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Every decade has
its vivid highlights and
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lowlights, the 80's,
more so than most.
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ROB It was a
decade we viewed through the
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world of our TV screens and
sometimes we couldn't
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believe our own eyes.
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The very first
national Oprah Winfrey show!
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I went
bonkers, this is unreal.
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Oh my God!
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Like this is craziest,
sexiest thing I ever saw.
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ROB Big events,
were shared events.
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The world stopped that day.
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It was all over the news.
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Who shot JR?
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Ay-oh!
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I'm talking
about world changing.
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In this show, we're
focusing on the good times,
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the wild moments that were
discussed around watercoolers.
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ROB
And in the 80s,
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there was a lot to talk about.
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Well, that was
something to remember,
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that's for sure.
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ROB In a decade
packed with indelible memories,
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ten define the
word unforgettable,
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but only one can top them all.
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At number ten, a wild ride into
some late-night shenanigans.
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I enjoy seeing a
grown man do that, do it again.
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Go ahead.
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In the early 80s,
a new generation of stand-up comics...
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Scum bucket.
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...were
breaking all the rules.
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At the head of the pack,
David Letterman.
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But Letterman had
taken over a bigger stage,
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an idiosyncratic
late-night talk show.
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What made him different?
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In a nutshell,
anything could happen,
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you know, and that was
the kind of show it was.
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Letterman really
broke the mold in terms of
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a late-night host.
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At the same time,
another comedian was inventing
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an entire new reality.
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His name was Andy Kaufman.
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Everybody sing.
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Andy Kaufman would
just screw with the audience's
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sense of reality.
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I thought this was going
to be a real contest and
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I think you are making joke.
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It was really hard to
distinguish what was a joke
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and what wasn't.
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In July, 1982,
Letterman and Kaufman's worlds collide
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in an explosive encounter
that changes TV history.
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Just need some
identification, get the hose.
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No, no.
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Oh!
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That night,
Letterman's other guest was
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Jerry Lawler, a future WWE
Hall of Fame wrestler and a
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man who Kaufman had a
very public grudge with.
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Kaufman had been
causing huge controversy,
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wrestling women as part of
his avant-garde comedy act.
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Three months earlier,
Lawler had publicly challenged
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Kaufman to fight a man.
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Jerry Lawler was
a big actual wrestler,
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like a legitimate scary
opponent for him and
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it didn't go very well.
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Kaufman is out cold.
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Stretchered off,
apparently unconscious with a
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neck injury, Kaufman agrees
to face off with Lawler again,
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this time on Letterman's show.
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Tonight for the first
time on Network Television,
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they meet face to face.
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Things escalated and they started
insulting each other.
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I could have sued you
for everything you're worth,
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but I didn't, because I'm
not that kind of a guy.
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Yeah,
you know what, uh.
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What kind
of a guy are you?
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I'll just be over here.
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We're going to pause here for
station identification and get
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the hoses out here.
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And when Jerry Lawler
hit him, it was like,
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"Whoa, what just happened?
This is crazy."
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I was, of course, on stage,
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on set, on camera,
in it and saying,
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"Oh my God, what, you
know, is this show business?
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What's happening here?"
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Is security gonna break
this because Kaufman loses it.
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You are full of
my friend,
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I will sue you for
everything you have.
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You hear me?
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A
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Everybody was like stunned.
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You had to
ask somebody else,
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"Did you watch
Letterman last night?"
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"Yeah, I did,"
"Did you see Andy,
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what was going on there?"
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Everyone was like,
"Was that real or not real,"
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and I go, "It was real, it was real."
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Well, that
about wraps this segment up,
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I want to thank my
guests, Mister Lawler,
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Jerry, thank you very
much for being here.
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Kaufman,
Lawler and Letterman,
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all maintained the brawl
was entirely unscripted.
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No-one knew for
certain at the time.
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But what we do know
is that tragically,
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less than two years later,
Andy Kaufman's life was
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struck short by lung cancer.
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Then in 1994, ten years
after Kaufman's death,
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Jerry Lawler finally admitted
that the feud was staged.
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That's how great of
an actor Jerry Lawler is.
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I said to him,
"You fooled everyone."
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But there's one
final twist, in a 2019 podcast,
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the now retired "King of the
late-night talk show,"
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finally admits he was
also in on the setup.
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He would say,
"Here's what's gonna happen
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and then Jerry Lawler will
come out and we're gonna get
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into an argument and then he's
gonna hit me and then I'll go
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down and that'll
be the segment.
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And I said, "Okay," and,
and then it happens and
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even though I knew roughly
what was gonna happen,
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it was still, "Oh my God,
he wasn't kidding."
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Look, it got everybody
talking and 30 years later,
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we're still talking about it.
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Imagine the reaction of
music executives when a couple
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of headstrong artists decided
to mash up their respective
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musical genres,
risking commercial disaster.
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Meet our moment number nine.
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♪ New York, it's
Tricky to rock a rhyme, ♪
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♪ To rock a rhyme
that's right on time, ♪
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♪ It's Tricky ♪
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♪ It's Tricky,
Tricky, Tricky, Tricky ♪
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In 1985,
Run DMC are on a mission,
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to break down barriers and bring hip-hop
to a mainstream audience.
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See people thought
hip-hop's for black people and
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rock is for white people.
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Hey, this is
a Rock and Roll Museum,
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you guys don't belong in here.
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Rick Rubin,
Run DMC's record producer,
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comes up with a wild
way to shake things up.
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It's his idea to have
Run DMC cover Aerosmith's
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"Walk This Way".
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It was an
incredible game changer.
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You've got to remember,
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like, this was a
rock and roll band.
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This was a hip-hop band.
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Despite obvious musical differences,
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the two bands bond and cut a
staggering crossover version.
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But in the mid 80s, it's
not enough to just be heard,
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you also have to be seen.
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They need airtime on MTV,
but there's a big problem.
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MTV, in its earliest years,
focused only
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on their target demographic
which they envisioned as
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young white males who
were into rock music.
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It occurred to me,
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having watched MTV
over the last few months,
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I'm just floored by the
fact that there's so few
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Black artists featured
on it, why is that?
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I wish that MTV would
have taken the lead sooner,
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but it was that interview
that made us realize
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we have to move forward.
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MTV broadens its
playlist of Black artists,
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but hip-hop remains
strictly off limits.
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To break down the
remaining walls,
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Run DMC needs a
knockout video.
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I had to make this great,
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that they had no
choice of airing it.
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He said, "I'm gonna
show the world their problem.
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They put up walls that
don't need to be there."
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Music has no boundary,
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a good song is a good song.
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In the
Summer of 1986,
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the bands reunite on
a New Jersey film set.
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We built a wall in the
center of the stage.
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Keep that noise down, man.
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Yo!
What's up with this.
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And set up
the whole scenario.
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Aerosmith was annoyed at
Run DMC because their noise
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was coming through their side.
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You know, it's funny, him
trying to break through the
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wall, I thought it was great.
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You know, I think he thought
he was gonna get through it in one shot.
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♪ She told me how to
walk this way ♪
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She told me to ♪
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Walk this way ♪
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The idea is simple,
the message crystal clear,
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and at last, MTV gets it.
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On July 3rd, 1986, MTV premiere
the video bringing hip-hop to
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the mainstream and changing
popular music forever.
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Oh God, I think
we played it every hour.
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It was non-stop airing.
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You know, MTV was a
foundation of exposing hip-hop
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to the world because it put
us in everybody's living room.
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It was revolutionary
and ground-breaking and
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innovative, I'm talking
about world changing.
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Now, you might be asking yourself,
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how did we arrive at our top ten?
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Good question.
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We recruited eight brilliant
cultural historians who rank
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the highlights
from ten to one,
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by carefully
considering two factors.
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80's wow, their important
at the time and
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impact, their legacy today.
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Our number eight celebrates
a moment when America gave
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a mass salute to some men
and women who had served
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the nation very well.
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In 1983, MASH's
theme tune rings out
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for the last time.
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This marks the end of an era
and not just in terms of TV.
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We all wanted to watch
the last episode of MASH,
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we all loved MASH.
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During the 80s, you
would be hard pressed to find
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a better crafted show than MASH.
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I just feel very
lucky that I have a chance to
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go in every day and do
work that I can be proud of.
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13 years earlier,
MASH began life as
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a controversial movie, a
film that grappled with
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the aftermath of the Vietnam War.
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America was pretty
burned out on Vietnam and
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almost didn't even
want to talk about it,
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didn't want to look at it.
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Fusing comedy and
drama around medics
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in the earlier less
divisive Korean War,
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MASH held up a mirror to the nation's
mixed feelings about armed conflict.
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MASH was a way to
look at a clean war and look
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at good guys doing
good things in a war,
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saving people.
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But by the early 80s,
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MASH's anti-establishment vibe
is out of step with America's
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rediscovered military swagger.
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It was the end of
something that it started in
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another decade that was
very different from the 80s.
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It embodied a lot of different
values than the 80s and there
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was something
about letting that go.
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MASH's time was up,
but the producers wanted to
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ensure it went
out with a bang.
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Fore!
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Oh no!
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Next Monday night,
MASH 4077 will fold up their
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tents and head for home.
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The announcement of
MASH's final episode creates a
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massive outpouring of
affection for the show.
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The main reason I like
to watch it is because of the
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portrayal of the characters.
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8:30, I'm gonna
be there watching it.
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I remember the very last
episode and I remember
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what a big deal it was.
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On February, 28th, 1983,
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a two hour special brings the
show and the war it portrayed
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to a heartfelt close.
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The cast's poignant on-screen
farewells seemed to speak for
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the nation, a nation that
also needed to say goodbye.
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Look, I know how tough
it is for you to say goodbye,
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so I'll say it, I'll miss you.
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I always ask
people this question,
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"Tell me what the
last line of MASH is."
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I left you a note.
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And the last line
of dialogue is actually.
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What?
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And then you get
the goodbye in the rocks,
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that you can see
from Hawk, because BJ,
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who would never say goodbye,
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has spelt it out in
the rocks at the end.
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I think that's one of the
reasons that we loved MASH is
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because MASH
always surprised us.
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Nearly 106 million
Americans watched the finale,
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a record for a TV drama
that still stands today.
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They honored
themselves and the audience
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and it deserved to
win all records.
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So far, we've had
a meltdown at number ten,
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broken down walls
at number nine
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and broken records
at number eight.
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But our number seven helped
change the way we watch TV.
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Cynics have said that
bad news sells best because
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good news is no news.
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But our number seven revolves
around bad news that became
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good news and kept the world
watching a newfangled kind of TV network.
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And in West Texas tonight,
the saga
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of little Jessica McClure
has been going on since
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mid-morning yesterday.
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The 18 month old girl fell
through an eight inch opening
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into a well in Midland Texas.
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Oh, we were
so, we were so scared.
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Jessica is
trapped in a dry well,
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22 feet deep and
encircled by thick rock.
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The mom was so
upset and it was just like,
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"Is she gonna be okay?"
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Baby Jessica's
distraught teenage parents,
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Chip and Cissy, can do nothing
but watch on helplessly.
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NBC's Dan Molina is
standing by now in Midland,
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with an update on
that dramatic situation.
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The rescue effort
has been mounting every hour,
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eventually reaching 400 strong.
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I was seven
at the time, you can
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kind of almost put yourself
in her shoes and be like,
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"Oh my God,
could I fall down a well?
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Could that happen to me?"
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As rescuers
commandeer a large rig to dig
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a precarious 28 foot
hole parallel to the well,
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TV networks scramble to
cover the ongoing rescue.
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Among them, a struggling new
24/7 news channel called CNN,
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whose fate will become
inextricably linked to
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Jessica's story.
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Jessica can be
heard to call to her mother,
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she has been singing
and occasionally crying.
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She said she's hungry, she
hasn't had anything to eat or
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drink for more than a day.
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But medical personnel
on the scene say,
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they don't want anything
passed down to her
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for fear she'll choke.
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After 48 hours,
Jessica is still trapped,
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all the world can do is watch,
wait and fear for the worst.
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The nail-biting
tension continues as rescuers
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get ever so close.
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CNN'S 24/7 coverage
helps transform baby Jessica's
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plight from personal tragedy
into national obsession.
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Ted Turner, the
guy who started CNN,
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realized that people wanted
to watch the news when
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they wanted to see it,
not when it comes on
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at 7:00 on the network.
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We are told that
they are now lowering an
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engineer into that hole.
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All the networks
cover the ongoing rescue,
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but CNN now owns the story.
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For the latest,
let's switch again live to
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our exhausted CNN
personnel on the scene,
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here again,
correspondent, Tony Clark.
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Tony.
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You can see the same
thing we're seeing here,
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the rescuers are all
standing around the,
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the shaft, they're
looking down there, there's a paramedic.
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Millions watch
as the rescue unfolds.
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I mean, literally, I was
up for two days cos I just got
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so involved, like,
they gotta get Jessica,
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baby Jessica get baby
out of there, please.
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After 58
hours trapped in a well.
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We're obviously
still waiting, it's...
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Time is running
out to save baby Jessica.
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It looks like they're
bringing her up right now,
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we're seeing a
lot of activity,
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the ropes are being pulled up,
Jessica's mother is running
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over to the area where she is.
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This is the moment that
we've been waiting for.
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You can see the enthusiasm,
you can hear the applause,
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as Jessica is, is brought out.
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It has taken a long time.
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Everyone cried when
they pulled baby Jessica out,
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it was such a relief.
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The story of baby
Jessica became extremely
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personal for so many people.
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Even the President
and Nancy Reagan are
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caught up in the moment.
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They call Jessica's parents
from the hospital where the
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First Lady has been
admitted for a biopsy.
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REAGAN It's Ronald Reagan
and Nancy's on the other phone.
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NANCY Hello?
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CISSY Hello Mrs.
Reagan, how are you feeling?
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NANCY Well, I wan
you to know that I was supposed
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to get ready for the operation
the next morning and
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I couldn't do it until I sat
there and watched her come up.
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CISSY
We appreciate it.
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REAGAN I think
you must be aware by now,
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that everybody in
America became godfathers and
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godmothers of Jessica,
we'd all been praying.
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CNN's coverage marks
a turning point in news media.
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It is the moment when
people began to expect,
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even demand, what we
take for granted today,
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instant updates at
the touch of a button.
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I don't know how
to say thank you enough.
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1972 was the last time
we walked on the moon ever.
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The American space
program went into hibernation,
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but like so many things, it
came roaring back in the 80s.
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Our number six.
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LAUNCH Four,
three, two, one and lift off.
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On January 28th, 1986,
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the space shuttle Challenger,
exploded upon lift off.
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The whole world watched
and the whole world grieved.
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But a very different emotion
attended the shuttle's
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maiden voyage five
years earlier.
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LAUNCH
We have no down link.
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April 12th, 1981.
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The space shuttle Colombia's
launch has already been
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delayed two days due to
technical problems and
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no-one wants to think of the disastrous
consequences of failure.
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Well Sam,
it's had its problems.
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A few years behind schedule
and more than a few dollars over budget.
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The shuttle is
intended to be a game-changer,
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the world's first
reusable space vehicle.
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This thing was
unbelievable what it could do,
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you know, launch like a rocket
and land like an airplane,
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nothing before
could ever do that.
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LAUNCH This is
shuttle launch control at T-20
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minutes and holding.
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But that's only if
it can get off the ground.
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Mile after
mile of campers and crowds,
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well over a million people.
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A nation's hopes
and prayers fix on astronauts,
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John Young and Robert Crippen.
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Everybody here anxiously hoping,
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waiting, watching.
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LAUNCH 35 seconds
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All they're thinking
about is the word, lift off.
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LAUNCH 25 seconds
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Launch sequencer.
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Five, four, we've gone
for main engine start,
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we have main engine start.
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The launch of America's
first Space Shuttle and
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the shuttle has
cleared the tower.
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The sense of being
an American at that particular
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time was prideful.
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United States of America!
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So it was kind of,
hey, we're back in business.
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Well, that was something
to remember, that's for sure.
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America's back in space finally
and I hope we're there to stay.
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For the
watching millions,
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it's an inspiring moment,
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heralding a new age
of space travel.
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Especially for an
aspiring astronaut.
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If you would have told me,
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"Hey, you're gonna fly on
that spaceship some day,"
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I'd have been, "No way," but
that's the spaceship I flew on.
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MIKE I'm moving one of
his shoulder straps out of the way there.
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I got to fly on
space shuttle Colombia on my first flight.
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LAUNCH
Okay, we copy that.
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The shuttle blazed a trail,
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encouraging a new generation
of space explorers to boldly
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go where no-one
has gone before.
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It was really an
amazing accomplishment.
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Next, the
burning question that was on
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everyone's lips in
the summer of 1980.
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00:22:05,800 --> 00:22:08,703
It was all everybody
was talking about and can you believe it?
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So far, we've
seen tragedy averted,
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00:22:15,643 --> 00:22:17,879
surreal talk show theatre,
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and the last call for
a beloved TV show.
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Our number five had the
highest rated 80s factor,
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the shot literally
heard around the world.
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Who shot JR?
Who shot JR?
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Who's there?
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His wife probably did it.
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00:22:56,117 --> 00:22:57,419
I have a hunch his brother did.
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00:22:57,485 --> 00:22:59,053
I would,
he's a son of a...
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Dallas is America's
leading primetime soap opera
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and actor, Larry Hagman,
makes arch villain, JR Ewing,
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the man that
everybody loves to hate.
441
00:23:12,267 --> 00:23:14,002
Alright, this is
what I want you to do.
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00:23:14,068 --> 00:23:16,538
Close down that field.
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00:23:18,339 --> 00:23:19,507
That's right.
444
00:23:19,574 --> 00:23:21,443
The reason he became
a main character in the show
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was because Larry Hagman
played him.
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00:23:24,345 --> 00:23:25,680
You didn't think,
"Oh, that's Larry Hagman,"
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you'd got "That's JR. "
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JR was, was sort of our first
reality show villain in a way.
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But in 1980, a
suddenly extended run means
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the show's writers have to
create a new season finale,
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in a hurry.
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They were
sitting in the writers room,
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00:23:44,499 --> 00:23:45,667
they were going,
"What are we gonna do?
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What are we gonna do?"
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and somebody just said,
"Well, let's shoot somebody."
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And then
unanimously, everybody went,
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"It's got to be JR."
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At the last minute,
unsure of exactly who will shoot JR,
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the writers
decide to buy time,
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by building in a cliff-hanger.
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They didn't know who did it
at the end of that season.
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They didn't care.
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00:24:05,553 --> 00:24:07,789
They said, "We have all summer
now to try and figure out
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who did it and why."
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But no-one realizes
that this writers room
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creative block will
unleash a global obsession.
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They have now
been labelled the shots heard
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round the world,
who shot JR, says Time,
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00:24:21,236 --> 00:24:24,672
is the most tantalizing secret
since Watergate's Deep Throat.
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00:24:24,739 --> 00:24:26,107
You heard it
discussed on kids shows,
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00:24:26,174 --> 00:24:28,343
it was on the radio, the
DJs would banter about it,
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00:24:28,409 --> 00:24:31,346
it was everywhere.
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The producers
realize they've created the
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ultimate hook for the next
season and to keep everyone,
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00:24:37,051 --> 00:24:40,088
including the cast, guessing,
they even film multiple
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00:24:40,154 --> 00:24:42,657
versions of the big reveal.
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00:24:42,724 --> 00:24:44,926
We were the last
people in the world to know,
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00:24:44,993 --> 00:24:46,261
the cast of Dallas.
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00:24:46,327 --> 00:24:47,529
Larry didn't
know who shot him.
480
00:24:47,595 --> 00:24:48,630
Whodunnit?
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I don't
know who did it.
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You must know.
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00:24:50,965 --> 00:24:52,467
I don't,
I swear I don't,
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00:24:52,534 --> 00:24:55,203
they're, they're
not gonna tell me.
485
00:24:57,372 --> 00:25:00,942
In November, 1980,
after eight months of feverish
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00:25:01,009 --> 00:25:04,012
speculation, the
nation is on tenterhooks,
487
00:25:04,078 --> 00:25:07,115
anticipating the big reveal.
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00:25:07,415 --> 00:25:11,653
All of America was like tuned in
to finding out who killed JR.
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00:25:12,153 --> 00:25:13,922
That hour
of Dallas, everybody said,
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00:25:13,988 --> 00:25:17,258
"Shut up, we're watching, no eating,
don't crinkle the paper."
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If you
still don't know,
492
00:25:18,593 --> 00:25:20,662
you may not wanna watch
in the next 20 seconds,
493
00:25:20,728 --> 00:25:22,163
especially you on
the west coast,
494
00:25:22,230 --> 00:25:24,032
if you want to wait and
see it in just a bit.
495
00:25:24,098 --> 00:25:25,567
Here it is...
496
00:25:28,303 --> 00:25:30,972
It was you, Kristen.
497
00:25:31,706 --> 00:25:33,775
The shooter
turns out to be Kristen,
498
00:25:33,841 --> 00:25:37,078
JR's mistress, who is
also his sister-in-law,
499
00:25:37,145 --> 00:25:39,447
of course she was.
500
00:25:39,514 --> 00:25:42,584
The world finally exhales
after holding its breath for
501
00:25:42,650 --> 00:25:44,519
most of 1980 and
502
00:25:44,586 --> 00:25:48,856
"Who Shot JR?" sets a
precedent for season finales.
503
00:25:50,291 --> 00:25:51,893
I can't remember
another time that there was
504
00:25:51,960 --> 00:25:55,363
a gigantic cliffhanger, that the
entire world was tuned into,
505
00:25:55,430 --> 00:25:56,965
to see how it
was gonna resolve.
506
00:25:57,031 --> 00:25:59,334
Yeah, he's just about
the best liar I've ever met,
507
00:25:59,400 --> 00:26:02,337
with the exception
of myself of course.
508
00:26:02,403 --> 00:26:04,606
The Yang to
JR's Yin in the 80s,
509
00:26:04,672 --> 00:26:08,042
was a very real person,
who was also self-made,
510
00:26:08,109 --> 00:26:10,044
rich and powerful,
511
00:26:10,111 --> 00:26:13,414
only, she used her
unique talents for good.
512
00:26:16,384 --> 00:26:19,053
This is
Eye Witness News.
513
00:26:19,120 --> 00:26:19,988
I'm Sam Donald.
514
00:26:20,054 --> 00:26:21,222
At the
start of the 1980s,
515
00:26:21,289 --> 00:26:23,358
whatever channel
you tune into.
516
00:26:23,424 --> 00:26:25,226
Well, the number
one television show.
517
00:26:25,293 --> 00:26:29,731
TV news and
talk shows, looked very similar
518
00:26:29,797 --> 00:26:31,299
That's the news
for this Tuesday night,
519
00:26:31,366 --> 00:26:33,768
I'm Tom Brokaw, goodnight
from all of us at NBC News.
520
00:26:35,136 --> 00:26:36,671
But an ambitious
young reporter from
521
00:26:36,738 --> 00:26:40,174
rural Mississippi, is
out to change that.
522
00:26:41,209 --> 00:26:44,212
Oprah Winfrey
and the Eyewitness News Team.
523
00:26:44,846 --> 00:26:47,548
Oprah Winfrey had
landed her first job as a TV
524
00:26:47,615 --> 00:26:50,284
anchor at just 19 years old.
525
00:26:50,351 --> 00:26:52,220
President Carter
announced just this morning.
526
00:26:52,286 --> 00:26:54,288
Becoming the
youngest woman to anchor the
527
00:26:54,355 --> 00:26:58,626
news at the Nashville TV station
and the only African American.
528
00:26:59,360 --> 00:27:02,430
Her personable style wins
admirers and the audience but
529
00:27:02,497 --> 00:27:06,300
not TV bosses, she is demoted
to daytime for being what her
530
00:27:06,367 --> 00:27:10,338
male bosses call,
um, too emotional?
531
00:27:10,905 --> 00:27:13,141
I have a gift, I
understand that it's a gift to
532
00:27:13,207 --> 00:27:16,077
be myself in front of the camera,
533
00:27:16,144 --> 00:27:17,912
I am as comfortable in front of
the camera,
534
00:27:17,979 --> 00:27:19,247
as I am breathing.
535
00:27:19,313 --> 00:27:22,650
In 1984, Oprah takes
over a low-rated half hour
536
00:27:22,717 --> 00:27:27,288
morning talk show, AM Chicago,
and the emotion she showed too
537
00:27:27,355 --> 00:27:31,559
much of on news, becomes
a talk show secret weapon.
538
00:27:32,894 --> 00:27:35,730
I'm trying not to
let my feelings show here.
539
00:27:37,098 --> 00:27:39,600
In the year or two
that she was on AM Chicago,
540
00:27:39,667 --> 00:27:41,803
she took the ratings from I
think what was like zero,
541
00:27:41,869 --> 00:27:44,572
it was like last place
to, you know, the top.
542
00:27:44,972 --> 00:27:48,543
♪ Everybody loves Oprah ♪
543
00:27:48,609 --> 00:27:49,677
You mean me?
544
00:27:49,744 --> 00:27:50,845
Less than a year later,
545
00:27:50,912 --> 00:27:52,146
they name the show for her.
546
00:27:52,213 --> 00:27:53,381
Chicago ♪
547
00:27:53,448 --> 00:27:56,984
♪ Start your day
out with a smile ♪
548
00:27:57,552 --> 00:28:00,221
And once Oprah starts
beating daytime talk show king,
549
00:28:00,288 --> 00:28:03,024
Phil Donahue, in
Chicago's TV ratings,
550
00:28:03,091 --> 00:28:06,894
the stage is set for
Oprah's national syndication.
551
00:28:07,562 --> 00:28:10,465
Whoo! Woo.
552
00:28:10,531 --> 00:28:15,737
Hello, everybody. Thanks.
553
00:28:17,305 --> 00:28:21,008
Thank you, I'm Oprah Winfrey
and welcome to the very first
554
00:28:21,075 --> 00:28:22,877
national Oprah Winfrey Show!
555
00:28:24,612 --> 00:28:26,547
Oprah and her
creative team know this first
556
00:28:26,614 --> 00:28:29,217
episode will be make or break.
557
00:28:29,283 --> 00:28:32,487
They are desperate to
make a big celebrity splash.
558
00:28:33,921 --> 00:28:37,658
Oprah, who are the
guests for the first show?
559
00:28:37,725 --> 00:28:40,495
Is it Mother Theresa?
560
00:28:40,895 --> 00:28:42,396
Is it the Pope?
561
00:28:42,463 --> 00:28:43,831
Is it Greta Garbo?
562
00:28:43,898 --> 00:28:46,467
But with no takers,
Oprah's solution is an
563
00:28:46,534 --> 00:28:50,438
intuitive masterclass in
connecting with a mass audience
564
00:28:50,505 --> 00:28:54,642
a class act that sets Oprah
apart from the competition,
565
00:28:54,709 --> 00:28:57,779
that will soon have
no hope of competing.
566
00:28:58,312 --> 00:29:00,148
We decided to do
what we do best and that is
567
00:29:00,214 --> 00:29:04,118
a show about and with
everyday people.
568
00:29:04,185 --> 00:29:06,587
Sure, the
celebrities are great later on,
569
00:29:06,654 --> 00:29:09,190
but you have to make that
connection with the audience.
570
00:29:09,257 --> 00:29:12,126
Regular people being
on stage talking about world
571
00:29:12,193 --> 00:29:15,663
issues and it feels
very before her time.
572
00:29:15,730 --> 00:29:19,734
Oprah takes
a record 48% of the afternoon audience.
573
00:29:19,801 --> 00:29:21,402
But two things
have bugged me for years,
574
00:29:21,469 --> 00:29:23,437
the first, my thighs,
the second...
575
00:29:23,504 --> 00:29:27,141
Like, what woman in
America didn't wanna hear that
576
00:29:27,208 --> 00:29:28,209
at that point, it was like,
577
00:29:28,276 --> 00:29:30,344
"Oh my gosh,
thank you for saying that."
578
00:29:30,411 --> 00:29:32,313
And she's determined
to have their thoughts,
579
00:29:32,380 --> 00:29:35,850
feelings and aspirations
aired on national TV.
580
00:29:36,717 --> 00:29:39,053
Oprah is a real
woman, a real person.
581
00:29:39,120 --> 00:29:42,490
Oprah is a friend.
582
00:29:42,557 --> 00:29:45,893
And I'd
like to say that Oprah, you are beautiful.
583
00:29:45,960 --> 00:29:48,796
Oprah's capacity to
be as one with her audience,
584
00:29:48,863 --> 00:29:53,167
opens the way for a whole
new dialogue on daytime TV.
585
00:29:53,968 --> 00:29:57,038
Honestly, I feel like
Oprah changed the narrative of
586
00:29:57,104 --> 00:29:59,273
what Black women
are and who they are.
587
00:29:59,340 --> 00:30:03,411
People started seeing us in
a more professional light.
588
00:30:04,345 --> 00:30:07,148
She showed vulnerability, but
she also showed strength at
589
00:30:07,215 --> 00:30:10,985
the same time and I just
think that that's really dope.
590
00:30:12,753 --> 00:30:14,021
It's Oprah Winfrey.
591
00:30:14,088 --> 00:30:15,289
Hi, everybody.
592
00:30:17,959 --> 00:30:21,128
Oprah's national
TV debut marks the start of
593
00:30:21,195 --> 00:30:24,398
something big, really big.
594
00:30:24,465 --> 00:30:28,202
The Oprah Winfrey Show will
run for 25 unbroken years and
595
00:30:28,269 --> 00:30:32,673
become the foundation for her
enduring empire of empathy.
596
00:30:33,241 --> 00:30:36,911
It was really
revolutionary for daytime TV.
597
00:30:36,978 --> 00:30:38,613
Thank you, America!
598
00:30:40,748 --> 00:30:42,483
Oprah's a pretty
tough act to follow,
599
00:30:42,550 --> 00:30:45,152
but our top three is
gonna do just that.
600
00:30:45,219 --> 00:30:48,623
Ay-oh!
Ay-oh!
601
00:30:53,794 --> 00:30:56,530
So, I know we've missed
some iconic moments of the 80s
602
00:30:56,597 --> 00:31:00,568
and here's why, they revolved
around tragedy, not triumph.
603
00:31:00,635 --> 00:31:03,571
The Challenger explosion,
the attempted assassination
604
00:31:03,638 --> 00:31:07,275
of Ronald Reagan, the actual
assassination of John Lennon.
605
00:31:07,341 --> 00:31:10,745
But today, we're here to
remember the good times and
606
00:31:10,811 --> 00:31:15,049
that is front and center as
we approach our top three.
607
00:31:15,516 --> 00:31:19,020
Like our next moment, when
a withdrawn, publicity shy
608
00:31:19,086 --> 00:31:23,424
introvert transformed
into a world superstar.
609
00:31:23,824 --> 00:31:25,259
All right, the only part of
that sentence that's actually
610
00:31:25,326 --> 00:31:28,529
true is the superstar part.
611
00:31:35,236 --> 00:31:37,738
Men have been
strutting their funky stuff
612
00:31:37,805 --> 00:31:40,474
ever since rock
and roll began.
613
00:31:40,541 --> 00:31:43,544
But women were different,
and usually portrayed only as
614
00:31:43,611 --> 00:31:46,180
passive objects of desire.
615
00:31:46,747 --> 00:31:50,217
When in 1981, punk singer
Wendy O'Williams of the
616
00:31:50,284 --> 00:31:53,854
Plasmatics, dared to be
sexually suggestive on stage,
617
00:31:53,921 --> 00:31:56,290
she was arrested.
618
00:31:57,992 --> 00:32:01,062
But three years
later at the 1984 VMA's,
619
00:32:01,128 --> 00:32:05,166
one woman would confront these
double standards head on.
620
00:32:05,566 --> 00:32:09,270
We wanted the VMA's to
be the anti- Grammys and so,
621
00:32:09,337 --> 00:32:13,307
the more outrageous stuff
that happened, the better.
622
00:32:13,374 --> 00:32:15,810
Dressed in a wedding
gown with a 17 foot cake
623
00:32:15,876 --> 00:32:18,579
behind her, Madonna
seizes her moment.
624
00:32:18,646 --> 00:32:21,782
She went down, as she
started to roll around and her
625
00:32:21,849 --> 00:32:23,617
dress started to come up.
626
00:32:23,684 --> 00:32:25,586
I wasn't even
sure of what I was doing,
627
00:32:25,653 --> 00:32:28,456
you know, I just
kind of went for it.
628
00:32:28,756 --> 00:32:30,758
♪ Whoa, whoa, whoa ♪
629
00:32:30,825 --> 00:32:33,194
And she kept the
writhing and rolling going,
630
00:32:33,260 --> 00:32:35,463
on her
blockbuster Virgin tour.
631
00:32:35,529 --> 00:32:40,134
She was this unfettered
expression of female sexuality.
632
00:32:40,835 --> 00:32:45,973
♪ When you hold me and you
hug me and you love me ♪
633
00:32:46,040 --> 00:32:47,508
Oh my God,
like this is the craziest,
634
00:32:47,575 --> 00:32:48,709
sexiest thing I ever saw.
635
00:32:48,776 --> 00:32:50,678
And I was like, "Wow."
636
00:32:50,745 --> 00:32:57,118
♪ Can't you hear my heart beat,
for the very first time ♪
637
00:32:57,385 --> 00:32:58,853
The fact that people
are interested in what
638
00:32:58,919 --> 00:33:02,289
I'm doing only pushes me
more to, you know,
639
00:33:02,356 --> 00:33:06,460
keep coming up with new
and interesting ways to express myself.
640
00:33:08,062 --> 00:33:10,431
Parents may hate
Madonna's particular form of
641
00:33:10,498 --> 00:33:13,601
self expression, but for
the nation's teenagers,
642
00:33:13,667 --> 00:33:17,271
an icon and yes,
role model is born.
643
00:33:17,972 --> 00:33:19,373
I like her
attitude and the way she
644
00:33:19,440 --> 00:33:21,842
presents herself, she doesn't
like let anybody step on her.
645
00:33:22,910 --> 00:33:25,146
I wasn't
allowed to like Madonna,
646
00:33:25,212 --> 00:33:27,515
but I loved Madonna.
647
00:33:31,318 --> 00:33:35,356
It was a harbinger
of what this artist was going to do.
648
00:33:35,923 --> 00:33:39,193
Mainstream America
can't hold back the tide.
649
00:33:39,260 --> 00:33:41,695
Madonna's sensational
performance inspires female
650
00:33:41,762 --> 00:33:45,466
artists everywhere to own
their sexuality and create
651
00:33:45,533 --> 00:33:50,337
their own empowerment and the world
would never be the same again.
652
00:33:50,404 --> 00:33:52,339
A woman
can go up there,
653
00:33:52,406 --> 00:33:57,611
look like a rock star, but
then be extremely feminine and
654
00:33:57,678 --> 00:34:01,615
I just thought
she was amazing.
655
00:34:03,084 --> 00:34:06,420
All the world's a stage,
but sometimes the stage
656
00:34:06,487 --> 00:34:08,756
becomes the entire world
657
00:34:08,823 --> 00:34:11,692
and our number two moment
is truly momentous,
658
00:34:11,759 --> 00:34:15,796
both for the cause and the
band who stole the show.
659
00:34:21,168 --> 00:34:25,339
July 13th, 1985, the
curtain rises on one of the
660
00:34:25,406 --> 00:34:29,143
biggest pop concerts in
the history of music.
661
00:34:29,210 --> 00:34:32,279
A devastating famine in
Ethiopia has inspired
662
00:34:32,346 --> 00:34:36,016
Irish rocker, Bob Geldof to
stage a world-wide concert
663
00:34:36,083 --> 00:34:38,853
to raise awareness
and raise money.
664
00:34:43,090 --> 00:34:44,658
It's
12 noon in London,
665
00:34:44,725 --> 00:34:47,561
7:00 AM in Philadelphia
and around the word
666
00:34:47,628 --> 00:34:49,830
it's time for Live Aid.
667
00:34:49,897 --> 00:34:51,966
This mega concert
was designed to reach
668
00:34:52,032 --> 00:34:53,767
a mega-audience.
669
00:34:53,834 --> 00:34:55,436
It was
broadcast all over the world,
670
00:34:55,503 --> 00:34:59,707
I think about two billion
or more people watched and tuned in,
671
00:34:59,773 --> 00:35:03,177
it felt like something
incredibly special was happening.
672
00:35:03,577 --> 00:35:05,546
And despite
performances by the likes of
673
00:35:05,613 --> 00:35:08,282
Sting, Run DMC
and Black Sabbath,
674
00:35:08,349 --> 00:35:10,918
the cash just isn't coming in.
675
00:35:11,652 --> 00:35:15,356
Get your money out now,
and phone up and give us the money.
676
00:35:17,324 --> 00:35:20,261
Live Aid needs
a big-hitter performance.
677
00:35:20,327 --> 00:35:23,063
70s band, Queen.
678
00:35:23,731 --> 00:35:26,834
But with allegations that
the band is burnt out and that
679
00:35:26,901 --> 00:35:29,570
Freddie's personal
life is falling apart,
680
00:35:29,637 --> 00:35:33,107
the big question is,
can Queen deliver?
681
00:35:35,976 --> 00:35:38,679
Freddie Mercury had
that audience right where he
682
00:35:38,746 --> 00:35:41,582
wanted them from the moment
he got out there on stage.
683
00:35:45,986 --> 00:35:49,723
There was such a joy,
there was so much energy in
684
00:35:49,790 --> 00:35:51,692
that performance.
685
00:35:51,759 --> 00:35:55,462
♪ I sit alone and
watch your light ♪
686
00:35:55,529 --> 00:35:58,933
They blew most
everybody out of the water.
687
00:35:59,300 --> 00:36:02,736
♪ You had your time,
you had the power, ♪
688
00:36:02,803 --> 00:36:06,874
♪ You've yet to have
your finest hour ♪
689
00:36:06,941 --> 00:36:09,677
♪ Radio ♪
690
00:36:09,743 --> 00:36:11,145
♪ Everybody ♪
691
00:36:11,212 --> 00:36:16,817
♪ All we hear is radio
ga ga, radio goo goo, ♪
692
00:36:16,884 --> 00:36:18,953
Radio ga ga ♪ ♪
693
00:36:19,019 --> 00:36:23,224
I had helped put Queen on stage
and I was standing in the wings
694
00:36:23,290 --> 00:36:25,092
and when he did "Radio Ga Ga",
695
00:36:25,159 --> 00:36:28,562
it seemed that the tension
in the air had changed,
696
00:36:28,629 --> 00:36:30,798
it seemed like gravity
had dropped or something.
697
00:36:30,864 --> 00:36:36,403
♪ Someone still loves you ♪
698
00:36:36,470 --> 00:36:38,572
You look at that sea of
people and they're all pumping
699
00:36:38,639 --> 00:36:41,909
their hands in unison, it's,
I mean even just watching it
700
00:36:41,976 --> 00:36:44,311
on TV and not being
there, you feel,
701
00:36:44,378 --> 00:36:46,113
you know,
goosebumps watching it.
702
00:36:46,180 --> 00:36:47,348
When you
watch that performance,
703
00:36:47,414 --> 00:36:49,016
it's like, wow.
704
00:36:49,083 --> 00:36:50,985
It's considered one of
the greatest live performances
705
00:36:51,051 --> 00:36:52,486
in rock and roll.
706
00:36:52,553 --> 00:36:56,457
Live Aid has finally arrived
and a rock legend is born.
707
00:36:57,224 --> 00:36:59,526
Freddie's voice is dubbed the
note that's heard around the
708
00:36:59,593 --> 00:37:03,664
world and the cash
donations flood in.
709
00:37:04,231 --> 00:37:05,733
Aaaay-o.
710
00:37:05,799 --> 00:37:07,568
Aaaay-o.
711
00:37:07,635 --> 00:37:08,936
Ay-o.
712
00:37:09,003 --> 00:37:10,804
It was a mythic performance
that you knew was mythic when
713
00:37:10,871 --> 00:37:13,240
you were seeing it and that
doesn't happen very often.
714
00:37:13,307 --> 00:37:17,177
Aaaaaaay-o.
715
00:37:17,244 --> 00:37:22,516
Aaaaaaay-o.
716
00:37:22,583 --> 00:37:24,485
Just chill
inducing to watch.
717
00:37:24,551 --> 00:37:27,521
Queen's performance i
the turning point for Live Aid,
718
00:37:27,588 --> 00:37:32,259
which went on to raise
over $125 million and
719
00:37:32,326 --> 00:37:36,430
sets a trend for big charitable
concerts in aid of the needy.
720
00:37:36,497 --> 00:37:39,633
A trend that
continues to this day.
721
00:37:40,567 --> 00:37:44,104
It's been an amazing
journey and we are nearly at the summit.
722
00:37:44,171 --> 00:37:48,208
So far we've met three queens,
Oprah, Madonna and the band,
723
00:37:48,275 --> 00:37:52,379
which I think is a hint for
our number one coming up.
724
00:37:59,219 --> 00:38:02,156
We've witnessed
some cultural weddings in our top ten,
725
00:38:02,222 --> 00:38:03,624
hip-hop and heavy metal.
726
00:38:03,724 --> 00:38:07,795
Oprah, tying the knot with
the entire civilized world,
727
00:38:07,861 --> 00:38:10,964
Madonna and her
17 foot tall cake,
728
00:38:11,298 --> 00:38:14,568
but the wedding of the 80s,
combined all of the themes of
729
00:38:14,635 --> 00:38:16,637
our watercooler moments.
730
00:38:16,704 --> 00:38:18,639
Here's our number one.
731
00:38:25,412 --> 00:38:28,115
November, 17th, 1980.
732
00:38:28,182 --> 00:38:31,518
19 year old Diana Spencer
is returning from work,
733
00:38:31,585 --> 00:38:34,521
when she is
besieged by reporters.
734
00:38:34,588 --> 00:38:37,024
Everyone wants to know if
Prince Charles has popped
735
00:38:37,091 --> 00:38:39,660
the all important question.
736
00:38:39,727 --> 00:38:41,228
Is there any
possibility that any
737
00:38:41,295 --> 00:38:43,163
announcement of your
marriage in the near future,
738
00:38:43,230 --> 00:38:44,365
can you tell me?
739
00:38:46,734 --> 00:38:48,736
Can you tell if
there's any possibility?
740
00:38:48,802 --> 00:38:50,704
I'm not
going to say anything.
741
00:38:50,771 --> 00:38:51,905
Oh sorry.
742
00:38:51,972 --> 00:38:53,407
But Prince Charles
did give us a hint himself,
743
00:38:53,474 --> 00:38:55,175
he said we wouldn't
have to wait too long.
744
00:38:55,242 --> 00:38:56,143
Oh, careful.
745
00:38:56,210 --> 00:38:58,379
On February 24th, 1981,
746
00:38:58,445 --> 00:39:00,881
the engagement is
finally made official,
747
00:39:00,948 --> 00:39:05,085
the whole world is watching
and now contracts wedding fever
748
00:39:05,652 --> 00:39:06,987
Well, the guest list
for the royal wedding reads
749
00:39:07,054 --> 00:39:11,525
like a who's-who of
beautiful and powerful people.
750
00:39:12,192 --> 00:39:13,527
The British prove once again,
751
00:39:13,594 --> 00:39:15,429
that when it comes to
pomp and circumstance,
752
00:39:15,496 --> 00:39:17,664
they have no peers.
753
00:39:17,731 --> 00:39:19,299
We as Americans, as a nation,
754
00:39:19,366 --> 00:39:22,903
we all kind of wanted to be
looking in the windows and
755
00:39:22,970 --> 00:39:25,939
watch what was going on and
to be a part of that somehow.
756
00:39:27,608 --> 00:39:29,743
But just one
thing becomes the center of
757
00:39:29,810 --> 00:39:32,346
everyone's obsession...
758
00:39:32,980 --> 00:39:34,748
Who did the dress, what
would the dress look like,
759
00:39:34,815 --> 00:39:36,283
it was better than who shot JR,
760
00:39:36,350 --> 00:39:39,086
it was just a great secret.
761
00:39:39,153 --> 00:39:40,921
Diana chooses
British designers
762
00:39:40,988 --> 00:39:44,458
David and Elizabeth Emanuel
to create the dress.
763
00:39:47,094 --> 00:39:48,429
Lady Diana turned up,
764
00:39:48,495 --> 00:39:50,798
it was a big
surprise and she said,
765
00:39:50,864 --> 00:39:52,900
"Will you and David, do me
the honor of making my wedding
766
00:39:52,966 --> 00:39:55,335
dress, but we have
to keep it secret,
767
00:39:55,402 --> 00:39:57,471
nobody must know."
768
00:39:57,538 --> 00:40:00,474
I think even the Palace
underestimated the interest.
769
00:40:02,376 --> 00:40:05,145
We became aware of
photographers and they were
770
00:40:05,212 --> 00:40:09,316
leasing apartments opposite us
with their long range cameras.
771
00:40:10,384 --> 00:40:13,020
As speculation about
the dress reaches fever pitch,
772
00:40:13,086 --> 00:40:16,790
the Emanuels are forced to
make elaborate back-up plans.
773
00:40:17,858 --> 00:40:19,460
Every night,
before we went home,
774
00:40:19,526 --> 00:40:24,565
the dress went into this huge
metal case and it was guarded.
775
00:40:25,165 --> 00:40:27,501
What we did do, just as a
bit of an insurance policy,
776
00:40:27,568 --> 00:40:31,104
was to create another
dress in case it got out.
777
00:40:31,171 --> 00:40:33,040
We hoped she'd
never have to wear it,
778
00:40:33,106 --> 00:40:34,808
but it was a different style.
779
00:40:34,875 --> 00:40:37,945
Then we realized people were also
going through our rubbish bins,
780
00:40:38,011 --> 00:40:40,414
so we started laying
false trails and gathering
781
00:40:40,481 --> 00:40:43,484
bits of different color
fabrics to put in our bins.
782
00:40:45,953 --> 00:40:48,455
The Emanuels manage
to keep the real dress under
783
00:40:48,522 --> 00:40:52,426
wraps and on July 29th, 1981,
784
00:40:52,493 --> 00:40:56,296
750 million people
around the globe
785
00:40:56,363 --> 00:40:59,600
gather to watch
the wedding of the decade.
786
00:41:00,234 --> 00:41:01,768
Good evening and
now for a little while,
787
00:41:01,835 --> 00:41:05,405
a respite from reality,
it's fairy-tale time.
788
00:41:07,608 --> 00:41:09,910
The world
stopped that day.
789
00:41:09,977 --> 00:41:13,814
I mean I don't remember
anybody who wasn't watching.
790
00:41:16,583 --> 00:41:19,753
At just after 10 AM,
Diana starts the procession to
791
00:41:19,820 --> 00:41:21,889
St Paul's Cathedral.
792
00:41:21,955 --> 00:41:25,359
At her side,
her father, the Earl Spencer.
793
00:41:25,425 --> 00:41:29,596
And the wedding dress
that has been a carefully guarded secret.
794
00:41:30,998 --> 00:41:35,969
It's a glass coach,
and all you saw was all this material.
795
00:41:39,139 --> 00:41:41,074
And here she comes.
796
00:41:41,141 --> 00:41:44,077
Quite a job, getting
all those yards of silk,
797
00:41:44,144 --> 00:41:48,248
what a dream she looks,
what a dream she looks.
798
00:41:48,849 --> 00:41:50,417
She looks like an angel,
799
00:41:50,484 --> 00:41:52,152
and, and it took
my breath away,
800
00:41:52,219 --> 00:41:54,555
like it really
took my breath away.
801
00:41:54,621 --> 00:41:56,690
The dress is made
of yards of ivory pure silk
802
00:41:56,757 --> 00:41:59,626
taffeta and if you asked
a little girl to draw a
803
00:41:59,693 --> 00:42:02,296
princess, I think she'd
draw a dress just like that.
804
00:42:02,996 --> 00:42:04,197
As a
young girl, it's like,
805
00:42:04,264 --> 00:42:08,135
"Oh, is this what it's like
to marry Prince Charming?"
806
00:42:08,201 --> 00:42:11,838
And there
she goes up the steps.
807
00:42:13,540 --> 00:42:14,741
Her look.
808
00:42:14,808 --> 00:42:17,711
Our affection for her, globally,
809
00:42:17,778 --> 00:42:22,883
it's one of those moments
that mark that time period.
810
00:42:23,417 --> 00:42:25,719
It was one of
those events that you will never forget.
811
00:42:25,786 --> 00:42:28,522
And everybody celebrated it.
812
00:42:28,589 --> 00:42:30,324
I, Diana Frances.
813
00:42:30,390 --> 00:42:32,125
I, Diana Frances.
814
00:42:32,192 --> 00:42:35,395
Take thee
Charles Philip Arthur George.
815
00:42:35,462 --> 00:42:38,865
I could only imagine
what that must have been like for her,
816
00:42:38,932 --> 00:42:41,401
kind of being
slightly obscure and then
817
00:42:41,468 --> 00:42:46,940
being thrown into the
world's complete spotlight.
818
00:42:47,007 --> 00:42:51,411
I pronounce that
they be man and wife together.
819
00:42:51,478 --> 00:42:54,348
The wedding of
Prince Charles and Lady Diana,
820
00:42:54,414 --> 00:42:57,184
combines the essence
of the 80s zeitgeist,
821
00:42:57,250 --> 00:42:59,586
a compelling,
empathetic personality,
822
00:42:59,653 --> 00:43:03,690
a cliffhanger surprise and
a unique news event that
823
00:43:03,757 --> 00:43:10,330
transforms a moment into
an enduring memory and our number one.
824
00:43:11,665 --> 00:43:13,700
It was giving us
something that we culturally
825
00:43:13,767 --> 00:43:15,168
thought we needed
and really wanted,
826
00:43:15,235 --> 00:43:17,337
which was glamour.
827
00:43:17,404 --> 00:43:21,008
It was an exaggeration
and sort of a display of
828
00:43:21,074 --> 00:43:26,179
wealth and aristocracy
that you only saw in the 80s.