george: madoff!! diana: once bernie madoff goes to jail, and after the events of the great recession. sitcom characters are winking to the audience. like this system is rigged. there is vast income inequality. jack: have you had a chance to think of my zinger? liz: well, it s almost thanksgiving everybody, and i know what this crowd s giving thanks for, estate tax reform. [laughing] daniel de vise: in 30 rock, jack donaghy, who s this corporate goon, basically, is so rich that he really doesn t even understand how regular people live. jack: damn, i wish this event were tonight. liz: it s not tonight, when is it? jack: february. tina fey: jack donaghy is in the one percent. and liz is just solidly middle class. liz: why are you wearing a tux? jack: it s after 6, what am i, a farmer? diana: in the episode the tuxedo begins, jack donaghy is mugged.
i took every one that hired me. chris: so ma, how d you decide what you were going to be? rochelle: well when your father decided that he wasn t going to be rich, i decided to get a job. emily vanderwerff: america likes to believe that the poorest person born into the most abject poverty, could, with enough gumption, become the richest person in america. tim: hey everybody, america is the land of opportunity, i stand before you. mandy: stop! diana depasquale: you know, the idea that you can pull yourself up by your bootstraps and yet, as we know, not everyone is able to achieve the american dream. mandy: by saying that america is the land of opportunity, you are implying that everyone has the same opportunities. tim: i m not implying it, i m saying it. if you live here and you work hard, you can succeed, that s how this works. tim: that s what i ve always done in my comedy. i want to says in few words as possible, something that means a lot to me. mandy: fine. it s your story, but it s
(chainsaw revs) (tree crashes) (chainsaw continues) (daughter screams) let s pretend for a second that you didn t let down your entire family. what would that reality look like? well i guess i would ve gotten us xfinity. and we d have a better view. do you need mulch? what, we have a ton of mulch. louise: your future isn t gloomy. you re overlooking a simple solution that s so obvious that i m surprised you haven t thought of it yourself. florence: well child lay it on me. diana depasquale: in the 1970s, if you re a woman the optimism is eroding in america. louise: tell her, helen. helen: maybe you could win a lottery. or something. diana depasquale: you re aware that the equal rights amendment still has not passed. mary: i would like to know why the last associate producer
archie: oh, there goes the old ball game. rainn wilson: all in the family was able to deal with some stuff that was going on in contemporary society through the lens of comedy. archie: when the going gets tough, they say the tough gets going, and that s me, tough right? yeah, so what s the problem? gloria: so, what are you going to do daddy? archie: well, that s the problem. emily vanderwerff: norman lear is interested in class as a primary driver of storytelling in american life. florida: this is an eviction notice. kids: ain t nothing to worry about mamma. florida: what are you talking about? they said they are throwing us out today. diana depasquale: we have a recession at the beginning of the 70s. the working-class now more than ever before are facing, the crunch of economic anxiety. florida: you worked all night and all day and all they paid you was $6? james: they paid me a lot more, but after they got finished taking out the federal withholding, the state withholding, the unempl
daniel de vise: and norman lear, arrived to take their place with realistic shows about working class people, in the big city. edith: your father lost his job today. archie: oh, there goes the old ball game. rainn wilson: all in the family was able to deal with some stuff that was going on in contemporary society through the lens of comedy. archie: when the going gets tough, they say the tough gets going, and that s me, tough right? yeah, so what s the problem? gloria: so, what are you going to do daddy? archie: well, that s the problem. emily vanderwerff: norman lear is interested in class as a primary driver of storytelling in american life. florida: this is an eviction notice. kids: ain t nothing to worry about mamma. florida: what are you talking about? they said they are throwing us out today. diana depasquale: we have a recession at the beginning of the 70s. the working-class now more than ever before are facing, the crunch of economic anxiety.