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>> get out of way. i swear i'm going to kill everybody in the precinct if i don't get out of here. >> boy, do i hate to start a day like this. >> hal linden is basically the bob newhart of that office. surrounded by all the craziness. >> lenny is my other personality. >> does he have the same address? >> the workplace comedy is great because all the characters come in and they're not related, so they don't have something in common. >> turned out to be a diverse cast which was i guess different in those days. >> jack soo, gregory sierra, ron glass. that was pretty unusual and revolutionary. >> ...

Definitely working more than ever before and as a result of that you start to see more workplace settings than might have been possible previously. >> we're a superstar short. did we have any luck on jim carrey? >> we never let him plug "ace ventura". >> in 1992, larry sanders on hbo broke the rules in terms of workplace comedy. >> hey, i think that's warren beatty in the parking lot. >> the larry sanders show is probably the most realistic show ever written about television. >> listen, how would you like to come on my show tomorrow night and just say a little goodbye to me? you know it's the ...

Version of the workplace comedy that we had not seen before. ♪ >> i'm going to do what i always wanted to do, start my own decorating business. and no matter how many overwrought tight-fisted bankers wail and gnash their teeth i have no intention of going under. >> it was a great cast and great writing. >> i can't seem to find any of my alimony chokes. i think you misplaced them. >> well, excuse me. but they're right here where they always are in order of alphabetical husbands. >> i loved the outrageousness of those characters. >> if sex were fast food, there would be an arch over your bed. ...

Workplace comedy or family comedy. you bring together all these eccentric types, and it worked so brilliantly because of bob newhart's voice. >> hey, bob, they're flipping the coin. you're going to miss the whole thing here. >> right. honey, i know you put a lot of thought and effort and energy into this. >> bob, are you going to ask me if you can eat in front of the television set? >> eventually, i was going to ask you. >> i think it was the beginning of a really smart sophisticated ensemble kind of comedy. >> here they come! >> i don't hear nothing. >> wait for it. ♪ >> "mash" is a workpla...