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Danny and dave was about the lameness of ventriloquism. >> i'm a little nervous being on television and everything. why don't you have a cigarette? that calms you down. >> great. >> there was content, funniness, but the target of the comedy was the standard form of show business. >> hello. i'm albert brooks. and i'm speaking to you on behalf of the famous school for comedians. >> one of the first things i ever saw him do was the school for comedians. >>et's see how these kids are doing. >> he was walking past the spit take class. >> i just walked into the room. now, start to drink. good. now, ...

Punch lines. the alternative comedy was all the personal story telling. >> my father got cancer. >> you could just be talking about what happened that day. it was like somebody coming up and reading their diary. >> i am sorry, i did not study theaters for twelve years just so i can go, margar"margaret no" >> it created its whole new way of comedians and women comedians. >> this was happening alongside the rise of women at "saturday night live." >> you had molly shannon and you had sherry o' terry. a bigger view generation may tend towards a dryer and

Danny and dave was about the lameness of it. >> well, why don't have you a cigarette. that always calms you down. >> great. >> there was content, funniness. but the target of the comedy was the standard forms of show business. >> hello. i'm albert brooks. and i'm speaking to you on behalf of the famous school for comedians. >> one of the first things i ever saw him do was the school for comedians. >> let's see how these kids are doing. >> he was walking past the spit tape kplas. >> now i speak. >> guess what? i just heard from the bank and not only don't you have any money but your sister is d...

>> guess what. i just came from the bank. not only do you not have money, but your sister is dead. >> his style, this was alternative comedy, for sure. >> during the next hour, you'll see the first of a series of programs entitled "an american family." >> albert was watching "an american family." they spent a year filming a real fami family. the loud family. >> you have the boys. i have the girls. you can't beat it. >> most of us had a sense that there was a lie that the camera can be there without changing things. when we did "real life" the movie, the underlying motion was to poke fun at tha...

Now start to drink, good. now i speak. guess what i just heard from the bank not only do you have any money but your sister is dead. that was funny. >> what was special about him was the singular vision, his style. this was alternative comedy for sure. >> during next hour, you will see the first in the series of program entitled american family. >> albert had been watching "more than family" where was the first reality show on p bs. they spent a lot of years filming the family, a loud family. both of us shared a sense there was a lie at the heart of it. when we did real life, the movie togethe...