Pivot pivot chandler shut up shut up p shut upup Lisa Kududrow i feeeel like wet to k know these e sitcom chahar; theyre e your frienends. Ross i dont ththink its going to p pivot anymomore. Chchandler andnd rachel you thinink . Jason Alexander they were purely selfish anand purely i immature. Jerry a are you Stitill Mastster of Yourur Domain . Elelaine im queen of the casastle. Alalyson hanninigan youou he that youlll have Thohose Kinds s of relatioionships in your rereal life. Barney tonight isis about Cecelebrating Ouour Enduring B Bonds as friends,s, nay, famimily max gooood to see y you too girl, whwhere you going . Carnival . Ha kim fields your friends. Sometimes thats more family than the people thatat youre rerelated to. Toototie someththings bothering g you natalie ive never been happier. Ted danson trying to make your way in the world and having a safe harbour. You knowow, where eveverybody knows yourur name. Nonorm afternoon everybody. Y. Babar norm kramerer im out t elelaine whatat . Krkramer yeahah im out, im ouout of the c contest. Phoebebe Ugly Nakaked Guy is Havingng Thanksgiviving Dinnr Withth Ugly Naked Gal Alysyson Hannigagan friendsdr seininfeld, You U Want Me E to . Babarbara edenen i cant t ar that. Itss so subjbjective. Ross Chalallenge Accecepted marla a contest a contes Eric M Mccormick seinfeld will winin. I think. K. Kramer gigiddy up. Trtracy morganan seininfeld wasas smart. Paulul reiser s seinfeld is a bririlliant half hour ofof televivision. Tawny newswsome . Ii loved seseinfeld. Randall papark . Seieinfel. Janene leeves . Seinfel. Constance e wu you cocome to expect their dickishness. Jerry a alright Jajaleel Whitete seininfeld. Oh, my gosh. Jeff garlilin Seinfefeld S My Favoritite all timeme sho. Ross wanna playay rough . We can play rough. Rorob mcelhennnney i lolove friends. Ive seeeen every episode e of friendsds. Vavalerie bertrtinelli onone y favorite shows o of all timem. Zooey descschanel so watchabable. Monica woo woo. O. Henry winknkler frieiends. Suzanne somers friends. Dannnny frieiends. Salllly strutherers Friendnds Jesse E Tyler Fergrguson frfriends. Jason alexander i realally appreciciated friene. Lisasa kudrow o one of thee top alalltime sitcomsms, seininfeld. Yeahah. Moninica nooooooooo jerry y are we fifinished . Kramerer done. Dan levy at the core of evevery sitcomom, you do have a family, whether it is a Blood D Family or r a found family. As in the case of friends or seinfeld. Patrick gomez as new generations emerge from Baby Boomemers to gen n x to mimillennials s to gen z, we see Thohose Changeses Reflecteted in the f friends si. Danielel fienberg g you look k atat the rise e of the frfri sitcom, itit happens a as We T The 70s S At A Momenent at which divorce rates in the country were also rising. Walterer cronkite e we seem o be going downhill in lifes most important venture, marriage. Felix do you compare everybody to your exwife . Oscar sure i do, and compared to blanche everybody looks good. Willie aames the odd couple was one of the first shows that began to explore the breakup of the family on television. Vovo can two divorced men share an apartment, without driving each other crazy . Jon cryer the perfect opening to a sitcom was of course the odd couple openining, whwhich told a all the bacacky and set itit all up inin this b beautiful w way. Vo Fefelix Unger R was asked to remove himself from his place of residence. That request came from his wife. Bob lesczak the odd couple was originally a neil simon play o on broadwayay. It then became a movie, and came to television in 1970 thanks to Garry Marshall. Felix x would youou do me a favor . Oscar what . Felix for my birthday, let me clean up in here . Oscar no. Elinor donahue the finickyness of tony y randalls s charact, wawas because e tony randadl was s a little b bit finicky Bob B Lesczak o oscar mamadison, t the total o oppo. The e slob, the e gambler. Felix i in my room m you cacan eat ofoff the floooo. Oscar you can eat off the floor in my room. Here look, theres some crackers over there. Jon cryer the odd couple is so seminal to the sitcom genre, Itit Now Definines a wholole categoryry. Jon n cryer in n the very f t episode ofof two and a a half , i remembmber thinkining. Ae we makining alan a n neat fre . Becacause if thahats whwhat were d doing, then werere just doining odd d couple. Oscar what are you doing . Felix the ashes were getting into the nap of the carpet. Eric mccormick there was this fantastic episode where they go on n password, and the Passwordrd Is birdd. Felix aristophanes. Eric mccormick what . Anand bzzzz, doesnt geget it. The Otother Teteam gets itit. Oscar r no more g greek clue, arisistophanes is ridiculous eric it goes back to them. Ththe Passwordrd Is rididiculous. Ososcar aristophanes. Felix . Ridiculous host you got it Cindy Williams as much as they got on each others nerves, they had e each otothers backcks. Oscar r she looksks like y your ex wife felix she looks like gloria . screams margaret cho as divorce became so commonplace thatat shows thahat diverted from Famamily Life i in the 70s s really refeflected whahas hahappening inin reality i in a. Sheryl lee ralph as a latchkey kikid, i came h home from s school, locked thehe door behihind m, anand then youou could watch an h hour of tv. V. Henrnry winkler r Latchkeyy Kids Desesperately search for something relatable on television. Barbarino o i talked d to my f, i i told them m i dropped d of school, and my father said to my mother, he said see margie, i told you we shouldnt have had him. pamela adlon welcome back kotter. Its in my bones. Itits in my d dna. Ththat slow, s sexy. [snapsps] w Welcome Bacack Lalawrence Hililton Jacobo . Your r dreams werere your tickekets out. Welcomeme back. Welcome back to that same old place that you laughed about. Kotter boy what an honor, in my class, all four marx brothers, wacko, stupo, jerko, and dumbo. Lawrence hiltonjacobs the sweathogs were a collection of guys with a Special Relationship with their teacher. Theyey were brotothers anand friends. S. Babarbarino up your nose with a rubber hose. Lawrence hiltonjacobs barbarino was set up to be, you know, the sex symbol. Pamela adlon vinnie barbarino, damn. Lawrence h hiltonjacocobs wawashington i is the babaskel playayer, cool g guy. Boom boom hi there. Lawrence hiltonjacobs epstein is the tough guy. Epsteiein come onon now, watching a fight i aint in makes me nervous. Lawrence hiltonjacobs horshack is the e nerd. Horshack oooh oooh oohh pamela adlon did you know that Horshack Meansns the cattttle are dyiying . [aninimal noises] [laughghing] Lawrence Hilton jacobs well welcome back, kotter prpremiered, w we were a h h Michael Schneieider and Suddenlyly Abc Attraracted ths Auaudience Thahat had Beeneno Ununderserved D by primetitim. The e kids, the e teens, the young g people. Theres s room for t them, Fr A New Kikind of shshow. Cindy willlliams and d that is t the tale ofof the fonz. Fonz ayyy Marionon Ross itts interestg ababout the woword nostalglg, isnt it . . Because wewe somew cannot l live in thehe presen. Thesese days are e ours happy and free oh happy days these days are ours marion ross when you hear that music then the whole show would flash in your mind. Cindndy williamsms garry mamal was becoming like a legend in hihis own day y because hee had donene the odd c couple. Henry wiwinkler Gararry Marsrshall Alwayays said, you knknow a lot o of people, they do impoportant telelevisi. I do r recess. Jake kasasdan Happypy Days W was built a around the family o originally. Y. Mamarion doesesnt ririchard lookok nice tonigh . Joanie hes got stinky stuff on his hair. Howard is that what that smell is . I thought the milk was sour. Lawrence Hilton Jacobs the fonz was a background character, he was luckcky if he h had two linines per an n e. Ririchie itss probablyly just potsie fuel pump both we can warn. Michael schneider but. Not a lot of people were watching abc. They were a distant third plplace. Jim colucci remember, in the early 70s, abc made a big mistake in not picking up all in the family. Michael schneider but then abc decided to really r reinvent ititself. They brought over Fred Silverman from cbs, anand fred sililverman saia, lets s go after t the young p. Jim mckairnes under frfred silvermrman, itits decideded that Fonzie Neeeeds to be elevated as onone of t the stars. Cindy williaiams well t the f, henry, t took it u up a leve. Fonzi f Fancy Seeining you guys here, hey ho. Henry winkler they were looking for someone tall and tough, and they got short and soft. Henrnry winkler so i changed mymy voice and i changed the tilt of my b body. I just statarted Tatalking Likeke this. Fonz woahah. Henry so i spoke volumes with just the sound. Fonz ayy. You aint nothing but hound dog. Marion marion always called the fonz arthur, because she wanted to treat him with such respect. Marion for good luck, arthur. Fonz hey thanks mrs. C. Marion and she also had a crush on him. I think a little bit, you know laughs fonznz ayy. Marion when the fonz took over, the dynamic changed. Margararet cho Wewe Venture Into Teenage American Graffiti style comemedy. Popotsie lets see it richard it doesnt look like a hickey. Jim mckairnes . That show ends up going from 22nd place to first placece and becomomese number one show in the country. Mitch huhurwitz thered bebe traffic;; People Getetting Homee to watatch happy d days. Mimichael scschneider i it was s a revolution. The Networks Targeting 18 to 49 year olds, not necessarily with family sitcoms, but t with friends s sitcoms. Fonz Laverne Dedefazio and shirirley feeneyey, whoa. Cindy williams Garry Marshall said, weve got this part on happy days. The showow we did Wawas A Doue Date W with fonzieie and rich. Shirley oh hess nice, and a tie e too laverne and a hankie, is that for showing or for blowing . Henry winkler they were incredibly individually funny. Lalaverne is s anybody frfm Upstaiairs Gonna r run down and call me a nasty name . Joel zwick and then garry got the idea to spin them off i into ththeir own seseries. Kim m coles c can we Talkk Lavernrne and shirirley . Pamela a adlon my j jesus Andy Beatleles was laveverne and d s. Cindy willlliams eveveryone identified w with lavernrne ad Shirirley Becaususe We Wewere best frfriends. Salllly strutherers and jujust the opepenings sono, sshlemiel, s schlimazel Hasesenpfeffer I Incorporat Sally Struthers who didnt love that . Weere gonna d do it give us any chance well take it Cindy Williams Laverne And Shirley is about two Working Class Girls who struggle to makeke ends meete. Pamela adlon working at a brewery. Going out at night. Zooey dedeschanel a and you know its s really so o nice o See Two O Women At T The Centnter of a sisitcom. Jim colulucci lavaverne and s y through Ththe Lens Of The 50s were able to say a lot about what women were strivingng to accompmplish in the 70s. Cicindy willlliams womemen were apt to want to go out and workrk and not g get married right afafter high s school. Shirleley well h have fun down in unemployment. Laverne well meet guys shirley unemployed guys. Cindy Williams Shirley is the quintessential girl who wants to get married, havave the Whitie Picketet fence aroround the hoh. Laverne e ok say wewe go to this partyty and you m meet ts wonderful guy you think hes gonna marry you . Shirley Stranger Things have been known to happen. Cindy williams laverne just wanted to have a good time. Shirirley the m mad hatter rd not wear f fishnet stockings. Laverne well thats why he didnt get any action. Henry winkler they were physical comediennes. The e likes of w which hadnt beenen seen sincnce lucy. Henry what they figured out to do with making a bed. Laverne pull harder up. Harder, pull him harder up. Henry its way beyond my pay grade. Laverne oww Cindy Williams Laverne And Shirley was number onene for i dont t know how many seaeasons. Kikim coles it just w went of the Chararts Ridicululous and felt l like itit was for u us. Make our r dreams comome t, for r me and youou. News anchor President Ford today proclaimed february to be National Black history month. Patrick gomez in light of the success of the Friends Sitcoms Lilike happy d days and laverne e and shirleley, abc decided that they wanted to create a story ababout black k teenagers. Lolorraine alili whats happening skewed younger. Here was these kids in watts that were just like going and Hahanging Out T down at ththe , Like Teeeenagers In N the 195. Like thehe white Kidids Goining to thehe malt shopp roger hey dwayne, rerun rerun hey whats happening rog . Ernest lee whats happening opened the entire world to black teenagers, who are best frieien. Roger hey, and bettys folks are out of town so you know its gonna be the party of the year. Margaret cho based around the friendships of rerun and raj. Ernest lee rerun could dance. Ernest lee then you had dwayne with the big fro, hey, hehey, hey dwayayne hey hehey hey,y, whats hahappening . Tracy morgan dee, the sister. Was like my sister. Dee youre alwaways broke a anu cant holdld down a ststeady j. Tracy his mother was like my moms. Shed beatat him mama all of it. T. Roger r but mama a mama i wouldnt say but If I Were You it might give me an idea, dear. Ernest lee the average black family could identify with it. The Otother Univerersal thing about whwhats happepening is f friendship. Kids thrive on n that. Without friendship we have nothing. Ernest l lee the irony of whats happening , when you go to the autograph signing, its a all white. You make t them laugh,h, peope dont cacare about t the colo. Sue e ann what t made you get rid d of that jojoint . Blair watching you last night. From now on. Im going to stick to being high on me. Kim fields so this shirt, i wanted to find a way to pay hohomage to norman lear. Facts of life was part of the norman lear family. Sarah rodman its about four teenage girls trying to fifind their w way with ththe ge of thihis wise oldlder woman. Kim fielelds divorce, v virginity. Natalie s snake and i slept t together. Kim fields class wars on the regular. Jo blair,r, youre not prejududiced, youre just a snob. Blair teach me to be common jo bring me down to your level sarah rodman a show like Facts Of Life is the beginning of the very special episode. Tootie i never r think mymy best frieiend is white. I just know my best friend is natalie. Kim coles when you look at tootie and natalie, youre looooking at frfriendsp and loveve that supepersedes r. Sarah rodman the norman lear shows in the 70s may have been teaching us lessonon, but it wasnt soso overt. Geriri im lookoking for blair warner. Edna garrett you must be her cousin geri. Geri yeah geri jewell the only time i ever saw a child with a disasability on n television as a k kid was on n a teletho. Geri jewewell Normaman Lear Cast me as blairs cousin on Facts Of Life. Gegeri see i had this made, it says i dont have cerebral palsy, im drunk. Geri jewell laughs it was risky. Blair r how was the bus ride . Geri i dont know, i drove. Jo a car . Geri no, a lemon. Geri jewell when Facts Of Life aired, i wawas so used d to kids bubug meme and calliling me names. Thats what was in my head when i saw these kids behind me. And the onone kid, thehere were a about four r of them, are Y You Cousin N Geri Frfrom Facts O Of Life . It wasas a Real Inincredible Feeling G to be likeked by ki. Youou mean youure not gogoing to makake fun of m . Youre n not going to call l me names . . Wow w kim fielelds facts s of life s winnnning a younger demographi. Ethan alalter Eveventually Those Kikids Would G grow up d and whwhat storieses do youou tell thenen . Ethan alter the 1980s were a radical transformation, how do you live up to the ideals that you set for yourself when you were younger when dealing with the realities of having to Raraise Childrdren and pay a mortrtgage s Sometimeses You want toto ge Evererybody Knowows your nam ted dadanson i dodont know ii can n tell you why cheers was s so popularar in the 80s but i i do know ththat, the song w was brilliaiant. Youou want to g go where everybybody knows your n name ethan a as taxi wasas coming to the e end of Its S Run Glen A and Les Chaharles anand james buburrows, Wewere Trying G To Think O Oft Their Nextxt Project W would. Warren littlefield we werere a despeperate netwowo. I ththought my f future at nc was s on the linine and it was a remarkably simple pitch. We want our characacters toto come intoto a bar, Share Ththeir lilife storieses. Cliff f me . I likike the chchallenges. Dogsgs, vicious s kids, those hardrdtofind m mail boxes. Norm yoyou Think Accountiting is boriring, eh . I missss one digitit and a Whe Compmpany goes i in the toili. Warrenen littlefieield in y r onone, cheers was Ththe Lowet Rated Showow in primetime on any network. Cliff whahat a pathetetic disp, iim ashamed d god made m me. Carla i i dont thihink gods doing g a whole lot Ofof Braggingg about itit either. Littlefieleld we. Loved it. Wewe believed, weeve just gt to h hang in witith this. Judd apapatow someoeone sai, lets not Canancel Cheersrs not t many peoplple are wawatching it, but lelets keep i it on foror a while. Sam i ive never r met Anan Intelligegent woman ththay id wanant to date. Diane e on behalflf of the intelligenent women araround the e world, mayay i justst say. Phphew. Ethan alalter crcritics werere watching, and theyey really liked whwhat they sasaw, it really y took Peoplple Tht First Yearar to find t the shw and once they latched onto it. Auaudiences jujust loved the audidience so mumuch. Ted d danson a a family of a bunch h of loveablble losers who are e trying too find theheir way. Lisa kudrorow and thehe thins they thihink theyre masaskin, theyeyre not dodoing a a great job b at it. So its s funny. Ted dansonon sam, thehe exref pitctcher, reforormed alcohoh. Who o took his p pitching coc, nickck colasantoto, ststarted thisis bar. His s regulars, george wendt, norm. Whwho laughs s you know,w, s ststupid for m me to try t to de thesese iconic c characters st eveveryone knonows better r th. Janene leeves the relationship between Sam And Diane was magical. Diane e sam, i amam sorry y i was latete. Is therere anything g i can dodo to make i it up to yoy . Sam yeaeah, yeah. But, y you wouldnnt. Emily vandnderwerff a and thet introducuced a storyrytelling t. The wiwill they, wont ththey . Diane e you disgugust me. I hate youou. Sasam are youou as Tuturned On Asas i am . Diane e more Emily Vavanderwerff f cheers was exexplicitly s saying these two o people arere going toto Sleep Togogether and itits going to be a a disaster. Sasam aw iveve never bebeen better r in my lifef. Cocoach youvve been Boooog Wiwith Two Hanands ever since diane Wawalked Ouout on you. Kekelsey grammmmar the cacl cameme, this i is top secrcr. Dianees going toto break k up with sasam and you mimight be her boyfririend. Frasasier im d dr. Frasisr crane,e, im sorryry i startled. Kelsey g grammar an overeduducated, highly emomotional, dreamer. And i i thought, i i can plplay this guguy. Frasier n not herere diane. Teted danson Shelley Momod Onon after thehe fifth seaean anand in camee kirstitie alley. She was lilike this Biker Chchick from h hell. Kelseyey grammar she just blew thehe roof off f of it. Rebecca a noooooo ted d danson inin came wowoody harrelelson. Wowoody you get behind d a bar r and right away strangerers are your best t friends. Cedricic cheers w was really thatat place w where you f fi, where e you acactually belelong. This is yoyour secocondary famimily. Ted danson we lost nick colasanto, the e coach, Aftfter The Ththird year. We didnt realize how sick nick was, and He Statarted Writiting alls lines s Down Whererever he cou. Ted d danson wewe Saw One Of Ththem after h he passed a ay the line w was its as if hes still l with us nonow. [l[laughs] [sighshs] and we usesed to totouch that. Evevery night t when wedd perform, wed comeme down Anand Touch Ththat and give it a a little patat. Norm well, im off. Teted danson the last episode. Sam im the luckiest Son Of A Bitch on earth. Ted danson i just remember thinking, i got to be part of that history of comedy. I i am the Lucuckiest Soson of a bititch. Trulu. Sosophia Oldeder Gentlemen Seeks S lady of refinement. I like moonlit nights, romantic italian dinners, and waking up in the morning. Michael schneider i in the e mid to latate 80s ththe demograpaphics changeged. A a lot of it t had to do o wie Baby Boomemers as theyey got ol. Jim colucci because tvs always seeking a younger demographic. Youve got an area that is rife with story possibilities that no one else is bothering to explore. Tony Thomas Brandon tartikoff and Warren Littlefield wanted to do a show about older women, living together. Wawarren littltlefield anand i, i thinink susan n harris is se greatetest comedy y writer, perhaps s of all time. I worshipeped the innonovatie ququality of s soap. I pitched her the idea, and her question was,. Nenetworks jusust Want Shows Abouout young pepeople, you u know, are e you going to put this on thehe air . Zozooey deschahanel Thank Youou For Beingng A Fri Traveleled Down Thehe Roadad and back k again. Y your heart t is true youre a pal and a confidant jaleel white as a kid, thats right. Me sitting there on a Saturday Night with my parerents Watchihing Goldlden Girls Mitch Hurwitz this is a timeless foursome. Sophia is the matriarch. Dorothy ma, whats t the matter . R . Sophia everyone is fine, no one died, the home burnt down. Jaleel man, estelle getty. She just would call Rue Mcclananahan A Slulut in so many greatat ways. Blblanche ivve just disiscod a great t new way to meet more men. Sophia more men . Youre gonna need a turnstile in your bedroom. Jane leeves gosh, the true heart of that show was dorothy, the bebea arthur characteter. Doroththy honey b beware of anyone w who says no calories, absolutely no charge, and lets just lie down on the bed and watch television. Mitch hurwitz and then, of course, roses character is the clolown. Rose i i mean i was the onone who thought up big squeaky toys for cows. Mitch hurwitz The Golden Girls talklked about e edgy st. It was in my first script, roses husband died while having sex with her. Rose alalthough i d did thinkt was strange e when he ststartd yelling rose, im going, im going. Mitch hurwitz thats an edgy joke. Warren littlefield and young adult audienceces wewent crazy f for it. Jijim colucci i viewers, d apapparentlyly network c cens, would allolow older wowomen o say thingsgs that Otheher Characacters couldldnt get away witith. Announcer r completee this f famous saying. Better late than blanche . Blanche pregnant jim colucci one of the biggest laughs the show ever got. The girls are going on a cruise. They realize that they should pick up some condoms. They are being very coy. Rose enema bag . Dorothy to the right . Rose dentugrip . Dorothy condoms rose condoms, condoms, condoms littlefield the laughs were massive, because e it was sucuch normbbreaking bebehaviour. Jijim colucci i Streamingng Od Up A Whohole new avenue to find continued viewership with people who were not even necessarily alive when the show ended in 1992. This show was built to last. Doroththy how abobout some whipped cream . Blanche i think we still have a can. Ill get it, its in my bedroom dorothy never mind blanche. George hw bush we live in a peaceful, prosperous time, but we can make it better. Jennifer keishen armstrong leading up to the 80s, there had been a number of shows about people hanging g out withth each other. Seseinfeld reaeally bubusts this w wide open. Itss hard to b believe at t , but no o one forced d them to hang outut with eachch other r all of thehe time. Elainene you knowow what y your problem is . . Yoyour standarards are e too high. Jerry i w went ouout with you elelaine thatats because my s standards a are too low. Papatrick gomemez whats s so e about t the seinfefeld episoe tthe pitch, is that w e see Ththe Origin S story of A Sitctcom Playedd Out On T the show. Jerry so o youre sayaying i go into nbc and tell themm i have thihis idea Foror A Showow about notothing. George we go into o nbc. Jerrrry since w when arare you a wrwriter . Gegeorge whatat writer, were Tatalking Abouout a sitc Wawarren Littltlefield jejey had an obsbservationalal humo. Jerry d do you knowow what thihis is all a about, do you knonow why wewere here . . To be ouout. This i is out. Jajason alexanander A Gentlemaman Named Ririck Ludwn at nbcbc who was i in chargege of latennight. Jennififer keishenen armstron He Approroaches Jerrrry seinfe rick soso, if you h had an ia for a tv show for yourself, wewed just lolove to t talk about t it. Warrenen littlefieield jerry said, larry david and i, were e just goingng to write about lilike, our frfriends. Russssell whatt kind of f stories . George oh no, no storieses. Russelell no storories . Wewell, why amam i watchining . George because its on n tv russell not yet. Warren littlefield it was completely nontraditional, we decided to make a a pilot. Jerry y the Seconond Button Literalllly makes Oror Brbreaks the s shirt, lookk at it,t, its too o high Wawarren Littltlefield Andn The Resesearch Came E In wea. Jejennifer keieishen armststr bubut, rick ludwin really believed i in it. Jasoson alexandeder he saidid, i could gigive you thehe mony from thehe budget anand you cocould do, i i dont knowo, four e episodes more of f seinfeld. [cheheering] ththe Biggest T Change Wass Elainene was addeded to the sh. Elelaine get out Warrenen Littlefieield Anand You Knowow what . That feelsls like we have somomething. Jerrrry so whatat do you think of our new time slot, 9 oclock on thursday, 8 central . George name Me One Famous nbc show that aired in that timeslot. Jerry cheers Jason Alexander its a dangerous slot because theyrre handing g you the biggest t audience t there i. If Thahat Audiencece starts watchingng you and goes, i hate thihis and theyey go awaway, yourere dead. George my motheher caughtht me. Jerry y caught you . Cacaught you d doing what . . Geororge you know. Jejennifer keieishen armststr the episisode that i is super impoportant in t the Trajectctf Seinfeld i is The Conontest geororge i am n never dodoing that again. Jason alexexander It T Was Predicateded on a Realal Contt Ththat larry david hahad been parart of. Jane leeeeves seeing who could gogo the longest wiwithout masturbatiting. Jerry butut are you s still mamaster of your domomain . Gegeorge i amam king ofof the countnty. Jajason but what also should be nototed, elaiaine is in the contntest. Elainene john f f kennededy jrs herere jajason and t that, i thihinks a Bold S Statementnt at that t. George hang on ma, hang o on. Jane leeveves jerry w was datiting marla, the virgin. Marla a lets go in t the bedroomom. Jerry r really . Jason n alexander r that was an epipisode that t doubled is audidience while it was aiairg Bebecause Peopople were clcley getting onon the phonene and go, turnrn over the e channel fof. You u got to seeee what t theyre doioing. And thatats where i i think the Ultimamate Successss Of Thehe Show was born. Jejerry its s over . george youre out . Jerry oh my god, the queen is dead. Jajason in ththe 90s, thte worlrld is literally changing Ovovernight Anand here are these e four Peoplele Grounded D in theieir adolescecence jerry y you mean, shrinknkage. Georgege yes kramerer youre a a rabid d antidentitite Lisasa Kudrow t theyre not trying to be g good people. Jason a and Everybobody Recognd Someme part of T Themselvess In Thehem and wentnt, i ththink i loveve these guyuy georgege george is getting upspset Johnhn Lithgow seinfeld, that was a game e changer. Yeyev no soupup for you Ericic Mccormickck seininfeld just. T. Had a t. Helen n you were e making ot during s schindlers list . T . Jasoson alexandeder the last three e lines of the showw are e the first t Three Lines Of T the pilot. Jerry t the Secondd Buttonon is the kekey button. It l literally m makes oror breaks ththe shirt. Jajason alexanander A Guyus Shirirt Button i is not thee way yoyou would lalaunch a a successfulul series. Its surure as hell l not the y to e end a succecessful serir. Unlessss its seininfeld. Sisinclaire b but did youou r stop to think what the world would be like without men . Khadijah a bunch of fat happy women and no crime. Kim coles in the 90s it was celebrated that you wanteded to buildd your c career firsrst. Living single kim coles singing in a 90s kind of world im glad i got my girls k keep your h head up, whwh Yvette Lee Bowser but we didnt have any young Black Women Whwho Were Reaeally Being G Fed On Televevision at t that tim. Regine why does this keep happening to me . Maxine cause you keep looking for someone to carry you. Regine whats wrong with that . Khadijah they keep dropping your ass. Yvette lee bowser so the characters in the show were based onon me and mymy closeeknit group of friendn. Khadij check it out people. Kim coles khadijah is living in brooklyn, Realally Wantingng to Rereally Startrt her magazazi. Khadijijah the nenext issue f flavour will contain a free scratch and sniff poster of Lawrence Fishburne as othello. Kim coles her best friend, maxine shaw, attorney at law. Maxine i left thahat man n with nothihing but a lint ball and half a tic tac. Kim coles i played sinclair james, a lovable, fun, super naive girl. Synclaire i havent been this nervous since i lost my tube top in the deep end of Randy Johnsons pool. Regine well, im sure no one noticed. Kim fields regine was very in touch with herself. And d her feminininity. Regine Ifif You Go Afafter a n too agaggressively youre only going to scare him off. Syclaire what are you making . Regine a mantrap. Soraya mcdonald the importance of having a Black Wowoman who isis the shshowrunner. Meanans the liviving single e is sort of f behind Thehe Scenes K Of What black women are like whehen theyree not t around white peopople. Maxixine i donnt know, The Club S Scene is tired. Theres nothing but a bunch of brothers there with beepers and gold teeth talking about baby i like to put you on a plate and chop you up like a biscuit kim fields and so kudos to Yvette Lee Bowser to create something g so amazingng and soso real. Kim coles s a year lalater, frieiends was onon the air. Yes we werere, for all intents and purposes the model, the template. It was really difficult to watch because we were gegetting leless publicicity. Kikim fields we were on fox, they were on nbc. Would the narrative and the conversations about our success oror the degreree of our successss be different if we werere on, lelets say nbnbc . Of coursrse. Shsheryl lee r ralph i nener Wawatched Frieiends Becaususey could Nonot Possiblyly find a way to a add anybody o of col. Marta a kauffman it was toa Cecertain Extetent a product f the time p period, andnd of mymy own ignororance. You knowow, There Wewere Black S Anand there were white shows. There werent a lot of shows that were interracial. I guess at the time, i was thinking, this is whwhat i know. W. This is what i know. Monica okokay. Ross i hehear ya. Chandldler We Canan Talk Abobout that. Warren l littlefieldld friens is notot based on n living sin. Frieiends is basased on Marta Kaufuffman and david cranees lifefe experiencnces. David d crane mararta and i spent our, our 20s living in new york. Marta kakauffman wewe were part of a a group of s six and we Allll Glommed on to eaeach other. Lisa k kudrow ivve spent a ton of t time analyzing,g, you knknow, friendnds and d what its s about. Its t that time i in your lilife where y your friends arare yourur family. Chandler im Veryry Thankfkful that alall of your thanksgivivings suckeded. Lisa kudrow the biggest susurprise to o me, was mamatthew perrrry. Eric mccccormick hehe put Accents Onon Certain Syllabables that you go, thats. I would nenever have read that t joke that t way. Chandler coululd we bebe more whitite trash . Jesse tytyler fergususon whwhen i watchch friends, i dididnt want t monica too not be a a control f freak. Moninica You Wawanna Push te caps u until you h hear them c David Cranane matt made joey y funny. Joey look a at me im m chandler, could i be wearining any morere clothes jason n alexander r they wee all rorooting for r eachothe. Phoebebe now we n need the Semen Ofof A Righteous M man. Lisasa kudrow i i think phohe Isis Appealingng because shes s different t and so it gives s people perermission. Yeyeah, you dodont haveve to fit in. You u can still l like Yoyourself Andnd its ok. Phoebe smelly catat, smely cat whwhat are thehey feeding . Lisa k kudrow i d dont know why peopople love smsmelly ca, but to me,e, There Werere Othr Songs Ththat were alalso ver, very f funny. The e cow in thehe meadow goes moo, Thenen The Farmemer knocks him onon his headd and chops s him up andnd thas how we g get hamburgrger. Ththats funny rachel wewell maybe i i dont t need your r money, wait waiait i sasaid maybe dan levyvy Rachel G Green Beg sort of f a spoiled d charactetf the Totop Of The S Show and Abt Humbmbling that T Character And D making herer indepependent. David cranane Like Sasam And D diane on c cheers. Marta kauffman we knew that ross and rachel from the pilot, werere going too be a t thing. Rossss i just w want toto be married again. Zooeoey deschanenel the Rososd Rachel Relelationship p made t like, ohoh, i have t to tune ins Weweek Becausese i want toto , arare they getting totogether . Rachchel i cannt believe e it get to g go to my own promom this is soso harsh. Davivid crane t The One Witite Prprom video where Racachel Realizeses that ross h has alwaways loved h her. Gigirls bye rarachel jim m mrs gegellar oh d dear. Moninica i cannt bebelieve you u did that. Roross yeah, well. Dan lelevy All Ththe Most Memee moments in the sitcoms a are te ones wherere they toucuched n something beyond the comedy. Zooey descschanel Andnd It Me For Reallyly Great Tetelevision T that a lot tf peoplele wanted toto watch. Literarally everyoyone in a america. Ross i ross. Minister take thee e emily. Ross tatake thee rarachel. David crcrane weveve really n on a a ride withth ross and d r. Our goal i in writing g the fifinale was t to make you bebelieve thatat they mimight not geget togethere. Rachel i have t to get onon the planene ross no you u dont rachelel yes s i do. Ross no you donnt. Rarachel i dodo, theyree waitining for me r ross lilisa kudrow w ive watctcd ththe final episodode and am cryining as an audience m member. Vavalerie bertrtinelli i i s ththere, in Ththe Audiencee and you could feel the energy. Martrta kauffman i Reremembr Itit being very secretive. We had a big flat across part of the stage so that people couldnt seeee. Rachchel oh come on, miss isnt there any way you can let me off ross no nono oh my gogod, did Shehe Get Ofoff the planane, did d she get off the e plane . Rarachel i gogot off f the plane. E. Lilisa kudrow w look i alao wondnder why this Shshow Endureres the way it doeoes. I do feeeel like it t is the marriage b between the Writing Anand The Chemistry Y of the casast. We genenuinely lovoved and d love each h other. Eveveryone jusust did a really g good job. Ththats not a a good way y td it, but i meanan, i think. K. [laughghs] yeyeah. Getting sick and tired of cold and flu products that dont work . Biovanta is the only number one physicianrecommended product chosen over all others, including tylenol, mucinex, zicam, and nyquil dayquil. The Combat Symptoms and boosts immunity. Biovanta really works. Getting sick and tired of cold and flu products that dont work . Biovanta is the only number one physicianrecommended product chosen over all others, including tylenol, mucinex, zicam, and nyquil dayquil. The Combat Symptoms and boosts immunity. Biovanta really works. Mimichael schnhneider youu had inin the late e 90s a series of antiheroes. Starting with roseanne; she was still tame compared to al bundy. Ted danson and now. I think itsa larry david. Larry hates me. I dodont reallyly care f for him eitither. Lalarry take e this [beepep] pf pie e and get itit out of mymy. Ted putut the [beeeep] pie dowown. Larrrry dont p put thatat pie down. N. Daniel fieienberg a l lot of o our friend d groups, theyeyre borderline t toxic. Jim colucccci because George Costanza was based on larry david. Curb your enthusiasm is actually a continuation of seinfnfeld in spipirit. Larry y your lastst name i is black . Family yes. Larry thats like if my last name was jew, like larry jew. Jeff garlin larry david the character, hes one o of my bebest Friendsds Larrrry You Hadad Sex Withh a Mental Patieient . jeff shees not a Memental Pat Larrrry shes a a mental papa Eric Mccorormack i loloved hw much of f an a hole he e i. Rosie e what cann i tellll you larryry, sometimemes youure an a hohole. Larry w well a holeses dono out t with the d disabled, o . Yeah. Chececk that outut. Constance e wu i thinink i le the a holes, youou know . The jerks. Larry could you just move your legs . Women what are you doing . Are you looking at my breasts . Jason alexander he will articulate the things that peoplele might thihink but their internal editor goes, dodont say ththat. Larry youou wear thatat dress s because e you want people to look at your shoes right . Jeff garlin there was no thought, whwhat will Pepeople Thinkn . Funkhoususer if youou werent t my best friend, id take my bare heads and pop your head off your neck. Larry hes not my best friend. Jim colucci curb your enthusiasm came about at a time when sitcocoms of the e 90s d somewhat w worn out Ththeir Wewelcome Becacause Theree had beenen a glut ofof them. Latoya ferguson in the wake of friends ending. This juggernaut for nbc, the networks, obviously, have to find someme way to mamake it new. Ted k kids, im g going tell you an I Incredible E Story Alyson H Hannigan T The Preme Of Howow i met youour mother is a grorown man Telelling Hihis Childrenen the Storyryf Hohow he met their momother. Ted It Wawas Way Backck in 200005, i was 2 27, Just Startrting toto make it. Alysyson hannigagan the shohowt sort of yoyour tradititional si. It h had to do w with the flash baback elementnt. Penny i is this goioing to takake a while . E . Ted d yes. 25 y years ago before i was a dad, i had thisis whole e other lifefe. Ted s so, you guyuys absoluty dodont think k i should c cal. Everyoyone ted nono no ted okakay okay f fine. I i wont Inteteresting Pipiece of trivia. I i called her. Everyonene oh. Alyson hanannigan itt was ththis ideal w world, where yoyouve got y your rereally good d buddies, thatat Will Alwaways Absosolutely Havave your bac. Robin n yes, kidsds are not y favoririte thing i in the wor, but t i like thehem. Ted d well, youou dont want to o have them. M. Robin i i like spororts cars,t it doesnt mean i i want to p push a ferrrrari ththrough my v vagina. Latoyaya ferguson but how i met yoyour mother r kind of fell into the trap that friends did. Its just like, were affable white People Living in new york. Gerrad halall but as s we ended d the 21st c century, its r really impoportant to take note that these friend sitcomoms started d to reflet more cululturaldiveversity. Abed Whwhen You Guyuys First came i in we were as wholesome and healthy as the familily in t the brady bunch, now wewere as dysfunctionall and inincestuous as the cast of the brady bunch. Danny pudidi communitity is ts Grououp Of Peoplple who come from C Completelyy differenent perspectctives. Their stududy room iss like thehe bar in chcheers. Jeff hey y everyone hey danny pudidi jeff wininger, plplayed by jojoel mchale. His s character r is sortrt of our leleader. Hes this s disgraced d lawyero comes baback to commmmunity col. Jeff im m a student t Professosor Duncan well that cannnnot be an inspspiring journey. Anita sasarkeesian He Creas The Ststudy Group P because he wanants to get t in the pants of b britta. Brittata jeff andnd i do nonot have s sexual tension; we just argue all the time. 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Jess thats whyhy i need a newew apartment. Im sorrrry, What Wawas The E Question a again . Ninick do you have any pets . Zooey deschanel and the only place she can find is an Apapartment Wiwith three g g, anand theyre e kind of likeke her polarar opposisites. Jess hey guys i i brouought. Whahatcha doin . Winstoton oh you u know, wee justst chillin. . Just chilil. Zooey dedeschanel that discocomfort. The gigirls and ththe guys beien the same s space and t theyret togetherer like partrtners, theyre totogether likike frie. That felt unusual and fresh jejess i accicidently saw nickcks peepee. E. Schmidt t what . Bishopop What Didid She Say jess i acaccidentallyly saw nicks peepee and d his bubble. Elelizabeth memeriwether t was Rereally Imporortant to me that alall the chararactes Inin New Girl L were racicially divererse men,n, women. Zooey deschanel you know, not just like a cast of white people, which is like not thatat interestiting. Winston bibishop factct of te matter i is. I liveve in a Lt With T Three Peoplple who happen to o be white. Bubut believeeyoume, there isis so much m more that i finind annonoying aboutut you. That i i havent even gototten to racace. Zooey descschanel andnd i thk thatss why i do o feel like w girl was the sitcom for the e millennialal generatio. Molly y most of t these dudese not t looking fofor a relatitio. Issa yeah, thisis is. A lot. Molly youou gotta [bebeep] a t of frorogs to get t a good f. Rae thatts not thee sayingng. Or a any saying. Danny pupudi the nenext ste, is showiwing these aututhentc portrayalsls, layeyered portrarayals. Aramamide tinububu because E Ye Gravitate e towards Pepeople Whe Lilike us, butut they donnt ho be exactly like e us in ordedeo create these really y profound friendships and cocommunities. [mususic] [c[christmas m music]