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Babar norm kramerer im out t elelaine whatat . Krkramer yeahah im out, im ouout of the c contest. Phoebebe Ugly Nakaked Guy is Havingng ThanksgivivingDinnr Withth Ugly Naked GalAlysyson Hannigagan friendsdr seininfeld, You U Want Me E to . Babarbara edenen i cant t ar that. Itss so subjbjective. Ross Chalallenge Accecepted marla a contest a contes Eric M Mccormick seinfeld will winin. I think. K. Kramer gigiddy up. Trtracy morganan seininfeld wasas smart. Paulul reiser s seinfeld is a bririlliant half hour ofof televivision. Tawny newswsome . Ii loved seseinfeld. Randall papark . Seieinfel. Janene leeves . Seinfel. Constance e wu you cocome to expect their dickishness. Jerry a alright Jajaleel Whitete seininfeld. Oh, my gosh. Jeff garlilin Seinfefeld S My Favoritite all timeme sho. Ross wanna playay rough . We can play rough. Rorob mcelhennnney i lolove friends. Ive seeeen every episode e of friendsds. Vavalerie bertrtinelli onone y favorite shows o of all timem. Zooey descschanel so watchabable. Monica woo woo. O. Henry winknkler frieiends. Suzanne somers friends. Dannnny frieiends. Salllly strutherers Friendnds Jesse ETyler Fergrguson frfriends. Jason alexander i realally appreciciated friene. Lisasa kudrow o one of thee top alalltime sitcomsms, seininfeld. Yeahah. Moninica nooooooooo jerry y are we fifinished . Kramerer done. Dan levy at the core of evevery sitcomom, you do have a family, whether it is a Blood D Family or r a found family. As in the case of friends or seinfeld. Patrick gomez as new generations emerge from Baby Boomemers to gen n x to mimillennials s to gen z, we see Thohose Changeses Reflecteted in the f friends si. Danielel fienberg g you look k atat the rise e of the frfri sitcom, itit happens a as We T The 70s S At A Momenent at which divorce rates in the country were also rising. Walterer cronkite e we seem o be going downhill in lifes most important venture, marriage. Felix do you compare everybody to your exwife . Oscar sure i do, and compared to blanche everybody looks good. Willie aames the odd couple was one of the first shows that began to explore the breakup of the family on television. Vovo can two divorced men share an apartment, without driving each other crazy . Jon cryer the perfect opening to a sitcom was of course the odd couple openining, whwhich told a all the bacacky and set itit all up inin this b beautiful w way. Vo Fefelix Unger R was asked to remove himself from his place of residence. That request came from his wife. Bob lesczak the odd couple was originally a neil simon play o on broadwayay. It then became a movie, and came to television in 1970 thanks to Garry Marshall. Felix x would youou do me a favor . Oscar what . Felix for my birthday, let me clean up in here . Oscar no. Elinor donahue the finickyness of tony y randalls s charact, wawas because e tony randadl was s a little b bit finicky Bob B Lesczak o oscar mamadison, t the total o oppo. The e slob, the e gambler. Felix i in my room m you cacan eat ofoff the floooo. Oscar you can eat off the floor in my room. Here look, theres some crackers over there. Jon cryer the odd couple is so seminal to the sitcom genre, Itit Now Definines a wholole categoryry. Jon n cryer in n the very f t episode ofof two and a a half , i remembmber thinkining. Ae we makining alan a n neat fre . Becacause if thahats whwhat were d doing, then werere just doining odd d couple. Oscar what are you doing . Felix the ashes were getting into the nap of the carpet. Eric mccormick there was this fantastic episode where they go on n password, and the Passwordrd Is birdd. Felix aristophanes. Eric mccormick what . Anand bzzzz, doesnt geget it. The Otother Teteam gets itit. Oscar r no more g greek clue, arisistophanes is ridiculous eric it goes back to them. Ththe Passwordrd Is rididiculous. Ososcar aristophanes. Felix . Ridiculous host you got it Cindy Williams as much as they got on each others nerves, they had e each otothers backcks. Oscar r she looksks like y your ex wife felix she looks like gloria . screams margaret cho as divorce became so commonplace thatat shows thahat diverted from Famamily Life i in the 70s s really refeflected whahas hahappening inin reality i in a. Sheryl lee ralph as a latchkey kikid, i came h home from s school, locked thehe door behihind m, anand then youou could watch an h hour of tv. V. Henrnry winkler r Latchkeyy Kids Desesperately search for something relatable on television. Barbarino o i talked d to my f, i i told them m i dropped d of school, and my father said to my mother, he said see margie, i told you we shouldnt have had him. pamela adlon welcome back kotter. Its in my bones. Itits in my d dna. Ththat slow, s sexy. [snapsps] w Welcome BacackLalawrence Hililton Jacobo . Your r dreams werere your tickekets out. Welcomeme back. Welcome back to that same old place that you laughed about. Kotter boy what an honor, in my class, all four marx brothers, wacko, stupo, jerko, and dumbo. Lawrence hiltonjacobs the sweathogs were a collection of guys with a Special Relationship with their teacher. Theyey were brotothers anand friends. S. Babarbarino up your nose with a rubber hose. Lawrence hiltonjacobs barbarino was set up to be, you know, the sex symbol. Pamela adlon vinnie barbarino, damn. Lawrence h hiltonjacocobs wawashington i is the babaskel playayer, cool g guy. Boom boom hi there. Lawrence hiltonjacobs epstein is the tough guy. Epsteiein come onon now, watching a fight i aint in makes me nervous. Lawrence hiltonjacobs horshack is the e nerd. Horshack oooh oooh oohh pamela adlon did you know that Horshack Meansns the cattttle are dyiying . [aninimal noises] [laughghing] Lawrence Hilton jacobs well welcome back, kotter prpremiered, w we were a h h Michael Schneieider and Suddenlyly Abc Attraracted ths Auaudience Thahat had Beeneno Ununderserved D by primetitim. The e kids, the e teens, the young g people. Theres s room for t them, Fr A New Kikind of shshow. Cindy willlliams and d that is t the tale ofof the fonz. Fonz ayyy Marionon Ross itts interestg ababout the woword nostalglg, isnt it . . Because wewe somew cannot l live in thehe presen. Thesese days are e ours happy and free oh happy days these days are ours marion ross when you hear that music then the whole show would flash in your mind. Cindndy williamsms garry mamal was becoming like a legend in hihis own day y because hee had donene the odd c couple. Henry wiwinkler Gararry Marsrshall Alwayays said, you knknow a lot o of people, they do impoportant telelevisi. I do r recess. Jake kasasdan Happypy Days W was built a around the family o originally. Y. Mamarion doesesnt ririchard lookok nice tonigh . Joanie hes got stinky stuff on his hair. Howard is that what that smell is . I thought the milk was sour. Lawrence Hilton Jacobs the fonz was a background character, he was luckcky if he h had two linines per an n e. Ririchie itss probablyly just potsie fuel pump both we can warn. Michael schneider but. Not a lot of people were watching abc. They were a distant third plplace. Jim colucci remember, in the early 70s, abc made a big mistake in not picking up all in the family. Michael schneider but then abc decided to really r reinvent ititself. They brought over Fred Silverman from cbs, anand fred sililverman saia, lets s go after t the young p. Jim mckairnes under frfred silvermrman, itits decideded that Fonzie Neeeeds to be elevated as onone of t the stars. Cindy williaiams well t the f, henry, t took it u up a leve. Fonzi f Fancy Seeining you guys here, hey ho. Henry winkler they were looking for someone tall and tough, and they got short and soft. Henrnry winkler so i changed mymy voice and i changed the tilt of my b body. I just statarted Tatalking Likeke this. Fonz woahah. Henry so i spoke volumes with just the sound. Fonz ayy. You aint nothing but hound dog. Marion marion always called the fonz arthur, because she wanted to treat him with such respect. Marion for good luck, arthur. Fonz hey thanks mrs. C. Marion and she also had a crush on him. I think a little bit, you know laughs fonznz ayy. Marion when the fonz took over, the dynamic changed. Margararet cho Wewe Venture Into Teenage American Graffiti style comemedy. Popotsie lets see it richard it doesnt look like a hickey. Jim mckairnes . That show ends up going from 22nd place to first placece and becomomese number one show in the country. Mitch huhurwitz thered bebe traffic;; People Getetting Homee to watatch happy d days. Mimichael scschneider i it was s a revolution. The Networks Targeting 18 to 49 year olds, not necessarily with family sitcoms, but t with friends s sitcoms. Fonz Laverne Dedefazio and shirirley feeneyey, whoa. Cindy williams Garry Marshall said, weve got this part on happy days. The showow we did Wawas A Doue Date W with fonzieie and rich. Shirley oh hess nice, and a tie e too laverne and a hankie, is that for showing or for blowing . Henry winkler they were incredibly individually funny. Lalaverne is s anybody frfm Upstaiairs Gonna r run down and call me a nasty name . Joel zwick and then garry got the idea to spin them off i into ththeir own seseries. Kim m coles c can we Talkk Lavernrne and shirirley . Pamela a adlon my j jesus Andy Beatleles was laveverne and d s. Cindy willlliams eveveryone identified w with lavernrne ad Shirirley Becaususe We Wewere best frfriends. Salllly strutherers and jujust the opepenings sono, sshlemiel, s schlimazel Hasesenpfeffer I IncorporatSally Struthers who didnt love that . Weere gonna d do it give us any chance well take it Cindy WilliamsLaverne And Shirley is about two Working Class Girls who struggle to makeke ends meete. Pamela adlon working at a brewery. Going out at night. Zooey dedeschanel a and you know its s really so o nice o See Two O Women At T The Centnter of a sisitcom. Jim colulucci lavaverne and s y through Ththe Lens Of The 50s were able to say a lot about what women were strivingng to accompmplish in the 70s. Cicindy willlliams womemen were apt to want to go out and workrk and not g get married right afafter high s school. Shirleley well h have fun down in unemployment. Laverne well meet guys shirley unemployed guys. Cindy Williams Shirley is the quintessential girl who wants to get married, havave the Whitie Picketet fence aroround the hoh. Laverne e ok say wewe go to this partyty and you m meet ts wonderful guy you think hes gonna marry you . Shirley Stranger Things have been known to happen. Cindy williams laverne just wanted to have a good time. Shirirley the m mad hatter rd not wear f fishnet stockings. Laverne well thats why he didnt get any action. Henry winkler they were physical comediennes. The e likes of w which hadnt beenen seen sincnce lucy. Henry what they figured out to do with making a bed. Laverne pull harder up. Harder, pull him harder up. Henry its way beyond my pay grade. Laverne oww Cindy WilliamsLaverne And Shirley was number onene for i dont t know how many seaeasons. Kikim coles it just w went of the Chararts Ridicululous and felt l like itit was for u us. Make our r dreams comome t, for r me and youou. News anchor President Ford today proclaimed february to be National Black history month. Patrick gomez in light of the success of the Friends Sitcoms Lilike happy d days and laverne e and shirleley, abc decided that they wanted to create a story ababout black k teenagers. Lolorraine alili whats happening skewed younger. Here was these kids in watts that were just like going and Hahanging Out T down at ththe , Like Teeeenagers In N the 195. Like thehe white Kidids Goining to thehe malt shopp roger hey dwayne, rerun rerun hey whats happening rog . Ernest lee whats happening opened the entire world to black teenagers, who are best frieien. Roger hey, and bettys folks are out of town so you know its gonna be the party of the year. Margaret cho based around the friendships of rerun and raj. Ernest lee rerun could dance. Ernest lee then you had dwayne with the big fro, hey, hehey, hey dwayayne hey hehey hey,y, whats hahappening . Tracy morgan dee, the sister. Was like my sister. Dee youre alwaways broke a anu cant holdld down a ststeady j. Tracy his mother was like my moms. Shed beatat him mama all of it. T. Roger r but mama a mama i wouldnt say but If I Were You it might give me an idea, dear. Ernest lee the average black family could identify with it. The Otother Univerersal thing about whwhats happepening is f friendship. Kids thrive on n that. Without friendship we have nothing. Ernest l lee the irony of whats happening , when you go to the autograph signing, its a all white. You make t them laugh,h, peope dont cacare about t the colo. Sue e ann what t made you get rid d of that jojoint . Blair watching you last night. From now on. Im going to stick to being high on me. Kim fields so this shirt, i wanted to find a way to pay hohomage to norman lear. Facts of life was part of the norman lear family. Sarah rodman its about four teenage girls trying to fifind their w way with ththe ge of thihis wise oldlder woman. Kim fielelds divorce, v virginity. Natalie s snake and i slept t together. Kim fields class wars on the regular. Jo blair,r, youre not prejududiced, youre just a snob. Blair teach me to be common jo bring me down to your level sarah rodman a show like Facts Of Life is the beginning of the very special episode. Tootie i never r think mymy best frieiend is white. I just know my best friend is natalie. Kim coles when you look at tootie and natalie, youre looooking at frfriendsp and loveve that supepersedes r. Sarah rodman the norman lear shows in the 70s may have been teaching us lessonon, but it wasnt soso overt. Geriri im lookoking for blair warner. Edna garrett you must be her cousin geri. Geri yeah geri jewell the only time i ever saw a child with a disasability on n television as a k kid was on n a teletho. Geri jewewell Normaman Lear Cast me as blairs cousin on Facts Of Life. Gegeri see i had this made, it says i dont have cerebral palsy, im dru