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A guy who wears glasses is a four eyes, a guy who's a fag is a queer. tim allen: you'll watch that show and even end up looking around like you're gonna be arrested. john lithgow: it was jaw dropping. it was funny, but it was very challenging, and you realized norman lear is taking us into a whole new realm of comedy. norman lear: the blowback from the public was buried by the excitement and the applause. bob leszczak: the show was number one for a long time. ethan alter: it changed cbs and their brand as a network. as a result of all in the family, they turned to norman lear to create more sh...

Lynn: i'm mr. belevedere! gerrad hall: by the late 80s family sitcoms were very popular among the big three networks. gerrad hall: there was this incredible resurgence. jesse: this is great, we should be mothers. joey: ah yeah! ethan alter: families tuned into these tv shows to see an aspirational version of what family life could be. urkel: did i do that? jennifer keishin armstrong: shows like silver spoons and growing pains and all that. it's constant hugging and learning, right? [audience clapping] ethan alter: with the family sitcom at the height of its popularity, fox started moving into ...

Al: now bud, apologize to your sister. bud: no. al: okay. anita sarkeesian: married with children is full of trash people that do horrible things and say horrible things. al: quiet you morons! paul reiser: you were always aware they were just wise guys, you know, zinging each other. al: peg, how could you sell the family playboys? jacqueline coley: looking back on it now, i don't know how that show stayed on air. kelly: is this okay, mom? i haven't worn it since grandma's funeral. jim colucci: married with children helped put fox on the map. ethan alter: this idea of a darker family presentati...

4 students are killed. ethan alter: but some people didn't want to hide from what was happening. drew carey: people were like, no, we want to hear about all this stuff and how it's affecting our families. that's when shows like all in the family came on. ethan alter: norman lear was at the beginning of his career and was looking to find a show that he could really make his own and he was turned on to a british series called 'til death do us part'. norman lear: it was about a bigoted father and i was said holy moly. that was the way i grew up, and i knew i had a show. crew: air pilot. take one....

Ethan alter: but some people didn't want to hide from what was happening. drew carey: people were like, no, we want to hear about all this stuff and how it's affecting our families. that's when shows like all in the family came on. ethan alter: norman lear was at the beginning of his career and was looking to find a show that he could really make his own and he was turned on to a british series called 'til death do us part'. norman lear: it was about a bigoted father and i was said holy moly. that was the way i grew up, and i knew i had a show. crew: air pilot. take one. ethan alter: they shot...