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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 ...

>> i'm breaking up with him tonight. >> these shows changed the way that we think about sexuality. >> for god's sake, ellen, tell them you're gay! >> you're talking about gay rights. you're talking about women's rights. >> gender diversity. >> dismantling the patriarchy. >> you know, sexual revolution. >> so, i'm officially out of men to [bleep]. i have to get married or move. >> but if you can make them laugh, then maybe we'll watch it again. >> anything and everything. let's get our sex talk on! >> oh, mom covered it all pretty good. >> yeah, maybe about the birds and the bees, but...

>> i don't think it's going to pivot anymore. >> you think?! >> they were purely selfish and purely immature. >> are you still master of your domain? >> i'm queen of the castle. >> you hope that you'll have those kinds of relationships in your real life. >> tonight is about celebrating our enduring bonds as friends, nay, family. >> good to see you, too, girl. where you going? carnival? ha! >> your friends. sometimes that's more family than the people that you're related to. >> something's bothering you! >> i've never been happier. >> trying to make your way in the world and having a ...

>> oh, well, uh, i'll take the first class. >> class has always played a role in the history of sitcoms. >> bon voyage laney. >> class is fascinating to us as a culture. >> i never check my baggage. i can't stand that wait, baggage area. >> it's good to laugh at it, to get it all out on the table >> you're going to have to go back to your seat. >> you know, our goal should be a society without classes! >> if we didn't laugh about social class in the united states, we would engage in class warfare. >> do you realize the people up here are getting cookies?! >> mmm! >> that is not a sho...

gonna have a conversation and hopefully insightful conversation around that very question, but we're also going to show you some television clips. so if historians do not watch enough television, maybe you'll get the chance to do it here and then we're going to talk about how we work with with tv and and at the end we want to bring you into the conversation, of course, and so if you're looking at the program you can see that that frank isn't able to join us today, unfortunately, and then my lights and everything you can tell that this is being recorded for c-span. and with me today t...