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- wassup? hell no! you wants to stomp with the big dog! - people really seem to gravitate to him. - jeromes in the house! - cause it was raw. ♪ i said jeromes in the hou-eh-ou-eh-ouse ♪ - he played at least 10 different characters within the sitcom, and you believed them all. - how you all doing? (audience laughs) partys my middle name! go, gina, go, gina! whats happening, baby? - martin lawrence was the one who said comedy has a way of bringing light into this dark world. black people, we d...

- redd and i said, "you know what? we need to have some black writers." - what you doing combing your hair? - why does anybody come their hair? to look neat. - but you just going to a job. - pop, just because i work in junk dont mean i have to look like it. - when we had white writers, they would write, "im gwan," g-w-a-n. we gwan hit it over der," and redd said, "hey, hey, hey, hey, hey. you dont need to do that. write words, and we, the characters, will say those words the way black people say...

Pbeat music) (uplifting music) - the success of "the cosby show" did hit so big that suddenly, all the networks are back 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. (audie...

Of "moesha," which was the pilot for "the parkers." on this slot, it was "moesha," "the parkers," "the wayans brothers." so can you imagine what that parking lot looked like, sound like, and smelled like. it was incredible. - and while some of these shows may be popular in african american households, they may not have enough crossover appeal to survive. - 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 disap...

Malcolm venable: the mid -90s was a golden era for black sitcoms. michael schneider: as fox went with predominantly new ne check tworks in thit out! >> the mid-90s was a golden era for black sitcoms. >> as fox went with a predominantly african-american cast you had new networks in the wb and upn that took that playbook and went with it. >> dad? mom? that girl has my face! >> sister sister was on wb. the wayans brothers. >> when the black sitcom was emerging on upn and wb, you were so joyful an...

When a sitting president is raging against a sitcom. - [screams] - they have dealt with politics, they have dealt with popular culture, theyve dealt with all kinds of issues of racism, of sexism. - dont ask me, im just a girl. [giggles] - right on. say it, sister. - its not funny, bart. millions of girls will grow up thinking that this is the right way to act. - they have found a way to talk about everything thats going on in our lives through the filter of "the simpsons." - them "immigants," th...

And carjacked. - i have an enormous sense of pride to have done a multi-camera sitcom that people really took to their hearts for 12 years. - okay, lets start in first position. jake, do you know first position? - is that like missionary position? - i mean, that is the longest that a sitcom had been on broadcast television in the history of broadcast television at the time. i think "big bang" is gonna beat it, but still, thats amazing. - two people talking is the essence of a four-camera sitcom....

Oh, hi, bob. hi, bob! hello? we decided to make him a psychologist. you seemed to have run out of things to say. why dont we pray? yeah, lets pray for the end of this session. i didnt know anything about therapy prior to that. im from the planet blothar. its in the galdou galaxy. how -- how long are you going to be in town? i didnt want to do a show where we had children. i didnt want to be the dumb dad. sit, whitey. howard, i dont care where we eat. i just dont want to make any more decisions. ...

How long you known me? 10, 12 years? yeah. in all that time, did i ever mention a woman? oh, come on, steve. nixon objecting to the show -- that was a badge of honor. and it was really culturally on point every time. for a sitcom -- that was unheard of. 1, 2, 3. [ camera shutter clicks ] lear: i wanted to do an episode where somebody could give archie what he earned. shut up, all of you! shh. archie: we created a character that could really let him have it. maude! im only here because of edith. ...

A sitcom could be cinematic. ken: "m-a-s-h" was shot like a movie, and "m-a-s-h" was maybe the single most unique situation comedy ever. i have a headache, a tremendous headache. it goes all the way down to my waist. gilligan: the television series "m-a-s-h" had one thing the movie, in my estimation, did not, which was heart. there are certain rules about a war, and rule number one is young men die. rule number two is doctors cant change rule number one. farrell: it was about korea, but we were ...