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>> i don't want one. >> no, they're good. >> i don't want it. >> what do you want? you want comedy. >> take one. >> no, kramer, stop it! >> and boom, there you go. a situation comedy. >> there's 23 minutes of magic. >> it's so tasty, too! >> you fell in love with these characters. >> what you talking about, willis? >> we need to laugh at ourselves. >> you hide my clothes, i'm wearing everything you own. >> laughter opens you up. >> okay, ready? >> no! no! >> things that we might be afraid to talk about. some people that were supposed to protect us didn't do the right thing. >> like r...

what have we always said is the most important thing? >> breakfast. >> family. >> family. >> yeah. >> family is key to the sitcom -- mama! >> it's something that we all can relate to. >> shake, shake, shake up the -- >> in these people's homes for years. you're a part of the family. >> one good thing about moving here is i have no friends and no distractions. that's why i got all -- grandma, what does fonzie say? >> hey. >> the family sitcom brings people together in a really unexpected way. >> there's so many different dynamics at work in families. >> i want you here. it will give ...

What family looked like and what was acceptable and what wasn't. >> hi, jacks! >> the first show that deviated from the perfect "pleasantville" nuclear family. >> are you going to blow up the stove again? >> no, eddie. i don't think i'll make that same mistake again. >> it was a show about a single dad. he was a widower with three boys trying to raise them in an all-male household. everyone had to do something. everyone had to pitch in. we did dishes. you know, we were darning socks. these are things that you never saw in the "ozzie and harriet" show, or "donna reid," or "leave to it beaver." ...

Show or "donna reed" or "leave to it beaver." >> hey, that's mine, i got it! >> when you watch a show based on losing someone, that adds a deep-rooted truth to the hardness of life. and then it gives comedy even more of a reason to go as crazy as you want to go. >> i think that shirt's done. >> my shirt! >> well, you'll just have to wear your pants higher. >> in the '60s, you see the sitcom move away from telling stories that are solely focused on the nuclear suburban family. >> divorce, of course, had become more prevalent in the '60s, had become more part of normal american life. but it took...

What family looked like and what was acceptable and what wasn't. >> hi, jacks! >> the first show that deviated from the perfect pleasantville nuclear family. >> are you going to blow up the stove again? >> no, eddie. i don't think i'll make that same mistake again. >> it was a show about a single dad. he was a widower with three boys trying to raise them in an all-male household. everyone had to do something. everyone had to pitch in. we did dishes. you know, we were darning socks. these are things that you never saw in the "ozzie and harriet" show or "donna reid" or "leave to it beaver." >> h...