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laughter is a wonderful place to go for forgetting your troubles and woes. >> sitcoms are an escape. the more dire the circumstances, the more you need sitcoms to forget about your troubles. >> were going to the good place in a freaking gold balloon! >> shotgun! >> thats what we had. thats what helped me escape being poor. [ applause ] >> everything single one of you is a good person. >> when im feeling kind of hopeless and sad, i get to laugh and lose myself and remember lifes not tha...

Oproblem here? [ laughter ] >> i just remember the impression of, like, "[ gasps ] children are never allowed to speak like that. >> [ screaming ] >> whats going on out there? >> i think barts stupid again, mom. >> oh. >> im a fan of "the simpsons". theres no show that does the high joke density better. >> well, im my own toughest critic, but i think its genius. >> that storytelling on "the simpsons" was so unlike anything that had come before it. there were these ornate, baroque stories. you kn...

Movie. >> honey, i told you, everything is gonna work out super great. >> youve got it, dude. >> and it puts pressure on american families to live up to some ideal that has not existed in decades, if it ever existed before. >> the economy is starting to kind of tank, were at war, and, you know, were not gonna live better than our parents. but when "the simpsons" come along, they just, like, blow that apart. >> the simpsons. >> "the simpsons" is escapist, because no matter how much of a couch pot...