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And television has been that. They dont pay me enough to deal with animals like this. People are no longer embarrassed to admit they watch television. We have seen the news, and it is us. Slowly but surely, the 1970s are disappearing. The 1980s will be upon us. What a decade it is coming up. Happy new year as you begin the 80s in the television world, the landscape was, on any given evening, 9 out of 10 people were watching only one of three networks. More than 30 Million People are addicted to ...

and television has been that. >> they dont pay me enough to deal with animals like this. >> people are no longer embarrassed to admit they watch television. >> we have seen the news, and it is us. >> slowly but surely, the 1970s are disappearing. the 1980s will be upon us. what a decade it is coming up. happy new year! >> as you begin the 80s in the television world, the landscape was, on any given evening, 9 out of 10 people were watching only one of three networks. >> more than 30 mi...

nickname for his political foes. >> not every republican is maag are republican, not every republican group embraces that extreme ideology but i know because ive been able to work with mainstream republicans the whole year. the extreme maga republicans in congress have chosen to go backwards full of anger, violence, hate, division b of the biggest contrast from what maga republicans, the extreme right, the trumpies. >> the media is running with him. >> these days it feels like we are n...

the tables have turned. >> the idea that jokes arent funny, its still very much a thing. >> there are some people who cant get their heads around what they dont know. >> i said i wanted to be a comedian, she said, maybe its better if you just died. >> i think they thought of women as a different species. >> for view ladies are capable of being a comedian, so everybody sticks by them. heres somebody that thinks they do it. >> this is a great argument that women are doing much better wor...

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ slowly but surely, the 1970s are disappearing. the 1980s will be upon us. and what a decade it is coming up. happy new year! >> as we began the 80s in the television world, the landscape was on any given evening, 9 out of 10 people watching only one of three networks. >> more than 30 million people are addicted to it. social critics are mystified by its success. what is it? its televisions primetime prairie potboiler "dallas." >> a move like that will destroy all of ewi...

what have we always said is the most important thing? >> breakfast. >> family. >> family. >> yeah. >> family is key to the sitcom -- mama! >> its something that we all can relate to. >> shake, shake, shake up the -- >> in these peoples homes for years. youre a part of the family. >> one good thing about moving here is i have no friends and no distractions. thats why i got all -- grandma, what does fonzie say? >> hey. >> the family sitcom brings people together in a really unexpected w...

>> im breaking up with him tonight. >> these shows changed the way that we think about sexuality. >> for gods sake, ellen, tell them youre gay! >> youre talking about gay rights. youre talking about womens rights. >> gender diversity. >> dismantling the patriarchy. >> you know, sexual revolution. >> so, im officially out of men to [bleep]. i have to get married or move. >> but if you can make them laugh, then maybe well watch it again. >> anything and everything. lets get our sex talk ...

>> i dont think its going to pivot anymore. >> you think?! >> they were purely selfish and purely immature. >> are you still master of your domain? >> im queen of the castle. >> you hope that youll have those kinds of relationships in your real life. >> tonight is about celebrating our enduring bonds as friends, nay, family. >> good to see you, too, girl. where you going? carnival? ha! >> your friends. sometimes thats more family than the people that youre related to. >> somethings bot...

>> oh, well, uh, ill take the first class. >> class has always played a role in the history of sitcoms. >> bon voyage laney. >> class is fascinating to us as a culture. >> i never check my baggage. i cant stand that wait, baggage area. >> its good to laugh at it, to get it all out on the table >> youre going to have to go back to your seat. >> you know, our goal should be a society without classes! >> if we didnt laugh about social class in the united states, we would engage in class w...

i suppose, to the outsider, we might seem a little unorthodox, but what does this "outsider" know anyway? who is he to judge us? >> the whole notion of the outsider. i mean, its a strand that goes through most sitcoms, i think. >> you took tongue right out of my mouth. >> outsiders help us relate as an audience. >> what are you some kind of nerd? >> im not some kind of nerd, i am the king of nerds. [ laughs ] >> theyre seeing everything with fresh eyes. >> you rang? >> that dynamic is ...