mork: we abolished emotions on ork a billion bleams ago. they took a vote, and everyone said all in favour? [noise] john lithgow: we have a great love for these alien characters who were struggling with the same human dilemma that we all struggle with. how do we behave like good human beings? alf: yo kay, where do you keep your casserole dishes? kate: why? alf: the cat won t fit in the toaster. jim colucci: aliens make for great comedy, because you get the ultimate outsider who can make fun of us, but you also can do anything with them. jim colluci: and in the 60s with the space race. u.s. versus russia, it was just such a natural fit, i think, to satirize. laura morowitz: you still have the suburbs, but now they re being invaded by martians. tim: well, you re the martian, you re supposed to be smarter than i am.
mork: we abolished emotions on ork a billion bleams ago. they took a vote, and everyone said all in favour? [noise] john lithgow: we have a great love for these alien characters who were struggling with the same human dilemma that we all struggle with. how do we behave like good human beings? alf: yo kay, where do you keep your casserole dishes? kate: why? alf: the cat won t fit in the toaster. jim colucci: aliens make for great comedy, because you get the ultimate outsider who can make fun of us, but you also can do anything with them. jim colluci: and in the 60s with the space race. u.s. versus russia, it was just such a natural fit, i think, to satirize. laura morowitz: you still have the suburbs, but now they re being invaded by martians. tim: well, you re the martian, you re supposed to be smarter than i am. martian: i know. it s just living here on earth
the absolute essence of a successful sitcom is one word, and that is emotion. we abolished emotions on ork a billion bleams ago. they took a vote, and everyone said all in favor? eh. we have a great love for these alien characters who were struggling with the same human dilemma that we all struggle with. how do we behave like good human beings? yo, kate, where do you keep your casserole dishes? why? the cat won t fit in the toaster. aliens make for great comedy, because you get the ultimate outsider who can make fun of us, but you also can do anything with them. and in the 60s with the space race u.s. versus russia it was just such a natural fit, i think, to satirize.
institutions that go toward the rule of law in our society. so while i m hesitant, reticent to call them heroes, because they did their job under pressure, they also served as role models moving forward. but i also want to hear more about why they felt it wasn t right to come out in the moment and say this is wrong, i want the public to know what s happening. it s likely we would hear if they did that in the moment in realtime, that all of these bad things that would cause them to resign would happen. these people would replace them and even worse things would happen. so you can see this agonizing, the moral human dilemma going on. it s going to play out today and i think it s going to be very compelling. there s also renewed attention on alabama congressman mo brooks, who is resubpoenaed by the january 6th committee after his unsuccessful senate bid. he told cnn yesterday he s willing to testify, but only if
unvaccinated, who don t believe in the credibility of the vaccine, who refuse to wear a mask because it has become so politicized, how do you deal with the human dilemma? that s a really good question. it has been one of the challenges in this pandemic. one of the things that caught a lot of us in public health off guard, we assumed i assumed a couple of years ago if you got these incredible life saving vaccines, we had incredible health measures, that people would follow them in the pandemic. that has been true for many americans but not everyone. we have to continue to share the message, get doctors, other health people that people trust, religious leaders to share the truth and get people protected. we have to continue plugging away at that. jonathan lemire, good to see you again. i hope you can provide advice for people watching at home how they should go about their days. we are seeing cases tick up particularly in new york and d.c. quite a bit.