listen to it. oh, they know when it hits the bottom, it will be 1990, good-bye to the 80s. ten, nine, eight eight, eight, eight! oh, will this horrible year never end? when the 90s began, we started to see a lot of experimentation. and the simpsons i think in some senses was inspired by not necessarily hatred of television, but a distrust of a lot of the ways in which television was talking to us. tv respects me. it laughs with me. not at me. you re stupid. doh! i think the sitcoms of the 80s were such a warm, safe, humor. i love you guys. the kids, they listen to the rap music, which gives them the brain damage. and i think there was a real yearning for another type of humor. we were able to spoof fatherhood what a bad father. which at the time, and i stress at the time, was bill cosby as the shining example. did you ever know that you re my hero the stuff they got away with because it s a cartoon. the father strangling the chi
there s no longer this theory of what popular entertainment must be. incoming! who are the heroes? the people who watch this show. this is the week when the major broadcast networks unveil their fall lineup of shows. and every executive in hollywood knows how well the sopranos is doing on cable, which is a network problem. i think hbo altered everything for this reason alone, is there were no commercials. we are dependent on sponsors. there s so much we can do in terms of language, in terms of violence, in terms of sex. to a large degree, a lot of executives were just sanding off the edges of what was interesting. i think hbo is looking at the world and going, okay, how can we matter? for quite a long time, movies and boxing were the bread and butter of hbo. people watch a show because you re partly a [ bleep ]. i think what we learned through shows like the larry sanders show or oz is that we could do serious television. there s somethin
listen to it. oh, they know when it hits the bottom, it will be 1990, good-bye to the 80s. ten, nine, eight eight, eight, eight! oh, will this horrible year never end? when the 90s began, we are starting to see a lot of experimentation. and the simpsons i think in some senses was inspired by not necessarily hatred of television, but a distrust of a lot of the ways in which television was talking to us. tv respects me. it laughs with me. not at me. you re stupid. doh! i think the sitcoms of the 80s were such a sort of warm, safe humor. i love you guys. the kids, they listen to the rap music, which gives them the brain damage. and i think there was a real yearning for another type of humor. we were able to spoof fatherhood what a bad father. which at the time, and i stress at the time, was bill cosby as the shining example. did you ever know that you re my hero the stuff they got away with because it s a cartoon. the father stran
Introducing our Commencement Speaker. We are honored to welcome the 46th president of the United States, the honorable, joseph r. Biden junior as our Commencement Speaker this morning. [applause] they say when you find a job that you love, it is not work at all. That can be said for joseph biden junior, who has spent his entire life in public service. His career began in 1970 in his hometown of delaware. When he was elected to the New Castle County council, a post he sought after graduating from syracuse law school. Two years later, at 29, biden was one of the youngest people ever elected to the u. S. Senate. Where he remained for 36 years. During that time, he served 16 years as chairman, a Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary committee, and while there, is much debate in the news about u. S. Foreign relations. President biden served as chairman or Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee for 12 years, where he was at the forefront of the fight against terrorism and
States, the honorable, joseph r. Biden junior as our Commencement Speaker this morning. [applause] they say when you find a job that you love, it is not work at all. That can be said for joseph biden junior, who has spent his entire life in public service. His career began in 1970 in his hometown of delaware. When he was elected to the New Castle County council, a post he sought after graduating from syracuse law school. Two years later, at 29, biden was one of the youngest people ever elected to the u. S. Senate. Where he remained for 36 years. During that time, he served 16 years as chairman, a Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary committee, and while there, is much debate in the news about u. S. Foreign relations. President biden served as chairman or Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee for 12 years, where he was at the forefront of the fight against terrorism and weapons of mass distraction. Destruction. In his speech a few years ago, President Biden reminded