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>> 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 show about nothing. >> oh, come inside. so, to the left we have the bar, to the right we have the bathroom. oh, we have bathrooms...

♪ ♪ ♪ listen to it. they know when it hits the bottom, it will be 1990, good-bye to the '80s. >> will this horrible year never end? >> when the '90s begin, we're starting to see a lot of experimentation. >> five, four, three, two, one! >> the simpsons in some sense was inspired by not necessarily hatred of television but distrust. >> tv respects me. it laughs with me, not at me. >> you're stupid. >> doh! >> i think the sitcoms of the '80s were such a sort of warm safe humor. >> you see, the kids they listen to the rap music, which gives them the brain damage. >> and i think t...

And television has been that. They dont pay me enough to deal with animals like this. People are no longer embarrassed to admit they watch television. We have seen the news, and it is us. Slowly but surely, the 1970s are disappearing. The 1980s will be upon us. What a decade it is coming up. Happy new year as you begin the 80s in the television world, the landscape was, on any given evening, 9 out of 10 people were watching only one of three networks. More than 30 Million People are addicted to it. Social critics are mystified by its success. What is it . Its televisions primetime, prairie pot...

and television has been that. >> they don't pay me enough to deal with animals like this. >> people are no longer embarrassed to admit they watch television. >> we have seen the news, and it is us. >> slowly but surely, the 1970s are disappearing. the 1980s will be upon us. what a decade it is coming up. happy new year! >> as you begin the '80s in the television world, the landscape was, on any given evening, 9 out of 10 people were watching only one of three networks. >> more than 30 million people are addicted to it. social critics are mystified by its success. what is it? it's tel...

human condition. >> the best comedy comes from your living experience. >> every comic sees the world through a prism that the average person doesn't see through. >> all we do is point out the obvious really and then twist it somewhere. >> i just can't believe the way people are, what is it with humanity, what kind of world do we live in? >> you're not alone ultimately. i think that's what the comic's saying. >> reality is fodder for comedy. because it's what we have, so, where else can we find comedy if not in real life? >> as opposed to what? fake life? you know. life is real, yeah....