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And in post-war america, that was more true than ever. but at the same time, there are all of these little tells. theres obviously your job. what kind of house you live in. what kind of clothes you wear. what kind of car you drive. >> hey, gomer! >> hey, o! >> but one of the biggest tells for class was actually a southern accent. >> can i use your hose? >> [ southern accent ] help yourself. water in theres free. we do make a charge for gas, though. >> and that north/south divide became an inspir...

Politics appear on broadcast television in a workplace comedy like "the mary tyler moore show." ♪ you might just make it after all ♪ >> mary richards moves to minnesota to start work at wjm-tv. >> what religion are you? >> mr. grant, i dont quite know how to say this, but youre not allowed to ask that when someones applying for a job. >> want to call a cop? >> it did represent what women were going through in the 70s. they were standing up and saying, i must be heard. >> sitcoms used to be a...

Where comedy was completely dominated by men. not only does the 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 business person, she broke ground for generations of us. [ laughter ] >> you dont see too many beautiful women be clowns like it. and she was, indeed, a beautiful woman. she was a movie star at mgm before -- nobody ever knew she could be funny. [ laughte...

>> i think it was the style of the writing was fresh and i think it was 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 spongeworthy? >> yes, i think im spongeworthy. i think im very spongeworthy. >> im out there, jerry, and loving every minute of it. >> the ideas were seemingly insignificant where the comedy came from. usually small quirky idiotic ...

>> i dont want to give you wrong impression of my dad. he never hit us. carried a gun. well, he never shot us, hed just -- when i started, i just did fat jokes. didnt know other families had that insanity that i grew up with. oh, yeah, mom told me to tell you today, youre adopted. youre ruining this whole family. thats why we laugh. thats why the family sitcom has always prevailed. >> oh, i could just crawl into a hole and die. >> second hole shes crawled into today. >> in the 50s, you get these...

East coast television and microwave oven programming. >> that sounds like you program microwave ovens. >> i like you. you have the boldness of a much younger woman. >> so, you go to work and your boss is a [ bleep ]. if you write a joke about him and everyone laughs at him -- >> is that decaf? >> no, no, its regular. >> suddenly, you go from being his victim to being his captor. the joke is refiguring the scales of justice. >> when you were dismissing some of the staff, did you intend to fire me...

>> its a beautiful piece the writing. it is. but you know alan, if he doesnt get a laugh every ten second, he calls the cops and has the audience arrested. >> rosemarie on the "dick van dyke" show was great to women because that was the first glimpse that maybe that was possible. >> not like there were plenty of career women on tv. tv were mainly housewives in sitcoms or were secretaries. they werent writers. >> you would give up your job for uss? >> yeah. compared to you, im a rat. >> compared ...

And we played to that. >> just unschooled like liza doolittle. find the right henry higgins, shell be ready for a ball in no time. >> leave it to you to put the pig back in pygmalion. >> kelsey grammer played pomposity like nobody youve ever seen and got a huge laugh. >> dont consider a move until my fingers have completely cleared the piece. >> whats taking so long? >> i am analyzing my options. unlike your wing-it approach, i like to plan a strategy, like a general leading his troops into batt...

Special protection to the us militarys online psychological influence ops despite knowledge that pep gone propaganda cues covert identities that twitter did not suspend many for around two years or more and some remain active for the documentation dates back to 201 when sitcoms set twitter a list of 52 accounts used to amplify messages about us military priorities in the middle east, noting the same case and sent a list -- to grab a special white list ta and essentially provides verification sta...

ABC released a statement following the backlash, saying the network is "mortified" that the joke was perceived that way.