Latka you took the tongue right out of my mouth. Danny outsiders help us relate as an audience. Penny what are you some kind of nerd . Leonard im not some kind of nerd, i am the king of nerds. Tina fey theyre seeing everything with fresh eyes. Lurch you rang . Jaleel white that dynamic is pretty awesome, its special. Melissa joan hart that confidence really made people feel like they could be ok to be whoever they are, urkel did i do that . Melissa joan hart and i think, if i believe in who i am and own it, i can still be cool. Mork hello . Anybody in there . Fly, be free john lithgow the absolute essence of a successful sitcom is one word and that is emotion. Mork we abolished emotions on ork a billion bleams ago. They took a vote, and everyone said all in favour . [noise] john lithgow we have a great love for these Alien Characters who were struggling with the same Human Dilemma that we all struggle with. How do we behave like good human beings . Alf yo kay, where do you keep your Ca
Latka you took the tongue right out of my mouth. Danny outsiders help us relate as an audience. Penny what are you some kind of nerd . Leonard im not some kind of nerd, i am the king of nerds. Tina fey theyre seeing everything with fresh eyes. Lurch you rang . Jaleel white that dynamic is pretty awesome, its special. Melissa joan hart that confidence really made people feel like they could be ok to be whoever they are, urkel did i do that . Melissa joan hart and i think, if i believe in who i am and own it, i can still be cool. Mork hello . Anybody in there . Fly, be free john lithgow the absolute essence of a successful sitcom is one word and that is emotion. Mork we abolished emotions on ork a billion bleams ago. They took a vote, and everyone said all in favour . [noise] john lithgow we have a great love for these Alien Characters who were struggling with the same Human Dilemma that we all struggle with. How do we behave like good human beings . Alf yo kay, where do you keep your Ca
of work to do and this bench needs to go over there. but we just moved it over here. don t question my authority, thanks! we talk about race and culture in serious ways. that is important. discussing these things in a sitcom, you are not offensive. you are able to take in new ideas. the family was doing something that nobody had ever done. we are talking about having one of the biggest bigots in america and having a black man coming to his house. you see my daughter gloria standing over there and her husband mike? it was electrifying! i was tangling the whole time. he is sitting there going you are watching kind of a master class in reflecting humanity. it was revolutionary in a lot of ways. all in the family change the way we think about society. that s the picture of sammy davis. to archie bunker, the whitest guy i know. you realize that norman lear is taking us into a whole new realm of comedy. my father used to tell my mother, jeanette, it
i suppose, to the outsider, we might seem a little unorthodox, but what does this outsider know anyway? who is he to judge us? the whole notion of the outsider. i mean, it s a strand that goes through most sitcoms, i think. you took tongue right out of my mouth. outsiders help us relate as an audience. what are you some kind of nerd? i m not some kind of nerd, i am the king of nerds. [ laughs ] they re seeing everything with fresh eyes. you rang? that dynamic is pretty awesome, it s special. that confidence really made people feel like they could be okay to be whoever they are. did i do that? and i think, if i believe in who i am and own it, i can still be cool. hello? anybody in there? fly, be free! the absolute essence of a successful sitcom is one word, and that is emotion. we abolished emotions on ork a billion bleams ago. they took a vote, and everyone said all in favor? eh. we have a great love for these alien characters who were st
Devi: i went for a run. mom and uncle: at night?! uncle: you cannot run in los angeles at night, this is the city of charles manson and harvey weinstein! emily vanderwerff: where every week, no matter what show you re watching, there are these little pressure release valves that go off. and you see that playout throughout the history of the sitcom. patrick gomez: at first thought, you may imagine, 1940s, 50s sitcoms as being very white suburbia. bambi haggins: but there were a lot of shows about immigrants becoming a part of the american dream. jim colucci: life with luigi, about an italian family. i remember mama, about a norwegian family. sheryl lee ralph: the goldbergs was about a jewish family in this jewish ghetto. mom: yoo hoo! jim colucci: those shows certainly mirrors what americans were trying to accomplish in the 50s for good or for bad,