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>> you can eat off the floor in my room, theres crackers over there. >> on the couple so seminal to the sitcoms the defines a whole category. >> i remember two and a half men are we making him a neat freak because then were just doing odd couple >> there was this fantastic episode where they go on password. and the password is bird. >> stuff knees >> what. >> doesnt get it and the other team gets it >> no more greek clue, thats ridiculous >> the password is ridiculous. >> arastufanese. ridiculou...

Moms, dads, husbands, wives, brothers, sisters -- more than just a hilarious reflection of people to grow up and old with, sitcoms have opened the hearts of...

>> i have one seat in first class and one in coach. >> oh. well, ill take the first class. >> class has always played a role in the history of sitcoms. >> bon voyage, ladies. >> class is fascinating to us as a culture. >> i never check my bags. i cant stand that wait baggage area. >> its good laugh at it, to get it all out on the table. >> youre going to have to go back to your seat. you know, our goal should be a society without classes. >> if we didnt laugh about social class in the united sta...

>> how much clearer can i say theres always money in the banana stand! >> dont touch me. >> no touching! >> arrested development began to make fun of the rich, sort of, you know, expose them for everyone to see. >> that coat cost more than your house! >> oh, thats how we joke. she doesnt even have a house. >> a lot of really wealthy people had gotten in their position by stepping on middle-class people. >> im sorry, we cant afford to live lavishly anymore. drink your milk. >> its lumpy. >> then ...

World i want us never to have an incident. >> you and your brother are different shades. >> yes, if you put something in your show shocking and radical, hope is in five years time, its going to become more normal. >> who even decides when the latino looks like? i look latino x. >> of course you do youre beautiful. >> the future of the family sitcom to me is most present in shows likes one day at a time, telling stories about an america you dont always see on television. >> yes. >> in ways that a...

People were shocked at what she was doing. >> feels so good... i almost came. >> reporter: but it was still a very i think narrow vision of america and it wasnt the reality for most americans. >> i think your pullsys broken. >> what? >> reporter: insecure centers in on the characters, the identity and the culture that shows like sex in the city and girls had nothing to do with. >> oh no, it didnt. >> it definitely do. >> for the first time maybe a lot of white people are learning that like there...

These people are just trying to have a better life. >> he was here illegally, darling. >> so you dont have a problem with whats happening? >> i have a big problem. i like the guy. my daughter is about to have his baby, and he may be getting dragged out of the country. you think i want that? >> in the 2010s, sitcoms became increasingly aware of all of the horrible inequalities that our society was built atop. >> its emilio, right? >> i will find a way back to you and our baby after a short time i...

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....

Anything that scares us or disturbs us. >> so, im sure you had sex with my mother, which is fine, but are you using protection? >> it took a long time but sitcoms really opened the door for us being able to tell stories about sex and laugh at them. without threes company you dont perhaps get golden girls and that leads to shows that are being super open about sex and sexuality. >> i think i know you from somewhere. >> its very possible we fucked. >> no, i think i know you from college. >> then w...

>> like racism. >> so the cops are the bad guys? >> yes. >> no. >> class wars. >> and gender diversity. >> hi, girls. >> you can reach in and really touch peoples hearts. >> i hate you. >> are you as turned on as i am? >> more! >> whether its a family living under the same roof -- >> dynomight! >> now thats the kind of talk i like to hear. >> or gathered together in a workplace. >> thats a glue stick. >> all the great sitcoms are about family. >> so wonderful! >> its one of the great accomplishm...