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>> is that what that smell is? i thought the milk was sour. >> the fonz was a background character. he was lucky if he had two lines per episode. >> it's probably just fuel pump. you know. >> but not a lot of people were watching abc. they were a distant third place. >> remember, in the early '70s abc made a big mistake in not picking up "all in the family." >> but then abc decided to really reinvent itself. they brought over fred silverman from cbs, and fred silverman said, let's go after the young people. >> under fred silverman, it's decided fonzie needs to be elevated as one of the stars. ...

Just look at her gobble up that slop. starting tomorrow we'll be presenting a new feature on wjm, "dining out with sueann nivens." >> once jim brooks said to me, i know there's a world of comedy in my wife's purse, i just can't access it, we've got to find some female writers for this show. >> did you crash the men's room? >> of course not. i went as somebody's guest. >> why do you think it's such a winner? >> i think because of the casting. and i think because of the writing. they don't sacrifice the character for the sake of a good joke. >> that effort to keep the female sensibility is what ...

>> before that show was off the air, fred silverman was on the telephone with me saying, "there's a show in that woman." >> hello? no, this is not mr. findley, it's mrs. findley. yes, mr. findley has a much higher voice. >> now get your coat and come on! >> what makes you think you can order me around like that, henry? >> you're my wife, that gives me the right. >> when he says wife he means possession. >> so what, maude, you told me a hundred times you want to feel possessed. >> walter findlay, i never said that standing up and you know it. >> norman lear and bud yorkin really turned the spin...

Hungry for more. >> more was allowed that hadn't been before. >> it was the last decade where it was a campfire television, where there was one in the living room. >> i want to watch an all-black show for a change. >> oh, where are you going to find one? >> here's one -- the los angeles lakers against the milwaukee bucks. >> young people were interested in relevant things. and so television began to reflect that. >> this is cbs. >> really it was very simple. you had three channels plus pbs. >> when the decade turned over into the '70s, television was very rural. ♪ >> "hee haw!" >> the beverl...

>> happy days was about family. >> he's got stinky stuff on his hair. >> the fonz was a back grounds character. he was lucky if he had two lines per episode. >> it's probably just fuel pump. >> not a lot of people were watching abc. they were distant third place. >> remember in the early 70s abc made a big mistake not picking up all in the family. >> abc decided to reinvent itself. they brought over fred silverman from cbs. he said go after the young people. it's decided fonz needs to be elevated as one of the stars. >> the fonz took it is up a level. >> good to see new guys here. >> they were...