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>> 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 warfare. >> do you realize the people up here are getting cookies?! >> mmm! >> that is not a show about nothing. >> oh, come i...

♪ ♪ ♪ listen to it. they know when it hits the bottom, it will be 1990, good-bye to the 80s. >> will this horrible year never end? >> when the 90s begin, were starting to see a lot of experimentation. >> five, four, three, two, one! >> the simpsons in some sense was inspired by not necessarily hatred of television but distrust. >> tv respects me. it laughs with me, not at me. >> youre stupid. >> doh! >> i think the sitcoms of the 80s were such a sort of warm safe humor. >> you ...

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...

human condition. >> the best comedy comes from your living experience. >> every comic sees the world through a prism that the average person doesnt see through. >> all we do is point out the obvious really and then twist it somewhere. >> i just cant believe the way people are, what is it with humanity, what kind of world do we live in? >> youre not alone ultimately. i think thats what the comics saying. >> reality is fodder for comedy. because its what we have, so, where else can we fi...

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...

today setting the mens and womens all time indoor speed record for duration as a prime minister only 44 days in office. thats not even five squa scaramuccis. her abrupt resignation throws her closest ally even further into chaos. not that our friends across the pond werent able to find humor in this, "the economy" magazine argued which would ask longer, liz truss prime minister or a head of lettuce. you know when folks start invoking salad items when discussing how long youre going to ...

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 ...