listen to it. oh, they know when it hits the bottom, it will be 1990, good-bye to the 80s. ten, nine, eight eight, eight, eight! oh, will this horrible year never end? when the 90s began, we are starting to see a lot of experimentation. and the simpsons i think in some senses was inspired by not necessarily hatred of television, but a distrust of a lot of the ways in which television was talking to us. tv respects me. it laughs with me. not at me. you re stupid. doh! i think the sitcoms of the 80s were such a sort of warm, safe humor. i love you guys. the kids, they listen to the rap music, which gives them the brain damage. and i think there was a real yearning for another type of humor. we were able to spoof fatherhood what a bad father. which at the time, and i stress at the time, was bill cosby as the shining example. did you ever know that you re my hero the stuff they got away with because it s a cartoon. the father stran
good day, i m chris jansing live at msnbc headquarters in new york city. congress is trying to crawl its way out of chaos, but a feeling of inevitability has taken hold on capitol hill as the clock barrels toward a government shutdown. both chambers are trying to reach short-term spending agreements, but will they find the votes? millions of federal employees and contractors are bracing for impact if a showdown does happen, but how significant a toll could it take on our armed services, both at home and abroad. and tributes for a trailblazer, lawmakers emotional remembrances of california senator dianne feinstein who passed away at the age of 90. very sad. may she rest in peace. voting the last day. we will take a look back at the life and legacy of the democrat who served longer than any other woman in senate history, and with big shoes left to fill, what happens now to feinstein s seat? a complicated calculation over who could be her successor. but we begin with th
important issue facing the planet. president trump has called it a chinese hoax, an american job killer. one of his big election campaign promises was pulling the us out of the biggest international agreement ever drawn up to combat climate change. he s now said he ll give his decision later on thursday. china and the european union are preparing a joint statement in support of the paris accord. david willis reports from washington. the trump white house is said to be deeply divided on the issue of global warming. the president s daughter favours america remaining pa rt daughter favours america remaining part of the paris accord. as does the g7, whose leaders, including angela merkel, took time out last week in sicily to lobby donald trump on the issue. even pope francis rallied to the defence of the accord when he welcomed the president to the vatican. we are going to cancel the vatican. we are going to cancel the paris climate agreement. after making that pledge, the presid
did you ever know that you re my hero the stuff they got away with because it s a cartoon. the father strangling the child. why you little we are going to keep on trying to strengthen the american family to make american families a lot more like the waltons and a lot less like the simpsons. we go to a completely bizarre period of time in 1992 when a sitting president is raging against a sitcom. they have dealt with politics. they have dealt with popular culture. they ve dealt with all kinds of issues of racism, of sexism. don t ask me, i m just a girl. right on, say it, sister. it s not funny, bart. millions of girls will grow up thinking this is the right way to act. they have found a way to talk about everything that s going on in our lives through the filter of the simpsons. american network television has long been considered the home of the blands, the cautious and the predictable. so it was with some trepidation that it the abc network launched a ne
An exploration of news and events in the 1990s. In the opener, TV shows from the decade are examined, from animated hits South Park and Beavis and.
An exploration of news and events in the 1990s. In the opener, TV shows from the decade are examined, from animated hits South Park and Beavis and.
An exploration of news and events in the 1990s. In the opener, TV shows from the decade are examined, from animated hits South Park and Beavis and.
An exploration of news and events in the 1990s. In the opener, TV shows from the decade are examined, from animated hits South Park and Beavis and.
An exploration of news and events in the 1990s. In the opener, TV shows from the decade are examined, from animated hits South Park and Beavis and.
An exploration of news and events in the 1990s. In the opener, TV shows from the decade are examined, from animated hits South Park and Beavis and.
An exploration of news and events in the 1990s. In the opener, TV shows from the decade are examined, fr