- don t touch that dial. we re about to flip it for you. - in five, four, three, two. - tv is changing dramatically now with 150 channels that might be available in the near future. - there s a lot of things that we do that you couldn t have on network television. - people are really trying to do something adventurous. [both gasp] all: channel 7, shame on you. - this is more a celebration of culture and opening the doors and allowing america to come on inside. - there s always something on television, and some of it may be better than we deserve. - [laughs] that was cool. [dramatic music] - listen to it. oh! [crowd cheering] they know when it hits the bottom, it ll be 1990. good-bye to the 80s in. all: ten, nine. all: eight. eight! eight! eight! - oh, will this horrible year never end? - when the 90s begin, we re starting to see a lot of experimentation. [gunshots] all: [quickly] seven, six, five, four, three, two, one! [cheering] - and the simpsons, i think, in some
they know when it hits the bottom, it ll be 1990. good-bye to the 80s in 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. seven, six, five, four, three, two, one. 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 carto
we re sitting on a bomb. you can have a black person killed with a video, then this is what you ll get. this is a revolution. we got to increase the peace. should people be frightened? i think people should wake up. it s 1991. wake up. we have talked at each other and about each other for a long time. it s high time we all began talking with each other. can we all get along? [ applause ] in about 20 minutes from now david dinkins, who is now mayor dinkins, is scheduled to step out from city hall and take a public oath of office and become new york city s 106th mayor and the city s first african-american mayor. i intend to be the mayor of all the people of new york. david dinkins being inaugurated on new year s day in 1990 is an auspicious start to the decade and really a culmination of the civil rights struggles of the 1960s. people are starting to see tangible benefits of that struggle. a grandson of slaves was sworn in today as the nation s first
in about 20 minutes from now david dinkens who is now mayor dinkins is expected to step out become mork s 106th mayor. i intend to be the mayor of all the people of new york. david dinkins being inaugurated on new year s day, soft an auspicious start to the decade and really the culmination of some of the civil rights issues of the 1960s, people are starting to see tangible benefits of that. the nation s first elected black governor. did you think you d see the day? no, indeed. see, i was born in the 30s, so you know i didn t think nothing like that going to happen. after we saw hundreds of black elected officials, the reality set in that we made a sfwip we had not gotten all the way to where we wanted. dinkins ran as the candidate who would heal the deep racial divisions. now he s scrambling to get ahead of a volatile situation. an angry crowd roamed demanding justice after aha siddicman ran a red light. the student was stabbed to death hours after the accide
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 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 strangling