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>> 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...

i suppose, to the outsider, we might seem a little unorthodox, but what does this "outsider" know anyway? who is he to judge us? >> the whole notion of the outsider. i mean, it's a strand that goes through most sitcoms, i think. >> you took tongue right out of my mouth. >> outsiders help us relate as an audience. >> what are you some kind of nerd? >> i'm not some kind of nerd, i am the king of nerds. [ laughs ] >> they're seeing everything with fresh eyes. >> you rang? >> that dynamic is pretty awesome, it's special. >> that confidence really made people feel like they could be okay ...

laughter is a wonderful place to go for forgetting your troubles and woes. >> sitcoms are an escape. the more dire the circumstances, the more you need sitcoms to forget about your troubles. >> we're going to the good place in a freaking gold balloon! >> shotgun! >> that's what we had. that's what helped me escape being poor. [ applause ] >> everything single one of you is a good person. >> when i'm feeling kind of hopeless and sad, i get to laugh and lose myself and remember life's not that bad. >> you're in the good place! >> the beautiful thing about the sitcom, is that it has pro...

idiot is watching it. >> at this point in time, what is known as the platinum age. >> our obligation is to entertain and if we have something to think about, so much the better. >> television should not be just entertainment. >> charges were leveled at commercial television networks. >> congress has no right to interfere with the media. >> you have a responsibility to give the audience what it tendon to say. for years, the 60s, which end in a few hours have a reputation which is not entirely justified. some things got worse, obviously, but tv news coverage is better, not worse, we de...