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Was aware of the fact that it was a situation comedy. it highlighted the cliches in funny ways. >> are you looking into the camera? >> yeah. no, i didn't -- >> don't look into the camera. >> i didn't. >> don't. you don't come in here and look into the camera. >> i didn't. >> i'll bop you. i will. if i see a tape of this show and you're looking into the camera -- >> well, it's about that time. >> “pee-wee's playhouse” on cbs, a so-called saturday morning kids' show that adults could watch and wink at each other as they were watching it, is very clever. >> good morning. >> what's today's sec...

And "m.a.s.h." was maybe the single most unique situation comedy ever. >> i have a headache. a tremendous headache. it goes all the way down to my waist. >> the television series "m.a.s.h." had one thing the movie in my estimation did not, which was heart. >> there are certain rules about a war. rule number one is young men die. rule number two is doctors can't change rule number one. >> it was about korea but we were talking about and doing things that had to do with vietnam and everybody knew it. >> rolling. action. >> war isn't hell. war is war and hell is hell and of the two, war is a lot ...

>> 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 racism. >> ...

>> mel. >> rob. >> sally. >> buddy. >> it's your turn. say rob. >> rob? >> beautiful. >> oh, wonderful. >> somebody asked me to do a situation comedy after i finished being on the show of shows because situation comedies weren't very good. they didn't mirror life. i asked myself, what piece of ground do i stand on that nobody else stands on? well, i worked as an actor and a writer on a variety show and i write about what happens at home. at home, i talk about what goes on at the office. >> are you doing this because you're afraid of alan? >> no, i'm doing it because i respect alan brady. a man...

A heartbeat. >> tell me one good thing about me, anything at all. >> you're attractive. very attractive. >> sexy? provocative? a tawny, sensual beast? >> yes, a beast. [ laughter ] >> i think most important to all of us, to try to reflect what was happening with women during that time. things were changing so quickly, and we were right in the middle of it. >> it was an explosive time with situation comedy, and i think many more women started working at that point. >> did you find it fun to be the only girl writer around? >> with some men -- some men are secure enough to accept it. a lot of the...