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Life could be. >> hey, dafazio. theyre here. all right. laverne. this is laverne dafazio. shes mine. this is shirley feeney. shes yours. as you can see. >> nice to meet you, ritchie. >> my pleasure. >> when "laverne & shirley" made a guest appearance, one of the cameramen said, look at this two shot. thats a series. >> shamele, shamozle -- hossenfere incorporated. >> tuesday night between 8:00 and 9:00 is called the death spot, death to any program that dares to go head-on between abcs "happy da...

Million americans watched thursday night. that was at the time one-third of the country. >> oh. what is this stuff? >> the sweater is angora. >> well, its wonderful. >> the machine that was nbc in the 90s for comedy was untouchable. >> youre not from around here, are you? >> it generated so much viewership and money and awards. >> you do not need this. >> its the top of our wedding cake. >> its not a scrapbook. its a freezer. >> we were all kind of part of this chapter in television where we rea...

Sitcoms are alive again. and thats all that it took. it took one success. >> a few years from now, something new may tempt the people that pick what we see. its save whatever gets hot for a season or two, the men and women who create good television comedy will be laughing all the way to the bank. its a good thing we brought the tablets huh?

>> shell be ready for the ball in no time. >> leave it to you to put the pig back. >> thank you. >> chelsea grammar played pomposity like nobody had ever seen and got huge laughs. >> whats taking so long? >> i am analyzing my options, i like to plan a strategy like a general leading his troops into battle. >> check mate. >> i think "frazier" probably stands as the single moat successful spin off at least in the series of sitcoms. >> and the emmy goes to. >> "frazier". >> we were lightning hot an...

Freezer. >> no. >> this part in television where we realized we were in the right place at the right time. >> lets see how you like this naughthty boy. >> you certainly associate nbc of the 90s will having extremely successful sitcoms, but they werent the only net work 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 that cake. >> it was not sophisticated television, but these were shows that peop...

Audiences. all of those things help to separate winners from losers and make midcourse corrections, but you cant cut all comedies from the same cookie cutters. all you can hope is every night turns out like thursday. >> yo, angela! >> next. >> how rude. >> hes quick. ill give him that. >> all of television said, oh, well, maybe sitcoms are alive again. and thats all that it took. it took one success. >> a few years from now, something new may tempt the people that pick what we see. but its a ver...

Million americans watched thursday night. that was at the time one-third of the country. >> oh. what is this stuff? >> the sweater is angora. >> well, its wonderful. >> the machine that was nbc in the 90s for comedy was untouchable. >> youre not from around here, are you? >> it generated so much viewership and money and awards. >> you do not need this. >> its the top of our wedding cake. >> its not a scrapbook. its a freezer. >> we were all kind of part of this chapter in television where we rea...

>> and the emmy goes to "frazier". >> we were lightning hot and it was critical for us to be leading the way not just following. >> "friends kwtsz is about that time in your live when your friends and your family. david crane and i lived in new york we were part of a group of six people. we were all attached at the hip and wen every where together and separated everything together and theres that period where youre looking to be out there on your own and the people you rely on are the ones who l...

A thousand points of light. >> governor dukakis, rebuttal? >> i cant believe im losing to this guy. >> it is "the garry shandling show." >> people were taking the old principles of comedy and trying to turn them into something new. we spent years watching sitcoms and dramas and talk shows and we knew them by heart, that if somebody played on that and parodied that, we got it instantly. >> i appreciate you coming in under these conditions. you want to hold the credits? we were going to roll the c...

Separate winners from losers and make mid course corrections. you cant cut all comedies from the same cookie cutters. all you can hope is every night turns out like thursday. >> yo, angela! >> next! >> how rude. >> quick, ill give him that. >> all of television said, oh, well, maybe the sitcoms are alive again. and thats all that it took. it took one success. >> a few years from now, something new may tempt the people who pick what we see, but its a very safe guess that whoever gets hot for a se...