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laughter is a wonderful place to go for forgetting your troubles and woes. >> sitcoms are an escape. the more dire the circumstances, the more you need sitcoms to forget about your troubles. >> we're going to the good place in a freaking gold balloon! >> shotgun! >> that's what we had. that's what helped me escape being poor. [ applause ] >> everything single one of you is a good person. >> when i'm feeling kind of hopeless and sad, i get to laugh and lose myself and remember life's not that bad. >> you're in the good place! >> the beautiful thing about the sitcom, is that it has pro...

O'problem here? [ laughter ] >> i just remember the impression of, like, "[ gasps ] children are never allowed to speak like that. >> [ screaming ] >> what's going on out there? >> i think bart's stupid again, mom. >> oh. >> i'm a fan of "the simpsons". there's no show that does the high joke density better. >> well, i'm my own toughest critic, but i think it's genius. >> that storytelling on "the simpsons" was so unlike anything that had come before it. there were these ornate, baroque stories. you know, they could have a three-second scene at a nuclear reactor. >> i've got it. >> and then ju...

Movie. >> honey, i told you, everything is gonna work out super great. >> you've got it, dude. >> and it puts pressure on american families to live up to some ideal that has not existed in decades, if it ever existed before. >> the economy is starting to kind of tank, we're at war, and, you know, we're not gonna live better than our parents. but when "the simpsons" come along, they just, like, blow that apart. >> the simpsons. >> "the simpsons" is escapist, because no matter how much of a couch potato you are or how underachieving your children are, they're not gonna be as bad as "the simpsons...