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>> i made the decision that i wasnt going to live my life as a lie anymore. i was -- i belong with everybody else. and thats what i finally did. >> we used to say ellen opened the door and we knocked it down. ♪ i love my mister ♪ ♪ tell me lazy tell me so ♪ ♪ tell me im crazy maybe i know ♪ ♪ cant help loving that man of mine ♪ >> take it, jack! >> and pas de bouree, pas de bouree, im gay! >> "will & grace" was a great show in sort of helping a mainstream straight community conne...

>> "will & grace" was a great show in sort of helping a mainstream straight community connect to the gay community. >> i think i can fix this thing with your landlord but might get a little ugly. >> play hardball, baby. throw low and inside. hes crowding the plate and weve got to -- >> grace, sports, youre losing me. >> i figured 25% of the country wouldnt watch the show just based on the fact that we had two gay men on it. >> give it to me! >> but if we could make believe that will and grace wo...

>> i remember the network calling every other week saying, can will just fall in love with grace? and the creators were like, well, thats weird, hes gay. gay people dont do that. thats why theyre gay. >> why wasnt i your girlfriend, queer bait? >> "will and grace" was the >> "will and grace" was the first time you saw characters on television that made gay normal. you wanted to be friends with them. >> guess what we are. >> uh -- a catholic girl gone bad -- and karen, what are you supposed to be...

Katharine da costa, bbc news. the legendary american actress and comedian, betty white, has died, just weeks before her hundredth birthday. her career spanned nine decades — from the earliest days of television in the nineteen—thirties, and her own shows in the fifties, to the latest toy story film just two years ago. betty white will probably be best remembered for her portrayal of rose nylund — in the sitcom the golden girls. its believed she died at her home on friday morning. tributes ...

>> i have to believe that for kids of today, seeing that families can come in all kinds of weird permutations has to be pretty great. >> what the hell is that? >> i had andre do it while we were gone. were floating above her, always there to protect her. >> thats reassuring, right lily? we tore you away from everything you know. things are normal here, your fathers are floating fairies. >> shows like "modern family" or "will & grace" before that really sped up the conversation about gay marriage...

Time, but the network found out, yes, theres an audience for this. >> i think that really changed things for people because they fell in love with these characters and they realized, well, whats the prejudice? >> i think "will & grace" probably did more to educate the american public than almost anything anybodys ever done so far. >> can you believe it? theyre getting married in four days. i love weddings. >> well, its not strictly a wedding. its a same-sex civil union which affords many of the ...

>> i figured 25% of the country wouldnt watch the show just based on the fact that we had two gay men on it. >> give it to me! >> but if we could make believe that will and grace would get together. >> will, i told you, you live with a hetero long enough, youre going to catch it. >> maybe we could get people to watch thinking that would happen, knowing it would never happen. >> suffering sappho! >> you know, its a shame. an image like this is completely wasted on us. >> i remember the network ca...

>> i made the decision that i wasnt going to live my life as a lie anymore. i was -- i belong with everybody else. and thats what i finally did. >> we used to say ellen opened the door and we knocked it down. ♪ i love my mister ♪ ♪ tell me lazy tell me so ♪ ♪ tell me im crazy maybe i know ♪ ♪ cant help loving that man of mine ♪ >> take it, jack! >> and pas de bouree, pas de bouree, im gay! >> "will & grace" was a great show in sort of helping a mainstream straight community conne...

I can see two gay men kiss on network television. >> not as long as you think. >> humor, i think, is a great way for anyone to connect. >> i just cant believe we did it. >> a lot of people out there owe us a big, fat thank-you. >> it was kind of risky at the time, but the network found out, yes, theres an audience for this. >> i think that really changed things for people because they fell in love with these characters and they realized, well, whats the prejudice? >> i think "will & grace" proba...

>> i think that really changed things for people because they fell in love with these characters and they realized, well, whats the prejudice? >> i think "will & grace" probably did more to educate the american public than almost anything anybodys ever done so far. >> can you believe it? theyre getting married in four days. i love weddings. >> well, its not strictly a wedding. its a same-sex civil union which affords many of the same rights as a marriage. >> right. where are they going on their ...