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of work to do and this bench needs to go over there. >> but we just moved it over here. >> dont question my authority, thanks! we talk about race and culture in serious ways. that is important. discussing these things in a sitcom, you are not offensive. you are able to take in new ideas. >> the family was doing something that nobody had ever done. >> we are talking about having one of the biggest bigots in america and having a black man coming to his house. >> you see my daughter glo...

Important because the actors spoke like people i knew. >> lamont, you know i would do anything for you. >> tell her to have her face fixed. >> it was important that people were feeling recognized. >> it proved that black shows can be just as successful, as long as people can relate to it. >> i am dying! you hear that, elizabeth? i am coming to join you, honey! oh! >> with all in the family, sanford and son, norman lear owned the airwaves. it was good times. >> i will fix this one, stall this one...

1970s in watts, where theres this crotchety old man who runs a junk yard with his adult son lamont, who wants to sort of get rich quick. >> theres this woman standing out by the curb and she had a terrible voice. come here, sonny. i want to show you this. >> yeah, thats the way they took. >> must have been about 90 years old. >> aint nothing on earth uglier than a 90-year-old white woman. >> he was like a black archie bunker. like old school. >> theres a reason why sanford is irascible. >> a cou...

Said it twice in an episode. said its real, we use it as part of our language. i dont know if its right or its wrong. i dont get into that. >> "sanford & son" resonated with me because the actors spoke like black people i knew. >> lamont, you know id do anything for you. >> tell her to have her face fixed. >> black life had not been shown in any kind of fashion. it was important in that people with feeling recognized. >> it proved that black shows can be just as successful as long as people can ...