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Danny and dave was about the lameness of ventriloquism. >> im a little nervous being on television and everything. why dont you have a cigarette? that calms you down. >> great. >> there was content, funniness, but the target of the comedy was the standard form of show business. >> hello. im albert brooks. and im speaking to you on behalf of the famous school for comedians. >> one of the first things i ever saw him do was the school for comedians. >>ets see how these kids are doing. >> he was wal...

Punch lines. the alternative comedy was all the personal story telling. >> my father got cancer. >> you could just be talking about what happened that day. it was like somebody coming up and reading their diary. >> i am sorry, i did not study theaters for twelve years just so i can go, margar"margaret no" >> it created its whole new way of comedians and women comedians. >> this was happening alongside the rise of women at "saturday night live." >> you had molly shannon and you had sherry o terry...

Danny and dave was about the lameness of it. >> well, why dont have you a cigarette. that always calms you down. >> great. >> there was content, funniness. but the target of the comedy was the standard forms of show business. >> hello. im albert brooks. and im speaking to you on behalf of the famous school for comedians. >> one of the first things i ever saw him do was the school for comedians. >> lets see how these kids are doing. >> he was walking past the spit tape kplas. >> now i speak. >> g...

>> guess what. i just came from the bank. not only do you not have money, but your sister is dead. >> his style, this was alternative comedy, for sure. >> during the next hour, youll see the first of a series of programs entitled "an american family." >> albert was watching "an american family." they spent a year filming a real fami family. the loud family. >> you have the boys. i have the girls. you cant beat it. >> most of us had a sense that there was a lie that the camera can be there withou...

Now start to drink, good. now i speak. guess what i just heard from the bank not only do you have any money but your sister is dead. that was funny. >> what was special about him was the singular vision, his style. this was alternative comedy for sure. >> during next hour, you will see the first in the series of program entitled american family. >> albert had been watching "more than family" where was the first reality show on p bs. they spent a lot of years filming the family, a loud family. bo...

This was alternative comedy, for sure. >> during the next hour you will see the first in a series of programs entitled "an american family." >> albert had been watching "an american family" which was the first reality show. it was on pbs. they spent a year filming a real family, the loud family. >> you got all the boys, i got all the girls. >> both of us shared the sense that there was a lie at the heart of this, which is that the camera can be there without changing things. when we did real lif...