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>> you know, theyre put at a desk next to another kid who they may or may not like. that must be what theyre identifying with. >> i manage my department, and ive been doing that for several years now. and god, ive learned a lot of life lessons along the way. >> your departments just you, right? >> yes, jim, but im not easy to manage. >> it was the biggest sitcom on nbc, and nbc was really sold on these quirky workplace sitcoms. >> with "30 rock" i wanted to see how far we could push a premise th...

Like to strategy like a general leading his troops into battle. checkmate. >> i think "fraser" probably stands as the single-most successful spinoff at least in the history of sitcoms. >> the emmy goes to fraser. >> fraser. >> fraser! >> we were lightning hot, and it was critical for us to be leading the way, not just following. >> "friends" is about that time in your hive wlife when your fr are your family. when david crain and i lived in new york, we were part of a group of six people. we were...

Unravels. >> youre doing splendidly. speed it up! >> when sitcoms started, they were family sitcoms. and for years, thats all there was. >> and then we move into the 1960s, we start to see more people working in an office than on a factory line. >> for the first time in the history of our nation, a majority of all workers are in white collar jobs. >> and you were spending time getting to know your colleagues. >> you ready? >> im ready. >> i got those -- >> "the dick van dyke show" was laugh out ...

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>> in our neighborhoods where you had to be such a tough guy when youre outside your house, this was a -- the character that you get to be when youre with family members and friends, and you can be your goofy self and dance around. >> steve urkel made the statement that we can be whatever we want. i played bruce lee. i played elvis. albert einstein. >> the evolution of the nerd in sitcoms is an interesting one to watch because we went from urkel and screech that are, like, the joke character on ...

Stories solely focused on the nuclear suburban family. >> divorce had of course become more prevalent in the 60s, become more of a normal part of american life. but it took a while to be reflected in sitcoms. ♪ the brady bunch, the brady bunch ♪ >> "the brady bunch" is the story of two separate families being glued together. >> a man with three boys, a woman with three girls. the man is going to be a widower and the woman, divorced. divorce was a taboo topic on television so we said, lets ju...

Plus, ask how to get a prepaid card up to $500. call or go online today to learn more. comcast business. powering possibilities. there it is. >> that fantasy of what if i was a genie and i could make anything come true with a snap? >> my handsome master would look like a king with a warriors beard. >> everyone can relate to wanting that magic in their lives. >> behold. beautiful. >> sitcoms about magic become really popular in the 1960s on television. >> youre really beginning to get this back...

Person whos transitioning? >> laughter is a great way to deal with a tricky world. >> daddy horny, michael. >> sitcoms talk about sex. >> my underwear. >> my god. >> and about relationships. >> im breaking up with him tonight. >> these shows changed the way that we think about sexuality. >> for gods sake, ellen, tell him youre gay. >> youre talking about gay rights. youre talking about womens rights. >> gender diversity. >> dismantling the patriarchy. >> you know, sexual revolution. >> so im off...

The comfort food aspect of sitcoms. >> you like pickles, dont you? >> oh, sure. who dont? andy griffeth was a small town sheriff. didnt have a hot of money. they were kind of like search. >> going into the competition after all. yes, im going to enter these pickles. >> these? >> these. >> that was like a fantasy of a world and an america in which race and class just kind of dent exist. >> yes, ms. clara bell. >> it was probably the whitest show on television. i mean, there are no black people in...

>> one of the top all-time sitcoms, "seinfeld." yeah. >> are we finished? >> done. >> at the core of every sitcom, you do have a family. whether it is a blood family or a found family. you know, in the case of "friends" or "seinfeld." >> as new generations emerge from baby boomers to gen x to millennials to gen z, we see those changes reflected in the "friends" sitcom. >> you look back at the rise of the "friends" sitcom. it happens as we sit the 70s at a moment at which divorce rates in the cou...