[ laughter ] >> but then suddenly they had this hit with an unknown comic. this was the year of "seinfeld," no hugging, no learning, and this was show made as if it was produced in the era of the "dick van dyk" show. >> i love you. >> there was hugging. there was learning. >> i love you, son. >> all right, all right. >> if you work for me, your job was to go home, get in a fight with your wife and come back in and tell me about it. >> don't sleep on the couch! [ laughter ] i just cleaned down there. >> in fact, the pilot, i put in this true thing that happened to me, wherein i sent my parts a gift for the holidays of the fruit of the month club. >> did y know you sent plme a box of appeapears from a place d fruit of the month? >> that's right. how are they? >> my romother reacted as if i' sent her a box of heads from a murderer. >> oh, my gosh. >> why did you send this to me?