1 00:00:26,560 --> 00:00:30,830 >>> LAUGHTER IS A WONDERFUL PLACE TO GO FOR FORGETTING YOUR 2 00:00:30,831 --> 00:00:34,531 TROUBLES AND WOES. SITCOMS ARE AN ESCAPE. 3 00:00:34,535 --> 00:00:38,272 THE MORE DIRE THE CIRCUMSTANCES, THE MORE YOU NEED SITCOMS TO 4 00:00:38,272 --> 00:00:41,909 FORGET ABOUT YOUR TROUBLES. WE’RE GOING TO THE GOOD 5 00:00:41,909 --> 00:00:44,339 PLACE. IN A FREAKING GOLD BALLOON. 6 00:00:44,344 --> 00:00:46,547 SHOTGUN. THAT’S WHAT WE HAD. 7 00:00:46,547 --> 00:00:50,217 THAT’S WHAT HELPED ME ESCAPE BEING POOR. 8 00:00:50,217 --> 00:00:55,487 EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU IS A GOOD PERSON. 9 00:00:55,489 --> 00:01:02,496 WHEN I’M FEELING HOPELESS AND SAD, I GET TO LAUGH AND LOSE 10 00:01:02,496 --> 00:01:05,096 MYSELF AND REMEMBER LIFE IS NOT THAT BAD. 11 00:01:05,098 --> 00:01:09,937 YOU’RE IN THE GOOD PLACE. 12 00:01:09,937 --> 00:01:19,277 THE BEAUTIFUL THING ABOUT THE 13 00:01:19,279 --> 00:01:26,049 SITCOM IS IT HAS PROVIDED SO MUCH JOY IN TIMES OF 14 00:01:26,053 --> 00:01:29,489 UNCERTAINTY. UNCERTAINTY. 15 00:01:29,489 --> 00:01:32,025 THERE IS A LOT OF PRESSURE IN THE 1960s. 16 00:01:32,025 --> 00:01:37,025 THIS NOTION OF NEW PRODUCTS AND EVERYTHING BEING NEW, THIS BRAVE 17 00:01:37,030 --> 00:01:39,066 NEW WORLD. EVERYTHING IS ABOUT THE 18 00:01:39,066 --> 00:01:42,536 FUTURE AND MODERNIZING. YES, IT’S ALL BRIGHT AND SHINY 19 00:01:42,536 --> 00:01:46,206 AND YOU GET CARS THAT LOOK LIKE SPACESHIPS BUT IT’S A SCARY 20 00:01:46,206 --> 00:01:48,506 THING. WHAT DOES THE FUTURE HOLD? 21 00:01:48,508 --> 00:01:52,646 AIR FORCE GENERAL CURTIS LA MAY SUGGESTED WE BOMB NORTH 22 00:01:52,646 --> 00:02:05,186 VIETNAM BACK INTO THE STONE AGE. YABADABADOO. 23 00:02:05,192 --> 00:02:09,730 "THE FLINTSTONES" WAS A MODERN AGE FAMILY, IF YOU 24 00:02:09,730 --> 00:02:11,798 RECALL. IT SORT OF CELEBRATED THE 25 00:02:11,798 --> 00:02:16,098 MODERN FAMILY AND THE GUYS OF A STONE AGE SETTING. 26 00:02:16,703 --> 00:02:21,608 IT WAS LIKE TIME TRAVEL FANTASY FOR US WATCHING. 27 00:02:21,608 --> 00:02:24,578 YOU ALMOST THROUGH WITH THE DISHES? 28 00:02:24,578 --> 00:02:28,408 I CAN’T WAIT UNTIL THEY INVENT THE FAUCET. 29 00:02:28,415 --> 00:02:32,853 WITH ALL THE PROGRESS IN THE LATE 1950 IT’S AND ’60s, THE 30 00:02:32,853 --> 00:02:37,723 FLINTSTONES WAS AN ESCAPE FROM THE MODERN FAMILY. 31 00:02:37,724 --> 00:02:44,164 IT WAS KIND OF A SATIRE ON THIS CONSUMER. 32 00:02:44,164 --> 00:02:46,900 GET THE NEWEST THING FOR YOUR KITCHEN AND STAR WITH THOSE 33 00:02:46,900 --> 00:02:51,700 STEIN WHEELS. THEY HAVE A CAR WITH WHEELS 34 00:02:51,705 --> 00:02:53,440 BE U YOU BUT YOU NEED YOUR LEGS TO MOVE. 35 00:02:53,440 --> 00:02:57,277 I BET THAT IS HOW THEY DID IT. CARTOON ON SATURDAYS, THAT 36 00:02:57,277 --> 00:02:59,807 WAS A NETWORK SITCOM THAT WAS ANIMATED. 37 00:02:59,813 --> 00:03:06,953 I’M 7 YEARS OLD AND MY MOM USED TO GET JUST FURIOUS, 38 00:03:06,953 --> 00:03:10,991 SHAKING ANGRY AT ME FOR WATCHING "THE FLINTSTONES" BECAUSE IT’S 39 00:03:10,991 --> 00:03:16,096 REALLY A SHOW FOR ADULTS. I REMEMBER I WAS SO SAD FOR 40 00:03:16,096 --> 00:03:19,396 BETTY, AND THE FACT THAT THEY COULDN’T HAVE CHILDREN. 41 00:03:19,399 --> 00:03:21,668 WE’RE SO ANXIOUS TO HAVE A 42 00:03:21,668 --> 00:03:24,268 BABY, WE TAKE IT OUT ON FRED AND WILMA. 43 00:03:24,271 --> 00:03:27,071 BETTY AND BARNEY TALK ABOUT ADOPTING. 44 00:03:27,074 --> 00:03:29,142 A BABY. THAT’S UNUSUAL. 45 00:03:29,142 --> 00:03:33,447 WE WANT TO DO EVERYTHING ACCORDING TO LAW, MA’AM. 46 00:03:33,447 --> 00:03:36,147 THAT HAD NOT BEEN HEARD BEFORE. 47 00:03:36,149 --> 00:03:40,649 IT WAS A SMASH HIT. "THE FLINTSTONES" WAS ON FOR 48 00:03:40,654 --> 00:03:43,790 SIX YEARS. YAHOO! 49 00:03:43,790 --> 00:03:47,728 YOU’RE THE GREATEST, FRED. IT WAS REALLY ON THE CUTTING 50 00:03:47,728 --> 00:03:53,428 EDGE OF ESCAPEING FOR AN AUDMERI AUDIENCE HUNGRY FOR IT. 51 00:03:53,433 --> 00:03:58,772 THE COMMUNIST RULINGS OF EAST BERLIN REINFORCE BARRICADES. 52 00:03:58,772 --> 00:04:03,677 IN THE EARLY AND MID ’60s THERE IS SO MUCH TURMOIL WITH 53 00:04:03,677 --> 00:04:07,207 THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT, IN TERMS OF VIETNAM. 54 00:04:07,214 --> 00:04:10,450 THERE IS A REAL CRISIS OF IDENTITY. 55 00:04:10,450 --> 00:04:16,520 AND THERE IS A PATTERN IN AMERICAN ENTERTAINMENT OF WHEN 56 00:04:16,523 --> 00:04:20,293 THINGS GET REALLY SERIOUS, WE GOT TO GET SILLY. 57 00:04:20,293 --> 00:04:23,497 I JUST DON’T UNDERSTAND IT. DON’T TRY TO. 58 00:04:23,497 --> 00:04:26,197 IT’S BIGGER THAN BOTH OF US. 59 00:04:26,199 --> 00:04:31,699 PEOPLE JUST NEEDED TO ESCAPE AND GO WATCH A TALKING HORSE. 60 00:04:32,305 --> 00:04:34,065 COME ON, MOM. CUT IT OUT. 61 00:04:34,074 --> 00:04:35,909 NOT UNTIL YOU CALL THE POLICE. 62 00:04:35,909 --> 00:04:40,147 MY MOTHER THE CAR, THE CAR WAS HAUNTED. 63 00:04:40,147 --> 00:04:44,717 I DON’T KNOW WHY HIS MOTHER WAS HAUNTING A CAR. 64 00:04:44,718 --> 00:04:47,648 >>BILITY AIT’S ABOUT A CAR AND A MOTHER. 65 00:04:47,654 --> 00:04:53,126 THE FLYING NUN WAS PROBABLY THE SILLIEST SHOW EVER MADE. 66 00:04:53,126 --> 00:04:55,456 I WANTED TO BE A NUN WHEN I GREW UP. 67 00:04:55,462 --> 00:04:57,931 HEY, I THINK I’M GETTING THE HANG OF THIS. 68 00:04:57,931 --> 00:05:02,335 WELL, I KNEW I COULDN’T BE A FLYING NUN, BUT ‐‐ 69 00:05:02,335 --> 00:05:06,535 I KNEW I COULDN’T BE A NUN, 70 00:05:06,540 --> 00:05:07,170 EITHER. 71 00:05:07,174 --> 00:05:09,943 IN THE 1960s, MOST SUCCESSFUL 72 00:05:09,943 --> 00:05:12,546 SITCOMS WERE JUST FUN AND OVER THE TOP AND SILLY. 73 00:05:12,546 --> 00:05:16,516 YOU LAUGH BECAUSE SOMEONE ELSE IS FALLING ON THE BANANA 74 00:05:16,516 --> 00:05:21,016 PEEL AND THAT IS THE ESSENCE OF ESCAPING. 75 00:05:21,021 --> 00:05:23,790 THAT’S WHY THERE IS SOMETHING REALLY DEEPLY APPEALING IN THIS 76 00:05:23,790 --> 00:05:27,990 IDEA OF BEING ABLE TO JUST SHAKE OFF THE SHACKLES OF CIVILIZATION 77 00:05:27,994 --> 00:05:31,932 AND START ALL OVER AGAIN. ♪ JUST SIT RIGHT BACK AND YOU’LL 78 00:05:31,932 --> 00:05:35,769 HEAR A TALE OF A FATEFUL TRICK THAT STARTED ♪ 79 00:05:35,769 --> 00:05:41,739 SIT RIGHT BACK AND YOU’LL HEAR A TALE OF A FATEFUL TRIP. 80 00:05:41,741 --> 00:05:44,141 STARTED AS SOMETHING. YOU PROBABLY KNOW IT BETTER THAN 81 00:05:44,144 --> 00:05:51,852 I DO. WHEN I WATCH "GILL LA GIN"GIL 82 00:05:51,852 --> 00:05:53,119 ISLAND". NO SURPRISE THERE. 83 00:05:53,119 --> 00:05:55,555 I ALWAYS FELT SO BAD FOR THEM. 84 00:05:55,555 --> 00:06:03,395 ARE THEY EVER GOING TO GET OFF THAT ISLAND? 85 00:06:11,605 --> 00:06:16,509 MY FATHER HAD AN IDEA TO GET SEVEN PEOPLE TOGETHER AND CAN’T 86 00:06:16,509 --> 00:06:20,479 GET THEM AWAY FROM EATCH OTHER. JIM AUBREY DIDN’T SEE HOW 87 00:06:20,480 --> 00:06:22,980 VIEWERS WOULD UNDERSTAND WHY THESE PEOPLE ARE THERE SO DAD 88 00:06:22,983 --> 00:06:26,353 WENT HOME THAT NIGHT AND WROTE THE THEME SONG. 89 00:06:26,353 --> 00:06:29,689 AND THEN "GILL LA GIN’S ISLAND" WENT ON THE AIR. 90 00:06:29,689 --> 00:06:37,259 THEY COULD MAKE HUTS, THEY COULD MAKE RADIO RECEIVERS. 91 00:06:37,264 --> 00:06:42,602 KEEP PEDALING. A RAFT WAS BEYOND THEIR 92 00:06:42,602 --> 00:06:44,471 CAPABILITY. THE CRITICS HATED IT. 93 00:06:44,471 --> 00:06:46,606 THOUGHT IT WAS THE WORST SHOW EVER. 94 00:06:46,606 --> 00:06:51,306 EVERYBODY SAID THIS IS THE STUPIDEST PLOT WE’VE EVER SEEN. 95 00:06:51,311 --> 00:06:54,247 THEY WENT OFF THE AIR FOR 50 YEARS. 96 00:06:54,247 --> 00:06:56,677 THEY HAVE TO STAY HERE FOR A LONG, LONG TIME. 97 00:06:56,683 --> 00:07:05,659 I JUST REMEMBER LAUGHING SO HARD AT GILLAGAN AND SKIPPER, 98 00:07:05,659 --> 00:07:06,626 THEIR HEAD WAS BALD. MADE US LAUGH. 99 00:07:06,626 --> 00:07:14,326 I THINK I WAS HAPPY I KNEW WHAT A CAN’TTALOUPE WAS. 100 00:07:14,334 --> 00:07:19,039 I WAS TOO INTO GINGER. I THINK I’M A MARY ANN GUY. 101 00:07:19,039 --> 00:07:21,969 I HAD THE HOTS FOR THE PROFESSOR. 102 00:07:21,975 --> 00:07:29,015 HE’S GOT A POINT THERE. I LOVE GILL"GILLAGIN’S ISLAND 103 00:07:29,015 --> 00:07:31,075 MY DAD WANTED TO CREATE SOCIETY. 104 00:07:31,084 --> 00:07:36,990 HE WANTED THE SKIPPER TO BE LEADERSHIP AND MR. HOWL TO BE 105 00:07:36,990 --> 00:07:40,427 CAPITALISM. THE PROFESSOR TO BE 106 00:07:40,427 --> 00:07:42,727 INTELLECTUAL. GINGER TO BE VANITY. 107 00:07:42,729 --> 00:07:49,369 DOES INTELLIGENCE KEEP US AFLOAT 108 00:07:49,369 --> 00:07:50,369 AFLOAT? DOES MONEY KEEP US AFLOAT. 109 00:07:50,370 --> 00:07:55,475 THERE WERE NO BLACK PEOPLE ON "GILLAGIN’S ISLAND" THE FANTASY 110 00:07:55,475 --> 00:07:59,975 OF THE AMERICAN IDEAL. THE ISLAND IS A METAPHOR FOR 111 00:07:59,980 --> 00:08:03,380 THE EARTH. A LOT OF CONTEMPORARY EVENTS AND 112 00:08:03,383 --> 00:08:09,589 THREATS WE CAN SAY FROM NUCLEAR ANNIHILATION TO POLITICAL 113 00:08:09,589 --> 00:08:13,026 CONFLICTS LIKE THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS. 114 00:08:13,026 --> 00:08:16,726 SOMEHOW WIND UP BEING REFLECTED IN THE ADVENTURES ON THE ISLAND. 115 00:08:16,730 --> 00:08:19,766 WITH ALL THE TURMOIL AND EVERYTHING GOING ON IN THE WORLD 116 00:08:19,766 --> 00:08:23,996 THEN, IT WAS AN ESCAPE FOR EVERYBODY AND IT MADE YOU HAPPY. 117 00:08:24,004 --> 00:08:29,042 I WOULD LIKE A WORLD WITHOUT STRIFE, UNIVERSAL HARMONY AND 118 00:08:29,042 --> 00:08:37,017 GOODWILL WHERE THE SPIRIT OF BROOD 119 00:08:37,017 --> 00:08:38,717 BROTHERHOOD ENINCHESRICHES. IT TAUGHT A LESSON. 120 00:08:38,718 --> 00:08:40,018 SEVEN COMPLETELY DIFFERENT PEOPLE RAISED DIFFERENTLY. 121 00:08:40,020 --> 00:08:45,759 DIFFERENT VALUES REALLY TRYING TO GET ALONG AND WE DID. 122 00:08:45,759 --> 00:08:49,759 GILLAGIN FOR A GUY ALWAYS DOING DUMB THINGS, WHEN YOU DO 123 00:09:14,306 --> 00:09:16,675 GOING ON AROUND HERE. WITH WHAT WAS GOING ON IN THE 124 00:09:16,675 --> 00:09:23,815 WORLD IN 1965 WITH U. S. VERSUS RUSSIA, GET SMART WAS LAMPOONING 125 00:09:23,816 --> 00:09:27,853 THE TERROR FROM THE COLD WAR. IT WAS A GREAT WAY TO ESCAPE THE 126 00:09:27,853 --> 00:09:29,153 PARANOIA PARANOIA. 127 00:09:29,155 --> 00:09:34,493 CHAOS AS A NUCLEAR BOMB, DOESN’T EVERYBODY? 128 00:09:34,493 --> 00:09:43,433 LOVED "GET SMART". I WANTED TO BE DON ADAMS. 129 00:09:46,372 --> 00:09:51,942 I WANTED TO BE HOPE AT 7:30 TO WATCH HIM GET IN THAT PHONE 130 00:09:51,944 --> 00:09:54,513 BOOTH. "GET SMART" WAS A DIRECT 131 00:09:54,513 --> 00:09:58,643 SATIRE OF JAMES BOND, WHICH WAS THE BIGGEST THING IN MOVIES. 132 00:09:58,651 --> 00:10:11,564 BOND, JAMES BOND. AND WE SAT TERRORIZEDORIZED T 133 00:10:11,564 --> 00:10:14,894 OUT OF IT. ALLOW ME, PRINCESS. 134 00:10:14,900 --> 00:10:18,470 HE’S DOING CLUE SPY STUFF. HE’S GOT THE PHONE. 135 00:10:18,470 --> 00:10:21,640 I WILL TAKE CREDIT FOR THE SHOE PHONE. 136 00:10:21,640 --> 00:10:25,744 THIS IS SMART. WHICH TURNED OUT TO BE THE 137 00:10:25,744 --> 00:10:30,983 CELL PHONE, WHICH I SHOULD HAVE PATENTED AND I WOULDN’T EVEN BE 138 00:10:30,983 --> 00:10:32,551 BATH ER BOTHERED TALKING TO YOU. 139 00:10:32,551 --> 00:10:37,421 ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS GAGS ON "GET SMART" WAS THE CONE OF 140 00:10:37,423 --> 00:10:40,893 SILENCE. THE CASE I ASSIGN 99 TO, HAS 141 00:10:40,893 --> 00:10:45,423 TO DO WITH THE FORMULA. THE CHIEF AND AGENT 86 142 00:10:45,431 --> 00:10:48,033 COULDN’T HEAR EACH OTHER. THE CODE OF SILENCE WOULD 143 00:10:48,033 --> 00:10:51,203 NEVER WORK AND NEVER WORK IN A DIFFERENT WAY EVERY TIME. 144 00:10:51,203 --> 00:10:53,572 IT WAS TOO FAST. IT WOULDN’T COME DOWN. 145 00:10:53,572 --> 00:10:59,442 IT WOULD HIT THE DESK. A LOT OF THE CATCH PHRASES 146 00:10:59,445 --> 00:11:04,515 ARE PART OF OUR CULTURE. I LOVED WHEN MAX WOULD SAY, 147 00:11:04,516 --> 00:11:10,986 SORRY ABOUT THAT, CHIEF. SORRY ABOUT THAT, CHIEF. 148 00:11:10,990 --> 00:11:19,465 MISSED IT BY THAT MUCH. MISSED ME BY THAT MUCH. 149 00:11:19,465 --> 00:11:25,535 TWICE. WOULD YOU BELIEVE, I COULD 150 00:11:25,537 --> 00:11:28,274 RIP THESE CHAINS FROM THE WALL IN ONE MINUTE. 151 00:11:28,274 --> 00:11:31,504 I FIND THAT HARD TO BELIEVE. WOULD YOU BELIEVE TWO 152 00:11:31,510 --> 00:11:35,047 MINUTES? EVERY JOB HE WAS GIVEN, HE 153 00:11:35,047 --> 00:11:41,654 TOTALLY FAILED AND AGENT 99 WOULD HELP HIM OUT. 154 00:11:41,654 --> 00:11:47,092 SHE WAS SHARP. MICRO COSMIC. 155 00:11:47,092 --> 00:11:53,932 YOU CERTAINLY HAVE A WAY WITH WORDS 99. 156 00:11:53,932 --> 00:11:57,702 TINSY WINSY. I LOVED 99. 157 00:11:57,703 --> 00:12:00,873 JUST THE LOOK ON HER FACE, IS THAT WHAT YOU REALLY MEAN? 158 00:12:00,873 --> 00:12:04,103 I KNOW THE SOUND OF A .38 SPECIAL AND I COUNTED SIX SHOTS. 159 00:12:04,109 --> 00:12:12,718 THAT’S A TERRIBLE MISTAKE. YOU’RE THE ONE WITH THE .38 160 00:12:12,718 --> 00:12:14,353 SPECIAL. BARBARA ROLLING HER EYES IN 161 00:12:14,353 --> 00:12:19,853 THE CAMERA WAS HER FEMINIST STATEMENT ON GET SMART. 162 00:12:20,459 --> 00:12:23,762 "GET SMART" DIDN’T PREACH ABOUT THE WORLD AT ALL. 163 00:12:23,762 --> 00:12:27,862 THERE WERE NEVER DIRECT REFERENCES TO WHAT WE SHOULD 164 00:12:27,866 --> 00:12:30,566 THINK ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING ON IN THE ’60s. 165 00:12:30,569 --> 00:12:35,407 WHAT WAS SUBVERSIVE ABOUT "GET SMART" IN FRAMING WHAT WAS GOING 166 00:12:35,407 --> 00:12:39,107 ON IN THE WORLD IN SUCH BROAD STROKES WAS THAT IF YOU, THE 167 00:12:39,111 --> 00:12:44,283 SMART VIEWER WANTED TO ATTACH MEANING TO IT, YOU COULD SEE 168 00:12:44,283 --> 00:12:47,252 MESSAGES IN IT. ONCE YOU’RE LAUGHING, YOU 169 00:12:47,252 --> 00:12:50,822 FORGET EVERYTHING, YOU KNOW. LAUGHTER IS A WONDERFUL 170 00:12:50,823 --> 00:12:53,323 DIVERSION FROM THINKING ABOUT DEATH. 171 00:12:53,325 --> 00:12:57,825 IT’S AIRING IN THE ’60s AT THE PINNACLE OF THE VIETNAM WAR. 172 00:12:57,830 --> 00:13:02,634 IT’S WHEN MARINES ARE BEING SENT OFF TO VIETNAM AND VIETNAMESE 173 00:13:02,634 --> 00:13:05,304 PRISON CAMPS. YOU COULD SEE, LIKE, DEAD 174 00:13:05,304 --> 00:13:11,574 BODIES ON THE NEWS EVERY NIGHT. AND SO THE IDEA THAT YOU 175 00:13:11,577 --> 00:13:19,752 COULD THEN ESCAPE THE SHOW WAS APPEALING. 176 00:13:19,752 --> 00:13:22,212 PEOPLE DIDN’T WANT TO THINK OF THE HISTORY IN NEGATIVE TERMS. 177 00:13:22,221 --> 00:13:26,191 IT’S A FEELING OF LET’S HAVE A GUY ALMOST LIKE A THROW BACK AT 178 00:13:26,191 --> 00:13:33,591 THE OLD G.I. IN THE CARTOONS. GALLY, GALLY, GALLY. 179 00:13:33,599 --> 00:13:40,038 WELL, GEE GOLLY. THAT WILL HAPPEN TO YOUR CAR. 180 00:13:40,038 --> 00:13:43,842 GOMAR PILE WAS MANY THINGS BUT NOT REFLECTIVE OF VIETNAM. 181 00:13:43,842 --> 00:13:49,842 I HAVE TO LISTEN TO HIS BIG MOUTH EVERY DAY AND FEVER HISAVO 182 00:13:49,848 --> 00:13:53,818 MEALS EVERY NIGHT THIS IS WORSE THAN BEING MARRIED. 183 00:13:53,819 --> 00:13:58,023 WE COULDN’T WATCH GOMA RRK PILE R 184 00:13:58,023 --> 00:14:01,393 PILE BECAUSE THERE WERE ENOUGH IDIOTS IN THE WORLD. 185 00:14:01,393 --> 00:14:04,793 THEY WERE PRANKS AND FUNS. 186 00:14:04,797 --> 00:14:07,466 ESCAPING. THAT’S A GOOD ONE. 187 00:14:07,466 --> 00:14:13,272 HOGAN’S HEROES WAS SET IN WORLD WAR II BUT DEBUTED IN THE 188 00:14:13,272 --> 00:14:16,202 MIDST OF THE VIETNAM WAR. 189 00:14:16,208 --> 00:14:20,312 HEY! I HAVE GOOD NEWS FOR YOU. 190 00:14:20,312 --> 00:14:23,242 CAN YOU IMAGINE THAT PITCH. GUYS, LISTEN TO THIS. 191 00:14:23,248 --> 00:14:39,465 IT WILL BE GREAT. LET’S DO A SITCOM ABOUT A 192 00:14:39,465 --> 00:14:40,732 NAUTZI PRISONER OF WAR. MEN TRAPPED WITHOUT RUNNING 193 00:14:40,732 --> 00:14:43,962 WATER. I’M IN. 194 00:14:44,570 --> 00:14:50,809 MY DAD AND I USED TO WATCH " "HOGAN’S HEROES" TOGETHER AND 195 00:14:50,809 --> 00:14:56,181 LAUGH, LAUGH, LAUGH. 196 00:14:56,181 --> 00:14:57,781 HOGAN. YOU SEE HOGAN? 197 00:14:57,783 --> 00:14:59,651 NEVER UNDER ESTIMATE YOUR ENEMY. 198 00:14:59,651 --> 00:15:01,911 I SEEN IT. OH, I SEE NOTHING. 199 00:15:01,920 --> 00:15:05,824 I WAS NOT HERE. I DID NOT EVEN GET UP THIS 200 00:15:05,824 --> 00:15:08,654 MORNING. THIS IS AIRING WHEN THERE ARE 201 00:15:08,660 --> 00:15:14,600 MANY AMERICANS TRAPPED IN VIETNAMESE PRISON CAMPS, WHICH 202 00:15:14,600 --> 00:15:17,903 ARE NOT A VERY FINE THING TO THINK ABOUT. 203 00:15:17,903 --> 00:15:22,073 TELEVISION WAS LIKE IF WE COME UP WITH REALLY BROAD IDEAS 204 00:15:22,074 --> 00:15:27,713 THAT ARE VERY FULL OF CAMOMEDY, PEOPLE WILL WANT TO GRAVITATE 205 00:15:27,713 --> 00:15:30,282 TOWARDS THAT. WHERE DID THAT COME FROM? 206 00:15:30,282 --> 00:15:35,352 AND WITH THAT YOU GOAT REET T RELEASE ALL THAT ANGST AND WITH 207 00:15:35,354 --> 00:15:41,193 THAT COMES HUMOR. IT IS ATTACKING. 208 00:15:41,193 --> 00:15:43,593 HUMOR IS ALWAYS AN INVERSION. 209 00:15:43,595 --> 00:15:52,235 IT’S ALWAYS CAN WE FIND WHAT IS IRONIC ABOUT THIS SITUATION IN 210 00:15:52,237 --> 00:15:54,706 SOMEWAY? SEEING PRISONERS FOR BOTH. 211 00:15:54,706 --> 00:15:58,976 AND THANKFULLY, WE HAVE SITCOM AS A MEDIUM TO DO THAT 212 00:15:58,977 --> 00:16:02,317 FOR US. IT’S AN ESCAPE. 213 00:16:16,645 --> 00:16:18,975 >>> WE NEED LAUGHTER. WE NEED SITCOMS. 214 00:16:18,981 --> 00:16:25,921 WE NEED IT BECAUSE IF YOU DON’T LAUGH, GODDAMNIT YOU’RE GOING TO 215 00:16:25,921 --> 00:16:28,323 CRY. NEW YORK CITY AREA, BLACKED 216 00:16:28,323 --> 00:16:32,423 OUT LAST NIGHT. COURT ORDERED BUSSING REMAINS 217 00:16:32,427 --> 00:16:35,997 ONE OF THE MOST EMOTIONALLY CHARGED POLITICAL ISSUES IN THE 218 00:16:35,998 --> 00:16:37,633 COUNTRY. THE SEARCH FOR GAS IS AN 219 00:16:37,633 --> 00:16:41,363 EVERY OTHER DAY ORDEAL. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE ’70s, 220 00:16:41,370 --> 00:16:44,539 THERE WAS A LOT OF LET’S NOT THINK ABOUT THAT COMPLICATED 221 00:16:44,539 --> 00:16:48,844 STUFF RIGHT NOW. LET’S MAKE IT GO AWAY. 222 00:16:49,878 --> 00:16:54,316 "THE LOVE BOAT" WAS THE ULTIMATE IN FLUFF. 223 00:16:54,316 --> 00:17:03,692 ♪ LOVE EXCITING AND NEW ♪ I CAN’T GO THAT LOW. 224 00:17:03,692 --> 00:17:06,622 ♪ COME ABOARD, WE’RE EXPECTING YOU ♪ 225 00:17:06,628 --> 00:17:12,901 YEAH, YOU KNOW THE SONG. ♪ WE’RE EXPECTING YOU ♪ 226 00:17:12,901 --> 00:17:18,501 ♪ THE LOVE BOAT ♪ "THE LOVE BOAT" MAKES YOU 227 00:17:18,507 --> 00:17:20,475 SMILE. MY AGENT CALLED ME AND SAID 228 00:17:20,475 --> 00:17:23,912 THEY WANT YOU TO DO A THING CALLED "THE LOVE BOAT". 229 00:17:23,912 --> 00:17:29,212 SOUNDS GREAT. PEOPLE JOKED ABC STANDS FOR 230 00:17:29,217 --> 00:17:35,687 AARON’S BROADCASTING COMPANY. AARON, HE HAD A TOUCH FOR 231 00:17:35,691 --> 00:17:40,562 KNOWING WHAT THE AUDIENCE WANTED TO SEE. 232 00:17:40,562 --> 00:17:47,102 "THE LOVE BOAT" A SITCOM OR NOT? 233 00:17:47,102 --> 00:17:51,302 SITCOM. "LOVE BOAT" WAS A SITCOM. 234 00:17:51,306 --> 00:17:54,743 I THINK "THE LOVE BOAT" WAS NOT A SITCOM. 235 00:17:54,743 --> 00:17:57,813 NO. TO ME "THE LOVE BOAT" WAS A 236 00:17:57,813 --> 00:18:02,683 SITCOM AND EXPANDED TO A SITCOM. ALL I KNOW, IT WAS A HIT. 237 00:18:02,684 --> 00:18:06,154 WAS USUALLY COMPRISED OF 238 00:18:06,154 --> 00:18:10,024 THREE STORY LINES. ONE WOULD BE A PURE COMIC STORY. 239 00:18:10,025 --> 00:18:14,062 ONE WOULD BE A DRAMATIC STORY. HOW DO YOU TELL THE LADY THAT 240 00:18:14,062 --> 00:18:18,492 YOU LOVE SHE’S NEVER GOING TO WALK AGAIN? 241 00:18:18,500 --> 00:18:20,268 AND ONE WOULD BE A ROMANTIC COMEDY. 242 00:18:20,268 --> 00:18:21,903 I’M JUST A BARTENDER. YOU’RE A STAR. 243 00:18:21,903 --> 00:18:26,673 THEY USED A LAUGH TRACK WHICH WAS NEVER REALLY DONE ESPECIALLY 244 00:18:26,675 --> 00:18:30,912 IN AN HOUR FILMED SHOW. DON’T WORRY ABOUT THE 245 00:18:30,912 --> 00:18:35,912 TERMITES, LADY BECAUSE WHEN YOUR HOUSE FALLS, IT WILL KILL THEM. 246 00:18:35,917 --> 00:18:45,157 THEY WOULDN’T LAUGH, LAUGH. A LOT OF THEM. 247 00:18:45,160 --> 00:19:01,443 OUTRAGEOUS SO FREE. I WAS A "LOVE BOAT" FAN FOUR 248 00:19:01,443 --> 00:19:07,413 OR FIVE TIMES. I DIDN’T EXPECT TO SEE SO 249 00:19:07,415 --> 00:19:11,052 MUCH. WHEN I WATCH "THE LOVE BOAT 250 00:19:11,052 --> 00:19:18,452 NOW" I LAUGH AT HOW WRONG. PRACTICALLY A CAVE MAN 251 00:19:18,460 --> 00:19:23,665 BEATING A WOMAN OVER THE HEAD AND DRAGGING HER BACK TO THE 252 00:19:23,665 --> 00:19:26,365 CABIN. TIMES HAVE CHANGED NOW THE 253 00:19:26,368 --> 00:19:28,768 SHIP’S DOCTOR COULD NOT SLEEP WITH THE PASSENGER. 254 00:19:28,770 --> 00:19:40,415 "THE LOVE BOAT" PROVIDED YOU TO FEEL LIKE YOU WERE ON A 255 00:19:40,415 --> 00:19:42,515 CRUISE. CHANGED EVERYTHING WAS 256 00:19:42,517 --> 00:19:45,453 CHANGED. HUMAN BEINGS. 257 00:19:45,453 --> 00:19:50,153 PEOPLE WANT HAPPY ENDINGS. THEY NEED HAPPY ENDINGS. 258 00:19:50,158 --> 00:19:52,194 BYE. BYE. 259 00:19:52,194 --> 00:19:56,664 WE GAVE IT TO THEM EVERY SATURDAY. 260 00:19:56,665 --> 00:20:01,503 IN 1987. ABC WAS PURE ESCAPING. 261 00:20:01,503 --> 00:20:06,441 IT WAS A FORMULA THAT REALLY ENSURED SUCCESS. 262 00:20:06,441 --> 00:20:17,651 DON’T TAKE IT SO SERIOUSLY. "THE VERN AND SHIRLEY" $6 263 00:20:17,652 --> 00:20:22,422 MILLION MAN. ABC COULD DO NO WRONG. 264 00:20:22,424 --> 00:20:24,954 AND IT WAS PART OF THAT ERA. 265 00:20:24,960 --> 00:20:30,398 ♪ THERE IS A MAGIC IN THE EARLY MORNING WE FOUND ♪ 266 00:20:30,398 --> 00:20:38,773 SO THE PREMISE IS A MAN TOM BROAD FORD 267 00:20:38,773 --> 00:20:40,603 BRADFORD HAS EIGHT CHILDREN AND A WIFE BUT THAT WIFE PASSED 268 00:20:40,609 --> 00:20:42,644 AWAY. HE FALLS IN LOVE AGAIN. 269 00:20:42,644 --> 00:20:46,481 THE KIDS STILL GRIEVING THE MOTHER NOW HAVE TO DEAL WITH 270 00:20:46,481 --> 00:20:52,811 THIS OTHER WOMAN. WE’RE GETTING MARRIED TO EACH 271 00:20:52,821 --> 00:20:55,156 OTHER. WE WERE THE EVOLUTION OF THE 272 00:20:55,156 --> 00:20:58,193 BRADY BUNCH. COME ON. 273 00:20:58,193 --> 00:21:00,593 YOU’LL NEVER KNOW IF WE BREAK A LITTLE RULE OR TWO. 274 00:21:00,595 --> 00:21:07,602 YEAH, WHO WILL TELL THEM? YOU WOULDN’T SQUEAL, WOULD 275 00:21:07,602 --> 00:21:10,132 YA? LIKE "THE LOVE BOAT," IT WAS 276 00:21:10,138 --> 00:21:12,438 A LONGER SHOW. WHY DON’T YOU GROUND HER FOR 277 00:21:12,440 --> 00:21:15,510 MISSING DINNER? WE KNEW WHERE NANCY WAS W.E 278 00:21:15,510 --> 00:21:17,812 DIDN’T KNOW WHERE YOU WERE. I WAS EATING PIZZA. 279 00:21:17,812 --> 00:21:20,682 THERE WERE MANY THINGS ON THE SHOW I THOUGHT WAS FANTASY. 280 00:21:20,682 --> 00:21:24,412 A FAMILY THAT SITS DOWN AND DISCUSSES THINGS. 281 00:21:24,419 --> 00:21:26,219 REALLY? I WANT TO KNOW WHAT YOU’RE 282 00:21:26,221 --> 00:21:29,891 GOING TO DO ABOUT TOMMY. HE HAS A PARTY SATURDAY NIGHT 283 00:21:29,891 --> 00:21:34,261 AND HE’S A KID. WHY DON’T YOU MIND YOUR OWN 284 00:21:34,262 --> 00:21:37,262 BUSINESS. A RETURN TO SOMETHING THAT 285 00:21:37,265 --> 00:21:39,634 SEEMS SAFE. YOU LOOK AT THE ERA IS WHAT IS 286 00:21:39,634 --> 00:21:45,273 GOING ON THE DIVORCE RATING SOARING IN THE ’70 IT’S, RIGHT? 287 00:21:45,273 --> 00:21:47,073 THE THE FAMILY IS BREAKING APART. 288 00:21:47,075 --> 00:21:49,605 I’M 8. I CAN UNDERSTAND COMPLICATED 289 00:21:49,611 --> 00:21:50,612 THINGS. WOMEN ARE WEIRD. 290 00:21:50,612 --> 00:21:52,142 THAT’S ALL. MOVE. 291 00:21:52,147 --> 00:21:56,047 IN THE LATE ’70s, THE WORLD HAD JUST COME OUT OF THIS 292 00:21:56,051 --> 00:22:00,121 INCREDIBLE REVOLUTION AND ANGER AND EVERYBODY IS LOOKING FOR 293 00:22:00,121 --> 00:22:06,591 CHEWING GUM FOR THE EYES. ALL OF A SUDDEN, IT’S LIKE 294 00:22:06,594 --> 00:22:09,524 LET’S WATCH A FAMILY THAT’S WORKING AND PROBABLY DOESN’T 295 00:22:09,531 --> 00:22:11,833 EXIST OUTSIDE OF THIS BOX. 296 00:22:26,272 --> 00:22:31,642 >>> THERE IS GROWING EVIDENCE OF THE NATION’S CRACK COCAINE 297 00:22:31,644 --> 00:22:33,880 EPIDEMIC. IN 1981 THE NUMBER OF MAJOR 298 00:22:33,880 --> 00:22:36,410 CRIMES REPORTED TO THE NEW YORK CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT REACHED A 299 00:22:36,416 --> 00:22:38,785 RECORD HIGH. PEOPLE ARE TIRED. 300 00:22:38,785 --> 00:22:42,855 IN THE EARLY ’80s NEW YORK WAS A DANGEROUS PLACE. 301 00:22:42,856 --> 00:22:45,258 A LOT OF CRIME. A LOT OF CONFLICT. 302 00:22:45,258 --> 00:22:51,398 PEOPLE VERSUS COHEN, DISTURBING THE PEACE. 303 00:22:51,398 --> 00:22:56,198 I CAN’T BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE WITH VIOLENCE EXPELLING THE 304 00:22:56,202 --> 00:23:04,142 ESSENCE OF MY BODY. "MAN COURT" AVOIDED THE 305 00:23:04,144 --> 00:23:08,248 REALITIES OF LIFE IN NEW YORK. SAID LET’S NOT BE SO SERIOUS. 306 00:23:08,248 --> 00:23:16,718 WHAT "NIGHT COURT" WAS DOING IS PRESENTING A VERY HAPPY FACE 307 00:23:16,723 --> 00:23:19,592 VERSION OF WHAT YOU SEE AT A NIGHT COURT IN MANHATTAN. 308 00:23:19,592 --> 00:23:21,592 SHE DID NOTHING OF HER OWN WILL. 309 00:23:21,594 --> 00:23:25,398 IT IS MY DOING. "NIGHT COURT" IS MORE ABOUT 310 00:23:25,398 --> 00:23:28,328 THE HUMOR OF THE PEOPLE INVOLVED. 311 00:23:28,334 --> 00:23:33,740 DO YOU BELIEVE THE HIGHER CONSCIOUSNESS STUFF? 312 00:23:33,740 --> 00:23:36,070 HUH? THE POINT IS VERY WEIRD 313 00:23:36,076 --> 00:23:43,683 PEOPLE COME INTO THIS BUILDING EVERY DAY. 314 00:23:43,683 --> 00:23:49,889 SEE YOU LATER. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY? 315 00:23:49,889 --> 00:24:05,099 I’LL BE BRIEF. 316 00:24:05,105 --> 00:24:08,408 THE CHARACTERS WERE NOT DANGEROUS AND THE CRIMES WERE 317 00:24:08,408 --> 00:24:12,208 MINIMAL. WHAT IS SHE GOING TO DO? 318 00:24:12,212 --> 00:24:13,279 PRANK SPANK YOU? 319 00:24:13,279 --> 00:24:16,616 LEST THE LOVABLE ASSHOLE IF I CAN SAY THAT. 320 00:24:16,616 --> 00:24:20,216 JEALOUS? TAKE A LOOK AT THIS. 321 00:24:20,220 --> 00:24:22,550 ONE OF THE FUNNIEST WOMEN 322 00:24:22,555 --> 00:24:25,158 EVER. YOU SEE HER? 323 00:24:25,158 --> 00:24:28,027 A LITTLE WATER MIGHT HELP THAT GROWTH. 324 00:24:28,027 --> 00:24:35,067 "NIGHT COURT" WAS ALL ESCAPERS. 325 00:24:35,068 --> 00:24:37,298 MR. SHAY IS AN MARMATURE MANY 326 00:24:37,303 --> 00:24:39,203 SESSION. GIVE AMERICA A PIVOT FROM THE 327 00:24:39,205 --> 00:24:42,275 ACTUAL NEWS AND YOU KNOW THAT’S NOT NECESSARILY THE REALITY OF 328 00:24:42,275 --> 00:24:45,945 THE SITUATION BUT THAT’S WHY IT’S CALLED TV MAGIC. 329 00:24:45,945 --> 00:24:50,250 EVEN SUCCESSFUL MAGICIANS SOMETIMES SPEND LIFETIMES 330 00:24:50,250 --> 00:24:59,159 FRUITLESSLY TRYING TO DEVELOP. "NIGHT COURT" TAKES THIS 331 00:24:59,159 --> 00:25:03,359 GRITTY ASPECT OF THE CITY AND GIVE THE YOU A SUNNIER VERSION 332 00:25:03,363 --> 00:25:07,000 OF IT. 333 00:25:07,000 --> 00:25:08,030 HAPPENED AT THE SAME TIME AND 334 00:25:08,034 --> 00:25:16,876 AN INTERESTING PARALLEL WITH "NIGHT COURT." 335 00:25:16,876 --> 00:25:19,806 NEWHEART IS LOOKING FOR AN ESCAPE AND GOES TO AN INN IN 336 00:25:19,812 --> 00:25:20,647 VERMONT. THERE IT IS. 337 00:25:20,647 --> 00:25:25,147 THE STRATFORD. IN THE FIRST "NEWHEART SHOW" 338 00:25:25,151 --> 00:25:27,551 HE WAS A THERAPIST. ARE YOU GOING TO SLEEP? 339 00:25:27,554 --> 00:25:36,763 NO, I’LL LIE HERE AND LET MY NOS 340 00:25:36,763 --> 00:25:37,697 NOS NOSE FLAIR. 341 00:25:37,697 --> 00:25:39,797 I THOUGHT MAYBE THE SECOND SHOW SHOULD BE ABOUT AN END. 342 00:25:39,799 --> 00:25:44,699 THAT’S REALLY U UP THERE, ISN’T IT? 343 00:25:44,704 --> 00:25:46,404 WHAT? NATURE. 344 00:25:46,406 --> 00:25:50,176 IN THE FLESH. IF YOU’D LIKE, I CAN 345 00:25:50,176 --> 00:25:53,376 INTRODUCE YOU. I’M CONVINCED THAT THE REASON 346 00:25:53,379 --> 00:26:00,186 BOB NEWHEART IS EXCRUCIATINGLY FUNNY TO ME WAS BECAUSE OF HIS 347 00:26:00,186 --> 00:26:06,016 DEEP SENSITIVITY IN A SENSE THE THWARTED DECENCY. 348 00:26:06,025 --> 00:26:08,127 I MISS YOU MORE THAN YOU MISS ME? 349 00:26:13,366 --> 00:26:15,368 I DO, TOO. 350 00:26:15,368 --> 00:26:34,087 HE DOES, OKAY? BOB NEWEHA RRKSHEART THRIVES 351 00:26:34,087 --> 00:26:35,147 COMEDIAN. WHEN I WOKE IT UP, IT RAN 352 00:26:35,154 --> 00:26:36,189 OFF. IN VERMONT, THEY WERE ABLE TO 353 00:26:36,189 --> 00:26:37,957 SURROUND HIM WITHOUT STANDINGLY CREATIVE CHARACTERS. 354 00:26:37,957 --> 00:26:40,226 I’M LARRY. THIS IS MY BROTHER DARRELL. 355 00:26:40,226 --> 00:26:43,026 THIS IS MY OTHER BROTHER DARRELL. 356 00:26:43,029 --> 00:26:45,359 THEY LOVE LARRY, DARRELL AND DARRELL. 357 00:26:45,365 --> 00:26:49,502 THROWED MY BACK OUT LAST WEEK CRAWLING UNDER A HOUSE. 358 00:26:49,502 --> 00:26:55,041 SOUNDS LIKE A TOUGH JOB. WASN’T A JOB. 359 00:26:55,041 --> 00:27:01,180 I JUST LIKE COULD EVERRAWLING UN HOUSES. 360 00:27:01,180 --> 00:27:04,850 THE FINALLY OF "NEWHEART". VERY DIFFICULT TO KEEP HIM 361 00:27:04,851 --> 00:27:10,121 FROM GETTING OUT. TO DAO THE FINALLY OF THE 362 00:27:10,123 --> 00:27:15,628 SHOW, BOB NEWHEART FED A FAKE STORY TO THE PAPERS. 363 00:27:15,628 --> 00:27:18,698 BUT TOLD THE CAST WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN. 364 00:27:18,698 --> 00:27:23,698 I DIDN’T TELL THE CREW. WE SAID WE’VE EDITED THE SCENE. 365 00:27:23,703 --> 00:27:36,049 KEEP SHOOTING. HEY, WAKE UP. 366 00:27:36,049 --> 00:27:39,919 YOU WON’T BELIEVE THE DREAM I JUST HAD. 367 00:27:39,919 --> 00:27:42,719 AND SHE THROWS BACK THE 368 00:27:42,722 --> 00:27:47,192 COVERS AND IT’S SUZANNE. SUZANNE WAS SNUCK INTO THE 369 00:27:47,193 --> 00:27:50,463 SOUND STAGE. ALL RIGHT. 370 00:27:50,463 --> 00:27:54,033 WHAT IS IT? 371 00:27:54,033 --> 00:28:00,573 I WAS AN INNKEEPER IN THIS CRAZY LITTLE TOWN IN VERYMONT. 372 00:28:00,573 --> 00:28:02,608 WE WATCHED NINE YEARS OF A DREAM. 373 00:28:02,608 --> 00:28:06,608 IT MANAGED TO TIE BOTH SHOWS UP WITH A BOW AND IT IS PROBABLY 374 00:28:06,612 --> 00:28:12,982 THE MOST ESCAPING EXAMPLE OF A SITCOM SERIES TO FINALLY. 375 00:28:12,985 --> 00:28:17,323 O FINAL 376 00:28:49,456 --> 00:28:52,526 >>> WE KNOW HOW GOOD IT FEELS TO BE WITH OUR FAMILIES AND WARMS 377 00:28:52,526 --> 00:28:55,195 AND COMFORTS US AND GIVES US STRENGTH AND JOY. 378 00:28:55,195 --> 00:28:59,065 DURING THE REGAN ERA, THERE WAS EMPHASIS ON BEING A GOOD 379 00:28:59,066 --> 00:29:02,736 PERSON. D. J., WE’RE STILL A FAMILY. 380 00:29:02,736 --> 00:29:08,136 AND NOW IS WHEN WE REALLY NEED TO STICK TOGETHER. 381 00:29:08,142 --> 00:29:13,714 IN THE LATE ’80s AFTER ENOUGH, THERE WAS ALL THESE 382 00:29:13,714 --> 00:29:17,684 REALLY SQUISHING SOFT FOCUSED FAMILIES. 383 00:29:17,684 --> 00:29:21,754 LIKE "FULL HOUSE". AT THAT TIME, THE FAMILY 384 00:29:21,755 --> 00:29:23,585 SITCOM ALMOST LIKE A DISNEY MOVIE. 385 00:29:23,590 --> 00:29:26,493 HONEY, I TOLD YOU. EVERYTHING IS GOING TO WORK OUT 386 00:29:26,493 --> 00:29:32,032 SUPER GREAT. YOU GOT IT, DUDE. 387 00:29:32,032 --> 00:29:33,732 IT PUTS PRESSURE ON AMERICAN FAMILIES TO LIVE UP TO AN IDEAL 388 00:29:33,734 --> 00:29:38,004 THAT HAS NOT EXISTED IN DECADES IF IT EVER EXISTED BEFORE. 389 00:29:38,005 --> 00:29:40,774 THE ECONOMY IS STARTING TO KIND OF TANK. 390 00:29:40,774 --> 00:29:44,604 WE’RE AT WAR AND, YOU KNOW, WE’RE NOT GOING TO LIVE BETTER 391 00:29:44,611 --> 00:29:52,319 THAN OUR PARENTS BUT WHEN THE SIMPLE CONS COME 392 00:29:52,319 --> 00:29:55,119 "SIMPSONS" COME ALONG THEY BLOW THAT APART. 393 00:29:55,122 --> 00:30:00,160 "THE SIMPSONS" IS AN ESCAPE BECAUSE NO MATTER HOW MUCH OF A 394 00:30:00,160 --> 00:30:06,400 COACH POTATO ARE, THEY WON’T BE AS BAD AS "THE SIMPSON". 395 00:30:06,400 --> 00:30:11,004 I THOUGHT I’D SEE THE EFFECTS OF GREATCIGARETTE SMOKING ON DOG 396 00:30:11,004 --> 00:30:13,674 I DON’T THINK PEOPLE UNDERSTOOD HOW CONTROVERSIAL IT 397 00:30:13,674 --> 00:30:15,874 WAS. I’M LOOKING FOR A MRS. OCHO 398 00:30:15,876 --> 00:30:19,346 PROBLEM. BART WAS EXTREMELY 399 00:30:19,346 --> 00:30:21,246 DISRESPECTFUL. B OUR PROBLEM, COME ON. 400 00:30:21,248 --> 00:30:25,248 DO I HAVE A BO PROBLEM HERE? I REMEMBER THE IMPRESSION OF 401 00:30:25,252 --> 00:30:29,656 LIKE CHILDREN ARE NEVER ALLOWED TO SPEAK LIKE THAT. 402 00:30:29,656 --> 00:30:35,195 WHAT IS GOING ON HERE? I THINK BART IS STUPID AGAIN, 403 00:30:35,195 --> 00:30:38,832 MOM. I’M A FAN OF "THE SIMPSONS" 404 00:30:38,832 --> 00:30:42,102 THERE IS NO SHOW THAT DOES THE HIGH JOKE DENSITY BETTER. 405 00:30:42,102 --> 00:30:45,202 I’M MY OWN TOUGHEST CRITIC BUT I THINK IT’S GENIUS. 406 00:30:45,205 --> 00:30:49,575 THAT STORY TELLING ON "THE SIMPSONS" IS SO UNLIKE ANYTHING 407 00:30:49,576 --> 00:30:52,813 THAT’S COME BEFORE IT. THEY COULD HAVE A THREE‐SECOND 408 00:30:52,813 --> 00:30:55,482 SCENE AT A NUCLEAR REACTOR. THAT GOT IT. 409 00:30:55,482 --> 00:30:58,712 AND THEN JUMP SOMEWHERE ELSE. ENDLESSLY CLEVER. 410 00:30:58,719 --> 00:31:02,656 SO MANY GOOD CHARACTERS ON THE SIMPSONS. 411 00:31:02,656 --> 00:31:05,926 CASTS A LONG SHADOW THROUGH THE UNIVERSE. 412 00:31:05,926 --> 00:31:13,566 HE’S A GREAT VILLAIN. HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH A RAKE. 413 00:31:13,567 --> 00:31:16,967 DESTROYED HIM. "THE SIMPSONS" GREAT 414 00:31:16,970 --> 00:31:17,704 ANIMATION. LOVE IT. 415 00:31:17,704 --> 00:31:19,634 TRACY, WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE? 416 00:31:19,640 --> 00:31:23,310 YOU’RE ALL BETTER. NOBODY TELLS ME THESE THINGS. 417 00:31:23,310 --> 00:31:26,713 WHEN "THE SIMPSONS" CAME OUT IT WAS A MASSIVE HIT. 418 00:31:26,713 --> 00:31:32,213 COULD THIS BE THE BEST DAY OF MY LIFE? 419 00:31:32,219 --> 00:31:36,557 "THE SIMPSONS" HELPED USHER IN THIS ADULT ANIMATION. 420 00:31:36,557 --> 00:31:38,657 HEY, BRIAN. WHAT’S UP? 421 00:31:38,659 --> 00:31:42,829 IS ANIMATION NECESSARILY AN ESCAPE FORM? 422 00:31:42,829 --> 00:31:45,532 OBVIOUSLY, VISUALLY YOU’RE LOOKING AT SOMETHING USUALLY 423 00:31:45,532 --> 00:31:56,072 MORE COLORFUL THAN NATURAL LIFE. YOU CAN BE RISKY AND OBSCENE 424 00:31:56,076 --> 00:32:00,714 AND CHANCE GEESEREALLY, REALLY D HUMOR OTHER SHOWS ARE AFRAID TO 425 00:32:00,714 --> 00:32:03,044 TOUCH. I’M BEEN SO BLOODY NAUGHTY. 426 00:32:03,050 --> 00:32:06,219 I NEED TO BE TAUGHT A LESSON AND YOU’RE THE ONE TO DO IT. 427 00:32:06,219 --> 00:32:10,324 PUSHING THOSE BARRIERS. IT IS WRONG TO EAT HUMAN 428 00:32:10,324 --> 00:32:11,284 BEINGS. SAYS YOU. 429 00:32:11,291 --> 00:32:15,596 "SOUTH PARK" TOOK THAT A WHOLE LEAP FURTHER. 430 00:32:15,596 --> 00:32:19,096 OH MY GOD. THEY KILLED KENNY. 431 00:32:19,099 --> 00:32:22,636 YOU BASTARD. THEY MAKE BART SEEM LIKE 432 00:32:22,636 --> 00:32:26,236 BEAVER CLEAVER. BUTT HOLE. 433 00:32:26,239 --> 00:32:30,744 HEY, WENDY, DUMB BITCH. IN THE ’90s WE SEE THE RISE 434 00:32:30,744 --> 00:32:34,214 OF THE CONCEPT OF POLITICAL CORRECTNESS AND AUDIENCES WERE 435 00:32:34,214 --> 00:32:39,714 LOOKING FOR AN ESCAPE FOR THAT. CREATORS MATT STONE AND TREY 436 00:32:39,720 --> 00:32:42,789 PARKER SHOWED THE POWER AND COMEDY YOU COULD FIND IN BEING 437 00:32:42,789 --> 00:32:46,026 POLITICALLY INCORRECT. ALL RIGHT. 438 00:32:46,026 --> 00:32:48,395 IT LOOK THE LIKE WE HAVE 2.4 INCHES. 439 00:32:48,395 --> 00:32:52,095 REALLY NICE BUTTERS. LIKE A HORSE. 440 00:32:52,099 --> 00:32:56,236 I THINK ABOUT AN ANIMATED SHOW LIKE "SOUTH PARK" AND FULL 441 00:32:56,236 --> 00:32:59,072 OF COMMENTS ABOUT MIGRANT SUBJECTS. 442 00:32:59,072 --> 00:33:07,442 I HAD A SEX CHANGE OPERATION. MY PENIS IS A VIGINA AND I’M 443 00:33:07,447 --> 00:33:13,417 EXPERIENCING FEMALE HOOD. IT WOULD PUSH THE ENVELOPE IN 444 00:33:13,420 --> 00:33:15,622 SUCH AN EXTREME WAY IN THE VOICE OF A CHILD. 445 00:33:15,622 --> 00:33:19,192 JESUS IS BLACK, RONALD REAGAN IS THE DEVIL AND THE GOVERNMENT 446 00:33:19,192 --> 00:33:23,562 IS LYING ABOUT 9/11. BOONDOCKS WERE THE BLACK 447 00:33:23,563 --> 00:33:25,932 "SOUTH PARK." IT DIVES DEEPER INTO THE SUBSET 448 00:33:25,932 --> 00:33:30,202 OF THE BLACK COMMUNITY MAYBE WHY PEOPLE DON’T SEE IT AT ALL. 449 00:33:30,203 --> 00:33:33,873 THESE CHAR ABOUT TERACTERS IS GET TO SAY THINGS PEOPLE MIGHT 450 00:33:33,874 --> 00:33:35,874 BE AFRAID TO SAY. OUCH. 451 00:33:35,876 --> 00:33:39,413 HOW MANY TIME HAVE I TOLD YOU YOU BETTER NOT EVEN DREAM ABOUT 452 00:33:39,413 --> 00:33:45,343 TELLING WHITE FOLKS. ONE OF THE MOST HILL LA RARIO 453 00:33:45,352 --> 00:33:48,321 EPISODES WAS MARTIN LUTHER KING SEEING HOW BLACK PEOPLE WERE 454 00:33:48,321 --> 00:33:51,425 LIVING AND REALLY BEING SHOCKED ABOUT WHAT HE SAW. 455 00:33:51,425 --> 00:33:58,825 I HAD A DREAM ONCE BUT LOW AND BEHOLD SOME FOUR DECADES 456 00:33:58,832 --> 00:34:06,006 LATER, WHAT HAVE I FOUND BUT A BUNCH OF TRIFLING, SHIFTLESS, 457 00:34:06,006 --> 00:34:08,636 GOOD FOR NOTHING ERS. SO WHETHER IT’S ABOUT RACIST 458 00:34:08,642 --> 00:34:11,978 WHITE FOLKS, WHETHER IT’S ABOUT BLACK FOLKS BEING PROBLEMATIC 459 00:34:11,978 --> 00:34:15,716 WITH THEMSELVES AND THEIR OUTLOOK ON LIFE, THE BOONDOCKS 460 00:34:15,716 --> 00:34:19,586 IS NOT PULLING PUNCHES. ONE THING FOR SURE, THOUGH, 461 00:34:19,586 --> 00:34:20,616 CAN’T BLAME THIS ONE ON THE WHITE MAN. 462 00:34:20,620 --> 00:34:23,824 WHAT AM I SAYING? OF COURSE I CAN. 463 00:34:23,824 --> 00:34:30,394 BUT WHEN I WAS A KID, MY TOP SITCOM WAS PROBABLY "DINOSAURS." 464 00:34:30,397 --> 00:34:33,797 MAMA. IT WAS BONKERS. 465 00:34:33,800 --> 00:34:38,905 EVERYTHING THE JIM HENSON COMPANY DOES IS ESCAPESTS. 466 00:34:38,905 --> 00:34:40,774 HEY. THAT’S GREAT. 467 00:34:40,774 --> 00:34:45,074 THE ORIGINAL IDEA WAS ALL REALLY GENERATED IN THE YEAR 468 00:34:45,078 --> 00:34:50,417 THAT MY FATHER JIM HENSON PASSED AWAY IN 1990. 469 00:34:50,417 --> 00:34:58,287 AND HE JUST LIKED THE IDEA OF DINOSAURS WHO LIVED SO 470 00:34:58,291 --> 00:35:01,961 IRRESPONSIBLY THAT THEY WILL INEVITABLY GO INSTINCT. 471 00:35:01,962 --> 00:35:04,531 THERE IS BOUND TO BE UNFORESEEN CASUALTIES. 472 00:35:04,531 --> 00:35:08,335 FOR MY DAD, WHAT HE LOVED ABOUT SITCOMS IS WHEN THEY COULD 473 00:35:08,335 --> 00:35:13,073 DO SOMETHING POWERFUL. WHAT THE SHOW ACTUALLY WAS 474 00:35:13,073 --> 00:35:16,203 WAS ALWAYS A WARNING. IT SOUNDS LIKE WE’VE BEEN 475 00:35:16,209 --> 00:35:19,112 DECLARING WAR ON NATURE. EXACTLY. 476 00:35:19,112 --> 00:35:26,512 YES, "DINOSAURS" HAD VERY GOOD ’90s STYLE LET’S TAKE CARE 477 00:35:26,520 --> 00:35:28,889 OF THE EARTH. YOU DESTROYED THE GLOBAL FOOD 478 00:35:28,889 --> 00:35:31,089 CHAIN. NO PLANTS MEANS NO FOOD AT ALL. 479 00:35:31,091 --> 00:35:36,863 THE FINALLY OF "DINOSAURS" IS REALLY AND TRULY ONE OF THE BEST 480 00:35:36,863 --> 00:35:38,523 FINALLIES FOR ANY TELEVISION SHOW EVER. 481 00:35:38,532 --> 00:35:42,302 WE KILLED THEM ALL. ARE WE GOING TO MOVE? 482 00:35:42,302 --> 00:35:45,972 WELL, NO. THERE IS NO PLACE TO MOVE TO. 483 00:35:45,972 --> 00:35:52,472 WE ALWAYS KNEW THAT THAT IRRESPONSIBLE TREATMENT OF THE 484 00:35:52,479 --> 00:35:57,384 ENVIRONMENT IN DINOSAURS HAD TO DESTROY THE PLANET. 485 00:35:58,385 --> 00:36:04,185 AND BECAUSE IT WAS PUPPETRY, BECAUSE THEY WERE AREN’T HUMAN 486 00:36:04,191 --> 00:36:08,001 BEINGS SPOUTING AT YOU, YOU TOLERATED IT. 487 00:36:08,094 --> 00:36:10,094 CAN YOUR LONGWEAR DO THIS? 488 00:36:31,667 --> 00:36:40,337 >>> HOW DO YOU EXIST WITHIN A WORLD THAT’S BUILT TO REWARD THE 489 00:36:40,342 --> 00:36:42,578 WORST PEOPLE TO OFFEND. THE WAY THE WORLD IS CHANGING 490 00:36:42,578 --> 00:36:46,014 WITH WOMEN AND BLACK LIVES MATTER AND ALL OF IT. 491 00:36:46,014 --> 00:36:54,054 WE ARE AT A POINT NOW IN COMEDY WHERE PEOPLE NEED TO CONTINUE TO 492 00:36:54,056 --> 00:37:08,266 PUSH 493 00:37:08,270 --> 00:37:20,449 BOUNDARIES. BOJACK HORSEMAN, HE’S A 494 00:37:20,449 --> 00:37:23,149 NETFLIX ANIMATED COMEDY THAT’S SET IN HOLLYWOOD IN WHICH 495 00:37:23,151 --> 00:37:29,157 TALKING ANIMALS COEXIST WITH HUMANS. 496 00:37:29,157 --> 00:37:36,697 IT TAKES A LOT OF YEARS TO GET ME DRUNK. 497 00:37:36,698 --> 00:37:41,868 WHAT IF A MYSTERY TYPE ENDED UP BECOMING THE DAD AND A FULL 498 00:37:41,870 --> 00:37:58,720 HOUSE STYLE SITCOM. PARTYING AT MY HOUSE TONIGHT. 499 00:37:58,720 --> 00:38:03,558 HE TURNED INTO THIS ALCOHOLIC DEPRESSED, RICH, FORMAL LYFE 500 00:38:03,558 --> 00:38:07,996 MOUSE ACTOR. NOTHING LONELIER THAN A 501 00:38:07,996 --> 00:38:13,496 PARTY. GOOD THING I DON’T NEED ANYONE. 502 00:38:13,502 --> 00:38:17,039 BOJACK HORSEMAN IS SO GOOD. LET’S MOVE IN TOGETHER. 503 00:38:17,039 --> 00:38:27,949 IT IS SO GOOD. IT SUCKED YOU IN THAT IT IS AN 504 00:38:27,950 --> 00:38:35,490 AN IMATED SHOW. BOJACK IS HARDER ON HOLLYWOOD 505 00:38:35,490 --> 00:38:40,028 THAN ANYTHING EQUIVALENT IN ACTION COMEDY IN RECENT YEARS. 506 00:38:40,028 --> 00:38:44,466 THIS IS SAD, YOU ALWAYS HEAR ABOUT MASS SHOOTINGS AFFECTING 507 00:38:44,466 --> 00:38:49,204 OTHER MOVIE’S OPENING BUT YOU WILL NEVER THINK IT WILL AFFECT 508 00:38:49,204 --> 00:38:52,634 YOUR MOVIE OPENING. WHO PUT PILLS IN MY HOUSE? 509 00:38:52,641 --> 00:38:58,146 DEEPLY MOVING ACCOUNT OF A PERSON WHO HAS BEEN DECLINING TO 510 00:38:58,146 --> 00:39:03,116 FACE HIS PROBLEMS FOR HIS ENTIRE LIFE. 511 00:39:03,118 --> 00:39:16,198 WHAT ARE YOU SO HAPPY ABOUT. IF YOU WATCH A HUMAN DOING 512 00:39:16,198 --> 00:39:21,068 THAT IN A SITCOM, WOULD BE DEVASTATING. 513 00:39:21,069 --> 00:39:26,308 BOJACK HORSEMAN ASKING QUESTIONS A LOT OF US ARE ASKING IS HOW DO 514 00:39:26,308 --> 00:39:30,846 YOU BE A GOOD PERSON? ANOTHER WAY YOU FEEL WHEN A 515 00:39:30,846 --> 00:39:35,916 BABY CHIMP AND A BABY TIGER BECOME FRIENDS, THAT’S HOW YOU 516 00:39:35,917 --> 00:39:38,317 FEEL. "THE GOOD PLACE" IS A SHOW 517 00:39:38,320 --> 00:39:42,724 ABOUT FOUR PEOPLE WHO DIE AND WENT TO HELL AND A DEMON MADE 518 00:39:42,724 --> 00:39:46,524 THEM BELIEVE THEY WERE IN HEAVEN. 519 00:39:46,528 --> 00:39:52,968 DURING YOUR TIME ON EARTH EVERY ONE OF YOUR ACTION HAD A 520 00:39:52,968 --> 00:39:54,968 POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE VALUE. I AM SURE IT COULD NOT EXIST 521 00:39:54,970 --> 00:39:57,239 OF ANIMATION PUSHING THE BOUNDARY. 522 00:39:57,239 --> 00:40:00,239 TODAY WE’LL START WITH SOMETHING THAT EVERYONE ALWAYS 523 00:40:00,242 --> 00:40:05,047 WANTED TO DO. FLYING. 524 00:40:05,047 --> 00:40:07,115 NOW THAT YOU ARE DEAD, LET’S 525 00:40:07,115 --> 00:40:10,915 LIVE A LITTLE. I SUPPOSE THERE IS A FANTASY 526 00:40:10,919 --> 00:40:14,519 OR ESCAPE ELEMENT TO IT WHERE THEY ARE IN A MAGICAL PLACE 527 00:40:14,523 --> 00:40:18,960 WHERE THERE IS A CHARACTER NAMED JANET WHO KNOWS EVERY FACT ABOUT 528 00:40:18,960 --> 00:40:21,396 THE UNIVERSE. JANET, I AM FINISHED WITH 529 00:40:21,396 --> 00:40:24,096 CLEAN UP AND I AM READY TO FLY. HOW DO I START? 530 00:40:24,099 --> 00:40:31,369 POP IN A LUNCH PACK. PEOPLE PUKING ON ROLLER 531 00:40:31,373 --> 00:40:33,708 COASTERS. BUT THERE WAS ALWAYS A WEIRD 532 00:40:33,708 --> 00:40:34,976 LOOMING THREAT. OH. 533 00:40:34,976 --> 00:40:41,276 WHAT THE ‐‐ KEPT IT FROM PURE ESCAPISM. 534 00:40:41,283 --> 00:40:46,021 IS THAT GIANT TERRIFYING LADY BUG IS SUPPOSED TO BE THERE? 535 00:40:46,021 --> 00:40:49,357 NO, IT IS NOT. THE GOOD PLACE CAME OUT IN 536 00:40:49,357 --> 00:40:54,027 2016 RIGHT WHEN A LOT OF PEOPLE FEELING INCREDIBLY THIS ILLUSION 537 00:40:54,029 --> 00:40:59,835 BY TRUMP’S ELECTION THAT YEAR. WE’LL MAKE AMERICA GREAT 538 00:40:59,835 --> 00:41:01,965 AGAIN. THE TIME WHEN I THINK PEOPLE 539 00:41:01,970 --> 00:41:08,176 WERE CRAVING THAT KIND OF DIALOGUE OF TALKING TO OUR 540 00:41:08,176 --> 00:41:11,346 VETERAN NATION. I WANT TO GET MY HAIR WET. 541 00:41:11,346 --> 00:41:17,916 I WANT TO TALK BRIEFLY TO SOMEONE AND SAY TAKE IT SLEAZY. 542 00:41:17,919 --> 00:41:22,589 I THINK THERE ARE SO MANY BIG THINGS HAPPENING IN THE WORLD 543 00:41:22,591 --> 00:41:26,561 RIGHT NOW TO HAVE A MESSAGE THAT’S KIND OF, IT IS GOING TO 544 00:41:26,561 --> 00:41:29,965 BE OKAY. THIS IS YOUR PLACE IN THE 545 00:41:29,965 --> 00:41:35,695 UNIVERSE, KEEP TRYING TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR SOUL A LITTLE BIT. 546 00:41:35,704 --> 00:41:38,907 THE "THE GOOD PLACE" IS A PERFECT 547 00:41:38,907 --> 00:41:42,977 SHOW. ANY PLACE IN THE UNIVERSE CAN 548 00:41:42,978 --> 00:41:50,848 BE UP TO 104%. THAT’S WHY WE GOT BEYONCE. 549 00:41:50,852 --> 00:41:55,690 WHO ARE WE AND CAN WE CHANGE? OH GOD. 550 00:41:55,690 --> 00:41:59,127 THE TROUBLE PROBLEMS REALLY SHOW WHAT THE SHOW IS TRYING TO DO. 551 00:41:59,127 --> 00:42:09,937 WE ARE GOING TO TROLLEY CART, IT WAS CHITY TRYING TO FIGURE OUT 552 00:42:09,938 --> 00:42:27,188 WHO TO KILL AND 553 00:42:27,189 --> 00:42:36,565 NOT. LETTING ALL THESE THINGS DO 554 00:42:36,565 --> 00:42:41,135 PLAY OUT IN THIS FANTASY WORLD. THAT’S THE WHOLE IDEA BEHIND 555 00:42:41,136 --> 00:42:43,004 TV. GOOD AFTERNOON, ELEANOR, WHAT 556 00:42:43,004 --> 00:42:50,044 CAN I GET FOR YOU TODAY? I RECOMMEND FULL CELL PHONE 557 00:42:50,045 --> 00:42:53,114 BATTERY. OH, IT SOMEHOW TASTES HOW I 558 00:42:53,114 --> 00:43:04,924 FELT WHEN MY CELL PHONE IS FULLY CHARGED. 559 00:43:04,926 --> 00:43:07,596 NOTHING IS MORE HUMAN THAN THAT BESIDES TEXTING PEOPLE THAT 560 00:43:07,596 --> 00:43:13,096 YOU ARE FIVE MINUTES AWAY WHEN YOU HAVE NOT LEFT THE HOUSE. 561 00:43:13,101 --> 00:43:14,271 THANK YOU, ELEANOR. YOU ARE VERY WELCOME.