rary. that was a family. mary tyler moore show and mtm enterprised were powerful in terms of the workplace sitcom. in the 1970s, the baby boom generation had not settled into the life. i didn t want to do the standard family show. i m sure he has girlfriends but he denies it. well, of course, todd s 13 now. the fact that so many people in hollywood were hitting the couch probably opened the doors for the setting of the show. i enjoyed the oddity of the people. what seems to be your problem? you have no idea what it s
mash is a workplace where the chaos of the war makes their work so intense and crazy. we were set in korea but of course at the time the show aired, the vietnam war was going on so people equated it. the helicopters are going to be filled with canadians who didn t go to the same party we went. attention, all person em, report immediately to admitting ward and operating room. we were people who were played doing their best work in an impossible situation. on mash i was always drawn to the off beat characters who look at things a little differently. my brother is a warden. we won t say that part. alan alda was the center of the show. he was that have pivot. it was hawkeye and trapper
the early 1970s. i m connie chung. i m murphy brown. i remember pitching the show in a very cold room in the cbs building, and when i got to the point where she had just come back from betty ford. hi, everybody. you could hear the brakes screeching in the room. you were fondling it. can t she be 30 and played by heather locklear? and i explained why when you shave down the rough edges of the character you blend them out and maybe this is why you haven t had a hit for seven years. murphy was defined by being excellent in her career. the justice department shut you down on 15 counts of fraud. they said you swindled 10 million from unsuspecting
i think we like workplace sitcoms because we identify with them, with even these unlikable people in this unlikable world. they seem very excited about the possibility of a woman becoming president. not necessarily you. every generation gets the political satire it deserves. and the bizarros. nevada is my state. i m going to be president. but it s tough to compete with reality, you know. the trump administration. i ll have a lovely inauguration. billy joel is going to sing. so you guys have to stop the recount. any show that s about a workplace or about a group of people, they eventually migrate into, well, who s the dad, who s the mom, who s the crazy uncle? they kind of fit into a family circumstance. i mean anywhere can be a workplace. morning. morning. morning. you do realize i m lost, right? oh, it s this way, sir.
show. this is nothing like anything on tv right now. the good news is i ve been promoted. i had this dream that i was on this comedy court and they were all taking me to task for ruining the british show. and greg daniels was like hey, you like the english office, let s stay close to their pilot. this is from corporate. how many times have i told you there s a special filing cabinet how many times have i told you there s a special filing cabinet the waste paper basket. it s called the waste paper basket. i mean, there are so many reasons for it to have failed. mockumentary, weird-looking actors. you know, but anyway, are we rolling? so the first season ends. no one likes it. ironically a lot of the reviews said it hews too close to the british show.