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>> it is not whether it is a western or a situation comedy or a drama. i think it is the quality of the show itself that is important. >> "the andy griffith show," mayberry, a kinder, gentler place, it would be hard not to want to live in mayberry. >> the core of "the andy griffith show" was this rock at the center of it. calm wisdom. >> i have taken the best parts of myself and people that i have known all of my life and put them into the tape. >> there comes a time when you have to stop the play acting and tell the truth. >> don't you believe me, pa? don't you, pa? >> people appreciated the ...

Around the set for news and to be entertained by shows like "leave it to beaver" a sitcom. the first time people heard about situation comedy on television. real life family values written from a child perspective. jerry mathers played beaver, "the beav." i asked him what impact his show had on americans back in those days. >> you know, i think it was something that was brand new. people were absolutely astonished, because they were used to radio, where they would just hear people, and never got to see them. they could go to the movies, but to be able to bring television into your home was jus...

>> you know, the cleaver family was a real life family. ul the episodes of "leave it to beaver" are from real life. they weren't people going in and writing jokes. we didn't care if there were laugh s or not. they were trying to write a very, very good show that had a moral to it, and it was something that not only appealed to adults but also to kids. >> and to that end, how has scripted television changed over the last 50 years, from your perspective? >> well, from my perspective, it's much more salacious now. the more things you can get on, a lot of times the people that you're watching, you...

>> i am, i am. >> it's just a tv show, a situation comedy, not even a drama. >> tonight at dinner i'll tell my mother i'm gay. >> vice president biden has credited "will & grace" with changing americans' attitudes about same-sex marriage. >> i think will & grace probably did more to educate the american public than anything anybody's done so far. >> on this, supporters and opponents of same-sex marriage agree, hollywood has been influential of encouraging acceptance of gays and lesbians. it was through the medium of television that millions of americans first had open gays and lesbians in thei...

Dan lungren. in florida alan west is still hanging on in his undecided race. ron barber who filled the seat of gabby giffords is waiting for the state to tally more than 100,000 uncounted ballots to see if he returns to the house. a tweet sent yesterday from the white house twitter account is a picture of president obama meeting with the u.s. women's gymnastics team in the oval office. pretty cool. and last night nbc's "parks and recreation" featured vice president joe biden playing himself. we have a look behind the scenes as the vice president compares his job to situation comedy. >>...