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Tom werner: mork and mindy was explosive, and it surpassed everybodys expectations just because it just felt original. john lithgow: i had never watched my favorite martian, mork and mindy. i just never thought i would do a sitcom, but it was that captivating of an idea. 4 aliens came on a research mission trying to figure out how to be human. dick: ten fingers, eleven toes? sally, harry and tommy: check dick: good, i guess were in. everyone comfortable? harry: um, i have three holes in my face....

I guess it was the first time i tapped into just how important the sitcom is to everybody. i guess its because its a shared experience. dick: i just dont see why people have to divide up in these arbitrary subsets. i mean skin color? please. you may see color but i see people. tv: try tide power pods with 85% more tide in every pod. who needs that much more tide? (crashing sounds)

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...

Points of view on television. blossom: my best friend six told me that william zimmerman who is only slightly better looking than mel gibson is interested in me. this is so cool. but why wouldnt he be interested in me? im smart, im funny... and ive got the body of a 13 year old. tony thomas: she was not the average girl, maybe not the best looking girl in class, but certainly one of the brightest. blossom: oh my gosh, you dont suppose this means were the girls with good personalities?" tony thom...

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 guess it was the first time i tapped into just how important the sitcom is to everybody. i guess its because its a shared experience. dick: i just dont see why people have to divide up in these arbitrary subsets. i mean skin color? please. you may see color but i see people. $5 all you can eat pancakes are back to celebrate ihops 65th anniversary. so come on in.

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Lynn: im mr. belevedere! gerrad hall: by the late 80s family sitcoms were very popular among the big three networks. gerrad hall: there was this incredible resurgence. jesse: this is great, we should be mothers. joey: ah yeah! ethan alter: families tuned into these tv shows to see an aspirational version of what family life could be. urkel: did i do that? jennifer keishin armstrong: shows like silver spoons and growing pains and all that. its constant hugging and learning, right? [audience clapp...

Alex: well, how do i look? steven: middle aged. michael gross: it was about the clashes between two generations. steven: youre a young man, you shouldnt be worried about success. you should be thinking about hopping on a tramp steamer and going around the world. alex: the 60s are over, dad. steven: thanks for the tip. gerrad hall: family ties is a reversal in many ways of all in the family, except now you have the liberal parents and the conservative child. elyse: this morning i found a copy of ...

Dianne: more! rainn wilson: whether its a family living under the same roof... jj: dyno-mite! james: now thats the kind of talk i like to hear. rainn wilson: ...or gathered together in a workplace. jack: jenna, thats a glue stick. jenna: mmm? rainn wilson: all the great sitcoms are about family. debra: so wonderful! kelsey grammar: its one of the great, great accomplishments of the modern age. [opening] michael: what have we always said was the most important thing? george: breakfast...? michael...