1 00:00:23,991 --> 00:00:27,091 >>> WHERE DID YOU GET THOSE? . 2 00:00:27,094 --> 00:00:29,563 IN THE MACHINE, YOU WANT ONE? NO. 3 00:00:29,563 --> 00:00:31,663 YOU COME HOME, TURN ON THAT TELEVISION. 4 00:00:31,665 --> 00:00:33,066 TAKE ONE. I DON’T WANT ONE. 5 00:00:33,066 --> 00:00:35,596 I DON’T WANT IT. WHAT DO YOU WANT? 6 00:00:35,602 --> 00:00:41,508 YOU WANT COMEDY. CRAMER, STOP IT. 7 00:00:41,508 --> 00:00:51,648 AND BOOM, THERE YOU GO. A SITUATION COMEDY. 8 00:00:51,652 --> 00:00:54,388 23 MINUTES OF MAGIC. IT’S OKAY. 9 00:00:54,388 --> 00:01:01,858 YOU FELL IN LOVE WITH THESE CHARACTERS. 10 00:01:01,862 --> 00:01:05,032 YOU HIDE MY CLOTHES. I’M WEARING EVERYTHING YOU OWN. 11 00:01:05,032 --> 00:01:11,402 LAUGHTER OPENS YOU UP. OKAY. 12 00:01:11,405 --> 00:01:12,472 READY? READY? 13 00:01:12,472 --> 00:01:13,440 OH! THINGS THAT WE MIGHT BE 14 00:01:13,440 --> 00:01:15,909 AFRAID TO TALK ABOUT. SOME PEOPLE THAT WERE 15 00:01:15,909 --> 00:01:23,249 SUPPOSED TO PROTECT US DIDN’T DO THE RIGHT THING. 16 00:01:23,250 --> 00:01:29,656 WARS. I’M GOING LIKE THAT. 17 00:01:29,656 --> 00:01:33,226 GENDER DIVERSITY. YOU CAN REACH IT AND REALLY 18 00:01:33,226 --> 00:01:35,996 TOUCH PEOPLE’S HEARTS. I HATE YOU. 19 00:01:35,996 --> 00:01:38,826 ARE YOU AS TURNED ON AS I AM? MORE. 20 00:01:38,832 --> 00:01:43,370 WHETHER IT’S A FAMILY LIVING UNDER THE SAME ROOF OR GATHERED 21 00:01:43,370 --> 00:01:50,540 TOGETHER IN A WORKPLACE. THAT’S A GLUE STICK. 22 00:01:50,544 --> 00:01:52,145 ALL THE GREAT SITCOMS ARE ABOUT FAMILY. 23 00:01:52,145 --> 00:01:54,505 SO WONDERFUL. IT’S ONE OF THE GREAT 24 00:01:54,514 --> 00:02:00,754 ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE MODERN AGE. 25 00:02:00,754 --> 00:02:07,994 ♪ ♪ 26 00:02:07,995 --> 00:02:12,532 WHAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING? 27 00:02:12,532 --> 00:02:14,232 BREAKFAST. 28 00:02:14,234 --> 00:02:16,570 FAMILY. RIGHT. 29 00:02:16,570 --> 00:02:27,410 FAMILY IS KEY TO THIS SITCOM. IT’S SOMETHING THAT WE ALL CAN 30 00:02:27,414 --> 00:02:30,550 RELATE TO. YOU’RE IN THESE PEOPLE’S 31 00:02:30,550 --> 00:02:32,719 HOMES FOR YEARS. YOU’RE A PART OF THE FAMILY. 32 00:02:32,719 --> 00:02:36,589 ONE GOOD THING ABOUT MOVING HERE IS I HAVE NO FRIENDS AND NO 33 00:02:36,590 --> 00:02:40,790 DISTRACTIONS. THAT’S WHY I GOT ‐‐ GRANDMA, 34 00:02:40,794 --> 00:02:43,897 WHAT DOES FONZI SAY? HEY. 35 00:02:43,897 --> 00:02:46,697 IT BRINGS PEOPLE TOGETHER IN AN UNEXPECTED WAY. 36 00:02:46,700 --> 00:02:49,800 THERE ARE SO MANY DIFFERENT DYNAMICS AT WORK IN FAMILIES. 37 00:02:49,803 --> 00:02:53,507 I WANT YOU HERE TO GIVE US A CHANCE TO GET REACQUAINTED. 38 00:02:53,507 --> 00:02:55,976 THAT IMPLIES WITH WORK. AT ONE POINT. 39 00:02:55,976 --> 00:02:59,146 THERE IS A LOT OF PAIN. THERE IS A LOT OF LAUGHTER. 40 00:02:59,146 --> 00:03:02,676 YOU SORT OF RECOGNIZE YOUR DYNAMIC IN THERE AND GO, WELL, 41 00:03:02,683 --> 00:03:05,018 THEIR FAMILY IS JUST AS CRAZY AS MINE. 42 00:03:05,018 --> 00:03:09,888 I DON’T CARE WHO KISSED WHO AND WHO HAS A PIMPLE ON THEIR 43 00:03:09,890 --> 00:03:14,928 HEAD AND WHO IS WEARING AN OUTRAGEOUSLY INAPPROPRIATE 44 00:03:14,928 --> 00:03:16,396 DRESS. WE’RE GOING TO GET‐TOGETHERS AS 45 00:03:16,396 --> 00:03:19,226 A FAMILY AND ACT RIGHT FOR A SECOND. 46 00:03:19,232 --> 00:03:22,402 IT AMAZING TO TRACK THE FAMILY HISTORY OF THE SITCOM 47 00:03:22,402 --> 00:03:25,072 BECAUSE YOU CAN SEE SO MUCH ABOUT CULTURE THROUGHOUT THE 48 00:03:25,072 --> 00:03:33,346 YEARS NOW LOOKING BACK. AND, YOU KNOW, IT WAS REALLY 49 00:03:33,346 --> 00:03:36,746 "I LOVE LUCY" THAT KIND OF KICKED IT OFF. 50 00:03:36,750 --> 00:03:44,390 GO BACK AND SIT DOWN. IT WAS A SHOW ABOUT A DITZY 51 00:03:44,391 --> 00:03:46,827 WOMAN THAT WANTED TO BE IN SHOW BIZ. 52 00:03:46,827 --> 00:03:48,957 HAVE YOU EVER CONSIDERED ACTING? 53 00:03:48,962 --> 00:03:51,998 HAS SHE EVER CONSIDERED ACTING? 54 00:03:51,998 --> 00:03:55,568 HER HUSBAND WHO IS LATIN AND MUSICIAN ‐‐ 55 00:03:55,569 --> 00:03:58,099 HONEY, YOU KNOW HOW I FEEL ABOUT THIS. 56 00:03:58,105 --> 00:04:00,373 I DON’T WANT MY WIFE IN SHOW BIZ. 57 00:04:00,373 --> 00:04:04,678 WHY NOT? LUCY WAS ALWAYS TRYING TO 58 00:04:04,678 --> 00:04:08,278 EMANCIPATE HERSELF FROM THE WIFE AND HOMEMAKER ROLE. 59 00:04:08,281 --> 00:04:15,088 AND EVERY TIME SHE GETS THE OPPORTUNITY, SOMETHING GOES 60 00:04:15,088 --> 00:04:21,588 AWRY. AWRY. 61 00:04:21,595 --> 00:04:26,366 LUCY OCHO BALL WAS FEARLESS IN HER PHYSICAL COMEDY. 62 00:04:26,366 --> 00:04:44,446 WOMEN WERE SUPPOSED TO BE DEMURE AND DAINTY AND IN THEIR PLACE. 63 00:04:44,451 --> 00:04:47,621 LIEU SEALUCILLE BALL WAS GREA TIMING HER BITS. 64 00:04:47,621 --> 00:04:50,321 WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU’RE DOING? 65 00:04:50,323 --> 00:04:55,428 WELL? "I LOVE LUCY" BECAME A 66 00:04:55,428 --> 00:04:59,528 PHENOMENON INSTANTLY. WHEN YOU THINK OF THE ERA 67 00:04:59,533 --> 00:05:03,470 LUCILLE BALL CAME UP IN AND WHAT SHE WAS ABLE TO ACHIEVE IS 68 00:05:03,470 --> 00:05:04,970 ASTOUNDING ASTOUNDING. 69 00:05:04,971 --> 00:05:07,607 I’M A FATHER! WHEN LUCY AND RICKY HAD A 70 00:05:07,607 --> 00:05:11,237 BABY, IT WAS LIKE HUGE. IT WAS THE HIGHEST RATED SHOW OF 71 00:05:11,244 --> 00:05:17,651 THE SERIES. IT CHANGED THE DYNAMIC BECAUSE 72 00:05:17,651 --> 00:05:22,289 ALL OF A SUDDEN, IT BECAME CENTERED AROUND THE FAMILY UNIT. 73 00:05:22,289 --> 00:05:26,126 I THINK "I LOVE LUCY" WAS THE BIG BANG OF THE FAMILY SITCOM. 74 00:05:26,126 --> 00:05:29,026 THE FAMILY MOVED TO THE SUBURBS. 75 00:05:29,029 --> 00:05:32,899 THE MOST EXCITING WE’RE IN OUR VERY OWN HOME. 76 00:05:32,899 --> 00:05:36,636 THAT AND MIRRORED WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN AMERICA AT THE 77 00:05:36,636 --> 00:05:40,336 TIME. ADVERTISERS WANTED TO CATERED 78 00:05:40,340 --> 00:05:46,546 TOWARDS THAT NEW SUBURBAN FAMILY THAT NEEDED THEVACUUM. 79 00:05:46,546 --> 00:05:53,446 AND AFTER "I LOVE LUCY" THERE WAS A FORMULA FOR WHAT THE 80 00:05:53,453 --> 00:05:55,253 AMERICAN FAMILY SHOULD LOOK LIKE. 81 00:05:55,255 --> 00:05:59,359 ADVENTURES OF "OZZIE AND HERRIOT ". 82 00:05:59,359 --> 00:06:01,328 BRING IT IN. I’M STARVED. 83 00:06:01,328 --> 00:06:08,068 IT WAS A HAPPY GENTLE AMERICAN FAMILY OF THE 1950s. 84 00:06:08,068 --> 00:06:10,668 HOW MUCH DO YOU NEED? POP, THAT’S OKAY. 85 00:06:10,670 --> 00:06:13,840 NO, DON’T WORRY ABOUT IT. YOU CAN PAY ME BACK. 86 00:06:13,840 --> 00:06:18,945 HONEST, POP, I DON’T WANT IT. WHAT’S WRONG WITH YOU, DAVID? 87 00:06:18,945 --> 00:06:22,145 YOU GOT ROCKS IN YOUR HAIR? THE KIDS WERE POLITE AND 88 00:06:22,148 --> 00:06:26,887 EVERYONE WAS NICE TO EACH OTHER. THOSE WERE NOT REAL PEOPLE BUT 89 00:06:26,887 --> 00:06:29,317 ENTERTAINED AND ELOQUENT DID LIGHT ‐‐ 90 00:06:29,322 --> 00:06:30,290 DELIGHTED US. SIT DOWN. 91 00:06:30,290 --> 00:06:41,568 WHEN YOU GET TO "FATHER KNOWS BEST" IT’S PATRIOT DEALING WITH 92 00:06:41,568 --> 00:06:44,498 TINY PROBLEMS. AND I PLAYED BUD. 93 00:06:44,504 --> 00:06:48,608 BUD USUALLY HAD A PROBLEM WITH TRUTH TELLING ON SOME LEVEL. 94 00:06:48,608 --> 00:06:50,838 WHAT WAS ALL THAT RACKET UPSTAIRS. 95 00:06:50,844 --> 00:06:56,149 I DIDN’T HEAR ANYTHING. IT REPRESENTED THE GOOD LIFE. 96 00:06:56,149 --> 00:06:58,718 THE AMERICAN DREAM. I’LL READ YOU ONE STORY AND 97 00:06:58,718 --> 00:07:03,156 OFF TO BED I GO. LEAVE IT TO BEAVER ENTERS THE 98 00:07:03,156 --> 00:07:08,186 SITCOM REALM IN 1957. WHAT’S THAT? 99 00:07:08,194 --> 00:07:16,670 THE REAL KEY TO "LEAVE IT TO BEAVER" IS IT’S WRITTEN FROM A 100 00:07:16,670 --> 00:07:20,340 CHILD’S POINT OF VIEW. YOU HAVE THE CHARACTER OF 101 00:07:20,340 --> 00:07:23,640 BEAVER AND WALLY WHO IS HIS OLDER BROTHER WHO USUALLY DOES 102 00:07:23,643 --> 00:07:25,645 THINGS RIGHT. BEAVER IS ALWAYS THE ONE THAT 103 00:07:25,645 --> 00:07:29,615 GETS IN TROUBLE. [ LAUGHTER ] 104 00:07:29,616 --> 00:07:32,246 AND THERE WERE THE PARENTS TO TEACH THEM. 105 00:07:32,252 --> 00:07:35,388 SHOW THEM THE RIGHT PATH. WE WANT YOU TO FEEL THAT YOU 106 00:07:35,388 --> 00:07:39,488 CAN COME TO ME OR TO YOUR MOTHER WITH ANY PROBLEM AND WE’LL 107 00:07:39,492 --> 00:07:44,162 UNDERSTAND. IN THE 1950s SITCOMS WERE 108 00:07:44,164 --> 00:07:49,769 REALLY GIVES US AN IDEALISTIC VERSION OF AMERICA. 109 00:07:49,769 --> 00:07:53,606 BUT AS WE GET INTO THE ’60s, WE’LL SEE DIFFERENT TYPES OF 110 00:07:53,606 --> 00:07:56,206 FAMILY SITCOMS. I’M SURE I’LL BE ABLE TO 111 00:07:56,209 --> 00:08:05,589 HANDLE A LITTLE WASHING AND COOKING OCCASIONAL MEALS 112 00:08:14,661 --> 00:08:17,661 >>> I’M A BAD MOMMY. NO, YOU’RE A DISASTER MOM. 113 00:08:17,664 --> 00:08:20,867 YOU’RE SISTER IS AN [ BLEEP ] AND YOUR OTHER SISTER IS GREAT. 114 00:08:20,867 --> 00:08:29,976 OH, THANKS, MOM. "BETTER THINGS" IS ABOUT A 115 00:08:29,976 --> 00:08:33,306 SINGLE MOM RAISING HER THREE DAUGHTERS ON HER OWN. 116 00:08:33,313 --> 00:08:37,050 YOU’RE MY MOM. I WANT YOU TO KNOW IF I HAVE SEX 117 00:08:37,050 --> 00:08:38,450 OR GET HIGH. IT’S DIRTY. 118 00:08:38,451 --> 00:08:41,521 IT’S FUNNY. NO, HIDE THINGS FROM ME. 119 00:08:41,521 --> 00:08:47,827 PLEASE. "BETTER THINGS" IS A 120 00:08:47,827 --> 00:08:51,827 FESTINATING EXAMPLE OF THE WAY THE SITCOM ADOPTED TO THE 21st 121 00:08:51,831 --> 00:08:53,666 CENTURY. WHERE IS THE BROOM? 122 00:08:53,666 --> 00:08:58,266 WHAT ARE YOU A WITCH? NO A USELESS HOUSEWIFE FROM 123 00:08:58,271 --> 00:08:59,439 THE 50s. I LOVE THAT. 124 00:08:59,439 --> 00:09:00,839 THE BOUNDARIES HAVE BEEN PUSHED BACK AND THE WALLS HAVE 125 00:09:00,840 --> 00:09:02,640 COME DOWN. IF YOU LOOK BACK TO THE ’50s 126 00:09:02,642 --> 00:09:05,779 THERE WAS A LOT OF CONFINES ON WHAT FAMILY LOOKED LIKE AND WHAT 127 00:09:05,779 --> 00:09:10,749 WAS ACCEPTABLE AND WHAT WASN’T. HI, CAT. 128 00:09:10,750 --> 00:09:16,020 THE FIRST SHOW THAT DEFVIATED FROM THE PERFECT PLEASANTVILLE 129 00:09:16,022 --> 00:09:20,292 NUCLEAR FAMILY. YOU’LL BLOW UP THE STOVE 130 00:09:20,293 --> 00:09:21,828 AGAIN? NO, EDDIE. 131 00:09:21,828 --> 00:09:27,898 I DON’T THINK I’LL MAKE THAT SAME MISTAKE AGAIN. 132 00:09:27,901 --> 00:09:29,969 IT WAS A SHOW ABOUT A SINGLE DAD. 133 00:09:29,969 --> 00:09:34,039 HE WAS A WIDOWER WITH THREE BOYS TRYING TO RAISE THEM IN AN ALL 134 00:09:34,040 --> 00:09:42,048 MALE HOUSEHOLD. EVERYONE HAD TO DO SOMETHING. 135 00:09:42,048 --> 00:09:43,278 EVERYONE HAD TO PITCH IN. WE DID DISHING. 136 00:09:43,283 --> 00:09:47,287 WE WERE DINING SOCKS. THESE THINGS THAT YOU NEVER SAW 137 00:09:47,287 --> 00:09:54,157 IN THE "OZZIE AND HARRIET" SHOW OR LEAVE IT TO BEAVER. 138 00:09:54,160 --> 00:09:57,997 WHEN YOU WATCH A SHOW BASED ON LOSING SOMEONE, THAT ADDS A 139 00:09:57,997 --> 00:10:01,827 DEEP ROOTED TRUTH TO THE HARDNESS OF LIFE AND THEN IT 140 00:10:01,835 --> 00:10:05,638 GIVES COMEDY EVEN MORE OF A REASON TO GO AS CRAZY AS YOU 141 00:10:05,638 --> 00:10:20,818 WANT TO GO. I THINK THAT SHIRT IS DONE. 142 00:10:20,820 --> 00:10:24,657 YOU SEE THE SITCOMS MOVE AWAY FROM THE NUCLEAR SUBURBAN 143 00:10:24,657 --> 00:10:26,826 FAMILY. DIVORCE, OF COURSE, HAD 144 00:10:26,826 --> 00:10:31,496 BECOME MORE PREVALENT IN THE ’60s AND MORE PART OF NORMAL 145 00:10:31,498 --> 00:10:33,528 AMERICAN LIFE. IT TOOK AWHILE TO BE REFLECTED 146 00:10:33,533 --> 00:10:38,571 IN SITCOMS. 147 00:10:38,571 --> 00:10:41,541 ♪ "THE BRADY BUNCH" IS THE 148 00:10:41,541 --> 00:10:44,310 STORY OF TWO SEPARATE FAMILIES BEING GLUED TOGETHER. 149 00:10:44,310 --> 00:10:47,010 A MAN WITH THREE BOYS, A WOMAN WITH THREE GIRLS. 150 00:10:47,013 --> 00:10:49,883 THE MAN WOULD BE A WIDOWER AND THE WOMAN DIVORCED. 151 00:10:49,883 --> 00:10:53,319 THE DIVORCE WAS A TABOO TOPIC ON TELEVISION SO THEY SAID LET’S 152 00:10:53,319 --> 00:11:00,259 JUST LEAVE IT SO YOU DON’T KNOW. WHAT ARE YOU YELLING ABOUT? 153 00:11:00,260 --> 00:11:03,160 STOLE OUR BALL. I’M JUST TRYING TO FIND OUT. 154 00:11:03,163 --> 00:11:11,671 "THE BRADY BUNCH" WAS AN EVIDENCE 155 00:11:11,671 --> 00:11:13,171 EVOLUTION OF "LEAVE IT TO BEAVER." 156 00:11:13,173 --> 00:11:17,110 IT WAS ALL ABOUT WHAT CHILDREN ARE HAVING PROBLEMS 157 00:11:17,110 --> 00:11:19,110 WITH. THEIR APPEARANCE OR SCHOOL WORK 158 00:11:19,112 --> 00:11:29,556 OR FRIENDS. YOU BROKE THE VASE. 159 00:11:29,556 --> 00:11:31,956 IT WAS THOSE KINDS OF EVERYDAY PROBLEMS. 160 00:11:31,958 --> 00:11:36,196 MARSHA, I’M PROUD TO BE YOUR SISTER NOW MATTER HOW TERRIBLE 161 00:11:36,196 --> 00:11:37,796 YOU LOOK. THANKS, A LOT. 162 00:11:37,797 --> 00:11:43,767 THIS IS AIRING IN THE NIXON RARE WHEN VIETNAM IS RAGING AND 163 00:11:43,770 --> 00:11:45,770 PEOPLE ARE LOSING FAITH IN GOVERNMENT. 164 00:11:45,772 --> 00:11:50,342 ALL THESE THINGS WERE HAPPENING AND THE BRADY BUNCH 165 00:11:50,343 --> 00:11:52,612 WAS A REFUGE. WATCHING "THE BRADY BUNCH" 166 00:11:52,612 --> 00:11:56,249 HAVING ALL THESE BROTHERS AND SISTERS WAS A GREAT GET AWAY FOR 167 00:11:56,249 --> 00:11:58,818 ME. "THE BRADY BUNCH" WAS A HUGE 168 00:11:58,818 --> 00:12:04,657 SUCCESS FOR ABC. THAT LED TO "THE PARTRIDGE 169 00:12:04,657 --> 00:12:07,927 FAMILY" THAT ATTRACT THE A YOUNG, HUNGRY AUDIENCE. 170 00:12:07,927 --> 00:12:10,657 HEY, KIDS. HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD. 171 00:12:10,663 --> 00:12:18,803 WE’RE MUSICAL FAMILY THAT WOULD TRAVEL AROUND DOING SHOWS. 172 00:12:18,805 --> 00:12:24,677 ♪ ♪ 173 00:12:24,677 --> 00:12:27,647 THAT WAS DEFINITELY GOING TO HAPPEN AGAIN. 174 00:12:27,647 --> 00:12:33,386 "THE PARTRIDGE FAMILY" WAS TRYING TO EMBRACE THIS COOL, 175 00:12:33,386 --> 00:12:35,886 HIPPY CULTURE. WHAT DID YOU HIT, MOM? 176 00:12:35,888 --> 00:12:40,788 I THINK A STUDIER BAKER. YOU CRAZY HIPPIES, IT’S BAD 177 00:12:40,793 --> 00:12:42,895 ENOUGH YOU DON’T TRUST ANYONE OVER 30. 178 00:12:42,895 --> 00:12:44,695 NOW YOU’RE TRYING TO WIPE US OUT. 179 00:12:44,697 --> 00:12:47,997 IT TAKES THIS PHENOMENON OF THE COUNTER CULTURE AND MAKES IT 180 00:12:48,001 --> 00:12:50,069 VERY SAFE. RELAX, MOM. 181 00:12:50,069 --> 00:12:54,369 JUST REMEMBER OUR WHOLE FUTURE DEPENDS ON THE NEXT FEW MINUTES. 182 00:12:54,374 --> 00:12:58,811 IT WAS AN ESCAPE FROM THE REAL WORLD FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE. 183 00:12:58,811 --> 00:13:03,049 IN NEW YORK, A STUDENT PROTEST IS MET BY CONSTRUCTION 184 00:13:03,049 --> 00:13:07,519 WORKERS AND THE TENTH STATE IN OHIO, FOUR STUDENTS ARE KILLED. 185 00:13:07,520 --> 00:13:10,690 BUT SOME PEOPLE DIDN’T WANT TO HIDE FROM WHAT WAS HAPPENING. 186 00:13:10,690 --> 00:13:13,259 PEOPLE ARE LIKE NOW, WE WANT TO HEAR ABOUT THE STUFF AND HOW 187 00:13:13,259 --> 00:13:16,329 IT AFFECTING OUR FAMILIES. THAT’S WHEN SHOWS LIKE "ALL IN 188 00:13:16,329 --> 00:13:20,867 THE FAMILY" CAME ON. NORMALLY AT THE BEGINNING OF 189 00:13:20,867 --> 00:13:24,267 HIS CAREER WAS LOOKING TO FIND A SHOW HE COULD MAKE HIS OWN AND 190 00:13:24,270 --> 00:13:28,708 TURNED ON TO A BRITISH SERIES CALLED "’TIL DEATH DO US PART ". 191 00:13:28,708 --> 00:13:36,716 ABOUT A BIGOTED FATHER. I SAID HOLY MOLL MOLY, THAT’S TH 192 00:13:36,716 --> 00:13:38,946 I GREW UP AND I KNEW I HAD A SHOW. 193 00:13:38,951 --> 00:13:39,551 ? TAKE ONE. 194 00:13:39,552 --> 00:13:45,892 THEY SHOT THE PILOT AT ABC. FEATURED CAROL O’CONNOR AND GENE 195 00:13:45,892 --> 00:13:49,762 STAPLETON AS ARCHIE BUNKER. WE DON’T SEE ANY EVIDENCE. 196 00:13:49,762 --> 00:13:52,999 THAT’S RIGHT, DADDY. I KNOW WE HAD A COUPLE PINK 197 00:13:52,999 --> 00:14:02,269 COATS IN THE HOUSE BUT I DIDN’T KNOW WE HAD A PAIR OF AITTHIESTS 198 00:14:02,275 --> 00:14:04,444 IT WASN’T FELT THE CHEMISTRY WAS THERE. 199 00:14:04,444 --> 00:14:07,113 WE MAKE IT AGAIN WITH TWO DIFFERENT YOUNG PEOPLE. 200 00:14:07,113 --> 00:14:09,182 WE DON’T SEE ANY EVIDENCE OF GOD, THAT’S ALL. 201 00:14:09,182 --> 00:14:15,521 THAT’S RIGHT, DADDY. I KNEW WE HAD SOME ‐‐ 202 00:14:15,521 --> 00:14:19,191 THE NETWORK FREAKS OUT ABOUT WHETHER PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO 203 00:14:19,192 --> 00:14:22,428 WATCH THIS SHOW THAT HAS, LIKE, REAL ISSUES. 204 00:14:22,428 --> 00:14:25,658 EVERYBODY IS NERVOUS AND THERE ARE PEOPLE SAYING THEY’RE 205 00:14:25,665 --> 00:14:29,035 GOING TO KILL YOU. THEY’RE GOING TO SHOOT YOU DEA 206 00:14:40,646 --> 00:14:48,246 >>> CBS IS TRYING HELD THESE FAMILY SITCOMS. 207 00:14:48,254 --> 00:14:54,761 THEY ARE MORE SOPHISTICATED AFTER DECLINED TO MOVE FORWARD 208 00:14:54,761 --> 00:15:00,400 MADE THE DECISION TO MOVE TO CBS. 209 00:15:00,400 --> 00:15:08,670 THEY SAID YES, BUT YOU NEED A NEW SET OF KIDS. 210 00:15:08,674 --> 00:15:15,014 ARCHIE AND EDITH BUNKER. SAME SCRIPT WOULDN’T CHANGE A 211 00:15:15,014 --> 00:15:17,750 WORD. WHAT DID YOU MEAN BY WHAT 212 00:15:17,750 --> 00:15:19,118 GOD? WE JUST DON’T SEE ANY 213 00:15:19,118 --> 00:15:20,918 EVIDENCE OF GOD. THAT’S ALL. 214 00:15:20,920 --> 00:15:27,427 THAT’S RIGHT, DADDY. THAT’S RIGHT, KID. 215 00:15:27,427 --> 00:15:34,467 I KNEW WE HAD A COUPLE PINKOS IN THIS HOUSE BUT I DIDN’T KNOW 216 00:15:34,467 --> 00:15:39,337 WE HAD ATHIEST. I SAW THE FIRST EPISODE AND 217 00:15:39,338 --> 00:15:40,406 REALIZE THE GROUND IS SHAKING UNDER ME. 218 00:15:40,406 --> 00:15:43,576 WE REACH OVER TO EACH OTHER AT THE TABLE AND WE HAVE 219 00:15:43,576 --> 00:15:45,136 ARGUMENTS. BECAUSE GUYS LIKE YOU AREN’T 220 00:15:45,144 --> 00:15:48,481 WILLING TO GIVE THE BLACK MAN AND MEXICAN‐AMERICAN AND 221 00:15:48,481 --> 00:15:50,950 MINORITIES THE RIGHTFUL SHARE OF THE AMERICAN DREAM. 222 00:15:50,950 --> 00:15:55,788 THAT DIDN’T HAPPEN BEFORE. WE GOT REAL. 223 00:15:55,788 --> 00:15:58,718 POLITICAL STRIFE. INNER PERSONAL ISSUES. 224 00:15:58,724 --> 00:16:02,128 GENERATION GAPS. AND THEY’RE DEALING WITH IT ALL 225 00:16:02,128 --> 00:16:05,228 IN THE FAMILY. I SUPPOSE YOU’LL TELL ME THE 226 00:16:05,231 --> 00:16:08,131 BLACK MAN HAD THE SAME OPPORTUNITY IN THIS COUNTRY AS 227 00:16:08,134 --> 00:16:08,901 YOU? 228 00:16:08,901 --> 00:16:12,871 MORE. I DIDN’T HAVE A MILLION 229 00:16:12,872 --> 00:16:14,672 MARCHING AND PROTESTING TO GET ME MY JOB. 230 00:16:14,674 --> 00:16:21,981 NO, HIS AUNG EVERUNCLE GOT IT ARCHIE WAS SAYING THINGS YOU 231 00:16:21,981 --> 00:16:24,050 DON’T SAY ON TELEVISION. JUST BECAUSE A GUY IS 232 00:16:24,050 --> 00:16:28,387 SENSITIVE AND WEARS GLASSES YOU MAKE HIM OUT A QUEER. 233 00:16:28,387 --> 00:16:36,057 I NEVER SAID A GUY THAT WEARS GLASSES IS A QUERR. RRKSQUEER. 234 00:16:36,062 --> 00:16:39,565 A GUY WHO WEARS GLASSES IS FOUR EYES AND A GUY. 235 00:16:39,565 --> 00:16:43,135 IT WAS JAW DROPPING. IT WAS FUNNY BUT VERY 236 00:16:43,135 --> 00:16:48,435 CHALLENGING. AND YOU REALIZED NORMAN LEER IS 237 00:16:48,441 --> 00:16:50,977 TAKING US INTO A NEW REALM OF THE COMEDY. 238 00:16:50,977 --> 00:16:54,707 THE BLOW BACK FROM THE PUBLIC WAS BURIED BY THE EXCITEMENT AND 239 00:16:54,714 --> 00:17:01,854 THE APPLAUSE. THE SHOW WAS NUMBER ONE FOR A 240 00:17:01,854 --> 00:17:04,624 LONG TIME. IT CHANGED CBS AND THEIR 241 00:17:04,624 --> 00:17:08,728 BRAND AS A NETWORK. AS A RESULT OF ALL IN THE 242 00:17:08,728 --> 00:17:11,458 FAMILY, THEY TURNED TO CREATE MORE SHOWS IN THE IMAGE. 243 00:17:11,464 --> 00:17:20,840 THERE IS A PERSON AT THE 244 00:17:20,840 --> 00:17:23,840 DOOR. PLAYED AS EDITH’S COUSIN IN 245 00:17:23,843 --> 00:17:26,546 "ALL IN THE FAMILY". MARTY IS HERE. 246 00:17:26,546 --> 00:17:29,815 AND SHE COULD TAKE ON ARCHIE HEAD‐TO‐HEAD. 247 00:17:29,815 --> 00:17:32,615 NOW YOU CAN EITHER COME TO THE TABLE AND EAT OR YOU CAN LIE 248 00:17:32,618 --> 00:17:36,188 THERE AND FEED OFF YOUR OWN FAT. THE STORY GOES THAT BY THE 249 00:17:36,188 --> 00:17:40,588 TIME THAT EPISODE HAD AIRED FRED SILVERMAN WHO WAS IN CHARGE OF 250 00:17:40,593 --> 00:17:44,830 CBS AT THE TIME CALLED NORMAN LEER AND SAID GET THAT WOMAN HER 251 00:17:44,830 --> 00:17:48,730 OWN SHOW. 252 00:17:48,734 --> 00:17:55,908 ♪ THAT WAS NOT YOUR ALL 253 00:17:55,908 --> 00:17:59,778 AMERICAN FAMILY. GETTING SENILE IN YOUR OLD 254 00:17:59,779 --> 00:18:01,909 AGE. THANK YOU, DARLING. 255 00:18:01,914 --> 00:18:06,519 I ONLY HOPE I LIVE LONG ENOUGH TO BECOME A BURDEN TO 256 00:18:06,519 --> 00:18:08,688 YOU. SHE’S AN INDEPENDENT STRONG 257 00:18:08,688 --> 00:18:13,125 WOMAN WHO SPEAKS HER MIND. SHE WAS MARRIED TO HER FOURTH 258 00:18:13,125 --> 00:18:17,995 HUSBAND WALTER PLAYED BY BILL MACY. 259 00:18:17,997 --> 00:18:21,527 I DON’T HAVE TIME TO FIX YOUR BREAKFAST. 260 00:18:21,534 --> 00:18:24,570 LOVED THEIR COMBATIVE RELATIONSHIP. 261 00:18:24,570 --> 00:18:33,479 I STILL TO THIS DAY IF SOMEBODY PISSES ME OFF, I’LL SAY GOD WILL 262 00:18:33,479 --> 00:18:36,415 GOAT YOU FOR GOD WILL GET YOU FOR THAT 263 00:18:36,415 --> 00:18:38,615 WALTER. GOD WILL GET YOU FOR THAT, 264 00:18:38,618 --> 00:18:40,618 WALTER. SHE WAS NOT AFRAID TO SPEAK 265 00:18:40,620 --> 00:18:44,357 HER MIND AT THE CENTER OF A FAMILY SITCOM. 266 00:18:44,357 --> 00:18:49,895 SHE HAD A MADE FLORIDA WHO WAS A GREAT CHARACTER. 267 00:18:49,895 --> 00:18:54,365 HER HUSBAND MADE AN APPEARANCE. I’M PROUD OF YOU, FLORIDA. 268 00:18:54,367 --> 00:18:58,037 I JUST DON’T WANT YOU TO BE A MADE NO MORE. 269 00:18:58,037 --> 00:19:04,607 >>MOTHER WAS A MADE AND THAT’S HOW YOUR BROTHERS GOT 270 00:19:04,610 --> 00:19:06,746 THROUGH SCHOOL AND YOU GOT TO BE A FIREMAN. 271 00:19:06,746 --> 00:19:12,816 WE THOUGHT LET’S FILL OUT THAT FAMILY. 272 00:19:12,818 --> 00:19:13,518 ♪ ♪ 273 00:19:13,519 --> 00:19:17,219 THAT’S THE FIRST TIME YOU EVER SAW A BLACK FAMILY ON 274 00:19:17,223 --> 00:19:18,923 TELEVISION. LOOK WHO IS TRYING TO GET 275 00:19:18,924 --> 00:19:21,527 BACK FROM HER HONEYMOON IN THE BATHROOM MIRROR. 276 00:19:21,527 --> 00:19:27,566 J. J., YOUR MOUTH IS ALWAYS AHEAD OF YOUR THINK PIECE. 277 00:19:27,566 --> 00:19:39,076 THIS FAMILY AIN’T OZZIE AND HERON 278 00:19:39,078 --> 00:19:40,778 HERRIOT. TRYING TO SURVIVE WITH A DAD 279 00:19:40,780 --> 00:19:46,385 WHO WORKS TWO JOB SITUATIONS. A COLD WORLD OUT THERE AND WE 280 00:19:46,385 --> 00:19:50,155 CAN’T CHANGE IT. MAYBE WE CAN’T CHANGE IT, 281 00:19:50,156 --> 00:19:52,756 JAMES BUT WE SURE CAN’T LET IT CHANGE US. 282 00:19:52,758 --> 00:19:56,395 "GOOD TIMES" WAS NOT ONLY TO SHOW THE PROBLEMS BUT SHOW THE 283 00:19:56,395 --> 00:19:59,965 LOVE OF A MINORITY FAMILY. [ APPLAUSE ] 284 00:19:59,965 --> 00:20:03,895 WE’RE STAYING IN A USED CAR LOT OF LOVE. 285 00:20:03,903 --> 00:20:12,643 IN 20 YEARS WE ONLY TURNED OUT ONE CLUNKER. 286 00:20:12,645 --> 00:20:17,917 THE IDEA OF WHITE FAMILIES SEEING THINGS ON AN EPISODE OF 287 00:20:17,917 --> 00:20:21,347 "GOOD TIMES "THEY COULD RELATE TO THEIR OWN EXPERIENCE IS THE 288 00:20:21,353 --> 00:20:27,059 POWER THAT CANNOT BE DUPLICATED WITH HOURS OF CONVERSATION. 289 00:20:27,059 --> 00:20:31,659 IT SHOWED HOW SITCOMS WEREN’T AFRAID TO DISCUSS SOCIAL ISSUES 290 00:20:31,664 --> 00:20:37,436 THAT HAD FORMALLY BEEN TABOO. 291 00:20:37,436 --> 00:20:46,645 ♪ THE SINGLE MOTHER IN THAT 292 00:20:46,645 --> 00:20:49,075 SHOW WAS DIVORCED. THAT WAS UNUPSUAL FOR TELEVISION 293 00:20:49,081 --> 00:20:51,751 SURE WAS DIFFERENT BEFORE THE DIVORCE WHEN DADDY WAS AROUND. 294 00:20:51,751 --> 00:20:54,520 YEAH, YEAH, I KNOW. YOU USED TO WRAP HIM AROUND YOUR 295 00:20:54,520 --> 00:20:57,920 LITTLE FINGER. HER PARENTS BEFORE HAD BEEN 296 00:20:57,923 --> 00:21:02,193 WIDOWS SO TELEVISION BEGINS TO CATCH UP WITH WHO WE ARE. 297 00:21:02,194 --> 00:21:06,465 WHAT ARE YOU DOING, MOM? I’M CIRCLING THE JOBS FOR 298 00:21:06,465 --> 00:21:08,565 WHICH IT WOULD APPEAR I’M QUALIFIED. 299 00:21:08,567 --> 00:21:10,997 I DON’T SEE ANY CIRCLES. EXACTLY. 300 00:21:11,003 --> 00:21:15,307 I MEAN, IT WAS THE ’70s. WOMEN WERE FEELING EMPOWERED TO 301 00:21:15,307 --> 00:21:17,707 HAVE LIVES OF THEIR OWN AND STILL HAVE A FAMILY. 302 00:21:17,710 --> 00:21:20,946 DARLING, WOULD YOU LIKE TO TELL ME WHAT IS GOING ON BETWEEN 303 00:21:20,946 --> 00:21:24,216 YOU AND CHUCK? YOU’RE GOING TO DIE. 304 00:21:24,216 --> 00:21:26,316 SHOWING WHAT A FAMILY GOES THROUGH. 305 00:21:26,318 --> 00:21:29,655 SHOWING WHAT IT’S LIKE TO RAISE TWO DAUGHTERS IN A DIVORCE. 306 00:21:29,655 --> 00:21:33,185 WE’LL MAKE IT. I PROMISE. 307 00:21:33,192 --> 00:21:37,496 I LOVE YOU. YOU GROW UP IN FAMILIES AND 308 00:21:37,496 --> 00:21:41,626 WE ALL SHARE THESE EXPERIENCES IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER. 309 00:21:41,634 --> 00:21:50,614 ONE DAY AT A TIME ALL IN THE FAMI 310 00:22:01,387 --> 00:22:06,587 >>> THE 1980s WERE A RADICAL TRANSFORMATION FROM THE 1960s 311 00:22:06,592 --> 00:22:09,292 ASK 1970s. THE ECONOMY MY WAS BOOMING. 312 00:22:09,295 --> 00:22:12,798 CONGRATULATIONS, SIR. AS THE REGAN ERA TOOK HOLD 313 00:22:12,798 --> 00:22:15,067 THERE IS RISE IN CONSERVATIVE VALUES. 314 00:22:15,067 --> 00:22:18,697 WE SAW AMERICAN AUDIENCES LOSING INTEREST IN THE SOCIALLY 315 00:22:18,704 --> 00:22:22,808 RELEVANT SITCOMS. AND REALLY THE SITCOMS STARTED 316 00:22:22,808 --> 00:22:27,408 TO DIE AWAY. DRAMAS HAD REALLY TAKEN OVER. 317 00:22:27,413 --> 00:22:34,887 THOSE SOAPS WERE SO BIG. "DYNASTY, DALLAS, MAGNUM P.I. "" 318 00:22:34,887 --> 00:22:39,087 YOU SAW THE FAMILY SITCOM STRIVE TO FIND A NEW IDENTITY. 319 00:22:39,091 --> 00:22:40,591 I CAN’T BELIEVE YOU GUYS WATCH THIS. 320 00:22:40,593 --> 00:22:44,430 YOU LOOK RIDICULOUS. "FAMILY TIMES" HAS ONE OF THE 321 00:22:44,430 --> 00:22:46,630 GREAT PREMISES IN SITCOM HISTORY. 322 00:22:46,632 --> 00:22:49,501 HALF A MILLION PEOPLE TRYING TO STOP A SENSELESS WAR. 323 00:22:49,501 --> 00:22:54,506 YOU FIND THAT RIDICULOUS? I’M TALKING ABOUT THE 324 00:22:54,506 --> 00:22:56,306 OUTFITS. THESE TWO FLOWER CHILDREN 325 00:22:56,308 --> 00:23:02,578 FROM THE ’60s GROW UP AND IN THE ’80s FIND THEMSELVES WITH THIS 326 00:23:02,581 --> 00:23:04,650 YOUNG REPUBLICAN SON. HOW DO I LOOK? 327 00:23:04,650 --> 00:23:09,088 MIDDLE‐AGED. IT WAS ABOUT THE CLASHES 328 00:23:09,088 --> 00:23:11,056 BETWEEN TWO GENERATIONS. YOU’RE A YOUNG MAN. 329 00:23:11,056 --> 00:23:13,086 YOU SHOULDN’T BE WORRIED ABOUT SUCCESS. 330 00:23:13,092 --> 00:23:17,296 YOU SHOULD BE THINKING ABOUT HOPPING ON A STEAMER AND GOING 331 00:23:17,296 --> 00:23:20,026 AROUND THE WORLD. THE ’60s ARE OVER, DAD. 332 00:23:20,032 --> 00:23:25,237 THANKS FOR THE TIP. "FAMILY TIES" IS A REVERSAL 333 00:23:25,237 --> 00:23:27,706 IN MANY WAYS OF "ALL IN THE FAMILY" EXCEPT YOU HAVE THE 334 00:23:27,706 --> 00:23:30,175 LIBERAL APPEARANCE AND CONSERVATIVE CHILD. 335 00:23:30,175 --> 00:23:33,745 I FOUND A COPY OF "THE "WALL STREET JOURNAL"" UNDER HIS BED. 336 00:23:33,746 --> 00:23:37,376 I THINK HE WAS SWITCHED AT BIRTH AND THE ROCKEFELLERS HAVE 337 00:23:37,383 --> 00:23:40,319 OUR KID. MICHAEL WAS JUST WONDERFUL. 338 00:23:40,319 --> 00:23:47,459 HE WAS YOUNG AND ENERGETIC. AND HE HAD SUCH GOOD TIMING. 339 00:23:47,459 --> 00:23:50,396 WHO DID THIS? [ LAUGHTER ] 340 00:23:50,396 --> 00:23:54,196 WE STARTED RATHER SLOWLY. NBC WAS MOVING US AROUND A 341 00:23:54,199 --> 00:23:57,736 LITTLE BIT TRYING TO FIND THE RIGHT PLACE FOR US. 342 00:23:57,736 --> 00:24:02,736 "FAMILY TIES" PUMPED A LITTLE LIFE INTO THE FAMILY SITCOM BUT 343 00:24:02,741 --> 00:24:06,041 THE SITCOM IN GENERAL HAD BEEN PRONOUNCED DEAD. 344 00:24:06,045 --> 00:24:09,648 THERE WERE VERY FEW ON THE AIR AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN COMES 345 00:24:09,648 --> 00:24:14,548 THE COSBY SHOW IN ’84. DAD, CAN I HAVE AN ADVANCED 346 00:24:14,553 --> 00:24:18,290 ON MY ALLOWANCE? SON, YOU’RE ALREADY BACKED UP 347 00:24:18,290 --> 00:24:21,827 UNTIL YOUR 50th BIRTHDAY. "THE COSBY SHOW" WAS A GAME 348 00:24:21,827 --> 00:24:26,565 CHANGER FOR ME. THIS IS A FAMILY I ADORED. 349 00:24:26,565 --> 00:24:29,765 PRESENT HISTORY HAS TAINTED THAT A LITTLE BIT. 350 00:24:29,768 --> 00:24:33,268 THAT DIDN’T STOP THE FACT THAT WAS A GROUND BREAK EXPERIENCE. 351 00:24:33,272 --> 00:24:37,342 THEY HAD AN IDEAL FAMILY. CLAIRE WAS A LAWYER. 352 00:24:37,343 --> 00:24:41,447 HE WAS A DOCTOR. THERE WAS A VERY NATURAL 353 00:24:41,447 --> 00:24:50,287 CHEMISTRY BETWEEN CLIFF HUXTABLE AND CLAIRE AND HER CHILDREN THAT 354 00:24:50,289 --> 00:24:53,058 WASN’T CLICHE BLACK POVERTY. SON, YOUR MOM ASKED ME TO 355 00:24:53,058 --> 00:24:56,228 COME UP HERE AND KILL YOU. HOW DO YOU EXPECT TO GET INTO 356 00:24:56,228 --> 00:24:58,197 COLLEGE WITH GRADES LIKE THIS? NO PROBLEM. 357 00:24:58,197 --> 00:25:03,335 THERE IS A MUCH MORE CONSERVATIVE PARADIGM THAT IS 358 00:25:03,335 --> 00:25:07,135 DRIVING "THE COSBY SHOW". INSTEAD OF ACTING 359 00:25:07,139 --> 00:25:11,609 DISAPPOINTED BECAUSE I’M NOT LIKE YOU, MAYBE YOU CAN JUST 360 00:25:11,610 --> 00:25:14,680 ACCEPT WHO I AM AND LOVE ME ANYWAY. 361 00:25:14,680 --> 00:25:17,549 YOU KNOW, IN ANY OTHER SITCOM THAT WOULD BE THE MOMENT WHERE 362 00:25:17,549 --> 00:25:21,619 THE MUSIC WOULD START AND THE FATHER WOULD EMBRACE THE SON AND 363 00:25:21,620 --> 00:25:24,890 SAY SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, REALLY ENCOURAGING. 364 00:25:24,890 --> 00:25:30,160 THEO, THAT’S THE DUMBEST THING I’VE EVER HEARD IN MY 365 00:25:30,162 --> 00:25:31,630 LIFE. AND YOU COULD HEAR THE 366 00:25:31,630 --> 00:25:35,200 AUDIENCE GASP BECAUSE LIKE, THIS IS A STRONG FATHER WHO IS GOING 367 00:25:35,200 --> 00:25:40,170 TO SAY TO HIS SON AS HE SAID, YOU KNOW, I. 368 00:25:40,172 --> 00:25:42,272 I BROUGHT YOU IN THIS WORLD AND I’LL TAKE YOU OUT. 369 00:25:42,274 --> 00:25:45,277 THE AUDIENCE CHEERED BECAUSE IT WAS LIKE THE PARENTS ARE 370 00:25:45,277 --> 00:25:46,907 SAYING YES, WE’RE TAKING BACK THE HOUSE. 371 00:25:46,912 --> 00:25:50,482 I JUST WANT YOU TO DO THE BEST YOU CAN. 372 00:25:50,482 --> 00:25:54,787 THAT’S ALL. THERE WAS SUCH A LOVE AND 373 00:25:54,787 --> 00:25:59,857 COMRADERY IN THE HUXTABLE FAMILY THAT I THINK YOU HAD A UNIVERSAL 374 00:25:59,858 --> 00:26:02,528 AUDIENCE. WE GOT SUPER BOLD RATINGS 375 00:26:02,528 --> 00:26:07,528 EVERY SINGLE WEEK AND THEY’RE TUNING IN BECAUSE EVERYONE WANTS 376 00:26:07,533 --> 00:26:10,502 TO BE A HUXTABLE. "THE COSBY SHOW" REVITALIZED 377 00:26:10,502 --> 00:26:12,471 THE SITCOM. ALL RIGHT. 378 00:26:12,471 --> 00:26:19,541 LET PUT COSBY AT 8:00. LET PUT "FAMILY TIES" AT 8:30 379 00:26:19,545 --> 00:26:21,146 AND FAMILY TIES WENT THUMP IN A HUGE WAY. 380 00:26:21,146 --> 00:26:25,616 THAT GREAT THURSDAY NIGHTLINEUP, "COSBY, FAMILY TIES, CHEERS, 381 00:26:25,617 --> 00:26:29,447 NIGHT COURT ". NBC REALLY CREATED THIS IDEA 382 00:26:29,455 --> 00:26:32,191 OF MUST SEE TV. YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT 20 AND 30 383 00:26:32,191 --> 00:26:38,161 AND 40 MILLION PEOPLE TUNING IN. PEOPLE SAY YOU WERE ONE OF 384 00:26:38,163 --> 00:26:39,763 AMERICA AMERICA’S MOST SUCCESSFUL 385 00:26:39,765 --> 00:26:41,567 FATHERS. I SAID NO, BILL COSBY. 386 00:26:41,567 --> 00:26:44,267 COSBY WAS NUMBER ONE. WITH RESPECT TO WHAT HAS 387 00:26:44,269 --> 00:26:49,308 HAPPENED OF LATE, IT’S LIKE HUGELY DISAPPOINTING TO ALL OF 388 00:26:49,308 --> 00:26:52,177 US. BUT HE SET THE STANDARD FOR WHAT 389 00:26:52,177 --> 00:26:59,147 A FAMILY SITCOM WAS. "THE COSBY SHOW" HAD PROVEN 390 00:26:59,151 --> 00:27:06,758 THAT THE FAMILY SILT COMETCOM WA VIABLE GENRE AGAIN. 391 00:27:06,758 --> 00:27:11,328 BY THE LATE ’80s FAMILY SITCOMS WERE POPULAR AMONG THE 392 00:27:11,330 --> 00:27:13,999 BIG THREE NETWORKS. THERE WAS THIS INCREDIBLE 393 00:27:13,999 --> 00:27:15,029 RESURGING. THIS IS GREAT. 394 00:27:15,033 --> 00:27:16,502 WE SHOULD BE MOTHERS. OH, YEAH. 395 00:27:16,502 --> 00:27:20,972 FAMILIES TUNED INTO THESE TV SHOWS TO SEE AN ASPIRATIONAL 396 00:27:20,973 --> 00:27:28,881 VERSION OF WHAT FAMILY CAN BE. DID I DO THAT? 397 00:27:28,881 --> 00:27:31,650 "SILVER SPOONS" AND "GROWING PAINS" IS CONSTANTLY HUGGING AND 398 00:27:31,650 --> 00:27:33,550 LEARNING, RIGHT? WITH THE FAMILY SITCOM AT THE 399 00:27:33,552 --> 00:27:36,321 HEIGHT OF ITS POPULARITY, FOX STARTED MOVING INTO THE 400 00:27:36,321 --> 00:27:41,191 TELEVISION ARENA. FOX WAS NEW BUILDING THEIR 401 00:27:41,193 --> 00:27:42,793 NETWORK. THEY WERE ONE OF THE LAST MAJORS 402 00:27:42,794 --> 00:27:45,030 TO BUILD IN THAT WORK. THEY DECIDED THEY WOULD USE 403 00:27:45,030 --> 00:27:51,300 THE FAMILY SITCOM TO DO THAT AND COMPETE AGAINST THE BIG THREE. 404 00:27:51,303 --> 00:27:57,075 AL, LOOK AT OUR LITTLE GIRL. WE DON’T REALLY HAVE TO GO TO A 405 00:27:57,075 --> 00:27:59,875 RECITAL, DO WE? THEY WOUND UP GOING IN A 406 00:27:59,878 --> 00:28:03,008 COMPLETELY OPPOSITE DIRECTION, SORT OF THE ANTI IN A WAY, ANTI 407 00:28:03,015 --> 00:28:08,053 FAMILY SITCOM. BUD, APOLOGIZE TO YOUR 408 00:28:08,053 --> 00:28:08,720 SISTER. NO. 409 00:28:08,720 --> 00:28:10,720 OKAY. "MARRIED WITH CHILDREN" IS 410 00:28:10,722 --> 00:28:15,961 FULL OF TRASH PEOPLE THAT DO HORRIBLE THINGS AND SAY HORRIBLE 411 00:28:15,961 --> 00:28:17,429 THINGS. QUIET YOU MORONS. 412 00:28:17,429 --> 00:28:21,699 YOU’RE ALWAYS AWARE THERE WERE WISE GUYS SINGING EACH 413 00:28:21,700 --> 00:28:24,369 OTHER. PEG, HOW COULD YOU SELL THE 414 00:28:24,369 --> 00:28:27,806 FAMILY PLAYBOY? LOOKING BACK AT IT NOW, I 415 00:28:27,806 --> 00:28:31,136 DON’T KNOW HOW THAT SHOW STAYED ON AIR. 416 00:28:31,143 --> 00:28:34,646 I HAVEN’T WORN IT SINCE GRANDMA’S FUNERAL. 417 00:28:34,646 --> 00:28:39,546 IT HELPED PUT FOX ON THE MAP. THIS IDEA OF A DARKER FAMILY 418 00:28:39,551 --> 00:28:42,487 PRESENTATION SPOKE TO PEOPLE. WHO WERE BORED WITH WHAT THE 419 00:28:42,487 --> 00:28:44,517 MAIN FAMILY SITCOMS WERE OFFERING AT THE TIME. 420 00:28:44,523 --> 00:28:48,793 WHEN YOU GO 421 00:28:56,668 --> 00:28:59,968 >>> YOU JUST SIT THERE AND DRINK YOUR BEER. 422 00:28:59,972 --> 00:29:02,140 I’LL FIX THIS MYSELF. THE HELL YOU WILL. 423 00:29:02,140 --> 00:29:06,010 WE SAW THE BIG NETWORKS START TO EXPERIMENT WITH THE FAMILY 424 00:29:06,011 --> 00:29:11,081 SITCOM. SOME SITCOMS WERE VERY EDGY LIKE 425 00:29:11,083 --> 00:29:12,983 "ROSEANNE" AND "MARRIED WITH CHILDREN." 426 00:29:12,985 --> 00:29:16,455 ON THE OTHER HAND, YOU HAD SHOWS GOING BACK TO A MORE WHOLE SOME 427 00:29:16,455 --> 00:29:24,763 STORY TELLING YOU SEE ON ABC’S "HOME IMPROVEMENT." 428 00:29:24,763 --> 00:29:32,037 IN A BROAD STROKE "HOME IMPROVEMENT 429 00:29:32,037 --> 00:29:33,337 IMPROVEMENT" MADE A STABLE FAMILY AND LOVING FAMILY. 430 00:29:33,338 --> 00:29:36,938 NO RUNNING IN THE HOUSE. HOLD THE BALL WITH BOTH HANDS 431 00:29:36,942 --> 00:29:38,277 SO YOU DON’T FUMBLE. TIM. 432 00:29:38,277 --> 00:29:41,307 I ALSO WANTED TO FIND OUT WHAT MADE MEN TICK. 433 00:29:41,313 --> 00:29:48,086 THERE IS NOTHING LIKE A RIDE AND COOL STEEL HANGING UNDER 434 00:29:48,086 --> 00:29:51,286 YOUR HIPS. TIM THE TOOL MAN TAYLOR HAS A 435 00:29:51,290 --> 00:29:54,660 SHOW CALLED "TOOL TIME". WE WANT A JOB DONE QUICK AND 436 00:29:54,660 --> 00:30:00,198 RIGHT WHAT DO WE NEED? MORE POWER WAS MY SAYING MY 437 00:30:00,198 --> 00:30:05,698 WHOLE LIFE PLUS THE GRUNTING AND BLOWING STUFF UP. 438 00:30:05,704 --> 00:30:08,307 HE’S LIKE THIS SUPPOSED MAN’S MAN. 439 00:30:08,307 --> 00:30:13,107 AND THEN HE COMES HOME TO A WOMAN WHO IS A FEMINIST AND 440 00:30:13,111 --> 00:30:17,449 UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES DO YOU EVER TREAT THE FEMALE SEX AS 441 00:30:17,449 --> 00:30:22,087 THOUGH THEY ARE HOUSEKEEPERS PUT HERE TO WAIT ON YOU HAND AND 442 00:30:22,087 --> 00:30:23,817 FOOT. HONEY, WANT TO POP THAT IN 443 00:30:23,822 --> 00:30:27,359 THE WASHER FOR ME? WHAT WAS GREAT ABOUT OUR 444 00:30:27,359 --> 00:30:32,097 FAMILY WAS THAT EVEN THOUGH WE DISAGREED, I THINK I JUST POP ON 445 00:30:32,097 --> 00:30:37,997 OUT OF HERE. WE LOVED EACH OTHER AND ALWAYS 446 00:30:38,003 --> 00:30:40,138 MADE UP. "HOME IMPROVEMENT" WAS PROOF 447 00:30:40,138 --> 00:30:42,007 A TRADITIONAL FAMILY SITCOM WOULD BE A HIT BUT THROUGH THE 448 00:30:42,007 --> 00:30:48,277 ’00 -0 ‐‐ ’90 -S ARE WE SAW THE 449 00:30:48,280 --> 00:30:51,116 FAMILIES CHANGE. WE SAW PEOPLE HAVING CHILDREN 450 00:30:51,116 --> 00:30:55,086 LATER IN LIFE AND THE FAMILY SITCOM REFLECTED THAT. 451 00:30:55,087 --> 00:30:59,317 IN "MAD ABOUT YOU" THE MARRIAGE ITSELF WAS THE PREMISE 452 00:30:59,324 --> 00:31:01,526 OF THE SHOW. A STRONG WOMAN CHARACTER 453 00:31:01,526 --> 00:31:04,456 AGAINST THE STRONG MALE CHARACTER AND SO THE FIREWORKS 454 00:31:04,463 --> 00:31:06,763 JUST KEPT HAPPENING. WATCHING HOW TWO PEOPLE TRY 455 00:31:06,765 --> 00:31:10,869 TO LOVE EACH OTHER OVER TIME. IT DOESN’T BOTHER YOU THAT WE 456 00:31:10,869 --> 00:31:14,669 HAVEN’T HAD SEX IN FIVE DAYS? HELLO. 457 00:31:14,673 --> 00:31:18,076 YOU KNOW THE FEELING YOU GO TO A PARTY AND YOU AND YOUR WIFE 458 00:31:18,076 --> 00:31:20,776 ARE HAVING FUN AND SAY GOOD NIGHT AND GET INTO THE CAR. 459 00:31:20,779 --> 00:31:23,849 THE MINUTE THAT CAR DOOR CLOSES, THAT’S THE SHOW. 460 00:31:23,849 --> 00:31:27,149 WHAT’S GOING ON WITH US? WHAT’S GOING ON IS WE’RE 461 00:31:27,152 --> 00:31:31,422 MARRIED FIVE MONTHS AND THE SEXUAL PART IS OVER. 462 00:31:31,423 --> 00:31:33,458 [ LAUGHTER ] SEE, I THOUGHT YOU UNDERSTOOD 463 00:31:33,458 --> 00:31:36,628 THAT. I’M SORRY. 464 00:31:36,628 --> 00:31:38,858 AT THAT TIME WHAT THAT’S WHAT HAPPENS. 465 00:31:38,864 --> 00:31:41,166 I PLAY CHECKERS IN THE PARK AND YOU START ARGUING WITH BUSES. 466 00:31:41,166 --> 00:31:43,866 THAT’S NOT FUNNY. THEY ARE TWO PEOPLE THAT CAN 467 00:31:43,869 --> 00:31:49,139 VOICE THEIR OWN OPINIONS ABOUT FEAR AND THE AWFUL UNAPOLOGIZE 468 00:31:49,141 --> 00:31:53,211 AND HIT A DRY SPELL IN THE MARRIAGE AND FIND THE HEAT 469 00:31:53,211 --> 00:31:59,651 BETWEEN THEM AGAIN. PEOPLE WERE FEELING PROBABLY 470 00:31:59,651 --> 00:32:00,919 THAT COMBINATION OF I RELATE TO IT AND ASPIRE TO IT. 471 00:32:00,919 --> 00:32:07,025 THAT MADE IT VERY MUCH ITS OWN. EARLY ON SEASON ONE THE 472 00:32:07,025 --> 00:32:08,585 NETWORK SAID YOU SHOULD HAVE A KID. 473 00:32:08,593 --> 00:32:13,698 NO, NO, NO THAT’S TOO SOON. SEASON TWO, TIME FOR A KID. 474 00:32:13,698 --> 00:32:16,568 THE NETWORK WAS LIKE ANNOYING IN LAWS. 475 00:32:16,568 --> 00:32:19,868 WHEN ARE YOU GUYS GOING TO TRY? I’LL LET YOU KNOW. 476 00:32:19,871 --> 00:32:22,140 IN "RAYMOND" YOU NEVER SAW THE KIDS. 477 00:32:22,140 --> 00:32:26,978 I SAW YOUR CAR PULL UP. YOU DIDN’T CALL. 478 00:32:26,978 --> 00:32:29,748 [ LAUGHTER ] WE REALLY WANTED TO FOCUS ON 479 00:32:29,748 --> 00:32:33,785 THE MARRIAGE AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE PARENTS. 480 00:32:33,785 --> 00:32:36,615 HI. I’M RAY AND I LIVE HERE IN LONG 481 00:32:36,621 --> 00:32:39,921 ISLAND WITH MY WIFE DEBRA. THE VERY FIRST SEASON RAY 482 00:32:39,925 --> 00:32:43,728 SAYS IN THE OPENING CREDITS. IT’S NOT REALLY ABOUT THE 483 00:32:43,728 --> 00:32:45,028 KIDS. IT’S NOT ABOUT THE KIDS. 484 00:32:45,030 --> 00:32:49,000 I SAY THAT FOR EVERY YEAR YOU’RE OVER 40, YOU SHOULD ADD 485 00:32:49,000 --> 00:32:52,570 AN INCH TO THE HEM LINE OF YOUR DRESS. 486 00:32:52,571 --> 00:32:56,471 WELL, THEN YOU SHOULD BE DRAGGING AROUND A PERSIAN RUG. 487 00:32:56,475 --> 00:33:00,912 WE ALL HAD PARENTS WHO DESPITE OUR BEST EFFORTS REJECT 488 00:33:00,912 --> 00:33:04,049 ALL OF OUR KINDNESS AND IT BACKFIRES. 489 00:33:04,049 --> 00:33:07,085 I DON’T UNDERSTAND WHY YOU WOULD USE BLEACH ON THESE 490 00:33:07,085 --> 00:33:10,315 TOWELS. THEY JUST SEEMED A LITTLE 491 00:33:10,322 --> 00:33:11,422 YELLOW YELLOW. 492 00:33:11,423 --> 00:33:13,859 YES, THEY ARE YELLOW TOWELS. WE ALL COME INTO A FAMILY. 493 00:33:13,859 --> 00:33:18,459 WE NEED A FAMILY, LOVE THEM OR HATE THEM, THAT’S WHO, YOU KNOW, 494 00:33:18,463 --> 00:33:34,579 WE WERE GIVEN. THE SUCCESS OF COSBY REST 495 00:33:34,579 --> 00:33:38,849 RESURRECTED THE SITCOM. WHEN "THE COSBY SHOW" WENT OFF 496 00:33:38,850 --> 00:33:42,250 THE AIR WE HAD OTHER BLACK SITCOMS TO FILL THE VOID, WHICH 497 00:33:42,254 --> 00:33:45,223 WAS "FRESH PRINCE" WAS ASPIRATIONAL BLACK FAMILY 498 00:33:45,223 --> 00:33:46,791 WEALTH. I DIDN’T KNOW THERE WERE SO 499 00:33:46,791 --> 00:33:49,291 MANY BROTHERS LIVING IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. 500 00:33:49,294 --> 00:33:51,997 WE DOING ALL RIGHT, HUH? FOX WAS ONE OF THE FIRST 501 00:33:51,997 --> 00:33:55,567 NETWORKS THAT REALLY TOOK RISK WITH BLACK SITCOMS WITH MINORITY 502 00:33:55,567 --> 00:33:59,267 PEOPLE VERY MUCH PART OF THE WRITING AND CREATION OF IT. 503 00:33:59,271 --> 00:34:02,871 IT’S VITAL PEOPLE OF COLOR WRITE THEIR OWN STORIES BECAUSE 504 00:34:02,874 --> 00:34:09,414 THAT’S WHERE THE AT THEN ’TISTY COMES FROM. 505 00:34:09,414 --> 00:34:10,482 HE’S PROBABLY TIRED. HE SHOULD BE. 506 00:34:10,482 --> 00:34:13,251 HE KEPT US UP ALL NIGHT. WE SHOULD BE THE ONES CRYING. 507 00:34:13,251 --> 00:34:17,255 WE SAW BLACK FAMILY SITCOMS LIKE "MARTIN." 508 00:34:17,255 --> 00:34:23,285 LIKE "THE BERNIE MACK SHOW." IT SHOWED PARENTING TO BE 509 00:34:23,295 --> 00:34:26,598 DIFFICULT. TOO OLD TO PLAY WITH THAT. 510 00:34:26,598 --> 00:34:30,398 CAN WE PLAY SOMETHING ELSE? WHICH WAS NOT SOMETHING YOU 511 00:34:30,402 --> 00:34:33,171 SAW ON A SHOW LIKE "THE COSBY SHOW". 512 00:34:33,171 --> 00:34:36,471 CHRIS! GET IN THE BATHROOM AND WIPE THE 513 00:34:36,474 --> 00:34:41,079 PEE OFF THE TOILET SEAT. DISGUSTING. 514 00:34:41,079 --> 00:34:44,015 FOX NETWORK HAD COME ON AND DONE WELL WITH BLACK SITCOMS SO 515 00:34:44,015 --> 00:34:50,715 THE WB AND UPN AT THE TIME WERE COMING ON AND THEY STARTED TO 516 00:34:50,722 --> 00:34:52,891 DIVERSIFY AND GROW THAT AUDIENCE. 517 00:34:52,891 --> 00:34:57,461 THEY ARE ABLE TO SNATCH UP THIS AUDIENCE THAT THE OTHER 518 00:34:57,462 --> 00:34:59,397 NEFT NETWORKS WERE REALLY IGNORING UP 519 00:34:59,397 --> 00:35:02,897 UNTIL THAT POINT. SO THESE SHOWS KIND OF SET 520 00:35:02,901 --> 00:35:06,401 THE STAGE FOR THE DIVERSITY IN THE FAMILY SITCOM THAT CAN BE 521 00:35:06,404 --> 00:35:11,843 SEEN ON TELEVISION TODAY. WELCOME. 522 00:35:11,843 --> 00:35:17,182 I’M RICK. THE LENGTH AND DEPTH OF MY BOW 523 00:35:17,182 --> 00:35:19,622 AND PRESS EXPRESSES MY DEE 524 00:35:41,406 --> 00:35:50,246 >>> IN THE LATE ’90s AND 2000s, YOU SEE THE REALITY OF SITCOM. 525 00:35:50,248 --> 00:35:56,888 THE SITCOM WAS PRONOUNCED YET AGAIN SO ‐‐ WHAT’S A NEW WAY TO 526 00:35:56,888 --> 00:36:02,358 DO A FAMILY SHOW? WHAT IF WE DO IT DOCUMENTARY 527 00:36:02,360 --> 00:36:02,990 STYLE? ♪ 528 00:36:02,994 --> 00:36:07,332 AND INSTEAD OF FOCUSING ON ONE FAMILY, WHAT IF WE FOCUS ON 529 00:36:07,332 --> 00:36:12,002 MULTIPLE FAMILIES? DAD, WHAT HAPPENED? 530 00:36:12,003 --> 00:36:17,542 LUKE JUST SHOT ME. WE WANT TO PORTRAY THESE 531 00:36:17,542 --> 00:36:20,442 CHARACTERS AS REAL. I DIDN’T MEAN TO. 532 00:36:20,445 --> 00:36:24,449 ARE YOU OKAY? NO, THE LITTLE ‐‐ SHOCK ME. 533 00:36:24,449 --> 00:36:27,949 LANGUAGE. THE LINE CAME FROM MY 534 00:36:27,952 --> 00:36:30,722 DAUGHTER. TELLING STORIES FROM OUR OWN 535 00:36:30,722 --> 00:36:33,822 LIVES AND NOT BEING AFRAID OF THOSE STORIES, THAT’S WHAT 536 00:36:33,825 --> 00:36:38,730 PEOPLE CAN RELATE TO. HI, I AM GLORIA, MANNY’S 537 00:36:38,730 --> 00:36:41,566 MOTHER. I AM SUPPOSED TO BE YOUR DAD, 538 00:36:41,566 --> 00:36:45,466 NO, I AM HER HUSBAND. DON’T BE FOOLED BY THE ‐‐ 539 00:36:45,470 --> 00:36:49,507 NONE OF THESE PEOPLE LOOK LIKE THEY WOULD BE A FAMILY BUT 540 00:36:49,507 --> 00:36:51,276 THEY ARE. WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT? 541 00:36:51,276 --> 00:36:55,546 IS THAT IS US WITH WINGS? I WAS REALLY TAKEN BY THE 542 00:36:55,547 --> 00:37:00,885 PORTRAYAL OF A GAY COUPLE. IT IS PART OF AN EQUAL OF THE 543 00:37:00,885 --> 00:37:03,015 CAST. SHE’S A BIT OF A DRAMA QUEEN. 544 00:37:03,021 --> 00:37:07,726 YOU COME INTO MY HOUSE AND YOU INSULT ME AND MY BOYFRIEND 545 00:37:07,726 --> 00:37:08,786 BY THE WAY WHO’S NOT THAT DRAMATIC. 546 00:37:08,793 --> 00:37:20,839 ♪ WHEN HE REVEALS TO THE THEME 547 00:37:20,839 --> 00:37:28,509 SONG OF "LION KING." THIS LOVING GAY COUPLE WHO 548 00:37:28,513 --> 00:37:31,983 ADOPTED A CHILD, THIS WAS THE MOST PROGRESSIVE THING IN 549 00:37:31,983 --> 00:37:36,453 TELEVISION AT THAT MOMENT. IN THIS FAMILY WE KICK AND 550 00:37:36,454 --> 00:37:39,991 PUNCH EACH OTHER, OR DO WE LOVE EACH OTHER? 551 00:37:39,991 --> 00:37:45,497 LOVE EACH OTHER. "MODERN FAMILY" TOOK THIS 552 00:37:45,497 --> 00:37:49,527 GENRE AND UPDATED IT AND BRING LIFE TO THE FAMILY SITCOM. 553 00:37:49,534 --> 00:37:52,804 WE STARTED TO SEE MORE PERSPECTIVES AND FRESH 554 00:37:52,804 --> 00:37:55,306 PERSPECTIVES. YOU ARE GOING TO LOVE 555 00:37:55,306 --> 00:37:57,106 ORLANDO. I HAVE GROWN TO LOVE IT LIKE THE 556 00:37:57,108 --> 00:38:06,217 DAUGHTER EVAN HAD BEEN. ♪ 557 00:38:06,217 --> 00:38:13,387 IN "FRESH OFF THE BOAT," IT CENTERS THE NARRATIVE AS OPPOSED 558 00:38:13,391 --> 00:38:18,961 TO BE THE BUTT OF A JOKE. CLASS, I WANT TO GIVE A WARM 559 00:38:18,963 --> 00:38:31,109 WELCOME TO HUNG GI‐YAN NOON. CALL ME EDDIE. 560 00:38:31,109 --> 00:38:35,709 HI, WELCOME TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, IT WAS A REALLY 561 00:38:35,713 --> 00:38:40,051 GOOD WINDOW INTO THE HOW MAINSTREAM CULTURE COULD FEEL 562 00:38:40,051 --> 00:38:45,757 STRANGE TO SOMEBODY ELSE. "FRESH OFF THE BOAT" MADE A 563 00:38:45,757 --> 00:38:48,557 MAJOR IMPACT IMPROVING TO THE INDUSTRY THAT A SHOW LIKE THIS 564 00:38:48,560 --> 00:38:52,730 CAN BE SUCCESSFUL. STILL TO THIS DATE I GET 565 00:38:52,730 --> 00:38:57,230 PEOPLE ON THE STREET WHO COME UP TO ME IN TEARS SAYING HOW 566 00:38:57,235 --> 00:38:59,504 MEANINGFUL IT WAS TO SEE THEMSELVES REPRESENTED AND 567 00:38:59,504 --> 00:39:01,573 FEELING LIKE YOU ARE APART OF AMERICA. 568 00:39:01,573 --> 00:39:07,745 IT IS A PART OF A PROGRESSION, REPRESENTATION AND 569 00:39:07,745 --> 00:39:10,475 TV. OKAY, SO I AM JUST YOUR 570 00:39:10,481 --> 00:39:18,857 STANDARD AND REGULAR, HANDSOME CHARISMATIC BLACK DUDE. 571 00:39:18,857 --> 00:39:28,427 THIS WOMAN IS MY WIFE. >>. 572 00:39:28,433 --> 00:39:42,913 YOU ARE NOT SERIOUS ABOUT NAMING OUR KID DEVONTE, ARE YOU? 573 00:39:42,914 --> 00:39:51,756 I WANT TO GIVE THEM A WHITE NAME, THEY ALL END UP "BLACKISH 574 00:39:51,756 --> 00:39:52,756 KWST"BLACKISH ." 575 00:39:52,757 --> 00:39:59,427 I WANT ONE OF MY KIDS TO BE BLACK SO I CAN LOVE IT. 576 00:39:59,430 --> 00:40:14,746 HERE IS US LIVING EVERYDAY. THE BLACKISH FAMILY IS UNAPOLL 577 00:40:14,746 --> 00:40:15,706 GET UNAPOLIGETIC. 578 00:40:15,713 --> 00:40:19,083 I AM THROWING YOU AN AFRICAN RIGHT PASSIVE CEREMONY. 579 00:40:19,083 --> 00:40:25,890 THAT DOES NOT SOUND FUN. NO, IT DOES NOT. 580 00:40:25,890 --> 00:40:29,027 "BLACKISH" TALKS ABOUT SOCIAL ISSUES THAT WE HAVE NOT SEEN. 581 00:40:29,027 --> 00:40:37,167 THAT LEADS UP TO NORMAN LIRA 1960s CLASSIC, ONE DAY AT A 582 00:40:37,168 --> 00:40:39,698 TIME. I GET IT WE ARE HUMANS. 583 00:40:39,704 --> 00:40:44,642 IT FOLLOWS THE GENERATIONS OF LATINAS. 584 00:40:44,642 --> 00:40:50,612 EVERYTHING WE GET INTO AS A NORMAL FAMILY BUT TACTIC MSKLES 585 00:40:50,615 --> 00:40:53,251 OF THINGS GOING ON IN THE WORLD LIKE WEIRD ISSUES. 586 00:40:53,251 --> 00:41:01,125 ARE WE WITH THE IDEA LIKE TELLING THEM. 587 00:41:01,125 --> 00:41:04,225 HEY, I LIKE GIRLS. YOU FINALLY HAVE SOMETHING IN 588 00:41:04,228 --> 00:41:06,758 COMMON. THERE IS PTSD WITH THE MOM 589 00:41:06,764 --> 00:41:12,537 AND THERE IS ANXIETY. WHAT DID HE CALL YOU? 590 00:41:12,537 --> 00:41:17,437 STUPID, DUMMY OR GUBER? I THINK IT ALLOWS THE 591 00:41:17,442 --> 00:41:20,742 AUDIENCES TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS. 592 00:41:20,745 --> 00:41:23,247 I WOULD NEVER HAD AN INCIDENT. 593 00:41:23,247 --> 00:41:27,247 YOU AND YOUR BROTHER ARE OF DIFFERENT SHAPES. 594 00:41:27,251 --> 00:41:29,821 YES. IF YOU PUT SOMETHING IN YOUR 595 00:41:29,821 --> 00:41:34,491 SHOW THAT IS SHOCKING AND RADICAL 596 00:41:34,492 --> 00:41:36,992 RADICAL. THE HOPE IS IN FIVE YEAR’S TIME 597 00:41:36,995 --> 00:41:38,930 IT IS GOING TO BECOME MORE NORMAL. 598 00:41:38,930 --> 00:41:45,370 WHO DECIDES WHAT LATINA LOOKS LIKE. 599 00:41:45,370 --> 00:41:48,406 I LOOK LATINA. OF COURSE, YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL. 600 00:41:48,406 --> 00:41:52,106 I ALWAYS THOUGHT YOU LOOK LIKE ANNE HATHAWAY. 601 00:41:52,110 --> 00:42:02,487 THIS SHOW IS MOST PRESENT IN SHOWS LIKE ONE DAY AT A TIME. 602 00:42:02,487 --> 00:42:05,517 IF YOU LOOK AT THE BEST FAMILY SITCOM ON TV RIGHT NOW, THAT’S 603 00:42:05,523 --> 00:42:15,433 WHAT THEY ARE DOING. THAT’S SO COOL.