1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:27,560 >>> I HAVE ONE SEAT IN FIRST MMUNITIES. 2 00:00:27,561 --> 00:00:31,098 CLASS AND ONE IN COACH. OH, WELL, I’LL TAKE THE FIRST 3 00:00:31,098 --> 00:00:32,998 CLASS. CLASS HAS ALWAYS PLAYED A 4 00:00:33,000 --> 00:00:41,308 ROLE IN THE HISTORY OF SITCOMS. CLASS IS FASCINATING TO US AS 5 00:00:41,308 --> 00:00:46,678 A CULTURE. I NEVER CHECK MY BAGS. 6 00:00:46,680 --> 00:00:49,180 CAN’T STAND THAT WAITING BAGGAGE AREA. 7 00:00:49,182 --> 00:00:52,119 IT’S GOOD TO LAUGH AT IT TO GET IT ALL OUT ON THE TABLE. 8 00:00:52,119 --> 00:00:53,919 YOU HAVE TO GO BACK TO YOUR SEAT. 9 00:00:53,921 --> 00:00:57,658 YOU KNOW, OUR GOAL SHOULD BE A SOCIETY WITHOUT CLASSES. 10 00:00:57,658 --> 00:01:00,227 IF WE DIDN’T LAUGH ABOUT SOCIAL CLASS IN THE UNITED 11 00:01:00,227 --> 00:01:04,427 STATES, WE WOULD ENGAGE IN CLASS WARFARE 12 00:01:04,431 --> 00:01:07,031 WARFARE. DO YOU REALIZE PEOPLE UP 13 00:01:07,034 --> 00:01:11,672 HERE ‐‐ THAT IS NOT A SHOW ABOUT 14 00:01:11,672 --> 00:01:26,892 NOTHING. [ LAUGHTER ] 15 00:01:26,987 --> 00:01:28,787 >>> SO TO THE LEFT WE HAVE THE BAR. 16 00:01:28,789 --> 00:01:31,389 TO THE RIGHT WE HAVE THE BATHROOM. 17 00:01:31,391 --> 00:01:34,861 WE HAVE BATHROOMS UPSTAIRS, DOWN STAIRS, MANY, MANY BATHROOMS. 18 00:01:34,861 --> 00:01:38,831 I DO STILL BELIEVE THAT’S ALL THE THINGS GOING ON IN OUR 19 00:01:38,832 --> 00:01:42,436 CURRENT SOCIETY IN AMERICA, YOU CAN COME FROM ANYWHERE AND END 20 00:01:42,436 --> 00:01:48,775 UP ANYPLACE YOU WANT. IMMIGRATION. 21 00:01:48,775 --> 00:01:55,245 REVENUE. I’VE BEEN GUTTED. 22 00:01:55,248 --> 00:01:56,678 CRAZY. SICK PERSON. 23 00:01:56,683 --> 00:01:59,753 CAN YOU JUST ‐‐ BUT THE AMERICAN DREAM IS NOT 24 00:01:59,753 --> 00:02:04,358 THE REALITY FOR MOST AMERICANS. I’LL TELL YOU, BOYS, LIFE IS 25 00:02:04,358 --> 00:02:06,226 CRAZY. ALL OF THESE DOORS OPEN UP FOR 26 00:02:06,226 --> 00:02:08,386 YOU EXCEPT THEY’RE NOT REALLY DOORS. 27 00:02:08,395 --> 00:02:10,797 THEY’RE TRAP DOORS. THE AMERICAN SITCOM IS HOW WE 28 00:02:10,797 --> 00:02:14,627 TELL STORIES ABOUT CLASS. YOU’RE THINKING IS THIS ALL I 29 00:02:14,635 --> 00:02:18,538 HAVE TO MY LIFE? NOT YOU KIDS, I LOVE YOU KIDS 30 00:02:18,538 --> 00:02:23,438 BUT THE HOUSE, IT’S CRAP. SO WHEN THE SITCOM MAKES ITS 31 00:02:23,443 --> 00:02:28,348 WAY TO TELEVISION, YOU ALREADY SEE THAT WITH THE HONEYMOONS. 32 00:02:28,348 --> 00:02:32,418 THE HONEYMOONERS. WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO AND 33 00:02:32,419 --> 00:02:34,549 LIVE ON UNTIL THIS LAYOFF IS OVER? 34 00:02:34,554 --> 00:02:37,524 SUPPOSE IT DOES LAST A MONTH. WELL, WE HAVE TO FACE IT. 35 00:02:37,524 --> 00:02:40,994 WE HAVE TO CUT DOWN, CUT OUT THIS HIGH LIVING. 36 00:02:40,994 --> 00:02:44,964 "THE HONEYMOONERS" WAS AN EXAMPLE OF THE IDEA OF CLASS AND 37 00:02:44,965 --> 00:02:47,834 STRUGGLE AND WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO BE A FAMILY WHO DIDN’T HAVE A 38 00:02:47,834 --> 00:02:50,070 LOT. YOU DON’T KNOW HOW TO HANDLE 39 00:02:50,070 --> 00:02:51,170 MONEY. OF COURSE I DON’T. 40 00:02:51,171 --> 00:02:54,508 I NEVER HAD PRACTICE. THESE WERE PEOPLE BORN WITH 41 00:02:54,508 --> 00:02:58,478 BLUE COLLARS, LOWER MIDDLE CLASS PEOPLE THAT COULD DO REGULAR 42 00:02:58,478 --> 00:03:03,417 THINGS BUT DIDN’T HAVE A LOT OF MONEY. 43 00:03:03,417 --> 00:03:09,287 IN THE 1950s, YOU HAD A MAJOR PUSH TO MOVE TO SAY BESHUSH YA. 44 00:03:09,289 --> 00:03:13,189 CONSUMERS, YOU HAVE THESE PERFECT FAMILY SITCOMS WITH THE 45 00:03:13,193 --> 00:03:23,203 HOUSEWIVES IN IT AND NEW NICE GADGETS IN THE KITCHEN. 46 00:03:23,203 --> 00:03:31,378 "THE HONEYMOONERS" LIVED IN A TWO‐ROOM LITTLE FLAT. 47 00:03:31,378 --> 00:03:32,678 PEOPLE WERE WORRIED THEY COULDN’T AFFORD CURTAINS. 48 00:03:32,679 --> 00:03:33,909 THEY KEPT SENDING CURTAINS TO THE SOUND STAGE. 49 00:03:33,914 --> 00:03:37,317 JACKIE ALWAYS HOPED TO HAVE THE GET RICH QUICK SCHEME. 50 00:03:37,317 --> 00:03:39,517 TWO DAYS TO LEARN HOW TO PLAY GOLF. 51 00:03:39,519 --> 00:03:42,789 WAIT A MINUTE. WHEN RALPH LEARNS HOW TO GOLF, 52 00:03:42,789 --> 00:03:47,659 HE IS HOPING TO ASCEND HIS SOCIAL CLASS POSITION. 53 00:03:47,661 --> 00:03:50,497 PLANT YOUR FEET FIRMLY ON THE GROUND AND ADDRESS THE BALL. 54 00:03:50,497 --> 00:03:53,927 AS MANY OF US KNOW, GOLF IS RESERVED FOR ANOTHER CLASS OF 55 00:03:53,934 --> 00:03:58,338 PEOPLE IN AMERICA. WHAT DO THEY MEAN BY ADDRESS 56 00:03:58,338 --> 00:03:59,768 THE BALL? HELLO, BALL. 57 00:03:59,773 --> 00:04:03,443 PEOPLE ARE STRUGGLING AND THEY SEE AN UNDERDOG. 58 00:04:03,443 --> 00:04:08,313 YOU’RE ROOTING FOR THAT GUY. WHO IS OUR NEXT GUEST, 59 00:04:08,315 --> 00:04:10,183 PLEASE? MR. RALPH. 60 00:04:10,183 --> 00:04:16,423 THAT EPISODE IS SO POTENT. I INTEND TO GO STRAIGHT ON 61 00:04:16,423 --> 00:04:20,627 AND FORGE AHEAD TO THE $99. I’LL GO ON A GAME SHOW AND 62 00:04:20,627 --> 00:04:23,957 I’LL HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO GET BREATHING ROOM TO FINALLY 63 00:04:23,964 --> 00:04:30,137 ACHIEVE MY DREAMS. WHO IS THE COMPOSER OF "SWA 64 00:04:30,137 --> 00:04:31,767 IN NY RIVER"? 65 00:04:31,772 --> 00:04:34,608 TIME IS RUNNING OUT. I FELT SO BAD WHEN HE WOULD 66 00:04:34,608 --> 00:04:38,408 SET UP SOME SCHEME AND IT WAS ABOUT TO FALL APART. 67 00:04:38,411 --> 00:04:41,711 TERRIBLY SORRY. NO, THE CORRECT ANSWER IS STEVEN 68 00:04:41,715 --> 00:04:47,821 FOSTER BUT THANKS SO MUCH. TIME AND AGAIN, DO EVERYTHING 69 00:04:47,821 --> 00:04:52,025 POSSIBLE ONLY TO BE TORN DOWN TO HIS BASIC FRAILTY. 70 00:04:52,025 --> 00:04:55,755 YOU WANT TO GO TO THE MOON? DO YOU WANT TO GO TO THE MOON? 71 00:04:55,762 --> 00:04:57,931 REALLY. YOU’RE GOING TO HIT HIM? 72 00:04:57,931 --> 00:05:02,836 THAT’S A HUSBAND TRYING TO RAGE AND BE THE BOSS OF HIS 73 00:05:02,836 --> 00:05:05,636 WIFE. HE WAS WHAT WE WOULD CALL 74 00:05:05,639 --> 00:05:12,245 BORDERLINE ABUSIVE. IT NEVER BOTHERED ME AS A KID. 75 00:05:12,245 --> 00:05:17,775 THE GUY WAS CLEARLY BUFFETED EVERY DAY BUT THINGS BUT HELD UP 76 00:05:17,784 --> 00:05:19,820 BY THIS LOVE HE HAD WITH A WONDERFUL WOMAN. 77 00:05:19,820 --> 00:05:23,390 I LEARNED SOMETHING TONIGHT, TOO. 78 00:05:23,390 --> 00:05:28,128 I DON’T EVEN MIND GROWING OLD, AS LONG AS YOU AND I GROW OLD 79 00:05:28,128 --> 00:05:32,365 TOGETHER. THAT WAS AN EXAMERICAN 80 00:05:32,365 --> 00:05:33,625 EXPERIENCE 100 MILLION PEOPLE COULD IDENTIFY WITH. 81 00:05:33,633 --> 00:05:36,703 BABY, YOU’RE THE GREATEST. WE LIKE TO THINK OF OURSELVES 82 00:05:36,703 --> 00:05:40,907 AS A CLASSLESS SOCIETY AND POSTWAR AMERICA, THAT WAS MORE 83 00:05:40,907 --> 00:05:44,077 TRUE THAN EVER BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THERE ARE ALL OF THESE 84 00:05:44,077 --> 00:05:47,247 LITTLE TALES. THERE IS OBVIOUSLY, YOUR JOB. 85 00:05:47,247 --> 00:05:50,347 WHAT KIND OF HOUSE YOU LIVE IN. WHAT KIND OF CLOTHES YOU WEAR. 86 00:05:50,350 --> 00:05:54,287 WHAT KIND OF CAR YOU DRIVE. HEY, BOOMER. 87 00:05:54,287 --> 00:05:57,387 HEY. BUT ONE OF THE BIGGEST TALES 88 00:05:57,390 --> 00:06:01,127 FOR CLASS WAS A SOUTHERN ACCENT. CAN I USE YOUR HOSE? 89 00:06:01,127 --> 00:06:04,797 HELP YOURSELF. WHAT A NICE SPRAY. 90 00:06:04,798 --> 00:06:08,368 WE DO LIKE TO CHARGE, THOUGH. THAT NORTH, SOUTH DIVIDE 91 00:06:08,368 --> 00:06:14,338 BECAME AN INSPIRATION FOR ALL OF THESE RURAL SITCOMS. 92 00:06:14,341 --> 00:06:16,509 ♪ ♪ 93 00:06:16,509 --> 00:06:21,679 THE WHISTLE THEME TO THE "ANDY GRIFFIN SHOW" COUPLED WITH 94 00:06:21,681 --> 00:06:28,421 ANDY AND OPIE MAKES YOU THINK OF SMALL TOWN AMERICA IN A SIMPLER 95 00:06:28,421 --> 00:06:29,856 TIME. ANYBODY WANT SOME LUNCH? 96 00:06:29,856 --> 00:06:33,926 WE SURE ARE. "THE ANDY GRIFFIN SHOW" WAS 97 00:06:33,927 --> 00:06:36,157 ANOTHER CAMP. YOU ARE THE COMFORT FOOD 98 00:06:36,162 --> 00:06:38,832 ASPECT OF SITCOMS. [ LAUGHTER ] 99 00:06:38,832 --> 00:06:50,277 YOU LIKE PICKLES, DON’T YOU? SURE, WHO DON’T? 100 00:06:50,277 --> 00:06:57,147 ANDY GRIFFITH WAS A SMALL TOWN SHERIFF. 101 00:06:57,150 --> 00:07:00,620 I’M GOING INTO THESE PICKLES. 102 00:07:00,620 --> 00:07:03,990 THESE? THESE. 103 00:07:03,990 --> 00:07:07,227 THAT WAS LIKE A FANTASY OF A WORLD AND AN AMERICA IN WHICH 104 00:07:07,227 --> 00:07:09,357 RACE AND CLASS KIND OF DIDN’T EXIST. 105 00:07:09,362 --> 00:07:14,467 JENNIFER, MS. CLARA BELL. IT WAS PROBABLY THE WHITEST 106 00:07:14,467 --> 00:07:19,537 SHOW ON TELEVISION. I MEAN, THERE ARE NO BLACK 107 00:07:19,539 --> 00:07:23,939 PEOPLE IN MAYBERRY. IF THERE ARE, THEY’RE PASSING 108 00:07:23,944 --> 00:07:26,346 THROUGH AND IF YOU BLINKED, YOU MISSED THEM. 109 00:07:26,346 --> 00:07:31,046 OKAY, PAUL, THEY ALL FLEW OFF OKAY. 110 00:07:31,051 --> 00:07:34,187 I GUESS I DID A GOOD JOB, HUH? YOU SURE DID, SON. 111 00:07:34,187 --> 00:07:36,456 THE SHOW IMMEDIATELY HIT THE HOP TEN. 112 00:07:36,456 --> 00:07:39,526 IT RATED HIGHER IN THE RURAL PARTS OF THE COUNTRY. 113 00:07:39,526 --> 00:07:44,426 THE MAIN PRODUCER SHELDON LEONARD FAMOUSLY SAID YOU CAN 114 00:07:44,431 --> 00:07:50,770 TAKE NEW YORK, YOU CAN TAKE L.A. GIVE ME THE CORN BELTD. 115 00:07:50,770 --> 00:07:55,370 THIS CLASS DIVIDE EXTENDED TO THE CRITICAL RECEPTION SHOWS 116 00:07:55,375 --> 00:08:03,550 RECEIVED IN THE 1960s. "THE DICK VAN DYKE SHOW" GOT 117 00:08:03,550 --> 00:08:10,357 EMMIES AND THE "ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW" GOT NONE. 118 00:08:10,357 --> 00:08:12,325 YOU LIVE A DIFFERENT KIND OF LIFE. 119 00:08:12,325 --> 00:08:15,385 THAT RIGHT THERE SHOWS YOU THE CLASS DIVIDE IN AMERICA. 120 00:08:15,395 --> 00:08:17,765 HOW CAN LIFE BE THAT MUCH DIFFERENT IF YOU’RE HAPPY? 121 00:09:06,637 --> 00:09:11,507 >>> THIS ADMINISTRATION DECLARES WAR ON POVERTY. 122 00:09:11,509 --> 00:09:15,279 IN THE 1960s YOU SEEN CONFLICT IN THE WEST AND SOUTH 123 00:09:15,279 --> 00:09:20,518 AND RICH AND POOR AND YOU SEE TELEVISION USING A SHOW LIKE THE 124 00:09:20,518 --> 00:09:23,587 "BEVERLY HILL BILLIES" TO COMMENT ON THINGS THAT HAPPENED 125 00:09:23,587 --> 00:09:26,817 IN SOCIETY. 126 00:09:26,824 --> 00:09:29,059 ♪ I REMEMBER THE OPENING 127 00:09:29,059 --> 00:09:32,959 SEQUENCE TO THAT SHOW. ♪ THEN ONE DAY HE WAS SHOOTING 128 00:09:32,963 --> 00:09:36,833 AT SOME FOOD AND UP TO THE GROUND ♪ 129 00:09:36,834 --> 00:09:40,904 THE PREMISE ITSELF WAS FUNNY AND SMART. 130 00:09:40,905 --> 00:09:44,708 ♪ THE FIRST THING YOU KNOW HE’S A MILLIONAIRE, THE KINFOLK SAID 131 00:09:44,708 --> 00:09:48,878 JED, MOVE AWAY FROM THERE ♪ ♪ SAID CALIFORNIA IS A PLACE TO 132 00:09:48,879 --> 00:09:53,117 BE AND LOADED UP THE TRUCK AND MOVED TO BEVERLY ♪ 133 00:09:53,117 --> 00:09:58,017 HERE WE ARE. I HOPE YOU LIKE THIS PLACE I 134 00:09:58,022 --> 00:09:59,990 PICKED OUT FOR YOU. LIKE HITTING THE LOTTERY, 135 00:09:59,990 --> 00:10:04,360 THAT IDEA THAT WE ALL KIND OF WISHED LIFE WOULD HAPPEN FOR US. 136 00:10:04,361 --> 00:10:06,597 UNCLE JED? GUESS WHAT? 137 00:10:06,597 --> 00:10:09,397 THERE IS A WHOLE OTHER HOUSE UP HERE. 138 00:10:09,400 --> 00:10:12,670 ABSOLUTELY LOVED "THE BEVERLY HILL BILLIES." 139 00:10:12,670 --> 00:10:16,307 TYPICAL FISH OUT OF WATER. GRANNY, WHEN WE DONE WASHING 140 00:10:16,307 --> 00:10:22,677 CAN I SWIM IN THE CEMENT POD? "THE BEVERLY HILL BILLIES" IS 141 00:10:22,680 --> 00:10:25,580 A COMMONENTARY ON THE ABILITY AN CONSUMERS THAT COME WITH IT. 142 00:10:25,583 --> 00:10:31,922 FINALLY TOOK YOUR ADVICE AND PUT SOME OF THE MONEY IN STOCK. 143 00:10:31,922 --> 00:10:35,592 THESE HILL BILLIES MIGHT COME ACROSS AS LOWER CLASS, THEY’RE 144 00:10:35,593 --> 00:10:39,830 HAPPY WITH THE WAY THEY ARE LIVING THEIR LIVES. 145 00:10:39,830 --> 00:10:42,866 I COULDN’T BELIEVE HOW FRUSTRATED I WAS. 146 00:10:42,866 --> 00:10:49,366 THEY HAD A STUPID OLD CAR THAT BLEW SMOKE AND I SAID GET A 147 00:10:49,373 --> 00:10:51,141 BETTER CAR. 148 00:10:51,141 --> 00:10:51,841 >>. 149 00:10:51,842 --> 00:10:55,412 ♪ I’M GOING TO COOK RABBIT STEW ♪ 150 00:10:55,412 --> 00:11:00,482 UNEPISODE INVOLVED GRANNY MISTAKING A GIANT KANGAROO FOR A 151 00:11:00,484 --> 00:11:07,691 GIANT JACK RABBIT. SHE WANTED TO COOK IT. 152 00:11:07,691 --> 00:11:09,760 WOULD YOU LIKE TO STEP INTO MY KITCHEN? 153 00:11:09,760 --> 00:11:17,468 IT IS TO THIS DAY, THE HIGHEST RATED HALF HOUR OF 154 00:11:17,468 --> 00:11:21,068 TELEVISION. MIDDLE AMERICA FELL IN LOVE WITH 155 00:11:21,071 --> 00:11:26,110 "THE BEVERLY HILL BILLIES" AND SPAWNED ANOTHER TELEVISION 156 00:11:26,110 --> 00:11:30,147 SERIES ON CBS. ♪ 157 00:11:30,147 --> 00:11:34,847 ♪ GREEN ACRES IS THE PLACE TO BE ♪ 158 00:11:34,852 --> 00:11:39,222 ♪ FARM LIVING IS THE LIFE FOR ME ♪ 159 00:11:39,223 --> 00:11:45,829 ♪ YOU ARE MY LIFE, GREEN ACRES WE ARE THERE ♪ 160 00:11:45,829 --> 00:11:51,368 JUST ABSURD AND RIDICULOUS. LOOK AT THAT FLOOR. 161 00:11:51,368 --> 00:11:57,438 THAT’S SOLID OAK. "GREEN ACRES" WAS ABOUT A MAN 162 00:11:57,441 --> 00:12:00,941 AND WOMAN LIVING ON FIFTH AVENUE AND HE DECIDES HE’S GOING TO BE 163 00:12:00,944 --> 00:12:04,014 A FARMER. YEAH? 164 00:12:04,014 --> 00:12:06,984 THERE IS SOMEBODY HERE TO SEE YOU FROM THE STATE DEPARTMENT. 165 00:12:06,984 --> 00:12:14,158 I’LL BE RIGHT DOWN. DARLING. 166 00:12:14,158 --> 00:12:17,058 HE WOULD HAVE WAITED. YOU SHOULD HAVE USED THE LADDER. 167 00:12:17,061 --> 00:12:21,699 "GREEN ACRES" IS THE KIND OF SHOW AMERICA LOVES AND CBS 168 00:12:21,699 --> 00:12:24,568 THINKS WE CAN DO MORE OF THESE RURAL CHARACTERS. 169 00:12:24,568 --> 00:12:40,578 YEAH, THE RURAL COMEDIES. REALLY, REALLY FUNNY STUFF BUT 170 00:12:40,584 --> 00:12:43,220 THEY WERE CHAR ABOUT TERACTERS O PEOPLE. 171 00:12:43,220 --> 00:12:46,090 YOU’RE LOOKING AT PEOPLE SITTING IN THEIR HIGH RISE 172 00:12:46,090 --> 00:12:54,430 OFFICES IN NEW YORK SHOWING THE NORTH WHAT THEY THOUGHT PEOPLE 173 00:12:54,431 --> 00:12:57,768 IN THE SOUTH WERE. THEY HAD HIGH RATINGS AND CBS 174 00:12:57,768 --> 00:13:00,168 WAS KNOWN AS A COUNTRY BROADCASTING SYSTEM. 175 00:13:00,170 --> 00:13:05,640 IN THE LATE ’60s RATINGS AND DEMOGRAPHIC TOOLS IMPROVED 176 00:13:05,642 --> 00:13:07,611 SIGNIFICANTLY. NETWORKS ARE ABLE TO SEE THE 177 00:13:07,611 --> 00:13:13,081 AGES, THE EDUCATION LEVEL AND WHAT KINDS OF JOBS THE PEOPLE 178 00:13:13,083 --> 00:13:15,519 VIEWING THE SHOES HAVE. THE MORE THEY CAN REFINE 179 00:13:15,519 --> 00:13:21,158 THAT, THE MORE ADVERTISERS WANTED YOUNG PROFESSIONAL 180 00:13:21,158 --> 00:13:27,297 WEALTHY PEOPLE. IN 1970, CBS BEGINS WHAT IS 181 00:13:27,297 --> 00:13:31,727 BOTH AFFECTION ANYTIMELYALLY AND DEROGATIVELY KNOWN AS THE ROYAL 182 00:13:31,735 --> 00:13:34,772 PURGE. THEY CANCELLED ALL THOSE 183 00:13:34,772 --> 00:13:39,910 SHOWS WITH HUGE RATINGS ON CBS. AND NORMAN LEAR ARRIVED TO 184 00:13:39,910 --> 00:13:43,180 TAKE THEIR PLACE WITH REALISTIC SHOWS ABOUT WORKING CLASS PEOPLE 185 00:13:43,180 --> 00:13:54,057 AND THE BIG CITY. FATHER LOST HIS JOB TODAY. 186 00:13:54,057 --> 00:13:57,057 THERE GOES THE OLD DAY. ALL IN THE FAMILY WAS ABLE TO 187 00:13:57,060 --> 00:14:01,660 DEAL WITH SOME STUFF THAT WAS GOING ON IN CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY 188 00:14:01,665 --> 00:14:04,701 THROUGH THE LENS OF COMEDY. WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH, 189 00:14:04,701 --> 00:14:07,337 THAT’S WHEN THE TOUGH GETS GOING AND THAT’S ME, TOUGH, RIGHT? 190 00:14:07,337 --> 00:14:10,907 YEAH, RIGHT. SO WHAT’S THE PROBLEM? 191 00:14:10,908 --> 00:14:13,377 WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO, DADDY? 192 00:14:13,377 --> 00:14:22,577 THAT’S THE PROBLEM. A PRIMARY DRIVER OF STORY 193 00:14:22,586 --> 00:14:24,421 TELLING. THIS IS AN EVICTION NOTICE. 194 00:14:24,421 --> 00:14:27,257 WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO TALK ABOUT? 195 00:14:27,257 --> 00:14:28,787 THEY SAID THEY’RE THROWING US OUT HERE TODAY. 196 00:14:28,792 --> 00:14:31,929 WE HAVE A RECESSION AT THE BEGINNING OF THE ’70s. 197 00:14:31,929 --> 00:14:35,059 THE WORKING CLASS NOW MORE THAN EVER BEFORE ARE FACING THE 198 00:14:35,065 --> 00:14:39,636 CRUNCH OF ECONOMIC ANXIETY. YOU WORKED ALL NIGHT AND ALL 199 00:14:39,636 --> 00:14:42,766 THEY PAID YOU WAS $6? UH‐UH, THEY PAID ME A LOT 200 00:14:42,773 --> 00:14:46,276 MORE BUT AFTER THEY GOT FINISHED TAKING OUT THE FEDERAL 201 00:14:46,276 --> 00:14:50,776 WITHHOLDING, THE STATE WITHHOLDING, THE UNEMPLOYMENT 202 00:14:50,781 --> 00:14:55,381 COMPENSATION, YOU KNOW, I WORK FOR THEM A FEW MORE HOURS, I’D 203 00:14:55,385 --> 00:14:59,155 END UP OWING THEM 10 BUCKS. HE WAS DOING ANYTHING HE 204 00:14:59,156 --> 00:15:03,527 COULD TO WORK AND MAKE MONEY TO PAY THE RENT AND PUT FOOD ON THE 205 00:15:03,527 --> 00:15:07,257 TABLE. THEN IN THE MID ’70s, THINGS 206 00:15:07,264 --> 00:15:11,368 BEGIN TO SHIFT WITH "THE JEFFERSONS." 207 00:15:11,368 --> 00:15:14,498 ♪ WE’RE MOVING ON UP TO THE EAST SIDE ♪ 208 00:15:14,505 --> 00:15:18,509 JEFFERSON WAS GROUND BREAKING, SUCCESSFUL BLACK MAN 209 00:15:18,509 --> 00:15:28,519 AND NEVER REALLY SAW THAT. IT WAS AN EXPLOSIVE THING FOR 210 00:15:28,519 --> 00:15:31,149 NORMAN LEAR TO SAY WAKE UP, NOW THIS? 211 00:15:31,154 --> 00:15:33,357 THE BOTH OF Y’ALL IN HERE? SOMEPLACE. 212 00:15:33,357 --> 00:15:35,487 I DIDN’T KNOW THE JEFFERSONS HAD A COUPLE. 213 00:15:35,492 --> 00:15:44,101 A COUPLE OF WHAT? MADE ANDID AND A BUTLER, YOU 214 00:15:44,101 --> 00:15:48,701 WE’RE TALKING PEOPLE LIVING ABOVE THEIR STATION. 215 00:15:48,705 --> 00:15:55,479 HOLD IT, DIANE. WE ARE THE JEFFERSONS. 216 00:15:55,479 --> 00:15:57,147 [ LAUGHTER ] [ LAUGHTER ] 217 00:15:57,147 --> 00:15:59,347 HE’S A GREAT JOKER. [ LAUGHTER ] 218 00:15:59,349 --> 00:16:03,619 HE’S NOT JOKING, DIANE. REALLY, ASIDE FROM WARDROBE 219 00:16:03,620 --> 00:16:07,758 AND THE PLACES THEY LIVED, THEY WERE STILL BLACK BECAUSE NO 220 00:16:07,758 --> 00:16:12,828 MATTER HOW MUCH MONEY YOU HAVE, NO MATTER WHERE YOU LIVE, 221 00:16:12,829 --> 00:16:15,999 BLACKNESS IS ITS OWN CLASS. HOW CAN YOU AFFORD TO LIVE IN 222 00:16:15,999 --> 00:16:19,069 A PLACE LIKE THIS? YOU AIN’T TALL ENOUGH TO BE NO 223 00:16:19,069 --> 00:16:20,039 BASKETBALL PLAYER. [ LAUGHTER ] 224 00:16:35,713 --> 00:16:41,483 >>> YOUR FUTURE ISN’T GLAMOOMY. YOU’RE OVERLOOKING A SIMPLE 225 00:16:41,486 --> 00:16:44,055 SOLUTION THAT ISN’T OBVIOUS I’M SURPRISED YOU HAVEN’T THOUGHT OF 226 00:16:44,055 --> 00:16:48,259 IT YOURSELF. WELL, CHILD, LAY IT ON ME. 227 00:16:48,259 --> 00:16:53,197 IN THE 1970s, THE OPTIMISM ISN’T ROOTED IN AMERICA. 228 00:16:53,197 --> 00:16:56,797 TELL THEM, HELEN. MAYBE YOU CAN WIN A LOTTERY. 229 00:16:56,801 --> 00:17:00,438 OR SOMETHING. YOU’RE AWARE THAT THE EQUAL 230 00:17:00,438 --> 00:17:02,338 RIGHTS AMENDMENT STILL HAS NOT PASSED. 231 00:17:02,340 --> 00:17:09,410 I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHY THE LAST ASSOCIATE PRODUCER BEFORE 232 00:17:09,414 --> 00:17:11,282 ME MADE $50 A WEEK MORE THAN I DO. 233 00:17:11,282 --> 00:17:16,352 OH, BECAUSE HE WAS A MAN. SO I THINK THE ’70s IS A 234 00:17:16,354 --> 00:17:21,659 REALITY CHECK WHETHER OR NOT THE AMERICAN DREAM IS AVAILABLE FOR 235 00:17:21,659 --> 00:17:25,629 WOMEN. 236 00:17:25,630 --> 00:17:27,230 ♪ COME ON, YOU’RE GOING TO BE 237 00:17:27,231 --> 00:17:29,631 LATE FOR SCHOOL. I HAVEN’T FIGURED YOUR TIP 238 00:17:29,634 --> 00:17:31,334 YET. FIGURE 15% OF NOTHING IS 239 00:17:31,335 --> 00:17:33,504 NOTHING. GOOD‐BYE, I LOVE YOU. 240 00:17:33,504 --> 00:17:42,244 UNTIL ALICE THERE HADN’T BEEN A SINGLE MOTHER IN LOW INCOME 241 00:17:42,246 --> 00:17:44,015 JOB. I KNOW THIS IS ASKING A LOT 242 00:17:44,015 --> 00:17:47,118 BUT I NEED $10 A WEEK EXTRA TO PAY FOR TOMMY’S BRACES. 243 00:17:47,118 --> 00:17:50,188 YOU KNOW THE REFRIGERATOR IS ON THE BRINK AND I HAVE TO COME 244 00:17:50,188 --> 00:17:53,418 UP WITH $800 TO REPLACE IT. FIGHTING FOR HEALTH CARE. 245 00:17:53,424 --> 00:17:58,963 FIGHTING FOR BENEFITS. THE REFRIGERATOR COMES FIRST. 246 00:17:58,963 --> 00:18:06,003 BECAUSE IF I CLOSE DOWN, YOU’RE GOING TO BE OUT OF WORK AND IF 247 00:18:06,003 --> 00:18:07,371 YOU’RE OUT OF WORK YOU CAN’T BUY FOOD IN WHICH CASE, TOMMY 248 00:18:07,371 --> 00:18:09,671 DOESN’T NEED TEETH ANYWAY. THERE IS A PARTICULAR EPISODE 249 00:18:09,674 --> 00:18:13,311 WHERE MEL DECIDES HE WANTS TO HIRE A GUY TO BE A WAITER. 250 00:18:13,311 --> 00:18:18,411 MEL IS PAYING$2.60 AN HOUR. 251 00:18:18,416 --> 00:18:24,122 WE ONLY GET $2.35, DON’T WE? THAT MAKES ME GOOD AND MAD. 252 00:18:24,122 --> 00:18:27,722 ALICE WANTED TO BE RIGHT AND STRONG AND WANTED TO BE THE 253 00:18:27,725 --> 00:18:28,525 LEADER. WE WORK HERE. 254 00:18:28,526 --> 00:18:35,433 WE DO THE SAME WORK. DON’T GIVE ME THAT WOMEN’S 255 00:18:35,433 --> 00:18:36,063 JUNK. JUNK. 256 00:18:36,067 --> 00:18:40,371 IN THAT CASE YOU CAN RUN IT WITHOUT ME AND FLO AND VERA 257 00:18:40,371 --> 00:18:42,540 BECAUSE WE QUIT. HE TRIED TO RUN THE DINER 258 00:18:42,540 --> 00:18:44,770 WITHOUT US. I’M GOING TO BONNIE’S BURGER 259 00:18:44,776 --> 00:18:49,480 BAR TO GET DESCENT SERVICE. WHAT ABOUT THESE EGGS? 260 00:18:49,480 --> 00:18:55,580 AND WAS IMPOSSIBLE. ON BEHALF OF ALICE, VERA AND 261 00:18:55,586 --> 00:19:01,959 MYSELF, KISS MY GRITS. WHEN I WAS INVITED TO SPEAK 262 00:19:01,959 --> 00:19:06,029 FOR THE VOTES BEING TAKEN TO PASS THE EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT, 263 00:19:06,030 --> 00:19:11,200 I THOUGHT HOW DO I DO THIS? SO IT OCCURRED TO ME TO WEAR THE 264 00:19:11,202 --> 00:19:14,672 ALICE UNIFORM BECAUSE THEY KNEW HER AND THEY WERE HER. 265 00:19:14,672 --> 00:19:19,310 I HOPE THAT ALL OF THE ALICES THAT WORK UNPROTECTED WILL CARRY 266 00:19:19,310 --> 00:19:24,080 THE MESSAGE TO THEIR BOSSES THAT WE WORK AND HAVE EARNED OUR 267 00:19:24,081 --> 00:19:29,520 ECONOMIC RIGHTS. IN THE ’70s YOU CAN TALK 268 00:19:29,520 --> 00:19:36,860 ABOUT THE WOMEN’S MOVEMENT BUT IN THE ’80s YOU HAVE REEGGAN. 269 00:19:36,861 --> 00:19:38,091 GOVERNMENT ON THE THE SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM. 270 00:19:38,095 --> 00:19:41,165 GOVERNMENT IS OUR PROBLEM. YOU HAVE FAMILY TIES LIKE THE 271 00:19:41,165 --> 00:19:45,002 ULTIMATE REGAN FAN BOY. TAXES. 272 00:19:45,002 --> 00:19:51,872 A TAX IS A TERRIBLE, HAIRY, LIBERAL MONSTER. 273 00:19:51,876 --> 00:19:58,916 THE ONLY THING THAT CAN STOP THE TERRIBLE TAX MONSTER IS A 274 00:19:58,916 --> 00:20:06,958 REPUBLICAN. AMERICA WAS TAKE GING ASPIRATION 275 00:20:06,958 --> 00:20:17,128 YOU SEE A "FRESH PRINCE OF BELLAIRE." 276 00:20:17,134 --> 00:20:24,274 YOUNG KID THROWN INTO WEALTH IT’S GREAT FOR COMEDY AND 277 00:20:24,275 --> 00:20:26,677 CONFLICT. WE PROMISED YOUR MOTHER 278 00:20:26,677 --> 00:20:29,207 YOU’RE HERE TO WORK HARD, STRAIGHTEN OUT AND LEARN GOLD 279 00:20:29,213 --> 00:20:34,518 OLD FASHIONED AMERICAN VALUES. DAD, I NEED $200. 280 00:20:34,518 --> 00:20:40,658 THE ’80s WERE REALLY ASSOCIATED WITH EXCESS AND 281 00:20:40,658 --> 00:20:47,298 WEALTH WEALTH. 282 00:20:47,298 --> 00:21:04,408 IT’S A VISION OF UPPER MIDDLE CLASS LIFE. 283 00:21:04,415 --> 00:21:07,952 ONE THING THAT’S EXTRAORDINARY IS IT MIRRORS THE 284 00:21:07,952 --> 00:21:09,752 HONEYMOONERS. IT A SIMPLE SHOW. 285 00:21:09,754 --> 00:21:14,859 MAIN SET IS THE KITCHEN. IT’S SOMEWHAT GRIDTTY AND DARK 286 00:21:14,859 --> 00:21:34,609 AND HAS EXTRAORDINARY ACTING. "THE ROSEANNE SHOW" IS ABOUT 287 00:21:34,612 --> 00:21:38,682 A CLOSE KNIT FAMILY IN ILLINOIS. ARE YOU EVER SORRY WE GOT 288 00:21:38,683 --> 00:21:40,751 MARRIED? EVERY SECOND OF MY LIFE. 289 00:21:40,751 --> 00:21:43,821 JUGGLING THREE GROWING KIDS, JUGGLING JOBS. 290 00:21:43,821 --> 00:21:46,190 YOU LITTLE LADIES ENJOYING YOUR LUNCH? 291 00:21:46,190 --> 00:21:54,298 WELL, THE VEAL IS BIEN AND HOW IS YOUR SWORD FISH, SIS? 292 00:21:54,298 --> 00:21:58,198 AS USE WELLUAL THE FOOD IS TO FOR. 293 00:21:58,202 --> 00:22:01,839 THAT SHOW IS FULLY IN REGULAR NORMAL MIDWESTERN LIFE. 294 00:22:01,839 --> 00:22:04,539 PHONE BILL. ROSEANNE WAS REFLECTIVE OF 295 00:22:04,542 --> 00:22:12,482 THE AVERAGE AMERICAN FAMILY. IT WAS MASTERFULLY DONE. 296 00:22:12,483 --> 00:22:13,851 YOU’RE MESSING WITH MY SYSTEM. 297 00:22:13,851 --> 00:22:15,851 WHAT SYSTEM? YOU PAY THE ONES MARKED FINAL 298 00:22:15,853 --> 00:22:19,490 NOTICE AND THROW THE REST AWAY. SHE WASN’T EDUCATED, SHE 299 00:22:19,490 --> 00:22:22,490 COULDN’T FIT IN. I THINK OF AN EPISODE WHERE 300 00:22:22,493 --> 00:22:26,530 ROSEANNE GOT A NEW JOB. YES, WE USE THE TANGERINE 301 00:22:26,530 --> 00:22:27,898 THREE. WE CAN DO ANYTHING. 302 00:22:27,898 --> 00:22:31,068 GOOD, MAYBE IT CAN TEACH ME HOW TO USE A COMPUTER. 303 00:22:31,068 --> 00:22:34,338 YOU MEAN, YOU NEVER WORKED ON A COMPUTER? 304 00:22:34,338 --> 00:22:50,788 I WORKED ON MY FEET AT 305 00:22:50,788 --> 00:22:51,948 WILLMAN. I LET MY FAMILY DOWN. 306 00:22:51,956 --> 00:22:53,924 YOU KNOW IT AND I KNOW IT. THAT HURTS. 307 00:22:53,924 --> 00:22:57,528 THAT HURTS REAL BAD. BECAUSE OF WHAT’S GONE ON 308 00:22:57,528 --> 00:23:02,028 WITH ROSEANNE, RECENTLY, I THINK PEOPLE TEND TO FORGET SHE 309 00:23:02,033 --> 00:23:06,771 CHANGED THE IDEA OF WHAT A WOMAN COULD BE ON TELEVISION. 310 00:23:06,771 --> 00:23:08,871 WHAT A MOM COULD BE ON TELEVISION. 311 00:23:08,873 --> 00:23:10,808 WHAT A WIFE COULD BE ON TELEVISION. 312 00:23:10,808 --> 00:23:15,508 SHE CHANGED THAT. HEY. 313 00:23:15,513 --> 00:23:16,580 WHAT? GET A JOB. 314 00:23:30,556 --> 00:23:33,993 >>> WE ALL KNOW WHY I’M HERE. WE CAN’T BE LEFT ALONE FOR TEN 315 00:23:33,993 --> 00:23:36,723 MINUTES WITHOUT FALLING ON HIS BUTT AND GOT STUCK WITH ME. 316 00:23:36,729 --> 00:23:39,765 ISN’T THAT RIGHT? NO, NO, NO. 317 00:23:39,765 --> 00:23:43,335 IN THE ’90s WE SAW A LOT OF SITCOMS GEARED TOWARDS WHOLE 318 00:23:43,335 --> 00:23:47,935 FAMILY VIEWING AND THEY SHIED AWAY FROM THE MORE POLITICAL 319 00:23:47,940 --> 00:23:56,649 NATURE OF THE IS THE1970s. EVERY ITEM HERE WAS CAREFULLY 320 00:23:56,649 --> 00:23:58,184 SELECTED. BUT BECAUSE SOCIAL CLASS IS A 321 00:23:58,184 --> 00:24:01,053 PART OF SOMEONE’S IDENTITY EVERYONE CAN RELATE TO, IT’S A 322 00:24:01,053 --> 00:24:04,083 WAY SITCOMS CAN REACH THE BROADEST AUDIENCE. 323 00:24:04,090 --> 00:24:07,393 IN HERE. THE IDEA OF A CLASS STRUCTURE 324 00:24:07,393 --> 00:24:10,793 AND FRASIER WAS ABOUT A FATHER THAT HAS BEEN ALIENATED FROM HIS 325 00:24:10,796 --> 00:24:12,665 SONS BECAUSE THEY WERE SO UNLIKE HIM. 326 00:24:12,665 --> 00:24:21,005 WHERE IS THE TV? IT’S IN THAT. 327 00:24:21,006 --> 00:24:23,706 IT WAS POKING FUN OF THE SOCIAL CLASS STRUCTURE. 328 00:24:23,709 --> 00:24:28,679 THIS FROM THE GOURMET WHO DUMPED MY GARDEN’S YARD CHEESE. 329 00:24:28,681 --> 00:24:30,983 IT WAS COVERED WITH MOLD. IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE. 330 00:24:30,983 --> 00:24:35,483 FRASIER CAN BE A SNOB, SO COULD HIS BROTHER, NILES. 331 00:24:35,488 --> 00:24:41,558 I’D LIKE A PETITE FILLET, LEAN NOT THAT IT LACKS FLAVOR. 332 00:24:41,560 --> 00:24:44,597 PEOPLE WOULD ASK THE QUESTION, HOW DID THESE TWO SONS 333 00:24:44,597 --> 00:24:49,397 COME FROM A COP LIKE THAT? YOU HAD MARTIN AND DAPHNE AT 334 00:24:49,401 --> 00:24:53,305 ONE LEVEL AND THEN YOU HAD FRASIER AND NILES AT THIS 335 00:24:53,305 --> 00:24:59,245 RAREFIED AREA. IT WAS DAPHNE’S JOKE TO SORT 336 00:24:59,245 --> 00:25:04,783 OF BURST THEIR MOOD. IF I GAVE IT A FRENCH NAME. 337 00:25:04,783 --> 00:25:09,083 A LOT OF EPISODES FOCUSED ON NILES AND FRASIER TRYING TO GET 338 00:25:09,088 --> 00:25:12,658 INTO THIS ELITE CLUB OR THAT ELITE CLUB. 339 00:25:12,658 --> 00:25:15,127 I’M SORRY, SIR, YOU’RE NOT ALLOWED THROUGH THERE. 340 00:25:15,127 --> 00:25:18,164 PLEASE REMAIN IN THE RELAXATION GROTTO. 341 00:25:18,164 --> 00:25:21,464 ONCE THEY DID GET INTO THAT CLUB, DID IT MAKE THEM HAPPIER? 342 00:25:21,467 --> 00:25:24,904 I’M DETERMINED TO SEE WHERE THEY THINK I DON’T BELONG. 343 00:25:24,904 --> 00:25:27,904 NILES AND FRASIER THOUGHT THERE WAS ONE BETTER AND OPEN 344 00:25:27,907 --> 00:25:29,707 ANOTHER DOOR AND THERE IS A BETTER ROOM. 345 00:25:29,708 --> 00:25:33,778 TAKE ME WITH YOU. [ LAUGHTER ] 346 00:25:33,779 --> 00:25:38,384 FEELING WARMTH AND LIGHT IT MUST BE A MAGNIFICENT. 347 00:25:38,384 --> 00:25:42,114 THAT’S REALLY THE AMERICAN DREAM ABOUT WANTING MORE THAN 348 00:25:42,121 --> 00:25:45,157 WHAT YOU HAVE NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE. 349 00:25:45,157 --> 00:25:49,327 IT’S BEAUTIFUL. IT’S BEAUTIFUL. 350 00:25:49,328 --> 00:25:55,668 YES, THIS IS WHERE WE BELONG. [ LAUGHTER ] 351 00:25:55,668 --> 00:26:04,108 I THINK THE REASON PEOPLE RESPONDED TO FRASIER IS HE IS 352 00:26:04,109 --> 00:26:06,645 POMPUS BUT RECOGNIZABLE AND PEOPLE CARE. 353 00:26:06,645 --> 00:26:10,415 IT’S A PARTY, NOT A SHAREHOLDERS MEETING. 354 00:26:10,416 --> 00:26:13,016 PREPARE TO BE BOARDED. PREPARE TO BE BOARDED. 355 00:26:13,018 --> 00:26:15,818 SECURITY AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. 356 00:26:15,821 --> 00:26:19,291 IN THE EARLY 2000s IN THE WAKE OF 9/11 WE SEE A STOCK 357 00:26:19,291 --> 00:26:25,564 MARKET CRASH AND RISE IN UNELEMENTUNEMT 358 00:26:25,564 --> 00:26:29,194 UNEMPLOYMENT AND HAS US THINKING ABOUT INCOME INEQUALITY. 359 00:26:29,201 --> 00:26:31,637 LIST BEN TO ME. EMPTY THE ACCOUNT. 360 00:26:31,637 --> 00:26:33,337 WE JUMPED TO SOMETHING DARKER. 361 00:26:33,339 --> 00:26:42,379 THERE WAS A LOT THAT I WANTED TO EXPLORE ABOUT ENTITLEMENT, POWER 362 00:26:42,381 --> 00:26:46,518 AND FRAGILITY OF THE 1%. YOU HAVE TO CUT BACK. 363 00:26:46,518 --> 00:26:50,155 SOUTHERLYOT SUDDENLY, THEY HA AND PRETEND THEY DO. 364 00:26:50,155 --> 00:26:52,885 SO WE DON’T HAVE A CAR OR JET? 365 00:26:52,891 --> 00:27:01,734 WHY DON’T WE TAKE AN AD OUT IN I’M POOR MAGAZINE. 366 00:27:01,734 --> 00:27:05,134 THEY ALWAYS HAVE A LINE. THERE IS $250,000 LINING THE 367 00:27:05,137 --> 00:27:08,637 WALLS OF THE BANANA STAND. WHAT? 368 00:27:08,641 --> 00:27:13,345 CASH, MICHAEL. ANOTHER SET BACK FOR THE ONCE 369 00:27:13,345 --> 00:27:16,815 PROMINENT FAMILY AS THEIR FROZEN BANANA STAND BURNS TO THE 370 00:27:16,815 --> 00:27:19,145 GROUND. IT WAS ABSURD BUT THE IDEA IS 371 00:27:19,151 --> 00:27:22,421 IF YOU CAN MAKE IT SEEM REALISTIC ENOUGH, YOU CAN CARRY 372 00:27:22,421 --> 00:27:26,158 THE AUDIENCE WITH YOU. WHY DIDN’T YOU TELL ME THAT? 373 00:27:26,158 --> 00:27:30,296 HOW MUCH CLEARER CAN I SAY THERE IS ALWAYS MONEY IN THE 374 00:27:30,296 --> 00:27:32,396 BANANA STAND. DON’T TOUCHING. 375 00:27:32,398 --> 00:27:35,267 NO TOUCHING. NO TOUCHING. 376 00:27:35,267 --> 00:27:40,237 "ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT" BEGAN TO MAKE FUN OF THE RICH, SORT OF 377 00:27:40,239 --> 00:27:45,444 EXPOSE THEM FOR EVERYONE TO SEE. THAT COAT COST MORE THAN YOUR 378 00:27:45,444 --> 00:27:48,344 HOUSE. OH, THAT’S HOW WE JOKE. 379 00:27:48,347 --> 00:27:52,517 SHE DOESN’T EVEN HAVE A HOUSE. A LOT OF WEALTHY PEOPLE HAVE 380 00:27:52,518 --> 00:27:56,188 GOTTEN IN THEIR POSITIONS BY STEPPING ON PEOPLE. 381 00:27:56,188 --> 00:28:02,227 WE CAN’T AFFORD TO LIVE LAVISHLY ANYMORE. 382 00:28:02,227 --> 00:28:03,927 CHEW IT. BY THE 21st CENTURY, 383 00:28:03,929 --> 00:28:07,032 AMERICA’S SHAKY ECONOMY BEGINS TO SHRINK THE MIDDLE CLASS AND 384 00:28:07,032 --> 00:28:12,302 WE SEE THAT REPRESENTED IN SITCOMS LIKE FOX’S "MALCOLM IN 385 00:28:12,304 --> 00:28:14,234 THE MIDDLE". REMEMBER LAST YEAR WE WERE 386 00:28:14,239 --> 00:28:17,176 SAVING FOR DISNEYLAND. WE’RE GOING TO DISNEYLAND? 387 00:28:17,176 --> 00:28:19,776 NO, IT’S LIKE THAT EXCEPT THIS TIME WE’RE JUST TRYING TO 388 00:28:19,778 --> 00:28:23,048 KEEP THE HOUSE. "MALCOLM IN THE MIDDLE" IS A 389 00:28:23,048 --> 00:28:26,348 FASCINATING SHOW IN TERMS OF CLASS BECAUSE IT’S ABOUT TRYING 390 00:28:26,352 --> 00:28:29,521 TO GIVE YOUR KID AS GOOD LIFE WHEN YOU CAN’T PAY FOR IT. 391 00:28:29,521 --> 00:28:33,692 THIS IS GENIUS AND HE DOES NOT WANT TO BE A GENIUS. 392 00:28:33,692 --> 00:28:36,652 MALCOLM MAY NOT LOOK DIFFERENT THAN THE REST OF US 393 00:28:36,662 --> 00:28:40,999 BUT HE IS VERY DIFFERENT IN HIS BRAIN. 394 00:28:40,999 --> 00:28:44,203 DESPITE ALL THAT CRAZINESS GOING ON IN THAT HOUSE, MALCOLM 395 00:28:44,203 --> 00:28:47,873 LIVING UP TO HIS POTENTIAL WAS ONE OF THE GREATEST DREAMS THIS 396 00:28:47,873 --> 00:28:50,642 FAMILY HAD. I GOT ACCEPTED INTO HARVARD. 397 00:28:50,642 --> 00:28:55,872 WE DON’T THOUGH HOW WE’LL PAY FOR IT BUT WE GOT TO FIND A WAY. 398 00:28:55,881 --> 00:28:58,317 IT’S MY DREAM SCHOOL. IT’S 2,000 MILES AWAY FROM MOM. 399 00:28:58,317 --> 00:29:04,723 SCHOLARSHIPS COVER 26,000 AND THE FELLOWSHIP, $200 SCRATCHER 400 00:29:04,723 --> 00:29:08,093 YOUR DAD WON. THE FACT THAT KID COMING FROM 401 00:29:08,093 --> 00:29:12,563 THAT SITUATION GETS INTO THE IVY LEAGUE IS BEYOND A DREAM COME 402 00:29:12,564 --> 00:29:15,434 TRUE. BUT HE’S WORKING AS A JANITOR TO 403 00:29:15,434 --> 00:29:18,764 MAKE HIS WAY THROUGH THE SCHOOL. I GOT THREE IN THE CAFETERIA 404 00:29:18,771 --> 00:29:22,207 AND MOPPING THE DORMS AT NIGHT. HIS BROTHER REESE TRIES TO 405 00:29:22,207 --> 00:29:25,444 SET OFF A STINK BOMB AT MALCOLM’S GRADUATION. 406 00:29:25,444 --> 00:29:29,114 BUT INSTEAD, IT GOES OFF IN THE CAR. 407 00:29:29,114 --> 00:29:36,454 WHAT’S THAT NOISE? OH MY ‐‐ OH MY ‐‐ WHAT IS 408 00:29:36,455 --> 00:29:38,185 THIS? THIS IS APPROPRIATE. 409 00:29:38,190 --> 00:29:40,692 NOW MY LIFE LOOKS EXACTLY HOW I FEEL. 410 00:29:40,692 --> 00:29:43,762 I’M SORRY, MALCOLM. YOU DON’T GET THE EASY PATH. 411 00:29:43,762 --> 00:29:47,032 MALCOLM REALLY GAVE PEOPLE I THINK THE OPPORTUNITY TO THINK 412 00:29:47,032 --> 00:29:49,662 ABOUT WHAT THEY WERE STRUGGLING WITH IN THEIR FAMILIES. 413 00:29:49,668 --> 00:29:52,905 OH, REALLY? WE LAUGH AT THEM AND RELATE 414 00:29:52,905 --> 00:29:55,035 TO THAT. YOU KNOW WHAT IT’S LIKE TO BE 415 00:29:55,040 --> 00:29:57,109 POOR AND YOU KNOW WHAT IT’S LIKE TO WORK HARD. 416 00:29:57,109 --> 00:30:00,712 NOW YOU’RE GOING TO LEARN WHAT IT’S LIKE TO SWEEP FLOORS AND 417 00:30:00,712 --> 00:30:04,712 BUST YOUR ASS AND ACCOMPLISH TWICE AS MUCH AS THE KIDS AROUND 418 00:30:04,716 --> 00:30:06,985 YOU. AND IT ACTS AS A REMINDER THE 419 00:30:06,985 --> 00:30:11,485 AMERICAN DREAM IS BECOMING MORE AND MORE ELUSIVE TO SO MANY 420 00:30:11,490 --> 00:30:12,825 AMERICANS. YOU’LL BE THE ONLY PERSON 421 00:30:12,825 --> 00:30:15,194 THAT WILL EVER GIVE A CRAP ABOUT PEOPLE LIKE US. 422 00:30:15,194 --> 00:30:19,324 YOU LOOK ME IN THE EYE AND YOU TELL ME YOU CAN’T DO IT. 423 00:30:34,012 --> 00:30:36,642 (VO) At T‐Mobile for Business, unconventional thinking 424 00:30:51,295 --> 00:30:58,265 >>> TONIGHT, BREAKING NEWS, YOUR FUTURE, MY FUTURE, TENS OF 425 00:30:58,269 --> 00:31:01,539 MILLIONS GONE. IT WAS A PONZI SCHEME. 426 00:31:01,539 --> 00:31:05,843 DO I NEED TO HEAR THIS? WHY DID YOU HAVE TO GIVE IT 427 00:31:05,843 --> 00:31:08,373 ALL TO THE CROOK MADOFF? I DON’T KNOW. 428 00:31:08,379 --> 00:31:12,750 HOW COULD YOU BE SO FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE? 429 00:31:12,750 --> 00:31:17,020 MADOFF. MADOFF. 430 00:31:17,021 --> 00:31:22,721 ONCE BERNIE MADOFF GOES TO JAIL AND AFTER THE GREAT 431 00:31:22,726 --> 00:31:25,226 RECESSION, SITCOM CHARACTERS ARE WINKING TO THE AUDIENCE LIKE 432 00:31:25,229 --> 00:31:33,070 THIS SYSTEM IS RIGGED. THERE IS VAST INCOME INEQUALITY. 433 00:31:33,070 --> 00:31:33,670 ♪ ♪ 434 00:31:33,671 --> 00:31:39,910 IF YOU HAD A CHANCE TO THINK OF MY ZINGER? 435 00:31:39,910 --> 00:31:42,410 IT’S ALMOST THANKSGIVING EVERYBODY AND I KNOW WHAT THIS 436 00:31:42,413 --> 00:31:45,382 CROWD IS GIVING THANKS FOR, STATE TAX REFORM. 437 00:31:45,382 --> 00:31:51,552 [ LAUGHTER ] IN "30 ROCK" THIS MAN IS SO 438 00:31:51,555 --> 00:31:53,655 RICH HE DOESN’T EVEN UNDERSTAND HOW REGULAR PEOPLE LIVE. 439 00:31:53,657 --> 00:31:56,360 DAMN, I WISH THIS EVENT WERE TONIGHT. 440 00:31:56,360 --> 00:31:58,260 IT’S NOT TONIGHT? WHEN IS IT? 441 00:31:58,262 --> 00:32:02,932 FEBRUARY. JACK IS IN THE 1% AND LIVES 442 00:32:02,933 --> 00:32:05,733 SOLIDLY MIDDLE CLASS. WHY ARE YOU WEARING A TUX? 443 00:32:05,736 --> 00:32:08,536 IT’S AFTER 6:00. WHAT AM I? 444 00:32:08,539 --> 00:32:12,209 A FARMER? IN THE EPISODE, THE TUX 445 00:32:12,209 --> 00:32:17,579 BEGINS JACK IS MUGGED. MY ASSAILANT IS A MIDDLE‐AGED 446 00:32:17,581 --> 00:32:20,651 WHITE MAN WITH A BUTTON DOWN SHIRT AND DOCKERS, DOCKERS ON 447 00:32:20,651 --> 00:32:23,751 THE VERGE OF A CLASS WAR. FEARS THE MIDDLE CLASS WOULD 448 00:32:23,754 --> 00:32:28,924 RISE UP AND TAKE BACK WHAT IS THEIRS FROM THESE 449 00:32:28,926 --> 00:32:34,164 MULTIBILLIONAIRES. MY ATTACK WAS A WAKEUP CALL. 450 00:32:34,164 --> 00:32:38,464 THE CHARACTER IS SUPER RICH CHARACTER THAT MADE MILLIONS AND 451 00:32:38,469 --> 00:32:40,971 MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OFF MOVIES. I NEED YOU TO GRAB ME SOME 452 00:32:40,971 --> 00:32:42,071 LUNCH. ABSOLUTELY. 453 00:32:42,072 --> 00:32:47,772 WHAT CAN I GET FOR YOU? NOTCHACHOS. 454 00:32:47,778 --> 00:32:49,847 FROM YANKEE STADIUM. YES, SIR. 455 00:32:49,847 --> 00:32:54,451 IT IS ABOUT MILKING THE UTTER DIVIDE FROM THE SUPER RICH AND 456 00:32:54,451 --> 00:32:59,790 THE REST OF AMERICA. ESPECIALLY IN AN ERA OF 457 00:32:59,790 --> 00:33:01,450 REALLY INTENSE ECONOMIC INEQUALITY. 458 00:33:01,458 --> 00:33:05,696 CLASS IS THE GREAT INVISIBLE FORCE IN BOTH AMERICAN CULTURE 459 00:33:05,696 --> 00:33:11,066 AND IN THE AMERICAN SITCOM. HEY, DAD, WHAT ARE YOU GOING 460 00:33:11,068 --> 00:33:13,904 TO DO FOR A LIVING? APPLIED FOR A BUNCH OF JOBS 461 00:33:13,904 --> 00:33:15,804 AND TOOK EVERY ONE THAT HIRED ME. 462 00:33:15,806 --> 00:33:17,875 MOM, HOW DID YOU DECIDE WHAT YOU’D BE? 463 00:33:17,875 --> 00:33:21,211 WHEN YOUR FATHER DECIDED HE WASN’T GOING TO BE RICH, I 464 00:33:21,211 --> 00:33:24,441 DECIDED TO GET A JOB. AMERICA LIKES TO BELIEVE THE 465 00:33:24,448 --> 00:33:29,319 POOREST PERSON BORN INTO THE MOST OBJECT POVERTY COULD WITH 466 00:33:29,319 --> 00:33:31,849 ENOUGH JUNCTION BECOME THE RICHEST PERSON IN AMERICA. 467 00:33:31,855 --> 00:33:40,264 HEY, EVERYBODY. AMERICA IS THE LAND OF 468 00:33:40,264 --> 00:33:42,332 OPPORTUNITY. THE IDEA YOU CAN PULL 469 00:33:42,332 --> 00:33:45,102 YOURSELF UP BY YOUR BOOT STRAPS AND YET, AS WE KNOW NOT EVERYONE 470 00:33:45,102 --> 00:33:48,032 IS ABLE TO ACHIEVE THE AMERICAN DREAM. 471 00:33:48,038 --> 00:33:51,208 OKAY. BY SAYING AMERICA IS THE LAND OF 472 00:33:51,208 --> 00:33:53,877 OPPORTUNITY YOU’RE IMPLYING EVERYONE HAS THE SAME 473 00:33:53,877 --> 00:33:55,579 OPPORTUNITIES. I’M NOT IMPLYING IT. 474 00:33:55,579 --> 00:33:58,339 I’M SAYING IT. IF YOU LIVE HERE AND WORK HARD, 475 00:33:58,348 --> 00:34:00,484 YOU CAN SUCCEED, THAT’S HOW THIS WORKS. 476 00:34:00,484 --> 00:34:02,653 THAT’S WHAT I’VE ALWAYS DONE IN MY COMEDY. 477 00:34:02,653 --> 00:34:05,622 I WANT TO SAY IT IN AS FEW WORDS AS POSSIBLE, SOMETHING THAT 478 00:34:05,622 --> 00:34:09,792 MEANS A LOT TO ME. FINE, IT’S YOUR STORY BUT 479 00:34:09,793 --> 00:34:13,093 IT’S NOT TRUE FOR EVERYONE. THINK THAT A SITCOM IS ONE OF 480 00:34:13,097 --> 00:34:17,234 THE BEST PLACES TO EXPLORE THOSE DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS 481 00:34:17,234 --> 00:34:20,134 REVOLVING AROUND CLASS IN AN HONEST WAY. 482 00:34:20,137 --> 00:34:26,810 IT’S THE GREATEST TOOL IN THEISTRY ‐‐ HISTORY OF HUMANITY 483 00:34:26,810 --> 00:34:31,110 TO CREATE EMPATHY. "IT’S ALWAYS SUNNY IN 484 00:34:31,115 --> 00:34:34,084 PHILADELPHIA" EXPLORES AMERICAN DREAM IN A DIFFERENT WAY THESE 485 00:34:34,084 --> 00:34:39,823 CHARACTERS REALLY BELIEVE THEY ARE WORTHY OF AND ENTITLED TO SO 486 00:34:39,823 --> 00:34:41,592 MUCH MORE BUT DON’T WANT TO WORK ON IT. 487 00:34:41,592 --> 00:34:46,630 YOU CAN’T GET WELFARE. THEY DON’T GIVE IT TO ANY 488 00:34:46,630 --> 00:34:50,230 JACKSASS THAT WALKS IN HERE. BICYCLE HELMET. 489 00:34:50,234 --> 00:34:57,304 IT’S ABOUT FOUR FRIENDS WHO RUN A SHITTY, SHITTY BAR IN 490 00:34:57,307 --> 00:35:02,412 PHILADELPHIA AND THEY ARE FOUR OF THE WORST HUMAN BEINGS YOU’VE 491 00:35:02,412 --> 00:35:04,942 WITNESSED. I’M A RECOVERING CRACK HEAD 492 00:35:04,948 --> 00:35:08,285 AND THIS IS MY RETARDED SISTER I TAKE CARE OF. 493 00:35:08,285 --> 00:35:13,155 I WANT WELFARE, PLEASE. THE STORIES ARE POINTING OUT 494 00:35:13,157 --> 00:35:15,057 THE UNITED STATES IS MAYBE NOT ALL IT’S CRACKED UP TO BE. 495 00:35:15,058 --> 00:35:16,960 SORRY ABOUT THAT. CAN I HELP YOU? 496 00:35:16,960 --> 00:35:19,360 YEAH, DUDE, CHECKING IN FOR THE POOL. 497 00:35:19,363 --> 00:35:23,263 IN THE EPISODE "WHITE TRASH" THERE IS A HEAT WAVE AND THE 498 00:35:23,267 --> 00:35:25,467 GANG TRIES TO GET INTO A COUNTRY CLUB. 499 00:35:25,469 --> 00:35:30,507 I’M SORRY TO TELL YOU, FELLAS, MEMBERSHIP IS CURRENTLY 500 00:35:30,507 --> 00:35:33,877 ATTICA PAST CAPACITY. WE’RE IN THE MIDDLE OF A 501 00:35:33,877 --> 00:35:38,782 TERRIBLE HEAT WAVE AND YOU ARE ATTICA PAST CAPACITY FOR US. 502 00:35:38,782 --> 00:35:41,612 WHEN THEY CAN’T. THEY BEHAVE LIKE DEAGAIN RIDS. 503 00:35:41,618 --> 00:35:46,323 WE HAVE TO GO. SO CHARLIE AND MACK GO TO 504 00:35:46,323 --> 00:35:49,223 THEIR OLD CHILDHOOD POOL. THERE SHE IS. 505 00:35:49,226 --> 00:35:52,830 THIS IS WHAT I’M TALKING ABOUT, BRO. 506 00:35:52,830 --> 00:35:54,590 MAN ‐‐ BUT IT WAS DRAINED AND EMPTY. 507 00:35:54,598 --> 00:36:00,103 I SAY WE FIX UP THIS POOL. ONE, TWO, THREE! 508 00:36:00,103 --> 00:36:02,233 HEY! AND THEN WE CAN’T GET OUT OF 509 00:36:02,239 --> 00:36:06,009 THE POOL. SHIT. 510 00:36:06,009 --> 00:36:09,779 ARE WE STUCK IN HERE? I THINK WE’RE STUCK. 511 00:36:09,780 --> 00:36:12,210 HELP! WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE 512 00:36:12,216 --> 00:36:18,055 INTERESTING FROM A METAPHOR STANDPOINT TO SUGGEST THAT MAYBE 513 00:36:18,055 --> 00:36:21,655 JUST MAYBE THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO DON’T EVEN HAVE BOOT 514 00:36:21,658 --> 00:36:22,759 STRAPS. 515 00:36:22,759 --> 00:36:25,689 HEY! YOU GUYS ORDER A PIZZA? 516 00:36:25,696 --> 00:36:30,500 WHY DON’T YOU TOSS DOWN THAT HOSE AND PULL US UP. 517 00:36:30,500 --> 00:36:34,300 EVERY TIME THEY TRY TO GO UP THE LADDER, SOMEONE RIPS IT AWAY 518 00:36:34,304 --> 00:36:38,174 FROM THEM. DUDE. 519 00:36:38,175 --> 00:36:42,112 OR AS MANY TIMES AS THEY PUT THE LADDER UP, THE LADDER FALLS 520 00:36:42,112 --> 00:36:45,312 DOWN. YOU READY, BRO? 521 00:36:45,315 --> 00:36:49,419 OH! MAN. 522 00:36:49,419 --> 00:36:50,219 [ BLEEP ] DUDE. GOD DAMMIT. 523 00:36:52,978 --> 00:36:53,378 . . 524 00:37:14,432 --> 00:37:17,068 >>> HEY, THANKS, WE COULD NOT HAVE HELD THIS WITHOUT YOU. 525 00:37:17,068 --> 00:37:20,898 THIS IS WHY I AM HERE. ONE OF THE THINGS I LOVE 526 00:37:20,906 --> 00:37:24,376 ABOUT SITCOM IS IT IS NECESSARILY A REFLECTION OF THE 527 00:37:24,376 --> 00:37:33,485 ATMOSPHERE IN WHICH IT IS MADE. SO LEAVING ASIDE ROSEANNE’S 528 00:37:33,485 --> 00:37:35,285 REPUGNANT VIEW AS AN INDIVIDUAL PERSON. 529 00:37:35,287 --> 00:37:38,957 THE SHOW REBOOTED BY ABC IS ABOUT HOW DO YOU MAKE END’S MEET 530 00:37:38,957 --> 00:37:46,364 IN THE 21st CENTURY. I HOPE EVERYONE IS ENJOYING 531 00:37:46,364 --> 00:37:50,602 THE MOVIE. I AM HAVING A BLAST SITTING ON 532 00:37:50,602 --> 00:37:57,108 THIS CHAIR STOLEN FROM HOMETOWN BUFFET 533 00:37:57,108 --> 00:37:58,138 BUFFET. ONE OF THE REASONS "THE 534 00:37:58,143 --> 00:38:00,143 CONNORS CONNORS" WORK IN 2010 BECAUSE 535 00:38:00,145 --> 00:38:02,145 INCOME DISPARITY IS A BIGGER DEAL. 536 00:38:02,147 --> 00:38:04,482 I AM UNPREPARED TO HAVE A BABY. 537 00:38:04,482 --> 00:38:07,682 I AM SCREWED. THE CONNORS ARE DEALING WITH 538 00:38:07,686 --> 00:38:12,424 THE SAME ISSUE. A BLUE COLLAR FAMILY LIVING 539 00:38:12,424 --> 00:38:13,992 SMACKED INSIDE THE AMERICAN DREAM. 540 00:38:13,992 --> 00:38:17,292 LOOK AT HOW MUCH MONEY YOU ARE SAVING BY NOT DRINKING WHILE 541 00:38:17,295 --> 00:38:22,600 YOU ARE PREGNANT. THEY’RE NOT COGNIZANT AND I 542 00:38:22,600 --> 00:38:27,439 THINK PEOPLE CAN APPRECIATE THAT THESE CHARACTERS ARE BEING 543 00:38:27,439 --> 00:38:29,439 HONEST ABOUT WHAT IS THEY’RE GOING THROUGH. 544 00:38:29,441 --> 00:38:33,111 THIS IS RIDICULOUS. THESE PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO HAVE 545 00:38:33,111 --> 00:38:37,449 A BETTER LIFE. HE WAS HERE ILLEGALLY. 546 00:38:37,449 --> 00:38:39,579 I DON’T HAVE A PROBLEM OF WHAT’S HAPPENING? 547 00:38:39,584 --> 00:38:45,724 I LIKE THE GUY MY DAUGHTER IS ABOUT TO HAVE HIS BABY AND HE 548 00:38:45,724 --> 00:38:47,624 MAYBE DRAGGED OUT OF THE COUNTRY. 549 00:38:47,625 --> 00:38:50,795 YOU THINK I WANT THAT? SITCOM BECAME AWARE OF ALL 550 00:38:50,795 --> 00:38:54,699 THE HORRIBLE INEQUALITIES THAT SOCIETY WAS BUILT AT THE TOP. 551 00:38:54,699 --> 00:39:08,909 FAMILIAR, RIGHT? I WILL FIND A WAY. 552 00:39:08,913 --> 00:39:15,887 SOME OF THESE SHOWS HAVE GOT BACK THE IDEA OF RACISM IN 553 00:39:15,887 --> 00:39:16,747 CLASS. IT IS FRIDAY NIGHT. 554 00:39:16,755 --> 00:39:19,991 COME ON, LET’S GO. THE MEAT WAS HEAVILY 555 00:39:19,991 --> 00:39:22,191 DISCOUNTED SO I NEED TO COOK IT BEFORE IT TURNS. 556 00:39:22,193 --> 00:39:28,563 YOU START TO SEE THE WORKING CLASS SITCOM REEMERGE ONE DAY AT 557 00:39:28,566 --> 00:39:31,336 A TIME. A GOOD CHUNK OF AMERICA LIVES 558 00:39:31,336 --> 00:39:34,606 BELOW THE POVERTY LINE. I GOT TO BE THERE FOR MY 559 00:39:34,606 --> 00:39:38,643 KIDS. MY DAD WAS NO GOOD SO HE MADE 560 00:39:38,643 --> 00:39:46,518 ME DO MESSED UP STUFF BACK IN THE DAY. 561 00:39:46,518 --> 00:39:53,818 BACK IN DTHE DAY? YOU DID SOME [ BLEEP ] THIS 562 00:39:53,825 --> 00:39:57,662 MORNING. "THE LAST OG" DEALS WITH 563 00:39:57,662 --> 00:39:59,697 CLASS. AND THROUGH THE LENS OF THIS 564 00:39:59,697 --> 00:40:04,127 PERSON WHO WAS INCARCERATED AND NOW BACK INTO THIS GINGER FRIED 565 00:40:04,135 --> 00:40:09,205 NEIGHBORHOOD. DAMN. 566 00:40:09,207 --> 00:40:14,646 "THE LAST OG" IS IN BROOKLYN, BORN AND RAISE DS. D. 567 00:40:14,646 --> 00:40:21,152 I USED TO BE JUST LIKE Y’ALL. TRACY MORGAN IS BLUE COLLAR, 568 00:40:21,152 --> 00:40:25,322 OLD SCHOOL BUT ALL THE THINGS HE CONSIDERED NORMAL ARE NOW 569 00:40:25,323 --> 00:40:30,462 COMPLETELY DIFFERENT. SORRY, WE ARE JUST WAITING 570 00:40:30,462 --> 00:40:36,801 FOR OUR FRIENDS. OH, LET’S GO TO BRUNCH ‐‐ 571 00:40:36,801 --> 00:40:39,471 WHAT HAPPENED TO BROOKLYN? BROOKLYN. 572 00:40:39,471 --> 00:40:50,411 THE STRUGGLE ISRAEL. THAT’S WHAT THESE SHOWS, EVERY 573 00:40:50,415 --> 00:40:55,520 FOOL ‐SS COMING THROUGH THAT DOO THEY FOUND OUT THE HOOD IS GONE. 574 00:40:55,520 --> 00:41:03,528 WE GOT TO HELP ONE ANOTHER. ROLLING ‐‐ 575 00:41:03,528 --> 00:41:10,098 OH, YOU ARE THE MAYOR WE ARE SUPPOSED TO MEET. 576 00:41:10,101 --> 00:41:16,541 THAT’S RIGHT, I AM THE MAYOR. THE PREMISE IS A WEALTHY 577 00:41:16,541 --> 00:41:22,380 FAMILY THAT LOST EVERYTHING. THIS IS A TOWN THAT MY DAD’S 578 00:41:22,380 --> 00:41:26,480 CHARACTER BOUGHT AS A JOKE. EXCUSE ME, I DON’T THINK ANY 579 00:41:26,484 --> 00:41:29,154 SHEETS HAVE BEEN CLEANED. THEY SMELL LIKE CIGARETTE. 580 00:41:29,154 --> 00:41:35,393 NO, THAT’S THE WAY IT SMELLS. ON OUR WAY HERE WE DROVE 581 00:41:35,393 --> 00:41:43,568 THROUGH A TOWN, CALLED ‐‐ IN AN EPISODE WHERE A COUPLE 582 00:41:43,568 --> 00:41:53,178 FROM JOHNNY PASSED MEET THEM FOR DINNER AND THEY RUN INTO ROLLING 583 00:41:53,178 --> 00:41:57,448 AND JOCELYN. YOU START TO SEE THE JUDGMENT 584 00:41:57,448 --> 00:42:00,848 THAT UPPER CLASS HAS ON LOWER CLASS. 585 00:42:00,852 --> 00:42:09,292 ROLL LENEN IS THE MAYOR OF OU TOWN. 586 00:42:09,294 --> 00:42:23,641 SCHITTEVILLE, I HOPE. YOU WROTE A SOFT SONG. 587 00:42:23,641 --> 00:42:27,879 NOT OOA PHONE CALL. NOT A NICKEL. 588 00:42:27,879 --> 00:42:31,679 ROLLING AND JOCELYN HERE COULD NOT HAVE BEEN MORE GENEROUS OF 589 00:42:31,683 --> 00:42:35,620 WHAT LITTLE THEY HAD. WE ARE GOING TO STICK UP FOR THE 590 00:42:35,620 --> 00:42:41,290 TOWN WE LIVE ICHB AND OWN CIRCUMSTANCE. 591 00:42:41,292 --> 00:42:51,202 THAT TOWN YOU PASSED THROUGH IS NOT CALLED ‐‐ IT IS CALLED 592 00:42:51,202 --> 00:42:54,572 SCHITTE’S CREEK, IT IS WHERE WE LIVE. 593 00:42:54,572 --> 00:43:00,778 OVERTIME IT ACKNOWLEDGES THAT CLASS IS NOT A PERMANENT DIVIDE. 594 00:43:00,778 --> 00:43:04,178 OH MY GOD. OH MY GOD. 595 00:43:04,182 --> 00:43:06,851 OKAY, THIS IS NOT OKAY. WHAT ARE YOU GUYS DOING HERE? 596 00:43:06,851 --> 00:43:09,020 TONIGHT WE ARE DANCING AS A FAMILY. 597 00:43:09,020 --> 00:43:11,450 WHAT’S HAPPENING? WE NEVER WANTED THE TOWN TO 598 00:43:11,456 --> 00:43:16,294 BE THE BUTT OF THE JOKE BUT IN FACT THAT’S WHY WE MADE THIS 599 00:43:16,294 --> 00:43:21,234 TOWN SO ACCEPTING. THE TOWN IS THE GOAL, IT IS THE