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
- don t touch that dial. we re about to flip it for you. - in five, four, three, two. - tv is changing dramatically now with 150 channels that might be available in the near future. - there s a lot of things that we do that you couldn t have on network television. - people are really trying to do something adventurous. [both gasp] all: channel 7, shame on you. - this is more a celebration of culture and opening the doors and allowing america to come on inside. - there s always something on television, and some of it may be better than we deserve. - [laughs] that was cool. [dramatic music] - listen to it. oh! [crowd cheering] they know when it hits the bottom, it ll be 1990. good-bye to the 80s in. all: ten, nine. all: eight. eight! eight! eight! - oh, will this horrible year never end? - when the 90s begin, we re starting to see a lot of experimentation. [gunshots] all: [quickly] seven, six, five, four, three, two, one! [cheering] - and the simpsons, i think, in some
- don t touch that dial. we re about to flip it for you. - in five, four, three, two. - tv is changing dramatically now with 150 channels that might be available in the near future. - there s a lot of things that we do that you couldn t have on network television. - people are really trying to do something adventurous. [both gasp] all: channel 7, shame on you. - this is more a celebration of culture and opening the doors and allowing america to come on inside. - there s always something on television, and some of it may be better than we deserve. - [laughs] that was cool. [dramatic music] - listen to it. oh! [crowd cheering] they know when it hits the bottom, it ll be 1990. good-bye to the 80s in. all: ten, nine. all: eight. eight! eight! eight! - oh, will this horrible year never end? - when the 90s begin, we re starting to see a lot of experimentation. [gunshots] all: [quickly] seven, six, five, four, three, two, one! [cheering] - and the simpsons, i think, in some
- i was sitting with a pad and a pencil, drawing pictures of breasts to try to show them what we would show and what we wouldn t show. [laughter] i have grown-ups sitting in a room, you know, doodling. then we started in on the language. - we heard some reporter called a lowlife asshole turd pimp with the brains of a flea and the balls of a moth. - the program premiered with an advertising boycott. all: channel 7, shame on you. - but it was such an immediate hit, that boycott lasted, oh, four weeks. - come on, line em up. - they could use the nudity and the curse words to go deeper into the actual emotional burden of being a cop. - i m an asshole. i m i m a i m an asshole, huh? - and it had this character andy sipowicz. he s a raging alcoholic, racist, sexist, violent. - hey! - he created the tv antihero. - you know, i know that great the african-american george washington carver discovered the peanut, but can you provide names and addresses of these friends?
They went berserk. [sexy jazzy music] - whoa, oh, ohh - i was sitting with a pad and a pencil, drawing pictures of breasts to try to show them what we would show and what we wouldn t show. [laughter] i have grown-ups sitting in a room, you know, doodling. then we started in on the language. - we heard some reporter called a lowlife asshole turd pimp with the brains of a flea and the balls of a moth. - the program premiered with an advertising boycott. all: channel 7, shame on you. - but it was such an immediate hit, that boycott lasted, oh, four weeks. - come on, line em up. - they could use the nudity and the curse words to go deeper into the actual emotional burden of being a cop. - i m an asshole. i m i m a i m an asshole, huh? - and it had this character andy sipowicz. he s a raging alcoholic, racist, sexist, violent. - hey! - he created the tv antihero.