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>> the television station where mary works is bought out. everyone is fired. >> i think we all need some kleenex. >> there's some on mary's desk. >> how do we leave this room? >> we were saying goodbye to the show and to each other. ♪ it's a long, long way to tipperary ♪ >> it's still emotional after all these years. because that was a family. ♪ it's a long way to go ♪ >> "the mary tyler moore show" and mtm enterprises were really powerful just in terms of the workplace sitcom. >> in the 1970s the baby boom generation had not settled in to the domestic life, young professionals but who...

People who want to work but can't find jobs are part of today's other bad economic news. the unemployment rate -- >> the '70s is kind of a lost generation, and everybody was trying to find themselves. >> the economy was in the tank, and you start to see the disillusionment of american workers reflected in the workplace sitcom. >> toilet stuffed up again? >> that's no longer a problem, mr. beckman. that's a tradition. >> something's wrong with your lights. >> if you look at the 12th precinct, it was such a decrepit place. >> well, well, well, the same old melting pot. >> o'kelly, what are you d...

People? how are we treating each other? >> i hope this guy doesn't mind ignoring orders by living. >> then at the end of the third season -- >> radar, put a mask on. >> gary bergoff walks in and says -- >> henry blake's plane -- was shot down -- over the sea of japan. it spun and there were no survivors. >> that moment is pure honesty. >> i have trouble telling that story 40 years later. >> i just never even think of it as a sitcom. you know, it just was -- it was "m.a.s.h." >> "m.a.s.h." really blew up what a workplace sitcom could be. there was death. there was sorrow. there was really a mix...

Work families can be even funnier than biological ones, since the endless array of wacky sitcom characters on the job offers hilarious insights into the state...

Work families can be even funnier than biological ones, since the endless array of wacky sitcom characters on the job offers hilarious insights into the state...