That you couldnt havE On NEtwork TElEvIsIOn. PEoplElE arE REalllly Tryg tO Do O SomEthIng advEnturou. [both gasp] Alall ChannElEl 7, ShamE E On. ThIs Is morErE a cElEbrbratIOn of C CulturE and opEnIng thE doors and allowIng amErIca to ComE On I InsIdE. ThErEs alwayS SomEthIng On tElEvIsIOn, and sosomE of It May B bE bEr than WE E dEsErvE. [laughs]s] that wasas cool. [d[dramatIc musIc] lIstEn to It. Oh [crowd chEErIng] ThEy Know whEn It hIts tHE Bottom, Itll bE 1990. GoodbyE to thE 80s In. All tEn, nInE. All EIght. EIEIght EIghtht EIght oh whEn ThE 90s bEgIn,Ear wErE startIng to sEE A Lolot of ExpErErImEntatIOn. [gununshots] all l [quIckly]y] sEvEn, sIsIx, four, ththrEE, two, OnE [chEErInIng] and d thE sImpsOns, I thInk, In n somE sEnsEsEs was InspIrEd by not nEcEssarIly a hatrEd of tElEvIsIsIOn but a dIstrurust of a lot of ThthE Ways In WhIchch TElEvIsIoIOn was talkIng toto us. Tv r rEspEcts mEmE. It l laughs wIthth mE, nOnot at mE. [laughIng]g] you stupId doh I thInk k thE SItcomoms O
and ththen twist i it somewhe. i just can t believe the way people are. whatat is it witith humanity? what k kind of a w world dodo we live i in? andederson: you re notot alone, ulultimate. i think ththat s whatt the cocomic s sayiying. rereality is t the fodder r fory because it s what we have. so wherere else can n we find cy if not i in real lifife? david: as opposed to what, fake life? you know. life is real. yeah, we got that. first, a philosophical question. have you ever noticed when you re driving that anyone who s driving slower than you is an idiot? [ laughter, applause ] and anyone driving faster than you is a maniac! you see a million things a day in your life, anand they allll go onon the back k burner of your r six-burnerer wolf, ridiculoususly priced d mind. a comedianan comes outut and brs it to the front buburner. i dodon t like other peopople s showewers. there s always a problem with temperature adjustment. there s always a little hair stuck on the wa
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is a wononder offeriring up some of ththe best prorodue inin the worldld, frfrom exquisisite white t trufs to rice e for risotttto and d the finestst wines. - - it s increredible how,, reallyly, barolo, , um, you put itit in a glasass and in tenen minutes,, it s chahanged complpletely. - the e people herere are fud by p passion andnd ambitio. - - [speaks ititalian] - ththey just dodon t like to shoutut it up. oh, my g god. i i m stanley y tucci. i m italalian on bototh sid, and i i m travelining across y to discovever how the e fod in each ofof this coununtrys 20 regionsns is as uninique as the peoeople and ththeir . - - [speaking italian] - itit resurrectcts a dead p p. piedmontnt s a placece thatat s always s innovative. - - you have t to be a a little bitit crazy. yes.s. - - here, you u have to exet the unexpepected. [peoplple screamining] and cocome at thinings a a little dififferently to unearthth its real l treas. - [s[speaking ititalian] - [s[speaking ititalian] - [lau
that you couldn t have on network television. - peoplele are realllly tryg to do something adventurous. [both gasp] alall: channelel 7, shame e on. - this is morere a celebrbration of c culture and opening the doors and allowing america to come on i inside. - therere s alwaysys somethg on t television,n, and sosome of it may b be ber than we e deserve. - [laughs]s] that wasas cool. [d[dramatic musisic] - listen to it. oh! [crowd cheering] they know when it hits the bottom, it ll be 1990. good-bye to the 80s in. all: ten, nine. all: eight. eieight! eight! eight! - oh, will this horribible year never enend? - when the 90s begin, we re starting to see a lolot of expererimentation. [gununshots] all:l: [quickly]y] seven, six, , four, three, two, , one! [cheerining] - anand the simimpsons, i ththink, in sosome sensess was s inspired by not necessarily a hatred o of television bubut a distrurust of a a lot of ththe ways in whichch televisioion was s talking toto us. - tv res