And opening the doors and allowing america to come on inside. Theres always something on television, and some of it may be better than we deserve. This is more a celebration of culture, opening the doors and allowing america to come on inside. Theres always something on television, and some of it may be better than we deserve. What was cool. Listen to it. Oh [crowd cheering] they know when it hits the bottom, itll be 1990. Goodbye to the 80s in. All ten, nine. All eight. Eight eight eight oh, will this horrible year never end . When the 90s begin, were starting to see a lot of experimentation. [gunshots] all [quickly] seven, six, five, four, three, two, one [cheering] when the 90s gain, were starting to see a lot of experimentation. Five, four, three, two, one. And the simpsons was inspired by, not necessarily hatred of television, but a distrust of a lot of the ways in which television was talking to us. Tv respects me. It laughs with me, not at me. You stupid. Doh i think the Sitcoms Of The 80s i love you guys. Were such a sort of warm, safe humor. You see, the kids, they listen to the rap music, which gives them the brain damage. And i think there was a real yearning for another type of humor. We were able to Spoof Fatherhood what a bad father. Which at the time, and i stress, at the time, was bill cosby as the shining example. Did you ever know that youre my hero stuff they got away with, because its a cartoon. The father strangling the child. Why you little ahh were going to keep on trying to strengthen the american family, to make American Families a lot more like the waltons and a lot less like the simpsons. Huh . [scr eams ] they have dealt with politics, they have dealt with popular culture, theyve dealt with all kinds of issues of racism, of sexism. Dont ask me, im just a girl. [giggles] right on. Say it, sister. Its not funny, bart. Millions of girls will grow up thinking that this is the right way to act. They have found a way to talk about everything thats going on in our lives through the filter of the simpsons. Them immigants, they want all the benefits of living in springfield, but they aint even bothered to learn themself the language. Yeah, those are exactly my sentimonies. Yeah, well [babbling incoherently] i think one of the governing things thats happening with the simpsons is a distrust of anyone who tells us that we should trust them and doesnt earn that trust. Oh, and, uh, ill take that statue of justice too. Sold and when they make fun of how fox works. Male announcer you are watching fox. All we are watching fox. Theyre telling you, dont trust us either. Eat my shorts. All right, ill eat eat your shorts . [children laughing] the simpsons is like shakespeare in the sense that we quote the simpsons all the time, very often without even knowing it. Excellent. I wish i could create something that culturally indelible. Its unlike Anything Else tvs ever wrought. Twin peaks showed up Out Of Nowhere at the beginning of the decade. And the Pilot Episode of that was one of the strangest and most exciting things ive ever seen. Diane, im at the twin peaks County Morgue with the body of the victim whats her name . Laura palmer. [girl screaming] it was incredible. I mean, just how slowly in the beginning the news spread around this little town that this young, Beautiful Girl had died. Laura and that haunting music was so dark and so beautiful. Then i saw your smile [dialogue audio plays in reverse] What On Earth is essentially a art film doing in Primetime Television . American Network Television has long been considered the home of the bland, the cautious, and the predictable. So it was with some trepidation that the abc Network Recently launched a new series that was none of those things. Twin peaks has already been described by one critic as, the series that will change tv. Its directed by david lynch. David lynch was a filmmaker known for his taste in the eccentric and memorable. The idea that he would do Network Television in the 90s was crazy. Do you watch much of it . Well, ii i like the idea of television, but im too busy to see very much of it. And i what do you think of that which you do see on television . Well, some of it i you know, i really enjoy. Are you being diplomatic . Sort of. [both laughing] [screaming] the beautiful thing about television is, you have the chance to do a continuing story. And thats the main reason, you know, for doing it. I think that twin peaks, with the initial attention that it got, allowed all the other networks to say, lets do something different. [eerie music] what was interesting about northern exposure, it was an odd sort of universe that this guy was dropped into. The days coming, and it aint gonna be long, when you aint even gonna have to leave your living room. No more schools, no more bodegas, no more tabernacles, no more cineplexes, all right . Youre Gonna Snuggle up to your fiber optics, baby, and bliss out. You also had experimentation that set the stage for a lot of what came later. [mark snows the xfiles] its kinda hard to pin down what exactly the xfiles is. I mean, on the surface, its a show about investigating paranormal activities. Unidentified flying objects. I think that fits the description pretty well. Tell me im crazy. Mulder, youre crazy. [chuckles] that dynamic, that dramatic tension of Believer Versus Skeptic is one of the engines of the show. And you were always seeing it from a specific point of view. [screaming] help help theyre equals. Yeah, absolutely. Yeah, theyre equals, and in a way, theyve kind of switched gender stereotypes. Because the character i playmulder is the intuitive one. The large intestine. And scully is the rationalist, the doctor. A lot of folks who enjoyed the xfiles who otherwise didnt watch tv mightve been drawn to the show by itsfor lack of a better way to put it its stickittotheman ethos that said, dont trust the government, dont trust big business, dont trust anybody but yourself and your friends and family, i guess. Its a message thats somewhat dark and cynical, but was kind of a breath of fresh air in the early 90s. The 90s was a time of conspiracies, and the internet was starting to spread beyond just, like, hardcore computer users. So you could have Message Boards and usenet newsgroups, and everybody wanted to talk about the black oil and the bees and mulders sister and what the Cigarette Smoking Man was up to. And i would go to alt. Tv. Thexfiles and people were so nuts for this show. Its just pure science fiction, and thats probably what i like most about it. The xfiles changed the way people watch television. You could sense these successful creators trying to see how they could do things different than they had done five or ten years ago. Sometimes that led to really challenging Network Television that was cool and fun to watch. And sometimes it just seemed to fall off the edge a little bit. And lets be careful out there at the time, Steven Bochco was a very successful producer of hour dramas and wanted to try something brandnew. This is the police we have a warrant for your arrest hit it you have ten seconds to open this door and so his idea was to combine a gritty cop show with a broadway musical. [hiphop music] i saw one in which a bunch of gangbangers were in jail. And they began to sing. Life in the hood aint no pizza pie everybody die when the bullets fly all life in the hood aint no piece of pie anybody could die when the bullets fly and i said, wait a minute. Hold on, wait a minute. And i thought, well, this is it. This is gonna be great. This is gonna be as innovative as anything ive ever done. Hes guilty, judge, hes guilty you could see it in his eyes he did the crime and now hes gotta pay merp. [laughs] i mean, it just it circled the drain. [groovy rock music] i will give credit to anybody who goes Outside The Box and swings really hard for the fences. I worked real hard and i got my education im creatively proud of it, still. You know, im very glad we tried it. Um. I dont think id wanna do it again. Fisher Investments in this market, youll find Fisher Investments is different than other Money Managers. other Money Manager different how . Arent we all just looking for the hottest stocks . Fher Investments nope. We use diversified strategies to positi our clients portfols for their longterm goals. other money manag but you still sell investments that generate high commissions for you, right . Fisher Investments no, we dont sell commission products. 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In the 90s, what we realized is, advertisers would pay premiums for collegeeducated young adults, 1849. And we started reinventing nbc and trying to speak to that audience. [sighs] where is someone . Im starving. Think this is him right here. Oh. Uh, is there a table ready . The Chinese Restaurant was one of the very, very early episodes of seinfeld. And truly, Nothing Happened in the episode. They were waiting for a table. [sighs] i feel like just walking over there and taking some food off of somebodys plate. We said to larry david, hey, like, nothing happens. And larry was offended. [laughs] he was, like, wildly offended. Nbc believed in the show so they said, were committing to four episodes. Yes, yeah, right. Four episodes. 4normally its 13 or 8 or something. Yes, at least. So we didnt really think that they had too much confidence in the show. We didnt think it would work. But we felt that they had to go through their process and they would learn. And ultimately, they knew better than we did. My mother caught me. Caught you . Doing what . You know. I was alone. The Turning Point for seinfeld from, like, nice show that all of the cool people kinda know about but thats it to massive hit was the episode called the contest, where they tried to abstain from selfpleasure for as long as possible. All yeah 6 30. Time for your bath. George, im hungry hang on, ma. Hang on. Once you do 30 minutes on masturbation, you could pretty much get away with anything. Well, i guess youll be going back to that hospital. Well, my mother, jerry. But are you still master of your domain . I am king of the county. The week after that aired, people were talking about that in the workplace the entire week. They still are talking about it. 52 seconds and two of the greatest words in sitcom history. Im out. One of the shorthand descriptions of seinfeld is, you know, no hugs, no lessons. [gasps] lets push it a little further than its ever been pushed before. Whats the matter with you . I think the big breakthrough of seinfeld was that the characters were not nice people. Someone help shut up, you old bag they were narcissistic. No vandelay save it they would screw each other over at the drop of a hat. Hes just a dentist. Yeah, and youre an antidentite. And yet be best friends the next week. When you wish upon a star [shining star by earth, wind fire plays] we dont have to love em. We just have to laugh at them. [laughing] im really sorry. I was in the pool i was in the pool the idea of a character with darker tendencies. Fire [all screaming] get out of the way that was so taboo in television comedy. [sighs] areare you about done . Oh, im just getting warmed up. Were in the confines of network tv with commercials, with still a lot of things that are very highly structured, and yet were able to find ways of pushing in those boundaries. No soup for you [snaps fingers] it took us to a new level of comedy, and it kind of defined, like, yeah, nbc, thursday night, this show, expect the unexpected. Can you sing the theme song from cheers . Cheers, yeah. How does it start . Making your way in your world today oh, i cant do that. Go ahead, go ahead no, thats so corny. Go on. I know, i know. But its cute. Come on, just sing it. Okay. Takes everything you got taking a break from all your worries sure can help a lot wouldnt you like to get away . Sometimes you wanna go where Everybody Knows your name we decided to end cheers in the 11th year. And over 93 Million People watched the finale of cheers. But its a sad experience for everybody. Oh, man. This was our baby for 11 years. And were not gonna be around these people every day. You people are as dear to me as my own family. We had been serving fake suds forever. It was time for everybody to sip. In fact, i was sipping along with them. Time goes by so fast. 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