devi: i went for a run. mom and uncle: at night?! uncle: you cannot run in los angeles at night, this is the city of charles manson and harvey weinstein! emily vanderwerff: where every week, no matter what show you're watching, there are these little pressure release valves that go off... and you see that playout throughout the history of the sitcom. patrick gomez: at first thought, you may imagine, 1940s, 50s sitcoms as being very white suburbia. bambi haggins: but there were a lot of shows about immigrants becoming a part of the american dream. jim colucci: life with luigi, about an italian family. i remember mama, about a norwegian family. sheryl lee ralph: the goldbergs was about a jewish family in this jewish ghetto. mom: yoo hoo! jim colucci: those shows certainly mirrors what americans were trying to accomplish in the 50s for good or for bad,