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Seems like a drop in the bucket, but then the bucket overflows and everything gets sticky. >> i cannot predict the future black sitcoms but more licenses being taken. more black creators are getting in the door and showing their point of view. we are getting the chance to see creators be more and more. i think about the opportunities we have now and i get excited. when i think about the history of black television, i really think about progress. i think about how our experience in the united states

(audience laughs and applauds) - marla gibbs is everything to me. she was a breakout star. - you live in this apartment, right? - uh huh. - and you got an apartment in this building, too? - yes, that's right. - well, how come we overcame and nobody told me? (audience laughs) - the fights i had with george on the show was mostly prewritten. however, he and i would come up with things sometimes and they would keep it. - florence, your cooking tastes like dog food. (audience laughs) - that's 'cause i'm cooking for a chihuahua. (audience laughs) (upbeat music) he and i really had a chemistry toget...

State legislatures across the u.s. from new jersey to minnesota to texas also have bills under consideration. thanks for watching. i'll see you next sunday. trumen) - do you feel that there is not enough representation? because after the last incident, i had children bussed in. - when i think about the history of black television, i think about when black folks watch, we watch to zero in on us. - instead of making us celebrate your holidays, why don't you celebrate some of ours? what about tupac's birthday? - and when you have so little, it means everything. all of those shows, they all matter...

Which made interracial marriages legal in the united states, you had this representation of what america could look like, of what america could be. (audience laughs and applauds) - i beg your pardon. i'll come back later. - "the jeffersons" was really groundbreaking. - everything you do, do it cool. that's it. - [marla] "the jeffersons" had something for every segment of society. - yeah. - government is not the solution to our problem. government is the problem. - america was changing. you're in the middle of reaganomics and trickle down economies. - the social policies of that era were really...

It still did not resonate with everyone as to how this was a characterization of black america. you had organizations like the black panthers pressuring norman lear who had helped create "good times" to give us something different, and with that, he came up with "the jeffersons." - i wear the pants in this family. - and when you zip them up, include your mouth. (audience laughs and applauds) in the middle of everything, there's everything to do. come on kids! listen to the lion's roar! roar!! skip around at lincoln park zoo. floating down rivers! trying not to tip! enjoying illinois, every bit...