theissues you are concerned about any of the issues raised in my s report, go to the website on screen for links to organisations that can help. now, earlier, we talked about how movies may be changing. it got me thinking. you know it makes it watching any movie more enjoyable? ice creams! and it is no surprise that nick volunteered for this story, to check out technology that will make freezing your own at home easier. ok, admittedly this is a pretty sweet gig. see what i did there? the average american gobbles over 20 litres of ice cream per year compared to the paltry seven for us brits. so i have come to the suburbs of boston to set the record straight. i m actually here to see a new type of appliance reminiscent of those coffeepot machines advertised by george clooney. machines advertised by george cloone . ~ l, machines advertised by george cloone . l l, l l, clooney. wouldn t change anything- clooney. wouldn t change anything. the clooney. wouldn t change anything. the w
time, but the network found out, yes, there s an audience for this. i think that really changed things for people because they fell in love with these characters and they realized, well, what s the prejudice? i think will & grace probably did more to educate the american public than almost anything anybody s ever done so far. can you believe it? they re getting married in four days. i love weddings. well, it s not strictly a wedding. it s a same-sex civil union which affords many of the same rights as a marriage. right. where are they going on their honeymoon? well, it s not strictly a honeymoon. it s a same-sex vacation with a lot of the same events as a honeymoon. it s hard to remember it now, but during the obama administration, barack obama said he was opposed to gay marriage. but people s opinions change. modern family came at the right time, and it came in right on the heels of will & grace, and it just kept the engine rolling, which is very helpful. you j
well, i can see that. i think a lot of people really loved mitch and cam together, and it was very heartwarming to hear from people who, you know, were in straight relationships saying, my husband is just like mitch, or my wife is just like cam. all they cared about was raising their daughter well, and they loved each other, and they were sweet to each other. you re this amazing-looking guy and i am not amazing. really? i wouldn t change anything. we were like this trojan horse that came into their living room. it s like their hearts accepted us before their minds did. we re having a baby! and why wouldn t you want them to be married? on the steps of the supreme court, jubilation among same-sex marriage supporters as the court cleared the way for same-sex marriages to resume in california. the whole mitch/cam getting married was sparked by that supreme court decision. mitch is on a computer sort of watching, and people are celebrating in front of the supreme cou
tonight. these shows changed the way that we think about sexuality. for god s sake, ellen, tell him you re gay. you re talking about gay rights. you re talking about women s rights. gender diversity. dismantling the patriarchy. you know, sexual revolution. so i m officially out of men to [ bleep ]. i have to get married or move. but if you can make them laugh, then maybe we ll watch it again. anything and everything. let s get our sex talk on. oh, mom covered it all pretty good. yeah, maybe about the birds and the bees, but i m your daddy, and i m here to keep it 100. despite the fact that your mother thinks i m uptight, cray-cray, right? sitcoms are a great place to talk about taboo, awkward subjects like sex because it s
but then it s this really interesting dynamic where you see tv trying to address the gender war that was coming. i definitely think i dream of jeannie is an escape for many people. i could eat a horse. you know, she s this entity who s trying to do the best she can in the world that she s come into. ask me anything as thy slave, master. yes, she said master, but of course she s the powerful one. she s magic. when you have magic, you can do a lot of things. what are you reading, jeannie? i m reading a scroll. the emancipation of modern woman. what does it mean? jeannie, oh, you don t have to worry about things like that. but you have this character who is the absolute epitome of