1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:27,630 S MEXICAN. 2 00:00:32,533 --> 00:00:35,469 >>> PAY BACK! 3 00:00:35,469 --> 00:00:37,969 SHUT UP! SHUT UP! 4 00:00:37,971 --> 00:00:41,341 I FEEL LIKE WE GET TO KNOW THESE CHARACTERS. 5 00:00:41,341 --> 00:00:43,010 THEY’RE YOUR FRIENDS. I DON’T THINK IT’S GOING TO 6 00:00:43,010 --> 00:00:44,110 PIVOT ANYMORE. YOU THINK? 7 00:00:44,111 --> 00:00:49,281 THEY WERE PURELY SELFISH AND PURELY IMMATURE. 8 00:00:49,283 --> 00:00:53,220 ARE YOU STILL MASTER OF YOUR DOE 9 00:00:53,220 --> 00:00:54,820 DO MAIN? I’M QUEEN OF THE CASTLE. 10 00:00:54,821 --> 00:00:59,359 YOU HOPE YOU HAVE THOSE KINDS OF RELATIONSHIPS IN YOUR LIFE. 11 00:00:59,359 --> 00:01:02,929 TONIGHT IS ABOUT CELEBRATEING OUR BOND AS FRIENDS. 12 00:01:02,930 --> 00:01:05,230 FAMILY. GOOD TO SEE YOU, TOO, GIRL. 13 00:01:05,232 --> 00:01:08,769 WHERE YOU GOING? CARNIVAL. 14 00:01:08,769 --> 00:01:11,699 YOUR FRIENDS, SOMETIMES IS MORE FAMILY THAN THE PEOPLE 15 00:01:11,705 --> 00:01:14,374 YOU’RE RELATED TO. SOMETHING IS BOTHERING YOU. 16 00:01:14,374 --> 00:01:17,878 I’VE NEVER BEEN HAPPIER. TRYING TO MAKE YOU A WAY IN 17 00:01:17,878 --> 00:01:26,148 THE WORLD HAVING A SAFE HARBOR WHERE EVERYBODY KNOWS YOUR NAME. 18 00:01:34,528 --> 00:01:38,398 >>> I’M OUT. WHAT? 19 00:01:38,398 --> 00:01:41,768 YEAH, I’M OUT. I’M OUT OF THE CONTEST. 20 00:01:41,768 --> 00:01:46,938 UGLY NAKED GUY IS HAVING THANKSGIVING DINNER WITH UGLY 21 00:01:46,940 --> 00:01:51,010 NAKED GAL. "FRIENDS "OR "SEINFELD" YOU 22 00:01:51,011 --> 00:01:53,246 WANT ME TO CHOOSE? I CAN’T ANSWER THAT. 23 00:01:53,246 --> 00:01:55,176 IT’S SUBJECTIVE. CHALLENGE ACCEPTED. 24 00:01:55,182 --> 00:01:56,950 CONTEST. A CONTEST? 25 00:01:56,950 --> 00:02:04,420 "SEINFELD" WILL WIN, I THINK. "SEINFELD" IS SMART. 26 00:02:04,424 --> 00:02:09,062 "SIN FIELD"EINFELD" IS A BRIL HALF HOUR OF TELEVISION. 27 00:02:09,062 --> 00:02:13,700 "SEINFELD". "SEINFELD" IS MY FAVORITE ALL 28 00:02:13,700 --> 00:02:16,737 TIME SHOW. YOU WANT TO PLAY‐OFF? 29 00:02:16,737 --> 00:02:20,407 WE CAN PLAY ROUGH. I LOVE "FRIENDS". 30 00:02:20,407 --> 00:02:22,476 ONE OF MY FAVORITE SHOWS OF ALL TIME. 31 00:02:22,476 --> 00:02:24,436 SO WATCHABLE. 32 00:02:24,444 --> 00:02:27,347 "FRIENDS". "FRIENDS". 33 00:02:27,347 --> 00:02:30,017 I REALLY APPRECIATED "FRIENDS". 34 00:02:30,017 --> 00:02:35,756 ONE OF THE TOP ALL TIME SITCOMS, "SEINFELD," YEAH. 35 00:02:35,756 --> 00:02:37,686 ARE WE FINISHED? DONE. 36 00:02:37,691 --> 00:02:40,861 AT THE CORE OF EVERY SITCOM YOU DO HAVE A FAMILY WHETHER IT 37 00:02:40,861 --> 00:02:43,861 IS A BLOOD FAMILY OR A FOUND FAMILY. 38 00:02:43,864 --> 00:02:47,300 IN THE CASE OF "FRIENDS" OR "SEINFELD". 39 00:02:47,300 --> 00:02:54,240 AS NEW GENERATIONS EMERGE FROM BABY BOOMERS TO AGAIN X TO 40 00:02:54,241 --> 00:02:56,109 AGAIN GEN Z WE SEE THOSE REFLECTED IN 41 00:02:56,109 --> 00:03:01,509 THE "FRIENDS" SITCOM. YOU LOOK AT THE RISE OF THE 42 00:03:01,515 --> 00:03:02,949 "FRIENDS "FRIENDS" SITCOM. 43 00:03:02,949 --> 00:03:06,586 IT HAPPENS WHEN WE SIT AT A MOMENT WHICH DIVORCE RATES WERE 44 00:03:06,586 --> 00:03:09,316 RISING. WE SEEM TO BE GOING DOWNHILL 45 00:03:09,322 --> 00:03:13,226 IN LIFE’S MOST IMPORTANT VENTURE, MARRIAGE. 46 00:03:13,226 --> 00:03:15,556 DO YOU COMPARE EVERYBODY TO YOUR EX‐WIFE? 47 00:03:15,562 --> 00:03:22,536 SURE I DO AND COMPARE BLANCH, EVERYONE LOOKS GOOD. 48 00:03:22,536 --> 00:03:26,466 THEY BEGAN TO EXPLORE THE BREAKUP OF THE FAMILY ON 49 00:03:26,473 --> 00:03:27,841 TELEVISION. TWO DIVORCED MEN SHARE AN 50 00:03:27,841 --> 00:03:30,610 APARTMENT WITHOUT DRIVING EACH OTHER CRAZY. 51 00:03:30,610 --> 00:03:34,280 THE PERFECT OPENING TO A SITCOM WAS, OF COURSE, THE ODD 52 00:03:34,281 --> 00:03:39,586 COUPLE OPENING, WHICH TOLD ALL THE BACK STORY AND SET IT UP IN 53 00:03:39,586 --> 00:03:42,686 THIS BEAUTIFUL WAY. FELIX WAS ASKED TO REMOVE 54 00:03:42,689 --> 00:03:44,758 HIMSELF FROM THIS PLACE OF RESIDENCE. 55 00:03:44,758 --> 00:03:50,428 THAT REQUEST CAME FROM HIS LIFE. "THE ODD COUPLE" WAS A NEAL 56 00:03:50,430 --> 00:03:52,999 SIMON PLAY ON BROADWAY AND BECAME A MOVIE EX CAME TO 57 00:03:52,999 --> 00:03:56,069 TELEVISION IN 1970, THANKS TO GARRY MARSHALL. 58 00:03:56,069 --> 00:03:58,299 WOULD YOU DO ME A FAVOR? WHAT? 59 00:03:58,305 --> 00:04:02,042 FOR MY BIRTHDAY, LET ME CLEAN UP IN HERE. 60 00:04:02,042 --> 00:04:09,416 THE FINICKY WAS BECAUSE HE WAS FINICKY. 61 00:04:09,416 --> 00:04:12,185 TOTAL OPPOSITE. THE SLOB. 62 00:04:12,185 --> 00:04:14,285 THE GAMBLER. IN MY ROOM, YOU CAN EAT OFF 63 00:04:14,287 --> 00:04:17,317 THE FLOOR. YOU CAN EAT OFF THE FLOOR IN 64 00:04:17,324 --> 00:04:23,163 MY ROOM. "ODD COUPLE" IS SO SEMINOLE. 65 00:04:23,163 --> 00:04:27,167 IN THE VERY FIRST EPISODE OF "TWO AND A HALF MEN" ARE WE 66 00:04:27,167 --> 00:04:30,397 MAKING ALAN A NEAT FREAK, IF THAT’S WHAT WE’RE DOING, WE’RE 67 00:04:30,403 --> 00:04:37,143 DOING ODD COUPLE. WORKING THEIR WAY INTO THE 68 00:04:37,144 --> 00:04:39,679 NAP OF THE CARPET. THERE WAS A FANTASTIC EPISODE 69 00:04:39,679 --> 00:04:47,249 WHERE THEY GO ON PASSWORD AND THE PASSWORD IS BIRD. 70 00:04:47,254 --> 00:04:51,724 DOESN’T GET IT. THE OTHER TEAM GETS IT. 71 00:04:51,725 --> 00:04:55,595 NO MORE GREEK CLUES. RIDICULOUS. 72 00:04:55,595 --> 00:05:01,925 GO BACK AND SAY THE PASSWORD IS RIDICULOUS. 73 00:05:01,935 --> 00:05:06,807 RIDICULOUS. YOU GOT IT. 74 00:05:06,807 --> 00:05:11,707 AS MUCH AS THEY GOT ON EACH OTHER’S NERVES, THEY HAD EACH 75 00:05:11,711 --> 00:05:13,747 OTHER’S BACKS. LOOKS LIKE YOUR EX‐WIFE. 76 00:05:13,747 --> 00:05:15,877 LOOKS LIKE LAURIE? YEAH. 77 00:05:15,882 --> 00:05:21,688 AS DIVORCE BECAME SO COMMON PLACE, THAT SHOWS THAT DIVERTED 78 00:05:21,688 --> 00:05:26,126 FROM FAMILY LIFE IN THE ’70s REALLY REFLECTED WHAT WAS 79 00:05:26,126 --> 00:05:31,156 HAPPENING IN REALITY IN AMERICA. AS A KID, I CAME HOME FROM 80 00:05:31,164 --> 00:05:35,669 SCHOOL, LOCKED THE DOOR BEHIND ME AND THEN YOU COULD WATCH AN 81 00:05:35,669 --> 00:05:41,769 HOUR OF TV. "LATCHKEY KIDS" SERVED FOR 82 00:05:41,775 --> 00:05:43,410 SOMETHING RELATABLE ON TELEVISION. 83 00:05:43,410 --> 00:05:46,210 I TALKED TO MY FOLKS. I TOLD THEM I DROPPED OUT OF 84 00:05:46,213 --> 00:05:50,417 SCHOOL AND MY FATHER SAID TO MY MOTHER, HE SAID SEE MARJORIE, I 85 00:05:50,417 --> 00:05:52,385 TOLD YOU WE SHOULDN’T HAVE HAD HIM. 86 00:05:52,385 --> 00:06:01,555 WELL"WELCOME BACK KOTTER" IS MY BONES AND DNA. 87 00:06:01,561 --> 00:06:07,000 THAT SLOW, SEXY. ♪ WELCOME BACK ♪ 88 00:06:07,000 --> 00:06:10,637 ♪ WELCOME BACK TO THAT SAME OLD PLACE THAT YOU LAUGHED ABOUT ♪ 89 00:06:10,637 --> 00:06:19,277 BOY, WHAT AN HONOR. IN MY CLASS, ALL FOUR MARK ERERS 90 00:06:19,279 --> 00:06:20,609 BROTHERS. A COLLECTION OF GUYS WITH A 91 00:06:20,614 --> 00:06:23,416 SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP WITH THEIR TEACHER. 92 00:06:23,416 --> 00:06:27,446 THEY WERE BROTHERS AND FRIENDS. UP YOUR NOSE. 93 00:06:27,454 --> 00:06:34,327 BARBERINO WAS SET UP TO BE THE SEX SYMBOL. 94 00:06:34,327 --> 00:06:37,597 DAMN. WASHINGTON IS A BASKETBALL 95 00:06:37,597 --> 00:06:40,897 PLAYER, COOL GUY. HI, THERE. 96 00:06:40,901 --> 00:06:43,069 EPSTEIN IS A TOUGH GUY. 97 00:06:43,069 --> 00:06:47,269 WATCHING THE FIGHT, I AIN’T IN IT, MAKES ME NERVOUS. 98 00:06:47,274 --> 00:06:51,644 THE NERD. DID YOU KNOW THAT HORSE SHACK 99 00:06:51,645 --> 00:06:58,451 MEANS THE CATTLE ARE DYING? 100 00:06:58,451 --> 00:07:03,757 WHEN "WELCOME BACK KOTTER "PREMIERED, WE WERE A HIT. 101 00:07:03,757 --> 00:07:07,487 ABC ATTRACTED THIS AUDIENCE THAT WAS SO UNDER SERVED BY 102 00:07:07,494 --> 00:07:10,497 PRIME TIME TV. THE KIDS, THE TEENS, THE YOUNG 103 00:07:10,497 --> 00:07:13,066 PEOPLE, THERE IS ROOM FOR THEM FOR A NEW KIND OF SHOW. 104 00:07:13,066 --> 00:07:20,836 AND THAT IS THE TALE OF THE FONZ. 105 00:07:33,669 --> 00:07:37,769 >>> WE CANNOT LIVE IN THE PRESENT. 106 00:07:37,773 --> 00:07:41,410 "THESE DAYS ARE OURS ♪ WHEN YOU HEAR THAT MUSIC, THE 107 00:07:41,410 --> 00:07:44,940 WHOLE SHOW WOULD FLASH IN YOUR MIND. 108 00:07:44,947 --> 00:07:48,050 BERRY MARSHALL WAS BECOMING LIKE A LEGEND IN HIS OWN DAY 109 00:07:48,050 --> 00:07:50,319 BECAUSE HE HAD DONE THE ODD COUPLE. 110 00:07:50,319 --> 00:07:56,819 GARRY MARSHALL ALWAYS SAID, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE DO 111 00:07:56,825 --> 00:07:58,894 IMPORTANT TELEVISION LIKE THE RESAYS. 112 00:07:58,894 --> 00:08:04,064 "HAPPY DAYS" IS BUILT AROUND THE FAMILY ORIGINALLY. 113 00:08:04,066 --> 00:08:06,135 DOESN’T RICHARD LOOK NICE TONIGHT? 114 00:08:06,135 --> 00:08:09,538 HE’S GOT STINKY STUFF ON HIS HAIR. 115 00:08:09,538 --> 00:08:13,008 IS THAT WHAT THE SMELL IS? I THOUGHT THE MILK WAS SOUR. 116 00:08:13,008 --> 00:08:20,648 THE FONZ WAS A BACKGROUND CHAR ARACTER AND LUCKILY HE HAD 117 00:08:20,649 --> 00:08:23,779 LINES PER EPISODE. BUT NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE 118 00:08:23,786 --> 00:08:26,321 WATCHING ABC. THEY WERE A DISTANT THIRD PLACE. 119 00:08:26,321 --> 00:08:31,760 REMEMBER, IN THE EARLY ’70s, ABC MADE A BIG MISTAKE NOT 120 00:08:31,760 --> 00:08:36,730 PICKING UP "ALL IN THE FAMILY". ABC DECIDED TO REALLY 121 00:08:36,732 --> 00:08:40,432 REINVENT ITSELF. THEY BROUGHT FRED SILVERMAN FROM 122 00:08:40,436 --> 00:08:42,304 CBS AND SAID LET GO AFTER THE YOUNG PEOPLE. 123 00:08:42,304 --> 00:08:47,743 UNDER FRED SILVERMAN, IT DECIDED FONZI NEEDS TO BE 124 00:08:47,743 --> 00:08:51,680 ELEVATED AS A STAR. THE FONZ TOOK IT UP A LEVEL. 125 00:08:51,680 --> 00:08:55,180 SEE NEW GUYS HERE. THEY WERE LOOKING FOR SOMEONE 126 00:08:55,184 --> 00:08:59,854 TALL AND TOUGH AND THEY GOT SHORT AND SOFT. 127 00:08:59,855 --> 00:09:04,359 SO I CHANGED MY VOICE AND I CHANGED THE TILT OF MY BODY. 128 00:09:04,359 --> 00:09:06,259 I JUST STARTED TALKING LIKE THIS. 129 00:09:06,261 --> 00:09:10,361 WHOA. SO I SPOKE VOLUMES WITH JUST 130 00:09:10,365 --> 00:09:13,902 THE SOUND. HEY! 131 00:09:13,902 --> 00:09:17,439 ♪ YOU AIN’T NOTHING BUT A HOUND DOG ♪ 132 00:09:17,439 --> 00:09:22,609 MARIANNE ALWAYS CALLED THE FONZ ARTHUR BECAUSE SHE WANTED 133 00:09:22,611 --> 00:09:26,548 TO TREAT HIM WITH SUCH RESPECT. WELL, GOOD KNOCK. 134 00:09:26,548 --> 00:09:30,178 HEY, THANKS MRS. C. SHE ALSO HAD A CRUSH ON HIM, 135 00:09:30,185 --> 00:09:36,592 I THINK, A LITTLE BIT. 136 00:09:36,592 --> 00:09:38,861 HEY. WHEN THE FONZ TOOK OVER, THE 137 00:09:38,861 --> 00:09:42,461 DYNAMIC CHANGED. WE VENTURE INTO TEENAGE 138 00:09:42,464 --> 00:09:48,570 AMERICAN GRAFFITI STYLE COMEDY. LET’S SEE IT. 139 00:09:48,570 --> 00:09:56,140 DOESN’T LOOK LIKE A HICKIE. IT BECOMES THE NUMBER ONE 140 00:09:56,145 --> 00:09:58,345 SHOW IN THE COUNTRY. THERE WOULD BE TRAFFIC. 141 00:09:58,347 --> 00:10:02,317 PEOPLE GETTING HOME TO WATCH "HAPPY DAYS". 142 00:10:02,317 --> 00:10:06,517 IT WAS A REVELATION. THEY TARGETED 19 TO 41‐YEAR‐OLDS 143 00:10:06,522 --> 00:10:11,922 NOT WITH FAMILY SITCOMS BUT FRIEND SITCOMS. 144 00:10:11,927 --> 00:10:16,665 SHIRLEY FINI, WHOA. SAID WE GOT THIS POD ON 145 00:10:16,665 --> 00:10:20,235 "HAPPY DAYS." THE SHOW WAS A DOUBLE DATE WITH 146 00:10:20,235 --> 00:10:24,840 FONZI AND RICHY. NICE AND A TIE, TOO. 147 00:10:24,840 --> 00:10:30,679 AND A HANKIE. THEY WERE INCREDIBLY 148 00:10:30,679 --> 00:10:33,179 INDIVIDUALLY FUNNY. IS ANYBODY UPSTAIRS GOING TO 149 00:10:33,182 --> 00:10:36,919 RUN DOWN AND CALL ME A NASTY NAME? 150 00:10:36,919 --> 00:10:39,449 GARY GOT THE IDEA TO SPIN THEM OFF INTO THEIR OWN SERIES. 151 00:10:39,454 --> 00:10:43,324 CAN WE TALK "LAVERNE AND SHIRLEY". 152 00:10:43,325 --> 00:10:51,333 MY JESUS AND MY BEETLES WAS "LAVERNE AND SHIRLEY". 153 00:10:51,333 --> 00:10:58,040 EVERYONE IDENTIFIED WITH "LAVERNE AND SHIRLEY" AND THE 154 00:10:58,040 --> 00:11:01,040 OPENING SONG. 155 00:11:01,043 --> 00:11:03,712 "LAVERNE AND SHIRLEY" IS 156 00:11:03,712 --> 00:11:12,421 ABOUT TWO WORKING CLASS GIRLS WHO STRUGGLE TO MAKE ENDS MEET 157 00:11:12,421 --> 00:11:16,391 WORKING AT A BREWERY GOING OUT AT NIGHT AND NICE TO SEE TWO 158 00:11:16,391 --> 00:11:21,230 WOMEN AT THE CENTER OF A SITCOM. "LAVERNE AND SHIRLEY" THROUGH 159 00:11:21,230 --> 00:11:25,200 THE LENS OF THE ’50s SAID A LOT ABOUT WHAT WOMEN WERE STRIVING 160 00:11:25,200 --> 00:11:32,040 TO ACCOMPLISH IN THE ’70s. WOMEN WERE APT TO GO OUT AND 161 00:11:32,040 --> 00:11:34,770 WORK AND NOT GET MARRIED RIGHT OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL. 162 00:11:34,776 --> 00:11:40,582 WE’LL MEET GUYS. UNEMPLOYED GUYS. 163 00:11:40,582 --> 00:11:42,682 SHARE 164 00:11:42,684 --> 00:11:44,853 SHIRLEY IS THE GIRL THAT WANTS TO GET MARRIED AND HAVE 165 00:11:44,853 --> 00:11:46,688 THE WHITE PICKET FENCE AROUND THE HOUSE. 166 00:11:46,688 --> 00:11:54,058 SAY WE GO TO THIS PARTY AND YOU MEET THIS WONDERFUL GUY. 167 00:11:54,062 --> 00:11:55,292 DO YOU THINK HE’S GOING TO MARCH YOU? 168 00:11:55,297 --> 00:11:57,633 STRANGER THINGS HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO HAPPEN. 169 00:11:57,633 --> 00:12:00,569 LAVERNE WANTED TO HAVE A GOOD TIME. 170 00:12:00,569 --> 00:12:03,869 THE MAD HATTER DIDN’T WEAR FISH NET STOCKINGS. 171 00:12:03,872 --> 00:12:07,709 THAT’S WHY HE DIDN’T GET ANY ACTION. 172 00:12:07,709 --> 00:12:12,209 THEY WERE PHYSICAL KACOMEDIAN THE LIKES OF WHICH HAVEN’T BEEN 173 00:12:12,214 --> 00:12:14,383 SEEN SINCE LUCY. 174 00:12:14,383 --> 00:12:21,490 WHAT THEY FIGURED OUT TO DO WITH MAKING A BED. 175 00:12:21,490 --> 00:12:28,830 THERE YOU GO. IT’S WAY BEYOND MY PAY GRADE. 176 00:12:28,830 --> 00:12:34,130 "LAVERNE AND SHIRLEY" WAS NUMBER ONE FOR I DON’T KNOW HOW 177 00:12:34,136 --> 00:12:37,072 MANY SEASONS. IT WENT OFF THE CHARTS 178 00:12:37,072 --> 00:12:43,742 RIDICULOUS AND FELT LIKE IT WAS FOR US. 179 00:12:43,745 --> 00:12:46,415 PRESIDENT FORD TODAY PROCLAIMED FEBRUARY TO BE 180 00:12:46,415 --> 00:12:49,751 NATIONAL BLACK HISTORY MONTH. IN LIGHT OF THE SUCCESS OF 181 00:12:49,751 --> 00:12:57,960 THE "FRIENDS" SITCOMS LIKE "HAPPY DAYS" AND "LAVERNE AND 182 00:12:57,960 --> 00:13:01,390 SHIRLEY" THEY WANTED TO CREATE A STORY OF BLACK TEENAGERS. 183 00:13:01,396 --> 00:13:05,266 THERE WERE KIDS GOING AND HANGING OUT DOWN AT THE DINER 184 00:13:05,267 --> 00:13:10,205 LIKE TEENAGERS IN THE 1950s LIKE KIDS GOING TO THE MALT SHOP. 185 00:13:10,205 --> 00:13:14,910 WHAT’S HAPPENING, ROB? OPENED THE ENTIRE WALL TO 186 00:13:14,910 --> 00:13:19,080 BLACK TEENAGERS THAT ARE BEST FRIENDS. 187 00:13:19,081 --> 00:13:21,350 BETTY SPOKES IS OUT OF TOWN SO YOU KNOW IT’S GOING TO BE THE 188 00:13:21,350 --> 00:13:27,650 PARTY OF THE YEAR. IT WAS BASED AROUND 189 00:13:27,656 --> 00:13:28,756 FRIENDSHIPS. THE DANCE. 190 00:13:28,757 --> 00:13:34,463 THEN YOU HAD DWAYNE WITH THE BIG FRO, HEY, HEY, HEY. 191 00:13:34,463 --> 00:13:38,433 HEY, HEY, HEY. DEE, THE SISTER IS LIKE MY 192 00:13:38,433 --> 00:13:39,501 SISTER. YOU’RE ALWAYS BROKE AND YOU 193 00:13:39,501 --> 00:13:43,238 CAN’T HOLD DOWN A STEADY JOB. HIS MOTHER WAS LIKE MY MOMS. 194 00:13:43,238 --> 00:13:46,538 SHE BEAT HIM. ALL OF IT. 195 00:13:46,541 --> 00:13:50,411 BUT MAMA. I WOULDN’T SAY BUT IF I WERE 196 00:13:50,412 --> 00:13:51,942 YOU. IF MIKE GIVES ME AN IDEA. 197 00:13:51,947 --> 00:13:55,350 THE AVERAGE BLACK FAMILY COULD IDENTIFY WITH IT. 198 00:13:55,350 --> 00:13:59,620 THE OTHER UNIVERSAL THING WHAT IS HAPPENING IS FRIENDSHIP. 199 00:13:59,621 --> 00:14:02,221 KIDS THRIVE ON THAT WITHOUT FRIENDSHIP WE HAVE NOTHING. 200 00:14:02,224 --> 00:14:08,494 THE IRONY OF WHAT IS HAPPENING IS WHEN YOU GO TO THE AUTOGRAPH 201 00:14:08,497 --> 00:14:11,433 SIGNING, IT ALL’S ALL WHITE. YOU MAKE THEM LAUGH, PEOPLE 202 00:14:27,326 --> 00:14:29,426 >>> WHAT MADE YOU GET RID OF THAT JOINT? 203 00:14:29,429 --> 00:14:32,565 WATCHING YOU LAST NIGHT. FROM NOW ON I’LL STICK TO BEING 204 00:14:32,565 --> 00:14:35,635 HIGH ON ME. 205 00:14:35,635 --> 00:14:40,573 SO THIS SHIRT I WANTED TO FIND A WAY TO MAY TRIBUTE. 206 00:14:40,573 --> 00:14:43,703 "HACKS OF LIFE" WAS PART OF THE FAMILY. 207 00:14:43,709 --> 00:14:47,547 ABOUT FOURTEEN AGE GIRLS TRYING TO FIND THEIR WAY WITH THE 208 00:14:47,547 --> 00:14:54,253 GUIDANCE OF THIS WISE OLDER WOMAN. 209 00:14:54,253 --> 00:14:55,983 DIVORCE. VIRG 210 00:14:55,988 --> 00:14:57,757 VIRGINITY. SNAKE AND I SLEPT TOGETHER. 211 00:14:57,757 --> 00:15:01,757 CLASS WARS ON THE REGULAR. WELL, YOU’RE NOT PREJUDICE. 212 00:15:01,761 --> 00:15:05,731 YOU’RE JUST A SNOB. TEACH ME TO BE COMMON, JOE. 213 00:15:05,731 --> 00:15:09,235 BRING ME DOWN TO YOUR LEVEL. THE SHOW LIKE "FACTS OF LIFE 214 00:15:09,235 --> 00:15:12,465 "IS THE BEGINNING OF THE VERY SPECIAL EPISODE. 215 00:15:12,472 --> 00:15:18,711 I NEVER THINK MY BEST FRIEND IS WHITE. 216 00:15:18,711 --> 00:15:21,247 I JUST KNOW MY BEST FRIEND IS NATALIE. 217 00:15:21,247 --> 00:15:26,886 WHEN YOU LOOK AT TOOTTY AND NATALIE, YOU’RE LOOKING AT 218 00:15:26,886 --> 00:15:32,856 FRIENDSHIP AND LOVE. THAT SUPERSEDES RACE. 219 00:15:32,859 --> 00:15:34,827 THE NORMAN LEARY SHOWS IN THE 220 00:15:34,827 --> 00:15:38,664 ’70s MAY HAVE BEEN TEACHING US LESSONS BUT IT WASN’T SO OVERT. 221 00:15:38,664 --> 00:15:42,264 I’M LOOKING FOR BLARE WARNER. YOU MUST BE HER COUSIN, 222 00:15:42,268 --> 00:15:42,968 JERRY. YEAH. 223 00:15:42,969 --> 00:15:49,509 THE ONLY TIME I EVER SAW A CHILD WITH A DISABILITY ON 224 00:15:49,509 --> 00:15:53,409 TELEVISION, THE KID WAS ON A TELETHON. 225 00:15:53,412 --> 00:16:00,119 THE COUSIN ON "FACTS OF LIFE". SEE I HAD THIS MADE. 226 00:16:00,119 --> 00:16:04,056 IT SAYS I DON’T HAVE CEREBRAL PALSY, I’M DRUNK. 227 00:16:04,056 --> 00:16:06,786 IT WAS RISKY. HOW WAS THE BUS RIDE? 228 00:16:06,792 --> 00:16:09,028 I DON’T KNOW, I DROVE. A CAR? 229 00:16:09,028 --> 00:16:11,728 NO. A LEMON. 230 00:16:11,731 --> 00:16:15,901 WHEN "FACTS OF LIFE" AIRED, I 231 00:16:15,902 --> 00:16:21,073 WAS SO USED TO KIDS BULLYING ME AND CALLING ME NAMES THAT THAT’S 232 00:16:21,073 --> 00:16:25,403 WHAT WAS IN MY HEAD WHEN I SAW THE KIDS BEHIND ME AND THE ONE 233 00:16:25,411 --> 00:16:28,714 KID, THERE WERE ABOUT FOUR OF THEM. 234 00:16:28,714 --> 00:16:32,444 ARE YOU COUSIN JANE FROM "FACTS OF LIFE"? 235 00:16:32,451 --> 00:16:37,156 IT WAS A REAL INCREDIBLE FEELING TO BE LIKED BY KIDS. 236 00:16:37,156 --> 00:16:41,726 YOU MEAN YOU’RE NOT GOING TO MAKE FUN OF ME AND CALL ME 237 00:16:41,727 --> 00:16:42,327 NAMES? WOW. 238 00:16:42,328 --> 00:16:48,098 "FACTS OF LIFE" WAS A YOUNGER DM 239 00:16:48,100 --> 00:16:50,136 DEMOGRAPHIC. EVENTUALLY THOSE KIDS WOULD 240 00:16:50,136 --> 00:16:53,105 GROW UP. WHAT STORIES DO YOU TELL THEM? 241 00:16:53,105 --> 00:16:58,105 THE 1980s WERE A RADICAL TRANLS TRANSFORMATION. 242 00:16:58,110 --> 00:17:01,113 HOW DO YOU LIVE UP TO THE IDEAS YOU SET WHEN YOU WERE YOUNGER 243 00:17:01,113 --> 00:17:05,283 WHEN DEALING WITH THE REALITIES OF RAISING CHILDREN AND PAYING A 244 00:17:05,284 --> 00:17:05,944 MORTGAGE. 245 00:17:05,952 --> 00:17:09,455 ♪ SOMETIMES YOU WANT TO GO WHERE EVERYBODY KNOWS YOUR NAME ♪ 246 00:17:09,455 --> 00:17:15,225 I DON’T KNOW IF I CAN TELL YOU WHY "CHEERS" WAS SO POPULAR 247 00:17:15,228 --> 00:17:20,766 IN THE ’80s BUT I KNOW THE SONG WAS BRILLIANT. 248 00:17:20,766 --> 00:17:24,036 AS IT WAS COMING TO THE END OF THE RUN, GLEN AND LIZ CHARLES 249 00:17:24,036 --> 00:17:27,473 WERE TRYING TO THINK OF WHAT THEIR NEXT PROJECT WOULD BE. 250 00:17:27,473 --> 00:17:32,773 WE WERE A DESPERATE NETWORK. I THOUGHT MY FUTURE AT NBC WAS 251 00:17:32,778 --> 00:17:39,848 ON THE LINE AND IT WAS A REMARK REMARKBLY SIMPLE PITCH. 252 00:17:39,852 --> 00:17:44,790 WE WANT OUR CHARACTERS TO COME INTO A BAR, SHARE THEIR LIFE 253 00:17:44,790 --> 00:17:47,693 STORIES. ME, I LIKE THE CHALLENGES. 254 00:17:47,693 --> 00:17:52,763 DOGS, VICIOUS KIDS, HARD TO FIND MAILBOXES. 255 00:17:52,765 --> 00:17:57,165 YOU THINK THE ACCOUNTING IS BORING, HEY? 256 00:17:57,169 --> 00:18:02,308 I MISS ONE DIGIT, THE WHOLE COMPANY GOES INTO THE TOILET. 257 00:18:02,308 --> 00:18:09,348 "CHEERS" WAS THE LOWEST RATED SHOW ON EVERY NETWORK. 258 00:18:09,348 --> 00:18:12,618 I DON’T THINK HE’S DOING A LOT OF BRAGGING ABOUT IT, 259 00:18:12,618 --> 00:18:13,918 EITHER. WE LOVED IT. 260 00:18:13,919 --> 00:18:19,325 WE BELIEVED WE JUST GOT TO HANG IN WITH THIS. 261 00:18:19,325 --> 00:18:22,595 SOMEONE SAID LET’S NOT CANCEL "CHEERS." 262 00:18:22,595 --> 00:18:26,565 NOT MANY PEOPLE ARE WATCHING IT BUT LET KEEP IT ON AWHILE. 263 00:18:26,565 --> 00:18:28,765 I NEVER MET AN INTELLIGENT WOMAN I WANT TO DATE. 264 00:18:28,768 --> 00:18:33,706 ON BEHALF OF THE INTELLIGENT WOMEN AROUND THE WORLD, LET ME 265 00:18:33,706 --> 00:18:37,943 SAY WOOSH. IT TOOK THAT FIRST YEAR FOR 266 00:18:37,943 --> 00:18:43,873 PEOPLE TO FIND THE SHOW AND ONCE THEY LATCH ON TO IT, AUDIENCES 267 00:18:43,883 --> 00:18:45,885 LOVE THE CHARACTERS SO MUCH. THE FAMILY OF A BUNCH OF 268 00:18:45,885 --> 00:18:49,155 LOVABLE LOSERS TRYING TO FIND THEIR WAY. 269 00:18:49,155 --> 00:18:53,085 THE THINGS THEY THINK THEY’RE MASKING, THEY’RE NOT DOING A 270 00:18:53,092 --> 00:18:58,864 GREAT JOB AT IT SO IT’S FUNNY. SAM, THE EX RELIEF PITCHER 271 00:18:58,864 --> 00:19:04,734 REFORMED ALCOHOLIC THAT TOOK HIS PITCHING COACH STARTED THIS BAR. 272 00:19:04,737 --> 00:19:13,407 HIS REGULARS GEORGE WHO ‐‐ IT’S STUPID FOR ME TO TRY TO DESCRIBE 273 00:19:13,412 --> 00:19:16,549 THESE ICONIC CHARACTERS THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS BETTER THAN ME. 274 00:19:16,549 --> 00:19:19,585 THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SAM AND DIANE WAS MAGICAL. 275 00:19:19,585 --> 00:19:24,115 SAM, I AM SORRY I WAS LATE. IS THERE ANYTHING I CAN DO TO 276 00:19:24,123 --> 00:19:27,126 MAKE IT UP TO YOU? YEAH, BUT YOU WOULDN’T. 277 00:19:27,126 --> 00:19:34,696 AND THEN IT INTRODUCED A STORY TELLING TROBE. 278 00:19:34,700 --> 00:19:36,200 WILL THEY? WON’T THEY? 279 00:19:36,202 --> 00:19:39,372 I HATE YOU. ARE YOU AS TURNED ON AS I AM? 280 00:19:39,372 --> 00:19:42,875 MORE. "CHEERS" WAS EXPLICITLY 281 00:19:42,875 --> 00:19:46,345 SAYING THESE TWO PEOPLE ARE GOING TO SLEEP TOGETHER AND IT’S 282 00:19:46,345 --> 00:19:49,975 GOING TO BE A DISASTER. I’VE NEVER BEEN BETTER MY 283 00:19:49,982 --> 00:19:52,885 ENTIRE LIFE. YOU’VE BEEN BAMBOOZLED SINCE 284 00:19:52,885 --> 00:19:58,324 DIANE WALKED OUT ON YOU. THIS IS TOP SECRET. 285 00:19:58,324 --> 00:20:00,993 TIE ANN IS DIANE IS GOING TO BREAK UP WITH 286 00:20:00,993 --> 00:20:03,623 SAM. OVER EDUCATED, HIGHLY 287 00:20:03,629 --> 00:20:09,068 EMOTIONAL DREAMER. I THOUGHT I CAN PLAY THIS GUY. 288 00:20:09,068 --> 00:20:11,437 SHELLEY MOVED ON AFTER THE 289 00:20:11,437 --> 00:20:18,507 FIFTH SEASON AND IN CAME KIRSTIE ALLEY. 290 00:20:18,511 --> 00:20:21,814 SHE WAS LIKE A BIKER CHICK FROM HELL. 291 00:20:21,814 --> 00:20:26,184 SHE BLEW THE ROOF OFF OF IT. AND WOODY HARRELSON. 292 00:20:26,185 --> 00:20:31,185 YOU GET BEHIND THE BAR AND STRANGERS ARE YOUR BEST FRIENDS. 293 00:20:31,190 --> 00:20:36,060 "CHEERS" IS WHERE YOU FIT IN AND ACTUALLY BELONG. 294 00:20:36,061 --> 00:20:38,063 WE LOST THE COACH AFTER THE THIRD YEAR. 295 00:20:38,063 --> 00:20:42,993 WE DIDN’T REALIZE HOW SICK NICK WAS AND HE STARTED WRITING ALL 296 00:20:43,002 --> 00:20:45,070 HIS LINES DOWN WHEREVER HE COULD. 297 00:20:45,070 --> 00:20:48,274 WE SAW ONE OF THEM AFTER HE HAD PASSED AWAY. 298 00:20:48,274 --> 00:21:00,644 THE LINE WAS, IT SAYS IF HE’S STILL WITH US NOW, AND WE USED 299 00:21:00,653 --> 00:21:05,257 TO TOUCH THAT EVERY NIGHT WHEN WE’D PERFORM, WE’D COME DOWN AND 300 00:21:05,257 --> 00:21:07,793 TOUCH THAT AND GIVE IT A LITTLE PAT. 301 00:21:07,793 --> 00:21:12,493 I’M OFF. THE LAST EPISODE. 302 00:21:12,498 --> 00:21:15,568 I’M THE LUCKIEST SON OF A BITCH ON EARTH. 303 00:21:15,568 --> 00:21:18,568 I JUST REMEMBER THINKING, I GOT TO BE PART OF THAT HISTORY 304 00:21:18,571 --> 00:21:22,174 OF COMEDY. I AM THE LUCKIEST SON OF A 305 00:21:22,174 --> 00:21:22,874 BITCH, TRULY. 306 00:21:37,352 --> 00:21:42,722 >>> ALL THE GENTLEMEN SEEKS LADY OF REFINEMENT. 307 00:21:42,724 --> 00:21:46,824 I LIKE MOONLIT NIGHTS, ROMANTIC ITALIAN DINNERS AND WAKING UP IN 308 00:21:46,828 --> 00:21:50,632 THE MORNING. IN THE MID TO LATE ’80 THE 309 00:21:50,632 --> 00:21:57,172 DEM DPRAFOGRAPHICS CHANGED. TV IS ALWAYS SEEKING A 310 00:21:57,172 --> 00:21:59,841 YOUNGER DEMOGRAPHIC, YOU HAVE AN AUDIO THAT IS LIFE WITH STORY 311 00:21:59,841 --> 00:22:02,511 POSSIBILITIES NOBODY ELSE IS BOTHERING TO EXPLORE. 312 00:22:02,511 --> 00:22:07,441 WARREN LITTLE FIELD WANTED TO DO A SHOW ABOUT OLDER WOMEN 313 00:22:07,449 --> 00:22:12,087 LIVING TOGETHER AND I SAID I THINK SUSAN HARRIS IS THE 314 00:22:12,087 --> 00:22:17,557 GREATEST COMEDY WRITER PERHAPS OF ALL TIME AND I WORSHIPPED THE 315 00:22:17,559 --> 00:22:22,664 INNOVATIVE QUALITY OF SOAP. I PITCHED HER THE IDEA. 316 00:22:22,664 --> 00:22:27,702 HER QUESTION WAS NETWORKS JUST WANT SHOWS ABOUT YOUNG PEOPLE. 317 00:22:27,702 --> 00:22:31,172 ARE YOU GOING TO PUT THIS ON THE AIR? 318 00:22:31,172 --> 00:22:34,142 ♪ THANK YOU FOR BEING A FRIEND, TRAVEL DOWN THE ROAD AND BACK 319 00:22:34,142 --> 00:22:38,142 AGAIN 320 00:22:38,146 --> 00:22:39,781 AS A KID, THAT’S RIGHT. 321 00:22:39,781 --> 00:22:43,851 YOU SIT THERE ON A SATURDAY NIGHT WITH MY PARENTS WATCHING 322 00:22:43,852 --> 00:22:51,292 "GOLDEN GIRLS". THIS IS THE TIMELESS 323 00:22:51,293 --> 00:23:03,772 FOUR‐SOME SEWOFIA IS THE MATR ISHLGS. 324 00:23:03,772 --> 00:23:05,040 SHE WOULD CALL HER A SLUT IN SO MANY GREAT WAYS. 325 00:23:05,040 --> 00:23:07,100 I DISCOVERED A GREAT WAY TO MEET MORE MEN. 326 00:23:07,108 --> 00:23:09,511 MORE MEN? YOU NEED A CHURN STYLE IN YOUR 327 00:23:09,511 --> 00:23:12,911 BEDROOM. GOSH, THE TRUE HEART OF THAT 328 00:23:12,914 --> 00:23:17,953 SHOW WAS DOROTHY. BEWARE OF ANYONE WHO SAYS NO 329 00:23:17,953 --> 00:23:21,853 CALORIES, ABSOLUTELY NO CHARGE AND LET JUST LIE DOWN ON THE BED 330 00:23:21,856 --> 00:23:25,660 AND WATCH TELEVISION. AND THEN OF COURSE, ROSE’S 331 00:23:25,660 --> 00:23:28,860 CHARACTER IS THE CLOWN. I MEAN, I WAS THE ONE WHO 332 00:23:28,863 --> 00:23:34,263 THOUGHT UP BIG SQUEAKY TOYS FOR COWS. 333 00:23:34,269 --> 00:23:40,942 "THE GOLDEN GIRLS" TALKED ABOUT EDGY STUFF. 334 00:23:40,942 --> 00:23:42,110 ROSE’S HUSBAND DIED WHILE HAVING SEX WITH HER. 335 00:23:42,110 --> 00:23:44,980 I DID THINK IT WAS STRANGE WHEN HE STARTED YELLING ROSE, 336 00:23:44,980 --> 00:23:52,880 I’M GOING. I’M GOING. 337 00:23:52,887 --> 00:23:55,890 THAT’S AN EDGY JOKE. YOUNG ADULT AUDIENCES WENT CRAZY 338 00:23:55,890 --> 00:23:58,190 FOR IT. VIEWERS AND NETWORK SENSORS 339 00:23:58,193 --> 00:24:03,131 WOULD ALLOW OLDER WOMEN TO SAY THINGS OTHER CHARACTERS COULDN’T 340 00:24:03,131 --> 00:24:05,961 GET AWAY WITH. COMPLETE THIS FAMOUS SAYING. 341 00:24:05,967 --> 00:24:11,072 BETTER LATE THAN. PREGNANT. 342 00:24:11,072 --> 00:24:12,272 ONE OF THE BIGGEST LAUGHS THE 343 00:24:12,273 --> 00:24:15,473 SHOW EVER GOT, THE GIRLS ARE GOING ON A CRUISE AND REALIZE 344 00:24:15,477 --> 00:24:17,879 THEY SHOULD PICK UP SOME CONDOMS. 345 00:24:17,879 --> 00:24:20,239 THEY ARE BEING VERY COY. ANIMAL BAG. 346 00:24:20,248 --> 00:24:24,853 TO THE RIGHT. GRIP. 347 00:24:24,853 --> 00:24:28,990 CONDOMS, ROSE, CONDOMS, CONDOMS, CONDOMS. 348 00:24:28,990 --> 00:24:31,720 THE LAUGHS WERE MASSIVE BECAUSE IT WAS SUCH NORM 349 00:24:31,726 --> 00:24:36,031 BREAKING BEHAVIOR. STREAMING OPENED UP A WHOLE 350 00:24:36,031 --> 00:24:39,161 NEW AVENUE TO FIND CONTINUED VIEWER SHIP WITH PEOPLE WHO WERE 351 00:24:39,167 --> 00:24:44,606 NOT EVEN NECESSARILY ALIVE WHEN THE SHOW ENDED IN 1992. 352 00:24:44,606 --> 00:24:47,475 THIS SHOW WAS BUILT TO LAST. HOW ABOUT WHIPPED CREAM? 353 00:24:47,475 --> 00:24:49,411 YUM. I THINK WE STILL HAVE A CAN. 354 00:24:49,411 --> 00:24:51,541 I’LL GET IT. IT IN MY BEDROOM. 355 00:24:51,546 --> 00:24:56,384 NEVER MIND. WE LIVE IN A PEACEFUL 356 00:24:56,384 --> 00:24:58,319 PROSPEROUS TIME THAT WE CAN MAKE IT BETTER. 357 00:24:58,319 --> 00:25:02,889 LEADING UP TO TO THE ’80s THERE WERE A NUMBER OF SHOWS 358 00:25:02,891 --> 00:25:05,591 ABOUT PEOPLE HANGING OUT WITH EACH OTHER. 359 00:25:05,593 --> 00:25:09,193 "SEINFELD "REALLY BUSTED THIS WIDE OPEN. 360 00:25:09,197 --> 00:25:12,133 IT’S HARD TO BELIEVE AT TIMES BUT NOBODY FORCED THEM TO HANG 361 00:25:12,133 --> 00:25:14,102 OUT WITH EACH OTHER ALL THE TIME. 362 00:25:14,102 --> 00:25:15,602 YOU KNOW WHAT YOUR PROBLEM IS? 363 00:25:15,603 --> 00:25:19,703 YOUR STANDARDS ARE TOO HIGH. I WENT OUT WITH YOU. 364 00:25:19,708 --> 00:25:22,477 THAT’S BECAUSE YOUR STANDARDS ARE TOO LOW. 365 00:25:22,477 --> 00:25:26,981 WHAT’S SO EUNIQUE ABOUT THE "SEINFELD" EPISODE IS WE SEE THE 366 00:25:26,981 --> 00:25:31,051 SITCOM PLAYED OUT ON THE SHOW. YOU’RE SAYING I GO TO NBC AND 367 00:25:31,052 --> 00:25:35,590 TELL THEM I GOT THIS IDEA THROUGH A SHOW ABOUT ME GOING TO 368 00:25:35,590 --> 00:25:37,590 NBC. SINCE WHEN ARE YOU A WRITER? 369 00:25:37,592 --> 00:25:42,292 WE’RE TALKING ABOUT A SITCOM. JERRY HAD AN OBSERVATIONAL 370 00:25:42,297 --> 00:25:43,331 HUMOR HUMOR. 371 00:25:43,331 --> 00:25:46,101 DO YOU KNOW WHAT THIS IS ABOUT? 372 00:25:46,101 --> 00:25:46,901 TO BE OUT. THIS IS OUT. 373 00:25:46,901 --> 00:25:50,971 A GENTLEMAN AT NBC WHO WAS IN CHARGE OF LATE NIGHT. 374 00:25:50,972 --> 00:25:55,910 HE APPROACHES JERRY SEINFELD. SO IF YOU HAVE AN IDEA FOR A 375 00:25:55,910 --> 00:26:00,310 TV SHOW FOR YOURSELF, WE JUST WOULD LOVE TO TALK ABOUT IT. 376 00:26:00,315 --> 00:26:04,619 JERRY SAID LARRY DAVID AND I, WE’RE JUST GOING TO WRITE ABOUT 377 00:26:04,619 --> 00:26:07,049 LIKE OUR FRIENDS. WHAT KIND OF STORIES? 378 00:26:07,055 --> 00:26:09,855 NO STORIES. NO STORIES? 379 00:26:09,858 --> 00:26:12,594 WHY AM I WATCHING IT? BECAUSE IT’S ON TV. 380 00:26:12,594 --> 00:26:16,694 NOT YET. IT WAS COMPLETELY NON‐PRODIGS 381 00:26:16,698 --> 00:26:19,000 L. WE DECIDED TO MAKE A PILOT. 382 00:26:19,000 --> 00:26:21,870 THE SECOND BUTTON LITERALLY MAKES OR BREAKS THE SHIRT. 383 00:26:21,870 --> 00:26:23,770 LOOK AT IT. IT’S TOO HIGH. 384 00:26:23,772 --> 00:26:28,209 AND THEN THE RESEARCH CAME IN. 385 00:26:28,209 --> 00:26:30,569 WEAK. BUT RICK REALLY BELIEVED IN 386 00:26:30,578 --> 00:26:31,913 IT. HE SAID I CAN GIVE YOU THE 387 00:26:31,913 --> 00:26:34,713 MONEY FROM THE BUDGET AND YOU CAN DO, I DON’T KNOW, FOUR 388 00:26:34,716 --> 00:26:38,853 EPISODES MORE OF SEINFELD. 389 00:26:38,853 --> 00:26:41,853 BIGGEST CHANGE WAS ELAINE WAS ADDED TO THE SHOW. 390 00:26:41,856 --> 00:26:47,526 GET OUT! AND YOU KNOW WHAT? 391 00:26:47,529 --> 00:26:51,232 THAT FEELS LIKE WE HAVE SOMETHING. 392 00:26:51,232 --> 00:26:55,202 WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT A NEW TIME SLOT? 393 00:26:55,203 --> 00:26:59,741 NAME ME ONE FAMOUS TV SHOW THAT AIRED IN THAT TIME SLOT? 394 00:26:59,741 --> 00:27:03,641 THE DANGEROUS TIME SLOT BECAUSE THEY ARE HANDING YOU THE 395 00:27:03,645 --> 00:27:07,081 BIGGEST AUDIENCE THERE IS. IF THE AUDIENCE WATCHES IT AND 396 00:27:07,081 --> 00:27:09,281 SAYS I HATE THIS, YOU’RE DEAD. MY MOTHER CAUGHT ME. 397 00:27:09,284 --> 00:27:11,319 DOING WHAT? YOU KNOW. 398 00:27:11,319 --> 00:27:14,689 THE EPISODE THAT IS SUPER 399 00:27:14,689 --> 00:27:18,689 IMPORTANT IN THE TRAJECTORY OF "SEINFELD" IS THE CONTEST. 400 00:27:18,693 --> 00:27:23,593 I AM NEVER DOING THAT AGAIN. IT WAS PREDICATED ON A REAL 401 00:27:23,598 --> 00:27:25,500 CONTEST THAT LARRY DAVID HAD BEEN PART OF. 402 00:27:25,500 --> 00:27:29,230 SEEING WHO COULD GO THE LONGEST WITHOUT MASTURBATING. 403 00:27:29,237 --> 00:27:33,074 BUT ARE YOU STILL MASTER OF YOUR DOMAIN? 404 00:27:33,074 --> 00:27:36,874 I’M KING OF THE COUNTY. WHAT ALSO SHOULD BE NOTED, 405 00:27:36,878 --> 00:27:41,248 ELAINE IS IN THE CONTEST. JOHN F. KENNEDY JUNIOR. 406 00:27:41,249 --> 00:27:44,419 AND THAT, I THINK, WAS A BOLD STATEMENT AT THAT TIME. 407 00:27:44,419 --> 00:27:46,387 HANG ON. HANG ON. 408 00:27:46,387 --> 00:27:50,157 JERRY WAS DATING MARLA, THE VIRGIN. 409 00:27:50,158 --> 00:27:51,759 LET’S GO IN THE BEDROOM. REALLY? 410 00:27:51,759 --> 00:27:55,189 THAT WAS AN EPISODE THAT DOUBLED THE AUDIENCE WHILE IT 411 00:27:55,196 --> 00:27:57,665 WAS AIRING BECAUSE PEOPLE WERE CLEARLY GETTING ON THE PHONE 412 00:27:57,665 --> 00:28:01,469 GOING TURNOVER TO CHANNEL 4. YOU GOT TO SEE WHAT THEY’RE 413 00:28:01,469 --> 00:28:02,969 DOING. AND THAT’S WHERE I THINK THE 414 00:28:02,971 --> 00:28:05,571 ULTIMATE SUCCESS OF THE SHOW WAS BORN. 415 00:28:05,573 --> 00:28:07,942 IT’S OVER. YOU’RE OUT? 416 00:28:07,942 --> 00:28:12,212 OH MY GOD. THE QUEEN IS DEAD. 417 00:28:12,213 --> 00:28:14,382 IN THE ’90s, THE WORLD IS 418 00:28:14,382 --> 00:28:17,782 LITERALLY CHANGING OVERNIGHT AND HERE ARE THESE FOUR PEOPLE 419 00:28:17,785 --> 00:28:24,655 GROUNDED IN THEIR ADOLESCENCE. YOU MEAN, SHRINKING? 420 00:28:24,659 --> 00:28:27,795 YES. THEY’RE NOT TRYING TO BE GOOD 421 00:28:27,795 --> 00:28:29,564 PEOPLE. AND EVERYBODY RECOGNIZED SOME 422 00:28:29,564 --> 00:28:33,902 PART OF THEMSELVES IN THEM AND WENT, I THINK I LOVE THESE GUYS. 423 00:28:33,902 --> 00:28:36,871 GEORGE IS GETTING UPSET. "SEINFELD" WAS A GAME 424 00:28:36,871 --> 00:28:38,339 CHANGER. NOTHING FOR YOU. 425 00:28:38,339 --> 00:28:45,139 "SEINFELD" HAD A TONE. YOU ARE MAKING OUT DURING 426 00:28:45,146 --> 00:28:48,249 "SHINLD LER’S LIST". THOSE ARE THE LAST THREE 427 00:28:48,249 --> 00:28:50,949 LINES OF THE PILOT. THE SECOND BUTTON IS THE KEY 428 00:28:50,952 --> 00:28:52,782 BUTTON. IT MAKES OR BREAKS THE SHIRT. 429 00:28:52,787 --> 00:28:57,225 A GUY’S SHIRT BUTTON IS NOT THE WAY YOU LAUNCH A SUCCESSFUL 430 00:28:57,225 --> 00:28:59,394 SERIES. IT SURE AS HELL IS NOT THE WAY 431 00:28:59,394 --> 00:29:04,934 TO END A SUCCESSFUL SERIES UNLESS IT’S "SEINFELD." 432 00:29:40,517 --> 00:29:43,219 >>> DID YOU EVER STOP AND THINK ABOUT WHAT THE WORLD WOULD BE 433 00:29:43,219 --> 00:29:46,389 LIKE WITHOUT MEN? A BUNCH OF FAT, HAPPY WOMEN 434 00:29:46,389 --> 00:29:50,159 AND NO CRIME. IN THE ’90s, IT WAS 435 00:29:50,160 --> 00:29:56,460 CELEBRATED THAT YOU WANTED TO BUILD YOUR CAREER FIRST. 436 00:29:58,702 --> 00:30:04,240 IN THE ’90s KIND OF WORLD, I’M GLAD I GOT MY GIRLS. 437 00:30:04,240 --> 00:30:09,170 KEEP YOUR HEAD UP, WHAT? BUT WE DIDN’T HAVE ANY YOUNG 438 00:30:09,179 --> 00:30:12,282 BLACK WOMEN WHO REALLY WERE BEING FEATURED ON TELEVISION AT 439 00:30:12,282 --> 00:30:14,812 THAT TIME. WHY DOES THIS KEEP HAPPENING 440 00:30:14,818 --> 00:30:16,686 TO ME? BECAUSE YOU KEEP LOOKING FOR 441 00:30:16,686 --> 00:30:19,589 SOMEONE TO CARRY YOU. WHAT IS WRONG WITH THAT? 442 00:30:19,589 --> 00:30:23,689 THEY KEEP DROPPING YO ASS. THE CHARACTERS ON THE SHOW 443 00:30:23,693 --> 00:30:28,893 WAS BASED ON ME AND MY CLOSE KNIT GROUP OF FRIENDS. 444 00:30:28,898 --> 00:30:32,535 CHECK IT OUT, PEOPLE. SHE IS LIVING BROOKLYN, 445 00:30:32,535 --> 00:30:34,504 WANTING TO REALLY START HER MAGAZINE. 446 00:30:34,504 --> 00:30:42,944 THE NEXT ISSUE OF "FLAVA" WILL CONTAIN A FREE SCRATCH AND SNIFF 447 00:30:42,946 --> 00:30:46,449 POSTER OF LAWRENCE. HER BEST FRIEND MAXINE 448 00:30:46,449 --> 00:30:48,149 ATTORNEY AT LAW. HAVE A TICK TACK. 449 00:30:48,151 --> 00:30:54,251 I PLAYED SINCLAIR JAMES, A LOVABLE, FUN SUPER NAIVE GIRL. 450 00:30:54,257 --> 00:30:58,727 I HAVEN’T BEEN THIS NERVOUS SINCE I LOWES MY TUBE TOP AT THE 451 00:30:58,728 --> 00:31:01,364 DEEP END OF RANDY JOHNSON’S POOL. 452 00:31:01,364 --> 00:31:06,834 I’M SURE NOBODY NOTICED. VERY IN TOUCH WITH HERSELF 453 00:31:06,836 --> 00:31:10,974 AND HER FEMININEITYFEMININITY. IF YOU GO AFTER A MAN TOO 454 00:31:10,974 --> 00:31:14,010 AGGRESSIVELY, YOU’RE ONLY GOING TO SCARE HIM OFF. 455 00:31:14,010 --> 00:31:16,040 WHAT ARE YOU MAKING? A MAN TRAP. 456 00:31:16,046 --> 00:31:21,384 THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING A BLACK WOMAN WHO IS THE SHOW 457 00:31:21,384 --> 00:31:25,622 RUNNER, MEANS "LIVING SINGLE" IS THIS BEHIND THE SCENES LOOK WHAT 458 00:31:25,622 --> 00:31:27,290 BLACK WOMEN ARE LIKE WHEN NOT AROUND PEOPLE. 459 00:31:27,290 --> 00:31:29,290 I DON’T KNOW. THE CLUB SCENE IS TIRED. 460 00:31:29,292 --> 00:31:33,692 THERE IS NOTHING BUT A BUNCH OF BROTHERS LIKE WITH BEEPERS AND 461 00:31:33,697 --> 00:31:38,167 GOLD TEETH TALKING ABOUT BABY I WANT TO PUT YOU ON A PLATE AND 462 00:31:38,168 --> 00:31:42,605 CHOP YOU UP LIKE A BISCUIT. CREATE SOMETHING SO AMAZING 463 00:31:42,605 --> 00:31:46,242 AND REAL. A YEAR LATER, "FRIENDS" WAS 464 00:31:46,242 --> 00:31:50,880 ON THE AIR. WE, WE WERE FOR ALL INTENSIVE 465 00:31:50,880 --> 00:31:52,640 PURPOSES, THE MODEL AND TEMPLATE. 466 00:31:52,649 --> 00:31:55,652 IT WAS DIFFICULT TO WATCH BECAUSE WE WERE GETTING LESS 467 00:31:55,652 --> 00:31:58,221 PUBLICITY. WE WERE ON FOX. 468 00:31:58,221 --> 00:32:00,390 THEY WERE ON NBC. WOULD THE NARRATIVE AND 469 00:32:00,390 --> 00:32:03,590 CONVERSATIONS ABOUT OUR SUCCESS OR THE DEGREE OF OUR SUCCESS BE 470 00:32:03,593 --> 00:32:06,362 DIFFERENT IF WE WERE ON, LET SAY, NBC? 471 00:32:06,362 --> 00:32:10,400 OF COURSE. I NEVER WATCHED "FRIENDS" 472 00:32:10,400 --> 00:32:15,470 BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT POSSIBLY FIND A WAY TO ADD ANYBODY OF 473 00:32:15,472 --> 00:32:18,842 COLOR. IT WAS TO A CERTAIN EXTENT A 474 00:32:18,842 --> 00:32:23,812 PRODUCT OF THE TIME PERIOD, AND OF MY OWN IGNORANCE. 475 00:32:23,813 --> 00:32:25,882 THERE WERE BLACK SHOWS AND THERE WERE WHITE SHOWS. 476 00:32:25,882 --> 00:32:32,152 THERE WEREN’T A LOT OF SHOWS THAT WERE INTER RACIAL. 477 00:32:32,155 --> 00:32:35,024 I GUESS AT THE TIME, I WAS THINKING THIS IS WHAT I KNOW. 478 00:32:35,024 --> 00:32:37,594 THIS IS WHAT I KNOW. OKAY. 479 00:32:37,594 --> 00:32:40,394 I HEAR YA. WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT. 480 00:32:40,396 --> 00:32:46,002 "FRIENDS" IS NOT BASED ON "LIVING SINGLE." 481 00:32:46,002 --> 00:32:50,240 "FRIENDS" IS BASED ON MARTA AND DAVE CRANE’S LIFE EXPERIENCES. 482 00:32:50,240 --> 00:32:53,470 MARTA AND I SPENT OUR 20s LIVING IN NEW YORK. 483 00:32:53,476 --> 00:32:57,846 WE WERE PART OF A GROUP OF SIX AND WE ALL HUNG ON TO EACH 484 00:32:57,847 --> 00:33:01,384 OTHER. I SPENT A TON OF TIME 485 00:33:01,384 --> 00:33:04,420 ANALYZING, YOU KNOW, "FRIENDS" AND WHAT IT’S ABOUT. 486 00:33:04,420 --> 00:33:07,150 THAT TIME IN YOUR LIFE WHERE YOUR FRIENDS ARE YOUR FAMILY. 487 00:33:07,157 --> 00:33:14,964 I’M VERY THANKFUL THAT ALL OF YOUR THANKSGIVING SUCKED. 488 00:33:14,964 --> 00:33:17,934 THE BIGGEST SURPRISE TO ME IS MATTHEW PERRY. 489 00:33:17,934 --> 00:33:22,134 WE PUT ACCENTS ON CERTAIN SYMBOLS THAT SAID I WOULD NEVER 490 00:33:22,138 --> 00:33:25,241 READ THAT JOKE THAT WAY. COULD YOU BE MORE WHITE 491 00:33:25,241 --> 00:33:27,341 TRASH? WHEN I WATCHED "FRIENDS" I 492 00:33:27,343 --> 00:33:31,080 DIDN’T WANT MONICA TO NOT BE A CONTROL FREAK. 493 00:33:31,080 --> 00:33:34,610 YOU WANT TO PUSH THE CAPS UNTIL YOU HEAR THEM CLICK. 494 00:33:34,617 --> 00:33:38,054 MATT MADE JOEY FUNNY. LOOK AT ME. 495 00:33:38,054 --> 00:33:42,054 I’M CHANDLER. COULD I BE WEARING ANY MORE 496 00:33:42,058 --> 00:33:43,660 CLOTHES? THEY WERE ALL ROOTING FOR 497 00:33:43,660 --> 00:33:49,760 EACH OTHER. NOW WE NEED THE SEAMAN OF A 498 00:33:49,766 --> 00:33:55,505 RIGHTEOUS MAN. I THINK FEE PEAPHOBE IS APPEA 499 00:33:55,505 --> 00:33:58,005 BECAUSE SHE’S DIDN’T. IT GIVES PERMISSION TO NOT FIT 500 00:33:58,007 --> 00:34:01,311 IN AND STILL LIKE YOURSELF AND IT’S OKAY. 501 00:34:01,311 --> 00:34:06,549 ♪ SMELLY CAT, SMELLY CAT, WHAT ARE THEY FEEDING YOU ♪ 502 00:34:06,549 --> 00:34:11,149 I DON’T KNOW WHY PEOPLE LOVE "SMELLY CAT" BUT THERE WERE ALSO 503 00:34:11,154 --> 00:34:15,824 OTHER SONGS THAT WERE VERY, VERY FUNNY. 504 00:34:18,061 --> 00:34:20,761 MAYBE I DON’T NEED YOUR MONEY. 505 00:34:20,763 --> 00:34:25,602 WAIT, WAIT, I SAID MAYBE. RACHEL GREEN BEING SORT OF A 506 00:34:25,602 --> 00:34:29,872 SPOILED CHARACTER OFF THE TOP OF THE SHOW AND HUMBLING THAT 507 00:34:29,873 --> 00:34:33,910 CHARACTER AND MAKING HER INDEPENDENT LIKE SAM AND DIANE 508 00:34:33,910 --> 00:34:36,070 AN CHEERS. WE KNEW ROSS AND RACHEL FROM 509 00:34:36,079 --> 00:34:40,416 THE PILOT WOULD BE A THING. I JUST WANT TO BE MARRIED 510 00:34:40,416 --> 00:34:41,284 AGAIN. 511 00:34:41,284 --> 00:34:44,084 THE ROSS AND RACHEL RELATIONSHIP MADE IT LIKE OH, I 512 00:34:44,087 --> 00:34:47,223 HAVE TO TUNE IN THIS WEEK BECAUSE I WANT TO SEE ARE THEY 513 00:34:47,223 --> 00:34:49,653 GETTING TOGETHER. I CAN’T BELIEVE I DON’T GET 514 00:34:49,659 --> 00:34:52,362 TO GO TO MY OWN PROM. IS IT SO HARSH? 515 00:34:52,362 --> 00:34:57,932 THE ONE WITH THE PROM VIDEO WHERE RACHEL REALIZES THAT ROSS 516 00:34:57,934 --> 00:35:05,004 HAS ALWAYS LOVED HER? . 517 00:35:05,008 --> 00:35:11,347 OH, DEAR. I CAN’T BELIEVE YOU DID THAT. 518 00:35:11,347 --> 00:35:15,817 YEAH, WELL. ALL THE MOST MEMORABLE 519 00:35:15,818 --> 00:35:18,621 MOMENTS IN THE SITCOMS ARE ONES THEY TOUCHED ON SOMETHING BEYOND 520 00:35:18,621 --> 00:35:23,291 THE COMEDY. AND IT MADE FOR A REALLY 521 00:35:23,293 --> 00:35:27,530 GREAT TELEVISION THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE WANTED TO WATCH. 522 00:35:27,530 --> 00:35:30,130 LITERALLY EVERYONE IN AMERICA. I, ROSS. 523 00:35:30,133 --> 00:35:33,803 TAKE THEE EMILY. TAKE THEE RACHEL. 524 00:35:33,803 --> 00:35:37,203 WE REALLY HAVE BEEN ON A RIDE WITH ROSS AND RACHEL. 525 00:35:37,206 --> 00:35:40,843 OUR GOAL IN WRITING THE FINALLY WAS TO REALLY MAKE YOU BELIEVE 526 00:35:40,843 --> 00:35:42,812 THAT THEY MIGHT NOT GET‐TOGETHERS. 527 00:35:42,812 --> 00:35:44,612 I HAVE TO GET ON THE PLANE. NO, YOU DON’T. 528 00:35:44,614 --> 00:35:45,982 YES, I DO. I DO. 529 00:35:45,982 --> 00:35:50,320 THEY’RE WAITING FOR ME, ROSS. I WATCHED THE FINAL EPISODE 530 00:35:50,320 --> 00:35:54,550 AND AM CRYING AS AN AUDIENCE MEMBER I WAS THERE IN THE 531 00:35:54,557 --> 00:35:56,192 AUDIENCE. YOU COULD FEEL THE ENERGY. 532 00:35:56,192 --> 00:35:58,592 I REMEMBER IT BEING VERY SECRETIVE. 533 00:35:58,594 --> 00:36:02,464 WE HAD A BIG FLAT ACROSS PART OF THE STAGE SO THAT PEOPLE 534 00:36:02,465 --> 00:36:04,901 COULDN’T SEE. OH, COME ON. 535 00:36:04,901 --> 00:36:07,531 ISN’T THERE ANYWAY TO LET ME OFF THE ‐‐ 536 00:36:07,537 --> 00:36:10,773 NO, NO! OH MY GOD. 537 00:36:10,773 --> 00:36:16,373 DID SHE GET OFF THE PLANE? DID SHE GET OFF THE PLANE? 538 00:36:16,379 --> 00:36:24,253 I GOT OFF THE PLANE. LOOK, I ALSO WONDER WHY THIS 539 00:36:24,253 --> 00:36:29,623 SHOW ENDURES THE WAY IT DOES. I DO FEEL LIKE IT IS THE 540 00:36:29,625 --> 00:36:33,895 MARRIAGE BETWEEN THE WRITING AND THE CHEMISTRY OF THE CAST. 541 00:36:33,896 --> 00:36:39,502 WE GENUINELY LOVED AND LOVED EACH OTHER. 542 00:36:39,502 --> 00:36:44,202 EVERYONE JUST DID A REALLY GOOD JOB. 543 00:36:44,207 --> 00:36:54,083 THAT’S NOT A GOOD WAY TO END I MEAN, I THINK ‐‐ YEAH. 544 00:37:05,630 --> 00:37:08,360 >>> YOU HAVE A SERIES OF ANTIHEROES. 545 00:37:08,366 --> 00:37:15,674 STARTING WITH ROSEANNE. AND THERE IS LARRY DAVID, 546 00:37:15,674 --> 00:37:18,810 LARRY HATES ME. I DON’T CARE FOR HIM EITHER. 547 00:37:18,810 --> 00:37:23,180 PUT THE PIE. DON’T PUT IT DOWN. 548 00:37:23,181 --> 00:37:30,889 A LOT OF OUR FRIENDS GROUP AND BORDERLINE TOXIC. 549 00:37:30,889 --> 00:37:36,059 GEORGE COSTANZA. YOUR LAST NAME IS BLACK. 550 00:37:36,061 --> 00:37:39,661 YEAH. THAT’S LIKE IF MY LAST NAME 551 00:37:39,664 --> 00:37:44,502 WAS JEW, LIKE LARRY JEW. LARRY DAVID, THE CHARACTER 552 00:37:44,502 --> 00:37:49,072 HE’S ONE OF MY BEST FRIENDS. YOU HAD SEX WITH A MENTAL 553 00:37:49,074 --> 00:37:51,174 PATIENT. SHE’S NOT A MENTAL PATIENT. 554 00:37:51,176 --> 00:37:53,745 I LOVE WHAT AN HE IS. 555 00:37:53,745 --> 00:37:57,148 WHAT CAN I TELL YOU, LARRY, SOMETIMES YOU ARE AN 556 00:37:57,148 --> 00:37:59,748 CHECK IT OUT. I THINK I LIKE THE 557 00:37:59,751 --> 00:38:02,420 YOU KNOW? JERKS. 558 00:38:02,420 --> 00:38:06,257 COULD YOU MOVE YOUR LEGS. WHAT ARE YOU DOING? 559 00:38:06,257 --> 00:38:10,957 WERE YOU LOOKING AT MY BREASTS. HE MAY ARTICULATE THE THINGS 560 00:38:10,962 --> 00:38:13,732 THAT PEOPLE MAY THINK. YOU WEAR THAT DRESS BECAUSE 561 00:38:13,732 --> 00:38:17,168 YOU WANT PEOPLE TO LOOK AT YOUR SHOES, RIGHT? 562 00:38:17,168 --> 00:38:19,237 THERE WAS NO THOUGHT. WHAT WILL PEOPLE THINK. 563 00:38:19,237 --> 00:38:23,537 IF YOU WERE NOT MY BEST FRIEND, I WOULD TAKE MY 564 00:38:23,541 --> 00:38:31,649 BAREHANDS AND POP MY HEAD. KIRBY’S ENTHUSIASM CAME ABOUT 565 00:38:31,649 --> 00:38:36,349 AT A TIME WHERE SITCOM SOME WHAT WARN OUT THEIR WELCOME BECAUSE 566 00:38:36,354 --> 00:38:42,727 THERE HAD BAN GLUT OF THEM. IF THE WAKE OF "FRIENDS" 567 00:38:42,727 --> 00:38:44,587 ENDING. THEY HAVE TO FIND SOME WAYS TO 568 00:38:44,596 --> 00:38:47,732 MAKE IT NEW. KIDS, I AM GOING TO TELL YOU AN 569 00:38:47,732 --> 00:38:51,702 INCREDIBLE STORY. THE PREMISE OF "HOW I MET YOUR 570 00:38:51,703 --> 00:38:57,108 MOTHER" IS A GROWN MAN TELLING HIS CHILDREN THE STORY HOW HE 571 00:38:57,108 --> 00:38:59,878 MET HIS MOTHER. IT WAS WAY BACK IN 2005. 572 00:38:59,878 --> 00:39:02,438 THE SHOW WAS NOT YOUR TRADITIONAL SITCOM. 573 00:39:02,447 --> 00:39:06,785 IT HAD TO DO WITH THE FLASH BACK ELEMENTS. 574 00:39:06,785 --> 00:39:09,621 IS IT GOING TO TAKE A WHILE? YES. 575 00:39:09,621 --> 00:39:11,321 25 YEARS AGO BEFORE I WAS DAD. 576 00:39:11,322 --> 00:39:14,792 I HAD THIS WHOLE OTHER LIFE. YOU GUYS DON’T THINK I SHOULD 577 00:39:14,793 --> 00:39:17,762 CALL HER. TED, NO. 578 00:39:17,762 --> 00:39:20,999 OKAY, FINE. I WON’T. 579 00:39:20,999 --> 00:39:23,599 INTERESTING TRIVIA. I CALLED HER. 580 00:39:23,601 --> 00:39:27,101 WHAT ARE YOU DOING? IT WAS THIS IDEAL WORLD WHERE 581 00:39:27,105 --> 00:39:32,275 YOU GOT YOUR REALLY GOOD BUDDIES THAT WILL ALWAYS HAVE YOUR BACK. 582 00:39:32,277 --> 00:39:35,847 YES, KIDS ARE NOT MY FAVORITE THING IN THE WORLD BUT I LIKE 583 00:39:35,847 --> 00:39:37,782 THEM. OH, YOU DON’T WANT TO HAVE 584 00:39:37,782 --> 00:39:42,720 THEM. I LIKE SPORTS CARS BUT IT 585 00:39:42,720 --> 00:39:53,060 DOES NOT MEAN I WANT TO PUSH A FERRARI THROUGH MY VAGINA. 586 00:39:53,064 --> 00:39:58,803 AS WE ENTER OUR 21st CENTURY, IT IS IMPORTANT TO TAKE NOTE 587 00:39:58,803 --> 00:40:04,373 THAT THESE FRIENDS SITCOMS STARTING TO REFLECT DIVERSITY. 588 00:40:04,375 --> 00:40:13,384 NOW WE ARE THE CAST OF "THE BRADY BUNCH." 589 00:40:13,384 --> 00:40:21,124 "COMMUNITY" IS A GROUP OF PEOPLE WITH DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES. 590 00:40:21,125 --> 00:40:29,534 JEFF PLAYS BY McHALE. HE CREATES A STUDY GROUP 591 00:40:29,534 --> 00:40:37,074 BECAUSE HE WANTS TO GET IN THE PANTS OF BREANNA. 592 00:40:37,075 --> 00:40:42,714 JEFF AND I DO NOT HAVE SEX INTENTIONS. 593 00:40:42,714 --> 00:40:47,184 WE JUST ARGUE ALL THE TIME. HIS ENTIRE CHARACTER TO BE 594 00:40:47,185 --> 00:40:53,358 SEXES AND RACIST. "COMMUNITY" IS INCREDIBLY 595 00:40:53,358 --> 00:40:59,258 CREATIVE. IT STOOD OUT AT THE TIME. 596 00:40:59,264 --> 00:41:04,302 "COMMUNITY" ENDED UP AS THIS INSANE WILD RIDE THROUGH DAN 597 00:41:04,302 --> 00:41:07,502 HARMON’S MIND. WHAT WAS DIFFERENT ABOUT NEW 598 00:41:07,505 --> 00:41:13,545 GIRL WAS NOT META, IT WAS NOT "COMMUNITY" OR TRYING TO MAKE 599 00:41:13,545 --> 00:41:23,721 FUN OF THE GENRE. "NEW GIRL" IS A WOMAN WHO HAD 600 00:41:23,721 --> 00:41:27,158 BEEN WITH THE SAME GUY AND SHE COMES HOME FROM A TRIP AND SHE 601 00:41:27,158 --> 00:41:30,588 FINDS HIM WITH ANOTHER WOMAN. IT IS JUST ‐‐ 602 00:41:30,595 --> 00:41:32,664 THAT’S WHY I NEED A NEW APARTMENT. 603 00:41:32,664 --> 00:41:35,064 I AM SORRY, WHAT WAS THE QUESTION AGAIN? 604 00:41:35,066 --> 00:41:38,770 DO YOU HAVE ANY PETS? AND THE ONLY PLACE SHE COULD 605 00:41:38,770 --> 00:41:43,740 FIND IS AN APARTMENT WITH THREE GUYS AND THEY’RE KIND OF LIKE 606 00:41:43,741 --> 00:41:45,771 HER POLAR OPPOSITE. PS. 607 00:41:45,777 --> 00:41:49,547 WHAT ARE YOU DOING? WE ARE JUST CHILLING. 608 00:41:49,547 --> 00:41:53,747 THAT DISCOMFORT, THE GIRLS AND THE GUYS BEING IN THE SAME 609 00:41:53,751 --> 00:41:57,821 SPACE AND THEY’RE NOT TOGETHER LIKE PARTNERS. 610 00:41:57,822 --> 00:42:01,722 THEY’RE TOGETHER LIKE FRIENDS, THAT FELT UNUSUAL AND FRESH. 611 00:42:01,726 --> 00:42:06,464 I ACCIDENTALLY SAW NICK’S PEPE. 612 00:42:06,464 --> 00:42:11,734 I ACCIDENTALLY SAW NICK’S PEPE AND HIS BUBBLES. 613 00:42:11,736 --> 00:42:16,274 IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT ALL THE CHARACTERS ON "NEW GIRL" WERE 614 00:42:16,274 --> 00:42:19,410 RACIALLY DIVERSE, MEN AND WOMEN. NOT JUST LIKE A CAST OF WHITE 615 00:42:19,410 --> 00:42:21,340 PEOPLE WHICH IS NOT THAT INTERESTING. 616 00:42:21,346 --> 00:42:24,916 THE FACT THE MATTER IS I LIVE IN A OF WITH THREE PEOPLE WHO 617 00:42:24,916 --> 00:42:28,219 HAPPENS TO BE WHITE, BELIEVE IN ME, THERE IS SO MUCH MORE I FIND 618 00:42:28,219 --> 00:42:30,619 ANNOYING ABOUT YOU THAT I HAVE NOT GOTTEN TO RACE. 619 00:42:30,622 --> 00:42:35,392 I THINK THAT’S WHY I DO FEEL LIKE "NEW GIRL" WAS THE SITCOM 620 00:42:35,393 --> 00:42:39,393 FOR THE MILLENNIAL GENERATION. MOST OF THESE DUDES ARE NOT 621 00:42:39,397 --> 00:42:45,436 LOOKING FOR A RELATIONSHIP. YOU GOT TO A LOT OF 622 00:42:45,436 --> 00:42:48,706 GIRLS TO GET A GOOD GIRL. THE NEXT STEP IS SHOWING 623 00:42:48,706 --> 00:42:52,276 THESE AUTHENTIC PORTRAYALS, LAYER PORTRAYALS. 624 00:42:52,276 --> 00:42:55,446 YES, WE GRAVITATE TOWARDS PEOPLE WHO ARE LIKE US BUT THEY DON’T 625 00:42:55,446 --> 00:42:59,350 HAVE TO BE EXACTLY LIKE US IN ORDER TO CREATE THESE REALLY 626 00:42:59,350 --> 00:43:00,280 PROFOUND FRIENDSHIPS IN "COMMUNITY."