1 00:00:09,719 --> 00:00:11,554 ROB: Every decade has its vivid highlights and 2 00:00:11,621 --> 00:00:16,159 lowlights, the 80's, more so than most. 3 00:00:17,126 --> 00:00:18,594 ROB (off-screen): It was a decade we viewed through the 4 00:00:18,661 --> 00:00:22,432 world of our TV screens and sometimes we couldn't 5 00:00:22,498 --> 00:00:24,167 believe our own eyes. 6 00:00:24,233 --> 00:00:26,302 OPRAH: The very first national Oprah Winfrey show! 7 00:00:26,369 --> 00:00:28,671 TIFFANI: I went bonkers, this is unreal. 8 00:00:28,738 --> 00:00:30,006 KEVIN: Oh my God! 9 00:00:30,073 --> 00:00:31,974 Like this is craziest, sexiest thing I ever saw. 10 00:00:32,041 --> 00:00:34,844 ROB (off-screen): Big events, were shared events. 11 00:00:34,911 --> 00:00:37,580 STACY: The world stopped that day. 12 00:00:37,847 --> 00:00:38,981 LONI: It was all over the news. 13 00:00:39,048 --> 00:00:39,982 TV PRESENTER: Who shot JR? 14 00:00:40,049 --> 00:00:41,684 FREDDIE: Ay-oh! 15 00:00:41,751 --> 00:00:44,287 DMC: I'm talking about world changing. 16 00:00:44,353 --> 00:00:46,722 ROB: In this show, we're focusing on the good times, 17 00:00:46,789 --> 00:00:50,159 the wild moments that were discussed around watercoolers. 18 00:00:50,226 --> 00:00:51,394 ROB (off-screen): And in the 80s, 19 00:00:51,461 --> 00:00:53,429 there was a lot to talk about. 20 00:00:53,496 --> 00:00:54,664 GIRL: Well, that was something to remember, 21 00:00:54,730 --> 00:00:55,898 that's for sure. 22 00:00:55,965 --> 00:00:58,334 ROB (off-screen): In a decade packed with indelible memories, 23 00:00:58,401 --> 00:01:00,736 ten define the word unforgettable, 24 00:01:01,204 --> 00:01:03,439 but only one can top them all. 25 00:01:10,813 --> 00:01:15,051 ROB: At number ten, a wild ride into some late-night shenanigans. 26 00:01:19,288 --> 00:01:21,257 LETTERMAN: I enjoy seeing a grown man do that, do it again. 27 00:01:21,324 --> 00:01:22,325 Go ahead. 28 00:01:22,825 --> 00:01:25,595 NARRATOR: In the early 80s, a new generation of stand-up comics... 29 00:01:25,661 --> 00:01:26,896 EDDIE: Scum bucket. 30 00:01:26,963 --> 00:01:29,432 NARRATOR: ...were breaking all the rules. 31 00:01:30,032 --> 00:01:33,169 At the head of the pack, David Letterman. 32 00:01:33,236 --> 00:01:35,671 But Letterman had taken over a bigger stage, 33 00:01:35,738 --> 00:01:38,374 an idiosyncratic late-night talk show. 34 00:01:38,441 --> 00:01:39,942 PAUL: What made him different? 35 00:01:40,009 --> 00:01:42,411 In a nutshell, anything could happen, 36 00:01:42,478 --> 00:01:45,314 you know, and that was the kind of show it was. 37 00:01:45,781 --> 00:01:48,684 LORRAINE: Letterman really broke the mold in terms of 38 00:01:48,751 --> 00:01:51,220 a late-night host. 39 00:01:54,290 --> 00:01:56,759 NARRATOR: At the same time, another comedian was inventing 40 00:01:56,826 --> 00:01:58,761 an entire new reality. 41 00:01:58,828 --> 00:02:01,063 His name was Andy Kaufman. 42 00:02:01,130 --> 00:02:02,198 ANDY: Everybody sing. 43 00:02:02,265 --> 00:02:04,233 (fake foreign dialogue) 44 00:02:04,300 --> 00:02:05,501 (laughter) 45 00:02:05,568 --> 00:02:08,137 PAUL: Andy Kaufman would just screw with the audience's 46 00:02:08,204 --> 00:02:10,006 sense of reality. 47 00:02:10,072 --> 00:02:12,775 ANDY: I thought this was going to be a real contest and 48 00:02:12,842 --> 00:02:14,977 I think you are making joke. 49 00:02:15,044 --> 00:02:17,713 JEN: It was really hard to distinguish what was a joke 50 00:02:17,780 --> 00:02:19,916 and what wasn't. 51 00:02:19,982 --> 00:02:23,719 NARRATOR: In July, 1982, Letterman and Kaufman's worlds collide 52 00:02:23,786 --> 00:02:27,256 in an explosive encounter that changes TV history. 53 00:02:27,590 --> 00:02:29,425 LETTERMAN: Just need some identification, get the hose. 54 00:02:29,492 --> 00:02:31,227 (applause) 55 00:02:31,294 --> 00:02:32,128 No, no. 56 00:02:32,195 --> 00:02:34,363 AUDIENCE: Oh! 57 00:02:35,198 --> 00:02:37,400 NARRATOR: That night, Letterman's other guest was 58 00:02:37,466 --> 00:02:41,604 Jerry Lawler, a future WWE Hall of Fame wrestler and a 59 00:02:41,671 --> 00:02:45,141 man who Kaufman had a very public grudge with. 60 00:02:47,810 --> 00:02:50,680 Kaufman had been causing huge controversy, 61 00:02:50,746 --> 00:02:53,983 wrestling women as part of his avant-garde comedy act. 62 00:03:00,823 --> 00:03:03,559 Three months earlier, Lawler had publicly challenged 63 00:03:03,626 --> 00:03:06,229 Kaufman to fight a man. 64 00:03:06,696 --> 00:03:08,931 JEN: Jerry Lawler was a big actual wrestler, 65 00:03:08,998 --> 00:03:12,134 like a legitimate scary opponent for him and 66 00:03:12,201 --> 00:03:14,337 it didn't go very well. 67 00:03:19,008 --> 00:03:20,776 COMMENTATOR: Kaufman is out cold. 68 00:03:20,843 --> 00:03:22,612 NARRATOR: Stretchered off, apparently unconscious with a 69 00:03:22,678 --> 00:03:26,716 neck injury, Kaufman agrees to face off with Lawler again, 70 00:03:26,782 --> 00:03:29,952 this time on Letterman's show. 71 00:03:31,754 --> 00:03:33,522 LETTERMAN: Tonight for the first time on Network Television, 72 00:03:33,589 --> 00:03:34,790 they meet face to face. 73 00:03:34,857 --> 00:03:36,926 (cheers) 74 00:03:36,993 --> 00:03:40,796 PAUL: Things escalated and they started insulting each other. 75 00:03:40,863 --> 00:03:42,064 ANDY: I could have sued you for everything you're worth, 76 00:03:42,131 --> 00:03:44,200 but I didn't, because I'm not that kind of a guy. 77 00:03:44,267 --> 00:03:45,601 LETTERMAN: Yeah, you know what, uh. 78 00:03:45,668 --> 00:03:46,702 JERRY: What kind of a guy are you? 79 00:03:46,769 --> 00:03:48,204 (laughter) 80 00:03:48,271 --> 00:03:49,972 (applause) 81 00:03:50,039 --> 00:03:52,975 LETTERMAN: I'll just be over here. 82 00:03:53,042 --> 00:03:55,511 We're going to pause here for station identification and get 83 00:03:55,578 --> 00:03:57,747 the hoses out here. 84 00:04:02,251 --> 00:04:04,553 JON: And when Jerry Lawler hit him, it was like, 85 00:04:04,620 --> 00:04:07,056 "Whoa, what just happened? This is crazy." 86 00:04:07,123 --> 00:04:08,491 PAUL: I was, of course, on stage, 87 00:04:08,557 --> 00:04:11,627 on set, on camera, in it and saying, 88 00:04:11,694 --> 00:04:15,531 "Oh my God, what, you know, is this show business? 89 00:04:15,598 --> 00:04:17,166 What's happening here?" 90 00:04:17,233 --> 00:04:19,902 BRIAN: Is security gonna break this because Kaufman loses it. 91 00:04:19,969 --> 00:04:21,370 ANDY: You are full of (bleep) my friend, 92 00:04:21,437 --> 00:04:22,972 I will sue you for everything you have. 93 00:04:23,039 --> 00:04:23,939 You hear me? 94 00:04:24,006 --> 00:04:28,644 A (bleep) (bleep) (bleep) (bleep) 95 00:04:31,681 --> 00:04:33,683 DEE: Everybody was like stunned. 96 00:04:33,749 --> 00:04:34,750 BRIAN: You had to ask somebody else, 97 00:04:34,817 --> 00:04:35,951 "Did you watch Letterman last night?" 98 00:04:36,018 --> 00:04:37,086 "Yeah, I did," "Did you see Andy, 99 00:04:37,153 --> 00:04:38,654 what was going on there?" 100 00:04:38,721 --> 00:04:40,356 JON: Everyone was like, "Was that real or not real," 101 00:04:40,423 --> 00:04:42,091 and I go, "It was real, it was real." 102 00:04:42,158 --> 00:04:43,993 LETTERMAN: Well, that about wraps this segment up, 103 00:04:44,060 --> 00:04:46,095 I want to thank my guests, Mister Lawler, 104 00:04:46,162 --> 00:04:47,663 Jerry, thank you very much for being here. 105 00:04:47,730 --> 00:04:49,365 NARRATOR: Kaufman, Lawler and Letterman, 106 00:04:49,432 --> 00:04:52,635 all maintained the brawl was entirely unscripted. 107 00:04:52,702 --> 00:04:54,770 No-one knew for certain at the time. 108 00:04:54,837 --> 00:04:57,173 But what we do know is that tragically, 109 00:04:57,239 --> 00:05:00,109 less than two years later, Andy Kaufman's life was 110 00:05:00,176 --> 00:05:02,645 struck short by lung cancer. 111 00:05:02,712 --> 00:05:06,782 Then in 1994, ten years after Kaufman's death, 112 00:05:06,849 --> 00:05:11,020 Jerry Lawler finally admitted that the feud was staged. 113 00:05:11,087 --> 00:05:13,055 JON: That's how great of an actor Jerry Lawler is. 114 00:05:13,122 --> 00:05:15,558 I said to him, "You fooled everyone." 115 00:05:16,392 --> 00:05:19,995 NARRATOR: But there's one final twist, in a 2019 podcast, 116 00:05:20,062 --> 00:05:23,199 the now retired "King of the late-night talk show," 117 00:05:23,265 --> 00:05:27,169 finally admits he was also in on the setup. 118 00:05:27,737 --> 00:05:30,172 LETTERMAN: He would say, "Here's what's gonna happen 119 00:05:30,239 --> 00:05:32,808 and then Jerry Lawler will come out and we're gonna get 120 00:05:32,875 --> 00:05:35,945 into an argument and then he's gonna hit me and then I'll go 121 00:05:36,011 --> 00:05:37,747 down and that'll be the segment. 122 00:05:37,813 --> 00:05:41,283 And I said, "Okay," and, and then it happens and 123 00:05:41,350 --> 00:05:43,719 even though I knew roughly what was gonna happen, 124 00:05:43,786 --> 00:05:47,823 it was still, "Oh my God, he wasn't kidding." 125 00:05:51,927 --> 00:05:53,963 BRIAN: Look, it got everybody talking and 30 years later, 126 00:05:54,029 --> 00:05:56,065 we're still talking about it. 127 00:05:58,567 --> 00:06:01,137 ROB: Imagine the reaction of music executives when a couple 128 00:06:01,203 --> 00:06:03,906 of headstrong artists decided to mash up their respective 129 00:06:03,973 --> 00:06:07,443 musical genres, risking commercial disaster. 130 00:06:07,943 --> 00:06:10,479 Meet our moment number nine. 131 00:06:14,183 --> 00:06:15,918 ♪ New York, it's Tricky to rock a rhyme, ♪ 132 00:06:15,985 --> 00:06:17,887 ♪ To rock a rhyme that's right on time, ♪ 133 00:06:17,953 --> 00:06:19,121 ♪ It's Tricky ♪ 134 00:06:19,188 --> 00:06:21,557 ♪ It's Tricky, Tricky, Tricky, Tricky ♪ 135 00:06:21,624 --> 00:06:24,360 NARRATOR: In 1985, Run DMC are on a mission, 136 00:06:24,427 --> 00:06:29,698 to break down barriers and bring hip-hop to a mainstream audience. 137 00:06:30,433 --> 00:06:33,068 DMC: See people thought hip-hop's for black people and 138 00:06:33,135 --> 00:06:34,670 rock is for white people. 139 00:06:34,737 --> 00:06:37,273 SECURITY: Hey, this is a Rock and Roll Museum, 140 00:06:37,339 --> 00:06:39,508 you guys don't belong in here. 141 00:06:39,575 --> 00:06:40,910 (laughs) 142 00:06:40,976 --> 00:06:43,679 NARRATOR: Rick Rubin, Run DMC's record producer, 143 00:06:43,746 --> 00:06:46,982 comes up with a wild way to shake things up. 144 00:06:47,783 --> 00:06:50,586 JASON: It's his idea to have Run DMC cover Aerosmith's 145 00:06:50,653 --> 00:06:52,087 "Walk This Way". 146 00:06:52,154 --> 00:06:54,423 It was an incredible game changer. 147 00:06:54,490 --> 00:06:55,724 KEVIN: You've got to remember, 148 00:06:55,791 --> 00:06:57,793 like, this was a rock and roll band. 149 00:06:57,860 --> 00:06:59,628 This was a hip-hop band. 150 00:07:03,599 --> 00:07:05,668 NARRATOR: Despite obvious musical differences, 151 00:07:05,734 --> 00:07:09,572 the two bands bond and cut a staggering crossover version. 152 00:07:12,274 --> 00:07:15,277 But in the mid 80s, it's not enough to just be heard, 153 00:07:15,344 --> 00:07:17,913 you also have to be seen. 154 00:07:20,182 --> 00:07:24,053 They need airtime on MTV, but there's a big problem. 155 00:07:24,553 --> 00:07:26,922 JASON: MTV, in its earliest years, focused only 156 00:07:26,989 --> 00:07:29,492 on their target demographic which they envisioned as 157 00:07:29,558 --> 00:07:32,361 young white males who were into rock music. 158 00:07:32,428 --> 00:07:33,362 BOWIE: It occurred to me, 159 00:07:33,429 --> 00:07:35,297 having watched MTV over the last few months, 160 00:07:35,364 --> 00:07:37,399 I'm just floored by the fact that there's so few 161 00:07:37,466 --> 00:07:39,902 Black artists featured on it, why is that? 162 00:07:39,969 --> 00:07:44,707 MARK: I wish that MTV would have taken the lead sooner, 163 00:07:44,773 --> 00:07:47,409 but it was that interview that made us realize 164 00:07:47,476 --> 00:07:49,845 we have to move forward. 165 00:07:52,348 --> 00:07:55,050 NARRATOR: MTV broadens its playlist of Black artists, 166 00:07:55,117 --> 00:07:58,053 but hip-hop remains strictly off limits. 167 00:07:59,955 --> 00:08:01,991 To break down the remaining walls, 168 00:08:02,057 --> 00:08:04,760 Run DMC needs a knockout video. 169 00:08:04,827 --> 00:08:07,329 JON: I had to make this great, 170 00:08:07,396 --> 00:08:10,666 that they had no choice of airing it. 171 00:08:10,733 --> 00:08:13,669 DMC: He said, "I'm gonna show the world their problem. 172 00:08:13,736 --> 00:08:17,540 They put up walls that don't need to be there." 173 00:08:18,807 --> 00:08:20,676 JON: Music has no boundary, 174 00:08:20,743 --> 00:08:23,579 a good song is a good song. 175 00:08:23,646 --> 00:08:25,548 NARRATOR: In the Summer of 1986, 176 00:08:25,614 --> 00:08:28,884 the bands reunite on a New Jersey film set. 177 00:08:28,951 --> 00:08:31,854 JON: We built a wall in the center of the stage. 178 00:08:31,921 --> 00:08:33,055 MAN: Keep that noise down, man. 179 00:08:33,122 --> 00:08:34,423 MAN: Yo! What's up with this. 180 00:08:34,490 --> 00:08:36,692 JON: And set up the whole scenario. 181 00:08:36,759 --> 00:08:38,928 Aerosmith was annoyed at Run DMC because their noise 182 00:08:38,994 --> 00:08:41,664 was coming through their side. 183 00:08:45,200 --> 00:08:46,802 You know, it's funny, him trying to break through the 184 00:08:46,869 --> 00:08:49,772 wall, I thought it was great. 185 00:08:49,838 --> 00:08:52,408 You know, I think he thought he was gonna get through it in one shot. 186 00:08:52,474 --> 00:08:54,109 ♪ She told me how to walk this way ♪ 187 00:08:54,176 --> 00:08:55,110 ♪ She told me to ♪ 188 00:08:55,177 --> 00:08:56,378 ♪ Walk this way ♪ 189 00:08:56,445 --> 00:08:59,348 NARRATOR: The idea is simple, the message crystal clear, 190 00:08:59,415 --> 00:09:02,184 and at last, MTV gets it. 191 00:09:02,251 --> 00:09:07,189 On July 3rd, 1986, MTV premiere the video bringing hip-hop to 192 00:09:07,256 --> 00:09:12,294 the mainstream and changing popular music forever. 193 00:09:12,361 --> 00:09:14,096 MARK: Oh God, I think we played it every hour. 194 00:09:14,163 --> 00:09:16,465 (laughs) 195 00:09:16,532 --> 00:09:19,468 It was non-stop airing. 196 00:09:20,002 --> 00:09:23,305 DMC: You know, MTV was a foundation of exposing hip-hop 197 00:09:23,372 --> 00:09:26,275 to the world because it put us in everybody's living room. 198 00:09:27,776 --> 00:09:30,913 It was revolutionary and ground-breaking and 199 00:09:30,980 --> 00:09:34,149 innovative, I'm talking about world changing. 200 00:09:35,517 --> 00:09:37,052 ROB: Now, you might be asking yourself, 201 00:09:37,119 --> 00:09:39,021 how did we arrive at our top ten? 202 00:09:39,088 --> 00:09:40,222 Good question. 203 00:09:40,289 --> 00:09:42,891 We recruited eight brilliant cultural historians who rank 204 00:09:42,958 --> 00:09:45,160 the highlights from ten to one, 205 00:09:45,227 --> 00:09:48,564 by carefully considering two factors. 206 00:09:48,631 --> 00:09:51,066 80's wow, their important at the time and 207 00:09:51,133 --> 00:09:53,602 impact, their legacy today. 208 00:09:53,936 --> 00:09:56,438 Our number eight celebrates a moment when America gave 209 00:09:56,505 --> 00:09:59,041 a mass salute to some men and women who had served 210 00:09:59,108 --> 00:10:01,343 the nation very well. 211 00:10:10,586 --> 00:10:13,589 ♪ ♪ 212 00:10:13,656 --> 00:10:16,859 NARRATOR: In 1983, MASH's theme tune rings out 213 00:10:16,925 --> 00:10:18,627 for the last time. 214 00:10:18,694 --> 00:10:23,098 This marks the end of an era and not just in terms of TV. 215 00:10:25,534 --> 00:10:27,102 BRIAN: We all wanted to watch the last episode of MASH, 216 00:10:27,169 --> 00:10:28,837 we all loved MASH. 217 00:10:30,339 --> 00:10:32,975 PATRICK: During the 80s, you would be hard pressed to find 218 00:10:33,042 --> 00:10:36,378 a better crafted show than MASH. 219 00:10:36,745 --> 00:10:38,614 ALAN: I just feel very lucky that I have a chance to 220 00:10:38,681 --> 00:10:41,517 go in every day and do work that I can be proud of. 221 00:10:42,584 --> 00:10:45,788 NARRATOR: 13 years earlier, MASH began life as 222 00:10:45,854 --> 00:10:48,390 a controversial movie, a film that grappled with 223 00:10:48,457 --> 00:10:51,026 the aftermath of the Vietnam War. 224 00:10:51,093 --> 00:10:52,861 LORRAINE: America was pretty burned out on Vietnam and 225 00:10:52,928 --> 00:10:55,531 almost didn't even want to talk about it, 226 00:10:55,597 --> 00:10:57,099 didn't want to look at it. 227 00:10:57,166 --> 00:10:59,334 NARRATOR: Fusing comedy and drama around medics 228 00:10:59,401 --> 00:11:02,171 in the earlier less divisive Korean War, 229 00:11:02,237 --> 00:11:08,410 MASH held up a mirror to the nation's mixed feelings about armed conflict. 230 00:11:08,477 --> 00:11:11,547 LORRAINE: MASH was a way to look at a clean war and look 231 00:11:11,613 --> 00:11:15,384 at good guys doing good things in a war, 232 00:11:15,451 --> 00:11:17,553 saving people. 233 00:11:17,619 --> 00:11:19,154 NARRATOR: But by the early 80s, 234 00:11:19,221 --> 00:11:22,858 MASH's anti-establishment vibe is out of step with America's 235 00:11:22,925 --> 00:11:25,894 rediscovered military swagger. 236 00:11:26,261 --> 00:11:27,996 LORRAINE: It was the end of something that it started in 237 00:11:28,063 --> 00:11:30,599 another decade that was very different from the 80s. 238 00:11:30,666 --> 00:11:34,002 It embodied a lot of different values than the 80s and there 239 00:11:34,069 --> 00:11:37,272 was something about letting that go. 240 00:11:38,073 --> 00:11:40,876 NARRATOR: MASH's time was up, but the producers wanted to 241 00:11:40,943 --> 00:11:43,779 ensure it went out with a bang. 242 00:11:44,913 --> 00:11:47,583 (explosion) 243 00:11:47,649 --> 00:11:48,751 TRAPPER JOHN: Fore! 244 00:11:51,120 --> 00:11:53,756 ALAN: Oh no! 245 00:11:53,822 --> 00:11:56,892 REPORTER: Next Monday night, MASH 4077 will fold up their 246 00:11:56,959 --> 00:11:59,428 tents and head for home. 247 00:11:59,495 --> 00:12:02,598 NARRATOR: The announcement of MASH's final episode creates a 248 00:12:02,664 --> 00:12:05,634 massive outpouring of affection for the show. 249 00:12:06,769 --> 00:12:08,504 MAN: The main reason I like to watch it is because of the 250 00:12:08,570 --> 00:12:09,671 portrayal of the characters. 251 00:12:09,738 --> 00:12:11,807 MAN 2: 8:30, I'm gonna be there watching it. 252 00:12:11,874 --> 00:12:15,344 ADAM: I remember the very last episode and I remember 253 00:12:15,410 --> 00:12:17,412 what a big deal it was. 254 00:12:20,616 --> 00:12:22,918 NARRATOR: On February, 28th, 1983, 255 00:12:22,985 --> 00:12:27,055 a two hour special brings the show and the war it portrayed 256 00:12:27,122 --> 00:12:29,792 to a heartfelt close. 257 00:12:30,325 --> 00:12:33,395 The cast's poignant on-screen farewells seemed to speak for 258 00:12:33,462 --> 00:12:37,766 the nation, a nation that also needed to say goodbye. 259 00:12:38,267 --> 00:12:40,702 HAWKEYE: Look, I know how tough it is for you to say goodbye, 260 00:12:40,769 --> 00:12:42,938 so I'll say it, I'll miss you. 261 00:12:45,374 --> 00:12:46,441 BRIAN: I always ask people this question, 262 00:12:46,508 --> 00:12:48,911 "Tell me what the last line of MASH is." 263 00:12:48,977 --> 00:12:51,346 HUNNICUTT: I left you a note. 264 00:12:51,413 --> 00:12:53,315 BRIAN: And the last line of dialogue is actually. 265 00:12:53,382 --> 00:12:55,317 HAWKEYE: What? 266 00:12:58,587 --> 00:13:00,322 BRIAN: And then you get the goodbye in the rocks, 267 00:13:00,389 --> 00:13:02,191 that you can see from Hawk, because BJ, 268 00:13:02,257 --> 00:13:03,592 who would never say goodbye, 269 00:13:03,659 --> 00:13:05,594 has spelt it out in the rocks at the end. 270 00:13:05,661 --> 00:13:07,629 I think that's one of the reasons that we loved MASH is 271 00:13:07,696 --> 00:13:10,299 because MASH always surprised us. 272 00:13:10,365 --> 00:13:14,236 NARRATOR: Nearly 106 million Americans watched the finale, 273 00:13:14,303 --> 00:13:17,840 a record for a TV drama that still stands today. 274 00:13:18,740 --> 00:13:20,509 PATRICK: They honored themselves and the audience 275 00:13:20,576 --> 00:13:23,445 and it deserved to win all records. 276 00:13:24,046 --> 00:13:27,182 NARRATOR: So far, we've had a meltdown at number ten, 277 00:13:27,249 --> 00:13:29,351 broken down walls at number nine 278 00:13:29,418 --> 00:13:31,653 and broken records at number eight. 279 00:13:31,720 --> 00:13:35,457 But our number seven helped change the way we watch TV. 280 00:13:36,158 --> 00:13:39,628 ROB: Cynics have said that bad news sells best because 281 00:13:39,695 --> 00:13:41,663 good news is no news. 282 00:13:41,730 --> 00:13:45,133 But our number seven revolves around bad news that became 283 00:13:45,200 --> 00:13:50,706 good news and kept the world watching a newfangled kind of TV network. 284 00:13:54,276 --> 00:13:56,211 BROKAW: And in West Texas tonight, the saga 285 00:13:56,278 --> 00:13:58,614 of little Jessica McClure has been going on since 286 00:13:58,680 --> 00:14:00,215 mid-morning yesterday. 287 00:14:00,282 --> 00:14:02,885 The 18 month old girl fell through an eight inch opening 288 00:14:02,951 --> 00:14:05,087 into a well in Midland Texas. 289 00:14:05,153 --> 00:14:08,457 LONI: Oh, we were so, we were so scared. 290 00:14:09,024 --> 00:14:11,360 NARRATOR: Jessica is trapped in a dry well, 291 00:14:11,426 --> 00:14:14,830 22 feet deep and encircled by thick rock. 292 00:14:16,632 --> 00:14:18,467 JACKIE: The mom was so upset and it was just like, 293 00:14:18,533 --> 00:14:20,669 "Is she gonna be okay?" 294 00:14:22,304 --> 00:14:24,806 NARRATOR: Baby Jessica's distraught teenage parents, 295 00:14:24,873 --> 00:14:28,443 Chip and Cissy, can do nothing but watch on helplessly. 296 00:14:31,580 --> 00:14:34,249 BROKAW: NBC's Dan Molina is standing by now in Midland, 297 00:14:34,316 --> 00:14:36,652 with an update on that dramatic situation. 298 00:14:36,718 --> 00:14:39,321 NARRATOR: The rescue effort has been mounting every hour, 299 00:14:39,388 --> 00:14:42,457 eventually reaching 400 strong. 300 00:14:46,528 --> 00:14:48,230 JACKIE: I was seven at the time, you can 301 00:14:48,297 --> 00:14:50,132 kind of almost put yourself in her shoes and be like, 302 00:14:50,198 --> 00:14:51,967 "Oh my God, could I fall down a well? 303 00:14:52,034 --> 00:14:54,369 Could that happen to me?" 304 00:14:57,039 --> 00:15:00,375 NARRATOR: As rescuers commandeer a large rig to dig 305 00:15:00,442 --> 00:15:04,246 a precarious 28 foot hole parallel to the well, 306 00:15:04,313 --> 00:15:07,883 TV networks scramble to cover the ongoing rescue. 307 00:15:09,351 --> 00:15:14,089 Among them, a struggling new 24/7 news channel called CNN, 308 00:15:14,156 --> 00:15:16,959 whose fate will become inextricably linked to 309 00:15:17,025 --> 00:15:19,394 Jessica's story. 310 00:15:21,363 --> 00:15:23,832 TONY: Jessica can be heard to call to her mother, 311 00:15:23,899 --> 00:15:27,602 she has been singing and occasionally crying. 312 00:15:29,004 --> 00:15:31,907 She said she's hungry, she hasn't had anything to eat or 313 00:15:31,974 --> 00:15:34,109 drink for more than a day. 314 00:15:34,176 --> 00:15:36,244 But medical personnel on the scene say, 315 00:15:36,311 --> 00:15:38,747 they don't want anything passed down to her 316 00:15:38,814 --> 00:15:40,282 for fear she'll choke. 317 00:15:41,550 --> 00:15:45,354 NARRATOR: After 48 hours, Jessica is still trapped, 318 00:15:45,420 --> 00:15:49,658 all the world can do is watch, wait and fear for the worst. 319 00:15:50,292 --> 00:15:52,627 ANCHOR: The nail-biting tension continues as rescuers 320 00:15:52,694 --> 00:15:54,863 get ever so close. 321 00:15:54,930 --> 00:15:59,101 NARRATOR: CNN'S 24/7 coverage helps transform baby Jessica's 322 00:15:59,167 --> 00:16:03,372 plight from personal tragedy into national obsession. 323 00:16:04,606 --> 00:16:06,508 JAMES: Ted Turner, the guy who started CNN, 324 00:16:06,575 --> 00:16:10,245 realized that people wanted to watch the news when 325 00:16:10,312 --> 00:16:12,481 they wanted to see it, not when it comes on 326 00:16:12,547 --> 00:16:14,316 at 7:00 on the network. 327 00:16:14,383 --> 00:16:17,119 REPORTER: We are told that they are now lowering an 328 00:16:17,185 --> 00:16:19,321 engineer into that hole. 329 00:16:20,022 --> 00:16:22,791 NARRATOR: All the networks cover the ongoing rescue, 330 00:16:22,858 --> 00:16:25,861 but CNN now owns the story. 331 00:16:26,962 --> 00:16:28,597 ANCHOR: For the latest, let's switch again live to 332 00:16:28,663 --> 00:16:30,899 our exhausted CNN personnel on the scene, 333 00:16:30,966 --> 00:16:33,235 here again, correspondent, Tony Clark. 334 00:16:33,301 --> 00:16:34,336 Tony. 335 00:16:34,403 --> 00:16:36,938 TONY: You can see the same thing we're seeing here, 336 00:16:37,005 --> 00:16:39,641 the rescuers are all standing around the, 337 00:16:39,708 --> 00:16:41,977 the shaft, they're looking down there, there's a paramedic. 338 00:16:42,044 --> 00:16:44,546 NARRATOR: Millions watch as the rescue unfolds. 339 00:16:46,314 --> 00:16:50,185 LONI: I mean, literally, I was up for two days cos I just got 340 00:16:50,252 --> 00:16:52,621 so involved, like, they gotta get Jessica, 341 00:16:52,687 --> 00:16:55,624 baby Jessica get baby out of there, please. 342 00:16:58,794 --> 00:17:02,364 NARRATOR: After 58 hours trapped in a well. 343 00:17:02,431 --> 00:17:03,698 TONY: We're obviously still waiting, it's... 344 00:17:03,765 --> 00:17:07,636 NARRATOR: Time is running out to save baby Jessica. 345 00:17:09,704 --> 00:17:11,239 TONY: It looks like they're bringing her up right now, 346 00:17:11,306 --> 00:17:12,574 we're seeing a lot of activity, 347 00:17:12,641 --> 00:17:16,178 the ropes are being pulled up, Jessica's mother is running 348 00:17:16,244 --> 00:17:18,647 over to the area where she is. 349 00:17:18,713 --> 00:17:21,316 This is the moment that we've been waiting for. 350 00:17:22,350 --> 00:17:24,319 (cheers) 351 00:17:24,386 --> 00:17:26,822 You can see the enthusiasm, you can hear the applause, 352 00:17:26,888 --> 00:17:29,257 as Jessica is, is brought out. 353 00:17:29,324 --> 00:17:30,725 It has taken a long time. 354 00:17:30,792 --> 00:17:34,296 JACKIE: Everyone cried when they pulled baby Jessica out, 355 00:17:34,362 --> 00:17:36,398 it was such a relief. 356 00:17:36,465 --> 00:17:40,469 (applause) 357 00:17:41,303 --> 00:17:43,839 TIFFANI: The story of baby Jessica became extremely 358 00:17:43,905 --> 00:17:46,007 personal for so many people. 359 00:17:46,074 --> 00:17:48,577 NARRATOR: Even the President and Nancy Reagan are 360 00:17:48,643 --> 00:17:50,712 caught up in the moment. 361 00:17:50,779 --> 00:17:53,548 They call Jessica's parents from the hospital where the 362 00:17:53,615 --> 00:17:56,518 First Lady has been admitted for a biopsy. 363 00:17:56,818 --> 00:17:58,887 REAGAN (over phone): It's Ronald Reagan and Nancy's on the other phone. 364 00:17:58,954 --> 00:18:00,188 NANCY (over phone): Hello? 365 00:18:00,255 --> 00:18:02,157 CISSY (over phone): Hello Mrs. Reagan, how are you feeling? 366 00:18:02,224 --> 00:18:04,059 NANCY (over phone): Well, I wan you to know that I was supposed 367 00:18:04,126 --> 00:18:07,762 to get ready for the operation the next morning and 368 00:18:07,829 --> 00:18:12,167 I couldn't do it until I sat there and watched her come up. 369 00:18:13,001 --> 00:18:15,871 CISSY (over phone): We appreciate it. 370 00:18:15,937 --> 00:18:17,906 REAGAN (over phone): I think you must be aware by now, 371 00:18:17,973 --> 00:18:21,743 that everybody in America became godfathers and 372 00:18:21,810 --> 00:18:25,247 godmothers of Jessica, we'd all been praying. 373 00:18:29,584 --> 00:18:33,488 NARRATOR: CNN's coverage marks a turning point in news media. 374 00:18:33,555 --> 00:18:36,124 It is the moment when people began to expect, 375 00:18:36,191 --> 00:18:39,594 even demand, what we take for granted today, 376 00:18:39,661 --> 00:18:42,631 instant updates at the touch of a button. 377 00:18:42,697 --> 00:18:44,799 CHIP: I don't know how to say thank you enough. 378 00:18:46,868 --> 00:18:51,072 ROB: 1972 was the last time we walked on the moon ever. 379 00:18:51,139 --> 00:18:53,375 The American space program went into hibernation, 380 00:18:53,441 --> 00:18:57,312 but like so many things, it came roaring back in the 80s. 381 00:18:57,946 --> 00:19:00,115 Our number six. 382 00:19:03,318 --> 00:19:08,156 LAUNCH (over radio): Four, three, two, one and lift off. 383 00:19:08,590 --> 00:19:11,526 NARRATOR: On January 28th, 1986, 384 00:19:11,593 --> 00:19:16,164 the space shuttle Challenger, exploded upon lift off. 385 00:19:16,598 --> 00:19:20,635 The whole world watched and the whole world grieved. 386 00:19:21,870 --> 00:19:24,039 But a very different emotion attended the shuttle's 387 00:19:24,105 --> 00:19:27,142 maiden voyage five years earlier. 388 00:19:27,209 --> 00:19:29,644 LAUNCH (over radio): We have no down link. 389 00:19:30,612 --> 00:19:32,781 NARRATOR: April 12th, 1981. 390 00:19:32,847 --> 00:19:35,483 The space shuttle Colombia's launch has already been 391 00:19:35,550 --> 00:19:38,587 delayed two days due to technical problems and 392 00:19:38,653 --> 00:19:42,457 no-one wants to think of the disastrous consequences of failure. 393 00:19:43,692 --> 00:19:45,126 FRANK: Well Sam, it's had its problems. 394 00:19:45,193 --> 00:19:49,564 A few years behind schedule and more than a few dollars over budget. 395 00:19:49,898 --> 00:19:52,334 NARRATOR: The shuttle is intended to be a game-changer, 396 00:19:52,400 --> 00:19:55,403 the world's first reusable space vehicle. 397 00:19:56,304 --> 00:19:58,006 MIKE: This thing was unbelievable what it could do, 398 00:19:58,073 --> 00:20:00,809 you know, launch like a rocket and land like an airplane, 399 00:20:00,875 --> 00:20:03,245 nothing before could ever do that. 400 00:20:03,311 --> 00:20:06,214 LAUNCH (over radio): This is shuttle launch control at T-20 401 00:20:06,281 --> 00:20:08,183 minutes and holding. 402 00:20:09,784 --> 00:20:13,622 NARRATOR: But that's only if it can get off the ground. 403 00:20:14,489 --> 00:20:16,925 REPORTER: Mile after mile of campers and crowds, 404 00:20:16,992 --> 00:20:19,227 well over a million people. 405 00:20:19,294 --> 00:20:22,264 NARRATOR: A nation's hopes and prayers fix on astronauts, 406 00:20:22,330 --> 00:20:25,233 John Young and Robert Crippen. 407 00:20:26,935 --> 00:20:28,803 REPORTER: Everybody here anxiously hoping, 408 00:20:28,870 --> 00:20:30,572 waiting, watching. 409 00:20:30,639 --> 00:20:31,973 LAUNCH (over radio): 35 seconds 410 00:20:32,040 --> 00:20:34,843 REPORTER: All they're thinking about is the word, lift off. 411 00:20:35,176 --> 00:20:36,411 LAUNCH (over radio): 25 seconds 412 00:20:36,478 --> 00:20:37,812 Launch sequencer. 413 00:20:39,180 --> 00:20:41,716 Five, four, we've gone for main engine start, 414 00:20:41,783 --> 00:20:44,419 we have main engine start. 415 00:20:46,988 --> 00:20:48,990 The launch of America's first Space Shuttle and 416 00:20:49,057 --> 00:20:52,494 the shuttle has cleared the tower. 417 00:20:52,894 --> 00:20:55,830 PATRICK: The sense of being an American at that particular 418 00:20:55,897 --> 00:20:58,433 time was prideful. 419 00:20:59,034 --> 00:21:02,203 MAN: United States of America! 420 00:21:02,604 --> 00:21:04,673 MIKE: So it was kind of, hey, we're back in business. 421 00:21:06,708 --> 00:21:08,877 CHILD: Well, that was something to remember, that's for sure. 422 00:21:08,943 --> 00:21:12,347 MAN: America's back in space finally and I hope we're there to stay. 423 00:21:15,650 --> 00:21:17,485 NARRATOR: For the watching millions, 424 00:21:17,552 --> 00:21:19,721 it's an inspiring moment, 425 00:21:19,788 --> 00:21:22,490 heralding a new age of space travel. 426 00:21:23,792 --> 00:21:27,429 Especially for an aspiring astronaut. 427 00:21:27,495 --> 00:21:28,563 MIKE: If you would have told me, 428 00:21:28,630 --> 00:21:31,032 "Hey, you're gonna fly on that spaceship some day," 429 00:21:31,099 --> 00:21:34,069 I'd have been, "No way," but that's the spaceship I flew on. 430 00:21:34,135 --> 00:21:37,138 MIKE (over radio): I'm moving one of his shoulder straps out of the way there. 431 00:21:37,205 --> 00:21:40,308 MIKE: I got to fly on space shuttle Colombia on my first flight. 432 00:21:40,608 --> 00:21:42,944 LAUNCH (over radio): Okay, we copy that. 433 00:21:43,611 --> 00:21:45,413 NARRATOR: The shuttle blazed a trail, 434 00:21:45,480 --> 00:21:48,583 encouraging a new generation of space explorers to boldly 435 00:21:48,650 --> 00:21:51,786 go where no-one has gone before. 436 00:21:52,187 --> 00:21:55,590 MIKE: It was really an amazing accomplishment. 437 00:22:00,628 --> 00:22:02,630 NARRATOR: Next, the burning question that was on 438 00:22:02,697 --> 00:22:05,734 everyone's lips in the summer of 1980. 439 00:22:05,800 --> 00:22:08,703 JON: It was all everybody was talking about and can you believe it? 440 00:22:09,237 --> 00:22:10,638 (gunshot) 441 00:22:13,241 --> 00:22:15,577 ROB: So far, we've seen tragedy averted, 442 00:22:15,643 --> 00:22:17,879 surreal talk show theatre, 443 00:22:17,946 --> 00:22:20,648 and the last call for a beloved TV show. 444 00:22:20,715 --> 00:22:24,486 Our number five had the highest rated 80s factor, 445 00:22:24,552 --> 00:22:27,389 the shot literally heard around the world. 446 00:22:31,826 --> 00:22:33,461 JON: Who shot JR? CRISTELA: Who shot JR? 447 00:22:33,528 --> 00:22:36,331 MEATLOAF: Who shot JR? LONI: Who shot JR? 448 00:22:37,799 --> 00:22:39,234 JR: Who's there? 449 00:22:46,141 --> 00:22:48,143 ♪ ♪ 450 00:22:48,209 --> 00:22:50,945 (gunshots) 451 00:22:54,749 --> 00:22:56,050 WOMAN: His wife probably did it. 452 00:22:56,117 --> 00:22:57,419 MAN: I have a hunch his brother did. 453 00:22:57,485 --> 00:22:59,053 MALE 2: I would, he's a son of a... 454 00:22:59,120 --> 00:23:00,388 (laughs) 455 00:23:00,455 --> 00:23:03,258 NARRATOR: Dallas is America's leading primetime soap opera 456 00:23:03,324 --> 00:23:07,162 and actor, Larry Hagman, makes arch villain, JR Ewing, 457 00:23:07,228 --> 00:23:10,265 the man that everybody loves to hate. 458 00:23:12,267 --> 00:23:14,002 JR: Alright, this is what I want you to do. 459 00:23:14,068 --> 00:23:16,538 Close down that field. 460 00:23:18,339 --> 00:23:19,507 That's right. 461 00:23:19,574 --> 00:23:21,443 PATRICK: The reason he became a main character in the show 462 00:23:21,509 --> 00:23:24,279 was because Larry Hagman played him. 463 00:23:24,345 --> 00:23:25,680 JON: You didn't think, "Oh, that's Larry Hagman," 464 00:23:25,747 --> 00:23:27,015 you'd got "That's JR. " 465 00:23:27,081 --> 00:23:31,386 BRIAN: JR was, was sort of our first reality show villain in a way. 466 00:23:34,889 --> 00:23:37,759 NARRATOR: But in 1980, a suddenly extended run means 467 00:23:37,826 --> 00:23:41,229 the show's writers have to create a new season finale, 468 00:23:41,296 --> 00:23:43,131 in a hurry. 469 00:23:43,198 --> 00:23:44,432 PATRICK: They were sitting in the writers room, 470 00:23:44,499 --> 00:23:45,667 they were going, "What are we gonna do? 471 00:23:45,733 --> 00:23:46,835 What are we gonna do?" 472 00:23:46,901 --> 00:23:48,903 and somebody just said, "Well, let's shoot somebody." 473 00:23:48,970 --> 00:23:51,439 And then unanimously, everybody went, 474 00:23:51,506 --> 00:23:53,241 "It's got to be JR." 475 00:23:53,308 --> 00:23:57,212 NARRATOR: At the last minute, unsure of exactly who will shoot JR, 476 00:23:57,278 --> 00:23:59,447 the writers decide to buy time, 477 00:23:59,514 --> 00:24:01,983 by building in a cliff-hanger. 478 00:24:02,050 --> 00:24:04,085 PATRICK: They didn't know who did it at the end of that season. 479 00:24:04,152 --> 00:24:05,487 They didn't care. 480 00:24:05,553 --> 00:24:07,789 They said, "We have all summer now to try and figure out 481 00:24:07,856 --> 00:24:09,791 who did it and why." 482 00:24:09,858 --> 00:24:12,527 NARRATOR: But no-one realizes that this writers room 483 00:24:12,594 --> 00:24:16,130 creative block will unleash a global obsession. 484 00:24:16,931 --> 00:24:18,633 TV REPORTER: They have now been labelled the shots heard 485 00:24:18,700 --> 00:24:21,169 round the world, who shot JR, says Time, 486 00:24:21,236 --> 00:24:24,672 is the most tantalizing secret since Watergate's Deep Throat. 487 00:24:24,739 --> 00:24:26,107 BRIAN: You heard it discussed on kids shows, 488 00:24:26,174 --> 00:24:28,343 it was on the radio, the DJs would banter about it, 489 00:24:28,409 --> 00:24:31,346 it was everywhere. 490 00:24:31,679 --> 00:24:33,348 NARRATOR: The producers realize they've created the 491 00:24:33,414 --> 00:24:36,985 ultimate hook for the next season and to keep everyone, 492 00:24:37,051 --> 00:24:40,088 including the cast, guessing, they even film multiple 493 00:24:40,154 --> 00:24:42,657 versions of the big reveal. 494 00:24:42,724 --> 00:24:44,926 PATRICK: We were the last people in the world to know, 495 00:24:44,993 --> 00:24:46,261 the cast of Dallas. 496 00:24:46,327 --> 00:24:47,529 Larry didn't know who shot him. 497 00:24:47,595 --> 00:24:48,630 INTERVIEWER: Whodunnit? 498 00:24:48,696 --> 00:24:49,797 LARRY: I don't know who did it. 499 00:24:49,864 --> 00:24:50,899 INTERVIEWER: You must know. 500 00:24:50,965 --> 00:24:52,467 LARRY: I don't, I swear I don't, 501 00:24:52,534 --> 00:24:55,203 they're, they're not gonna tell me. 502 00:24:57,372 --> 00:25:00,942 NARRATOR: In November, 1980, after eight months of feverish 503 00:25:01,009 --> 00:25:04,012 speculation, the nation is on tenterhooks, 504 00:25:04,078 --> 00:25:07,115 anticipating the big reveal. 505 00:25:07,415 --> 00:25:11,653 LORRAINE: All of America was like tuned in to finding out who killed JR. 506 00:25:12,153 --> 00:25:13,922 PATRICK: That hour of Dallas, everybody said, 507 00:25:13,988 --> 00:25:17,258 "Shut up, we're watching, no eating, don't crinkle the paper." 508 00:25:17,325 --> 00:25:18,526 ANCHOR: If you still don't know, 509 00:25:18,593 --> 00:25:20,662 you may not wanna watch in the next 20 seconds, 510 00:25:20,728 --> 00:25:22,163 especially you on the west coast, 511 00:25:22,230 --> 00:25:24,032 if you want to wait and see it in just a bit. 512 00:25:24,098 --> 00:25:25,567 Here it is... 513 00:25:26,834 --> 00:25:28,236 (gunshot) 514 00:25:28,303 --> 00:25:30,972 SUE ELLEN: It was you, Kristen. 515 00:25:31,706 --> 00:25:33,775 NARRATOR: The shooter turns out to be Kristen, 516 00:25:33,841 --> 00:25:37,078 JR's mistress, who is also his sister-in-law, 517 00:25:37,145 --> 00:25:39,447 of course she was. 518 00:25:39,514 --> 00:25:42,584 The world finally exhales after holding its breath for 519 00:25:42,650 --> 00:25:44,519 most of 1980 and 520 00:25:44,586 --> 00:25:48,856 "Who Shot JR?" sets a precedent for season finales. 521 00:25:50,291 --> 00:25:51,893 BRIAN: I can't remember another time that there was 522 00:25:51,960 --> 00:25:55,363 a gigantic cliffhanger, that the entire world was tuned into, 523 00:25:55,430 --> 00:25:56,965 to see how it was gonna resolve. 524 00:25:57,031 --> 00:25:59,334 LARRY: Yeah, he's just about the best liar I've ever met, 525 00:25:59,400 --> 00:26:02,337 with the exception of myself of course. 526 00:26:02,403 --> 00:26:04,606 ROB: The Yang to JR's Yin in the 80s, 527 00:26:04,672 --> 00:26:08,042 was a very real person, who was also self-made, 528 00:26:08,109 --> 00:26:10,044 rich and powerful, 529 00:26:10,111 --> 00:26:13,414 only, she used her unique talents for good. 530 00:26:16,384 --> 00:26:19,053 REPORTER: This is Eye Witness News. 531 00:26:19,120 --> 00:26:19,988 SAM: I'm Sam Donald. 532 00:26:20,054 --> 00:26:21,222 NARRATOR: At the start of the 1980s, 533 00:26:21,289 --> 00:26:23,358 whatever channel you tune into. 534 00:26:23,424 --> 00:26:25,226 HOST: Well, the number one television show. 535 00:26:25,293 --> 00:26:29,731 NARRATOR: TV news and talk shows, looked very similar 536 00:26:29,797 --> 00:26:31,299 BROKAW: That's the news for this Tuesday night, 537 00:26:31,366 --> 00:26:33,768 I'm Tom Brokaw, goodnight from all of us at NBC News. 538 00:26:35,136 --> 00:26:36,671 NARRATOR: But an ambitious young reporter from 539 00:26:36,738 --> 00:26:40,174 rural Mississippi, is out to change that. 540 00:26:41,209 --> 00:26:44,212 ANNOUNCER: Oprah Winfrey and the Eyewitness News Team. 541 00:26:44,846 --> 00:26:47,548 NARRATOR: Oprah Winfrey had landed her first job as a TV 542 00:26:47,615 --> 00:26:50,284 anchor at just 19 years old. 543 00:26:50,351 --> 00:26:52,220 OPRAH: President Carter announced just this morning. 544 00:26:52,286 --> 00:26:54,288 NARRATOR: Becoming the youngest woman to anchor the 545 00:26:54,355 --> 00:26:58,626 news at the Nashville TV station and the only African American. 546 00:26:59,360 --> 00:27:02,430 Her personable style wins admirers and the audience but 547 00:27:02,497 --> 00:27:06,300 not TV bosses, she is demoted to daytime for being what her 548 00:27:06,367 --> 00:27:10,338 male bosses call, um, too emotional? 549 00:27:10,905 --> 00:27:13,141 OPRAH: I have a gift, I understand that it's a gift to 550 00:27:13,207 --> 00:27:16,077 be myself in front of the camera, 551 00:27:16,144 --> 00:27:17,912 I am as comfortable in front of the camera, 552 00:27:17,979 --> 00:27:19,247 as I am breathing. 553 00:27:19,313 --> 00:27:22,650 NARRATOR: In 1984, Oprah takes over a low-rated half hour 554 00:27:22,717 --> 00:27:27,288 morning talk show, AM Chicago, and the emotion she showed too 555 00:27:27,355 --> 00:27:31,559 much of on news, becomes a talk show secret weapon. 556 00:27:32,894 --> 00:27:35,730 OPRAH: I'm trying not to let my feelings show here. 557 00:27:35,797 --> 00:27:37,031 (laughter) 558 00:27:37,098 --> 00:27:39,600 JASON: In the year or two that she was on AM Chicago, 559 00:27:39,667 --> 00:27:41,803 she took the ratings from I think what was like zero, 560 00:27:41,869 --> 00:27:44,572 it was like last place to, you know, the top. 561 00:27:44,972 --> 00:27:48,543 ♪ Everybody loves Oprah ♪ 562 00:27:48,609 --> 00:27:49,677 OPRAH: You mean me? 563 00:27:49,744 --> 00:27:50,845 NARRATOR: Less than a year later, 564 00:27:50,912 --> 00:27:52,146 they name the show for her. 565 00:27:52,213 --> 00:27:53,381 ♪ Chicago ♪ 566 00:27:53,448 --> 00:27:56,984 ♪ Start your day out with a smile ♪ 567 00:27:57,552 --> 00:28:00,221 NARRATOR: And once Oprah starts beating daytime talk show king, 568 00:28:00,288 --> 00:28:03,024 Phil Donahue, in Chicago's TV ratings, 569 00:28:03,091 --> 00:28:06,894 the stage is set for Oprah's national syndication. 570 00:28:07,562 --> 00:28:10,465 OPRAH: Whoo! Woo. 571 00:28:10,531 --> 00:28:15,737 Hello, everybody. Thanks. 572 00:28:17,305 --> 00:28:21,008 Thank you, I'm Oprah Winfrey and welcome to the very first 573 00:28:21,075 --> 00:28:22,877 national Oprah Winfrey Show! 574 00:28:22,944 --> 00:28:24,545 (applause) 575 00:28:24,612 --> 00:28:26,547 NARRATOR: Oprah and her creative team know this first 576 00:28:26,614 --> 00:28:29,217 episode will be make or break. 577 00:28:29,283 --> 00:28:32,487 They are desperate to make a big celebrity splash. 578 00:28:33,921 --> 00:28:37,658 OPRAH: Oprah, who are the guests for the first show? 579 00:28:37,725 --> 00:28:40,495 Is it Mother Theresa? 580 00:28:40,895 --> 00:28:42,396 Is it the Pope? 581 00:28:42,463 --> 00:28:43,831 Is it Greta Garbo? 582 00:28:43,898 --> 00:28:46,467 NARRATOR: But with no takers, Oprah's solution is an 583 00:28:46,534 --> 00:28:50,438 intuitive masterclass in connecting with a mass audience 584 00:28:50,505 --> 00:28:54,642 a class act that sets Oprah apart from the competition, 585 00:28:54,709 --> 00:28:57,779 that will soon have no hope of competing. 586 00:28:58,312 --> 00:29:00,148 OPRAH: We decided to do what we do best and that is 587 00:29:00,214 --> 00:29:04,118 a show about and with everyday people. 588 00:29:04,185 --> 00:29:06,587 LORRAINE: Sure, the celebrities are great later on, 589 00:29:06,654 --> 00:29:09,190 but you have to make that connection with the audience. 590 00:29:09,257 --> 00:29:12,126 AMBER: Regular people being on stage talking about world 591 00:29:12,193 --> 00:29:15,663 issues and it feels very before her time. 592 00:29:15,730 --> 00:29:19,734 NARRATOR: Oprah takes a record 48% of the afternoon audience. 593 00:29:19,801 --> 00:29:21,402 OPRAH: But two things have bugged me for years, 594 00:29:21,469 --> 00:29:23,437 the first, my thighs, the second... 595 00:29:23,504 --> 00:29:27,141 LORRAINE: Like, what woman in America didn't wanna hear that 596 00:29:27,208 --> 00:29:28,209 at that point, it was like, 597 00:29:28,276 --> 00:29:30,344 "Oh my gosh, thank you for saying that." 598 00:29:30,411 --> 00:29:32,313 NARRATOR: And she's determined to have their thoughts, 599 00:29:32,380 --> 00:29:35,850 feelings and aspirations aired on national TV. 600 00:29:36,717 --> 00:29:39,053 WOMAN 1: Oprah is a real woman, a real person. 601 00:29:39,120 --> 00:29:42,490 WOMAN 2: Oprah is a friend. 602 00:29:42,557 --> 00:29:45,893 WOMAN 3: And I'd like to say that Oprah, you are beautiful. 603 00:29:45,960 --> 00:29:48,796 NARRATOR: Oprah's capacity to be as one with her audience, 604 00:29:48,863 --> 00:29:53,167 opens the way for a whole new dialogue on daytime TV. 605 00:29:53,968 --> 00:29:57,038 AMBER: Honestly, I feel like Oprah changed the narrative of 606 00:29:57,104 --> 00:29:59,273 what Black women are and who they are. 607 00:29:59,340 --> 00:30:03,411 People started seeing us in a more professional light. 608 00:30:04,345 --> 00:30:07,148 She showed vulnerability, but she also showed strength at 609 00:30:07,215 --> 00:30:10,985 the same time and I just think that that's really dope. 610 00:30:12,753 --> 00:30:14,021 WOMAN: It's Oprah Winfrey. 611 00:30:14,088 --> 00:30:15,289 OPRAH: Hi, everybody. 612 00:30:15,356 --> 00:30:17,892 (applause) 613 00:30:17,959 --> 00:30:21,128 NARRATOR: Oprah's national TV debut marks the start of 614 00:30:21,195 --> 00:30:24,398 something big, really big. 615 00:30:24,465 --> 00:30:28,202 The Oprah Winfrey Show will run for 25 unbroken years and 616 00:30:28,269 --> 00:30:32,673 become the foundation for her enduring empire of empathy. 617 00:30:33,241 --> 00:30:36,911 LORRAINE: It was really revolutionary for daytime TV. 618 00:30:36,978 --> 00:30:38,613 OPRAH: Thank you, America! 619 00:30:38,679 --> 00:30:40,681 (applause) 620 00:30:40,748 --> 00:30:42,483 ROB: Oprah's a pretty tough act to follow, 621 00:30:42,550 --> 00:30:45,152 but our top three is gonna do just that. 622 00:30:45,219 --> 00:30:48,623 FREDDIE: Ay-oh! AUDIENCE: Ay-oh! 623 00:30:53,794 --> 00:30:56,530 ROB: So, I know we've missed some iconic moments of the 80s 624 00:30:56,597 --> 00:31:00,568 and here's why, they revolved around tragedy, not triumph. 625 00:31:00,635 --> 00:31:03,571 The Challenger explosion, the attempted assassination 626 00:31:03,638 --> 00:31:07,275 of Ronald Reagan, the actual assassination of John Lennon. 627 00:31:07,341 --> 00:31:10,745 But today, we're here to remember the good times and 628 00:31:10,811 --> 00:31:15,049 that is front and center as we approach our top three. 629 00:31:15,516 --> 00:31:19,020 Like our next moment, when a withdrawn, publicity shy 630 00:31:19,086 --> 00:31:23,424 introvert transformed into a world superstar. 631 00:31:23,824 --> 00:31:25,259 All right, the only part of that sentence that's actually 632 00:31:25,326 --> 00:31:28,529 true is the superstar part. 633 00:31:35,236 --> 00:31:37,738 NARRATOR: Men have been strutting their funky stuff 634 00:31:37,805 --> 00:31:40,474 ever since rock and roll began. 635 00:31:40,541 --> 00:31:43,544 But women were different, and usually portrayed only as 636 00:31:43,611 --> 00:31:46,180 passive objects of desire. 637 00:31:46,747 --> 00:31:50,217 When in 1981, punk singer Wendy O'Williams of the 638 00:31:50,284 --> 00:31:53,854 Plasmatics, dared to be sexually suggestive on stage, 639 00:31:53,921 --> 00:31:56,290 she was arrested. 640 00:31:57,992 --> 00:32:01,062 But three years later at the 1984 VMA's, 641 00:32:01,128 --> 00:32:05,166 one woman would confront these double standards head on. 642 00:32:05,566 --> 00:32:09,270 MARK: We wanted the VMA's to be the anti- Grammys and so, 643 00:32:09,337 --> 00:32:13,307 the more outrageous stuff that happened, the better. 644 00:32:13,374 --> 00:32:15,810 NARRATOR: Dressed in a wedding gown with a 17 foot cake 645 00:32:15,876 --> 00:32:18,579 behind her, Madonna seizes her moment. 646 00:32:18,646 --> 00:32:21,782 MARK: She went down, as she started to roll around and her 647 00:32:21,849 --> 00:32:23,617 dress started to come up. 648 00:32:23,684 --> 00:32:25,586 MADONNA: I wasn't even sure of what I was doing, 649 00:32:25,653 --> 00:32:28,456 you know, I just kind of went for it. 650 00:32:28,756 --> 00:32:30,758 ♪ Whoa, whoa, whoa ♪ 651 00:32:30,825 --> 00:32:33,194 NARRATOR: And she kept the writhing and rolling going, 652 00:32:33,260 --> 00:32:35,463 on her blockbuster Virgin tour. 653 00:32:35,529 --> 00:32:40,134 KATIE: She was this unfettered expression of female sexuality. 654 00:32:40,835 --> 00:32:45,973 ♪ When you hold me and you hug me and you love me ♪ 655 00:32:46,040 --> 00:32:47,508 KEVIN: Oh my God, like this is the craziest, 656 00:32:47,575 --> 00:32:48,709 sexiest thing I ever saw. 657 00:32:48,776 --> 00:32:50,678 TIFFANI: And I was like, "Wow." 658 00:32:50,745 --> 00:32:57,118 ♪ Can't you hear my heart beat, for the very first time ♪ 659 00:32:57,385 --> 00:32:58,853 MADONNA: The fact that people are interested in what 660 00:32:58,919 --> 00:33:02,289 I'm doing only pushes me more to, you know, 661 00:33:02,356 --> 00:33:06,460 keep coming up with new and interesting ways to express myself. 662 00:33:08,062 --> 00:33:10,431 NARRATOR: Parents may hate Madonna's particular form of 663 00:33:10,498 --> 00:33:13,601 self expression, but for the nation's teenagers, 664 00:33:13,667 --> 00:33:17,271 an icon and yes, role model is born. 665 00:33:17,972 --> 00:33:19,373 TEENAGER: I like her attitude and the way she 666 00:33:19,440 --> 00:33:21,842 presents herself, she doesn't like let anybody step on her. 667 00:33:22,910 --> 00:33:25,146 CRISTELA: I wasn't allowed to like Madonna, 668 00:33:25,212 --> 00:33:27,515 but I loved Madonna. 669 00:33:31,318 --> 00:33:35,356 MARK: It was a harbinger of what this artist was going to do. 670 00:33:35,923 --> 00:33:39,193 NARRATOR: Mainstream America can't hold back the tide. 671 00:33:39,260 --> 00:33:41,695 Madonna's sensational performance inspires female 672 00:33:41,762 --> 00:33:45,466 artists everywhere to own their sexuality and create 673 00:33:45,533 --> 00:33:50,337 their own empowerment and the world would never be the same again. 674 00:33:50,404 --> 00:33:52,339 TIFFANI: A woman can go up there, 675 00:33:52,406 --> 00:33:57,611 look like a rock star, but then be extremely feminine and 676 00:33:57,678 --> 00:34:01,615 I just thought she was amazing. 677 00:34:03,084 --> 00:34:06,420 ROB: All the world's a stage, but sometimes the stage 678 00:34:06,487 --> 00:34:08,756 becomes the entire world 679 00:34:08,823 --> 00:34:11,692 and our number two moment is truly momentous, 680 00:34:11,759 --> 00:34:15,796 both for the cause and the band who stole the show. 681 00:34:21,168 --> 00:34:25,339 NARRATOR: July 13th, 1985, the curtain rises on one of the 682 00:34:25,406 --> 00:34:29,143 biggest pop concerts in the history of music. 683 00:34:29,210 --> 00:34:32,279 A devastating famine in Ethiopia has inspired 684 00:34:32,346 --> 00:34:36,016 Irish rocker, Bob Geldof to stage a world-wide concert 685 00:34:36,083 --> 00:34:38,853 to raise awareness and raise money. 686 00:34:43,090 --> 00:34:44,658 ANNOUNCER: It's 12 noon in London, 687 00:34:44,725 --> 00:34:47,561 7:00 AM in Philadelphia and around the word 688 00:34:47,628 --> 00:34:49,830 it's time for Live Aid. 689 00:34:49,897 --> 00:34:51,966 NARRATOR: This mega concert was designed to reach 690 00:34:52,032 --> 00:34:53,767 a mega-audience. 691 00:34:53,834 --> 00:34:55,436 JASON: It was broadcast all over the world, 692 00:34:55,503 --> 00:34:59,707 I think about two billion or more people watched and tuned in, 693 00:34:59,773 --> 00:35:03,177 it felt like something incredibly special was happening. 694 00:35:03,577 --> 00:35:05,546 NARRATOR: And despite performances by the likes of 695 00:35:05,613 --> 00:35:08,282 Sting, Run DMC and Black Sabbath, 696 00:35:08,349 --> 00:35:10,918 the cash just isn't coming in. 697 00:35:11,652 --> 00:35:15,356 BOB: Get your money out now, and phone up and give us the money. 698 00:35:17,324 --> 00:35:20,261 NARRATOR: Live Aid needs a big-hitter performance. 699 00:35:20,327 --> 00:35:23,063 Next up: 70s band, Queen. 700 00:35:23,731 --> 00:35:26,834 But with allegations that the band is burnt out and that 701 00:35:26,901 --> 00:35:29,570 Freddie's personal life is falling apart, 702 00:35:29,637 --> 00:35:33,107 the big question is, can Queen deliver? 703 00:35:35,976 --> 00:35:38,679 BRIAN: Freddie Mercury had that audience right where he 704 00:35:38,746 --> 00:35:41,582 wanted them from the moment he got out there on stage. 705 00:35:45,986 --> 00:35:49,723 MARK: There was such a joy, there was so much energy in 706 00:35:49,790 --> 00:35:51,692 that performance. 707 00:35:51,759 --> 00:35:55,462 ♪ I sit alone and watch your light ♪ 708 00:35:55,529 --> 00:35:58,933 LORRAINE: They blew most everybody out of the water. 709 00:35:59,300 --> 00:36:02,736 ♪ You had your time, you had the power, ♪ 710 00:36:02,803 --> 00:36:06,874 ♪ You've yet to have your finest hour ♪ 711 00:36:06,941 --> 00:36:09,677 ♪ Radio ♪ 712 00:36:09,743 --> 00:36:11,145 ♪ Everybody ♪ 713 00:36:11,212 --> 00:36:16,817 ♪ All we hear is radio ga ga, radio goo goo, ♪ 714 00:36:16,884 --> 00:36:18,953 ♪ Radio ga ga ♪ ♪ 715 00:36:19,019 --> 00:36:23,224 PETE: I had helped put Queen on stage and I was standing in the wings 716 00:36:23,290 --> 00:36:25,092 and when he did "Radio Ga Ga", 717 00:36:25,159 --> 00:36:28,562 it seemed that the tension in the air had changed, 718 00:36:28,629 --> 00:36:30,798 it seemed like gravity had dropped or something. 719 00:36:30,864 --> 00:36:36,403 ♪ Someone still loves you ♪ 720 00:36:36,470 --> 00:36:38,572 JEN: You look at that sea of people and they're all pumping 721 00:36:38,639 --> 00:36:41,909 their hands in unison, it's, I mean even just watching it 722 00:36:41,976 --> 00:36:44,311 on TV and not being there, you feel, 723 00:36:44,378 --> 00:36:46,113 you know, goosebumps watching it. 724 00:36:46,180 --> 00:36:47,348 LORRAINE: When you watch that performance, 725 00:36:47,414 --> 00:36:49,016 it's like, wow. 726 00:36:49,083 --> 00:36:50,985 MARK: It's considered one of the greatest live performances 727 00:36:51,051 --> 00:36:52,486 in rock and roll. 728 00:36:52,553 --> 00:36:56,457 NARRATOR: Live Aid has finally arrived and a rock legend is born. 729 00:36:57,224 --> 00:36:59,526 Freddie's voice is dubbed the note that's heard around the 730 00:36:59,593 --> 00:37:03,664 world and the cash donations flood in. 731 00:37:04,231 --> 00:37:05,733 FREDDIE: Aaaay-o. 732 00:37:05,799 --> 00:37:07,568 AUDIENCE: Aaaay-o. 733 00:37:07,635 --> 00:37:08,936 FREDDIE: Ay-o. 734 00:37:09,003 --> 00:37:10,804 BRIAN: It was a mythic performance that you knew was mythic when 735 00:37:10,871 --> 00:37:13,240 you were seeing it and that doesn't happen very often. 736 00:37:13,307 --> 00:37:17,177 FREDDIE: Aaaaaaay-o. 737 00:37:17,244 --> 00:37:22,516 AUDIENCE: Aaaaaaay-o. 738 00:37:22,583 --> 00:37:24,485 BRIAN: Just chill inducing to watch. 739 00:37:24,551 --> 00:37:27,521 NARRATOR: Queen's performance i the turning point for Live Aid, 740 00:37:27,588 --> 00:37:32,259 which went on to raise over $125 million and 741 00:37:32,326 --> 00:37:36,430 sets a trend for big charitable concerts in aid of the needy. 742 00:37:36,497 --> 00:37:39,633 A trend that continues to this day. 743 00:37:40,567 --> 00:37:44,104 ROB: It's been an amazing journey and we are nearly at the summit. 744 00:37:44,171 --> 00:37:48,208 So far we've met three queens, Oprah, Madonna and the band, 745 00:37:48,275 --> 00:37:52,379 which I think is a hint for our number one coming up. 746 00:37:59,219 --> 00:38:02,156 ROB: We've witnessed some cultural weddings in our top ten, 747 00:38:02,222 --> 00:38:03,624 hip-hop and heavy metal. 748 00:38:03,724 --> 00:38:07,795 Oprah, tying the knot with the entire civilized world, 749 00:38:07,861 --> 00:38:10,964 Madonna and her 17 foot tall cake, 750 00:38:11,298 --> 00:38:14,568 but the wedding of the 80s, combined all of the themes of 751 00:38:14,635 --> 00:38:16,637 our watercooler moments. 752 00:38:16,704 --> 00:38:18,639 Here's our number one. 753 00:38:25,412 --> 00:38:28,115 NARRATOR: November, 17th, 1980. 754 00:38:28,182 --> 00:38:31,518 19 year old Diana Spencer is returning from work, 755 00:38:31,585 --> 00:38:34,521 when she is besieged by reporters. 756 00:38:34,588 --> 00:38:37,024 Everyone wants to know if Prince Charles has popped 757 00:38:37,091 --> 00:38:39,660 the all important question. 758 00:38:39,727 --> 00:38:41,228 REPORTER: Is there any possibility that any 759 00:38:41,295 --> 00:38:43,163 announcement of your marriage in the near future, 760 00:38:43,230 --> 00:38:44,365 can you tell me? 761 00:38:44,431 --> 00:38:46,667 (shouting) 762 00:38:46,734 --> 00:38:48,736 Can you tell if there's any possibility? 763 00:38:48,802 --> 00:38:50,704 DIANA: I'm not going to say anything. 764 00:38:50,771 --> 00:38:51,905 Oh sorry. 765 00:38:51,972 --> 00:38:53,407 REPORTER: But Prince Charles did give us a hint himself, 766 00:38:53,474 --> 00:38:55,175 he said we wouldn't have to wait too long. 767 00:38:55,242 --> 00:38:56,143 DIANA: Oh, careful. 768 00:38:56,210 --> 00:38:58,379 NARRATOR: On February 24th, 1981, 769 00:38:58,445 --> 00:39:00,881 the engagement is finally made official, 770 00:39:00,948 --> 00:39:05,085 the whole world is watching and now contracts wedding fever 771 00:39:05,652 --> 00:39:06,987 ANCHOR: Well, the guest list for the royal wedding reads 772 00:39:07,054 --> 00:39:11,525 like a who's-who of beautiful and powerful people. 773 00:39:12,192 --> 00:39:13,527 REPORTER: The British prove once again, 774 00:39:13,594 --> 00:39:15,429 that when it comes to pomp and circumstance, 775 00:39:15,496 --> 00:39:17,664 they have no peers. 776 00:39:17,731 --> 00:39:19,299 BRIAN: We as Americans, as a nation, 777 00:39:19,366 --> 00:39:22,903 we all kind of wanted to be looking in the windows and 778 00:39:22,970 --> 00:39:25,939 watch what was going on and to be a part of that somehow. 779 00:39:27,608 --> 00:39:29,743 NARRATOR: But just one thing becomes the center of 780 00:39:29,810 --> 00:39:32,346 everyone's obsession... 781 00:39:32,980 --> 00:39:34,748 LONI: Who did the dress, what would the dress look like, 782 00:39:34,815 --> 00:39:36,283 it was better than who shot JR, 783 00:39:36,350 --> 00:39:39,086 it was just a great secret. 784 00:39:39,153 --> 00:39:40,921 NARRATOR: Diana chooses British designers 785 00:39:40,988 --> 00:39:44,458 David and Elizabeth Emanuel to create the dress. 786 00:39:47,094 --> 00:39:48,429 ELIZABETH: Lady Diana turned up, 787 00:39:48,495 --> 00:39:50,798 it was a big surprise and she said, 788 00:39:50,864 --> 00:39:52,900 "Will you and David, do me the honor of making my wedding 789 00:39:52,966 --> 00:39:55,335 dress, but we have to keep it secret, 790 00:39:55,402 --> 00:39:57,471 nobody must know." 791 00:39:57,538 --> 00:40:00,474 I think even the Palace underestimated the interest. 792 00:40:02,376 --> 00:40:05,145 We became aware of photographers and they were 793 00:40:05,212 --> 00:40:09,316 leasing apartments opposite us with their long range cameras. 794 00:40:10,384 --> 00:40:13,020 NARRATOR: As speculation about the dress reaches fever pitch, 795 00:40:13,086 --> 00:40:16,790 the Emanuels are forced to make elaborate back-up plans. 796 00:40:17,858 --> 00:40:19,460 ELIZABETH: Every night, before we went home, 797 00:40:19,526 --> 00:40:24,565 the dress went into this huge metal case and it was guarded. 798 00:40:25,165 --> 00:40:27,501 What we did do, just as a bit of an insurance policy, 799 00:40:27,568 --> 00:40:31,104 was to create another dress in case it got out. 800 00:40:31,171 --> 00:40:33,040 We hoped she'd never have to wear it, 801 00:40:33,106 --> 00:40:34,808 but it was a different style. 802 00:40:34,875 --> 00:40:37,945 Then we realized people were also going through our rubbish bins, 803 00:40:38,011 --> 00:40:40,414 so we started laying false trails and gathering 804 00:40:40,481 --> 00:40:43,484 bits of different color fabrics to put in our bins. 805 00:40:45,953 --> 00:40:48,455 NARRATOR: The Emanuels manage to keep the real dress under 806 00:40:48,522 --> 00:40:52,426 wraps and on July 29th, 1981, 807 00:40:52,493 --> 00:40:56,296 750 million people around the globe 808 00:40:56,363 --> 00:40:59,600 gather to watch the wedding of the decade. 809 00:41:00,234 --> 00:41:01,768 FRANK: Good evening and now for a little while, 810 00:41:01,835 --> 00:41:05,405 a respite from reality, it's fairy-tale time. 811 00:41:07,608 --> 00:41:09,910 STACY: The world stopped that day. 812 00:41:09,977 --> 00:41:13,814 I mean I don't remember anybody who wasn't watching. 813 00:41:16,583 --> 00:41:19,753 NARRATOR: At just after 10 AM, Diana starts the procession to 814 00:41:19,820 --> 00:41:21,889 St Paul's Cathedral. 815 00:41:21,955 --> 00:41:25,359 REPORTER: At her side, her father, the Earl Spencer. 816 00:41:25,425 --> 00:41:29,596 And the wedding dress that has been a carefully guarded secret. 817 00:41:30,998 --> 00:41:35,969 LONI: It's a glass coach, and all you saw was all this material. 818 00:41:39,139 --> 00:41:41,074 REPORTER: And here she comes. 819 00:41:41,141 --> 00:41:44,077 Quite a job, getting all those yards of silk, 820 00:41:44,144 --> 00:41:48,248 what a dream she looks, what a dream she looks. 821 00:41:48,849 --> 00:41:50,417 TIFFANI: She looks like an angel, 822 00:41:50,484 --> 00:41:52,152 and, and it took my breath away, 823 00:41:52,219 --> 00:41:54,555 like it really took my breath away. 824 00:41:54,621 --> 00:41:56,690 REPORTER: The dress is made of yards of ivory pure silk 825 00:41:56,757 --> 00:41:59,626 taffeta and if you asked a little girl to draw a 826 00:41:59,693 --> 00:42:02,296 princess, I think she'd draw a dress just like that. 827 00:42:02,996 --> 00:42:04,197 TIFFANI: As a young girl, it's like, 828 00:42:04,264 --> 00:42:08,135 "Oh, is this what it's like to marry Prince Charming?" 829 00:42:08,201 --> 00:42:11,838 REPORTER: And there she goes up the steps. 830 00:42:13,540 --> 00:42:14,741 JEREMY: Her look. 831 00:42:14,808 --> 00:42:17,711 Our affection for her, globally, 832 00:42:17,778 --> 00:42:22,883 it's one of those moments that mark that time period. 833 00:42:23,417 --> 00:42:25,719 LONI: It was one of those events that you will never forget. 834 00:42:25,786 --> 00:42:28,522 And everybody celebrated it. 835 00:42:28,589 --> 00:42:30,324 ARCHBISHOP: I, Diana Frances. 836 00:42:30,390 --> 00:42:32,125 DIANA: I, Diana Frances. 837 00:42:32,192 --> 00:42:35,395 ARCHBISHOP: Take thee Charles Philip Arthur George. 838 00:42:35,462 --> 00:42:38,865 JEREMY: I could only imagine what that must have been like for her, 839 00:42:38,932 --> 00:42:41,401 kind of being slightly obscure and then 840 00:42:41,468 --> 00:42:46,940 being thrown into the world's complete spotlight. 841 00:42:47,007 --> 00:42:51,411 ARCHBISHOP: I pronounce that they be man and wife together. 842 00:42:51,478 --> 00:42:54,348 NARRATOR: The wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana, 843 00:42:54,414 --> 00:42:57,184 combines the essence of the 80s zeitgeist, 844 00:42:57,250 --> 00:42:59,586 a compelling, empathetic personality, 845 00:42:59,653 --> 00:43:03,690 a cliffhanger surprise and a unique news event that 846 00:43:03,757 --> 00:43:10,330 transforms a moment into an enduring memory and our number one. 847 00:43:11,665 --> 00:43:13,700 BRIAN: It was giving us something that we culturally 848 00:43:13,767 --> 00:43:15,168 thought we needed and really wanted, 849 00:43:15,235 --> 00:43:17,337 which was glamour. 850 00:43:17,404 --> 00:43:21,008 STACY: It was an exaggeration and sort of a display of 851 00:43:21,074 --> 00:43:26,179 wealth and aristocracy that you only saw in the 80s.