when you were dismissing some of the staff, did you intend to fire me, too? especially me? i m very sorry i troubled you. you little runt! early sitcoms just about home life. i used to make the joke all the time in ozzy and harriet, what did ozzy do for a living? and van dyke the first time saw home life and work life. is this the comedy spot? no, this is the comedy spot. rob. buddy. sally. mel. rob. sally. buddy. it s your turn. say rob. rob? beautiful. oh, wonderful. somebody asked me to do a situation comedy after i finished being on the show of shows because situation comedies weren t very good. they didn t mirror life. i asked myself, what piece of
it s like the sound stage 19 was picked up off its foundation, rattled like a baby rattle and thrown back down and i realized that my job was get out of this man s way. because it was so free form at that time, it was different. than all the other situation comedies. you ad libbed? huge. you go off and have people that go with it, three cameras, good luck. must be pretty tough. not a question of toughness. i m protected by a stellar force field. watch. see? mork on happy days is a star driven performance. he was a force of nature. robin williams was just unique comic at the time when he came on, just had so much energy and so magnetic. people loved the character and thus, mork and mindy was born.
outsider you are in this game, the more perspective you gain. straight to the kitchen and pour me a cup of coffee and make it like i like my men. hot, black and strong. race in popular culture come together in really interesting ways in the 70s. there s this decade of what i like to call firsts. you start to see black situation comedies like sanford & sons, good times and the jeffersons . do you know what you re doing, george? of course i do. that s what you said on our honeymoon. is he a brother? no but what difference does it make? it makes a whole lot of difference to me. pop, haven t you seen that bumper sticker that says, good neighbors come in all colors. he ll come in good colors too. it s one hell of a day in my neighborhood. a hell of a day for a neighbor. once every 10,000 years there s a golden child. i think it s like an athlete. they have all the tools, all the
rob. sally. buddy. it s your turn. say rob. rob? beautiful. oh, wonderful. somebody asked me to do a situation comedy after i finished being on the show of shows because situation comedies weren t very good. they didn t mirror life. i asked myself, what piece of ground do i stand on that nobody else stands on? well, i worked as an actor and a writer on a variety show and i write about what happens at home. at home, i talk about what goes on at the office. are you doing this because you re afraid of alan? no, i m doing it because i respect alan brady. a man of his caliber has great firing power. it s a hybrid of family life, work life. and you cared about them like a family because you saw them together every day. they were a family. afternoon everybody. norm! hey mr. peterson, there s a cold one waiting for you. i know. and if she calls, i m not here. on tv, family sort of transcends blood.