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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. >> sally, buddy. >> its your turn. say rob. >> wonderful. >> somebody asked me to do a situation comedy after i finished being on the show of shows because situatio...

Night and yadda yadda yadda im really tired today. >> what do you think she was tired from? >> obviously the yadda yadda. >> 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 of the cast. the cast is very, very strong. and the writing had a different sound to it. the conversations sounded different than the other sitcoms that you see. >> so you think youre spongewor...

Especially me? im very sorry i troubled you. you little runt. >> early sitcoms were 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 was the first time saw home life and work life. >> is this the comedy spot? >> no this. >> rob. >> sally. >> buddy. >> its your turn. say rob. >> rob. >> wonderful. >> somebody asked me to do a situation comedy after i finished being on the show of shows because situation comedies werent very g...

Her exboyfriend was over late last night, and ya da ya da ya da, 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 and say this made this show? >> i think the style of the writing was fresh and the strength of the cast. the cast is very, very strong. and the writing had a different sound to it. the conversations sounded di...

Normalized the black family and it was important. that felt more like my family than what i heard the myth of the black family was. >> how do you expect to get into college with grades like this? >> im not going to college. >> "cosby show," "family ties," the seavers, saying were all the same. >> it was a more conservative era. you had upper middle class households who dont worry about money. they are able to balance their careers and their kids, and then in comes roseanne. >> im sorry. what do ...

Explosions. >> there was something very special about that setting, those characters that i never got tired of writing that show. >> 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. >> all television and, oh, maybe sitcoms are ...

On "saturday night live" they couldnt do on a sitcom. the humor was more daring and more satirical and it was political. >> you still have 50 seconds left, mr. president. >> let me just sum up, on track, stay the course. a thousand points of light. stay the course. >> governor dukakis, rebuttal? >> i cant believe im losing to this guy. >> isle ill get. >> it is gary shandling show. >> people were taking the old principles of comedy and turn them into something new. we spent years watching sitcom...

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 rosemary. >> 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. >> rosemary on "the dick van dy...

>> 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...

I love that i can turn on something over 60 years old now and say you cant beat these jokes and these characters. >> this is a woman in a time where comedy was completely dominated by men. not only does the show welcome the comedy show, they create the modern model for all the sitcoms to follow. she is an absolute titan of comedy. >> to have a woman be a comedian, but a solid business person. she broke ground for generations of us. >> you dont see too many beautiful women be clowns like that. sh...