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We need laughter. we need sitcoms. we need it, because if you dont laugh, youre gonna cry. >> in the new york city area, blacked out last night. bussing remains one of the most emotionally charged political issues in this country. the search for gas becomes an every other day ordeal. >> when youre looking at the 70s, there was a lot of lets not think about that complicated stuff right now. lets make it go away. ♪ >> the love boat was the ultimate in fluff. ♪ love exciting and new ♪ >> love...

Funny and fresh and invigorating. if you look at the best family sitcoms on tv right now, that is what they do. >> anybody else wants to know whats up, this american family is headed to their american home. >> that is so cool. >> ann hathaway just totally stood up for this mexican. laughter is a wonderful place to go for forgetting your troubles and woes. >> sitcoms are an escape. the more dire the circumstances, the more you need sitcoms to forget about your troubles. >> were going to the goo...

Sitcom was probably dinosaurs. it was bonkers. >> everything the jim hansen company does is escapist. >> hey, they did it. >> thats great. >> the original idea was really generated in the year that my father jim henson passed away in 1990. he just liked the idea of dinosaurs who lived so irresponsibly that they will inevitably go extinct. >> in an operation of this magnitude theres bound to be some unfortunate casualties. >> for my dad, what he loved about sitcoms is when they could do something...

We need sitcoms. we need it because if you dont laugh, goddamnit youre going to cry. >> new york city area, blacked out last night. court ordered bussing remains one of the most emotionally charged political issues in the country. >> the search for gas is an every other day ordeal. >> when you look at the 70s, there was a lot of lets not think about that complicated stuff right now. lets make it go away. ♪ ♪ >> "the love boat" was the ultimate in fluff. ♪ love exciting and new ♪ >> i can...

>> i wanted to be a nun when i grew up. >> hey, i think im getting the hang of this. >> well, i knew i couldnt be a flying nun and i knew i couldnt be a nun either. >> in the 1960s, most successful sitcoms were fun and over the top and silly. >> you laughed because someone else is falling on the banana peel, and that is the essence of escapism. >> thats why theres something really deeply appealing in this idea of being able to just shake off the shackles of civilization and start all over again....

Answers. pamela? >> thank you. for ways to help afghan refugees, go to cnn.com/impact. dont forget, tweet me @pamela brown cnn and follow heme on instagram. thank you for joining me. see you next weekend and i hope you have a great week ahead. when the going gets tough, watch sitcoms. watch the series finally of "history of the sitcom" up next. boost mobile is all about giving you more power. and now, we give you more power over your health. ♪ ♪ boost is the only mobile carrier to give you...

Losing interests in the social relevant sitcoms and really sitcoms started to die away. dramas taken over those soaps who were so big, "dynasty," "dallas," "magnum pi." you saw sitcoms with a new identity. >> family time is one of the great premises in sitcoms history. >> half a million of people trying to stop a senseless war. you find it ridiculous? >> these two -- >> how do i look? >> middle age. it was about the clashes between two generations. >> you are a dwyoung man, you should not be wor...

Theyre able to get ahead of the power outages that are there, start to restore them. the big concern is and always has been the amount of rain were going to see. not just in the new york city area. northern new jersey which could see 14 inches but extending up and to the north and northeast as the system only moving 9 miles per hour, puts on its breaks and makes that dog leg to the right. so its not over with, but at least good news with not seeing the number of power outages that were expected ...

At first thought, you may imagine 1948s sitcoms being white suburbia. there is a lot of shows of immigrants becoming apart of the american dream. >> i remember the norwegian family. the goldberg was about a jewish family. >> it mirrors what americans were trying to establish for good or bad which is a simulation. later when immigrant characters would pop up in comedies -- >> tell me something. >> how come i never understand a single word you say and i always know what you are talking about. >> i...

Carlton was one of the first black nerds on screen. >> wait until we come down stairs in those tuxes. people may not think were twins but i bet theyll think were brothers. >> i dont think you have to worry about anyone mistaking you for a brother. >> i always loved carlton, the way he was true to himself. >> go charlton! carlton! go carlton! >> a lot of these outsider characters were a side kick of sorts but once you get into the 90 its, geeks are becoming more and more part of the national conv...