united states released him on $250 million bond. in order to live with his parents. if he flees, it could have been $10 trillion. nobody is putting up that money. you would not believe it. how are we going to get you out. how long have you been in there? carley: good morning, it is not just friday. it s christmas eve eve. how exciting is that? and santa is still flying around our all-american christmas tree looking for a special gift for a special someone. will: are you prepared? have all your special gift been purchased? carley: yes. and they are wrapped, too. will: wow. how about you? brian: what do you mean by done? i m still open to adding. carley: that s nice. brian: i m still open if something strikes me. carley: base gifts if christmas happened today no one would be let down but i could do better. will: i went to the department store yesterday. brian: the department store? gimbels? will: one stop shot. ainsley: picturing new black and whit
christmas the night before christmas and all throughout the country, good luck for those trying to travel anywhere in the country. more than 11,000 flights cancelled or delayed in the u.s. just today. bad for travelers that can t get off the ground. bad even if you re not traveling because that package you re waiting for might not get to you. fed ex and ups say they are worried and close to 1.5 million americans are without power. fox on top of a country frozen in place with mike tobin in chicago where they re used to flight cancellations but nothing like this. madison alworth in newark, new jersey with a lot of travelers that have had it with this. max gordon in new york where major flooding worries are adding to all of this. fox weather meteorologist steve bender on just how long we re all going to have to deal with this. so forget about who will see a white christmas. the race is on for millions of americans who are having a devil of a time getting anywhere before christma
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
laughter is a great way to deal with a very tricky world. daddy horny, michael. sitcoms talk about sex. my underwear. my god. and about relationships. i m breaking up with him tonight. these shows changed the way that we think about sexuality. for god s sake ellen, tell them you re gay! you re talking about gay rights. you re talking about women s rights. gender diversity. dismantling the patriarchy. you know, sexual revolution. so, i m officially out of men to [bleep] i have to get married or move. but if you can make them laugh, then maybe we ll watch it again. anything and everything. let s get our sex talk on. oh, mom covered it all pretty good. yeah, maybe about the birds and the bees, but i m your daddy, son, and i m here to keep it 100. all right. despite the fact that your mother thinks that i m uptight. cray-cray right? sitcoms are a great place to talk about taboo, awkward subjects like sex, because it s disarming and people jus