- advertising is based on one thing: happiness. - [shouting excitedly] - is there any taboo that you wouldn t break? - not if there was a funny idea. - what is wrong with you? - there s so much different storytelling - and so many different stories being told - about so many different people. - i don t think dramatic series television has ever been stronger. - there s no longer this theory of what - popular entertainment must be. - incoming! - who are the heroes? the people who watch this show. [slowly building orchestral music] - this is the week when the major broadcast networks unveil their fall lineup of shows, and every executive in hollywood knows how well the sopranos is doing on cable, which is a network problem. - i think hbo altered everything for this reason alone, is there were no commercials. - we are dependent on sponsors. there is so much we can do in terms of language, in terms of violence, and in terms of sex. - to a large degree, a lot of executives we
ladies and gentlemen, the strokes. may i have your attention please? the president of the united states. the dixie chicks, they say what they want to say. billboard top s 10 singles. wrap was new rock stars. i don t please everybody with who i am as a person. i love beyonce. it is not a working telephone is it? hello. nt shelves are all you will find that these records. it is now out of business. three, two, one! this is a very special moment, the first performance at the mtv studios in the new millennium. please welcome no doubt! earthquakes, arrow planes, and other planes. i will always remember going into y2k, seeing no doubt on mtv, playing it is the end of the world as we know it, by ow it. it s the end of the world as we know it. i feel fine. it was a very appropriately apocalyptic song for what turned out to be an apocalyptic decade. happy new year. we make up, it is 2000, we are all alike, and we are still in the middle of tee
and give it some chili pepper. advertising is based on one thing, happiness. is there any taboo that you wouldn t break? not if there was a funny idea. what is wrong with you? there s so much different storytelling, and so many different stories being told about so many different people. i don t think dramatic series television has ever been stronger. there s no longer this theory of what popular entertainment must be. incoming! who are the heroes? the people who watch this show. this is the week when the major broadcast networks unveil their full lineup of shows. and every executive in hollywood knows how well the sopranos is doing on cable, which is a network problem. i think hbo altered everything for this reason alone, is there were no commercials. we are dependent on sponsors. right. there is so much we can do in terms of language, in terms of violence, and in terms of sex. to a large degree, a lot of executives were just sanding off the edg
morning to you, todd. we re coming we re putting our pumpkin carving skills to a test with a competition out there. that s the proper way to clean out a pumpkin. that s how it s done. our reigning champ, lawrence jones, will try to he defend his title. he won last year. we brought him in because of that. todd: what is that dance? i don t remember winning it. rachel: yeah, you did. he wins so much, he forgets. todd: what was your approach? i haven t done this before. what mental approach would you take in? i don t remember winning it. they told me i need to defend my belt. i didn t know about it. i remember doing the dance. they put it in the commercial now. [laughter] rachel: when you dance that well, you know. anyway, i m glad you got to see the power tool, cleaning it out. will: rachel s been talking about it all morning long. this is her jam. she wants to help the american people scoop out their pumpkins this holiday season. will: you re dressed like a duke boy. you
- what ever happened to gary cooper? the strong, silent type? that was an american. he wasn t in touch with his feelings. he just did what he had to do. see see, what they didn t know was, once they got gary cooper in touch with his feelings, that they wouldn t be able to shut him up! and then it s dysfunction this and dysfunction that and dysfunction va fangoul! - you have strong feelings about this. - every decade, you get somebody like peter falk as columbo or carroll o connor as archie bunker somebody you just can t imagine anybody else afterwards. and james gandolfini is that in tony soprano. - i think it s supposed to be a mafia story, but, i mean, it s like i said, it s - it s also about everyday life. - did you know that an italian invented the telephone? - alexander graham bell was italian? - you see? you see what i m talking antonio meucci invented the telephone, and he got robbed! everybody knows that. - who invented the mafia? - what? - the sopranos kind of t