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There was no way i could be openly gay at that time. it would have been career suicide. >> i think being gay was admitting to someone that you could have aids. >> ultimately we didnt see very many lgbtq characters in sitcoms in the 80s. for most lgbtq communities, it was a very dark time. >> seems you had a transfusion while you were there. the hospital thinks the blood may have contained hiv antibodies. >> hiv, wait a minute. youre talking about aids. >> the golden girls being about older chara...

Im a pretty open-minded guy, so why dont you stop at the shop sometime? >> okay. >> lgbtq representation in sitcoms is important because were all in this together. you cant leave that out anymore. >> 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 the...

Friends merchandise and see the costumes from the show, all of that is here. you know what people really like to do? people really, really love to come and hang out in monicas apartment because this is where all the action really did seem to happen, didnt it? this is chris. chris, what do you think about being in monicas apartment now? how does it feel? >> amazing. its a great experience to be here. >> does it look like what you thought it would look like? >> it superseded my honestly. >> thats ...

Sitcoms to fill the void, which was "fresh prince" was aspirational black family wealth. >> i didnt know there were so many brothers living in this neighborhood. we doing all right, huh? >> fox was one of the first networks that really took risk with black sitcoms with minority people very much part of the writing and creation of it. >> i think its vital that people of color write their own stories because thats where the authenticity comes from. >> hes probably tired. >> he should be. he kept u...

The american people are collectively a little bit conservative when it comes to issues of sex. >> dont get all caught up in us having open dialogue with your kids. its not natural. show me one place in the bible when the kid talks. >> we want to laugh about anything that scares us or disturbs us. >> im sure youve had sex with my mother which is fine. but are you using protection? >> it took a long time but sitcoms really opened the door for us being able to tell stories about sex and laugh at th...

Show the problems but show the love of a minority family. [ applause ] >> were staying in a used car lot of love. >> in 20 years we only turned out one clunker. >> the idea of white families seeing things on an episode of "good times "they could relate to their own experience is the power that cannot be duplicated with hours of conversation. >> it showed how sitcoms werent afraid to discuss social issues that had formally been taboo. ♪ ♪ >> the single mother in that show was divorced. that w...

I think being gay was admitting to someone that you could have aids. ultimately we didnt see many lbgtq characters in sitcoms and the 80s for most lbgtq communities. it was as very dark time. >> seems like you had a transfusion while you were there. the blood may have contained hiv antibodies. >> wait a minute. >> you are talking about aids. >> "the golden girls" being about older character gave the women how the women react to important issues. >> why does this happen to me? this is not suppose...

"leave it to beaver" enters the sitcom realm in 1957. >> what is that? >> a hair cut, i think. >> the real key to "leave it to beaver" is it is written from a childs point of view. >> you have the character of beaver, and you have wally, who is his older brother who usually does things right. beaver is always the one that gets in trouble. >> and there were the parents to teach them, show them the right path. >> we want you to feel that you can come to me or your mother with any problem and well ...

Same mistake again. >> it was a show about a single dad. he was a widower with three boys trying to raise them in an all male household. everyone had to do something. everyone had to pitch in. we did dishing. you know, we were ironing socks. these things that you never saw in the "ozzie and harriet" show or leave it to beaver. >> when you watch a show based on losing someone, that adds a deep rooted truth to the hardness of life and then it gives comedy even more of a reason to go as crazy as yo...