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>> "the golden girls" being about older characters gave the show license to go further and really show how the women reacted to important issues. >> damn it. why is this happening to me? i mean this isnt supposed to happen to people like me. you must have gone to bed with hundreds of men. >> blanche said a line that i think america needed to hear, which is -- >> aids is not a bad persons disease, rose. it is not god punishing people for their sins. >> youre right, blanche. >> well, youre damn st...

>> id like to begin with a fact, a simple yet shocking fact. it is this. homosexuals, lesbians are threatening to pervert an entire generation of our american children. >> the history of lgbtq characters in sitcoms is actually very similar to the history of lgbtq people in america. they were always there. they just had to be hidden. >> theres the understatement of the century. >> with paul lynde on "bewitched," we had that cliche. >> dont you get it, dumb-dumb? >> and jane hathaway on "the bever...

Relevant sitcoms and really the sitcoms started to die away. dramas had really taken over. the soaps were so, dynasty, dallas, magnum p.i., and so you saw the family sitcom really strive to find a new identity. >> i cant believe you guys can watch this. i look ridiculous. >> it was one of the great premises in sitcom history. >> half a million people trying to stop a senseless floor. is that ridiculous? >> im talking about the youchts. >> they grow up and in the 80s they find themselves with thi...

The worst way. >> nbc really created this idea of must-see tv. youre talking about 20 and 30 and 40 million people tuning in. >> people say you were one of americas most successful fathers. i say no. it was bill cosby. he was number one. >> with respect to whats happened of late, its hugely disappointing to all of us, but he set the standard for what a family sitcom was. >>st cosby show had proven that the family sitcom was a viable j genre again. >> by the late 80s, sitcoms were popular among t...

>> i think the fact that it may have been happy. i think that is what most sitcoms do. people watch them because they can relate. now, i know that seems like a stretch with the genie, but it has helped a lot of women that i know particularly to have seen that there was a woman who was powerful but she used it for good. and it made it feel like that they could get beyond the fantasy into the real wel al wo ive had women come up to me and tell me that they have used when they were growing up, when...

American life. it took awhile to be reflected in sitcoms. ♪ ♪ >> "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 would be a widower and the woman divorced. the divorce was a taboo topic on television so they said lets just leave it so you dont know. >> what are you yelling about? >> stole our ball. im just trying to find out. >> "the brady bunch" was an evi evolution of "leave it to beaver." >> it was a...

>> divorce, of course, had become more prevalent in the 60s and more part of normal american life. it took awhile to be reflected in sitcoms. ♪ ♪ 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 would be a widower and the woman divorced. the divorce was a taboo topic on television so they said lets just leave it so you dont know. >> what are you yelling about? >> she stole our ball...

>> this is my favorite bed. >> play back was just revelation. >> it felt dangerous. >> be sure to treat you like a naughty little -- >> sitcoms dont usually feel dangerous. flea bag is intensely personal and raunchy. >> she wanted to experience the craziness of what shes involved in. shes hook at the camera. shes having sex with some guy she really doesnt care about. >> hes wasting me. >> flea bag was just saying what we were all thinking about. she was just being honest she slept with a priest?...

>> fox network had come on and done well with black sitcoms so the wb and upn at the time were coming on and they started to diversify and grow that audience. >> they are able to snatch up this audience that the other networks were really ignoring up until that point. >> so these shows kind of set the stage for the diversity in the family sitcom that can be seen on television today. >> welcome. welcome, juans, im rick. the length and depth of my bow expresses my deep appreciation. >> thats more ...

More real. this is one of the fun things you can do at the warner brothers hollywood tour. the studio tour you can come and see all of the shows there are 37 sound stages here. there are a number of shows throughout the years that have been filmed here. so many showsthat i history is here on this back lot and this new enhanced tour you can be part of when you come here. this is really amazing to see since 1928 they have been making tv and movie magic. think about sitcoms and think about all the ...