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In a way that was super important. felt more like my family than the myth of the black family. >> how are you going to get into college with grades like this? >> no problem. >> huh? >> im not going to college. >> damn right. >> "cosby show," "family ties," the seavers, saying were all basically the same. >> more conservative era, you had upper middle class households that arent worried about money and balancing careers and kids and in comes "roseanne." >> what do you want me to do? throw myself ...

Could lip sync it. i love that i can turn on something thats over 60 years old now and go, you cant beat these jokes and you cant beat these characters. >> i took the -- ♪ >> this is a woman in a time where comedy was completely dominated by men. not only does this show become the comedy show, they then create the modern model for all the sitcoms to follow. shes an absolute titan of comedy. >> to have a woman be not only a comedian, but a solid businessperson, she broke ground for generations ...

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 "ozzy and harriet" what did he do for living? and van dyke the first time saw home life and work life. >> is this the comedy spot? >> no this. >> rob. >> buddy. >> sally. >> mel. >> rob. >> sally. >> buddy. >> its your turn. say rob. >...

It was super important. felt more like my family than the myth of the black family. >> get into college with grades like this? >> no problem. >> huh? >> im not going to college. >> damn right. >> "cosby show," "family ties," the seavers, saying were all the same. >> more conservative era, you had upper middle class households that arent worried about money and balancing careers and kids and in comes roseanne. >> what do you want me to do? throw myself off a bridge? >> yeah. and take your brother...

Women who worked at separate times, the first with lucille callen and the second was selma diamond. >> its always great to have the womens viewpoint and who better than woman to say, women will laugh at that. so when i put together the characters for the van dyke show, i said, we need the womens viewpoint. and when i told my agent, he immediately said rose marie. >> its a beautiful piece of writing, but if he doesnt get a laugh every ten seconds, he calls the cops and has the audience arrested. ...

Initial idea was larry david and jerry had idea of two guys hanging out and talking about stuff. >> marcy comes over and tells me ex-boyfriend was over last last night and yadda yadda yadda im really tired today. >> what do you think she was tired from? >> obviously the yadda yadda. >> larry david and jerry seinfeld, those two minds together, comedy dynamite. >> what do you think did it? can you take a step back, this made this show? >> i think the style of the writing was fresh and the strength...

Nothing. >> the initial idea was larry, david had an idea of two guys hanging out and talking about stuff. >> marcie told me her ex-boyfriend was over late last night and im tired today. >> what do you think she was tired from? >> the yada yada. >> larry, david, and jerry, those two minds together, thats just comedy dynamite. >> what do you think did it? can you take a step back and say this made the show? >> the style of the writing was fresh and the strength of the cast. the cast is very, very...

>> when i was growing up, i was an "i love lucy" freak. could lip sync it. i love that i can turn on something thats over 60 years old now and go, you cant beat these jokes and you cant beat these characters. >> i took the -- ♪ >> this is a woman in a time where comedy was completely dominated by men. not only does this show become the comedy show, they then create the modern model for all the sitcoms to follow. shes an absolute titan of comedy. >> to have a woman be not only a comedian, but a...

Laughs, you go from being his victim to 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. >> early sitcoms were about home life. i used to make the joke all the time in ozzy and harriet, what did ozzy do for a living? van dike was the first time you saw his home and work life. >> is that the comedy spot? >> no, bubble head, this is. >> buddy. >> mel? >> sally. >> bud...

>> get into college with grades like this? >> im not going to college. >> cosby show, family ties. sievers, saying were all the same. >> upper middle class households that arent worried about money and balancing careers and kids and in comes roseanne. >> throw myself off a bridge? and take your brother and sister with fr sorry we got married? >> every second of my life. >> used to slickness in the sitcoms but roseanne got rid of that. not that kind of performer. let it all hang out. >> totally u...