you guys are working hard for once. the american workplace is our home in many ways. where s my sandwich? we all need a reason to get up in the morning. lutz made us do it! no, it was frank! the american office is iconic. how many people can i fire? uh, none you re picking a healthcare plan. okay, we ll table that for the time being. terrible bosses. you ve got spunk. well, yes. i hate spunk! and terrible work mates. are you kidding? do these not bend the [bleep] back? no. everybody trying to get along. one problem with hiring women is that they re frail and breakable. is it possible you re thinking about lightbulbs or your hip? hilarious. what do you say to that? whoa! ow! what s so tough about earning a living? yeah. have you ever done it? no, but i could. ha! lucille ball with the chocolates. always funny. if one piece of candy gets past you and into the packing room unwrapped, you re fired! all the writers needed to
where s my sandwich! we all need a reason to get up in the morning. he made us do it! it was frank! the american office is iconic. how many people can i fire? none. you re picking a health care plan. okay. we ll table that for the time being. terrible bosses. you ve got spunk. well i hate spunk. terrible workmates. are you kidding? do these not bend the [ bleep ] back? no. everybody trying to get along. one problem with hiring women is that they re frail and breakable. is it possible you re thinking about light bulbs or your hip? hilarious. what do you say to that? whoa. ow! let s talk about earning a living. yeah. have you ever done it? no, but i could. ha! lucille ball with the chocolates, always funny. if one piece of candy gets past you and into the packing room unwrapped, you re fired. all the writers needed to say was lucy and a conveyor belt, you re good. some of the most memorable episodes of i love lucy
i want to correct something right now, i don t hate spunk. i love spunk. it was a total shift in gender roles. she s a single working woman, you know, living in a building with other single women. how would you both like to help abolish capital punishment? uh, phyllis, there s no capital punishment in this state. well, that was easy. and you have this kind of shift in the workplace. there s more men and women working together. it s creating this uncomfortable dynamic. i was right, huh? yes, ted, you were right. you were wrong. yes, ted, i was wrong. ted baxter, the egotistical tv anchorman. you were wrong, and i was right. yes, ted, i was wrong. alright, alright, mary, let s not dwell on it. and the extraordinary betty white. who played sue-ann nivens, who was voracious and man-hungry and had a mirrored ceiling over her bed. i think television needs bright young women.
politics appear on broadcast television in a workplace comedy like the mary tyler moore show. you might just make it after all mary richards moves to minnesota to start work at wjm-tv. what religion are you? mr. grant, i don t quite know how to say this, but you re not allowed to ask that when someone s applying for a job. want to call a cop? it did represent what women were going through in the 70s. they were standing up and saying, i must be heard. sitcoms used to be about the wife was at home doing the dishes, and then this woman sprang onto our screens who had a job, and often the smartest person there. and it was sort of liberating. you ve got spunk. and i wait a dutiful moment and i say i hate spunk! and i want to correct something right now. i don t hate spunk. i love spunk.
where s my sandwich! we all need a reason to get up in the morning. he made us do it! it was frank! the american office is iconic. how many people can i fire? none. you re picking a health care plan. okay. we ll table that for the time being. terrible bosses. you ve got spunk. well i hate spunk. terrible workmates. are you kidding? do these not bend the [ bleep ] back? no. everybody trying to get along. one problem with hiring women is that they re frail and breakable. is it possible you re thinking about light bulbs or your hip? hilarious. what do you say to that? whoa. ow!