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Seems like a drop in the bucket, but then the bucket overflows and everything gets sticky. >> i cannot predict the future black sitcoms but more licenses being taken. more black creators are getting in the door and showing their point of view. we are getting the chance to see creators be more and more. i think about the opportunities we have now and i get excited. when i think about the history of black television, i really think about progress. i think about how our experience in the united sta...

(audience laughs and applauds) - marla gibbs is everything to me. she was a breakout star. - you live in this apartment, right? - uh huh. - and you got an apartment in this building, too? - yes, thats right. - well, how come we overcame and nobody told me? (audience laughs) - the fights i had with george on the show was mostly prewritten. however, he and i would come up with things sometimes and they would keep it. - florence, your cooking tastes like dog food. (audience laughs) - thats cause im...

State legislatures across the u.s. from new jersey to minnesota to texas also have bills under consideration. thanks for watching. ill see you next sunday. trumen) - do you feel that there is not enough representation? because after the last incident, i had children bussed in. - when i think about the history of black television, i think about when black folks watch, we watch to zero in on us. - instead of making us celebrate your holidays, why dont you celebrate some of ours? what about tupacs ...

Which made interracial marriages legal in the united states, you had this representation of what america could look like, of what america could be. (audience laughs and applauds) - i beg your pardon. ill come back later. - "the jeffersons" was really groundbreaking. - everything you do, do it cool. thats it. - [marla] "the jeffersons" had something for every segment of society. - yeah. - government is not the solution to our problem. government is the problem. - america was changing. youre in th...

It still did not resonate with everyone as to how this was a characterization of black america. you had organizations like the black panthers pressuring norman lear who had helped create "good times" to give us something different, and with that, he came up with "the jeffersons." - i wear the pants in this family. - and when you zip them up, include your mouth. (audience laughs and applauds) in the middle of everything, theres everything to do. come on kids! listen to the lions roar! roar!! skip...

They are greatoo about wanted t continue the conversation. >> you have been out for three years and what do you have to show for it? ♪ in the middle of everythi ng, ♪ ♪ theres everything to do ♪ ♪ canoe the rivers of shawnee ♪ ♪ try 17th street bbq ♪ ♪ feeding alpacas... friends along the way ♪ ♪ sippin rosé... what a lovely day! ♪ ♪ off to camel rock ...the perfect sunset! ♪ ♪ have we begun to explore illinois yet? ♪ ♪ in the middle of everything... ♪ ♪ .....

- i remember being called in by the network. they were upset because we had white looters. and so what did we do? talked roseanne and tom arnold into playing the white looters, and we reshot it. - my feet are killing me! - i told you to steal some shoes. - they were happy then. - you all know that winning is not everything. - thats right! - but it so feel good! (characters cheer) (mid-tempo r&b music) - the real legacy of "a different world" is that we tripled the enrollment of historically blac...