Page 34 - Sitcoms News Today

Jacqueline coley: we saw black family sitcoms like martin, like the bernie mac show, those sitcoms showed, parenting to be difficult... bernie: uncle bernie, hes too old to play with dolls. can we play something else? [drumming] jacqueline coley: which was not something you saw on a show like the cosby show. rochelle: chris! get in the bathroom and wipe the pee off the toilet seat. disgusting... cedric: fox network had come on and did really well with black sitcoms, and so then the wb and upn uh...

The final book of the planned trilogy will take us into the 1980s.

[drumming] jacqueline coley: which was not something you saw on a show like the cosby show. rochelle: chris! get in the bathroom and wipe the pee off the toilet seat. disgusting... cedric: fox network had come on and did really well with black sitcoms, and so then the wb and upn uh, at the time were coming on and they start to diversify and grow that audience. aramide tinubu: they are able to snatch up this audience that the other networks were really ignoring up into that point. jacqueline cole...

Teach them, show them the right path. >> we want you to feel that you can come to me or to your mother with any problem, and well understand. >> in the 1950s, sitcoms were really giving us an idealistic version of america. >> but as we get into the 60s, well see different types of family sitcoms. >> im sure ill be able to handle a little washing and cooking the occasional meal. im a bad mommy. >> no, youre a disaster, mom. stop right there! this week, get the dennys super slam starting at $7.9...

Other sitcom families, from the point that we were urban. trying to survive on the south side of chicago with a dad that has spotty job situations. >> its a cold world out there, and we cant change it. >> maybe we cant change it, james, but we sure cant let it change us. >> "good times" was not only to show the problems but show the love of a minority family. >> were staying in a used car lot of love. >> in 20 years we only turned out one clunker. >> the idea of white families seeing things on a...

Hardness of life. and then it gives comedy even more of a reason to go as crazy as you want to go. >> i think that shirts done. >> my shirt! >> well, youll just have to wear your pants higher. >> in the 60s you see the sitcom move away from telling stories that are solely focused on the nuclear suburban family. >> divorce, of course, had become more prevalent in the 60s, had become more part of normal american life. but it took awhile to be reflected in sitcoms. ♪ the brady bunch ♪ >> "the b...

With black sitcoms that had minority people that were very much part of the writing and the creation of it. >> i think its vital that people of color write their own stories, because thats where the authenticity comes from. >> hes probably tired. >> well, he should be, he kept us up all night, gina. we should be the ones crying. >> we saw black family sitcoms like "martin." like "the bernie mack show." those sitcoms showed parenting to be difficult. >> uncle bernie is too old to play with dolls....

On some level. jim: what was all that racket upstairs? bud: i didnt hear anything. billy gray: father knows best represented the good life; the american dream. jim: ill read you one story, then off to bed you go. bob: and then leave it to beaver enters the sitcom realm in 1957. wally: whats that? beaver: a haircut i think. tony dow: the real key to leave it to beaver is that its written from a childs point of view. wally: why didnt you let stanley cut your hair? beaver: i losted my money. jerry ...

They had all these rural family sitcoms; they were looking for more sophisticated sitcoms. patrick gomez: after abc declined to move forward with the all in the family pilot, norman lear made the decision to move the show over to cbs. sally struthers: they said yes but you need a new set of kids. so rob reiner and i were the third set of children for archie and edith bunker. norman lear: so, i made the pilot for the third time. same script. i wouldnt change a word. archie: so lets hear it again,...

Patrick gomez: in the 60s, you see the sitcom move away from telling stories that are solely focussed on the nuclear, suburban family. jim colucci: divorce had become more prevalent in the 60s, it had become more part of normal american life, but it took a while for it to be reflected in sitcoms. ♪ the brady brunch. the brady brunch. ♪ ♪ thats the way we all became ... ♪ christopher knight: the brady bunch is the story of two separate families being glued together. lloyd schwartz: a man ...