Pivot Shut Up, Shut Up, Shut Up i feel like we get to know these sitcom characters. Theyre your friends. I dont think its gonna pivot anymore. You think . They were purely selfish and purely immature. Are you still master of your domain . You hope that youll have those kinds of relationships in your life. Tonight is about celebrating our enduring bond as friends. Family. Good to see you too, girl. Where you going . Carnival . Your friends. Sometimes thats more family than the people that you are related to. Somethings bothering you. Ive never been happier. Trying to make your way in the world. And having a safe harbor, you know, where everybody knows your name. Afternoon, everybody. Im out. What . Yeah, im out. Im out of the contest. Ugly, Naked Guy is having Thanksgiving Dinner with ugly, naked gal. Friends or seinfeld . You want me to choose . I Cant Answer that. So subjective. Challenge accepted. Contest . A contest . Seinfeld will win, i think. Seinfeld was smart. Seinfeld is a brilliant halfhour of television. I loved seinfeld. You come to expect their dickishness. You want to play rough . We can play rough. I love friends. I have seep every episode of friends. One of my favorite shows of all time. So watchable. Friends. Friends. Friends. Friends. I really appreciated friends. One of the top alltime sitcoms, seinfeld. Yeah. Are we finished . Done. At the core of every sitcom, you do have a family. Whether it is a Blood Family or a found family. You know, in the case of friends or seinfeld. As new generations emerge from Baby Boomers to Gen X to millennials to gen z, we see those changes reflected in the friends sitcom. You look back at the rise of the friends sitcom. It happens as we sit the 70s at a moment at which divorce rates in the country were, also, rising. We seem to be going downhill in lifes most important venture, marriage. Dont you compare everybody to your exwife . Sure i do. And compare today blanch, everybody looks good. The Odd Couple was one of the first shows that began to explore the breakup of the family on television. Can two divorced men share an apartment without driving Each Other crazy . The perfect opening to a a sitcom was, of course, the odd Couple Opening which told all the backstory and set it all up in this beautiful way. Felix unger was asked to remove himself from his place of residence. That request came from his wife. The Odd Couple was originally a Neil Simon play on broadway. It then became a movie and came to television in 1970, thanks to gary marshal. Would you do me a favor . What . For my birthday, let me clean up in here. No. The finickiness of tony Randals Character was because Tony Randal was a little bit finicky. The slob, the gambler. You can eat off the floor. You can eat off the floor in my room. Hey, look. There is some crackers over there. Odd couple is so seminal to the sitcom genre, it now defines a whole category. In the very first episode of two and a half men, i remember thinking are we making alan a neat freak . Because if that is what he we are doing, then we are just doing Odd Couple. Ashes working their way into the carpet. There was this fantastic episode where they Go On password. An the password is bird. Doesnt get it. Then then, the other team gets it. No more greek clues. Ridiculous. Looks back at him and says the password is ridiculous. Ridiculous. You got it. As much as they got on Each Others nerves, they had Each Others backs. It looks like your exwife. It looks like lori . Yeah. As divorce became so commonplace, that shows that diverted from Family Life in the 70s really reflected what was happening in reality in america. As a latchkey kid, i came home from school, locked the door behind me, and then you could watch an hour of tv. Latchkey kids desperately search for something relatable on television. I talked to my folks. I told em i dropped out of school. And my father said to my mother, he said see, margie . I told you we shouldnt have had him. Welcome back kotter. Its in my bones. Its in my dna. That slow, sexy welcome back the dreams were your tickets out welcome back to that same old place that you laugh about boy, what an honor. In my class, all four marks brothers, whacko, stupo, jerko, and dumbo. A collection of guys with a Special Relationship with their teacher. They were brothers and friends. Up your nose with a rubber hose. Barbaraino was set up to be the sex symbol. Damn. Washington is the Basketball Player cool guy. Hi there. Epstein is the tough guy. Come on now. Watching a fight i aint in it, makes me nervous. The nerd. Did you know that horshach means the cattle are dying . Well, Welcome Back Kotter premiered, we were a hit. And suddenly, abc attracted this audience that had been so underserved by primetime tv. The kids, the teens, the young people. Theres room for them for a new kind of show. 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Gary marshal was becoming like a legend in his own day because he had done the Odd Couple. Gary marshal always said, you know a lot of people, they do important television. I do recess. Happy days is built around the family, originally. Doesnt richard look nice tonight . Hes got stinky stuff on his hair. Is that what that smell is . I thought the milk was sour. The fonz was a background character. He was lucky if he had two lines for an episode. Its probably just fuel pump. You know . But not a lot of people were watching abc. They were a distantthird place. Remember, in the early 70s, abc made a big mistake in not picking up all in the family. But then, abc decided to really reinvent itself. They brought over Fred Silverman from cbs, and Fred Silverman said lets go after the young people. Under Fred Silverman, its Decided Fonzie needs to be elevated as one of the stars. Well, the fonz took it up a level. Fancy seeing new guys here. They were looking for someone tall and tough. And they got short and soft. So i changed my voice, and i changed the tilt of my body. I just started talking like this. Whoa. So, i spoke volumes with just the Sound Ay Miriam always called the Fonz Arthur because she wanted to treat him with such respect. Well, good luck, arthur. Hey, thanks, mrs. C. And she also had a crush on him, i think, a little bit. You know . Hey. When the fonz took over, the dynamic changed. We venture into teenage american graffiti style comedy. Lets see it. Doesnt look like a hickey. That show ends up going from 22nd place to 1st place and becomes the Number One show in the country. Thered be traffic, people getting home to watch Happy Days. It was a revolution. Networks targeted 18 to 49yearolds not necessarily with Family Sitcoms but with friend sitcoms. Laverne defazio and shirley feeney. Gary marshal said we got this part on Happy Days. The show we did was a double date with fonzie and richie. And a hanky. Is that for showing . Or for blowing . They were incredibly, individually funny. Is anybody Upstairs Gonna run down and call me a nasty name . And then, gary got the idea to spin them off into their own series. Laverne and shirley. My jesus and my beatles was Laverne And Shirley. Everyone identified with Laverne And Shirley because we were Best Friends. And just the opening song. Who didnt love that . Laverne and shirley is about two workingclass girls who struggle to make ends meet. Working at a brewery. Going out at night. And, you know, really so nice to see two women at the center of a sitcom. Laverne and shirley, through the lens of the 50s, were able to say a lot about what women were striving to accomplish in the 70s. Women were more apt to want to go out and work. And not get married right after high school. Well, have fun down at unemployment. Ill meet guys. Unemployed guys. Shirley is the quintessential girl who wants to get married, have the Whitepicket Fence around the house. Okay. Say we go to this party and you meet this wonderful guy. You think hes gonna marry you . Stranger things have been known to happen. Laverne just wanted to have a good time. The Mad Hatter did not wear fishnet stockings. Well, thats why he didnt get any action. They were physical comediennes. The likes of which hadnt been seen since lucy. What they figured out to do with making a bed. Its way beyond my pay grade. Laverne and shirley was Number One for i dont know how many seasons. It just went offthecharts ridiculous. And it felt like it was for us. President Ford Today proclaimed february to be national black history month. In light of the success of the friends sitcoms like Happy Days and Laverne And Shirley, abc decided that they wanted to create a story about black teenagers. Whats happening skewed younger. Here was these kids that were just like going and hanging out down at the diner like teenagers in the 1950s like the white kids going to the malt shop. Hey, duane. Whats happening opened the entire world to black teenagers who are Best Friends. Hey, and bettys folks are out of town so you know its going to be the party of the year. It was based around the friendships of um rerun and raj. Rerun could dance. Then, you had duane with the big fro. Hey, hey, hey. Hey, hey, hey, whats happening . Dee, the sister, was like my sister. You are always broke and you cant hold down a steady job. His mother was like my moms. She beat him all of it. But, mama and i wouldnt say but, if i were you. It might give me an idea, dear. The Averageblack Family could identify with it. The other universal thing about what is happening is friendship. Kids thrive on that. Without friendship, they have nothing. The irony of whats happening is when you go to the autograph signing, its all white. You make them laugh, people dont care about the color. BoosT Mobile is all about giving you more power. And now, we give you more power over your health. 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Comcast business. Powering possibilities. What made you get rid of that joint . Watching you last night. From now on, im going to stick to being high on me. So this, i wanted to find a way to pay ohmage to Norman Lear. With the guidance of this wise, older woman divorce, virginity. Snake and i slept together. Class wars. On the regular. Blair, youre not prejudiced. Youre just a snob. Teach me to be common. Bring me down to your level. A show like Facts Of Life is the beginning of the very special episode. I never think my Best Friend is white. I just know my Best Friend is natalie. When you look at tooty and natalie, you are looking at Friendship And Love that supercedes race. The Norman Lear shows in the 70s may have been teaching us lessons, but it wasnt so overt. Im looking for blair warner. You must be her cousin jerry. Yes. The only time i ever saw a child with a disability on television as a kid was on a telethon. Norman lear cast me as Blairs Cousin on Facts Of Life. It says i dont have cerebral palsy, im drunk. It was risky. How was the Bus Ride . I dont know. I drove. A car . No, a lemon. When Facts Of Life aired, i was so used to kids bullying me and calling me names that thats what was in my head when i saw these kids behind me. And the one kid there were about four of them are you cousin geri from Facts Of Life . It was a real incredible feeling to be liked by kids you mean youre not gonna make fun of me . Youre not going to call me names . Wow. Facts of life was winning a younger demographic. Eventually, those kids would grow up. What stories do you tell, then . The 1980s were a radical transformation. How do you live up to the ideals that you set for yourself when you were younger when dealing with the realities of having to raise children and pay a mortgage . Sometimes you want to go where everybody knows your name i dont know if i can tell you why cheers was so popular in the 80s. But i do know that the song was brilliant. You want to go where everybody knows your name as taxi was coming to The End of its run, glenn and Les Charles were trying to think of what their next project would be. We were a desperate network. I thought my future at nbc was on the line. And it was a remarkably simple pitch. We want our characters to come into a bar, share their life stories. Me . I like the challenges. Dogs. Vicious kids. Those hardtofind mailboxes. I miss one digit, the whole company goes in the toilet. In year one, cheers was the lowest rated show in Prime Time on any network. What a pathetic display. Im ashamed god made me a man. I dont think gods doing a lot of bragging about it, either. We loved it. We believed we have just got to hang in with this. Someone said lets not cancel cheers. Not many people are watching it but lets keep it on for a while. I have never met an intelligent woman that i had want to date. On behalf of the intelligent women around the world, may i just say, phew. Critics were watching and they really liked what they saw. It really took that first year for people to find the show and once they latched onto it, audiences just loved the characters so much. A family of a bunch of Loveable Losers who were trying to find their way. And the things they think theyre masking, theyre not doing a great job at it. So, its funny. Sam, the exrelief pitcher, Reformed Alcoholic who took his pitching coach, started this bar. His regulars, george norm, who, you know, it its stupid for me to try to describe these iconic characters that everyone knows better than me. The relationship between Sam And Diane was magical. Sam, i am sorry i was late. Is there anything i can do to make it up to you . Yeah. Yeah, but you wouldnt. Then, it introduced a storytelling trope. The will they wont they . You disgust me. I hate you. Are you as turned on as i am . More. Cheers was explicitly saying these two people are Gonna Sleep together and its gonna be a disaster. Ive never been better in my entire life. You been boozing with two hands ever since diane walked out on you. The call came. This is top secret. Dianes going to break up with sam and you might be her boyfriend. I am dr. Frederick crane. I am sorry i startled you. An overeducated, highly emotional dreamer and i thought i i can play this guy. Shelly moved on after the fifth season, and in came kirsty alley. She was like this Biker Chick from hell. She just blew the roof off of it. In came woody harrelson. You get behind the bar and right away strangers are your Best Friends. Cheers was really that place where you fit in, where you actually belong. This is your secondary family. We lost nick, the coach, after the third year. We didnt realize how sick nick was, and he started writing all his lines down wherever he could. We saw one of them after he had passed away. The line was it says, if hes still with us now. And we used to touch that, every night, when wed perform, wed come down and touch that and give it a little pat. Well, im off. The last episode im the luckiest Son Of A Bitch on earth. I just remember thinking i got to be part of that history of comedy. I am the luckiest Son Of A Bitch, truly. We cant make you leave your acne alone. But we can help get rid of the spots that your acne left behind. Differin dark spot correcting serum has clinically proven dark spot fading power you can get without a prescription. Do things differin. Thats a nice truck. Yeah, its the Chevy Silverado. Check out this multiflex tailgate. Multiflex, huh . Wow. It becomes a step. Mom, dads flexing again. Thats not all. You can extend the bed for longer stuff. Is he still. Still flexing. Thats right and, it becomes a workspace. You can put your laptop here. Im sending an imaginay email. Hey dad, dinner hey look who stopped by daddys office. Wait, you work here . 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Thank you for being a Friend Travel down the road and back again your heart is true youre a pal and a confidant as a kid, thats right. We sitting there on a Saturday Night with my parents watching Golden Girls. This is a timeless foursome. Sophia is the matriarch. Ma, whats the matter . Everyone is fine, No One died. The home burnt down. Mare, she just would call Rue A Slut in so many ways. More men . You are going to need a turnstyle in your bedroom. Gosh, the true heart of that show was dorothy, the b. Arthur character. Anyone who says no calories absolutely no charge and lets just lie down on the Bed And Watch television. And then, of course, Roses Character is the clown. I mean, i was the one who thought up big squeaky toys for cows. The Golden Girls talked about edgy stuff. It was in my first script, Roses Husband died while having sex with her. Although i did think it was strange when he started yelling, rose, im going, im going. Thats an edgy joke. Youngadult audiences went crazy for it. Viewers and apparently net Network Censors would allow older women to say things other characters couldnt get away with. Complete this famous saying. Better late than blanch. Pregnant. One of the biggest laughs the show ever got. The girls are going on a cruise. They realize that they should pick up some condoms. They are being very coy. Animal bag . To the right. Condoms, rose, condoms, condoms, condoms. The laughs were massive because it was such normbreaking behavior. Streaming opened up a Wholenew Avenue to find continued viewership with people who were not even necessarily alive when the show ended in 1992. ThiS Show was built to last. How about some whipped cream . I think we still have a can. I will get it. Its in my bedroom. Never mind, blanch. We live in a peaceful, prosperous time. But we can make it better. Leading up to the 80s, there had been a number of shows about people hanging out with Each Other. Seinfeld really busts this wide open. Its hard to believe at times but No One forced them to hang out with Each Other all of the time. You know what your problem is . Your standards are too high. I went out with you. Thats because my standards are too low. Whats so unique about the seinfeld episode the pitch is that we see the Origin Story of a sitcom played out on the show. So you are saying i go into nbc and tell them i got this idea for a show about nothing. We go into nbc. Since when are you a writer . What writer . We are talking about a sitcom. Jerry had an observational humor. Do you know what this is all about . Do you know why were here . To be out. This is out. A gentleman named Rick Ludwin at nbc who was in charge of late night. He approaches jerry seinfeld. So if you had an idea for, like, a Tv Show for yourself, wed just love to talk about it. Jerry said to Larry David and i, were just going to write about like our friends. What kind of stories . Oh, no, no stories. No stories . Well, why am i watching it . Because its on tv. Not yet. It was completely nontraditional. We decided to make a pilot. The second button literally makes or breaks the shirt. Look at it. Its too high. And then, the research came in. Weak. But, Rick Ludwin really believed in it. He said well, i could give you the money from the budget and you could do, i dont know, four episodes more of seinfeld. Biggest change was elaine was added to the show. Get out. And you know what . That feels like we have something. So what do you think about new time slot, 9 00 on thursday, 8 00 central . Name one famous Nbc Show that aired in that time slot. Cheers. Its a dangerous slot because they are handing you the biggest audience there is. If that audience starts watching you and goes i hate this, youre dead. My mother caught me. Caught you doing what . You know. The episode that is superimportant in the trajectory of seinfeld is the contest. I am never doing that again. It was predicated on a real contest that Larry David had been part of. Seeing who could go the longest without masturbating. But are you still master of your domain . I am king of the county. But what also should be n noted. Elaine is in the contest. John f. Kennedy, jr. And that, i think, was a bold statement at that time. Hang on. Hang on. Jerry was dating marla, the virgin. Lets go in the bedroom. Really . That was an episode that doubled its audience while it was airing because people were clearly getting on the phone and going, turn over to channel 4. You got to see what theyre doing. And thats where, i think, the ultimate success of thiS Show was born. Its over. Youre out . Oh, my god, the queen is dead. In the 90s, the world is literally changing overnight. And here are these four people grounded in their adolescence. You mean shrinkage . Yes. Theyre not trying to be good people. And everybody recognized some part of themselves in them and went, i i think i love these guys. 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Only at tmobile. Did you ever stop to think what the world would be like without men . A bunch of fat, happy women and no crime. In the 90s, it was celebrated that you wanted to build your career, first. In a 90s Kind of world, im glad i got my girls keep your head up, what but we didnt have any young, Black Women who were really being featured on television at that time. Why does this keep happening to me . Because you keep looking for someone to carry you. Well, whats wrong with that . They keep dropping yo ass. So the characters on the show were based on me and my my Closeknit Group of friends. Check it out, people. Kadijah is living in brooklyn, wanting to really start her magazine. The next issue of flavor will contain a free Scratchandsniff Poster of lawrence fishburne. Her Best Friend, maxine shaw, attorney at law. I play sinclair james. A loveable, fun, supernaive girl. I havent been this nervous since i lost my tubetop at The Deep End of randy johnsons pool. Well, im sure No One noticed. She was very in touch with herself and her femininity. If you go after men too aggressively, you are only going to scare him off. What are you making . A man trap. The importance of having a black woman who is the S Show running means Living Single is like this behindthescenes look what Black Women are like when theyre not around white people. There is nothing but a bunch of brothers talking about baby i like to put you on a plate. So kudos to create something to amazing and so real. A year later, friends was on the air. Yes, we were, for all intents and purposes, the model, the template. It was really difficult to watch because we were getting less publicity. We were on fox. They were on nbc. Would the narrative and the conversations about our success or the degree of our success be different if we were on, lets say, nbc . Of course. I never watched friends because they could not possibly find a way to Add Anybody of color. It was, to a certain extent, a product of the time period. And of my own ignorance. You know, there were black shows and there were white shows. There werent a lot of shows that were interracial. I guess at the time, i was thinking this is what i know. This is what i know. Okay. I hear ya. We can talk about that. Friends is not based on Living Single. Friends is based on Marta Coughman and david Crains Life experiences. Marta and i spent our 20s living in new york. We were part of a group of six, and we all glommed onto Each Other. I have spent a ton of time analyzing, you know, friends and what its about. That time in your life where your friends are your family. Im very thankful that all of your thanksgiving sucked. The biggest surprise to me was matthew perry. He put accents on certain syllables that you would go, thats i would never have read that joke that way. Could we be more White Trash . When i watch friends, i didnt want monica to not be a control freak. You want to push the caps until you hear them click. Matt made joey funny. Look at me. Im chandler. Could i be wearing any more clothes . They were all rooting for Each Other. Now, we need the semen of a righteous man. I think phoebe is appealing because shes different. And so, it gives people permission, yeah, you dont have to fit in. You can still like yourself and its okay. Smelly cat, Smelly Cat, what are they feeding you i dont know why people love Smelly Cat but to me, there were other songs that were also very, very funny. Cow in the meadow goes and the farmer knocks him on his head and chops him up and thats how we get hamburger. Thats funny. Well, maybe i dont need your money. Wait, wait i said maybe. Rachel green being sort of a spoiled character off the top of the show. And about humbling that character and making her independent. Like Sam And Diane on cheers we knew that Ross And Rachel from the pilot were going to be a thing. I just want to be married, again. The Ross And Rachel relationship made it like, oh, i have to tune in this week because i want to see are they getting together . I cant believe i dont get to go to my own prom. So harsh. The one with the Prom Video where rachel realizes that ross has always loved her. Oh, dear. I cant believe you did that. Yeah. Well all the most memorable moments in the sitcoms are the ones where they touched on something beyond the comedy. And it made for really great television that a lot of people wanted to watch. Literally, everyone in america. I, ross take the emily. Take the rachel. We had really been on a ride with Ross And Rachel. Our goal in writing the finale was to really make you believe that they might not get together. I have to get on a plane. No, you dont. Yes, i do. No, you dont. I do. Theyre waiting for me, ross. I have watched the final episode. And am crying as an audience member. I was there in the audience. And you could feel the energy. I remember it being very secretive. We had a big flat across part of the stage so that people couldnt see. Come on, miss, isnt there any way that you could just let me off . No, no oh, my god. Did she get off the plane . Did she get off the plane . I got off the plane. Look. I also wonder why thiS Show endures the way it does. I do feel like it is the marriage between the writing and the chemistry of the cast. We genuinely loved and love Each Other. Everyone just did a really good job. Thats not a good way to end it but i mean, i think yeah. vo when it comes to safety, who has more 2021 iihs top Safety Pick plus winning vehicles, the highest level of safety you can earn . Subaru. When it comes to longevity, who has the highest percentage of its vehicles still on the road after ten years . Subaru. And when it comes to brand loyalty, who does j. D. Power Rank Number one in the Automotive Industry for three consecutive years . Subaru. Its easy to love a car you can trust. 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And now, there is Larry David. Larry hates me. I dont really care for him, either. Take this[ bleep ] piece of and get it out of my face. Dont put that pie down. A lot of our friend groups. They are theyre borderline toxic. Because George Costanza was based on Larry David. Curb your enthusiasm is actually a continuation of seinfeld in spirit. Your last name was black. Yes. Thats like if My Last Name was jew. Like, larry jew. Larry david, the character. He is one of my Best Friends. Larry david, one of my Best Friends. You had sex with a mental patient i love how much of an [ bleep ] he is. What can i tell you, sometimes youre a [ bleep ]. [ bleep ]s dont go out with the disabled. Check that out. I like the [ bleep ]s. I like the jerks. Could you just move your legs . What are you doing . Were you looking at my breast . He will articulate the things that people might think but their internal editor goes, dont say that. You wear that dress because you want people to look at your shoes, right . There was no thought what will people think . If you werent my Best Friend, i would take my bare hands and pop your head off your neck. Best friend . Curb your enthusiasm came about at the time when sitcoms of the 90s had somewhat worn out their welcome because there had been a glut of them. In the wake of friends ending, this juggernaut for nbc networks obviously had to find some way to make it new. Kids, im going to tell you an incredible story. The premise of How I Met Your Mother is a grown man telling his children the story of how he met their mother. It was way back in 2005. I was 27. Just starting to make the Show Wasnt Sort of your traditional sitcom. It had to do with the flashback element. Is this going to take awhile . Yes. 25 years ago, before i was dad, i had this whole other life. You guys absolutely dont think i should call her . Ted no. Get it through your skull. Fine, i wont. Interesting piece of trivia, i called her. What are you doing . It was this Ideal World where youve got your really good buddies that will always have your back. Yes, kids are not my favorite thing in the world. But i like them. You dont want to have them . I like sports cars, doesnt mean i want to push a ferrari through my vagina. How i met your mother fell into the trap friends did, affable white people living in new york. Its important to take note these friends sitcoms started to reflect more cultural diversity. When you first came in, we were as wholesome and friendly as the family in the brady bunch, now were as hopeless and incestuous as the cast of the brady bunch. Their Study Room is like the bar in cheers. Hey jeff winger, played by joel h mchale, disgraced lawyer who comes back to community college. Im a student. Well, that will be an inspiring journey. He creates the Study Group because he wants to get in the pants of brit that. Jeff and i do not have sexual tension, we just argue all the time. Just like Sam And Diane. Oh, good, more of this. Chevy chase, who plays pierce hawthorne. His entire character exists to be racist. And sexist. All right, you already know vitals. Abed the aran . Is that inappropriate . Sure. Community is incredibly creative and it really stood out at the time. Community ended up on this Insane Wild Ride through dan harmons mind. But what was different about New Girl, it wasnt meta. It wasnt community. It wasnt trying to make fun of the genre. New girl is about a woman who has been with the same guy for a long time. She comes home early from a trip, she finds him with another woman. Thats why i need a new apartment. Im sorry, what was the question again . Do you have any pets . And the only place she can find is an apartment with three guys, and theyre kind of her polar opposites. I brought what you doing . Oh just chilling, just chilling. That discomfort, the girls and the guys being in the same space, and theyre not together like partners, theyre together like friends. That felt unusual and fresh. I accidentally saw nicks beebee. What did she say . I accidentally saw Nicks Peepee and his bubbles. It was really important to me all the characters on New Girl were racially diverse. Men, women not just like a cast of white people, which is like not that interesting. Yeah, the fact of the matter is, i live in a loft with three people who happen to be white. But believe you me, there is so much more that i find annoying about you that i havent even gotten to race. I think thats why i do feel like New Girl was the sitcom for the millennial generation. Most of these dudes are not looking for a relationship. Yeah, this is a lot. You got to [ bleep ] a lot of frogs to get a good frog. Thats not the saying, or any saying. The next step iS Showing these authentic portrayals, layered portrayals. Because yes, we gravitate to our people who are like us, but they dont have to be exactly like us in order to create these really profound friendships and communities