about us. >> back as early as the 1920s, people were saying hollywood was the responsibility for the decaying morality of the country. >> and then basically hollywood said, you know what, stay away, here's what we'll do. we'll govern ourselves. >> the history of comedy, until recent times, was about comedians trying to get as close to that profane world as they could without gets arrested. >> wc fields, an orenry guy, found a great way to swear without swearing, he would say drat. when he said drat, you knew what he was saying, he'd say god free daniel, that was like goddamnit. >> so the rules were archaic by the time television came in.