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Like a snack dick. richard: no, its pied piper. put them on. patrick gomez: but that was not the case ah decades ago, and i think the sitcom had a large part in pushing geek culture to the forefront. urkel: hi mr. winslow, im steve urkel. aramide tinubu: family matters was set in chicago and it was about the winslow family. carl: hello ladies, i thought wed all do our homework together. laura: uh oh. dads paying bills, im outta here! judy: me too. aramide tinubu: and they have this really annoyi...

Butch patrick: the addams family was a comic strip by charles addams in the new yorker. very dark humor. man: that doll doesnt have a head. wednesday: its marie antoinette. grandmama told us about the french revolution and pugsley chopped off her head. laura morowitz: the addams family are more subversive because theyre not striving to be like the typical american family. morticia: gomez, we have ourselves some very peculiar neighbors... grandmama: theres only one thing to do, get rid of them. u...

I see myself in that character?... you even look at agnes moorehead as endora and you could see a lot of early touchstones for drag. samantha: dont you realize youre under a spell? endora: i know dear, but when youre in love the whole world is under a spell. patrick gomez: that was groundbreaking. herbie pilato: the great thing about the show is that samantha wasnt defined by her supernatural powers. she was really defined by her humanity. samantha: that picture, its offensive. darrin: offensive...

In the sun. morticia: oh dear. steve cox: the addams family, just like the munsters, lasted just two years, two seasons. laura morowitz: while they were there they served a very, very important function. emily vanderworth: they are tackling the changing face of the american family. its sort of this idea of like, oh, american society is really messed up and these are the only people that understand why its messed up. grandma: go ahead fester you get another shot. gomez: this time get him right in...

I see myself in that character?... you even look at agnes moorehead as endora and you could see a lot of early touchstones for drag. samantha: dont you realize youre under a spell? endora: i know dear, but when youre in love the whole world is under a spell. patrick gomez: that was groundbreaking. herbie pilato: the great thing about the show is that samantha wasnt defined by her supernatural powers. she was really defined by her humanity. samantha: that picture, its offensive. darrin: offensive...

Martian: i know. its just living here on earth begins to rub off on one. george lopez: my favorite martian, hid a spaceship in the garage over, with a sheet. i mean, come on, man. tim: uncle martin, all you have is a simple common cold. martian: all? common? simple? dont you realize im not the common man, im a martian! and my system is not prepared for this [sneezes] patrick gomez: my favorite martian only lasted a few years in the 1960s. martian: you people baffle me. so illogical, so emotional...

Devi: i went for a run. mom and uncle: at night?! uncle: you cannot run in los angeles at night, this is the city of charles manson and harvey weinstein! emily vanderwerff: where every week, no matter what show youre watching, there are these little pressure release valves that go off... and you see that playout throughout the history of the sitcom. patrick gomez: at first thought, you may imagine, 1940s, 50s sitcoms as being very white suburbia. bambi haggins: but there were a lot of shows abou...

Witch: her powers are amazing despite the fact shes a product of a mixed marriage. jasmine guy: i wanted to be able to be invisible like her. pop from one side of the room to the other. tina fey: these ladies are straight up magic, and their husbands want them to hide it. endora: dont tell me youve forgotten how to levitate. samantha: well of course i havent forgotten, mother. its just that darren prefers if i dont do any of that stuff anymore. tina fey: i remember that really pissing me off as ...

Devi: i went for a run. mom and uncle: at night?! uncle: you cannot run in los angeles at night, this is the city of charles manson and harvey weinstein! emily vanderwerff: where every week, no matter what show youre watching, there are these little pressure release valves that go off... and you see that playout throughout the history of the sitcom. patrick gomez: at first thought, you may imagine, 1940s, 50s sitcoms as being very white suburbia. bambi haggins: but there were a lot of shows abou...

I mean, she does not look like a suburban mom. tracy morgan: she was hot. that was my first crush. gomez: lets go down to the cave... morticia: that we save for special occasions, boo ba la. gomez: you know what you do when you call me that. morticia: it just slipped out. now control yourself gomez. jason alexander: you love it as a kid because you love pugsley, you love wednesday. lurch is a riot. tracy morgan: thats what i remember most about the addams family. lurch: you rang? tracy morgan: y...