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>>> PAY BACK!
SHUT UP! SHUT UP!
I FEEL LIKE WE GET TO KNOW THESE CHARACTERS.
THEY’RE YOUR FRIENDS. I DON’T THINK IT’S GOING TO
PIVOT ANYMORE. YOU THINK?
THEY WERE PURELY SELFISH AND PURELY IMMATURE.
ARE YOU STILL MASTER OF YOUR DOE
DO MAIN? I’M QUEEN OF THE CASTLE.
YOU HOPE YOU HAVE THOSE KINDS OF RELATIONSHIPS IN YOUR LIFE.
TONIGHT IS ABOUT CELEBRATEING OUR BOND AS FRIENDS.
FAMILY. GOOD TO SEE YOU, TOO, GIRL.
WHERE YOU GOING? CARNIVAL.
YOUR FRIENDS, SOMETIMES IS MORE FAMILY THAN THE PEOPLE
YOU’RE RELATED TO. SOMETHING IS BOTHERING YOU.
I’VE NEVER BEEN HAPPIER. TRYING TO MAKE YOU A WAY IN
THE WORLD HAVING A SAFE HARBOR WHERE EVERYBODY KNOWS YOUR NAME.
>>> I’M OUT. WHAT?
YEAH, I’M OUT. I’M OUT OF THE CONTEST.
UGLY NAKED GUY IS HAVING THANKSGIVING DINNER WITH UGLY
NAKED GAL. "FRIENDS "OR "SEINFELD" YOU
WANT ME TO CHOOSE? I CAN’T ANSWER THAT.
IT’S SUBJECTIVE. CHALLENGE ACCEPTED.
CONTEST. A CONTEST?
"SEINFELD" WILL WIN, I THINK. "SEINFELD" IS SMART.
"SIN FIELD"EINFELD" IS A BRIL HALF HOUR OF TELEVISION.
"SEINFELD". "SEINFELD" IS MY FAVORITE ALL
TIME SHOW. YOU WANT TO PLAY‐OFF?
WE CAN PLAY ROUGH. I LOVE "FRIENDS".
ONE OF MY FAVORITE SHOWS OF ALL TIME.
SO WATCHABLE.
"FRIENDS". "FRIENDS".
I REALLY APPRECIATED "FRIENDS".
ONE OF THE TOP ALL TIME SITCOMS, "SEINFELD," YEAH.
ARE WE FINISHED? DONE.
AT THE CORE OF EVERY SITCOM YOU DO HAVE A FAMILY WHETHER IT
IS A BLOOD FAMILY OR A FOUND FAMILY.
IN THE CASE OF "FRIENDS" OR "SEINFELD".
AS NEW GENERATIONS EMERGE FROM BABY BOOMERS TO AGAIN X TO
AGAIN GEN Z WE SEE THOSE REFLECTED IN
THE "FRIENDS" SITCOM. YOU LOOK AT THE RISE OF THE
"FRIENDS "FRIENDS" SITCOM.
IT HAPPENS WHEN WE SIT AT A MOMENT WHICH DIVORCE RATES WERE
RISING. WE SEEM TO BE GOING DOWNHILL
IN LIFE’S MOST IMPORTANT VENTURE, MARRIAGE.
DO YOU COMPARE EVERYBODY TO YOUR EX‐WIFE?
SURE I DO AND COMPARE BLANCH, EVERYONE LOOKS GOOD.
THEY BEGAN TO EXPLORE THE BREAKUP OF THE FAMILY ON
TELEVISION. TWO DIVORCED MEN SHARE AN
APARTMENT WITHOUT DRIVING EACH OTHER CRAZY.
THE PERFECT OPENING TO A SITCOM WAS, OF COURSE, THE ODD
COUPLE OPENING, WHICH TOLD ALL THE BACK STORY AND SET IT UP IN
THIS BEAUTIFUL WAY. FELIX WAS ASKED TO REMOVE
HIMSELF FROM THIS PLACE OF RESIDENCE.
THAT REQUEST CAME FROM HIS LIFE. "THE ODD COUPLE" WAS A NEAL
SIMON PLAY ON BROADWAY AND BECAME A MOVIE EX CAME TO
TELEVISION IN 1970, THANKS TO GARRY MARSHALL.
WOULD YOU DO ME A FAVOR? WHAT?
FOR MY BIRTHDAY, LET ME CLEAN UP IN HERE.
THE FINICKY WAS BECAUSE HE WAS FINICKY.
TOTAL OPPOSITE. THE SLOB.
THE GAMBLER. IN MY ROOM, YOU CAN EAT OFF
THE FLOOR. YOU CAN EAT OFF THE FLOOR IN
MY ROOM. "ODD COUPLE" IS SO SEMINOLE.
IN THE VERY FIRST EPISODE OF "TWO AND A HALF MEN" ARE WE
MAKING ALAN A NEAT FREAK, IF THAT’S WHAT WE’RE DOING, WE’RE
DOING ODD COUPLE. WORKING THEIR WAY INTO THE
NAP OF THE CARPET. THERE WAS A FANTASTIC EPISODE
WHERE THEY GO ON PASSWORD AND THE PASSWORD IS BIRD.
DOESN’T GET IT. THE OTHER TEAM GETS IT.
NO MORE GREEK CLUES. RIDICULOUS.
GO BACK AND SAY THE PASSWORD IS RIDICULOUS.
RIDICULOUS. YOU GOT IT.
AS MUCH AS THEY GOT ON EACH OTHER’S NERVES, THEY HAD EACH
OTHER’S BACKS. LOOKS LIKE YOUR EX‐WIFE.
LOOKS LIKE LAURIE? YEAH.
AS DIVORCE BECAME SO COMMON PLACE, THAT SHOWS THAT DIVERTED
FROM FAMILY LIFE IN THE ’70s REALLY REFLECTED WHAT WAS
HAPPENING IN REALITY IN AMERICA. AS A KID, I CAME HOME FROM
SCHOOL, LOCKED THE DOOR BEHIND ME AND THEN YOU COULD WATCH AN
HOUR OF TV. "LATCHKEY KIDS" SERVED FOR
SOMETHING RELATABLE ON TELEVISION.
I TALKED TO MY FOLKS. I TOLD THEM I DROPPED OUT OF
SCHOOL AND MY FATHER SAID TO MY MOTHER, HE SAID SEE MARJORIE, I
TOLD YOU WE SHOULDN’T HAVE HAD HIM.
WELL"WELCOME BACK KOTTER" IS MY BONES AND DNA.
THAT SLOW, SEXY. ♪ WELCOME BACK ♪
♪ WELCOME BACK TO THAT SAME OLD PLACE THAT YOU LAUGHED ABOUT ♪
BOY, WHAT AN HONOR. IN MY CLASS, ALL FOUR MARK ERERS
BROTHERS. A COLLECTION OF GUYS WITH A
SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP WITH THEIR TEACHER.
THEY WERE BROTHERS AND FRIENDS. UP YOUR NOSE.
BARBERINO WAS SET UP TO BE THE SEX SYMBOL.
DAMN. WASHINGTON IS A BASKETBALL
PLAYER, COOL GUY. HI, THERE.
EPSTEIN IS A TOUGH GUY.
WATCHING THE FIGHT, I AIN’T IN IT, MAKES ME NERVOUS.
THE NERD. DID YOU KNOW THAT HORSE SHACK
MEANS THE CATTLE ARE DYING?
WHEN "WELCOME BACK KOTTER "PREMIERED, WE WERE A HIT.
ABC ATTRACTED THIS AUDIENCE THAT WAS SO UNDER SERVED BY
PRIME TIME TV. THE KIDS, THE TEENS, THE YOUNG
PEOPLE, THERE IS ROOM FOR THEM FOR A NEW KIND OF SHOW.
AND THAT IS THE TALE OF THE FONZ.
>>> WE CANNOT LIVE IN THE PRESENT.
"THESE DAYS ARE OURS ♪ WHEN YOU HEAR THAT MUSIC, THE
WHOLE SHOW WOULD FLASH IN YOUR MIND.
BERRY MARSHALL WAS BECOMING LIKE A LEGEND IN HIS OWN DAY
BECAUSE HE HAD DONE THE ODD COUPLE.
GARRY MARSHALL ALWAYS SAID, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE DO
IMPORTANT TELEVISION LIKE THE RESAYS.
"HAPPY DAYS" IS BUILT AROUND THE FAMILY ORIGINALLY.
DOESN’T RICHARD LOOK NICE TONIGHT?
HE’S GOT STINKY STUFF ON HIS HAIR.
IS THAT WHAT THE SMELL IS? I THOUGHT THE MILK WAS SOUR.
THE FONZ WAS A BACKGROUND CHAR ARACTER AND LUCKILY HE HAD
LINES PER EPISODE. BUT NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE
WATCHING ABC. THEY WERE A DISTANT THIRD PLACE.
REMEMBER, IN THE EARLY ’70s, ABC MADE A BIG MISTAKE NOT
PICKING UP "ALL IN THE FAMILY". ABC DECIDED TO REALLY
REINVENT ITSELF. THEY BROUGHT FRED SILVERMAN FROM
CBS AND SAID LET GO AFTER THE YOUNG PEOPLE.
UNDER FRED SILVERMAN, IT DECIDED FONZI NEEDS TO BE
ELEVATED AS A STAR. THE FONZ TOOK IT UP A LEVEL.
SEE NEW GUYS HERE. THEY WERE LOOKING FOR SOMEONE
TALL AND TOUGH AND THEY GOT SHORT AND SOFT.
SO I CHANGED MY VOICE AND I CHANGED THE TILT OF MY BODY.
I JUST STARTED TALKING LIKE THIS.
WHOA. SO I SPOKE VOLUMES WITH JUST
THE SOUND. HEY!
♪ YOU AIN’T NOTHING BUT A HOUND DOG ♪
MARIANNE ALWAYS CALLED THE FONZ ARTHUR BECAUSE SHE WANTED
TO TREAT HIM WITH SUCH RESPECT. WELL, GOOD KNOCK.
HEY, THANKS MRS. C. SHE ALSO HAD A CRUSH ON HIM,
I THINK, A LITTLE BIT.
HEY. WHEN THE FONZ TOOK OVER, THE
DYNAMIC CHANGED. WE VENTURE INTO TEENAGE
AMERICAN GRAFFITI STYLE COMEDY. LET’S SEE IT.
DOESN’T LOOK LIKE A HICKIE. IT BECOMES THE NUMBER ONE
SHOW IN THE COUNTRY. THERE WOULD BE TRAFFIC.
PEOPLE GETTING HOME TO WATCH "HAPPY DAYS".
IT WAS A REVELATION. THEY TARGETED 19 TO 41‐YEAR‐OLDS
NOT WITH FAMILY SITCOMS BUT FRIEND SITCOMS.
SHIRLEY FINI, WHOA. SAID WE GOT THIS POD ON
"HAPPY DAYS." THE SHOW WAS A DOUBLE DATE WITH
FONZI AND RICHY. NICE AND A TIE, TOO.
AND A HANKIE. THEY WERE INCREDIBLY
INDIVIDUALLY FUNNY. IS ANYBODY UPSTAIRS GOING TO
RUN DOWN AND CALL ME A NASTY NAME?
GARY GOT THE IDEA TO SPIN THEM OFF INTO THEIR OWN SERIES.
CAN WE TALK "LAVERNE AND SHIRLEY".
MY JESUS AND MY BEETLES WAS "LAVERNE AND SHIRLEY".
EVERYONE IDENTIFIED WITH "LAVERNE AND SHIRLEY" AND THE
OPENING SONG.
"LAVERNE AND SHIRLEY" IS
ABOUT TWO WORKING CLASS GIRLS WHO STRUGGLE TO MAKE ENDS MEET
WORKING AT A BREWERY GOING OUT AT NIGHT AND NICE TO SEE TWO
WOMEN AT THE CENTER OF A SITCOM. "LAVERNE AND SHIRLEY" THROUGH
THE LENS OF THE ’50s SAID A LOT ABOUT WHAT WOMEN WERE STRIVING
TO ACCOMPLISH IN THE ’70s. WOMEN WERE APT TO GO OUT AND
WORK AND NOT GET MARRIED RIGHT OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL.
WE’LL MEET GUYS. UNEMPLOYED GUYS.
SHARE
SHIRLEY IS THE GIRL THAT WANTS TO GET MARRIED AND HAVE
THE WHITE PICKET FENCE AROUND THE HOUSE.
SAY WE GO TO THIS PARTY AND YOU MEET THIS WONDERFUL GUY.
DO YOU THINK HE’S GOING TO MARCH YOU?
STRANGER THINGS HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO HAPPEN.
LAVERNE WANTED TO HAVE A GOOD TIME.
THE MAD HATTER DIDN’T WEAR FISH NET STOCKINGS.
THAT’S WHY HE DIDN’T GET ANY ACTION.
THEY WERE PHYSICAL KACOMEDIAN THE LIKES OF WHICH HAVEN’T BEEN
SEEN SINCE LUCY.
WHAT THEY FIGURED OUT TO DO WITH MAKING A BED.
THERE YOU GO. IT’S WAY BEYOND MY PAY GRADE.
"LAVERNE AND SHIRLEY" WAS NUMBER ONE FOR I DON’T KNOW HOW
MANY SEASONS. IT WENT OFF THE CHARTS
RIDICULOUS AND FELT LIKE IT WAS FOR US.
PRESIDENT FORD TODAY PROCLAIMED FEBRUARY TO BE
NATIONAL BLACK HISTORY MONTH. IN LIGHT OF THE SUCCESS OF
THE "FRIENDS" SITCOMS LIKE "HAPPY DAYS" AND "LAVERNE AND
SHIRLEY" THEY WANTED TO CREATE A STORY OF BLACK TEENAGERS.
THERE WERE KIDS GOING AND HANGING OUT DOWN AT THE DINER
LIKE TEENAGERS IN THE 1950s LIKE KIDS GOING TO THE MALT SHOP.
WHAT’S HAPPENING, ROB? OPENED THE ENTIRE WALL TO
BLACK TEENAGERS THAT ARE BEST FRIENDS.
BETTY SPOKES IS OUT OF TOWN SO YOU KNOW IT’S GOING TO BE THE
PARTY OF THE YEAR. IT WAS BASED AROUND
FRIENDSHIPS. THE DANCE.
THEN YOU HAD DWAYNE WITH THE BIG FRO, HEY, HEY, HEY.
HEY, HEY, HEY. DEE, THE SISTER IS LIKE MY
SISTER. YOU’RE ALWAYS BROKE AND YOU
CAN’T HOLD DOWN A STEADY JOB. HIS MOTHER WAS LIKE MY MOMS.
SHE BEAT HIM. ALL OF IT.
BUT MAMA. I WOULDN’T SAY BUT IF I WERE
YOU. IF MIKE GIVES ME AN IDEA.
THE AVERAGE BLACK FAMILY COULD IDENTIFY WITH IT.
THE OTHER UNIVERSAL THING WHAT IS HAPPENING IS FRIENDSHIP.
KIDS THRIVE ON THAT WITHOUT FRIENDSHIP WE HAVE NOTHING.
THE IRONY OF WHAT IS HAPPENING IS WHEN YOU GO TO THE AUTOGRAPH
SIGNING, IT ALL’S ALL WHITE. YOU MAKE THEM LAUGH, PEOPLE
>>> WHAT MADE YOU GET RID OF THAT JOINT?
WATCHING YOU LAST NIGHT. FROM NOW ON I’LL STICK TO BEING
HIGH ON ME.
SO THIS SHIRT I WANTED TO FIND A WAY TO MAY TRIBUTE.
"HACKS OF LIFE" WAS PART OF THE FAMILY.
ABOUT FOURTEEN AGE GIRLS TRYING TO FIND THEIR WAY WITH THE
GUIDANCE OF THIS WISE OLDER WOMAN.
DIVORCE. VIRG
VIRGINITY. SNAKE AND I SLEPT TOGETHER.
CLASS WARS ON THE REGULAR. WELL, YOU’RE NOT PREJUDICE.
YOU’RE JUST A SNOB. TEACH ME TO BE COMMON, JOE.
BRING ME DOWN TO YOUR LEVEL. THE SHOW LIKE "FACTS OF LIFE
"IS THE BEGINNING OF THE VERY SPECIAL EPISODE.
I NEVER THINK MY BEST FRIEND IS WHITE.
I JUST KNOW MY BEST FRIEND IS NATALIE.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT TOOTTY AND NATALIE, YOU’RE LOOKING AT
FRIENDSHIP AND LOVE. THAT SUPERSEDES RACE.
THE NORMAN LEARY SHOWS IN THE
’70s MAY HAVE BEEN TEACHING US LESSONS BUT IT WASN’T SO OVERT.
I’M LOOKING FOR BLARE WARNER. YOU MUST BE HER COUSIN,
JERRY. YEAH.
THE ONLY TIME I EVER SAW A CHILD WITH A DISABILITY ON
TELEVISION, THE KID WAS ON A TELETHON.
THE COUSIN ON "FACTS OF LIFE". SEE I HAD THIS MADE.
IT SAYS I DON’T HAVE CEREBRAL PALSY, I’M DRUNK.
IT WAS RISKY. HOW WAS THE BUS RIDE?
I DON’T KNOW, I DROVE. A CAR?
NO. A LEMON.
WHEN "FACTS OF LIFE" AIRED, I
WAS SO USED TO KIDS BULLYING ME AND CALLING ME NAMES THAT THAT’S
WHAT WAS IN MY HEAD WHEN I SAW THE KIDS BEHIND ME AND THE ONE
KID, THERE WERE ABOUT FOUR OF THEM.
ARE YOU COUSIN JANE FROM "FACTS OF LIFE"?
IT WAS A REAL INCREDIBLE FEELING TO BE LIKED BY KIDS.
YOU MEAN YOU’RE NOT GOING TO MAKE FUN OF ME AND CALL ME
NAMES? WOW.
"FACTS OF LIFE" WAS A YOUNGER DM
DEMOGRAPHIC. EVENTUALLY THOSE KIDS WOULD
GROW UP. WHAT STORIES DO YOU TELL THEM?
THE 1980s WERE A RADICAL TRANLS TRANSFORMATION.
HOW DO YOU LIVE UP TO THE IDEAS YOU SET WHEN YOU WERE YOUNGER
WHEN DEALING WITH THE REALITIES OF RAISING CHILDREN AND PAYING A
MORTGAGE.
♪ SOMETIMES YOU WANT TO GO WHERE EVERYBODY KNOWS YOUR NAME ♪
I DON’T KNOW IF I CAN TELL YOU WHY "CHEERS" WAS SO POPULAR
IN THE ’80s BUT I KNOW THE SONG WAS BRILLIANT.
AS IT WAS COMING TO THE END OF THE RUN, GLEN AND LIZ CHARLES
WERE TRYING TO THINK OF WHAT THEIR NEXT PROJECT WOULD BE.
WE WERE A DESPERATE NETWORK. I THOUGHT MY FUTURE AT NBC WAS
ON THE LINE AND IT WAS A REMARK REMARKBLY SIMPLE PITCH.
WE WANT OUR CHARACTERS TO COME INTO A BAR, SHARE THEIR LIFE
STORIES. ME, I LIKE THE CHALLENGES.
DOGS, VICIOUS KIDS, HARD TO FIND MAILBOXES.
YOU THINK THE ACCOUNTING IS BORING, HEY?
I MISS ONE DIGIT, THE WHOLE COMPANY GOES INTO THE TOILET.
"CHEERS" WAS THE LOWEST RATED SHOW ON EVERY NETWORK.
I DON’T THINK HE’S DOING A LOT OF BRAGGING ABOUT IT,
EITHER. WE LOVED IT.
WE BELIEVED WE JUST GOT TO HANG IN WITH THIS.
SOMEONE SAID LET’S NOT CANCEL "CHEERS."
NOT MANY PEOPLE ARE WATCHING IT BUT LET KEEP IT ON AWHILE.
I NEVER MET AN INTELLIGENT WOMAN I WANT TO DATE.
ON BEHALF OF THE INTELLIGENT WOMEN AROUND THE WORLD, LET ME
SAY WOOSH. IT TOOK THAT FIRST YEAR FOR
PEOPLE TO FIND THE SHOW AND ONCE THEY LATCH ON TO IT, AUDIENCES
LOVE THE CHARACTERS SO MUCH. THE FAMILY OF A BUNCH OF
LOVABLE LOSERS TRYING TO FIND THEIR WAY.
THE THINGS THEY THINK THEY’RE MASKING, THEY’RE NOT DOING A
GREAT JOB AT IT SO IT’S FUNNY. SAM, THE EX RELIEF PITCHER
REFORMED ALCOHOLIC THAT TOOK HIS PITCHING COACH STARTED THIS BAR.
HIS REGULARS GEORGE WHO ‐‐ IT’S STUPID FOR ME TO TRY TO DESCRIBE
THESE ICONIC CHARACTERS THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS BETTER THAN ME.
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SAM AND DIANE WAS MAGICAL.
SAM, I AM SORRY I WAS LATE. IS THERE ANYTHING I CAN DO TO
MAKE IT UP TO YOU? YEAH, BUT YOU WOULDN’T.
AND THEN IT INTRODUCED A STORY TELLING TROBE.
WILL THEY? WON’T THEY?
I HATE YOU. ARE YOU AS TURNED ON AS I AM?
MORE. "CHEERS" WAS EXPLICITLY
SAYING THESE TWO PEOPLE ARE GOING TO SLEEP TOGETHER AND IT’S
GOING TO BE A DISASTER. I’VE NEVER BEEN BETTER MY
ENTIRE LIFE. YOU’VE BEEN BAMBOOZLED SINCE
DIANE WALKED OUT ON YOU. THIS IS TOP SECRET.
TIE ANN IS DIANE IS GOING TO BREAK UP WITH
SAM. OVER EDUCATED, HIGHLY
EMOTIONAL DREAMER. I THOUGHT I CAN PLAY THIS GUY.
SHELLEY MOVED ON AFTER THE
FIFTH SEASON AND IN CAME KIRSTIE ALLEY.
SHE WAS LIKE A BIKER CHICK FROM HELL.
SHE BLEW THE ROOF OFF OF IT. AND WOODY HARRELSON.
YOU GET BEHIND THE BAR AND STRANGERS ARE YOUR BEST FRIENDS.
"CHEERS" IS WHERE YOU FIT IN AND ACTUALLY BELONG.
WE LOST THE COACH AFTER THE THIRD YEAR.
WE DIDN’T REALIZE HOW SICK NICK WAS AND HE STARTED WRITING ALL
HIS LINES DOWN WHEREVER HE COULD.
WE SAW ONE OF THEM AFTER HE HAD PASSED AWAY.
THE LINE WAS, IT SAYS IF HE’S STILL WITH US NOW, AND WE USED
TO TOUCH THAT EVERY NIGHT WHEN WE’D PERFORM, WE’D COME DOWN AND
TOUCH THAT AND GIVE IT A LITTLE PAT.
I’M OFF. THE LAST EPISODE.
I’M THE LUCKIEST SON OF A BITCH ON EARTH.
I JUST REMEMBER THINKING, I GOT TO BE PART OF THAT HISTORY
OF COMEDY. I AM THE LUCKIEST SON OF A
BITCH, TRULY.
>>> ALL THE GENTLEMEN SEEKS LADY OF REFINEMENT.
I LIKE MOONLIT NIGHTS, ROMANTIC ITALIAN DINNERS AND WAKING UP IN
THE MORNING. IN THE MID TO LATE ’80 THE
DEM DPRAFOGRAPHICS CHANGED. TV IS ALWAYS SEEKING A
YOUNGER DEMOGRAPHIC, YOU HAVE AN AUDIO THAT IS LIFE WITH STORY
POSSIBILITIES NOBODY ELSE IS BOTHERING TO EXPLORE.
WARREN LITTLE FIELD WANTED TO DO A SHOW ABOUT OLDER WOMEN
LIVING TOGETHER AND I SAID I THINK SUSAN HARRIS IS THE
GREATEST COMEDY WRITER PERHAPS OF ALL TIME AND I WORSHIPPED THE
INNOVATIVE QUALITY OF SOAP. I PITCHED HER THE IDEA.
HER QUESTION WAS NETWORKS JUST WANT SHOWS ABOUT YOUNG PEOPLE.
ARE YOU GOING TO PUT THIS ON THE AIR?
♪ THANK YOU FOR BEING A FRIEND, TRAVEL DOWN THE ROAD AND BACK
AGAIN
AS A KID, THAT’S RIGHT.
YOU SIT THERE ON A SATURDAY NIGHT WITH MY PARENTS WATCHING
"GOLDEN GIRLS". THIS IS THE TIMELESS
FOUR‐SOME SEWOFIA IS THE MATR ISHLGS.
SHE WOULD CALL HER A SLUT IN SO MANY GREAT WAYS.
I DISCOVERED A GREAT WAY TO MEET MORE MEN.
MORE MEN? YOU NEED A CHURN STYLE IN YOUR
BEDROOM. GOSH, THE TRUE HEART OF THAT
SHOW WAS DOROTHY. BEWARE OF ANYONE WHO SAYS NO
CALORIES, ABSOLUTELY NO CHARGE AND LET JUST LIE DOWN ON THE BED
AND WATCH TELEVISION. AND THEN OF COURSE, ROSE’S
CHARACTER IS THE CLOWN. I MEAN, I WAS THE ONE WHO
THOUGHT UP BIG SQUEAKY TOYS FOR COWS.
"THE GOLDEN GIRLS" TALKED ABOUT EDGY STUFF.
ROSE’S HUSBAND DIED WHILE HAVING SEX WITH HER.
I DID THINK IT WAS STRANGE WHEN HE STARTED YELLING ROSE,
I’M GOING. I’M GOING.
THAT’S AN EDGY JOKE. YOUNG ADULT AUDIENCES WENT CRAZY
FOR IT. VIEWERS AND NETWORK SENSORS
WOULD ALLOW OLDER WOMEN TO SAY THINGS OTHER CHARACTERS COULDN’T
GET AWAY WITH. COMPLETE THIS FAMOUS SAYING.
BETTER LATE THAN. PREGNANT.
ONE OF THE BIGGEST LAUGHS THE
SHOW EVER GOT, THE GIRLS ARE GOING ON A CRUISE AND REALIZE
THEY SHOULD PICK UP SOME CONDOMS.
THEY ARE BEING VERY COY. ANIMAL BAG.
TO THE RIGHT. GRIP.
CONDOMS, ROSE, CONDOMS, CONDOMS, CONDOMS.
THE LAUGHS WERE MASSIVE BECAUSE IT WAS SUCH NORM
BREAKING BEHAVIOR. STREAMING OPENED UP A WHOLE
NEW AVENUE TO FIND CONTINUED VIEWER SHIP WITH PEOPLE WHO WERE
NOT EVEN NECESSARILY ALIVE WHEN THE SHOW ENDED IN 1992.
THIS SHOW WAS BUILT TO LAST. HOW ABOUT WHIPPED CREAM?
YUM. I THINK WE STILL HAVE A CAN.
I’LL GET IT. IT IN MY BEDROOM.
NEVER MIND. WE LIVE IN A PEACEFUL
PROSPEROUS TIME THAT WE CAN MAKE IT BETTER.
LEADING UP TO TO THE ’80s THERE WERE A NUMBER OF SHOWS
ABOUT PEOPLE HANGING OUT WITH EACH OTHER.
"SEINFELD "REALLY BUSTED THIS WIDE OPEN.
IT’S HARD TO BELIEVE AT TIMES BUT NOBODY FORCED THEM TO HANG
OUT WITH EACH OTHER ALL THE TIME.
YOU KNOW WHAT YOUR PROBLEM IS?
YOUR STANDARDS ARE TOO HIGH. I WENT OUT WITH YOU.
THAT’S BECAUSE YOUR STANDARDS ARE TOO LOW.
WHAT’S SO EUNIQUE ABOUT THE "SEINFELD" EPISODE IS WE SEE THE
SITCOM PLAYED OUT ON THE SHOW. YOU’RE SAYING I GO TO NBC AND
TELL THEM I GOT THIS IDEA THROUGH A SHOW ABOUT ME GOING TO
NBC. SINCE WHEN ARE YOU A WRITER?
WE’RE TALKING ABOUT A SITCOM. JERRY HAD AN OBSERVATIONAL
HUMOR HUMOR.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT THIS IS ABOUT?
TO BE OUT. THIS IS OUT.
A GENTLEMAN AT NBC WHO WAS IN CHARGE OF LATE NIGHT.
HE APPROACHES JERRY SEINFELD. SO IF YOU HAVE AN IDEA FOR A
TV SHOW FOR YOURSELF, WE JUST WOULD LOVE TO TALK ABOUT IT.
JERRY SAID LARRY DAVID AND I, WE’RE JUST GOING TO WRITE ABOUT
LIKE OUR FRIENDS. WHAT KIND OF STORIES?
NO STORIES. NO STORIES?
WHY AM I WATCHING IT? BECAUSE IT’S ON TV.
NOT YET. IT WAS COMPLETELY NON‐PRODIGS
L. WE DECIDED TO MAKE A PILOT.
THE SECOND BUTTON LITERALLY MAKES OR BREAKS THE SHIRT.
LOOK AT IT. IT’S TOO HIGH.
AND THEN THE RESEARCH CAME IN.
WEAK. BUT RICK REALLY BELIEVED IN
IT. HE SAID I CAN GIVE YOU THE
MONEY FROM THE BUDGET AND YOU CAN DO, I DON’T KNOW, FOUR
EPISODES MORE OF SEINFELD.
BIGGEST CHANGE WAS ELAINE WAS ADDED TO THE SHOW.
GET OUT! AND YOU KNOW WHAT?
THAT FEELS LIKE WE HAVE SOMETHING.
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT A NEW TIME SLOT?
NAME ME ONE FAMOUS TV SHOW THAT AIRED IN THAT TIME SLOT?
THE DANGEROUS TIME SLOT BECAUSE THEY ARE HANDING YOU THE
BIGGEST AUDIENCE THERE IS. IF THE AUDIENCE WATCHES IT AND
SAYS I HATE THIS, YOU’RE DEAD. MY MOTHER CAUGHT ME.
DOING WHAT? YOU KNOW.
THE EPISODE THAT IS SUPER
IMPORTANT IN THE TRAJECTORY OF "SEINFELD" IS THE CONTEST.
I AM NEVER DOING THAT AGAIN. IT WAS PREDICATED ON A REAL
CONTEST THAT LARRY DAVID HAD BEEN PART OF.
SEEING WHO COULD GO THE LONGEST WITHOUT MASTURBATING.
BUT ARE YOU STILL MASTER OF YOUR DOMAIN?
I’M KING OF THE COUNTY. WHAT ALSO SHOULD BE NOTED,
ELAINE IS IN THE CONTEST. JOHN F. KENNEDY JUNIOR.
AND THAT, I THINK, WAS A BOLD STATEMENT AT THAT TIME.
HANG ON. HANG ON.
JERRY WAS DATING MARLA, THE VIRGIN.
LET’S GO IN THE BEDROOM. REALLY?
THAT WAS AN EPISODE THAT DOUBLED THE AUDIENCE WHILE IT
WAS AIRING BECAUSE PEOPLE WERE CLEARLY GETTING ON THE PHONE
GOING TURNOVER TO CHANNEL 4. YOU GOT TO SEE WHAT THEY’RE
DOING. AND THAT’S WHERE I THINK THE
ULTIMATE SUCCESS OF THE SHOW WAS BORN.
IT’S OVER. YOU’RE OUT?
OH MY GOD. THE QUEEN IS DEAD.
IN THE ’90s, THE WORLD IS
LITERALLY CHANGING OVERNIGHT AND HERE ARE THESE FOUR PEOPLE
GROUNDED IN THEIR ADOLESCENCE. YOU MEAN, SHRINKING?
YES. THEY’RE NOT TRYING TO BE GOOD
PEOPLE. AND EVERYBODY RECOGNIZED SOME
PART OF THEMSELVES IN THEM AND WENT, I THINK I LOVE THESE GUYS.
GEORGE IS GETTING UPSET. "SEINFELD" WAS A GAME
CHANGER. NOTHING FOR YOU.
"SEINFELD" HAD A TONE. YOU ARE MAKING OUT DURING
"SHINLD LER’S LIST". THOSE ARE THE LAST THREE
LINES OF THE PILOT. THE SECOND BUTTON IS THE KEY
BUTTON. IT MAKES OR BREAKS THE SHIRT.
A GUY’S SHIRT BUTTON IS NOT THE WAY YOU LAUNCH A SUCCESSFUL
SERIES. IT SURE AS HELL IS NOT THE WAY
TO END A SUCCESSFUL SERIES UNLESS IT’S "SEINFELD."
>>> DID YOU EVER STOP AND THINK ABOUT WHAT THE WORLD WOULD BE
LIKE WITHOUT MEN? A BUNCH OF FAT, HAPPY WOMEN
AND NO CRIME. IN THE ’90s, IT WAS
CELEBRATED THAT YOU WANTED TO BUILD YOUR CAREER FIRST.
IN THE ’90s KIND OF WORLD, I’M GLAD I GOT MY GIRLS.
KEEP YOUR HEAD UP, WHAT? BUT WE DIDN’T HAVE ANY YOUNG
BLACK WOMEN WHO REALLY WERE BEING FEATURED ON TELEVISION AT
THAT TIME. WHY DOES THIS KEEP HAPPENING
TO ME? BECAUSE YOU KEEP LOOKING FOR
SOMEONE TO CARRY YOU. WHAT IS WRONG WITH THAT?
THEY KEEP DROPPING YO ASS. THE CHARACTERS ON THE SHOW
WAS BASED ON ME AND MY CLOSE KNIT GROUP OF FRIENDS.
CHECK IT OUT, PEOPLE. SHE IS LIVING BROOKLYN,
WANTING TO REALLY START HER MAGAZINE.
THE NEXT ISSUE OF "FLAVA" WILL CONTAIN A FREE SCRATCH AND SNIFF
POSTER OF LAWRENCE. HER BEST FRIEND MAXINE
ATTORNEY AT LAW. HAVE A TICK TACK.
I PLAYED SINCLAIR JAMES, A LOVABLE, FUN SUPER NAIVE GIRL.
I HAVEN’T BEEN THIS NERVOUS SINCE I LOWES MY TUBE TOP AT THE
DEEP END OF RANDY JOHNSON’S POOL.
I’M SURE NOBODY NOTICED. VERY IN TOUCH WITH HERSELF
AND HER FEMININEITYFEMININITY. IF YOU GO AFTER A MAN TOO
AGGRESSIVELY, YOU’RE ONLY GOING TO SCARE HIM OFF.
WHAT ARE YOU MAKING? A MAN TRAP.
THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING A BLACK WOMAN WHO IS THE SHOW
RUNNER, MEANS "LIVING SINGLE" IS THIS BEHIND THE SCENES LOOK WHAT
BLACK WOMEN ARE LIKE WHEN NOT AROUND PEOPLE.
I DON’T KNOW. THE CLUB SCENE IS TIRED.
THERE IS NOTHING BUT A BUNCH OF BROTHERS LIKE WITH BEEPERS AND
GOLD TEETH TALKING ABOUT BABY I WANT TO PUT YOU ON A PLATE AND
CHOP YOU UP LIKE A BISCUIT. CREATE SOMETHING SO AMAZING
AND REAL. A YEAR LATER, "FRIENDS" WAS
ON THE AIR. WE, WE WERE FOR ALL INTENSIVE
PURPOSES, THE MODEL AND TEMPLATE.
IT WAS DIFFICULT TO WATCH BECAUSE WE WERE GETTING LESS
PUBLICITY. WE WERE ON FOX.
THEY WERE ON NBC. WOULD THE NARRATIVE AND
CONVERSATIONS ABOUT OUR SUCCESS OR THE DEGREE OF OUR SUCCESS BE
DIFFERENT IF WE WERE ON, LET SAY, NBC?
OF COURSE. I NEVER WATCHED "FRIENDS"
BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT POSSIBLY FIND A WAY TO ADD ANYBODY OF
COLOR. IT WAS TO A CERTAIN EXTENT A
PRODUCT OF THE TIME PERIOD, AND OF MY OWN IGNORANCE.
THERE WERE BLACK SHOWS AND THERE WERE WHITE SHOWS.
THERE WEREN’T A LOT OF SHOWS THAT WERE INTER RACIAL.
I GUESS AT THE TIME, I WAS THINKING THIS IS WHAT I KNOW.
THIS IS WHAT I KNOW. OKAY.
I HEAR YA. WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT.
"FRIENDS" IS NOT BASED ON "LIVING SINGLE."
"FRIENDS" IS BASED ON MARTA AND DAVE CRANE’S LIFE EXPERIENCES.
MARTA AND I SPENT OUR 20s LIVING IN NEW YORK.
WE WERE PART OF A GROUP OF SIX AND WE ALL HUNG ON TO EACH
OTHER. I SPENT A TON OF TIME
ANALYZING, YOU KNOW, "FRIENDS" AND WHAT IT’S ABOUT.
THAT TIME IN YOUR LIFE WHERE YOUR FRIENDS ARE YOUR FAMILY.
I’M VERY THANKFUL THAT ALL OF YOUR THANKSGIVING SUCKED.
THE BIGGEST SURPRISE TO ME IS MATTHEW PERRY.
WE PUT ACCENTS ON CERTAIN SYMBOLS THAT SAID I WOULD NEVER
READ THAT JOKE THAT WAY. COULD YOU BE MORE WHITE
TRASH? WHEN I WATCHED "FRIENDS" I
DIDN’T WANT MONICA TO NOT BE A CONTROL FREAK.
YOU WANT TO PUSH THE CAPS UNTIL YOU HEAR THEM CLICK.
MATT MADE JOEY FUNNY. LOOK AT ME.
I’M CHANDLER. COULD I BE WEARING ANY MORE
CLOTHES? THEY WERE ALL ROOTING FOR
EACH OTHER. NOW WE NEED THE SEAMAN OF A
RIGHTEOUS MAN. I THINK FEE PEAPHOBE IS APPEA
BECAUSE SHE’S DIDN’T. IT GIVES PERMISSION TO NOT FIT
IN AND STILL LIKE YOURSELF AND IT’S OKAY.
♪ SMELLY CAT, SMELLY CAT, WHAT ARE THEY FEEDING YOU ♪
I DON’T KNOW WHY PEOPLE LOVE "SMELLY CAT" BUT THERE WERE ALSO
OTHER SONGS THAT WERE VERY, VERY FUNNY.
MAYBE I DON’T NEED YOUR MONEY.
WAIT, WAIT, I SAID MAYBE. RACHEL GREEN BEING SORT OF A
SPOILED CHARACTER OFF THE TOP OF THE SHOW AND HUMBLING THAT
CHARACTER AND MAKING HER INDEPENDENT LIKE SAM AND DIANE
AN CHEERS. WE KNEW ROSS AND RACHEL FROM
THE PILOT WOULD BE A THING. I JUST WANT TO BE MARRIED
AGAIN.
THE ROSS AND RACHEL RELATIONSHIP MADE IT LIKE OH, I
HAVE TO TUNE IN THIS WEEK BECAUSE I WANT TO SEE ARE THEY
GETTING TOGETHER. I CAN’T BELIEVE I DON’T GET
TO GO TO MY OWN PROM. IS IT SO HARSH?
THE ONE WITH THE PROM VIDEO WHERE RACHEL REALIZES THAT ROSS
HAS ALWAYS LOVED HER? .
OH, DEAR. I CAN’T BELIEVE YOU DID THAT.
YEAH, WELL. ALL THE MOST MEMORABLE
MOMENTS IN THE SITCOMS ARE ONES THEY TOUCHED ON SOMETHING BEYOND
THE COMEDY. AND IT MADE FOR A REALLY
GREAT TELEVISION THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE WANTED TO WATCH.
LITERALLY EVERYONE IN AMERICA. I, ROSS.
TAKE THEE EMILY. TAKE THEE RACHEL.
WE REALLY HAVE BEEN ON A RIDE WITH ROSS AND RACHEL.
OUR GOAL IN WRITING THE FINALLY WAS TO REALLY MAKE YOU BELIEVE
THAT THEY MIGHT NOT GET‐TOGETHERS.
I HAVE TO GET ON THE PLANE. NO, YOU DON’T.
YES, I DO. I DO.
THEY’RE WAITING FOR ME, ROSS. I WATCHED THE FINAL EPISODE
AND AM CRYING AS AN AUDIENCE MEMBER I WAS THERE IN THE
AUDIENCE. YOU COULD FEEL THE ENERGY.
I REMEMBER IT BEING VERY SECRETIVE.
WE HAD A BIG FLAT ACROSS PART OF THE STAGE SO THAT PEOPLE
COULDN’T SEE. OH, COME ON.
ISN’T THERE ANYWAY TO LET ME OFF THE ‐‐
NO, NO! OH MY GOD.
DID SHE GET OFF THE PLANE? DID SHE GET OFF THE PLANE?
I GOT OFF THE PLANE. LOOK, I ALSO WONDER WHY THIS
SHOW ENDURES THE WAY IT DOES. I DO FEEL LIKE IT IS THE
MARRIAGE BETWEEN THE WRITING AND THE CHEMISTRY OF THE CAST.
WE GENUINELY LOVED AND LOVED EACH OTHER.
EVERYONE JUST DID A REALLY GOOD JOB.
THAT’S NOT A GOOD WAY TO END I MEAN, I THINK ‐‐ YEAH.
>>> YOU HAVE A SERIES OF ANTIHEROES.
STARTING WITH ROSEANNE. AND THERE IS LARRY DAVID,
LARRY HATES ME. I DON’T CARE FOR HIM EITHER.
PUT THE PIE. DON’T PUT IT DOWN.
A LOT OF OUR FRIENDS GROUP AND BORDERLINE TOXIC.
GEORGE COSTANZA. YOUR LAST NAME IS BLACK.
YEAH. THAT’S LIKE IF MY LAST NAME
WAS JEW, LIKE LARRY JEW. LARRY DAVID, THE CHARACTER
HE’S ONE OF MY BEST FRIENDS. YOU HAD SEX WITH A MENTAL
PATIENT. SHE’S NOT A MENTAL PATIENT.
I LOVE WHAT AN HE IS.
WHAT CAN I TELL YOU, LARRY, SOMETIMES YOU ARE AN
CHECK IT OUT. I THINK I LIKE THE
YOU KNOW? JERKS.
COULD YOU MOVE YOUR LEGS. WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
WERE YOU LOOKING AT MY BREASTS. HE MAY ARTICULATE THE THINGS
THAT PEOPLE MAY THINK. YOU WEAR THAT DRESS BECAUSE
YOU WANT PEOPLE TO LOOK AT YOUR SHOES, RIGHT?
THERE WAS NO THOUGHT. WHAT WILL PEOPLE THINK.
IF YOU WERE NOT MY BEST FRIEND, I WOULD TAKE MY
BAREHANDS AND POP MY HEAD. KIRBY’S ENTHUSIASM CAME ABOUT
AT A TIME WHERE SITCOM SOME WHAT WARN OUT THEIR WELCOME BECAUSE
THERE HAD BAN GLUT OF THEM. IF THE WAKE OF "FRIENDS"
ENDING. THEY HAVE TO FIND SOME WAYS TO
MAKE IT NEW. KIDS, I AM GOING TO TELL YOU AN
INCREDIBLE STORY. THE PREMISE OF "HOW I MET YOUR
MOTHER" IS A GROWN MAN TELLING HIS CHILDREN THE STORY HOW HE
MET HIS MOTHER. IT WAS WAY BACK IN 2005.
THE SHOW WAS NOT YOUR TRADITIONAL SITCOM.
IT HAD TO DO WITH THE FLASH BACK ELEMENTS.
IS IT GOING TO TAKE A WHILE? YES.
25 YEARS AGO BEFORE I WAS DAD.
I HAD THIS WHOLE OTHER LIFE. YOU GUYS DON’T THINK I SHOULD
CALL HER. TED, NO.
OKAY, FINE. I WON’T.
INTERESTING TRIVIA. I CALLED HER.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING? IT WAS THIS IDEAL WORLD WHERE
YOU GOT YOUR REALLY GOOD BUDDIES THAT WILL ALWAYS HAVE YOUR BACK.
YES, KIDS ARE NOT MY FAVORITE THING IN THE WORLD BUT I LIKE
THEM. OH, YOU DON’T WANT TO HAVE
THEM. I LIKE SPORTS CARS BUT IT
DOES NOT MEAN I WANT TO PUSH A FERRARI THROUGH MY VAGINA.
AS WE ENTER OUR 21st CENTURY, IT IS IMPORTANT TO TAKE NOTE
THAT THESE FRIENDS SITCOMS STARTING TO REFLECT DIVERSITY.
NOW WE ARE THE CAST OF "THE BRADY BUNCH."
"COMMUNITY" IS A GROUP OF PEOPLE WITH DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES.
JEFF PLAYS BY McHALE. HE CREATES A STUDY GROUP
BECAUSE HE WANTS TO GET IN THE PANTS OF BREANNA.
JEFF AND I DO NOT HAVE SEX INTENTIONS.
WE JUST ARGUE ALL THE TIME. HIS ENTIRE CHARACTER TO BE
SEXES AND RACIST. "COMMUNITY" IS INCREDIBLY
CREATIVE. IT STOOD OUT AT THE TIME.
"COMMUNITY" ENDED UP AS THIS INSANE WILD RIDE THROUGH DAN
HARMON’S MIND. WHAT WAS DIFFERENT ABOUT NEW
GIRL WAS NOT META, IT WAS NOT "COMMUNITY" OR TRYING TO MAKE
FUN OF THE GENRE. "NEW GIRL" IS A WOMAN WHO HAD
BEEN WITH THE SAME GUY AND SHE COMES HOME FROM A TRIP AND SHE
FINDS HIM WITH ANOTHER WOMAN. IT IS JUST ‐‐
THAT’S WHY I NEED A NEW APARTMENT.
I AM SORRY, WHAT WAS THE QUESTION AGAIN?
DO YOU HAVE ANY PETS? AND THE ONLY PLACE SHE COULD
FIND IS AN APARTMENT WITH THREE GUYS AND THEY’RE KIND OF LIKE
HER POLAR OPPOSITE. PS.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING? WE ARE JUST CHILLING.
THAT DISCOMFORT, THE GIRLS AND THE GUYS BEING IN THE SAME
SPACE AND THEY’RE NOT TOGETHER LIKE PARTNERS.
THEY’RE TOGETHER LIKE FRIENDS, THAT FELT UNUSUAL AND FRESH.
I ACCIDENTALLY SAW NICK’S PEPE.
I ACCIDENTALLY SAW NICK’S PEPE AND HIS BUBBLES.
IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT ALL THE CHARACTERS ON "NEW GIRL" WERE
RACIALLY DIVERSE, MEN AND WOMEN. NOT JUST LIKE A CAST OF WHITE
PEOPLE WHICH IS NOT THAT INTERESTING.
THE FACT THE MATTER IS I LIVE IN A OF WITH THREE PEOPLE WHO
HAPPENS TO BE WHITE, BELIEVE IN ME, THERE IS SO MUCH MORE I FIND
ANNOYING ABOUT YOU THAT I HAVE NOT GOTTEN TO RACE.
I THINK THAT’S WHY I DO FEEL LIKE "NEW GIRL" WAS THE SITCOM
FOR THE MILLENNIAL GENERATION. MOST OF THESE DUDES ARE NOT
LOOKING FOR A RELATIONSHIP. YOU GOT TO A LOT OF
GIRLS TO GET A GOOD GIRL. THE NEXT STEP IS SHOWING
THESE AUTHENTIC PORTRAYALS, LAYER PORTRAYALS.
YES, WE GRAVITATE TOWARDS PEOPLE WHO ARE LIKE US BUT THEY DON’T
HAVE TO BE EXACTLY LIKE US IN ORDER TO CREATE THESE REALLY
PROFOUND FRIENDSHIPS IN "COMMUNITY."