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Sitcoms. carl ryaner got his start on your show of shows. it was a variety of show. >> it's supposed to be taped. >> the writers room. that's a place of a gold mind. i remember talking to myself on the way home, what piece of ground that i stand on that nobody stands on. i will write about the writer's life. >> writers are lazy, people write what they know. there is nothing to worry about. i have got an idea. we'll play the part of a talking bowling pin. >> i thought it was a good idea because in those sitcoms you didn't know what the husband did for a living. >> gee, i don't know. >> i like i...

Episodes of "i love lucy" are when she gets a job occupant side the home the rest unravels. >> when sitcoms started, they were family sitcoms and for years, that's all there was. >> and then we move into the 1960s, we start to see more people working in an office than on a factory line. >> for the first time in the history of our nation, a majority of all workers are in white collar jobs. >> you were spending time getting to know your colleagues. >> you ready? i'm ready. >> i got those -- >> "the dick van dyke show" was laugh out loud funny. >> "the dick van dyke" show black and white. that's ...

Op-eds in all the newspapers this morning, but one sort of caught my eye and i sort of had to shake my head. headline "justice kennedy, don't retire." he writes this this morning, "when i turned 81 i had finished oceans eleven and gearing up for oceans twelve while writing another book, which led me to a cross-country book tour. i know what it means to be your age, but these are not ordinary names, and you, sir, are anything but an ordinary man." by the way, carl ryaner is now 95 and oceans eleven came out in 2001. >> i've written two columns beseeching justice kennedy not to retire. i seed th...

Because we're sad today about this. >> the final thought is i always go back to the thing that makes everybody happy. then when they did soft shoe dances on our show i smiled from ear to nose to ear. i mean, that was the loveliest moments of all of the shows. any time we can get a reason for them to dance, oh, you're beautiful, you're whatever the song was, and see them tap dancing was -- those are my favorite moments of watching her and dick cohort. >> carl ryaner, thank you for leaving us with a smiler. remembering his good friend, mary tyler moore. thank you so much. we'll be right back. on...