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Has always prevailed. >> oh, i could just crawl into a hole and die. >> second hole shes crawled into today. >> in the 50s, you get these sitcoms that, frankly, arent really trying to be that funny. >> nobody can make pancakes like mom. >> nobody can eat them like pop. >> these shows are presented by soap sellers, car sellers. they wanted their product to be nice, with no sharp edges, so, it couldnt be that daring. >> very sort of white bread portrayals of family were what the public wanted to s...

Were like children, were not men. >> no, were not. were not men. >> were pathetic. you know that? >> like i dont know that im pathetic. >> "seinfeld," initially called it the show about nothing. obviously, it was not about nothing, but thats what they called it. the initial idea was larry david and jerry had an idea of two guys hangs out and talking about stuff. >> listen to this. marcy comes over and she tells me that her ex-boyfriend was over late last night and yadda y yadda yadda, im really ...

Boss is a [ bleep ]. if you write a joke about him and everyone laughs at him -- >> is that decaf? >> no, no, its regular. >> suddenly, you go from being his victim to being his captor. the joke is refiguring the scales of justice. >> when you were dismissing some of the staff, did you intend to fire me, too? especially me? im very sorry i troubled you. you little runt! >> early sitcoms just about home life. i used to make the joke all the time in "o stzzy and harriet," t did he do for a living?...

In 1950, because of tv, film studios started slashing their budgets. every major film studio had an animation division. suddenly by the late 50s almost none of them do. >> youve got people like hanna and joe barbera winning oscars for "tom & jerry" cartoons. theyre out of work, what are they going to do? they pitched the idea of a primetime adult-oriented sitcom. >> "the flintstones," looking for something different on tv? well, here it is. >> the flintstones, thats a kids cartoon, thats not fam...

Budgets. every major film studio had an animation division. suddenly by the late 50s almost none of them do. >> youve got people like henna and joe barbara winning oscars for tom & jerry cartoons, theyre out of work, what are they going to do? they pitched the idea of a primetime adult-oriented sitcom. >> the flintstones, looking for something different on tv? well, here it is. >> the flintstones, thats a kids cartoon, thats not family guy. but it was in 1960. look at the first two seasons of th...

In 1950, because of the tv, film studios starting to slash their budgets. every major film studio had an animation division. suddenly by the late 50s almost none of them do. >> youve got people like bill hanna and joe barbara winning oscars for tom & jerry cartoons, theyre out of work, what are they going to do? they pitched the idea of a primetime adult-oriented sitcom. >> the flintstones, looking for something different on tv? well, here it is. >> the flintstones, thats a kids cartoon, thats n...

Competitor for movies starting in 1950, because of the film tv studios starting to slash their budgets. every major film studio had an animation division. suddenly by the late 50s almost none of them do. >> youve got people like henna and joe barbara winning oscars for tom & jerry cartoons, theyre out of work, what are they going to do? they pitched the idea of a primetime adult-oriented sitcom. >> the flintstones, looking for something different on tv? well, here it is. >> the flintstones, that...

In 1950, because of the film tv studios starting to slash their budgets. every major film studio had an animation division. suddenly by the late 50s almost none of them do. >> youve got people like henna and joe barbara winning oscars for tom & jerry cartoons, theyre out of work, what are they going to do? they pitched the idea of a primetime adult-oriented sitcom. >> the flintstones, looking for something different on tv? well, here it is. >> the flintstones, thats a kids cartoon, thats not fam...

>> lets see how you like this, naughty boy. >> we certainly associate nbc of the 90s of having extremely successful sitcoms but they werent the only network that found their way to having some success. tgif was on abc on friday, and it was their block of family-oriented comedies. >> i cant take it. i need the cake. >> it was not sophisticated television. but these were shows that people adored. [ laughing and snorting ] >> cbs. >> cbs was in a really bad spot. they had just fallen apart over the...

Time. >> leave it to you to put the pig back in pygmalion. >> kelsey grammar played pom positive like nobody youve ever seen and got huge laughs. >> dont consider a move until my fingers have completely cleared the piece. >> whats taking so long? >> but i am analyzing my options. unlike your wing-it approach i like to plan a strategy, like a general leading his troops into battle. >> checkmate, schwarzkopf. >> i think "frasier" stands as the single most successful spinoff, at least in the histor...