you guys are working hard for once. the american workplace is our home in many ways. where s my sandwich? we all need a reason to get up in the morning. lutz made us do it! no, it was frank! the american office is iconic. how many people can i fire? uh, none you re picking a healthcare plan. okay, we ll table that for the time being. terrible bosses. you ve got spunk. well, yes. i hate spunk! and terrible work mates. are you kidding? do these not bend the [bleep] back? no. everybody trying to get along. one problem with hiring women is that they re frail and breakable. is it possible you re thinking about lightbulbs or your hip? hilarious. what do you say to that? whoa! ow! what s so tough about earning a living? yeah. have you ever done it? no, but i could. ha! lucille ball with the chocolates. always funny. if one piece of candy gets past you and into the packing room unwrapped, you re fired! all the writers needed to
where s my sandwich! we all need a reason to get up in the morning. he made us do it! it was frank! the american office is iconic. how many people can i fire? none. you re picking a health care plan. okay. we ll table that for the time being. terrible bosses. you ve got spunk. well i hate spunk. terrible workmates. are you kidding? do these not bend the [ bleep ] back? no. everybody trying to get along. one problem with hiring women is that they re frail and breakable. is it possible you re thinking about light bulbs or your hip? hilarious. what do you say to that? whoa. ow! let s talk about earning a living. yeah. have you ever done it? no, but i could. ha! lucille ball with the chocolates, always funny. if one piece of candy gets past you and into the packing room unwrapped, you re fired. all the writers needed to say was lucy and a conveyor belt, you re good. some of the most memorable episodes of i love lucy
because i loved the job so much. but mary and grant and mary tyler moore enterprises decided to end the show while it was still good. the television station where mary works is bought out. everyone is fired. i think we all need some kleenex. there s some on mary s desk. how do we leave this room? we were saying goodbye to the show and to each other. it s still emotional after all these years because that was a family. the mary tyler moore show and mtm enterprises were really powerful just in terms of the workplace sitcom.
people who want to work but can t find jobs are part of today s other bad economic news. the 70s is kind of a lost generation, and everybody was trying to find themselves. the economy was in the tank, and you start to see the disillusionment of american workers reflected in the workplace sitcom. toilet stuffed up again? that s no longer a problem, mr. beckman. that s a tradition. something s wrong with your lights. if you look at the 12th precinct, it was a decrepit place. well, well, well, the same old melting pot. kelly, what are you doing here? how do you like narcotics?
colonel blake thought he was running. klinger, the one thing that general macarthur may not understand is a flower girl with a five o clock shadow. there was also this constant debate about morality. why are we here, how are we treating these people, how are we treating each other? i hope this guy doesn t mind ignoring orders by living. and then at the end of the third season radar, put a mask on! gary berghof walks in and says henry blake s plane was shot down over the sea of japan. it spun, and there were no survivors. that moment is pure honesty. i have trouble telling that story 40 years later. i just never even think of it as a sitcom. you know, it just was m-a-s-h. m-a-s-h really blew up what a workplace sitcom could be.