free text l0 to three-to-one, three-to-one today, i hanako montgomery in tokyo and this jensen: it s a time of enormous turmoil. shut up in here. the 60s are over dad. durham: here s michael at the foul line, a shot on ehlo. -good! -yeah! ha-ha! turner: we intend to cover all the news all the time. we won t be signing off until the world ends. isn t that special? any tool for human expression will bring out the best and the worst in us, and television has been that. they don t pay me enough to deal with animals like this. people are no longer embarrassed to admit they watch television. we have seen the news and it is us. clark: slowly but surely, the 1970s are disappearing. the 1980s will be upon us. what a decade it is coming up. happy new year! [ cheers and applause ] auletta: as you begin the 80s in the television world, the landscape was, on any given evening, 9 out of 10 people were watching only one of three networks. more than 30 million people are addicted to it.
run, yasmine! run like the wind! ental music) - do you feel that there is not enough representation? because after the last incident, i had children bussed in. - when i think about the history of black television, i think about when black folks watch, we watch to zero in on us. - instead of making us celebrate your holidays, why don t you celebrate some of ours? what about tupac s birthday? - and when you have so little, it means everything. all of those shows, they all matter so much. - it feels like there s been more of an ebb and flow and an evolution. - it is so important for us to have true authenticity. - why we always the only black people here? - that s why representation matters, black stories told by black people. - i m trying to tell you something. - [man] we set the pace for sit comedy. - you hear that, elizabeth? i m coming to join ya, honey? - from sanford and son to the other black shows. - what is this? - loved the jeffersons. - monogrammed shirt, brand new
jerry: where d you get those? kramer: the machine. you want one? jerry: no. henry winkler: you come home, turn on that television. kramer: take one. jerry: i don t want one! kramer: no there good. jerry: i don t want it. henry winkler: what do you want? you want comedy. kramer: take one! jerry: no! kramer stop it! jason alexander: and boom, there you go, a situation comedy. sheldon: bazinga! tim allen: this twenty -three minutes of magic. lucy: it s so tasty, too! tracy morgan: you fell in love with these characters. arnold: what chu talkin about willis? geri jewell: we need to laugh at ourselves. joey: you hide my clothes, i m wearing everything you own. constance wu: laughter opens you up. haley: okay ready? surprise! [screaming and chaos] mara brock akil: the things that we might be afraid to talk about. bow: some people that were supposed to protect us didn t do the right thing. tim reid: like racism. son: so the cops are the bad guys? dre: yes. bow: no. kim fields: cla
You could find things to relate to in both. Howdy, neighbor yeah, yeah, yeah. Why dont we sit down. It was a lot of fun to be had and al and peg bundy. After fox introduces married with children, it does very well, then back on abc, they came up with another major hit roseanne. You think this is a Magic Kingdom where you sit up here on your throne. Oh, yeah . Yeah. And you think everything gets done by a wonderful wizard. Poof, the laundrys folded. Poof, the dinner is on the table. You want me to fix dinner . You just fixed dinner three years ago. Typical American Families Werent On Television for the longest time. The donna reed days, father knows best, hardly anyone lives like that. Thats the way advertisers want you to live. I know what will make you feel better. I do, too. The ideal situation is if you can subvert whatever is said about families and parentliing. Whats in this, lead . I got you leg irons. Her loudness and unfilteredness was key to why we liked her. She was staying s
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