Tina feyey the Amererican Worke is our h home in manany ways. [crashsh] liliz wheres my s sandwich . reason to geget yoyou Guys Arere Working H for r once. Ththe americanan workplacece is home i in up in Ththe Momany W Whehere is My Sanandwich we alall need a reason n to up i in the e morning. T the americacan office is iconic. Howow many peopople can i fi nine. You are picking a healthcare plan. We will table back that for the time being. You have spunk. I i hate spununk. Terririble workmates. S. Dututies not [ bleep ] back . No. Everybodydy trying toto ge alonong. O one problemem with Hiririn Womemen is that they a are frar and breakakable. Is It Probabable to thihink Ababout Lightbtbulbs or yoyour hilarious. W what do youou say to ththa . What is a tough about earning a living . Have you ever done it . No, but i could. Lucille ball with the chocolates, alwaways funny. There i is the packing g roo unwrapped. You are fired all the writers needed to say was lucy at a conveyor belt. You are good at. Some of the most memorable episodes are when she gets a job outside the home. It always unravels. You are doing splendidly. Speed it up win when Sitcomsms Starte Ththere was family sititcoms an for r years thatat is alall tht was. In the e 1960s we see more Pepeople Workiking in an o offi than o On A Factorory My For The First T Time Inin History Ofof our natioion, the mamajority of f all workrkers a whititecollar j jobs. You were e spending t time getttting to know your colleagu. You ready . I ive Got T Thosose [ laughter r ] thehe van show wawas laugh h loud f funny. I can clearly remember the Dick Van Dyke show, black and white. It wawas groundbreaeaking. Carl reiner got his start on the e show of shows with sid caesar. It was s a variety y show. It t is s supposed toto be k They Wewere Boundeded I In T and interviewewed carl with tha isis a place and a a goldmine. A Writerers Room is s a gold mi i i am tatalking to mysyself the way home. What pieiece of grouound do i s on t that no o one e else ststa i write e about the e life of a writerer. Wririters are l lazy. People wririte what ththey know we have a s sketch to d do notothing to Woworry Abouout Have G got an ideaea. We will plplay the part of a a talking g bully. I thohought it was the greatest idea because there is nono sitcoms y you did n not k what t the husbandnd did for a liviving. It shouldld come before t big sksketch. I dont k know. I like e it. Nowow, i likeke it. T. I likike it too. Whatat do you Knknow Abobout Th You u are rararing . I love the fact that itit a a Glimpse Ininto the wririter room. Seseeing how showsws works. Itit was so Fafascinating G to mamary Tyler M Moore, how w cou not fall in love w with Mamary Tytyler Moore . T that addresesses years s o it t still woworks. I i mustve s seen about t 3 girls. S. When she came e into thehe rooo Just Heardrd A Peeining in her vovoice. Will It M Make You Feel B Whenen i tell yoyou how w sorrr well, n no. Thehe intent ofof the Dick K Dydyke S Show was mostly for i be in n the workplplace. Three, twtwo, one, zero. Why do we do . We wasted a whole day. Audiences were e used to t Bibig Familyly sitcom of the ti they did not take toto the Dick Van Dyke show at first. At the end of the Firsrst Seaso they were e going to cancel l i i in real l Life Mamary H Ha married d grant takeker, who wa cbs Exexecutive Onon the dick v dyke s show. Grgrant helpeded Save The E Sho Pushing Mary T Tyler M Moore t forefront. For instatance, i think yo look very y nice. The show w but showboboat h and Woworkplace Reresult in somethining tasty. Im n not saying g this beca i amam in trtrouble, g goodness that i a am. W what you suggest i i dodo all l of these . Well, thehere must be some needy babald people. E. And ultimately became a sensation. That isis the best five y ye of my y life. I donont believe this. The b best thing g ive ever done, hands down. I wawas 19 i in 196767. And it w was dick k van dyke. Itit made a huge impressioion o me. Aftfter the dicick van dyke showow, Mary Tyler Moore was o of t the largest o ours in amer mary and m my dad dadarted l la the grgroundwork f for their O Mary Tytyler moore e Enterpr Hahas a woman whose name is on this. It is, i i dont need to be thi roararing, big, Macho O Prese With H in that, you have e important t messages about wome in t the w workplace. And those politics appear on broadcast television, Workplace Comedy, like the Mary Tyler Moore show. You might just make it after all she returns to minnesota to start work at wj mtv. What religion are you . I dont know how to save us but you are not allowed to ask that when someone is applying for a job. You want to call a cocop . It reprpresented Whwhat Wome Wewere Going T Through In N the they w were standiding up and sasaying, i must be heard. Sitcoms used to b be the e at home e doing the disheses an then this s woman sprang o onto screens who had a job. Often, the smartest person there. Itit was Sort T Of Liberatating you have e spunk. I i waited a moment and i i sas hahate spunk. I wawant to Cocorrect Somemethi right nonow. I dodont hate s spunk. I loveve spunk. It was s a total shift in gender roles. She is a single, working woman. Living in a building with other single women. How wouould you bototh like helplp abolish c Capital Punishmentnt . Phyllis, there is no Capital Punishment in the state. That was easy. You have this shift in the workplace. There is more men and women working together. It is creating this uncomfortable dynamic. I was right. Yes, you are right. You are wrong. Ted baxteter, the tv ananchorman. Intent, i was wrong. All right, lelet us not dwel on it. Betty white played a suanne, who was voracious and man hungry and have a nearest. Mirrored the ceiling over her bed. That is what i love about workplace comedies. People that would have never have spoken or come connected anyway. And have to live with her rumor humor on a daytoday basis. The funeral of Chuckles The Clown is one e of the greatat moments inin comedy. He wewent to the Parade Dresessed as peter peanut. Everyone is making fun of it, other than mary. I want one of the other clowns. They all want to jump out of a little hurst. At the end of the day all these comedies are about a crazazy and dysfsfunctional fam gathered t together inin a workplace. E. Chuhuckles the e clown broug pleasure too many. [ laughter ] it is so relatable go ahead, my dedear. Laugugh, butut chuckle. [ laughter ] mary I Wawas Just W wondering, mr. Coleman, when you were dismissing some of the staff, did you intend to fire me too . I was just wondering, when you were dismissing some of the staff, did you intend to fire me too . Especicially, me. I i would havave been happy Go O On Dodoing The E Mary Tyly Moore Show for an eight y year period i i lovoved The Job So M Mary and grand and Mary Tyler Moore enterprises decided to end the show while it was still good. The Television Station where mary worked his butt out and everyone is fired. I think we all need some kleenex. There is some on marys death desk. [ l laughter ] ] h how do we l leave this roo we were saying goodbye to the show and to each other. It is a long long way it is still emotional after all these years. That was a family. It is a long Way Y To Go Mtm E Enterpriseses W were powerful i in terms ofof the workplace sisitcom. In the 191970s, the b baby generation had not s settled i the dodomestic lifife. Yououng profofessionals s but had not t started d theieir families. I did not want to do the standard family show. Im sure he has girlfriends. But he denies it. Of f course, tataught i is 1 [ [ laughter ] the Fact T Thatat Someoeon Hollywood was hitting the couch was opening the doors for the setting of the show. I enjoyed the oddity of the people. What seems to be the problem . You havave no idea a what i like t to be incredibly good looking. [ laughter ] go into my Hospital Office and there is a ventriloquist. A frankie wants to break up the Act And Go O Out On N His o [ laughter ] lee Bob Newhartrt Show was a model l how to do o a workrkpla comedy or r family comedy. You bring all these eccentric types at it work so brilliantly. It is because of bob newharts voice. You will miss the whole thing here. I know you put a lot of thought and effort and energy into this. Bob, are you going to ask me if you c can eat i in Frfront O Televisision Set . Eventuaually, im g going to you. It was s The Beginnining Of Smarart and Sophphisticated D ensembmble comedy. Y. Herere it comeses wait t for it. Mash is a Workpkplace Wherer the chchaos that t the w War Ma Ththeir Work S so intense and crazy. Y. We e were set i in korea. A. At that titime that yoyou showe air, T The Vietnamam war wasas on. Pepeople equatated it. Those h helicoptersrs will b filled with cacanadians. Withouout us, a lolot of thohos are not Gegetting Homeme from t partrty. A attention, All Persononn Report Immediatetely To O The E operatining room. We Werere People, who were e Flflawed Durining their bestst inin an Impopossible Sitituatio on m. A. S. H. I was drawawn to thehe offffbea chararacters. I if you sasay nono, we wili everyone t that your b brother in jaiail. My brotheher is a w warden we e will sayay t that part. Hawkeye p pierce was s the center of the e show. He wasas the pivivot. It was hawkeye a and trarapper john, Flflipping Thehe Bird to establisishment to g get one up hohot lips and frank. I ive alwaysys said itit, B Every Grgreat man ththere is a woman. Thehey run the camp t that colonenel blake ththought he w running. The one thing that General Macarthur may not undersrstand a flower girl with a 5 0 00 shadowow. There wasas this Consnstan Dedebate about morality. Why y are we hear . How are we trereating Thesese Peopople . How w are retreaeat eaeach othe hope ththis guy does not Min Ignoringng orders by livining. By the end ofof t the thih season putut a mask on. He walks s in a and s says Henryry Brooks is playiying. We are shut downwn. Over thehe sea of japan. N. There e were no survivivors. That momoment i is pure h ho i havave Trouble Tellining Story Y Four Yearsrs later. I n never eveven think k of a a sitcom. It w was m. A. A. S. H. M. A. A. S. H. Really b blew up whahat a Wowor Sitcom C could be. There was death. There was sosorrow. Ththere was a a mixing of f gen that wasas groundbrereaking. It was s the Fifirst Cocomed prime time televevision. That is gunfifire and it is 23230 in thehe morning. M m. A. S. H. Lasted 1 11 seasason. I put in my t two w week n f february 28thth, 1983, the is over r and the show i is ove it is ththe most organanically perfrfect finalele. You boyoys have manageded to Giveve Me A Gogood l laugh w wh neededed it most. I love a a goodod laughgh ththis. T to ththis day, we are stil the highesest rated tvtv show. 1 125 millionon with thatat la episisode. So many o of us couould no through h the goodbybyes. We j just kekept crying. G. I tururned to m my dad d and was s crying. It h hits me that you can make people l laugh foror half f an yoyou can alsoso, in an instant becacause they c care, twistst e that c can lasast forever. R. Nenews anchor r people whwho wt toto work but t cant findnd joe part of todays other bad economic news. Loni anderson the 70s is kind of a lost generation, Anand Everybodody was trying to find themselves. Patrick gomez the economy was in the tank the 70s is a lost generation. Everybody y was tryingng to fin thememselves. The economy was in the tank. You started to see the disillusionment of American Workers reflected in the workplace sitcom. Toilet stuffed up again . That is no longer a problem, mr. Brinkman, that is a traditition. Somethingng is wrong with lights. If you look at the 12th precinct, it was a decrepit place. Well, well, well. The same old melting pot. Kelly, what are you d doing here . . I worork in narcocotics. Real cops dealing with funny situations. Get out of my way. Get out of here. E. D do i hate to start a day like this. How linden is the bob newhart of that office surrounded by all the craziness. Let me use my other personality. Does he have the same address . S . Workplacece comedy isis g gr becaususe all the E Charactersr in and they are not related. They do not have something in common. Turned out to be a diverse cast, whicich was difffferent i those e days. Jack sue, gregegory siererra, glass, thahat was unususual and rerevolutionarary. I belelieve that t when the hahappened, itit was a followu the 60s. They who might have had a dream about how america would be a completely different place, then they had to get a job. We are all parttime hehere. I ononly work 60 hours a week. There is a bunch of people in a garage. We had dreams not to make it. We would be in the garage forever. The dream is what it was about. Great news, i just called the gym. Wow thehe champ Hititting My Fac Danny Devitos character on taxi, louisa palmer, has got to be top five greatest sitcom characters. He is terrified. Once a bum, always a bomb. I say tony has a good chance. I know he has a good chance but i say he can win. Want to bet . Welell [ laughter r ] t the friendships they had i taxi was what was going to get them through. That is what made it okay. There is only one person you contrast. I do trust you, howard. Not me. Why dont you finally stand up and assert yourself . On the show people from completetely different backgrounds create a dysfunctional family. That is always so exciting for comedy. You get to bounce these people off of each other. And now, here is arlene. [ laughter ] much lilike taxi, wk rp is a staff of people that are doing their best to. In Cincncinnati W wk rp this is rock bottom. Wkrp was about a very low rated nation. What about the traffic helicopter . We dont have one. Why do we have Hehelicopter Reportrts . I geget on the a air and i do t the trtraffic today is like to heavy the workplace i is a wonderf setting for so many cocomedies. It is a rerefuge. You get t away from m the kids. You get away from your wife. The moon is high. And d so am m i. We hahave this Lilittle Environmnment with p people and get to know a little closer then you should know. Out of that is going to come conflicts. I do not take dictation. I dont know how jejennife ended d up as a receptionist. One Chihick Coffefee for all guguys hear . I donont get cofoffee, mr. R carlson, w we agreed. M my mother w was a 50s s Hohousewife Anand not in t the woworkplace. Will then be anything else i can do . Jennifer was so popular because girls are going like, you can be just as cute as you want to be. And be smart and you dont have to do what you dont want. No, thank you. [ laughter ] how did you get away with that . Arere you k kidding . I i lovoved wkrp in cincin that Tururkey Episodode is one ththe funniestst things i i hav in my y life. You a are in chargege of get the turkrkeys. Every thanksgiving, wherever i am in the world, someone will bring up turkeys away. It is a classic. Something just came out of the back of a helicopter. It is a dark object. Oh my gosh, it is turkeys. They are trying to do a special event for thanksgiving. And they drop live turkeys out of a helicicopter. I d dont know w how much lor , the crowd is running for their lives. Turkeys are exploding all over the parking lot. Ive never seen anything like this. I dont know how much longer i can hold my position here, johnny. No onone knew it would becoc iconic episode of telelevision. People e yell it toto me e a airport. Got i is my witness. Got is my witness. Got is my wititness, i thouo turkeys s could fly. Y. There is a lot of information out there. Hamas is a Terrorist Group oppressing the Palestinian People. Hamas refused a continued ceasefire, a continued pause in fighting and more aid from israelis in exchange for just freeing more hostages. Instead, hamas resumed attacks. Not to protect the Palestinian People or obtain peace, only to destroy israel. We must stand against hamas and stand with palestinians and israelis for basic human rights. Newsws it was a a perfect lh into the history books. Marisa guthrie in the 80s, there was a Third Wave Of Feminism and it was transforming the opportunities for women. It was a perfect launch into the history books. In the 80s, there is a Third Wave Of Feminism. It was transforming the opportunities for women. I will do my best to serve the court and this nation. So, the network mantra became you target the upscale profesessional womoman. Targetet researchehers found th women really responded positively to Men Performing domesticate task. Tony, im here about the jojob. T there must t be a mistake, thisis job is Fofor Housusekeep that t is me mr. Good mop. Angela, Career Woman Extraordinaire and advertising executive. Tony danza plays the failed professional baseball player. This is the best sauce ive ever tasted. It is soup, angela. Domestic labor becomes recognized as such when Men Performing. When women perform it, it is just the duties of love that you undertake as a wife and mother. Tony, you are the housekeeper. The chamber maybe mind but the dudust i is yours. Whos youour boss was a a hit. The woman is the one who is really wearing the pants. Listen n to the w way shehe that. That is whwhy they madade her t present. T. Angelela is an advertrtising Exexecutive Onon whos Youour B Theyey have thesese really professional upscale careers, rather than just jobs. Those are powerful fantasies for the womens in the 80s. I like to think that i am a little cog in a big machine. A very little cog. In 191986, Lilinda Wentnt and d she said, i just want t say y what all w women a are re abouout. Opininionated andnd susuccessful w when given n opportununities. Lininda bloodwoworth h ththo wrwrote for mash, rhrhoda and created an all female version of the Workplace Comedy we had not seen before. Im going to do what i always wanted to do, start my own decorating business. No matter how many bankers wail and gnash their teeth, i have no intention of going under. It was a great cast and great writing. I cannot seem to find any of my alimony checks. I think you have misplaced them. Thehey are right here where they always are with alphabetical has been i loved the outrageousness of those characters. I if it were e faster, there woululd be in ararch. Thehey had an intelligence, which was refreshing to see on television. Are you watching . They are just about to vote. In 1991, Designing Women takes on the Clarence Thomas hearings. I deny eaeach and Evevery Allegagation Againinst me totod [ laughter ] they were tackling the me too movement before e there was nameme. Thihis man does not belong o the suprememe court. He belonongs in the e National Repertory theater. We were at a point in history when women felt like they had some power. I thoughght, i wouldld creatate shshow around d a wowoman Who O Force Of Naturure and a Workpla Thatat had tradiditionally b be mannedss world. And that is very different from whatat you couldld have writitt the early 197070s. I am bulbar w walters. I a am murphy brown. I remembeber Pitchingng Th in a verery cold roooom in the buililding. When i gotot to the point where she hahad just come baback from betty ford. Hi, everybody. You can hear the Brakes Screeching in the room. You Werere Fondlingng it whi was gone. They y saidid, shootingng sh 3030 and playeyed by Heather Lockcklear . I i explaiained why whenen youo down the r rough edgeses of a a character,r, y you b blend them this is why you have not had a hit for seven years. Murphy was defined by being excellent in her career. The Justitice Departmtment you dodown on 15 couounts of fr they said d you swindldled 10 Mimillion Fromom unsnsuspecting invevestors. She d did notot care what pe thought of her. That was the most bullheaded person i ever met. And elitist. You always have to make a point. T. Letets i do, j jim. Here is anotheher point. Murphphy brown hihit big and in 20 to 25 Million Viewers a week. She had a baby. If i dont come up with a name for him in a year, is that about things . She is a single working mother. A got other people skin. When the california primary two weeks away, they have the breakdown of American Families blamed in part on murphy brown. It Isis Simplply wrong. G. I j just thoughght, i am trainingng onelinerers with Th Vice P President O of the uniti statates. Vice president quayle use me as an example of the values in this country. T they chanange the g game. As female show runners and a totally maledominated industry, the shows were breakthrough. She blalamed the e medidia o congress o or an admininistrati that hasas been in p power f fo years oror we could blame me. [ laughter ] phyllilis do you u have any idea what t time well get t out of herere . Michael l this is michael scscott, scranantan. Well, we d dont wawant to workrk. Itits not faiair to thehese people ththis i is mimichael sco scrantonon. We donont want toto work. It is not t fair t to these pep these peoplele are my friends a i carere about t them. Frorom the 199090s, we e are definitely working more than ever before. As a result, you start to see more Workplace Settings and might have been possible previously. Did we have any luck on jim carrey . We never let him plug a centura. In 1992, Larry Sanders broke the worlds in terms of workplace comedies. 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 nights . It is the end of the whole thing tomorrow night. Goodbye. Capturing how broken and low functioning the people are. A little unethical, dont you think . Unethical. Larrrry, dont s start that t t our whole e world will unrnrave Mary Tyler Moore did not work in a newsroom. Bob newhart was not a psychiatrist. Gary had b been a talkshowow ho s see you t tomorrow night. Sleep well. We will all be sleeping at the same time. He signaled that you can line your life and make a show out of that. Just pretend like you arere talking to me until l we are of the air. The larryry Sananders Shohow hbo their voicice. That wawas on paid cable. On netwtwork televivision, had spenent 10 Yearsrs Doingng hangout shshows. Eveveryone reaealized therere w not be anonother friends. We kind of return to this hanging out t because ththey wo together. They donont have a choice. By the time you get to the 2000s, scrubs is a good example of that trend. My pitch was, a broad, silly comedy. A Brothther Finalally can breathe. You are inside the young doctorors had. They arare always h hang aro this hospipital. I was drawn to comedy that somehow was still about something. This is not what i expected. Most of my patients are checked out mentally. Pumpkin. That is modern medicine. Advances that keep people alive, who should have died a long time ago. Back when they lost what made them people. For the love of god what . T . Do ththink wewe s should beb talking g about ththat . She is dead. I in the eaearly 200000s, t was this hunger r to reieinvent network sisitcom. Nbnbc decided d to take a a cha a uk i it Calllled Thehe offici there i is good news anand b news. The bad d news is, s some of yo will lose e yoyour jobs. I know gustining. G. I wasas so impressed by that show. Ththis is noththing like a Anyt On Tv Righght now. The g good news is i have be promoted. I had this dream that i w wa on thihis comedy c court andnd were all Taking G Me And Ruinin the brbritish oh. Greatat danielsls was likike like Thehe English o office. But a stayay close to theieir p. This is f from corpororate. Howow many titimes i haveve you u there is a a specialal fi cabinet . It i is called t the wastepapap basksket. [ [ l laughter ] therere is so many reasons s it t to hahave failed. D. Were Lookingng Actctors a rolling . The f first seasoson ends an one likekes it. Irironically, a lot of review has ththat it is toooo closese brititish show. And ththen the b big thihing wa okay, Nonow We Writete all our ststories. I i Want Michahael to be very optitimistic. His intentntions had t to be go even whehen he was doing terrib thinings. N no one leavaves until w we this outut. Cage match. Cagage matches,s, how cououl not workrk . Ifif they did d not workrk, Eve Would Stilill be in ththe cage. American n show was less cyninical. Do i haveve a s special so yeahah, of course. A bunch of them. My employees. I w wrote A Chrisistmas epis Whwhere Michaeael had bougught vivideo ipod. It had j just come out. Abouout four days later, apple announces itit has made e conte deals s with nbc. I wouould like e to show you tv s show here. This i is the episode from the offifice. N no you will l Thank Meme Lata the Firirst Episosode back w the highesest rated bebecause Eveveryone Hadad Spentnt weeks nothing Bubut Watchingng the of onon their video ipods. This was s astoundingng to people at nbc. These are high school and college kids watching the e sho in d droves s anand theyey neve foot in an office. E. Eveventually, i i realized,d is becausese this is their experirience in scschool. Everythining dwigight does annoysys me. Did you g get tickekets . To whatat . The gunun show. They are e put at a a d de to anothther kid, Whwho Theyey Mamay not likeke. That is whatat they y must be identifyining with. I managage my deparartment i been doioing that fofor several yearars. I hahave learneded a lot of f l lessons along the e way. Your department is just you, right . Yes, jim. M. I am n not easy to manage. It t was Ththe Biggggest sit nbc. Nbc was sosold on thesese wowor sitcoms. W with 30 r rock, i w wanted see how fafar we could push a Premise Ththat You Canan trace to mary y tyler moore. The Fif Versioion i pitched was s set i news envirironment. Nbc passed on and said, write more of what you know. W. W we wewere v very snl. S s get into o two commercia parityty. Trying to o think of a fununnie real name. E. The fafavorite i w was included honey y bunches of sadnessss, sadness,s, oat bung,g, and swastitikos. F fruit lupusus. Farart nuggets. S. 30 r rock is ababout a wom Whwho Ends Up P being a Kikind Careretaker for r an egomaninia perforormer. Y your job isis to protecect from embararrassment. Makaking up worords wont s you. U. And h her mentor r who tries teach heher how to l live. I cant fire rorosemary. Y yes, you can. Its easy. Y. Obseserve. Jonanathan, youure fired. The Wororkplace Setetting Is Great For R Comedy Bececause yo have a all kinds o of differene peoplele. Listeten, i undererstand thi tough for r you, but w what did tellll you . . Not to freak out. Right. And what else . Stop falling in l love with y guys . Anybody w who worked d in regular r office couould relate. Well,l, im the o one that as has to clelean up the e mess afterwrwards. Thats why my job is way better than yours. There is a lot of information out there. Hamas slaughtered more than 1200 innocent people, holds innocent hostages, and raped countless innocent women. And now hamas is trying to hide Sexual Violence against women. They dont want those women to be able to talk about what happened to them stand with palestinians and israelis for basic human rights. Stand for all women. Do you k know joe bibiden . H hes on my y celebrity y s listst. Trustst me, you c can do bet thanan joe. No, i d dont thinknk i can. I in the summmmer of 200808, economy had collapsesed. Barackck Obama Wasas Running Fo President ,t, and the g Governme Wawas going toto be playining a more actctive role i in people lives. S. Parks andnd rec is a actually called pubublic service at one point. We liked the idea of going for a boriring title l like the o of werere taking Ththe Templat thehe office, but the ofoff takes placace in one o of Three Roomoms in the same e dreary buildingng. Suddddenly werere like now w t worldds our oystster. Here we go. Wake up. Out t of the slilide. Leslie knope was very optimiststic but shehe had big ambitions, which was big for comedy. I likike to tell l people ge onboarard and Buckckle Up Becacy Riride is goining to be a a big. Leslslie knope i is stoppingng one. We thouought it wasas import for the Mamain Charactcter to b Wowoman Becaususe We Wanteted Ie A Show a about a trarailblazer many w ways. Excuse me, maam. Do you mind d if i borrorow you hat . I i just want t to throw i it u the air vivictoriouslyly. It was a a realistic C Work Fictional L Version Ofof an expeperience weeve all hadad e there Werere People ofof all Didifferent Shshapes and s size etethnicities s all mingliling togegether. You h have qualifified for t Chris Traeaeger managegement trtraining sememinar. Can youou get me ouout of it . Y yes. N Normally Ifif given a c ch betwtween doing g something g a nothing, id choose to do nothing. But i will do something if it helps someone else do nothing. When Parks And Rec ended, dan gore and i landed on a joint respect for barney miller, and the reason was that most life as an officer is not chasing bad guys t through thehe streets. Its Sititting Arounund in the precinctct and killiling time because itits an officece. What the e hells Goingng Aroundnd here . Fire extitinguisher r roll chair derbrby. Okay. A and go the show started off as pretty silly. But one of the tricky things about a show lasting for a Reallyly Long Timeme is that attitudes change. And in this case, there was no version of telling a bunch of stories about a Police Precinct ththat could r run from all l o issues Abobout Policining that whole e country isis talking a. I g got stoppeded by a cop p ninight. Stopped f for what . Stotopped for w walking. That makes zeroro Senense Unleless what are e you doing . G . I live hehere. Put your r hands on y your. Dont mamake any sududden moves i didnnt do anyththing. It t is a Remararkable Achievemenent to take e a socia issue ththat is so s serious, something g like raciaial profi, and d not only f find the huhum it but f find the huhumanity in i was Rigight Outsidede My i cant b believe thihis. Nothing g like that t has ever happened t to me, and d ive do sosome pretty y Suspiciousus Thn the strereet. Hey, hey, t there, whatat u doing . Imm just playaying a prana my buddy. Sounds fun. Carry on. After the reelection of presidident obama,a, there is s longer mucuch room foror Hope I Politicscs as much a as there w division, Which Meanant It Wae Perfect Titime for a s show lik veep. I c cannot [ blbleep ] belil how w terrible y you are at t y jojob. What a are you, rurunning On A Platfoform of highgher taxes a episisiotomies . If a bobomb went ofoff in th white e house, i w wouldnt cac. Thosose are the e worst peopopl eartrth. W where were e you, by ththe . Y you said yoyou had it c co no, i d didnt haveve it cov. Its your job to know if i say i have it covered, i dont have it covered and you cover me. I thihink we Likeke Workplac Sitctcoms Becaususe we identntih them, withth even thesese Unlik Peoplele in this U Unlikable W they seem very excited about Ththe Possibilility of a w woma bebecoming preresident. Not nececessarily y you. Every Genereration Getsts th Popolitical Sasatire it dedeser nevada a is my statate. Iim going toto Be Presidident but i its tough h to compet with reaeality, you u know. The e trump admiministrationon. Ill hahave a lovelely inauguration. Billy joel is going to sing. So you guys have to stop the recount. Any show thats about a workplace or about a group of people, they eventually migrate into, wellll, whos ththe dad, s the mom, w whos the c crazy un . They k kind of fitit into a faf cicircumstancece. I i mean Anywywhere Can B be workplace. E. Mornining. M morning. Morningng. Youou do realizize im losts righght . O oh, its ththis way, sisir. Andnd it can bebe an Americi Coacach being Drdropped Intoto british h premier leleague foot team. Look k at isaac. He looksks like a rorodin sculp in c cleats. They y call cleatats boots. I thougught you saiaid the t of a c car was a b boot. Also a boboot. The workplace is endlessly fertile, yeah. Reflectining society,y, reflecting all of our faults, and yet being able to laugh at oursrselves. Whether its 30 rock doi a tvtv show or on a do not t take off y your sea beltlt. I fororget about t my bird. I ill feed y your bird. Whwhats your r birds namame . Thesese workplacece comedies they h hit us in a very dedeep plplace. Next t stop, the e moon