but the idea was if you could make it seem realistic enough then you could carry the audience with you. >> why didn't you tell me that? >> how much clearer can i say there's always money in the banana stand! >> no touching. >> no touching. >> no touching! >> no touching. >> "arrested development" began to make fun of the rich, sort of expose them for everyone to see. >> that coat cost more than your house. oh, that's how we joke. she doesn't even have a house. >> because a lot of really wealthy people have gotten in their positions by stepping on working-class people. >> i'm sorry. we can't afford to live lavishly anymore. drink your milk. >> it's lumpy. >> then chew it. >> by the 21st century america's shaky economy begins to shrink the middle class and we see that represented in sitcoms like fox's "malcolm in the middle." >> we've had to economize before. remember last year when we were saving up for disneyland? >> we've gone to disneyland? >> no. it's like that.