1 00:00:25,626 --> 00:00:31,696 >>> I SUPPOSE TO THE OUTSIDER, WE MIGHT SEEM UNORTHODOX BUT 2 00:00:31,698 --> 00:00:35,968 WHAT DOES THIS OUTSIDER KNOW? HOW DOES HE JUDGE US? 3 00:00:35,969 --> 00:00:40,007 THE WHOLE NOTION OF OUTSIDER IS A STRAND THAT GOES THROUGH MOST 4 00:00:40,007 --> 00:00:42,976 SITCOMS, I THINK. TAKE IT RIGHT OUT OF MY 5 00:00:42,976 --> 00:00:47,676 MOUTH. OUTSIDERS HAPPY US REELP US R 6 00:00:47,681 --> 00:00:51,681 AN AUDIENCE. ARE YOU SOME KIND OF NERD? 7 00:00:51,685 --> 00:00:54,221 NOT SOME KIND OF NERD, THE KING OF NERDS. 8 00:00:54,221 --> 00:00:56,921 THEY ARE SEEING EVERYTHING WITH FRESH EYES. 9 00:00:56,924 --> 00:01:01,261 YOU RANG. THAT DYNAMIC IS PRETTY 10 00:01:01,261 --> 00:01:03,661 AWESOME. IT’S SPECIAL. 11 00:01:03,664 --> 00:01:07,401 THAT CONFIDENCE REALLY MADE PEOPLE FEEL LIKE THEY COULD BE 12 00:01:07,401 --> 00:01:09,836 OKAY TO BE WHOEVER THEY ARE. DID I DO THAT? 13 00:01:09,836 --> 00:01:14,266 AND I THINK IF I BELIEVE IN WHO I AM AND OWN IT, I CAN STILL 14 00:01:14,274 --> 00:01:18,979 BE COOL. OH, ANYBODY IN THERE? 15 00:01:18,979 --> 00:01:25,786 FLY, BE FREE. 16 00:01:33,093 --> 00:01:36,997 THE ABSOLUTE ESSENCE OF A SUCCESSFUL SITCOM IS ONE WORD. 17 00:01:36,997 --> 00:01:42,235 AND THAT IS EMOTION. WE ABOLISHED EMOTIONS A 18 00:01:42,235 --> 00:01:48,135 BILLION BLEEMS AGO. THEY TOOK A VOTE AND ALL IN 19 00:01:48,141 --> 00:01:51,678 FAVOR. THEY HAVE A GREAT LOOK FOR 20 00:01:51,678 --> 00:01:55,415 ALIEN CHARACTERS STRUGGLEING WIT THE SAME HUMAN DILEMMA WE ALL 21 00:01:55,415 --> 00:02:00,215 STRUGGLE WITH, HOW DO WE BEHAVE BY GOOD HUMAN BEINGS. 22 00:02:00,220 --> 00:02:05,225 YO, KATE, WHERE DO YOU KEEP YOUR CASSEROLE DISHES? 23 00:02:05,225 --> 00:02:07,485 WHY? THE CAT WON’T FIT IN THE 24 00:02:07,494 --> 00:02:10,263 TOASTER. ALIENS MAKE FOR GREAT COMEDY 25 00:02:10,263 --> 00:02:13,700 BECAUSE YOU GET THE ULTIMATE OUTSIDE HERE CAN MAKE FUN OF US 26 00:02:13,700 --> 00:02:17,537 BUT YOU ALSO CAN DO ANYTHING WITH THEM. 27 00:02:17,537 --> 00:02:22,407 AND IN THE ’60s WITH THE SPACE RACE, U. S. VERSUS RUSSIA, IT WAS 28 00:02:22,409 --> 00:02:26,246 JUST SUCH A NATURAL FIT, I THINK, TO SATIRIZE. 29 00:02:26,246 --> 00:02:36,516 YOU STILL HAVE THE SUBURBS BUT NOW THEY’RE BEING INVADED BY 30 00:02:36,523 --> 00:02:37,591 MARCH MARTIANS. 31 00:02:37,591 --> 00:02:38,925 YOU’RE THE MARTIAN. YOU’RE SUPPOSED TO BE SMARTER 32 00:02:38,925 --> 00:02:40,385 THAN I AM. I KNOW. 33 00:02:40,394 --> 00:02:43,497 THIS LIVING HERE ON EARTH BEGINS TO RUB OFF ON ONE. 34 00:02:43,497 --> 00:02:47,597 MY FAVORITE MARTIAN HID HIS SPACESHIP IN THE GARAGE WITH A 35 00:02:47,601 --> 00:02:48,835 SHEET. COME ON, MAN. 36 00:02:48,835 --> 00:02:55,905 UNCLE MARTIN, ALL YOU HAVE IS A SIMPLE COMMON COLD. 37 00:02:55,909 --> 00:02:57,109 ALL? COMMON? 38 00:02:57,110 --> 00:02:59,046 SIMPLE? DON’T YOU REALIZE I’M NOT THE 39 00:02:59,046 --> 00:03:00,946 COMMON MAN. I’M A MARTIAN AND MY SYSTEM IS 40 00:03:00,947 --> 00:03:10,457 NOT PREPARED FOR THIS AH‐CHEW! "MY FAVORITE MARTIAN" ONLY 41 00:03:10,457 --> 00:03:15,557 LASTED A FEW YEARS IN THE 1960s. YOU PEOPLE BAFFLE ME SO 42 00:03:15,562 --> 00:03:18,198 ILLOGICAL, SO EMOTIONAL. EARTH IS ALL RIGHT FOR A VISIT 43 00:03:18,198 --> 00:03:20,328 BUT I WOULDN’T WANT TO LIVE HERE. 44 00:03:20,333 --> 00:03:26,840 BY THE 1970s, WE SAUW SCIENCE FICTION TAKE OVER. 45 00:03:27,441 --> 00:03:31,178 GARRY MARSHALL WHO WAS EXECUTIVE PRODUCER OF "HAPPY 46 00:03:31,178 --> 00:03:38,178 DAYS" WAS A FAN OF MY"MY FAVORIT MARTIAN". 47 00:03:38,185 --> 00:03:39,853 HIS SON SCOTT SAYS TO HIS FAVORITE FATHER, I THINK THERE 48 00:03:39,853 --> 00:03:43,390 SHOULD BE AN ALIEN ON "HAPPY DAYS." 49 00:03:43,390 --> 00:03:48,829 THAT WOULD BE FUNNY. GARY WRITES. 50 00:03:48,829 --> 00:03:52,599 HEAD OF CASTING COMES DOWN WITH A YOUNG MAN VERY QUIET, VERY 51 00:03:52,599 --> 00:03:56,569 SHY. THIS YOUNG MAN ROBIN WILLIAMS 52 00:03:56,570 --> 00:04:01,070 PICKS UP THE SCRIPT AND WE START DOING THE SCENE. 53 00:04:01,074 --> 00:04:06,913 IS HE ‐‐ THE FINGER OF HIS. HE JUST POINTS IT ONCE AND WAM, 54 00:04:06,913 --> 00:04:09,416 BAM. THAT FRLSWAS THE LAST TIME I 55 00:04:09,416 --> 00:04:11,676 HEARD THE SCRIPT THE WAY IT WAS WRITTEN. 56 00:04:11,685 --> 00:04:15,856 COME ALONG SPECIMEN. LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING. 57 00:04:15,856 --> 00:04:20,256 YOU AIN’T TAKING MY BUDDY HERE. YOU WANT TO RUMBLE SM? 58 00:04:20,260 --> 00:04:21,760 RUMBLE. DA, DA, DA. 59 00:04:21,762 --> 00:04:32,639 LET US MAKE IT A BASE HOOK. LET ME INTRODUCE THE LOCAL SELL 60 00:04:32,639 --> 00:04:34,469 LEASH ‐‐ SELL LEASHTIES. 61 00:04:34,474 --> 00:04:41,414 -IT’S LIKE THE SOUND STAGE 19 -D WAS PICKED UP OFF ITS 62 00:04:41,414 --> 00:04:46,052 FOUNDATION, RATTLED LIKE A BABY RATTLE AND THROWN BACK DOWN AND 63 00:04:46,052 --> 00:04:52,292 I REALIZED THAT MY JOB WAS GET OUT OF THIS MAN’S WAY. 64 00:04:52,292 --> 00:04:56,262 BECAUSE IT WAS SO FREE FORM AT THAT TIME, IT WAS DIFFERENT. 65 00:04:56,263 --> 00:04:58,398 YOU LIVED A LOT OF THAT. HUGE. 66 00:04:58,398 --> 00:05:02,798 YOU GO OFF AND HAVE PEOPLE THAT GO WITH IT, THREE CAMERAS, GOOD 67 00:05:02,803 --> 00:05:03,737 LUCK. MUST BE PRETTY TOUGH. 68 00:05:03,737 --> 00:05:08,775 NOT A QUESTION OF TOUGHNESS. I’M PROTECTED BY A STELLAR FORCE 69 00:05:08,775 --> 00:05:12,045 FIELD. WATCH. 70 00:05:12,045 --> 00:05:15,575 SEE. MORK ON "HAPPY DAYS" IS A 71 00:05:15,582 --> 00:05:21,288 STAR DRIVEN PERFORMANCE. HE WAS A FORCE OF NATURE. 72 00:05:21,288 --> 00:05:24,388 ROBIN WILLIAMS WAS JUST UNIQUE COMIC AT THE TIME WHEN HE 73 00:05:24,391 --> 00:05:30,096 CAME ON, JUST HAD SO MUCH ENERGY AND SO MAGNETIC. 74 00:05:30,096 --> 00:05:36,036 PEOPLE LOVE THE CHARACTER AND THUS, "MORK AND MINDY" WAS BORN. 75 00:05:36,036 --> 00:05:39,436 HOW DO YOU SAY THAT IN YOUR LANGUAGE? 76 00:05:39,439 --> 00:05:42,039 WE SPIT. THE MORK CHARACTER WAS A 77 00:05:42,042 --> 00:05:45,042 MISFIT FAILURE ON HIS PLANET. THEY SENT HIM TO EARTH AND SAID 78 00:05:45,045 --> 00:05:51,551 YOU GO STUDY THAT. YOU EXPECT ME TO EAT THIS 79 00:05:51,551 --> 00:05:53,386 SLOP? THEN HE LIVED WITH ALL THAT 80 00:05:53,386 --> 00:05:54,946 COMPLEX. WHAT ARE YOU DOING? 81 00:05:54,955 --> 00:06:02,462 PUTTING YOUR BONES IN ORDER. THATI WAS THE BEST PAID ACTRE 82 00:06:02,462 --> 00:06:06,399 IN HOLLYWOOD FOR GOING, OH, MORK, WHAT DID YOU DO? 83 00:06:06,399 --> 00:06:09,599 STATE OF DEPRESSION, DEFUNK. WHAT SEEMS TO BE THE MATTER? 84 00:06:09,603 --> 00:06:12,038 I’M JUST DISAPPOINTED IN THE MAIL. 85 00:06:12,038 --> 00:06:15,268 LET ME TEACH YOU SOMETHING. IT’S COMMON THROUGHOUT THE 86 00:06:15,275 --> 00:06:17,811 UNIVERSE FOR A FEMALE SPECIES TO BE DISAPPOINTED IN THE MALE. 87 00:06:17,811 --> 00:06:26,720 BY THE LATE ’70s WHEN "MORK AND MINDY" BECAME A HUGE 88 00:06:26,720 --> 00:06:28,720 SUCCESS, THEY SAID LET’S MAKE IT ABOUT SOMETHING. 89 00:06:28,722 --> 00:06:33,492 WE HAD A LOT OF WRITERS IN THEIR EARLY 20s AND THERE WAS 90 00:06:33,493 --> 00:06:37,263 SOCIAL UPHEAVAL THEY TRIED TO WAKE PEOPLE UP. 91 00:06:37,264 --> 00:06:40,333 ARE YOU SURE YOU’RE IN THE RIGHT PLACE? 92 00:06:40,333 --> 00:06:44,703 THE NIGHT IS A FASCINATING EPISODE BECAUSE MORK UNBEKNOWNST 93 00:06:44,704 --> 00:06:48,875 TO HIM IS SUPPORTING THIS POLITICIAN WHO HAPPENS TO BE 94 00:06:48,875 --> 00:06:52,375 PART OF A WHITE SUPREMACIST GROUP. 95 00:06:52,379 --> 00:07:02,088 I’LL TRY THIS ON FOR SIZE. DO YOU HAVE A FRANKENSTEIN 96 00:07:02,088 --> 00:07:03,957 MASK? THERE ARE NO STEINS IN HERE. 97 00:07:03,957 --> 00:07:07,657 MORK DOESN’T REALIZE WHAT THIS GROUP STAND S FOR. 98 00:07:07,661 --> 00:07:11,461 MORK, DO YOU KNOW WHAT BIGOTRY IS? 99 00:07:11,464 --> 00:07:15,502 AN ITALIAN FORCE, BIGOTRY. I THINK WHAT MADE THE ALIEN 100 00:07:15,502 --> 00:07:23,642 CHARACTER WORK SO BEAUTIFULLY IS HIS OBSERVATIONS WERE PURE. 101 00:07:23,643 --> 00:07:29,516 I FEEL STRANGE. ME, TOO. 102 00:07:29,516 --> 00:07:32,016 LOOK. BLAKE IS BLACK. 103 00:07:32,018 --> 00:07:37,288 WHAT HAPPENED? I REPROGRAMMED THEIR GENES. 104 00:07:37,290 --> 00:07:41,390 "MORK AND MINDY" WAS EXPLOSIVE AND SURPASSED 105 00:07:41,394 --> 00:07:44,864 EVERYBODY’S EXPECTATIONS BECAUSE IT JUST FELT ORIGINAL. 106 00:07:44,864 --> 00:07:52,238 I HAD NEVER WATCHED MY FAVORITE MARTIAN MORK AND MINDY. 107 00:07:52,238 --> 00:07:57,408 I NEVER THOUGHT I’D DO SITCOM BUT IT WAS THAT CAPTIVATING AN 108 00:07:57,410 --> 00:08:00,180 IDEA. FOUR ALIENS CAME ON A RESEARCH 109 00:08:00,180 --> 00:08:06,786 MISSION TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO BE HUMAN. 110 00:08:06,786 --> 00:08:09,286 GOT TEN FINGERS, 11 TOES? CHECK. 111 00:08:09,289 --> 00:08:11,358 GOOD. I GUESS WE’RE IN. 112 00:08:11,358 --> 00:08:18,498 EVERYONE COMFORTABLE? I HAVE THREE HOLES IN MY 113 00:08:18,498 --> 00:08:19,498 FACE. FACE. 114 00:08:19,499 --> 00:08:24,137 THEY WERE LOOKING FOR AN ACTOR LIKE FLYNN AND BUGS BUNNY. 115 00:08:24,137 --> 00:08:28,667 IN 1996 HERE HE IS DISPLAYING WHAT TURNED OUT TO BE HIS 116 00:08:28,675 --> 00:08:35,882 DELICIOUSLY GOOFY SIDE. LOOK, LIFE FORMS AND CLAIMING 117 00:08:35,882 --> 00:08:38,218 EACH OTHER. WE WERE A WHOLE SCHOOL OF 118 00:08:38,218 --> 00:08:45,658 FISH OUT OF WATER AND I WAS AN ALIEN THAT COULD DO ANYTHING BUT 119 00:08:45,658 --> 00:08:46,888 UNDERSTOOD NOTHING. WHAT IS THAT THING ON YOUR 120 00:08:46,893 --> 00:08:48,461 HEAD? IT’S BEAUTIFUL. 121 00:08:48,461 --> 00:08:52,866 THANK YOU, IT’S AUTHENTIC. MAKES ME FEEL CONNECTED TO MY 122 00:08:52,866 --> 00:08:54,296 ANCESTORS. THAT’S THE TRADITIONAL HEAD 123 00:08:54,300 --> 00:08:58,838 DRESS OF ANCIENT SECRETARIES. "THIRD ROCK FROM THE SUN" IS 124 00:08:58,838 --> 00:09:01,838 LOOKING AT OUR SOCIETY FROM A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE GOING MY 125 00:09:01,841 --> 00:09:03,410 GOODNESS, WE’RE RIDICULOUS, AREN’T WE? 126 00:09:03,410 --> 00:09:07,880 IN CASE YOU HAVEN’T NOTICED, I’M BLACK. 127 00:09:07,881 --> 00:09:13,186 OH, OF COURSE I NOTICED, AND ALL RIGHT, YOU ARE ‐‐ 128 00:09:13,186 --> 00:09:25,596 COULD I BE ANY WHITER? "THIRD ROCK" WAS A KERR YOLSC 129 00:09:25,598 --> 00:09:28,298 IT HAD A CERTAIN STYLE UNLIKE NOTHING ELSE ON TELEVISION. 130 00:09:28,301 --> 00:09:32,439 I’M SORRY, ALL YOU PEOPLE LOOK ALIKE TO ME. 131 00:09:32,439 --> 00:09:38,578 EXCUSE ME? OH, I’M INCREDIBLY PROUD OF 132 00:09:38,578 --> 00:09:40,647 PLAYING DICK SOLOMON. I GUESS IT WAS THE FIRST TIME I 133 00:09:40,647 --> 00:09:44,547 TAPPED INTO JUST HOW IMPORTANT SITCOM IS TO EVERYBODY. 134 00:09:44,551 --> 00:09:47,987 I GUESS IT’S BECAUSE IT’S A SHARED EXPERIENCE. 135 00:09:47,987 --> 00:09:52,357 I JUST DON’T SEE WHY PEOPLE HAVE TO DIVIDE UP INTO THESE 136 00:09:52,358 --> 00:09:55,188 ARBITRARY SUBSETS. SKIN COLOR, PLEASE. 137 00:09:55,195 --> 00:09:56,135 YOU MAY SEE COLOR BUT I SEE PEOPLE. 138 00:10:35,681 --> 00:10:43,781 >>> I’M IS. THERE IS SO MUCH I DON’T KNOW. 139 00:10:43,789 --> 00:10:48,659 BUS, PANTS, CAR. AN OUTSIDER LIKE KIMMY IS 140 00:10:48,661 --> 00:10:51,597 GREAT BECAUSE SHE’S SEEING THE WORLD AS IT IS AND HAS A LOT OF 141 00:10:51,597 --> 00:10:53,997 QUESTIONS ABOUT IT. I FEEL LIKE A BUTTERFLY 142 00:10:53,999 --> 00:10:56,435 BUSTING AND FALLING FROM THE NEST. 143 00:10:56,435 --> 00:10:57,803 YEAH, YOU NEED THIS EDUCATION. 144 00:10:57,803 --> 00:11:00,003 I LOVE YOU. DON’T GET LICE. 145 00:11:00,005 --> 00:11:17,485 THE OUTSIDER IS SUPER IMPORTANT 146 00:11:17,489 --> 00:11:31,136 IMPORTANT. IT SEEMS TO BE LOST. 147 00:11:31,136 --> 00:11:39,111 IT’S DELIGHTFUL. 148 00:11:39,111 --> 00:11:41,041 BACK IN THE 60s WHAT WAS 149 00:11:41,046 --> 00:11:44,046 GOING ON IN THE COUNTRY IS A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE HAVING ISSUES 150 00:11:44,049 --> 00:11:46,852 ABOUT WHO WAS LIVING NEXT DOOR TO WHO. 151 00:11:46,852 --> 00:11:51,622 THIS WAS SUCH A NICE NEIGHBORHOOD UNTIL THEY MOVED 152 00:11:51,624 --> 00:11:53,224 IN. WE WERE OF COLOR EVEN THOUGH 153 00:11:53,225 --> 00:11:56,295 IT WAS GREEN BUT WE WERE LIKE THE FAMILY YOU DIDN’T WANT TO 154 00:11:56,295 --> 00:12:03,235 HAVE MOVE INTO THE BLOCK. I SAW THE MUNSTERS AS THE 155 00:12:03,235 --> 00:12:04,665 BLOCK BLACK PEOPLE AND I THOUGHT, I 156 00:12:04,670 --> 00:12:06,672 LIKE THIS. THIS IS GOOD. 157 00:12:06,672 --> 00:12:10,472 UNCLE HERMANN, I’D LIKE YOU TO MEET MY DATE. 158 00:12:10,476 --> 00:12:13,846 THIS IS ‐‐ 159 00:12:13,846 --> 00:12:18,716 OH, UNCLE HERMANN. WHAT IS THE WATER WITH ME, 160 00:12:18,717 --> 00:12:20,686 ANYWAY? BACK THEN, THE WORLD IS 161 00:12:20,686 --> 00:12:24,556 BUBBLING UP FOR A CHANGE. I JUST WISH THE PRODUCERS COULD 162 00:12:24,556 --> 00:12:27,426 HAVE YOU KNOW CAST BLACK PEOPLE BUT THEY COULDN’T. 163 00:12:27,426 --> 00:12:33,496 THEY HAD TO GO WITH REAL MONSTERS, WHICH IS DEEP IN 164 00:12:33,499 --> 00:12:34,433 ITSELF. 165 00:12:34,433 --> 00:12:41,373 JOE AND BOB CREATED "THE 166 00:12:41,373 --> 00:12:43,303 MUNSTERS". THEY JUST FINISHED "LEAVE IT 167 00:12:43,309 --> 00:12:46,712 TO BEAVER" AND WANTED TO KEEP THIS MOLD OF THE FAMILY SITCOM 168 00:12:46,712 --> 00:12:51,242 BUT MARRY IT TO SOMETHING NEW AND STRANGE. 169 00:12:51,250 --> 00:12:53,852 MARYLAND, TAKE THE CHICKEN BACK TO THE KITCHEN. 170 00:12:53,852 --> 00:12:58,682 I’M AFRAID IT’S NOT QUITE DONE. LOOKS GOOD TO ME. 171 00:12:58,691 --> 00:13:02,361 THE PACTFACT OF THE MATTER REMAINS, WE WERE A NORMAL 172 00:13:02,361 --> 00:13:04,997 FAMILY. HERMANN WENT TO WORK AND WILLY 173 00:13:04,997 --> 00:13:10,367 KEPT THE HOUSE AND COUSIN MA MARYLAND WENT TO COLLEGE AND I 174 00:13:10,369 --> 00:13:12,204 WAS A NORMAL KID. I WAS PERFECT. 175 00:13:12,204 --> 00:13:14,004 CAN I TRY KICKING ONE? SURE. 176 00:13:14,006 --> 00:13:19,976 THANK YOU. 177 00:13:19,978 --> 00:13:24,616 HERMANN MUNSTER IS A JUST A SOFT LITTLE TEDDY BEAR ON THE 178 00:13:24,616 --> 00:13:28,116 INSIDE SO IT WAS REALLY YOUR FIRST LESSON OF LIKE, DON’T 179 00:13:28,120 --> 00:13:34,326 JUDGE A BOOK BUT ITS COVER. I THINK I’LL TAKE UP GOLF. 180 00:13:34,326 --> 00:13:38,796 BUT I’M NOT SURE ABOUT BEING IN THE SUN TOO MUCH. 181 00:13:38,797 --> 00:13:41,767 I’D HATE TO LOSE MY POWER. IN A DESPERATE EFFORT TO BE 182 00:13:41,767 --> 00:13:45,003 ONE OF THE REST OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THEY EVEN JOINED A 183 00:13:45,003 --> 00:13:48,103 COUNTRY CLUB. WHEN THAT MR. MUNSTER SHOWS 184 00:13:48,107 --> 00:13:52,377 UP TO PLAY GOLF, IF HE ISN’T OUR IDEA OF A HUMAN BEING, I’LL 185 00:13:52,378 --> 00:13:55,314 THROW THEM OUT PERSONALLY. AT THAT TIME, COUNTRY CLUBS 186 00:13:55,314 --> 00:14:01,284 WERE VERY, LIKE, CERTAIN PEOPLE WEREN’T ALLOWED IN. 187 00:14:01,286 --> 00:14:03,122 CERTAIN RELIGIONS. 188 00:14:03,122 --> 00:14:07,222 OH, OH, OH, I MADE IT. I MADE IT. 189 00:14:07,226 --> 00:14:14,866 AS A STAND IN FOR ETHNIC MINORITIES, THE MUNSTERS ARE 190 00:14:14,867 --> 00:14:18,504 STRIVING TO BE ACCEPTED. AS THEY SAY IN GOLF, EDDIE, 191 00:14:18,504 --> 00:14:27,212 YOU GOT TO PLAY THEM. I DON’T THINK THAT "ADAMS 192 00:14:27,212 --> 00:14:33,712 FAMILY" CARES. THE THEEPME SONG WAS GREAT. 193 00:14:33,719 --> 00:14:35,519 THEY’RE CREEPY AND COOKY, 194 00:14:35,521 --> 00:14:46,165 MYSTERIOUS AND SPOOKY, ADAMS FAMILY ♪ 195 00:14:46,165 --> 00:14:48,895 "THE AD DAPADAMSTHE ADAMS FAM HUMOR. 196 00:14:48,901 --> 00:14:51,136 THAT DOLL DOESN’T HAVE A HEAD. 197 00:14:51,136 --> 00:14:57,242 IT’S AUNT AND HER HEAD WAS CHOPPED OFF. 198 00:14:57,242 --> 00:15:03,182 "ADAMS FAMILY" ARE MORE SUBVERSIVE BECAUSE THEY’RE NOT 199 00:15:03,182 --> 00:15:07,152 STRIVING TO BE LIKE THE TYPICAL AMERICAN FAMILY. 200 00:15:07,152 --> 00:15:09,482 WE HAVE OURSELVES SOME PECULIAR NEIGHBORS. 201 00:15:09,488 --> 00:15:12,458 ONLY ONE THING TO DO, GET RID OF THEM. 202 00:15:12,458 --> 00:15:15,358 I’LL GET RID OF THEM. I HAVEN’T USED THIS BEAUTY 203 00:15:15,360 --> 00:15:19,832 SINCE THE TAX MAN WAS HERE. "ADAMS FAMILY" HAS A 204 00:15:19,832 --> 00:15:22,962 DIFFERENT SET OF VALUES REAL TO THEM THAT DON’T ALIGN WITH 205 00:15:22,968 --> 00:15:29,942 ANYTHING ELSE IN THE WORLD. YOU REMEMBER OUR HONEYMOON, 206 00:15:29,942 --> 00:15:35,272 GOMEZ? WHO COULD FORGET OUR FIRST 207 00:15:35,280 --> 00:15:37,649 NIGHT IN DEATH VALLEY. MOORERTISHA AND GOMEZ HAVE A 208 00:15:37,649 --> 00:15:40,385 OF SEXUAL TENSION. SHE DOES NOT LOOK LIKE A 209 00:15:40,385 --> 00:15:42,285 SUBURBAN MOM. SHE WAS HOT. 210 00:15:42,287 --> 00:15:46,892 THAT WAS MY FIRST CRUSH. LET’S GO DOWN TO THE CAVE. 211 00:15:46,892 --> 00:15:49,492 THAT’S WHAT WE SAVE FOR SPECIAL OCCASIONS. 212 00:15:49,495 --> 00:15:51,864 YOU KNOW WHAT YOU DO WHEN YOU CALL ME THAT. 213 00:15:51,864 --> 00:15:54,664 IT SLIPPED UP. CONTROL YOURSELF. 214 00:15:54,666 --> 00:16:02,036 YOU LOVE IT AS A KID BECAUSE YOU LOVE WEDNESDAY, LURCH IS A 215 00:16:02,040 --> 00:16:03,809 RIOT. THAT’S WHAT I REMEMBER MOST 216 00:16:03,809 --> 00:16:09,982 ABOUT "ADAMS FAMILY". YOU RANG? 217 00:16:09,982 --> 00:16:16,082 COUSIN IT, THING. ALL GRADE BUT I DIDN’T GET IT 218 00:16:16,088 --> 00:16:20,993 UNTIL I WAS OLDER AND THEN COULD REALLY SIT BACK AND GO THAT’S 219 00:16:20,993 --> 00:16:23,061 SOME SMART CLEVER WRITING IN THE BEST SENSE. 220 00:16:23,061 --> 00:16:25,921 DARLING, THERE IS SOMETHING I WAS HOPING I WOULDN’T HAVE TO 221 00:16:25,931 --> 00:16:30,302 TELL YOU. THE OTHER AFTERNOON I SUE PUGSLY 222 00:16:30,302 --> 00:16:32,771 PLAYING WITH A BAT. A BAT. 223 00:16:32,771 --> 00:16:35,071 THAT’S MORE LIKE OUR BOY. A BASEBALL BAT. 224 00:16:35,073 --> 00:16:41,843 IT’S A GAME PLAYED OUTDOORS IN THE SUN. 225 00:16:41,847 --> 00:16:42,577 OH. 226 00:16:42,581 --> 00:16:53,058 "ADAMS FAMILY" JUST LIKE "THE MUNSTERS" ONLY LASTED TWO 227 00:16:53,058 --> 00:16:55,627 SEASONS. CHANGING THE FACE OF THE 228 00:16:55,627 --> 00:16:58,127 AMERICAN FAMILY. LIKE THE IDEA AMERICAN SOCIETY 229 00:16:58,130 --> 00:17:00,299 MESSED UP AND THESE ARE THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT UNDERSTAND WHY IT’S 230 00:17:00,299 --> 00:17:02,434 MESSED UP. GO AHEAD, FESTER. 231 00:17:02,434 --> 00:17:07,134 GET ANOTHER SHOT. THIS TIME GET HIM RIGHT IN 232 00:17:07,139 --> 00:17:12,978 THE OLD HEART. WHAT’S THE MATTER WITH YOUR 233 00:17:35,045 --> 00:17:39,115 >>> THERE IT IS. THAT FANTASY OF WHAT IF I WAS 234 00:17:39,115 --> 00:17:43,420 A GENIE AND I COULD MAKE ANYTHING COME TRUE WITH A SNAP? 235 00:17:43,420 --> 00:17:47,720 I WOULD LOOK LIKE A KING WITH A WARRIOR’S BEARD. 236 00:17:47,724 --> 00:17:50,160 EVERYONE CAN RELATE TO WANTING THAT MAGIC IN THEIR 237 00:17:50,160 --> 00:17:51,790 LIVES. BEHOLD. 238 00:17:51,795 --> 00:17:56,965 SITCOMS ABOUT MAGIC BECOME REALLY POPULAR IN THE 1960s ON 239 00:17:56,967 --> 00:17:58,702 TELEVISION. YOU’RE REALLY BEGINNING TO 240 00:17:58,702 --> 00:18:07,242 GET THIS BACKLASH TO THE SHOWS IN THE ’50s LIKE "LEAVE IT TO 241 00:18:07,243 --> 00:18:08,843 BEAVER" OR "FATHER KNOWS BEST". THE BOOMERS ARE COMING TO AGE 242 00:18:08,845 --> 00:18:14,084 AND THEY ARE NOT INTERESTED IN THE CULTURE IN WHICH THEY GREW 243 00:18:14,084 --> 00:18:16,252 UP IN. THEY WANT CHANGE. 244 00:18:16,252 --> 00:18:24,461 FEMINISM IS RISING. 245 00:18:24,461 --> 00:18:28,031 AND "BEWITCHED" CAPTURED 246 00:18:28,031 --> 00:18:34,901 THAT. I WISH I HAD A DRINK. 247 00:18:34,904 --> 00:18:41,444 A STRAW. THE PREMISE OF "BEWITCHED" 248 00:18:41,444 --> 00:18:46,683 THIS IS NERDY EXECUTIVE FROM NEW YORK CITY FALLS IN LOVE WITH A 249 00:18:46,683 --> 00:18:49,783 WOMAN WHO HAD MAGIC. YOU’RE A WITCH. 250 00:18:49,786 --> 00:18:58,962 THAT’S WHAT I’VE BEEN TRYING TO TELL YOU. 251 00:18:58,962 --> 00:19:01,692 IT COULD BE A TYPICAL SUBURBAN FAMILY EXCEPT FOR THE 252 00:19:01,698 --> 00:19:06,136 FACT HER ENTIRE FAMILY ARE WITCHES AND THEY HAVE ONE 253 00:19:06,136 --> 00:19:18,314 ADORABLE LITTLE GIRL. AMAZING DESPITE SHE’S THE 254 00:19:18,314 --> 00:19:22,084 PRODUCT OF A MIXED MEG SHARE DED I WANTED TO BE INVISIBLE LIKE 255 00:19:22,085 --> 00:19:24,485 HER FROM ONE SIDE OF THE ROOM TO THE OTHER. 256 00:19:24,487 --> 00:19:30,994 THESE LADIES ARE STRAIGHT UP MAGIC AND THEIR HUSBANDS WANT 257 00:19:30,994 --> 00:19:32,894 THEM TO HIDE IT. DON’T TELL ME YOU’VE 258 00:19:32,896 --> 00:19:36,700 FORGOTTEN HOW TO LEVITATE. OF COURSE I HAVEN’T 259 00:19:36,700 --> 00:19:39,800 FORGOTTEN. DARRIN PREFERS I DON’T DO ANY OF 260 00:19:39,803 --> 00:19:44,340 THIS STUFF ANYMORE. I REMEMBER THAT PISSING ME 261 00:19:44,340 --> 00:19:48,710 OFF AS A LITTLE KID. I WAS LIKE SHE’S MAGIC. 262 00:19:48,712 --> 00:19:51,412 DON’T! CONSIDER YOURSELF LUCKY 263 00:19:51,414 --> 00:19:55,914 YOU’RE NOT AT THIS MOMENT AN ARTICHOKE. 264 00:19:55,919 --> 00:19:58,388 YOU CAN WATCH THAT SHOW AS A MINORITY OF ANY KIND AND 265 00:19:58,388 --> 00:20:01,291 IDENTIFY WITH HOW SHE FEELS LIKE SHE HAS TO HIDE A PART OF 266 00:20:01,291 --> 00:20:06,491 HERSELF AND YOU LOOK AT PAUL LIND AS UNCLE ARTHUR WHICH A LOT 267 00:20:06,496 --> 00:20:11,166 OF LGBT COMMUNITY SAY I SEE MYSELF IN THAT CHARACTER. 268 00:20:11,167 --> 00:20:15,371 YOU LOOK AT AGNUS AND YOU CAN SEE A LOT OF EARLY TOUCH STONES 269 00:20:15,371 --> 00:20:17,501 FOR DRAG. DON’T YOU REALIZE YOU’RE 270 00:20:17,507 --> 00:20:19,407 UNDER A SPELL? I KNOW, DEAR. 271 00:20:19,409 --> 00:20:29,586 BUT WHEN YOU’RE IN LOVE THE WHOLE WORLD IS UNDER A SPELL. 272 00:20:29,586 --> 00:20:34,691 THAT WAS GROUND BREAKING. SAMANTHA WASN’T DEFINED BY 273 00:20:34,691 --> 00:20:35,851 SUPERNATURAL POWERS BUT DEFINED BUT HUMANITY. 274 00:20:35,859 --> 00:20:39,129 THAT PICTURE IS OFFENSIVE. OFFENSIVE? 275 00:20:39,129 --> 00:20:43,933 IS THAT HOW YOU THINK I LOOK? OF COURSE NOT. 276 00:20:43,933 --> 00:20:45,263 THE REAL MESSAGE OF A WITCH WAS PREJUDICE. 277 00:20:45,268 --> 00:20:48,004 WHY DID YOU DO IT? MOST PEOPLE THINK THAT’S HOW 278 00:20:48,004 --> 00:20:49,939 WITCHES LOOK. IS THAT ANY REASON TO 279 00:20:49,939 --> 00:20:52,339 DISCRIMINATE AGAINST A MINORITY GROUP? 280 00:20:52,342 --> 00:20:58,381 WHAT MINORITY GROUP? WITCHES, OF COURSE. 281 00:20:58,381 --> 00:21:01,151 "BEWITCHED" IS AN IMMEDIATE HIT AND EVERYONE IS SWITCHING 282 00:21:01,151 --> 00:21:04,551 THEIR NOSE AND PUT THEM ON THE MAP. 283 00:21:04,554 --> 00:21:13,263 SO NOW NBC WANTED TO DO A WITCH SHOW 284 00:21:13,263 --> 00:21:17,500 SHOW. "I DREAM OF GEANIE" HE FOUND 285 00:21:17,500 --> 00:21:27,740 A BOTTLE AND RUBBED IT AND THERE IS A GENIE AND BOOM. 286 00:21:27,744 --> 00:21:31,781 I MUST HAVE WENT FURTHER INTO ORBIT THAN I THOUGHT. 287 00:21:31,781 --> 00:21:40,451 THE ONLY WAY TO UNDERSTAND "I DREAM OF GENIE" IS THE BACKLASH. 288 00:21:40,456 --> 00:21:42,056 ONE EGG AND TWO SLICES OF BACON. 289 00:21:42,058 --> 00:21:57,507 YOU COULDN’T DO IT TODAY. THE CULTURAL APPROPRIATION, THE 290 00:21:57,507 --> 00:21:58,741 MASSAGE MASSAGNY. 291 00:21:58,741 --> 00:22:00,510 PLEASE STOP. BUT THE ’70s. 292 00:22:00,510 --> 00:22:04,910 WELCOME TO THE GIANT MYSTERY THAT IS THE 1970s. 293 00:22:04,914 --> 00:22:09,719 BROUGHT A DIFFERENT SOPHISTICATION TO TELEVISION. 294 00:22:09,719 --> 00:22:12,819 IT WAS THE DAYS OF "ALL IN THE PHAM 295 00:22:12,822 --> 00:22:17,022 PHAMFAMILY FAMILY." 296 00:22:17,026 --> 00:22:24,901 THE "MARY TYLER MOORE" SHOW. IT BROUGHT IT BACK IN THE 297 00:22:24,901 --> 00:22:29,939 ’90s. IT’S A CAULDRON. 298 00:22:29,939 --> 00:22:31,339 WE HAVE SOMETHING TO TELL YOU. 299 00:22:31,341 --> 00:22:35,371 THERE ARE TWO REALMS, THE NATURAL AND SUPERNATURAL AND IT 300 00:22:35,378 --> 00:22:37,814 TURNS OUT THAT THE ‐‐ YOU’RE A WITCH. 301 00:22:37,814 --> 00:22:47,323 "SABRINA THE TEENAGE WITCH" IS YOUR FUN MAGICAL CAM MOA COMM 302 00:22:47,323 --> 00:22:51,461 ABOUT A GIRL WHO FINDS ON HER 16th BIRTHDAY SHE IS A WITCH. 303 00:22:51,461 --> 00:22:55,091 HERE SHE IS WITH A MAGICAL GIFT AND LIKE TEENAGERS THAT SHE 304 00:22:55,098 --> 00:23:04,374 DIDN’T FEEL CONFIDENT AND 305 00:23:04,374 --> 00:23:06,242 EMPOWERED. APPLE, PINEAPPLE, VERY CLOSE. 306 00:23:06,242 --> 00:23:08,912 SABRINA IS OR THE OF ON HER OWN. 307 00:23:08,912 --> 00:23:14,550 I’M THE WRONG WITCH TO ASK. THEY WEREN’T LENIENT WITH ME. 308 00:23:14,550 --> 00:23:16,080 SENTENCED TO 100 YEARS WITH A CAT. 309 00:23:16,085 --> 00:23:20,155 I LOVE THE CAT AND IDEA OF A ’90s CLUB COMIC TALKING CAT. 310 00:23:20,156 --> 00:23:22,525 SOUND OF THE CAN OPENER IS THE ONLY THING THAT MAKES ME 311 00:23:22,525 --> 00:23:24,794 FEEL TRULY ALIVE. 312 00:23:24,794 --> 00:23:27,730 IT WAS MY VERSION OF "BEWITCHED." 313 00:23:27,730 --> 00:23:31,430 THAT’S HOW I GREW UP. BUT IF WE CAN’T MAKE FUN OF 314 00:23:31,434 --> 00:23:36,439 GEEKS, WHO WILL WE MAKE FUN OF? HI, SABRINA. 315 00:23:36,439 --> 00:23:40,569 SUPER FREAK. YOU JUST WANT TO SEE A WEIRDO 316 00:23:40,576 --> 00:23:46,616 OUTSIDER WHO HAS SECRET POWERS CUT THROUGH EVERYONE’S NONSENSE. 317 00:23:46,616 --> 00:23:51,654 AND I THINK THAT’S WHY WE HAD A LOT OF SUCCESS WITH SABRINA. 318 00:23:51,654 --> 00:23:56,624 SEVEN‐YEAR RUN AND 163 EPISODES, ANIMATED SERIES AND THREE TV 319 00:24:14,007 --> 00:24:17,410 >>> THIS IS LIFE. I THOUGHT THERE WOULD BE MORE 320 00:24:17,410 --> 00:24:19,270 WEIRDOS. THE SITCOM IS IMPORTANT IN 321 00:24:19,279 --> 00:24:22,949 AMERICAN CULTURE BECAUSE IT’S WHERE WE WORK OUT OUR ANXIETIES 322 00:24:22,949 --> 00:24:25,952 ABOUT SOCIETY. WHERE ARE YOU FROM? 323 00:24:25,952 --> 00:24:30,652 NIGHERIANIGERIA. WOW, THAT’S A HECK OF A 324 00:24:30,657 --> 00:24:35,827 COMMUTE, HUH? WE HAVE CLASS, RACE, GETTER. 325 00:24:35,828 --> 00:24:38,298 ALL OF IT IS HERE BECAUSE WE’RE A NATION OF PEOPLE THAT CAME 326 00:24:38,298 --> 00:24:45,338 FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE. YOU CANNOT RUN IN LOS ANGELES 327 00:24:45,338 --> 00:24:48,207 AT NIGHT. THIS IS WHERE CHARLES MANSON AND 328 00:24:48,207 --> 00:24:50,677 HARVEY WEINSTEIN IS. EVERY WEEK NO MATTER THE 329 00:24:50,677 --> 00:24:56,582 SHOW, THERE ARE LITTLE PRESSURE RELEASE VALVES THAT GO OFF. 330 00:24:56,582 --> 00:25:00,620 AND YOU SEE THAT PLAY OUT THROUGHOUT THE HISTORY OF THE 331 00:25:00,620 --> 00:25:04,320 SITCOM. AT FIRST THOUGHT YOU MAY IMAGINE 332 00:25:04,324 --> 00:25:17,203 1940s, ’50s SITCOMS BEING VERY WHITE SAYUBURBAN. 333 00:25:17,203 --> 00:25:20,803 THERE WERE PARTS ABOUT BECOMING THE AMERICAN DREAM. 334 00:25:20,807 --> 00:25:26,813 LIFE ABOUT AN ITALIAN FAMILY, I REMEMBER MAMA ABOUT A 335 00:25:26,813 --> 00:25:30,983 NORWEGIAN B PHAMFAMILY. "THE GOLDBERGS" IS ABOUT A 336 00:25:30,984 --> 00:25:35,954 JEWISH FAMILY IN THIS JEWISH GHETTO. 337 00:25:35,955 --> 00:25:40,159 THOSE SHOWS SIRCERTAINLY WHAT AMERICA WAS TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH 338 00:25:40,159 --> 00:25:45,689 IN THE 40s AND ’50s AND LATER WHEN IMMIGRANT CHARACTERS WOULD 339 00:25:45,698 --> 00:25:49,568 POP UP IN COMEDIES, IT WOULD BE FOR COMEDIAN EFFECT. 340 00:25:49,569 --> 00:25:52,171 TELL ME SOMETHING. HOW COME I NEVER UNDERSTAND A 341 00:25:52,171 --> 00:25:55,341 SINGLE WORD YOU SAY AND ALWAYS KNOW WHAT YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT? 342 00:25:55,341 --> 00:26:04,811 I THINK EVERYBODY THOUGHT THAT HE WAS NUTS. 343 00:26:04,817 --> 00:26:11,057 YEAH, THAT MUST BE IT. 344 00:26:11,057 --> 00:26:14,127 I DON’T THINK ANYBODY BELIEVED HE WAS A SANE 345 00:26:14,127 --> 00:26:15,762 INDIVIDUAL. IN MY COUNTRY, EVERYONE 346 00:26:15,762 --> 00:26:23,832 SHARES WITH EVERYONE. THAT’S BEAUTIFUL. 347 00:26:23,836 --> 00:26:28,106 OTHERWISE THEY SHOOT YOU. DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT 348 00:26:28,107 --> 00:26:28,807 BISEXUALS? YES. 349 00:26:28,808 --> 00:26:31,310 THEY ARE VERY POPULAR IN MY COUNTRY. 350 00:26:31,310 --> 00:26:37,780 THEY ARE? ONE OF OUR FAVORITE SPORTS IS 351 00:26:37,784 --> 00:26:42,922 ARRESTING THEM AND WHEN THEY ARE NOT, WE HAVE SPECIAL RACKS WHERE 352 00:26:42,922 --> 00:26:47,560 WE CHAIN THEM UP AT NIGHT. I’M NOT TALKING ABOUT 353 00:26:47,560 --> 00:26:55,200 BICYCLES, I’M TALKING ABOUT 354 00:26:55,201 --> 00:26:58,531 BISEXUALS. WHAT WAS BRILLIANT ABOUT 355 00:26:58,538 --> 00:27:01,707 "TAXI" AND "PERFECT STRANGERS". AM I LOOKING UP LARRY? 356 00:27:01,707 --> 00:27:06,512 LARRY APPLETON, THAT’S ME. 357 00:27:06,512 --> 00:27:11,212 LARRY! LARRY! 358 00:27:11,217 --> 00:27:14,987 THEY BOTH CAME FROM MADEUP COUNTRIES TO HAVE THE MOST 359 00:27:14,987 --> 00:27:20,126 OUTLANDISH TRADITIONS. WHICH IS GREAT BECAUSE NOBODY 360 00:27:20,126 --> 00:27:24,564 GOT INSULTED. THEY COULD HAVE A BETTER 361 00:27:24,564 --> 00:27:27,533 PERSPECTIVE ON US. MY COUSIN THREE TIMES REMOVED 362 00:27:27,533 --> 00:27:30,403 IS A STEP UNCLE TO YOUR FATHER AND MY MOTHER EASTSIDE. 363 00:27:30,403 --> 00:27:38,711 SO WE’RE SORT OF RELATED BY RUMOR. 364 00:27:38,711 --> 00:27:45,711 THE CREATORS OF "PERFECT STRANGERS" WERE INCREDIBLE. 365 00:27:45,718 --> 00:27:52,892 HAD BEEN AT THE LONG AS LAOSS OLYMPICS IN ’84 AND LOVE THE 366 00:27:52,892 --> 00:27:58,631 SPIRIT. HE WAS MAKING HIS WAY IN 367 00:27:58,631 --> 00:28:01,961 AMERICA AMERICA. 368 00:28:01,968 --> 00:28:06,739 ISN’T THAT SOMETHING? ONLY IN AMERICA. 369 00:28:06,739 --> 00:28:10,539 IN MEAT BALL WE HAD TO DO 370 00:28:10,543 --> 00:28:13,643 THAT, WE HAD TO SQUEEZE A FROG. EVERYBODY IS A FISH OUT OF 371 00:28:13,646 --> 00:28:19,886 WATER IN SOMEWAY. THAT SILLY OL’ BOY, HE DOESN’T 372 00:28:19,886 --> 00:28:21,621 KNOW ANYTHING. IT ALLOWS YOU TO SEE YOURSELF. 373 00:28:21,621 --> 00:28:28,791 WHEN I NOD MY HEAD, YOU HIT IT. 374 00:28:28,794 --> 00:28:31,864 COME AGAIN. WHEN I NOD MY HEAD, YOU HIT 375 00:28:31,864 --> 00:28:32,532 IT. 376 00:28:32,532 --> 00:28:35,762 I CAN’T DO THAT. DON’T MAKE THIS COMPLICATED. 377 00:28:35,768 --> 00:28:39,972 I’LL HOLD THE WRENCH. YOU’VE GOT THE HAMMER. 378 00:28:39,972 --> 00:28:43,302 WHEN I NOD MY HEAD, YOU HIT IT. YOU HIT IT. 379 00:28:43,309 --> 00:28:44,911 THE BLIND LEADING THE BLIND 380 00:28:44,911 --> 00:28:53,481 IS OFTEN HOW WE DESCRIBED IT. READY? 381 00:28:53,486 --> 00:29:02,295 YES. 382 00:29:02,295 --> 00:29:07,633 THE REGION ERA WAS EMBRACING I’M 383 00:29:07,633 --> 00:29:10,469 IMMIGRANTS SO TO GET THIS ROSIE PICTURE OF WHAT IT’S LIKE BEING 384 00:29:10,469 --> 00:29:12,429 AN IMMIGRANT IN AMERICA MADE SENSE. 385 00:29:12,438 --> 00:29:13,940 SIGNAL! SIGNAL! 386 00:29:13,940 --> 00:29:18,110 THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT REALLY DO FEEL MARGINALIZED TO GET THE 387 00:29:18,110 --> 00:29:22,940 MARGINALIZED CHARACTER. 388 00:29:22,949 --> 00:29:27,486 TAKE IT! EVERYWHERE I WENT, EVERY KID 389 00:29:27,486 --> 00:29:37,896 FROM THE AGE OF 2 OR WHATEVER WOULD COME OVER AND HUG ME. 390 00:29:37,897 --> 00:29:42,967 BECAUSE I WAS ONE OF THEM. THEY GOT IT AND THAT WAS ONE OF 391 00:29:42,969 --> 00:29:48,608 THE GREAT, GREAT TREATS OF THAT SHOW. 392 00:29:48,608 --> 00:29:59,852 WE DO THE DANCE OF JOY. 393 00:29:59,852 --> 00:30:00,322 HEY. HEY. 394 00:30:41,445 --> 00:30:45,475 BILL, IT LOOKS LIKE YOU’RE HAVING A SEIZURE. 395 00:30:45,483 --> 00:30:49,220 WOMEN LOVE THIS. OKAY. 396 00:30:49,220 --> 00:30:55,090 YOU CUT ME OFF MID FUNK. I THINK BEING AN ADOLESCENT 397 00:30:55,092 --> 00:30:56,894 MEANS THEY TURN INTO AN OUTSIDER. 398 00:30:56,894 --> 00:31:02,064 KIND OF LIKE THE DEFINING EXPERIENCE OF BEING 14 AND 15, 399 00:31:02,066 --> 00:31:03,496 16. BUT THIS YOUNGER AUDIENCE, 400 00:31:03,501 --> 00:31:07,571 THEY HAVE ALWAYS BEEN SO UNDER SERVED BY PRIME TIME TV. 401 00:31:07,571 --> 00:31:15,880 BUT IN THE 9’90s NETWORK PUTS THE TEENAGER AND WHAT THEY WANT 402 00:31:15,880 --> 00:31:17,515 FRONT AND CENTER. THE TIME WAS RIGHT TO TELL 403 00:31:17,515 --> 00:31:22,185 THE STORY ABOUT "BLOSSOM" BECAUSE THERE WAS A VACUUM OF 404 00:31:22,186 --> 00:31:27,224 YOUNG GIRLS POUND’ POINTS OF VIE TELEVISION. 405 00:31:27,224 --> 00:31:30,394 MY BEST FRIEND SIX TOLD ME WILLIAM ZIMMERMAN WHO IS ONLY 406 00:31:30,394 --> 00:31:34,094 SLIGHTLY BETTER LOOKING THAN MEL GIBSON IS INTERESTED IN ME. 407 00:31:34,098 --> 00:31:36,967 THIS IS SO COOL. BUT WHY WOULDN’T HE BE 408 00:31:36,967 --> 00:31:38,536 INTERESTED IN ME? I’M SMART. 409 00:31:38,536 --> 00:31:42,566 I’M FUNNY. AND I’VE GOT THE BODY OF A 410 00:31:42,573 --> 00:31:45,142 13‐YEAR‐OLD. SHE WAS NOT THE AVERAGE GIRL. 411 00:31:45,142 --> 00:31:48,646 MAYBE NOT THE BEST LOOKING GIRL IN CLASS, BUT CERTAINLY ONE OF 412 00:31:48,646 --> 00:31:50,746 THE BRIGHTEST. OH MY GOSH. 413 00:31:50,748 --> 00:31:54,348 YOU DON’T SUPPOSE THIS MEANS WE’RE THE GIRLS WITH GOOD 414 00:31:54,352 --> 00:31:57,755 PERSONALITIES? THAT WAS ONE OF THE POINTS OF 415 00:31:57,755 --> 00:32:00,455 "BLOSSOM" HOW SHE MADE HER WAY IN LIFE NOT FIGHTING IN. 416 00:32:00,458 --> 00:32:04,558 THEY’RE SAYING YOU MIGHT BE A JOCK OR POPULAR PERSON OR 417 00:32:04,562 --> 00:32:12,302 CHEERLEADER, BUT WE’RE ALL A LITTLE DIFFERENT AND QUIRKY. 418 00:32:12,303 --> 00:32:20,077 "SAVED BY THE BELL" IS ALL ABOUT THE KIDS AND THEIR WORLD. 419 00:32:20,077 --> 00:32:21,407 SCREECH IS JUST WEIRD. WHATEVER YOU’RE DOING, DON’T. 420 00:32:21,412 --> 00:32:24,982 WITH THE SHIFT TOWARDS TEENAGE IN A SITCOM, YOU ALSO 421 00:32:24,982 --> 00:32:29,920 SEE THE INVENT OF THE NERD. LISA, MY HOROSCOPE SAYS WE’RE 422 00:32:29,920 --> 00:32:33,724 DESTINED TO DANCE TOGETHER. MY HOROSCOPE SAYS BEWARE OF 423 00:32:33,724 --> 00:32:35,084 DORKS. BUT THERE IS SORT OF THIS 424 00:32:35,092 --> 00:32:39,362 LOST PUPPY ASPECT TO SCREECH THAT TAKES HIM FROM A CHARACTER 425 00:32:39,363 --> 00:32:44,101 OF JUST THE NERD TO SOMEONE THAT THE VIEWER ACTUALLY ROOTS FOR. 426 00:32:44,101 --> 00:32:47,738 THEN WITH "FRESH PRINCE" CARLTON WAS ONE OF THE FIRST 427 00:32:47,738 --> 00:32:50,574 BLACK NERDS ON SCREEN. WAIT UNTIL WE COME DOWN 428 00:32:50,574 --> 00:32:53,774 STAIRS IN THOSE TUXES. PEOPLE MAY NOT THINK WE’RE TWINS 429 00:32:53,778 --> 00:32:55,946 BUT I BET THEY’LL THINK WE’RE BROTHERS. 430 00:32:55,946 --> 00:33:00,016 I DON’T THINK YOU HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT ANYONE MISTAKING YOU 431 00:33:00,017 --> 00:33:02,217 FOR A BROTHER. I ALWAYS LOVED CARLTON, THE 432 00:33:02,219 --> 00:33:08,389 WAY HE WAS TRUE TO HIMSELF. GO CHARLTON! 433 00:33:08,392 --> 00:33:09,727 CARLTON! GO CARLTON! 434 00:33:09,727 --> 00:33:14,297 A LOT OF THESE OUTSIDER CHARACTERS WERE A SIDE KICK OF 435 00:33:14,298 --> 00:33:18,436 SORTS BUT ONCE YOU GET INTO THE ’90 IT’S, GEEKS ARE BECOMING 436 00:33:18,436 --> 00:33:23,436 MORE AND MORE PART OF THE NATIONAL CONVERSATION. 437 00:33:25,409 --> 00:33:30,347 "FREAKS AND GEEKS" IS A PUSH BACK AGAINST THE COOKIE CUTTER 438 00:33:30,347 --> 00:33:34,485 CHARACTERS AND THE TYPICAL TEEN SITCOMS OF THAT ERA. 439 00:33:34,485 --> 00:33:42,455 SICK OF BEING CALLED A GEEK. I MEAN, WHAT IS SO GEEK KIABOUT 440 00:33:42,460 --> 00:33:47,765 ANYWAYS, WE’RE SQUULS GUYJUST GU GOOD NEWS. 441 00:33:47,765 --> 00:33:49,725 DRAGONS, WE’LL HAVE FUN FRIDAY NIGHT. 442 00:33:49,733 --> 00:33:53,537 I WAS HANDED THE FINISHED SCRIPT OF "FREAKS AND GEEKS" AND 443 00:33:53,537 --> 00:33:55,537 I LOVED IT BEFORE I OPENED IT UP. 444 00:33:55,539 --> 00:33:57,808 I JUST THOUGHT THAT’S THE BEST TITLE. 445 00:33:57,808 --> 00:33:59,877 THERE IS A GIRL IN OUR SCHOOL. 446 00:33:59,877 --> 00:34:04,047 SHE HAD PREMARITAL SEX. YOU KNOW WHAT SHE DID ON 447 00:34:04,048 --> 00:34:07,248 GRADUATION DAY? DIED OF AN OVERDOSE OF HEROIN. 448 00:34:07,251 --> 00:34:11,055 PAUL THOUGHT HE HAD NEVER SEEN A TRUTHFUL PRESENTATION OF 449 00:34:11,055 --> 00:34:16,025 HIGH SCHOOL ON TV. THE GOOD AND THE REALLY UGLY. 450 00:34:16,026 --> 00:34:20,056 HEY, AMY. HEY, LINDSEY. 451 00:34:20,064 --> 00:34:21,866 NICE THREADS. NICE VOICE. 452 00:34:21,866 --> 00:34:28,105 "FREAKS AND GEEKS" IS ABOUT TWO GROUPS OF FRIENDS, A FREAK 453 00:34:28,105 --> 00:34:30,405 GROUP, A GEEK GROUP. SERGEANT PEPPER, WHERE IS THE 454 00:34:30,407 --> 00:34:32,977 REST OF THE GROUP BEEN? LOOKS LIKE YOU ATE THEM. 455 00:34:32,977 --> 00:34:38,347 THE PEOPLE THAT MOST TV SHOWS IGNORE, THE NERDS, THE POT 456 00:34:38,349 --> 00:34:40,217 HEADS. I UNDERSTAND YOU’VE JUST BEEN 457 00:34:40,217 --> 00:34:44,817 THROUGH PUBERTY AND YOU DON’T THINK ANYONE UNDERSTANDS. 458 00:34:44,822 --> 00:34:49,226 LOTS OF PEOPLE DO. EVEN MR. ALICE COOPER. 459 00:34:49,226 --> 00:34:55,296 AT THE TIME IT WAS VERY UNUSUAL TO HAVE AN HOUR‐LONG 460 00:34:55,299 --> 00:34:59,869 COMEDY. DO YOU KNOW THIS SONG? 461 00:34:59,870 --> 00:35:05,309 ♪ I’M 18 I GET CONFUSED EVERY 462 00:35:05,309 --> 00:35:10,879 DAY ♪ ♪ 18 I JUST DON’T KNOW WHAT TO 463 00:35:10,881 --> 00:35:12,581 SAY SFOET♪ I THOUGHT IT WOULD CATCH ON. 464 00:35:12,583 --> 00:35:16,687 I THOUGHT THERE HAS TO BE A HUNGER THAT IS KWAELTQUALITY LIK 465 00:35:16,687 --> 00:35:18,155 THIS. EVERYONE CAN RELATE TO BEING 466 00:35:18,155 --> 00:35:20,685 AN OUTSIDER IN SOMEWAY OR ANOTHER. 467 00:35:20,691 --> 00:35:23,227 I CAN’T BELIEVE SHE’S GOING TO HANG OUT WITH US. 468 00:35:23,227 --> 00:35:28,566 WHAT IF I’M ASLEEP RIGHT NOW AND THIS IS JUST A DREAM AND ANY 469 00:35:28,566 --> 00:35:30,496 MOMENT MAUREEN AND I WILL MAKE LOVE. 470 00:35:30,501 --> 00:35:32,801 EWW. WHAT ARE WE DOING HERE? 471 00:35:32,803 --> 00:35:36,040 IN 1999 IT WAS A DIFFERENT WORLD AND THERE WAS JUST 472 00:35:36,040 --> 00:35:42,346 ENOUGHED OUT AFTER ONE SEASON. LINDSEY, LINDSEY, WAIT, WAIT, 473 00:35:42,346 --> 00:35:44,376 WAIT. I’VE GOT SOMETHING FOR YOU. 474 00:35:44,381 --> 00:35:47,251 IT’S CHOCOLATES FOR A SWEET TRIP. 475 00:35:47,251 --> 00:35:51,721 THANKS. THAT’S NICE. 476 00:35:51,722 --> 00:35:53,290 ALL RIGHT. I’LL SEE YOU. 477 00:35:53,290 --> 00:35:58,760 AND I THINK THAT IT’S OKAY BECAUSE WE ARE ABLE TO REMEMBER 478 00:35:58,762 --> 00:36:03,532 "FREAKS AND GEEKS" AS AN ALL‐TIME GREAT DEPICTION OF HIGH 479 00:36:03,534 --> 00:36:06,670 SCHOOL LIFE BECAUSE IT WAS KILLED BEFORE IT COULD AGE AND 480 00:36:06,670 --> 00:36:07,340 WITHER. 481 00:36:29,021 --> 00:36:31,757 >>> IF YOU DON’T COME OUT OF THERE, I AM GOING TO HAVE TO 482 00:36:31,757 --> 00:36:34,026 DRAG YOU OUT. YOU CAN TRY BUT YOU WILL 483 00:36:34,026 --> 00:36:40,096 NEVER CATCH ME. BEZINGA. 484 00:36:40,099 --> 00:36:49,508 WE LIVE IN AN PAGE NOW WHERE BEING NERDY AND GEEKY ABOUT 485 00:36:49,508 --> 00:36:55,108 SOMETHING IS COOL. THAT’S NOT YOUR LOGO IS IT? 486 00:36:55,114 --> 00:36:58,517 THAT LOOKS LIKE A GUY SUCKING YOUR 487 00:36:58,517 --> 00:37:04,217 THAT WAS NOT THE CASE DECADES AGO AND I THINK THE SITCOM HAD A 488 00:37:04,223 --> 00:37:13,863 LARGE PART IN PUSHING GEEK CULTURE TO THE FOREFRONT. 489 00:37:13,866 --> 00:37:21,574 HI MR. WINSLOW, I AM STEVE URKEL. 490 00:37:21,574 --> 00:37:27,913 IT IS ABOUT THE WINSLOWS FAMILY. 491 00:37:27,913 --> 00:37:35,488 THEY HAVE THIS REALLY ANNOYING NEIGHBOR, STEVE URKELE. 492 00:37:35,488 --> 00:37:38,488 WHEN I WENT TO AUDITION FOR STEVE URKELE, I WAS SUPPOSED TO 493 00:37:38,491 --> 00:37:43,761 BE A DAY PLAYER, I BROUGHT THE GLASSES, THEY BELONG TO MY 494 00:37:43,763 --> 00:37:47,233 FATHER. I HEAR YOU CAN’T GET A DATE 495 00:37:47,233 --> 00:37:50,669 FOR THE DANCE. SO YOU WANT TO GO WITH ME? 496 00:37:50,669 --> 00:37:58,139 SHE RATHER EAT WORMS. OKAY, SOME OTHER TIME THEN. 497 00:37:58,144 --> 00:38:03,182 HE WAS SO QUIRKY AND ODDS. HE LOVES POKER AND CHEESE. 498 00:38:03,182 --> 00:38:12,291 YOU GOT ANY CHEESE. AND THE DANCING AND "DID I DO 499 00:38:12,291 --> 00:38:17,630 THAT?" DID I DO THAT? 500 00:38:17,630 --> 00:38:19,130 HE REALLY SORT OF TOOK OVER THE SERIES. 501 00:38:19,131 --> 00:38:25,801 A LOT OF PEOPLE FEEL AWKWARD. IN THE WEIRDEST WAY, HE INSTILL 502 00:38:25,805 --> 00:38:29,475 SELF‐PRIDE IN OTHER PEOPLE. HEY, THAT GUY CAN BE AWKWARD, 503 00:38:29,475 --> 00:38:32,645 GOING AFTER THE GIRL OF HIS DREAMS AND SHARE WHAT HE’S ABOUT 504 00:38:32,645 --> 00:38:36,282 WITH OTHERS. WHAT DID YOU INVENT THIS 505 00:38:36,282 --> 00:38:50,896 TIME? WELL, YOU WILL SEE. 506 00:38:50,896 --> 00:38:54,266 YOU HAD TO BE A TOUGH GUY WHEN YOU ARE OUTSIDE YOUR HOUSE, 507 00:38:54,266 --> 00:38:57,026 THIS WAS A CHARACTER THAT YOU GET TO BE WHEN YOU ARE WITH 508 00:38:57,036 --> 00:39:02,208 FAMILY MEMBERS AND FRIENDS AND YOU CAN BE YOUR GOOFY SELF AND 509 00:39:02,208 --> 00:39:04,938 DANCE AROUND. STEVE URKELE MADE A STATEMENT 510 00:39:04,944 --> 00:39:06,512 THAT YOU CAN BE WHATEVER YOU WANT. 511 00:39:06,512 --> 00:39:13,952 I PLAYED BRUCE LEE AND I PLAYED ELVIS, ALBERT EINSTEIN. 512 00:39:13,953 --> 00:39:19,692 THE EVOLUTION OF THE NERD IN SITCOM IS AN INTERESTING ONE TO 513 00:39:19,692 --> 00:39:25,331 WATCH. WE WENT FROM URKELE AND SCREECH 514 00:39:25,331 --> 00:39:30,031 OF THE JOKE CHARACTERS WHERE YOU HAVE A GROUP OF NERDS WERE THE 515 00:39:30,035 --> 00:39:37,009 STARS OF THE SHOW, OF "THE BIG BANG THEORY." 516 00:39:37,009 --> 00:39:46,679 JUST IN CONCEIVABLY BRILLIANT GUYS WHO CAN FIGURE PIE TO 80 517 00:39:46,685 --> 00:39:52,291 DECIMALS BUT VERY CHILD‐LIKE. SMELL THAT? 518 00:39:52,291 --> 00:40:00,831 THAT’S THE SMELL OF A NEWCOMB I CAN COMIC 519 00:40:00,833 --> 00:40:06,603 BOOK. SHELDON IS PLAYED SO WELL BY 520 00:40:06,605 --> 00:40:08,340 PARSONS. SHELDON, WHAT THE HELL ARE 521 00:40:08,340 --> 00:40:10,440 YOU DOING? THE SAME THING I HAVE BEEN 522 00:40:10,442 --> 00:40:15,648 DOING THREE DAYS, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHY ELECTRONICS HAVE 523 00:40:15,648 --> 00:40:21,718 NO MASS WHEN TRAVELING THROUGH A GRAVELLING SHEET. 524 00:40:21,720 --> 00:40:25,390 WITH MARCHBLES? THESE CHARACTERS WANT TO BE 525 00:40:25,391 --> 00:40:28,127 INCLUDED AND THERE IS THE BEAUTIFUL PENNY WHO LIVES ACROSS 526 00:40:28,127 --> 00:40:30,657 THE HALL FROM SHELDON AND LEONARD. 527 00:40:30,663 --> 00:40:35,267 OH, WELCOME TO THE BUILDING. OH, MAYBE WE CAN HAVE COFFEE 528 00:40:35,267 --> 00:40:36,697 SOMETIMES. OH, GREAT. 529 00:40:36,702 --> 00:40:40,372 GREAT. SHE’S FUNNY BUT THEY SHOW HER 530 00:40:40,372 --> 00:40:45,842 AS HAVING A FRACTION OF THEIR IQ. 531 00:40:45,844 --> 00:40:50,014 CAL TECH DEPARTMENT, YOU ARE MAYBE FAMILIAR WITH SOME OF MY 532 00:40:50,015 --> 00:40:58,891 WORK. IT IS ORBITING ‐‐ TAKING HIGH 533 00:40:58,891 --> 00:41:02,761 RESOLUTION PHOTOGRAPHS BUT THEN THEY BRING IN BERNADETTE AND AMY 534 00:41:02,761 --> 00:41:08,731 AND SUDDENLY THERE IS A BUNCH OF WOMEN AND THE SHOW FELT MORE 535 00:41:08,734 --> 00:41:11,670 BALANCE. I AM AMY AND YOU ARE COOPER. 536 00:41:11,670 --> 00:41:15,808 SHE BECAME SHELDON’S LOVE INTEREST AND THAT OPENS UP A 537 00:41:15,808 --> 00:41:20,278 WHOLE PANDORA’S BOX. MAY I ASK YOU A QUESTION 538 00:41:20,279 --> 00:41:24,349 BEFORE I GIVE IT TO YOU? OF COURSE. 539 00:41:24,350 --> 00:41:27,080 WHY ARE WE SAYING GIVE IT TO YOU LIKE THAT? 540 00:41:27,086 --> 00:41:34,560 THE BEGINNING OF SHELDON IS OUTCAST AND INTELLECTUAL AND BY 541 00:41:34,560 --> 00:41:45,637 THE END, HE FOUND HIS SOUL MATE AND HE FOUND FRIENDS AND HE WON 542 00:41:45,637 --> 00:41:52,937 A NOBEL PRIZE. I HAVE BEEN TOLERATED NOT ONLY 543 00:41:52,945 --> 00:41:58,250 BY MY WIFE BUT BY THE GREATEST GROUP OF FRIENDS I EVER HAD. 544 00:41:58,250 --> 00:42:02,087 YOU HAVE "BIG BANG THEORY," IT IS HUGE, THEY ARE NERDS. 545 00:42:02,087 --> 00:42:11,997 WE STARTED SEEING CARLSARTICL ABOUT YOUNG PEOPLE GOING INTO 546 00:42:11,997 --> 00:42:15,527 STEM FIELD BECAUSE "THE BIG BANG THEORY" MADE IT LOOKED COOL. 547 00:42:15,534 --> 00:42:23,174 I NEED TO GET TO HERE. THE EARLIEST ESTIMATE OF THE 548 00:42:23,175 --> 00:42:24,175 SING SINGULARITY. 549 00:42:24,176 --> 00:42:27,112 SO YOU ARE UPSET FROM BEING SOME FREAK ROBOT. 550 00:42:27,112 --> 00:42:30,682 BY THIS MUCH. IT USED TO BE GEEK TO BE 551 00:42:30,682 --> 00:42:34,082 NORMAL AND REGULAR. BUT, NOW IT IS VERY CHIC TO BE 552 00:42:34,086 --> 00:42:39,625 AN OUTSIDER. THE OUTSIDER IS THIS ODD BALL 553 00:42:39,625 --> 00:42:44,430 CHARACTER THAT COMES IN. FISH OUT OF WATER WORKS. 554 00:42:44,430 --> 00:42:47,460 BECAUSE EVERYBODY REALLY DOES FEEL OUT OF PLACE PART OF THEIR 555 00:42:47,466 --> 00:42:51,470 LIVES. WHAT’S GOING ON? 556 00:42:51,470 --> 00:42:54,807 I DON’T KNOW. I LOOKED AROUND THE ROOM AND 557 00:42:54,807 --> 00:42:57,707 I SAW ALL THE FACES AND PRESENTS. 558 00:42:57,709 --> 00:43:00,946 IT WAS TOO MUCH. IT IS IN THE NATURE OF COMEDY 559 00:43:00,946 --> 00:43:05,076 THAT YOU PROVIDE AN AUDIENCE AND OBJECT OF IDENTIFICATION. 560 00:43:05,084 --> 00:43:10,322 THERE IS A TIME I WOULD NEVER BE FRIENDS WITH SOMEONE LIKE YOU 561 00:43:10,322 --> 00:43:11,990 AND NOW YOU ARE ONE OF MY FAVORITE PEOPLE. 562 00:43:11,990 --> 00:43:15,690 IF WHAT YOU NEED IS TO SPEND YOUR BIRTHDAY IN A BATHROOM, I 563 00:43:15,694 --> 00:43:23,274 AM HAPPY TO DO IT WITH YOU. AND YOU MAKE PEOPLE LAUGH,