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Maid: immigration? fbi: revenue. moira: [screams] ive been gutted! alexis: its crazy people are just like taking our stuff jacqueline: but the american dream is not the reality for most americans. hal: ill tell you boys, life is crazy. all these doors open up for you, except they are not doors, theyre trap doors. emily vanderwerff: the american sitcom is how we tell stories about class. hal: youre thinking is this all i have to my life? not you kids, i love you kids, but cmon the house. its crap...

I took every one that hired me. chris: so ma, howd you decide what you were going to be? rochelle: well when your father decided that he wasnt going to be rich, i decided to get a job. emily vanderwerff: america likes to believe that the poorest person born into the most abject poverty, could, with enough gumption, become the richest person in america. tim: hey everybody, america is the land of opportunity, i stand before you. mandy: stop! diana depasquale: you know, the idea that you can pull y...

Jack: my assailant was a middle-aged white man wearing a button-down shirt and dockers. dockers! were on the verge of a class war. daniel de vise: he fears that the middle class would rise up and take back what is theirs from these multibillionaires jack: my attack was a wakeup call, the rich need to defend themselves. daniel de vise: the tracy jordan character, is also kind of super rich. character whos made millions and millions of dollars off of movies. tracy: i need you to grab me some lunch...

Darlene: hey, thanks. we could not have held this all together without you. jackie: well, thats why im here. i know roseanne would want me to step in and watch over the family. l her. thanks, we could not have held this all together without you. >> that is why i am here. rosanne would want me to step in and watch over the family. >> it would kill her. >> one of the things i love about the sitcom is it is a reflection of the atmosphere in which it is made. leaving aside rosannes abuse as a indi...

And take back what is theirs from these multibillionaires jack: my attack was a wakeup call, the rich need to defend themselves. daniel de vise: the tracy jordan character, is also kind of super rich. character whos made millions and millions of dollars off of movies. tracy: i need you to grab me some lunch. kenneth: absolutely, what can i get for you? tracy: i want nachos. kenneth: yes sir. tracy: from yankee stadium. kenneth: yes sir! daniel de vise: 30 rock, is about milking, the utter divide...

Person born into the most abject poverty, could, with enough gumption, become the richest person in america. tim: hey everybody, america is the land of opportunity, i stand before you. mandy: stop! diana depasquale: you know, the idea that you can pull yourself up by your bootstraps and yet, as we know, not everyone is able to achieve the american dream. mandy: by saying that america is the land of opportunity, you are implying that everyone has the same opportunities. tim: im not implying it, i...

In the sitcom business, in the black sitcom business. - "family matters" every week literally just made you crack up and laugh. - no, i got it. - no, no, i got it. - no, no! - dont, dont, dont, steve! (glass shatters) - did i do that? (audience laughs) - i just feel like i was so lucky to grow up in a time with urkel. - a peck near the lip area would speed me on my way. (audience laughs) - so would a left hook. (audience laughs) - ooh, i love it when she gets physical. - winslows are a loving af...

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♪ were living ♪ ooh ♪ single ♪ hey - "living single" is about six upwardly mobile 20 somethings who figure out life, and we figure it out together. - we had never seen a show with such unapologetically black, smart, sexy, fun women on television before. - damn, he fine! (audience laughs) - oh, and good technique. - and big feet. (audience laughs) - they were "friends" before there was the sitcom "friends." - "living single" came first. there was an interview with warren littlefield who, ...

- so youve got upn, and youve got the wb. they come together to create the cw. beautiful, right? not if youre a black sitcom. black shows disappear. - we felt the shift of the shows trickling away. - some of the hits started coming in that were more like "smallville," "gilmore girls." you only have so many hours you program. something has to give. - and they just canceled us. everybody was just, "oh, were done. thanks." - i will never forgive the cw for what they did to upn. they really had a go...