THIS EARTH
TRANSMITTING STATION.

811
00:34:30,586 --> 00:34:32,275
THIS GUY, BILL RASMUSSEN,

812
00:34:32,379 --> 00:34:34,482
WHO HAD BEEN FIRED FROM HIS JOB

813
00:34:34,586 --> 00:34:37,068
AND JUST TRYING
TO FIGURE OUT A WAY

814
00:34:37,172 --> 00:34:39,137
TO DELIVER LOCAL CABLE SPORTS.

815
00:34:39,241 --> 00:34:41,689
THEN WHEN THEY FOUND OUT
ABOUT THE SATELLITE, THEY SAID,

816
00:34:41,793 --> 00:34:43,551
"SO, CAN WE COVER
THE WHOLE STATE?"

817
00:34:43,655 --> 00:34:45,793
AND THE GUY LOOKED AND HE SAID,
"NO, YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND."

818
00:34:45,896 --> 00:34:47,689
"FOR ANOTHER 25 CENTS
OR WHATEVER,

819
00:34:47,793 --> 00:34:49,344
YOU CAN SEND THIS ALL
OVER THE COUNTRY."

820
00:34:49,448 --> 00:34:52,862
AND THEY WENT, "OH, GEE, WHY
WOULD ANYONE WANT TO DO THAT?"

821
00:34:52,965 --> 00:34:55,206
THEY DIDN'T QUITE KNOW
WHAT THEY HAD.

822
00:34:55,310 --> 00:34:59,000
AND HE WOUND UP REVOLUTIONIZING
TELEVISION SPORTS.

823
00:34:59,103 --> 00:35:02,655
WELCOME, EVERYONE,
TO THE ESPN SportsCenter.

824
00:35:02,758 --> 00:35:05,241
FROM THIS VERY DESK
IN THE COMING WEEKS AND MONTHS,

825
00:35:05,344 --> 00:35:08,241
WE'LL BE FILLING YOU IN ON
THE PULSE OF SPORTING ACTIVITY,

826
00:35:08,344 --> 00:35:11,310
NOT ONLY AROUND THE COUNTRY,
BUT AROUND THE WORLD, AS WELL.

827
00:35:11,413 --> 00:35:13,517
THEY DIDN'T HAVE
THE MONEY TO GO OUT

828
00:35:13,620 --> 00:35:15,482
AND BUY BASEBALL GAMES
OR NFL GAMES.

829
00:35:15,586 --> 00:35:18,344
WHAT THEY DID DO WAS THEY TOOK
ALL THE LEFTOVERS OUT THERE.

830
00:35:18,448 --> 00:35:20,896
I'M JOE BOYLE, AND I'LL BE
HANDLING THE PLAY-BY-PLAY

831
00:35:21,000 --> 00:35:23,655
FOR TONIGHT'S GAME BETWEEN
THE BADGERS AND THE BLUE DEMONS.

832
00:35:23,758 --> 00:35:25,275
THAT GAVE BIRTH TO ARGUABLY

833
00:35:25,379 --> 00:35:28,103
THE GREATEST MEDIA SUCCESS STORY
OF ALL TIME.

834
00:35:28,206 --> 00:35:30,793
AT ITS BEST,
CABLE TELEVISION COULD PROVIDE

835
00:35:30,896 --> 00:35:33,586
A REFRESHING RELIEF
FROM THE TREND TOWARD BIGNESS,

836
00:35:33,689 --> 00:35:35,068
TOWARD CENTRALIZATION.

837
00:35:35,172 --> 00:35:38,551
AT ITS WORST, CABLE TV
COULD INVADE OUR PRIVACY,

838
00:35:38,655 --> 00:35:40,206
TRANQUILIZE OUR CHILDREN,

839
00:35:40,310 --> 00:35:43,793
REMOVE US ELECTRONICALLY
FROM THE FLESH-AND-BLOOD WORLD,

840
00:35:43,896 --> 00:35:46,000
AND WE'D HAVE TO PAY
FOR THE PRIVILEGE.

841
00:35:46,103 --> 00:35:50,206
THE QUESTION IS, INDEED,
WILL THE MIRACLE BE MANAGED?

842
00:36:03,206 --> 00:36:05,965
THE BEST THING PBS
DID FOR ADULTS IN THE '70s

843
00:36:06,068 --> 00:36:07,655
WAS THE MINISERIES--

844
00:36:07,758 --> 00:36:10,206
THE IDEA OF NOVELS
FOR TELEVISION.

845
00:36:10,310 --> 00:36:12,724
GOOD EVENING.
I'M ALISTAIR COOKE.

846
00:36:12,827 --> 00:36:15,724
WE'RE AT THE NINTH EPISODE
OF "I, CLAUDIUS."

847
00:36:15,827 --> 00:36:20,482
WE OUGHT TO PUT UP A SIGN,
"DISCRETION IS ADVISED."

848
00:36:20,586 --> 00:36:23,620
I WAS NOT ALLOWED TO WATCH IT
'CAUSE IT HAD THE NUDITY IN IT.

849
00:36:23,724 --> 00:36:25,137
I VERY MUCH WANTED TO.

850
00:36:25,241 --> 00:36:27,379
RATHER THAN TRY
TO COME UP WITH A SHOW

851
00:36:27,482 --> 00:36:28,931
THAT WOULD RUN
FOR YEARS AND YEARS,

852
00:36:29,034 --> 00:36:32,137
IT WAS THIS IDEA
THAT HERE IS A LIMITED STORY,

853
00:36:32,241 --> 00:36:34,103
WE'RE GONNA TELL IT
IN "X" NUMBER OF EPISODES,

854
00:36:34,206 --> 00:36:36,448
AND LET'S JUST DO THIS ONE
SELF-CONTAINED THING.

855
00:36:36,551 --> 00:36:38,862
WE ALL DID THINGS DURING
THE REIGN OF MY MAD BROTHER

856
00:36:38,965 --> 00:36:40,827
THAT WE MIGHT NOT
OTHERWISE HAVE DONE.

857
00:36:40,931 --> 00:36:42,379
IT LOOKS CHEAP.

858
00:36:42,482 --> 00:36:45,103
IT WAS THE SCRIPT AND
THE PERFORMANCES THAT MATTERED.

859
00:36:45,206 --> 00:36:47,344
IN OTHER WORDS,
IT COULD BE GOOD FOR YOU,

860
00:36:47,448 --> 00:36:49,172
BUT IT WAS FUN AT THE SAME TIME.

861
00:36:49,275 --> 00:36:53,551
THE MINISERIES IS SUCH A HUGE
SUCCESS FOR PUBLIC TELEVISION.

862
00:36:53,655 --> 00:36:56,206
ABC WAS THE NETWORK
THAT HIT GOLD

863
00:36:56,310 --> 00:36:58,137
WITH "RICH MAN, POOR MAN."

864
00:36:58,241 --> 00:37:02,206
YOU CAN TELL A STORY THAT
ISN'T CONTROLLED BY THE CLOCK.

865
00:37:02,310 --> 00:37:04,689
CHARACTERS CAN GROW AND CHANGE
AND DIFFER.

866
00:37:04,793 --> 00:37:06,896
HEY...I WANT TO TALK
TO YOU.

867
00:37:07,000 --> 00:37:07,862
ABOUT WHAT?

868
00:37:07,965 --> 00:37:10,034
ABOUT MAKING AN HONEST MAN
OUT OF ME.

869
00:37:10,137 --> 00:37:13,241
IT'S A SUBJECT I RARELY
DISCUSS IN THE NUDE.

870
00:37:13,344 --> 00:37:16,000
WHAT WE SAW IN THE '70s WAS
THAT THE BIG-EVENT TELEVISION,

871
00:37:16,103 --> 00:37:18,206
IF IT WAS DONE RIGHT,
AND IF IT WAS COMPELLING,

872
00:37:18,310 --> 00:37:21,413
THE AUDIENCE KEPT ON
COMING BACK AND BACK.

873
00:37:21,517 --> 00:37:24,172
HERE YOU HAVE TOPICS
THAT START TO GET SERIOUS

874
00:37:24,275 --> 00:37:26,413
AND IMPORTANT AND GROUNDBREAKING
FOR TELEVISION.

875
00:37:26,517 --> 00:37:28,206
THERE'S NO LIFE LEFT HERE,

876
00:37:28,310 --> 00:37:30,689
AND I DON'T WANT HARM
TO COME TO YOU BECAUSE OF ME.

877
00:37:30,793 --> 00:37:32,103
I WON'T--

878
00:37:32,206 --> 00:37:33,931
I WON'T LISTEN TO THIS.

879
00:37:36,344 --> 00:37:38,827
THE MAJORITY REACTION
TO THE "HOLOCAUST" PROGRAM

880
00:37:38,931 --> 00:37:40,034
HAS BEEN POSITIVE.

881
00:37:40,137 --> 00:37:42,655
IT HAS NOT BEEN WITHOUT DEBATE.

882
00:37:42,758 --> 00:37:45,000
WITH "HOLOCAUST,"

883
00:37:45,103 --> 00:37:48,689
"THE HEAT WAS YOU SHOULDN'T EVEN
TOUCH THIS SUBJECT.

884
00:37:48,793 --> 00:37:49,827
IT'S DISRESPECTFUL."

885
00:37:49,931 --> 00:37:51,586
BUT FINALLY THE THINKING WAS,

886
00:37:51,689 --> 00:37:54,793
"NO, TO <i>NOT</i> TALK ABOUT IT
WOULD BE DISRESPECTFUL,

887
00:37:54,896 --> 00:37:58,000
TO NOT PERPETUATE THE MEMORY
FOR ANOTHER GENERATION,

888
00:37:58,103 --> 00:38:01,172
SO IF YOU'RE TOO YOUNG TO KNOW,
HERE'S A DEPICTION.

889
00:38:02,689 --> 00:38:06,275
NOT SINCE THE WAR HAVE EMOTIONS
BEEN SO HIGH IN GERMANY.

890
00:38:06,379 --> 00:38:08,896
THE "HOLOCAUST" TELECAST
CAUSED HEATED DISCUSSION.

891
00:38:09,000 --> 00:38:11,379
ITS MOST TANGIBLE
POLITICAL EFFECT WAS SHOWN

892
00:38:11,482 --> 00:38:12,965
WHEN THE GERMAN LEGISLATURE

893
00:38:13,068 --> 00:38:15,310
DEBATED THE SEARCH
FOR NAZI WAR CRIMINALS.

894
00:38:15,413 --> 00:38:17,965
"HOLOCAUST" MADE IT EASIER
FOR LAWMAKERS

895
00:38:18,068 --> 00:38:20,379
TO VOTE TO CONTINUE
THE HUNT FOR NAZIS.

896
00:38:20,482 --> 00:38:21,931
HOLOCAUST BROUGHT IT HOME.

897
00:38:22,034 --> 00:38:26,206
IT MADE IT REAL EVEN THOUGH
IT WAS A HOLLYWOOD CREATION.

898
00:38:28,137 --> 00:38:31,103
SUNDAY NIGHT, "ROOTS" BEGINS
IN EIGHT PARTS ON ABC.

899
00:38:31,206 --> 00:38:33,482
IF IT SOUNDS LIKE
I'M PLUGGING IT, I AM.

900
00:38:33,586 --> 00:38:36,517
BASICALLY, TELEVISION WILL
NEVER BE THE SAME AGAIN.

901
00:38:36,620 --> 00:38:40,931
THERE WAS REALLY NO BIGGER
TELEVISION EVENT THAN ROOTS.

902
00:38:41,034 --> 00:38:44,241
IT WAS BASED ON A 1976 BOOK
BY ALEX HALEY

903
00:38:44,344 --> 00:38:47,275
ABOUT HIS FAMILY IN AFRICA
AND COMING TO AMERICA AS SLAVES

904
00:38:47,379 --> 00:38:49,620
AND WHAT HAPPENS TO THEM
AS THE CENTURIES GO ON.

905
00:38:49,724 --> 00:38:55,172
I WILL GO TO MY GRAVE BELIEVING
THAT "ROOTS" IS AMERICA'S STORY.

906
00:38:55,275 --> 00:38:57,448
IT'S NOT JUST
BLACK AMERICA'S STORY.

907
00:38:57,551 --> 00:38:59,862
WE MIGHT HAVE COME OVER
IN THE BOTTOM OF THE SHIP,

908
00:38:59,965 --> 00:39:02,413
BUT WE ALL CAME OVER ON SHIPS.

909
00:39:02,517 --> 00:39:05,068
YOUR NAME MEANS "STAY PUT,"

910
00:39:05,172 --> 00:39:07,517
BUT IT DON'T MEAN
STAY A SLAVE.

911
00:39:07,620 --> 00:39:10,275
AS A 19-YEAR-OLD KID, YOU KNOW,
"ROOTS" WAS MY FIRST JOB.

912
00:39:10,379 --> 00:39:13,689
WE'RE NOT CHILDREN. WE'RE VERY
CLOSE TO BEING MEN, YOBOTO.

913
00:39:13,793 --> 00:39:15,241
WHAT'S YOUR NAME?

914
00:39:15,344 --> 00:39:18,344
KUNTA. KUNTA KINTE.

915
00:39:18,448 --> 00:39:21,517
THE CHARACTER THAT I GOT
TO PORTRAY IN "ROOTS,"

916
00:39:21,620 --> 00:39:24,379
KUNTA KINTE THE ADULT,
WAS A DREAM ROLE.

917
00:39:24,482 --> 00:39:26,586
IT WAS REALLY INGENIOUS

918
00:39:26,689 --> 00:39:29,965
TO CAST ALL OF AMERICA'S
FAVORITE TELEVISION DADS

919
00:39:30,068 --> 00:39:31,620
IN THE ROLES
OF THE WHITE SLAVE OWNERS

920
00:39:31,724 --> 00:39:33,103
AND THE VILLAINS.

921
00:39:33,206 --> 00:39:35,551
I'LL BE BY TO FETCH YOU
IN THE MORNING, CAPTAIN.

922
00:39:35,655 --> 00:39:37,551
SLEEP WELL.

923
00:39:39,482 --> 00:39:42,000
IT IS DIFFICULT TO EXPLAIN
IN TODAY'S CULTURE

924
00:39:42,103 --> 00:39:43,344
HOW UNPRECEDENTED "ROOTS" WAS.

925
00:39:43,448 --> 00:39:46,137
NO ONE HAD EVER SEEN THE STORY
OF SLAVERY BEFORE,

926
00:39:46,241 --> 00:39:48,482
TOLD FROM THE POINT OF VIEW
OF THE AFRICANS.

927
00:39:50,689 --> 00:39:53,275
IT MAY BE THE FIRST TIME

928
00:39:53,379 --> 00:39:57,758
THAT TELEVISION ALLOWED
AN EMBRACING OF BLACK PRIDE.

929
00:39:57,862 --> 00:40:00,896
THEN WE'S FREE.
WE'S FREE, HONEY.

930
00:40:01,000 --> 00:40:04,103
ONE OF THE REASONS THAT "ROOTS"
WAS SO INCREDIBLY POPULAR

931
00:40:04,206 --> 00:40:06,724
IS NOT BECAUSE ABC
HAD SO MUCH FAITH IN IT,

932
00:40:06,827 --> 00:40:09,172
BUT BECAUSE ABC DIDN'T.

933
00:40:09,275 --> 00:40:10,517
EARLIER MINISERIES

934
00:40:10,620 --> 00:40:12,379
WERE BROADCAST
IN WEEKLY INSTALLMENTS,

935
00:40:12,482 --> 00:40:14,793
AND THE ABC EXECUTIVES DETERMINED

936
00:40:14,896 --> 00:40:16,655
THAT IF "ROOTS" WERE TO FAIL,

937
00:40:16,758 --> 00:40:19,551
THEY COULD JUST BE DONE WITH IT
IN SEVEN OR EIGHT NIGHTS.

938
00:40:19,655 --> 00:40:22,344
IT WAS HIGH RISK, HIGH REWARD.

939
00:40:22,448 --> 00:40:25,172
IF IT DIDN'T WORK,
YOU WERE OUT A LOT OF TV TIME,

940
00:40:25,275 --> 00:40:26,862
AND NOT MANY PEOPLE WATCHING.

941
00:40:26,965 --> 00:40:29,724
THE TELEVISION PREMIERE
ON EIGHT CONSECUTIVE NIGHTS

942
00:40:29,827 --> 00:40:33,000
ATTRACTED THE LARGEST AUDIENCE
IN HISTORY OF THE MEDIUM.

943
00:40:33,103 --> 00:40:38,448
THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT IT THAT
SEEMS TO TOUCH ALL HUMAN BEINGS.

944
00:40:38,551 --> 00:40:41,551
IT TRANSCENDS AGE AND RACE.

945
00:40:41,655 --> 00:40:43,586
ENTERTAINMENT WAS MADE
IN HUMANITY,

946
00:40:43,689 --> 00:40:45,241
AND I THINK THAT'S
THE PRIMARY VALUE

947
00:40:45,344 --> 00:40:48,862
IS TO LEAD HUMANITY FORWARD.

948
00:40:50,068 --> 00:40:52,793
IF THERE'S A LEGACY
OF TELEVISION IN THE '70s,

949
00:40:52,896 --> 00:40:54,931
IT'S THAT <i>YOU</i> MATTER.

950
00:40:55,034 --> 00:40:58,275
WHILE THERE'S A LOT
GOING ON IN THE WORLD,

951
00:40:58,379 --> 00:41:02,344
TELEVISION WAS A REMINDER OF HOW
MUCH LITTLE THINGS MEAN TO US,

952
00:41:02,448 --> 00:41:04,586
THE SMALLEST OF SITUATIONS.

953
00:41:04,689 --> 00:41:07,068
NO MATTER WHAT
THE SUBJECT MATTER WAS,

954
00:41:07,172 --> 00:41:08,896
IT WANTED TO INCLUDE YOU.

955
00:41:09,000 --> 00:41:10,241
YOU'RE <i>IN</i> THE FAMILY.

956
00:41:10,344 --> 00:41:13,896
DON'T MAKE FUN OF THE OUTSIDER.
INCLUDE THEM.

957
00:41:14,000 --> 00:41:18,137
ITS LEGACY IS
LOOK HOW LONG IT'S LASTED.

958
00:41:18,241 --> 00:41:23,034
THOSE SHOWS, THEY'RE ABOUT
PEOPLE WHO WERE KIND AND NICE.

959
00:41:23,137 --> 00:41:25,379
THEY WERE NOT
MEAN-SPIRITED SHOWS.

960
00:41:26,655 --> 00:41:30,034
THERE WAS A CERTAIN
ELEGANCE TO THAT.

961
00:41:30,137 --> 00:41:32,000
I KIND OF MISS IT.

962
00:41:32,103 --> 00:41:36,586
OH, IT WAS SO DELICIOUS.
FIVE DIFFERENT FLAVORS.

963
00:41:36,689 --> 00:41:39,931
ANYWAY, ARCHIE WAS SITTING
AT ANOTHER TABLE

964
00:41:40,034 --> 00:41:42,482
WITH ETHEL
AND JEFFERSON PRATT.

965
00:41:42,586 --> 00:41:43,862
REMEMBER HIM?

966
00:41:43,965 --> 00:41:48,758
ANYWAY, ARCHIE WAS TRYING
TO GET MY ATTENTION,

967
00:41:48,862 --> 00:41:53,310
SO FIRST HE PUT TWO STRAWS
IN HIS NOSE LIKE A WALRUS.

968
00:41:53,413 --> 00:41:55,034
AND THEN HE...