[ acordian ] i took a walk through this beautiful world felt the cool rain on my shoulder found something good in this beautiful world i felt the rain getting colder sha, la, la, la, la, la, sha, la, la, la, la, la, sha, la, la, la, la, la, sha, la, la, la, la anthony: pittsburgh is a city of neighborhoods. each with it s own rights, and rituals. a patchwork of cultures that took shape over a century ago. back then, the city was a beacon of hope and possibility for people from all over the world, offering the promise of work, prosperity, a new life. pittsburgh could have been another company town gone to beautiful ruin. but something happened. the city started to pop up on lists of the most livable places in america. it became attractive to a new wave of people from elsewhere looking to reinvent themselves and make a new world. and so we find ourselves asking the same questions we ask in other cities in transition. are the new arrivals, new m
isn t that special? any tool for human expression will bring out both 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. slowly but surely, the 1970s are disappearing. the 1980s will be upon us. what a decade it is coming up. happy new year! 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. social critics are mystified by its success. what is it? it s television s primetime, prairie pot boiler, dallas. a move like that will destroy all of ewing oil, and it ll ruin our family name. i assure you, a thought like that never crossed my mind. brother or no brother, whatever it takes, i ll stop you from destroying ewing oil. dallas really did
i don t want one. no, they re good. i don t want it. what do you want? you want comedy. take one. no, kramer, stop it! and boom, there you go. a situation comedy. there s 23 minutes of magic. it s so tasty, too! you fell in love with these characters. what you talking about, willis? we need to laugh at ourselves. you hide my clothes, i m wearing everything you own. laughter opens you up. okay, ready? no! no! things that we might be afraid to talk about. some people that were supposed to protect us didn t do the right thing. like racism. so cops are the bad guys? yes. no. class wars. and gender diversity. hi, girls. you can reach in and really touch people s hearts. i hate you. are you as turned on as i am? more! whether it s a family living under the same roof dynomight! now that s the kind of talk i like to hear. or gathered together in a workplace. that s a glue stick. all the great sitcoms are about fami
these sitcom characters. they re your friends. i don t think it s going to pivot anymore. you think? they were purely selfish and purely immature. are you still master of your domain? i m queen of the castle. you hope that you ll have those kinds of relationships in your life. tonight is about celebrating our enduring weekend as friends, nay, family. good to see you too, girl. where you going? carnival? your friends, sometimes that s more family than the people that you re related to. something s bothering you. i ve never been happier. trying to make your way in the world. having a safe harbor, you know, where everybody knows your name. afternoon, norm. norm! i m out. what? yeah, i m out. i m out of the contest. ugly naked guy is having thanksgiving dinner with ugly naked gal. friends or seinfeld, you want me to choose? i can t answer that. it s so subjective. challenge accepted. contest. a contest? seinfeld will win, i
christmas is well, it s about the best time of the whole year. no matter when they take place, modern era or period, christmas movies and television specials are always about someone who has lost their faith in humankind regaining it, saved by other people being kind because it s christmas. christmas is the landscape that everybody wants to paint on. everyone who tells stories is attracted to the heightened emotions that it brings. nostalgia plays such a huge part in christmas because it is part of so many people s childhoods. and being able to go back and relive those feelings every year by watching holiday movies is just joy. a christmas story is one of the best movies about nostalgia, family, and christmas. jingle bells, jingle bells. jingle all the way. a christmas story. i watch it every year at least twice. it s like the script of my life. can we go now? can we go now? yes. yes, we can go now. come on. it brings out every childhoo