that these people would ever get on network television or any kind of television? it s a miracle. south park is a miracle. the early 90s the hbo shows start to kind of come into their own. and then have i always had these breasts? a lot of people want freedom. they don t want to go back to the networks, which are saying you can come to us where you ll make more money but you ll also have content restricted. you could go to cable and have no restrictions. not make as much money but have freedom of expression, which almost everybody who works in these mediums wants. some of the content truly was, you can t get this anywhere else. you re a fantasy maker, the only limit on the kinds of fantasies is people s
terms of its style. it used music in ways that advanced the narrative and also used feature film directors that brought a look and style to the show that really stood out on television. tears coming out of your eyes. ain t no tears coming from my eyes. those eyes are brimming with tears. they had so many african-american characters in the cast that on several occasions they were the only people on camera interacting with one another. and that sounds like, so? but as late as the 90s, that wasn t done on television. when a cop shoots somebody, he stands by. he picks up the radio mic and calls it in. he stands by the body. if not, cops are no better than anybody else. in the 90s, television was getting more complicated, stories were starting to become more episodic and characters were starting to develop and change. none of that happened on law & order. this was a show that completely delivered on its formula every time. you get a crime, you got the
all the feelings that you would have for a guy that you love in a guy that you hate. you know? sopranos came on tv and it really showed us the future, whether we realized that was going to be the future of television or not. this husband of yours, carmella, how much we love him. he s the best. oh, come on. he s like a father to me. just make sure nothing happens to him. that character in that show was a great inspiration to a great many shows that came after it including one that i worked on. you know what i want, tony? i want those kids to have a father. they got one, this one, me. tony soprano. and all that comes with it. oh, you prick. because of that quality, actors felt there was no longer a comedown to go on television.
audiences looked to television for what they had only found before in feature film. what have i ever done to you except deliver the south? you shouldn t have made me beg. network dramas became very innovative. they were making a new mark. once we started making the kinds of shows that we were making in the 90s, you couldn t shut the door on them. get me out. some of my favorite shows of all time aired in that decade. there was still that communal sense from the earlier decades of tv. but it was being applied to shows that were reaching higher and farther and they were great. damn it! you know, i think if parents would spend less time worrying about what their kids watched on tv and more on what was going on in their kids lives, they would be in a better place.
could you imagine back then that these people would ever get on network television or any kind of television? it s a miracle. south park is a miracle. the early 90s the hbo shows start to kind of come into their own. and then have i always had these breasts? a lot of people want freedom. they don t want to go back to the networks, which are saying you can come to us where you ll make more money but you ll also have content restricted. you could go to cable and have no restrictions. not make as much money but have freedom of expression, which almost everybody who works in these mediums wants. some of the content truly was, you can t get this anywhere else. you re a fantasy maker, the only limit on the kinds of fantasies is people s imagination.