that you couldn t have on network television. - peoplele are realllly tryg to do something adventurous. [both gasp] alall: channelel 7, shame e on. - this is morere a celebrbration of c culture and opening the doors and allowing america to come on i inside. - therere s alwaysys somethg on t television,n, and sosome of it may b be ber than we e deserve. - [laughs]s] that wasas cool. [d[dramatic musisic] - 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. eieight! eight! eight! - oh, will this horribible year never enend? - when the 90s begin, we re starting to see a lolot of expererimentation. [gununshots] all:l: [quickly]y] seven, six, , four, three, two, , one! [cheerining] - anand the simimpsons, i ththink, in sosome sensess was s inspired by not necessarily a hatred o of television bubut a distrurust of a a lot of ththe ways in whichch televisioion was s talking toto us. - tv res
downs: unless you ve been living in a sealed cave, you ve probably noticed that america s latest craze is disco dancin . this is punk rock, and its purpose is to promote violence, sex, and destruction, in that order. pure rock k n roll e energ, pure guts, pure stamina. rock singeger jimi henendrix didied today i in london,, according to a police source, from an overdose of drugs. reynolds: janis joplin was found dead last night. ththe cause ofof death wasas d to be an o overdose ofof drug. jim morrison, the lead singer for the doors, a rock music group, is dead. he was 27. naftali: the early years of the 70s are sad in music because you lose people. and you lose the beatles. simon: t this small l gatherig on savavile row is only the beginning. the evenent is so momomentous that hisistorians may one e day view i it as a a landmark k in the decee ofof the brititish empire.. ththe beatles s are breakikin. heilemanann: it was s like a dh for r a lot of p people. rock n ro
clark: slowly but surely, the 1970s are disappearing. the 1980s will be upon us. what a decade it is coming up. happy new year! [ cheers and applause ] auletta: as you begin the 80s in the television world, the landscape was, on any given evening, 9 out of 10 people were watching ononly one of f three netwtwork. more thahan 30 millilion peope are addicted to o it. social critics are mystified by its success. what is it? it s television s prime-time, prairie pot boiler, dallas. bobby:y: a move lilike thatl deststroy all ofof ewing , and it l ll ruin our familyly name. i assure y you, a thouought le that nevever crosseded my mind. brotheher or no brbrother, whatever i it takes, i llll stop you u from destrg ewewing oil. dalallas realllly did estatah new ground in termsms of the weweekly, one hour s show thatat literallyly captivated amererica for 1313 years. dallas is a television s show whwhich in somome ways is s rd in t the 1970 ss and onone of the c crazy thins that
crime, a waste of time and money what the left tells you. what is the truth? the truth is, a sad day when avoiding indictment is seen as vindication, clear to anyone willing to work, highest echelon of the fbi engaged in conduct, the country is divided in its response, we re inching close dor the cliff called relativism where friends cannot be wrong and opponents cannot be right. it is okay to victimize those with whom you disagree, every investigation, found bias, what you call it confirmation or political bias, it was bias among those empowered to take your liberty, and property and your life. the left tells us that the bias does not matter, inspector general criticized work and objectivity and fairness of the fbi and doj, yet media and left do not care. fbi spun a thin, allegation to a year s long odyssey that weakened a president and the department of justice and a country. the fbi and doj did their best to conceal their conduct from investigators and the fisa court, yet,
stand up against the poison white supremacy, as i did my inaugural address to ay single as the most dangeroust dr terrorist threat to our homelands is white supremacy. white supremacy? does joe biden mean it? it, i does hedn believe white supremacy is the greatest threat our to america? b if he does, there can be no greater sign of a incompetence. the global rise of the chinese anmmunist party unsent, able and unfettered illegal immigration, which, by the way, you cannot haved illegalation we and open borders. you will cease to exisrders, yt the world on the brink of nuclear war in ukraine and joepn biden s own personal boogeyman, have lir putin, if he believes white supremacy is the greatest threat to democracy, we shouldia immediately invoketely the tweny fifth amendment, impeach himty as a national security threat. and someone for the love oflove god . will yougoll warn all those peoe of color who are illegally smuggling themselves into america screaming asylum that