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Okay. now, see, we were going to show the credits, skps you screwed that up because you're late. >> the gary shand tling show was aware of the fact that it was a situation comedy. it highlighted the cliches in funny ways. >> are you looking into the camera? >> no. no -- >> don't look into the camera. >> i didn't. >> don't. don't come in here and look in the camera. >> i didn't. >> i'll bop you. i will. if i see a tape of this show and you are looking into the camera -- >> it's about that time. >> peewee's play house on cbs, a saturday kids show that adults could watch and wink at each other is...

A thousand points of light. >> governor dukakis, rebuttal? >> i can't believe i'm losing to this guy. >> it is "the garry shandling show." >> people were taking the old principles of comedy and trying to turn them into something new. we spent years watching sitcoms and dramas and talk shows and we knew them by heart, that if somebody played on that and parodied that, we got it instantly. >> i appreciate you coming in under these conditions. you want to hold the credits? we were going to roll the credits but you screwed that up because you were late. >> "the garry shandling show" was aware that...

>> people will say gee, my dad and i use to watch this show and it was great. and you realize you're part of people's lives. >> the '70s was a year where a certain art century developed. >> "mash" changed people perception of what a sitcom could be. >> "mash was shot like a might have. and it was the single most unique situation comedy ever. >> i have a haeck, a tremendous headache, it goes all way down to my waste. >> the television series "mash" had certain heart. >> there's certain things about a war, rule number one is young men die, rule number two is you can't change rule number one.

A thousand points of light. stay the course. >> governor dukakis, rebuttal? >> i can't believe i'm losing to this guy. >> it is "the garry shandling show." >> people were taking the old principles of comedy and trying to turn them into something new. we spent years watching sitcoms and dramas and talk shows and we knew them by heart, that if somebody played on that and parodied that, we got it instantly. >> i appreciate you coming in under these conditions. you want to hold the credits? we were going to roll the credits but you screwed that up because you were late. >> "the garry shandling sho...

>> people will say, "gee, my dad and i used to watch the show. and it was great." and then you realize you're part of people's lives. ♪ >> the '70s was the era where a certain artistry developed. "m.a.s.h." really changed people's perception of what the sitcom can be. the sitcom could be cinematic. >> "m.a.s.h." was shot like a movie. 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. >> t...