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An appearance a camera man said look at this footage. >> tuesday night between 8:00 and 9:00 is called the dance spot. dance to any program that dears to go on. >> laverne and shirley was one of the few sitcoms that ever debuted as number one. >> the top show is "laverne and shirley." >> you have to go back to "i love lucy" to get the same comedy. >> i dont know the importance except it was two girls trying and the value of the friendship. it must have had something going for it. >> i dont -- >>...

>> raymond said i could have it. you would rather throw it in the garbage than give it to me? >> its the only way youll learn. >> welcome back. in the top lead, "everybody loves raymond." it was one of the last sitcoms for the entire family before tvrs and dvds were standard in your household, and it featured a series in the nineties, that started with leno and ended with frosted tips. joining me now is actor brad garrett who played rays brother robert. thanks for coming on. >> thanks for having...

A thousand points of light. stay the course. >> 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 go...

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 re. >> quick, ill give him that. >> all television and, oh, 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. its safe whatever gets hot for a season or two those who create good television comedy will be laughing all the way to the bank. ♪ ...

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 days" and "laverne & shirley." >> "laverne & shirley" was one of the few sitcoms that debuted as number one. >> the absolute top number one show this season is "laverne & shirley." a seemingly harmless but essentially brainless exercise in adolescent silliness. >> you have to go all the way back to "i l...

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 days" and "laverne & shirley." >> "laverne & shirley" was one of the few sitcoms that debuted as number one. >> the absolute top number one...

Public. now, they have always been this battery of people for other presidents who were real presidents so we have a ritual that policy is set and either because its complicated or because everyone wants to figure out how politics is being played, you have these people whos job it is to ask questions, to try to bring these things out. well, you keep things going. so, sitcoms used to have theme songs, they dont as much now. there was no reason for a sitcom to have a theme song, so we figured out ...

People. please know that i am thankful for your fortitude, your krecoue as you serve and lead our country. >> what do you think? >> that looked like some 19th century or better 9th century ritual. its absolutely absurd, but think about it this way. imagine if a 12-year-old were fashioning policies and then theres this battery of people who are assigned to interpret his policies for the public. now, there have always been this battery of people for other presidents who were real presidents and so...

Left, mr. president. >> let me just sum up, on track, stay the course. a thousand points of light. >> governor dukakis, rebuttal? >> i cant believe im losing to this guy. >> it is gary 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 condi...

>> sophisticated surveys, telephonic samplings, test audiences. all of those help to separate winners from losers and make midcourse 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. is. >> 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 t...