1 00:00:06,960 --> 00:00:08,168 Cameras on standby. 2 00:00:08,251 --> 00:00:09,251 -Here we go. -Take one. 3 00:00:11,543 --> 00:00:13,210 Champ, watch the TV. 4 00:00:13,293 --> 00:00:15,043 Unidentified male: The average time spent 5 00:00:15,126 --> 00:00:17,251 watching television is five to six hours per day. 6 00:00:18,293 --> 00:00:20,251 Holy residuals. 7 00:00:20,085 --> 00:00:22,043 There's a reason for calling it the boob tube 8 00:00:22,126 --> 00:00:23,251 and the idiot box. 9 00:00:23,085 --> 00:00:24,335 Let's change the channel. 10 00:00:24,876 --> 00:00:26,168 and tBanzai!t box. 11 00:00:26,251 --> 00:00:28,251 We want to wrap about our scene. 12 00:00:28,085 --> 00:00:29,168 Yeah. 13 00:00:29,251 --> 00:00:30,126 We want to wrap about Here is the news. 14 00:00:32,460 --> 00:00:34,460 We must give the American viewers 15 00:00:34,543 --> 00:00:36,085 the kind of television that he both desires 16 00:00:36,168 --> 00:00:37,168 and deserves. 17 00:00:38,126 --> 00:00:39,376 Okay, let's try and do it again 18 00:00:39,460 --> 00:00:40,710 and let's see what comes out this time. 19 00:00:40,793 --> 00:00:42,460 Unidentified male: Television has grown faster 20 00:00:42,543 --> 00:00:43,835 than a teenager. 21 00:00:43,918 --> 00:00:45,376 Now, it is time to grow up. 22 00:00:47,085 --> 00:00:52,126 ♪ (theme music) ♪ 23 00:01:44,085 --> 00:01:47,085 The TV was the center of the house. 24 00:01:47,168 --> 00:01:48,626 Yeah, I don't remember a time without TV. 25 00:01:50,251 --> 00:01:51,710 By 1960, 26 00:01:51,793 --> 00:01:54,168 essentially every household in America had a television. 27 00:01:54,251 --> 00:01:56,043 It was a new way of bringing the world to you. 28 00:01:57,585 --> 00:01:58,543 essentially every household in America had a television. David Bianculli: When something big 29 00:01:58,626 --> 00:02:00,001 happened on television, 30 00:02:00,085 --> 00:02:02,168 it really did happen to the entire country 31 00:02:02,251 --> 00:02:04,376 and impacted the entire country at the same time. 32 00:02:04,460 --> 00:02:07,126 Keep an awakened eye on the world. 33 00:02:07,210 --> 00:02:09,793 Suddenly, television was the main event. 34 00:02:09,876 --> 00:02:12,543 Everything else changed. Even the way in which 35 00:02:12,626 --> 00:02:13,960 you went about the business of 36 00:02:14,043 --> 00:02:15,085 Evergetting someonenged. Evelected President.h 37 00:02:21,460 --> 00:02:24,085 (indistinct chatter) 38 00:02:29,585 --> 00:02:33,001 David, will you hit the one minute button, please? 39 00:02:33,085 --> 00:02:36,126 The 30 seconds and the cut, please. 40 00:02:36,210 --> 00:02:38,835 In 1960, the Nixon-Kennedy debate 41 00:02:38,918 --> 00:02:41,418 was a first in television. 42 00:02:41,501 --> 00:02:43,335 A lot of people were watching that night. 43 00:02:43,418 --> 00:02:46,168 And it introduced a lot of people to Kennedy. 44 00:02:46,251 --> 00:02:49,126 the tight shot on camera one, please. 45 00:02:50,043 --> 00:02:51,876 And it introduced Can you hear me now speaking? 46 00:02:51,960 --> 00:02:53,626 Is that about the right tone of voice? 47 00:02:54,710 --> 00:02:55,668 Good evening. 48 00:02:55,751 --> 00:02:57,418 The television and radio stations 49 00:02:57,501 --> 00:03:00,085 of the United States and their affiliated stations 50 00:03:00,168 --> 00:03:01,210 are proud to provide... 51 00:03:01,293 --> 00:03:02,793 Robert MacNeil: When the networks 52 00:03:02,876 --> 00:03:04,460 offered a debate, 53 00:03:04,543 --> 00:03:06,793 Kennedy immediately said yes. 54 00:03:06,876 --> 00:03:10,085 Because he was sure he could do better than Nixon. 55 00:03:10,168 --> 00:03:11,418 Kennedy: I think Mr. Nixon is 56 00:03:11,501 --> 00:03:13,168 an effective leader of his party. 57 00:03:13,251 --> 00:03:15,085 I hope he would grant me the same. 58 00:03:15,168 --> 00:03:16,626 The question before us is 59 00:03:16,710 --> 00:03:18,168 which point of view 60 00:03:18,251 --> 00:03:20,251 and which party do we want to lead the United States? 61 00:03:21,710 --> 00:03:23,668 Mr. Nixon, would you like to comment on that statement? 62 00:03:23,751 --> 00:03:25,210 I have no comment. 63 00:03:25,043 --> 00:03:27,126 Phil Rosenthal: If you're live on television Mr. Nixon, would you like to comment on that statement? 64 00:03:27,210 --> 00:03:28,043 and there's a camera right here, 65 00:03:29,543 --> 00:03:31,460 there's really no place to hide. 66 00:03:31,543 --> 00:03:35,210 Once you see a guy sweating when asked a question, 67 00:03:35,293 --> 00:03:37,210 there's really no place to hide. are you sure he's the leader for you? 68 00:03:37,293 --> 00:03:38,876 OncThat's the questionating before the American people 69 00:03:38,960 --> 00:03:41,460 and only you can decide what you want. 70 00:03:41,543 --> 00:03:43,043 OncThaWhat you wantionating befthis country to be.ople 71 00:03:43,126 --> 00:03:45,126 What you want to do with the future. 72 00:03:45,210 --> 00:03:47,126 OncThaWhat you wantionating I think we're ready to move. 73 00:03:47,210 --> 00:03:49,210 MacNeil: If you saw it on television, 74 00:03:49,043 --> 00:03:51,126 clearly Kennedy had won that debate. 75 00:03:51,210 --> 00:03:52,460 Smith: Gentlemen, thank you very much 76 00:03:52,543 --> 00:03:54,126 for permitting us to present the next 77 00:03:54,210 --> 00:03:55,335 President of the United States 78 00:03:55,418 --> 00:03:57,126 on this unique program... 79 00:03:58,210 --> 00:04:00,460 It was the beginning of a new form of 80 00:04:00,543 --> 00:04:02,335 political craftsmanship. 81 00:04:03,751 --> 00:04:05,251 If you could structure a message appropriately 82 00:04:05,335 --> 00:04:06,293 for the TV camera, 83 00:04:06,376 --> 00:04:07,501 you could have a huge impact. 84 00:04:07,585 --> 00:04:09,293 And if you couldn't, you were toast. 85 00:04:09,376 --> 00:04:12,293 I would like you now to give welcome to 86 00:04:12,376 --> 00:04:13,543 the Senator from Massachusetts, And if you couldn't, you were toast. 87 00:04:13,626 --> 00:04:15,418 I would like you now to give welcome to Mr. John Kennedy. 88 00:04:15,501 --> 00:04:17,085 (applause) 89 00:04:21,376 --> 00:04:22,626 May I ask you, 90 00:04:22,710 --> 00:04:24,293 so that I don't look too naive, 91 00:04:24,376 --> 00:04:26,043 a tough question right off the bat? 92 00:04:26,126 --> 00:04:27,585 Whether I'm a Democrat or a Republican? 93 00:04:27,668 --> 00:04:30,085 -Oh... -(crowd laughing) 94 00:04:30,168 --> 00:04:32,126 People recognized that television was 95 00:04:32,210 --> 00:04:34,251 now the medium that mattered. 96 00:04:34,335 --> 00:04:36,168 People recognized It wasn't before 1960, 97 00:04:36,251 --> 00:04:38,543 and it was every day after 1960 98 00:04:38,626 --> 00:04:39,751 Heilemannin those recognized presidential debates., 99 00:04:41,210 --> 00:04:42,751 Oh, honey, let's not watch that. 100 00:04:42,835 --> 00:04:44,793 -Try to find a Western. -All right. 101 00:04:44,876 --> 00:04:46,251 Emily Nussbaum: Once everyone had a TV set 102 00:04:46,335 --> 00:04:48,710 in their living room, and advertisers had 103 00:04:48,793 --> 00:04:51,168 fully gotten a grip on how effective this was 104 00:04:51,251 --> 00:04:52,751 a way to sell products, 105 00:04:52,835 --> 00:04:54,543 fully gotten a grip on how effective this was the very definition of what you were doing 106 00:04:54,626 --> 00:04:57,168 was to create entertainment 107 00:04:57,251 --> 00:04:59,126 fully gotten a grip on how effective this was that would appeal to as many people as possible. 108 00:05:00,793 --> 00:05:03,085 Beaver, eat your Brussel sprouts. 109 00:05:03,793 --> 00:05:05,376 Gee, Mom, I can't. 110 00:05:05,460 --> 00:05:07,001 My stomach's filled up to my throat. 111 00:05:07,085 --> 00:05:08,793 GNow, no excuses.. 112 00:05:08,876 --> 00:05:09,876 My sJerry Mathers:d up Leave it to Beaver 113 00:05:11,168 --> 00:05:12,793 was something that a lot of families understood. 114 00:05:13,626 --> 00:05:15,543 It's the first show that was ever shot 115 00:05:15,626 --> 00:05:17,251 from the perspective of a child. 116 00:05:17,835 --> 00:05:19,168 Beaver! 117 00:05:19,251 --> 00:05:20,585 Most people had a lot 118 00:05:20,668 --> 00:05:22,626 of the experiences that Beaver or Wally had 119 00:05:22,710 --> 00:05:25,085 and everyone in their life has an Eddie Haskell. 120 00:05:25,876 --> 00:05:27,001 Hi, Wally. 121 00:05:27,085 --> 00:05:28,835 Some dumb kid fell in the soup. 122 00:05:30,043 --> 00:05:31,751 Good evening Mr. Cleaver. 123 00:05:31,835 --> 00:05:35,460 Some poor and unfortunate child is trapped up there. 124 00:05:35,543 --> 00:05:37,043 Mathers: Everyone has that moment 125 00:05:37,126 --> 00:05:38,543 when they were so embarrassed and they thought 126 00:05:38,626 --> 00:05:40,876 they'd never get over it. But they did. 127 00:05:41,335 --> 00:05:43,001 John Willis: Tonight's special report 128 00:05:43,085 --> 00:05:45,085 a scene of a 1961 Emmys. 129 00:05:45,751 --> 00:05:47,626 It isn't whether it's a situation comedyt 130 00:05:47,710 --> 00:05:51,210 or whether it's a western or whether it's a drama. 131 00:05:51,043 --> 00:05:53,626 I think it's the quality of the show 132 00:05:53,710 --> 00:05:54,918 itself that's important. 133 00:05:56,043 --> 00:05:57,668 Vince Gilligan: The Andy Griffith Show, 134 00:05:57,751 --> 00:06:00,501 Mayberry, it's just a kinder, gentler place. 135 00:06:00,876 --> 00:06:02,168 It'd be hard not to want to live in Mayberry. 136 00:06:02,251 --> 00:06:03,668 Hi, Pa. Hi, Barn. 137 00:06:03,751 --> 00:06:05,043 Hi Op. 138 00:06:05,126 --> 00:06:07,418 The core of the Andy Griffith Show was 139 00:06:07,501 --> 00:06:09,210 this rock at the center of it. 140 00:06:09,293 --> 00:06:11,501 The core of the Andy Calm wisdom.w was 141 00:06:11,585 --> 00:06:14,251 I have taken the best parts this rock at the center of it. 142 00:06:14,085 --> 00:06:18,460 of myself and people that I've known all my life 143 00:06:18,543 --> 00:06:20,710 and put them into entertainment. 144 00:06:20,793 --> 00:06:22,793 of myself and people that I've known all my life I hope that there comes a time 145 00:06:23,960 --> 00:06:27,085 when you have to stop to play acting and tell the truth. 146 00:06:27,168 --> 00:06:28,335 Don't you believe me, Pa? 147 00:06:29,335 --> 00:06:30,876 when you have to stop to Don't you, Pa?e truth. 148 00:06:33,335 --> 00:06:35,626 People appreciate emotional honesty. 149 00:06:35,710 --> 00:06:37,251 They appreciate it more than laughs. 150 00:06:37,335 --> 00:06:40,210 It's great if you can achieve both simultaneously. 151 00:06:40,293 --> 00:06:42,335 The Andy Griffith Show actually did that very often. 152 00:06:43,126 --> 00:06:45,918 For a sitcom and it shows an unexpected depth. 153 00:06:47,126 --> 00:06:49,251 Well, we think in the new format, 154 00:06:49,085 --> 00:06:50,293 the second dance number should come 155 00:06:50,376 --> 00:06:51,626 before the big sketch. 156 00:06:51,710 --> 00:06:53,251 Gee, I don't know. 157 00:06:53,335 --> 00:06:54,501 I like it. 158 00:06:54,585 --> 00:06:55,501 Now, I like it. 159 00:06:55,585 --> 00:06:56,710 Yeah, me too. 160 00:06:56,793 --> 00:06:58,460 Yeah, I like it too. 161 00:06:58,543 --> 00:07:00,501 What do you know? Look at that tie you're wearing. 162 00:07:00,585 --> 00:07:03,751 (canned laughter) 163 00:07:05,376 --> 00:07:06,460 I only wrotehat what I knew about, 164 00:07:06,543 --> 00:07:08,251 which was my life. 165 00:07:08,085 --> 00:07:09,835 If you're writing about that, nobody can say, 166 00:07:09,918 --> 00:07:12,210 "That's not true." It is true. I'm living it. 167 00:07:13,210 --> 00:07:14,751 Rosenthal: Dick Van Dyke Show, 168 00:07:14,835 --> 00:07:16,710 we could believe the actions of the characters 169 00:07:16,793 --> 00:07:19,168 because we could On threlate to them. Show, 170 00:07:19,251 --> 00:07:20,918 This wasn't a genie in a bikini 171 00:07:21,001 --> 00:07:23,085 in someone's bottle On ton their mantle. Show, 172 00:07:23,168 --> 00:07:25,001 These were real people. 173 00:07:25,085 --> 00:07:27,126 Women are more, more... 174 00:07:27,210 --> 00:07:28,293 Honest and direct? 175 00:07:28,376 --> 00:07:30,293 WoNo. They're more..... 176 00:07:30,376 --> 00:07:32,126 Courageous? 177 00:07:32,210 --> 00:07:34,085 We all have the same needs, 178 00:07:34,168 --> 00:07:36,626 feelings relationships with husbands and wives. 179 00:07:37,376 --> 00:07:39,085 That was the kind of comedy we do.s, 180 00:07:39,168 --> 00:07:40,585 The problems of living. 181 00:07:40,668 --> 00:07:44,126 Honey... How much do you like that baby? 182 00:07:44,210 --> 00:07:47,251 (canned laughter) 183 00:07:48,043 --> 00:07:51,376 Oh, Rob, don't tell me How you're jealous already.aby? 184 00:07:51,460 --> 00:07:54,501 The season opening episode for the 1963 season 185 00:07:54,585 --> 00:07:56,168 Oh, Rob, don't tell me How was seared into my head.by? 186 00:07:56,251 --> 00:07:57,418 Now, our wives had a baby 187 00:07:57,501 --> 00:07:59,418 Oh, on the same day me How wain the same hospitald.by? 188 00:07:59,501 --> 00:08:01,835 and the hospital was very busy, Mr. Peters. 189 00:08:01,918 --> 00:08:03,376 What am I getting at? 190 00:08:03,460 --> 00:08:04,626 They thought they got the wrong baby 191 00:08:04,710 --> 00:08:05,376 from the hospital.? 192 00:08:05,460 --> 00:08:07,085 So he calls the parents 193 00:08:07,168 --> 00:08:09,793 of the other kid and thinks, 194 00:08:09,876 --> 00:08:12,460 you know, we may have your kid, you may have our kid. 195 00:08:15,210 --> 00:08:16,501 Hi. We're Mr. and Mrs. Peters. 196 00:08:17,835 --> 00:08:19,293 Uh, come in. 197 00:08:20,251 --> 00:08:23,085 (canned laughter) 198 00:08:28,168 --> 00:08:31,085 Mrs. Peters. Won't you come in. 199 00:08:35,501 --> 00:08:36,960 It was beautiful. 200 00:08:37,043 --> 00:08:38,251 Absolutely beautiful. 201 00:08:38,085 --> 00:08:39,626 Here, they're tackling a subject 202 00:08:39,710 --> 00:08:41,210 without tackling it.. 203 00:08:41,293 --> 00:08:42,626 Why didn't you tell me taon the phone?ect 204 00:08:44,293 --> 00:08:46,210 And miss the expression witon your face? it.. 205 00:08:46,293 --> 00:08:49,418 The network worried about the fact that the 206 00:08:49,501 --> 00:08:51,960 African-Americans might be upset by it. 207 00:08:52,043 --> 00:08:54,001 The network was always a little behind. 208 00:08:54,085 --> 00:08:57,210 There's always somebody back there 209 00:08:57,043 --> 00:09:01,001 who doesn't have B-A-L-L-S. Balls. 210 00:09:01,501 --> 00:09:05,085 In Hollywood, the winner Carl Reiner, Dick Van Dyke. 211 00:09:05,168 --> 00:09:07,293 (applause) (fanfare) 212 00:09:09,543 --> 00:09:13,251 I wish somebody had told me, I would have worn my hair. 213 00:09:13,085 --> 00:09:14,751 (laughter) 214 00:09:24,001 --> 00:09:25,418 I got to tell you this one. 215 00:09:25,501 --> 00:09:27,043 Do you know those knock-knock jokes? 216 00:09:27,126 --> 00:09:28,085 Yeah, but they are old now. 217 00:09:28,168 --> 00:09:29,168 Do you know those knock-knock jokes? -Yeah. -Yeah. 218 00:09:29,251 --> 00:09:31,460 But I got a real good one, I get a real funny one. 219 00:09:31,543 --> 00:09:32,501 All right. 220 00:09:32,585 --> 00:09:33,501 Go ahead start say knock, knock. 221 00:09:33,585 --> 00:09:34,501 -I say. -Yeah, go ahead. 222 00:09:34,585 --> 00:09:36,710 Go ahead start say knock, knock. -Knock, knock. -Who's there? 223 00:09:36,793 --> 00:09:39,418 (laughter) 224 00:09:44,251 --> 00:09:46,251 There was only three networks knock, knock. -Knock, knock. -Who's there? 225 00:09:46,085 --> 00:09:48,043 and there was only one late night show, really, 226 00:09:48,126 --> 00:09:50,043 You know, it's Jack Paar. 227 00:09:50,126 --> 00:09:53,043 They don't understand how we do this show. 228 00:09:53,126 --> 00:09:54,293 We just keeping talking with no script. 229 00:09:54,376 --> 00:09:56,168 They don't understand how we do this show. I know. It's agony. 230 00:09:56,251 --> 00:09:57,876 We just keeping talking with no script. (laughter) 231 00:09:57,960 --> 00:10:01,918 Jack Paar invented the late night television talk show. 232 00:10:02,001 --> 00:10:03,501 Do you feel confident that you-- 233 00:10:03,585 --> 00:10:06,210 There's not a man in the world to beat me? 234 00:10:06,043 --> 00:10:07,668 I'm as pretty as Liberace. 235 00:10:09,626 --> 00:10:12,543 Jack had in his corner his personality. 236 00:10:13,210 --> 00:10:16,751 It's fabulously interesting complex, 237 00:10:16,835 --> 00:10:18,585 frightening, neurotic, 238 00:10:18,668 --> 00:10:20,751 but in other cases, an enthusiastic 239 00:10:20,835 --> 00:10:22,918 and informed personality. 240 00:10:23,001 --> 00:10:24,710 It made for great television. 241 00:10:24,793 --> 00:10:27,710 How much time I have done? I don't have a watch, either. 242 00:10:27,793 --> 00:10:29,460 (laughter) 243 00:10:29,543 --> 00:10:30,918 -How much? -Director: Nine. 244 00:10:31,001 --> 00:10:32,751 Has he been charming? 245 00:10:32,835 --> 00:10:34,460 -How much? I'll quit now, then. 246 00:10:36,710 --> 00:10:38,543 Here's Johnny. Has he been charming? 247 00:10:38,626 --> 00:10:41,335 (cheering, whistling) 248 00:10:41,418 --> 00:10:43,335 Bianculli: Johnny Carson The Tonight Show 249 00:10:43,418 --> 00:10:45,335 but he made it his own. 250 00:10:45,418 --> 00:10:47,043 Bianculli: Johnny Carson The Tonight Show It's going to be wild tonight. I can always tell. 251 00:10:47,126 --> 00:10:49,585 He hosted a nightly party. 252 00:10:49,668 --> 00:10:50,793 Are you married? 253 00:10:50,876 --> 00:10:52,626 He hosted a nightly party. (chuckles nervously) 254 00:10:55,418 --> 00:10:57,376 And if his buddies camed? 255 00:10:57,460 --> 00:10:58,918 and they started playing together, 256 00:10:59,001 --> 00:11:02,001 You felt like what it must have felt like to go to Vegas 257 00:11:02,085 --> 00:11:03,710 at three in the morning and have the Rat Pack come on. 258 00:11:04,043 --> 00:11:05,293 You felt like what it must have felt Where is he in?egas 259 00:11:05,376 --> 00:11:07,001 No, but where's the guy you talk to? 260 00:11:07,085 --> 00:11:10,168 (laughter) 261 00:11:10,710 --> 00:11:12,376 No, but where's the guy you talk to? Oh, I love that. 262 00:11:12,460 --> 00:11:13,793 It was a beautiful thing to watch a guy 263 00:11:13,876 --> 00:11:15,626 working at his best. 264 00:11:15,710 --> 00:11:17,251 Okay. Mingle. 265 00:11:17,085 --> 00:11:18,585 Well, do we have it already? 266 00:11:18,668 --> 00:11:19,710 Get your axe and let's go. 267 00:11:20,126 --> 00:11:23,168 (piano plays) 268 00:11:23,460 --> 00:11:24,251 All right. 269 00:11:26,751 --> 00:11:28,251 (gasping) 270 00:11:29,126 --> 00:11:31,210 (laughter) 271 00:11:40,710 --> 00:11:42,418 Cavett: If you watch it closely, 272 00:11:42,501 --> 00:11:45,460 he is gauging how much longer he can wait 273 00:11:45,543 --> 00:11:48,626 to let the laugh die before what he says 274 00:11:48,710 --> 00:11:51,668 will be irrelevant how mto what happened. wait 275 00:11:52,168 --> 00:11:53,960 And he gets it just on the nose. 276 00:11:54,751 --> 00:11:55,960 It's beautiful to watch. 277 00:12:02,335 --> 00:12:03,876 I didn't even know you were Jewish. 278 00:12:03,960 --> 00:12:06,710 (raucous laughter) 279 00:12:09,126 --> 00:12:11,210 Johnny was the best audience in the world. 280 00:12:11,293 --> 00:12:13,043 And he loved comedy. 281 00:12:13,126 --> 00:12:14,418 The woman is watching him. 282 00:12:14,501 --> 00:12:15,710 She's watching him from the corner of her eye. 283 00:12:15,793 --> 00:12:17,460 She says to him, "What are you looking at?" 284 00:12:17,543 --> 00:12:19,251 "I'm looking at that ugly baby." 285 00:12:19,335 --> 00:12:21,835 (laughter) 286 00:12:22,585 --> 00:12:24,543 That's a bad looking baby, lady. 287 00:12:28,126 --> 00:12:30,043 Johnny was there listening for you 288 00:12:30,126 --> 00:12:32,043 he wanted you to score, 289 00:12:32,126 --> 00:12:33,501 then when you score, he scored. 290 00:12:33,585 --> 00:12:35,501 Enough is enough. Now calm down, lady. 291 00:12:35,585 --> 00:12:37,168 He said, "Madam, the Pennsylvania railroad 292 00:12:37,251 --> 00:12:38,710 will go to any length 293 00:12:38,793 --> 00:12:41,835 to avoid having differences between the passengers." 294 00:12:41,918 --> 00:12:43,293 Said, "Perhaps it would be more to your convenience 295 00:12:43,376 --> 00:12:44,626 if we would rearrange your seating. 296 00:12:46,210 --> 00:12:48,960 And as a small compensation from the railroad, 297 00:12:49,043 --> 00:12:50,918 if you'll accompany me to the dinning car, 298 00:12:51,001 --> 00:12:52,543 we'll give a free meal. 299 00:12:52,626 --> 00:12:54,751 Maybe we'll find a banana for your monkey." 300 00:12:54,835 --> 00:12:57,751 we'(raucous laughter)l. 301 00:13:06,043 --> 00:13:08,335 Hi. I'm Dick Cavett funnier than Chet Huntley, 302 00:13:08,418 --> 00:13:10,001 taller than Mickey Rooney 303 00:13:10,085 --> 00:13:12,210 and as pure and honest as New York, New Jersey. 304 00:13:14,043 --> 00:13:16,168 was amazing because you could get 305 00:13:16,251 --> 00:13:18,543 people like Norman Mailer and Woody Allen. 306 00:13:18,626 --> 00:13:20,751 My only New Year's resolution amazing this year...could get 307 00:13:20,835 --> 00:13:22,001 I think I'm going to try to sleep 308 00:13:22,085 --> 00:13:23,418 through the Nixon administration. 309 00:13:25,085 --> 00:13:26,543 I think I'm going to try to sleep You have authors on. You would have 310 00:13:26,626 --> 00:13:27,793 heavyweight boxers. 311 00:13:27,876 --> 00:13:28,835 There were conversations. 312 00:13:28,918 --> 00:13:30,168 When you mention the national anthem 313 00:13:30,251 --> 00:13:33,585 and talk about playing it in any unorthodox way. 314 00:13:33,668 --> 00:13:35,376 When you mention the national anthem you immediately get a guaranteed 315 00:13:35,460 --> 00:13:37,751 and talk about playing it in any unorthodox way. percentage of hate mail from people to say how dare... 316 00:13:37,835 --> 00:13:39,335 It's not unorthodox. 317 00:13:39,418 --> 00:13:40,710 Isn't unorthodox? 318 00:13:41,876 --> 00:13:42,751 No, no. I thought, it was beautiful. 319 00:13:42,835 --> 00:13:44,335 Well, there you go. 320 00:13:44,418 --> 00:13:46,043 No, no. I thought, it w(applause)ul. 321 00:13:47,710 --> 00:13:49,376 They just thought anything that's interesting 322 00:13:49,460 --> 00:13:51,168 ought to have a place on a talk show 323 00:13:51,251 --> 00:13:53,960 Cavett:rather thanthought anyoung pretty actressesing 324 00:13:54,043 --> 00:13:56,043 who have used word 'excited' in every sentence. 325 00:13:56,501 --> 00:13:58,210 You're not frequently seen on television. 326 00:13:58,043 --> 00:13:59,251 Is that by choice or-- 327 00:14:00,460 --> 00:14:03,418 Well, of course, it is the most impressive medium of all. You're not frequently seen on television. 328 00:14:04,293 --> 00:14:06,626 It's the medium that's going to either save America 329 00:14:06,710 --> 00:14:08,960 or send it down into demise. 330 00:14:09,043 --> 00:14:10,043 It's the medium that's There's no question in mind. 331 00:14:10,126 --> 00:14:12,043 I'm getting out of it myself. Really! 332 00:14:12,126 --> 00:14:13,376 It's the medium that's There's n(applause) in mind. 333 00:14:13,460 --> 00:14:14,876 We'll be back after this. 334 00:14:16,043 --> 00:14:17,376 What you do is to book the best 335 00:14:17,460 --> 00:14:19,585 possible guests from different kind of businesses 336 00:14:19,668 --> 00:14:21,210 maybe not everybody in show business, What you do is to book the best 337 00:14:21,043 --> 00:14:23,668 some politics, some newspaper people... 338 00:14:23,751 --> 00:14:25,210 Get them all in the stage together and hope 339 00:14:25,293 --> 00:14:26,668 that something works. 340 00:14:26,751 --> 00:14:29,251 But it's a great show, it's a great platform 341 00:14:29,085 --> 00:14:31,251 for people who have something to say. 342 00:14:31,085 --> 00:14:33,418 The point is that they take these scripts 343 00:14:33,501 --> 00:14:34,876 out of their drawers. 344 00:14:34,960 --> 00:14:36,251 They change the things around. 345 00:14:36,335 --> 00:14:38,001 out of their drawers. Maybe it doesn't Green Acres, 346 00:14:38,085 --> 00:14:39,085 but on many of these shows, 347 00:14:39,168 --> 00:14:41,460 and that's why night after night, you turn on 348 00:14:41,543 --> 00:14:43,460 these serials and they all seem 349 00:14:43,543 --> 00:14:45,460 as if they came outt aof the same bread box.n 350 00:14:45,543 --> 00:14:47,251 (agreement from audience) and(applause)seem 351 00:14:48,376 --> 00:14:50,876 Back then you had lots and lots of of copy cats. as if they came outt aof the same bread box.n 352 00:14:50,960 --> 00:14:53,460 The Addams Family The Munsters. 353 00:14:53,543 --> 00:14:55,626 and then I Dream of Jeannie. 354 00:14:55,710 --> 00:14:57,293 You You know, the oldmily and thsaying is imitationsters. 355 00:14:57,376 --> 00:14:59,085 is the sincerest form of television. 356 00:14:59,168 --> 00:15:01,710 So if one person is doing this fantastical hit, 357 00:15:01,793 --> 00:15:03,835 we're going to do that. 358 00:15:03,918 --> 00:15:05,126 Now is that considered a crime? 359 00:15:05,210 --> 00:15:06,293 (chuckles) I'm afraid not. 360 00:15:06,376 --> 00:15:08,168 There aren't any laws Now ito protect us againstrime? 361 00:15:08,251 --> 00:15:10,418 bad TV shows yet. So you're safe. 362 00:15:10,501 --> 00:15:11,418 Thank you. 363 00:15:11,501 --> 00:15:13,460 (canned laughter) 364 00:15:13,543 --> 00:15:15,126 What I'm surprised by 365 00:15:15,210 --> 00:15:17,043 are some of the shows that I can't even imagine 366 00:15:17,126 --> 00:15:18,501 the pitch meetings for. 367 00:15:18,585 --> 00:15:19,876 are some of the shows Hogan's Heroes.ne 368 00:15:19,960 --> 00:15:21,210 It's a story about 369 00:15:21,293 --> 00:15:24,126 American prisoners of war in a Nazi concentration camp 370 00:15:24,210 --> 00:15:26,251 Which doesn't exactly sound like 371 00:15:26,335 --> 00:15:28,126 Ameit's a funny comedy.ar in a Nazi concentration camp 372 00:15:28,210 --> 00:15:30,293 Why don't they trust us, Schultz? 373 00:15:31,168 --> 00:15:34,751 That shows you how weird the sixties was right there. 374 00:15:35,668 --> 00:15:38,335 Here's another one of our fine shows for this year, 375 00:15:38,418 --> 00:15:40,251 Zoom. Pit Stop. 376 00:15:40,626 --> 00:15:43,668 (chuckling from audience) 377 00:15:44,043 --> 00:15:46,085 The moving story of an effeminate race car driver... 378 00:15:46,460 --> 00:15:49,543 (raucous laughter) 379 00:15:50,376 --> 00:15:52,251 ...who was really an astronaut for the Mafia. 380 00:15:52,793 --> 00:15:55,835 (laughter continues) 381 00:15:56,376 --> 00:15:58,585 9:30 Eastern Time, 8:30 Central time, 382 00:15:58,668 --> 00:16:00,126 quarter after two Pacific Time. 383 00:16:00,210 --> 00:16:02,793 (laughter) 384 00:16:11,376 --> 00:16:14,293 CBS presents this program in color. 385 00:16:15,668 --> 00:16:19,126 I didn't have color television until I was 16 years old. 386 00:16:19,918 --> 00:16:22,168 Yes, I lived like an animal. 387 00:16:22,251 --> 00:16:24,918 The following program is being brought to you 388 00:16:25,001 --> 00:16:27,335 in living color on NBC. 389 00:16:27,418 --> 00:16:29,168 Hanks: Getting the color TV was huge 390 00:16:29,251 --> 00:16:30,376 because suddenly we can watch 391 00:16:30,460 --> 00:16:32,168 Walt Disney's Wonderful world of color Hanks: Getting the color TV was huge 392 00:16:32,251 --> 00:16:34,210 on Sunday night's which was like because suddenly we can watch 393 00:16:34,293 --> 00:16:36,293 just an acid trip of a show. 394 00:16:36,376 --> 00:16:38,043 We just could not believe it. 395 00:16:40,460 --> 00:16:44,043 Tinker Bell going bing, bing bing and it was like oh, 396 00:16:44,126 --> 00:16:46,793 it was like special effects, par excellence. 397 00:16:46,876 --> 00:16:50,210 ♪ The world is a carousel of color ♪ Tinker Bell going bing, bing bing and it was like oh, 398 00:16:52,835 --> 00:16:55,001 (pop music plays) 399 00:16:55,085 --> 00:16:57,251 It also happened just coincidentally 400 00:16:57,335 --> 00:16:59,043 at the time when what we think of 401 00:16:59,126 --> 00:17:01,168 as the Mod Sixties came in. 402 00:17:01,251 --> 00:17:03,668 Colors were all over the place 403 00:17:03,751 --> 00:17:06,085 just as TV could start to take advantage of them. 404 00:17:07,085 --> 00:17:08,210 Hi. 405 00:17:08,293 --> 00:17:11,251 Well, glad you could make it. 406 00:17:11,085 --> 00:17:13,210 I remember saying 407 00:17:13,293 --> 00:17:15,876 stay tuned for next in color. 408 00:17:15,960 --> 00:17:18,960 Wednesday night, September 15, in color, on ABC. 409 00:17:19,335 --> 00:17:22,126 It was a big marketing thing. 410 00:17:24,168 --> 00:17:26,251 Colored TV was a huge step forward 411 00:17:26,335 --> 00:17:28,251 as far as the technologies went. 412 00:17:28,335 --> 00:17:30,710 Colored TV was a huge step forward And yet, I think of Lost in Space. 413 00:17:30,793 --> 00:17:32,710 Lost in Space started off as a black and white show as far as the technologies went. 414 00:17:32,793 --> 00:17:34,168 and then went to color. 415 00:17:34,460 --> 00:17:35,501 It didn't get any better when it went to color. 416 00:17:35,585 --> 00:17:37,835 Dr. Smith, you're alive. 417 00:17:37,918 --> 00:17:39,710 Of course I'm alive. 418 00:17:39,793 --> 00:17:41,835 Do I look like a corpse? 419 00:17:41,918 --> 00:17:43,251 Nussbaum: The period has a reputation 420 00:17:43,335 --> 00:17:46,418 for being TV as a, kind of, candy. Do I look like a corpse? 421 00:17:46,501 --> 00:17:48,085 Sometimes it felt like there was thision 422 00:17:48,168 --> 00:17:50,501 really aggressive innocence to it. 423 00:17:50,585 --> 00:17:52,293 -(whistling) -Only blow it in an emergency. 424 00:17:52,376 --> 00:17:55,501 This is an emergency. You're standing on my foot. really aggressive innocence to it. 425 00:17:55,585 --> 00:17:59,501 makes no sense whatsoever logistically. 426 00:17:59,585 --> 00:18:01,043 This is an emergency. You're standing on my foot. I'm going to make ia spider drunk. 427 00:18:01,126 --> 00:18:02,043 How was the professor able to build 428 00:18:02,126 --> 00:18:04,710 all the stuff but not build the damn raft? 429 00:18:04,793 --> 00:18:07,751 Look at this stick of true dynamite that I made. 430 00:18:07,835 --> 00:18:10,501 It makes no sense if you pull any single thread on it. 431 00:18:10,585 --> 00:18:12,460 But it was just like the kind of show 432 00:18:12,543 --> 00:18:15,543 It designed to live foreverll any sin syndication. it. 433 00:18:15,626 --> 00:18:17,043 What are you looking for? 434 00:18:17,126 --> 00:18:18,960 -A nun, who else? -(chuckling) 435 00:18:19,043 --> 00:18:20,835 Are you kidding? 436 00:18:24,168 --> 00:18:27,126 is the most-- It's a crazy show. 437 00:18:27,210 --> 00:18:28,793 Like what is that about? 438 00:18:28,876 --> 00:18:30,585 is the most-- It's a crazy show. Look, Carlos, it's very simple. 439 00:18:30,668 --> 00:18:32,168 You see, I only weigh 90 pounds 440 00:18:32,251 --> 00:18:35,710 and the combination of my cornet and wind lifts me. 441 00:18:35,793 --> 00:18:38,335 It was just complete nonsense. 442 00:18:38,418 --> 00:18:39,543 Let's face it. (chuckles) 443 00:18:40,168 --> 00:18:42,168 It was in height of the sixties 444 00:18:42,251 --> 00:18:45,043 and everyone was eating granola and dropping out 445 00:18:45,668 --> 00:18:47,543 and doing God knows what else and I wasn't. 446 00:18:49,876 --> 00:18:51,001 Hello, Central? 447 00:18:51,085 --> 00:18:52,751 I'm switching to my eye glasses. 448 00:18:52,835 --> 00:18:55,043 Put a hold on my wallet but keep my shoe open. 449 00:18:58,668 --> 00:19:00,210 Television more than ever in the sixties 450 00:19:00,293 --> 00:19:02,210 was a place to escape to. 451 00:19:02,043 --> 00:19:03,418 Let's go. 452 00:19:10,460 --> 00:19:11,585 It seemed like it was almost 453 00:19:11,668 --> 00:19:13,376 sort of a willful respite 454 00:19:13,460 --> 00:19:15,126 It seemed like it was almost from the stuff that was going on out in the world 455 00:19:15,210 --> 00:19:16,835 and in real in life. 456 00:19:17,918 --> 00:19:20,085 Here's a Bulletin from CBS News. 457 00:19:20,460 --> 00:19:22,585 There's has been an attempt, perhaps you know now, 458 00:19:22,668 --> 00:19:24,418 on the life of President Kennedy. 459 00:19:24,501 --> 00:19:27,210 There's has been an attempt, perhaps you know now, He was wounded in an automobile driving from... 460 00:19:27,043 --> 00:19:29,376 Until early sixties, television news 461 00:19:29,460 --> 00:19:31,626 There's has been an attempt, perhaps you know now, was by and largean seen as somethingm... 462 00:19:31,710 --> 00:19:33,876 of a back water to print journalism 463 00:19:33,960 --> 00:19:35,418 and even to radio, 464 00:19:35,501 --> 00:19:38,835 but the Kennedy assassination was the moment 465 00:19:38,918 --> 00:19:42,210 that television journalism came of age.io, 466 00:19:42,293 --> 00:19:43,876 We'll continue a full-day coverage 467 00:19:43,960 --> 00:19:46,335 of the Presidential funeral and the final procession... 468 00:19:46,418 --> 00:19:49,001 More and more people were depending on 469 00:19:49,085 --> 00:19:51,793 television to give them the headline news of the day. 470 00:19:51,876 --> 00:19:53,585 330 Americans were killed 471 00:19:53,668 --> 00:19:55,251 in combat last week in Vietnam. 472 00:19:55,085 --> 00:19:56,460 But the number of wounded, 473 00:19:56,543 --> 00:19:59,626 3,886, was the highest of any... in combat last week in Vietnam. 474 00:19:59,710 --> 00:20:01,460 Most of the 1960s, 475 00:20:01,543 --> 00:20:03,835 the contrast between what you saw on your entertainment in combat last week in Vietnam. 476 00:20:03,918 --> 00:20:05,835 and what you saw on the news was, 477 00:20:05,918 --> 00:20:07,043 you know, planetary. 478 00:20:07,126 --> 00:20:09,085 (shouting) 479 00:20:09,168 --> 00:20:11,918 Never has this descent been as emotional and intense. 480 00:20:13,251 --> 00:20:16,668 In the sixties, it was one thing after another. 481 00:20:16,751 --> 00:20:19,918 Each year, it was filled with poor events. 482 00:20:23,251 --> 00:20:24,626 Governor Wallace has ordered 483 00:20:24,710 --> 00:20:27,293 500 Alabama national guardsmen into Tuscaloosa. 484 00:20:27,376 --> 00:20:29,251 At the moment, they are under his control. 485 00:20:30,501 --> 00:20:33,043 When there was the Civil Rights Movement, 486 00:20:33,126 --> 00:20:35,210 or it was the Kennedy assassination, 487 00:20:35,085 --> 00:20:36,960 or the space race, 488 00:20:37,043 --> 00:20:38,918 when there was a huge thing that happened, 489 00:20:39,001 --> 00:20:40,543 it happened on TV. 490 00:20:40,626 --> 00:20:42,085 The witness to that violence 491 00:20:42,168 --> 00:20:43,710 that had seemed to be unprovoked 492 00:20:43,793 --> 00:20:45,335 on the part of the The witdemonstrators.iolence 493 00:20:45,418 --> 00:20:47,668 Television became the fire 494 00:20:47,751 --> 00:20:50,460 in which the whole tribe gathered around 495 00:20:50,543 --> 00:20:53,710 to listen to the elders tell them what was going on. 496 00:20:53,793 --> 00:20:56,376 Reporter: Police reinforcements moving down Balboa Street now. 497 00:20:57,168 --> 00:20:58,585 (chanting) 498 00:21:21,043 --> 00:21:22,001 Good evening ladies and gentlemen. 499 00:21:22,085 --> 00:21:24,168 Tonight, live from New York... 500 00:21:24,251 --> 00:21:25,751 From Hollywood... 501 00:21:25,835 --> 00:21:28,168 From beautiful Downtown Burbank.York... 502 00:21:28,251 --> 00:21:31,168 Here is the star of our show, Bob Hope. 503 00:21:33,043 --> 00:21:34,835 (applause) 504 00:21:37,835 --> 00:21:39,960 Variety was the backbone of television back then. 505 00:21:40,043 --> 00:21:42,418 One year, there were like 18 different variety shows. 506 00:21:42,501 --> 00:21:43,585 Variety was the backbone of television back then. Everybody had a variety show. 507 00:21:44,418 --> 00:21:47,251 ♪ (Jimmy Dean Show theme music) ♪ 508 00:21:49,251 --> 00:21:53,210 Everyone was different because of who was helming the show. 509 00:21:53,293 --> 00:21:55,376 (singing) 510 00:22:03,251 --> 00:22:06,418 (shouts) 511 00:22:07,085 --> 00:22:08,960 Dean Martin was just so loose. 512 00:22:09,043 --> 00:22:10,168 He acted as though 513 00:22:10,251 --> 00:22:11,835 he was doing the whole show drunk 514 00:22:11,918 --> 00:22:13,210 without a rehearsal. 515 00:22:13,043 --> 00:22:14,960 This is a real international show. 516 00:22:15,043 --> 00:22:17,876 Now, where else could you see a smooth Italian. 517 00:22:17,960 --> 00:22:19,335 and a slippery pole? 518 00:22:19,418 --> 00:22:21,626 (laughter) 519 00:22:22,918 --> 00:22:25,126 He was funny. He was really, really funny. 520 00:22:34,043 --> 00:22:36,543 He always looked as if he was a bit lost. 521 00:22:37,960 --> 00:22:40,251 People thought that it because he was tidily. 522 00:22:40,085 --> 00:22:42,251 But that was part of the charm. 523 00:22:45,126 --> 00:22:48,126 Presenter: Here he is. Ed Sullivan. 524 00:22:52,126 --> 00:22:54,251 Thank you very much. Thank you. 525 00:22:54,085 --> 00:22:56,251 No matter who controlled the TV set 526 00:22:56,085 --> 00:22:59,043 the other nights of the week on Sunday night, you know, 527 00:22:59,126 --> 00:23:01,043 eight o'clock you were going to watch Ed Sullivan. 528 00:23:01,126 --> 00:23:03,876 Now, ladies and gentlemen, a very fine hourly act. 529 00:23:03,960 --> 00:23:06,376 Ed Sullivan was a phenomena and he was powerful force. 530 00:23:06,460 --> 00:23:09,043 Now, lQuiet please!tlemen, a very fQuiet.urly act. 531 00:23:09,126 --> 00:23:10,418 The beauty of the Sullivan kind 532 00:23:10,501 --> 00:23:13,210 Nof variety show is thatn, if you didn't like some things, 533 00:23:13,293 --> 00:23:15,251 something else would be around in four minutes. 534 00:23:15,085 --> 00:23:16,626 -No, Yanni, no. -No. 535 00:23:16,710 --> 00:23:19,251 -It is very difficult. -Easy. 536 00:23:19,085 --> 00:23:21,210 -No, Yanni, no. -No. : Advertisers wanted everybody. 537 00:23:22,001 --> 00:23:23,210 And so they got everybody. 538 00:23:23,293 --> 00:23:25,085 The little kid and his grandparents 539 00:23:25,168 --> 00:23:26,710 could watch the same show. 540 00:23:28,168 --> 00:23:30,085 They would have an elephant on, 541 00:23:30,168 --> 00:23:32,085 and then the next thing somebody doing Shakespeare, 542 00:23:32,168 --> 00:23:34,251 and then the next thing have a comic.ant on, 543 00:23:34,085 --> 00:23:35,710 There would be an acrobat 544 00:23:35,793 --> 00:23:37,460 and then an opera singer over next bit, 545 00:23:37,543 --> 00:23:39,501 which was true variety. 546 00:23:39,585 --> 00:23:41,043 ♪ Forget all your cares ♪ 547 00:23:41,126 --> 00:23:43,960 ♪ And go Downtown ♪ 548 00:23:44,043 --> 00:23:46,876 ♪ Things will be great when you're Downtown ♪ 549 00:23:46,960 --> 00:23:48,085 Anything that was current was on 550 00:23:48,168 --> 00:23:49,126 Ed Sullivan Show. 551 00:23:49,210 --> 00:23:51,251 The young Richard Pryor. 552 00:23:51,335 --> 00:23:54,085 Thank you. Thank you. 553 00:23:54,168 --> 00:23:56,001 Sullivan: Rodney Dangerfield. 554 00:23:56,085 --> 00:23:58,085 Everybody wanted a showcase Thank you. Thank you. 555 00:23:58,168 --> 00:24:00,126 and if you got in on Sullivan you knew... 556 00:24:00,210 --> 00:24:02,210 You can talk about it. "Did you just see Sullivan?" 557 00:24:02,043 --> 00:24:04,085 andMy whole lifen on I don't get no respect. 558 00:24:04,168 --> 00:24:05,668 No respect from anyone. 559 00:24:05,751 --> 00:24:07,126 andMy whole lifen on I don't get no respect. He's a performer. 560 00:24:07,210 --> 00:24:09,251 You couldn't get a better place to sell your product. 561 00:24:21,043 --> 00:24:22,376 When I started out, 562 00:24:22,460 --> 00:24:25,126 they would say, "Variety is a man's game. 563 00:24:25,210 --> 00:24:28,335 It's Dean, it's Milton Berle, it's Jackie Gleason, 564 00:24:28,418 --> 00:24:31,626 it's, you know, the guys." But variety is what I know. 565 00:24:31,710 --> 00:24:34,126 I felt it was in my genes to do this. 566 00:24:40,001 --> 00:24:42,335 She had been so good on the Garry Moore show. 567 00:24:42,418 --> 00:24:45,001 She always knew she could sing and dance and be funny. 568 00:24:45,085 --> 00:24:46,126 Honey, where is the... 569 00:24:48,293 --> 00:24:49,210 On my show, 570 00:24:50,626 --> 00:24:51,793 I would do pratfalls and jump out of windows 571 00:24:51,876 --> 00:24:55,710 and get pies in the face and it was heaven. 572 00:24:55,793 --> 00:24:58,126 II think it's gone.s and jumOh, God. windows 573 00:24:58,210 --> 00:25:00,210 You know, I still see a rerun of 574 00:25:00,293 --> 00:25:02,960 Carol Burnett show and goddamn they're funny. 575 00:25:05,418 --> 00:25:06,168 Richard Smother: There's never been a better 576 00:25:06,251 --> 00:25:07,585 three-wall sketch show ever. 577 00:25:07,668 --> 00:25:08,960 She was great in bed too, Dick. 578 00:25:09,043 --> 00:25:10,168 -You remember that? -Stop. 579 00:25:10,251 --> 00:25:12,335 -You never when to bed with... -Well. 580 00:25:13,293 --> 00:25:16,251 You're not supposed to curtsy, you're supposed to bow. 581 00:25:16,335 --> 00:25:17,918 But I get dizzy when I bend over. 582 00:25:21,126 --> 00:25:22,793 Burnett: When Tim Conway came on, 583 00:25:22,876 --> 00:25:25,168 his goal in life was to destroy Harvey. 584 00:25:25,251 --> 00:25:28,043 Here's Tim with our own Harvey Korman 585 00:25:28,126 --> 00:25:31,668 as a brand new dentist with his very first patient. 586 00:25:31,751 --> 00:25:34,543 Here'I use to haver own a pool back stage 587 00:25:34,626 --> 00:25:37,210 not as to whether Harvey was going to break up. 588 00:25:37,293 --> 00:25:40,251 But at how far he could get along with the sketch 589 00:25:40,335 --> 00:25:41,876 not as to whether Harvey was before he broke up. 590 00:25:41,960 --> 00:25:44,251 But at how far he could Okay, novocaine, novocaine. 591 00:25:44,335 --> 00:25:46,251 not aTake a firm holdvey was of the hypodermic needle. 592 00:25:46,335 --> 00:25:47,376 But at how far he could Okay, novocRight.novocaine. 593 00:25:54,126 --> 00:25:56,293 And they never knew what he was going to do. 594 00:25:56,376 --> 00:25:58,126 But they knew it's not going to be what they expected. 595 00:26:04,168 --> 00:26:05,293 When they did the dentist sketch, 596 00:26:05,376 --> 00:26:07,626 none of that was rehearsed. 597 00:26:07,710 --> 00:26:08,960 Yeah, I'll be right with you. 598 00:26:12,001 --> 00:26:13,918 Burnett: Poor Harvey was helpless, 599 00:26:14,001 --> 00:26:17,251 tears coming down and Tim swears 600 00:26:17,335 --> 00:26:19,543 that Harvey wet his pants during that sketch. 601 00:26:24,418 --> 00:26:26,168 I don't know why that works so well. 602 00:26:26,251 --> 00:26:28,043 Watching two actors break character 603 00:26:28,126 --> 00:26:29,293 and just crack each other up 604 00:26:29,376 --> 00:26:31,251 should not be as entertaining. 605 00:26:31,335 --> 00:26:33,085 But somehow when it's Tim Conwayr up 606 00:26:33,168 --> 00:26:34,668 and Harvey Korman doing it, it just... 607 00:26:34,751 --> 00:26:36,168 I could watch that stuff forever. 608 00:26:37,210 --> 00:26:38,835 I just thought if we have fun, 609 00:26:38,918 --> 00:26:40,293 the audience will... 610 00:26:40,376 --> 00:26:43,543 We're going to go out there and do what we do best 611 00:26:43,626 --> 00:26:45,501 and it worked. 612 00:26:45,585 --> 00:26:46,918 You can plan it, you can write it, 613 00:26:47,001 --> 00:26:48,918 you can rehearse it but you hope for some magic 614 00:26:49,001 --> 00:26:51,251 and it was Carol, the magic of Carol Burnett. 615 00:27:01,585 --> 00:27:03,043 Are you saying he's a TV addict? 616 00:27:04,251 --> 00:27:06,585 Perhaps she's been staring at this electronic blessing, 617 00:27:06,668 --> 00:27:08,543 the television set, for so long 618 00:27:08,626 --> 00:27:10,168 that its life has become his. 619 00:27:10,251 --> 00:27:11,335 Yeah. 620 00:27:11,418 --> 00:27:13,251 And he's reached such a stage of confusion 621 00:27:13,335 --> 00:27:15,418 that he no longer knows whether he's watching the action 622 00:27:15,501 --> 00:27:16,668 or he's participating in it. 623 00:27:17,043 --> 00:27:20,085 The Twilight Zone theme music) ♪ 624 00:27:20,418 --> 00:27:23,501 You unlock this door with the key of imagination. 625 00:27:23,585 --> 00:27:25,543 Beyond it is another dimension. 626 00:27:25,626 --> 00:27:27,043 Gilligan: There was a desire 627 00:27:27,126 --> 00:27:29,210 on the part of writers and producers 628 00:27:29,043 --> 00:27:31,793 to push the envelope and stretch the medium 629 00:27:31,876 --> 00:27:33,585 and you certainly saw The Twilight Zone. on the part of writers and producers 630 00:27:33,668 --> 00:27:35,960 It was a very cinematic show. 631 00:27:36,043 --> 00:27:37,751 Rod Serling: This is not a new world. 632 00:27:37,835 --> 00:27:40,376 It has patterned itself after every dictator It was a very cinematic show. 633 00:27:40,460 --> 00:27:42,418 who has ever planted the ripping imprint of a boot 634 00:27:42,501 --> 00:27:44,376 on the pages of history 635 00:27:44,460 --> 00:27:45,543 since the beginning of times. 636 00:27:45,626 --> 00:27:47,043 Rod Serling who created 637 00:27:47,126 --> 00:27:49,001 came to the realization that 638 00:27:49,085 --> 00:27:51,585 through a lens of fantasy or science fiction, 639 00:27:51,668 --> 00:27:53,460 he could actually tellto stories aboutthat 640 00:27:53,543 --> 00:27:56,626 racism, he could tell stories about fascism. 641 00:27:56,710 --> 00:27:59,585 Tonight, I shall talk to you about 642 00:27:59,668 --> 00:28:01,460 glorious conformity. 643 00:28:01,543 --> 00:28:04,168 It was a way to deal with a lot of the issues 644 00:28:04,251 --> 00:28:06,751 that America was starting to go through at that time. 645 00:28:06,835 --> 00:28:08,585 But in a fantastic setting 646 00:28:08,668 --> 00:28:11,168 so that there's some divide between you and the show. 647 00:28:11,251 --> 00:28:12,543 They sent four people, 648 00:28:12,626 --> 00:28:14,460 a mother and the father and two kids 649 00:28:14,543 --> 00:28:17,543 who looked just like humans but they weren't. 650 00:28:19,626 --> 00:28:20,793 Nussbaum: had these 651 00:28:20,876 --> 00:28:23,043 little O'Henry like twists on it. 652 00:28:23,126 --> 00:28:25,168 It was allowed to have unhappy endings. 653 00:28:26,876 --> 00:28:29,501 They picked the most dangerous enemy they can find 654 00:28:29,585 --> 00:28:31,168 and it's themselves. 655 00:28:37,168 --> 00:28:39,251 Narrator: Now, six months a fugitive, 656 00:28:39,335 --> 00:28:42,085 this is Richard Kimble with a new identity 657 00:28:42,168 --> 00:28:44,710 and, for as long as it is safe, a new name. 658 00:28:44,793 --> 00:28:45,876 tCritic: The Fugitivee was kind of aty 659 00:28:45,960 --> 00:28:47,835 somber character study. 660 00:28:47,918 --> 00:28:49,626 Beware of the eyes of strangers. 661 00:28:49,710 --> 00:28:50,710 Keep moving. 662 00:28:52,710 --> 00:28:54,626 Everybody wanted to see what happens to the fugitive. 663 00:28:54,710 --> 00:28:57,043 Well, the actual question is how long is it going to go on? 664 00:28:57,126 --> 00:28:58,335 Will we even find her? 665 00:28:58,418 --> 00:29:00,085 I'm about ready to give up. I'm tired. 666 00:29:01,126 --> 00:29:04,668 Bianculli: When it ended, it broke the viewership record 667 00:29:04,751 --> 00:29:06,876 set by the Beatles Ed Sullivan. 668 00:29:06,960 --> 00:29:08,501 It was one of the first TV shows that actually 669 00:29:08,585 --> 00:29:10,126 went somewhere. 670 00:29:11,210 --> 00:29:13,251 You know, Youngstown is not exactly on our course. It was one of the first TV shows that actually 671 00:29:14,210 --> 00:29:15,335 Genzlinger: In a lot of ways, 672 00:29:15,418 --> 00:29:18,085 television was showing slices of the world 673 00:29:18,168 --> 00:29:20,126 that people had never seen before. 674 00:29:20,210 --> 00:29:23,085 Route 66 was an innovative show 675 00:29:23,168 --> 00:29:25,085 because it was actually filmed on location. 676 00:29:25,168 --> 00:29:27,251 So the audience are being exposed 677 00:29:27,085 --> 00:29:28,501 because it was actually to things that just 678 00:29:28,585 --> 00:29:30,960 weren't part of their local orbit. 679 00:29:31,043 --> 00:29:33,126 Narrator: Space the final frontier. 680 00:29:36,251 --> 00:29:37,918 You know, there's a little bit 681 00:29:38,001 --> 00:29:39,501 of the Mayberry aspect Star Trek 682 00:29:39,585 --> 00:29:41,126 and that's going to sound like an odd analogy 683 00:29:41,210 --> 00:29:42,960 but follow me here. 684 00:29:43,043 --> 00:29:46,543 People want to believed that such a place can exist. 685 00:29:46,626 --> 00:29:48,751 The idea of a future in whichhere. 686 00:29:48,835 --> 00:29:51,460 a lot of the biasesed and fears of the pastst. 687 00:29:51,543 --> 00:29:53,085 The idea of a future has evolved out of us. 688 00:29:53,168 --> 00:29:54,960 Where I come from... 689 00:29:55,043 --> 00:29:58,168 Size, shape, or color makes no difference. 690 00:29:58,251 --> 00:29:59,168 Bianculli: There's one episode 691 00:29:59,251 --> 00:30:01,501 where some of the members of the crew 692 00:30:01,585 --> 00:30:05,585 were taken over by these mental giants. 693 00:30:05,668 --> 00:30:08,251 This is psychokinetics power of yours, 694 00:30:08,085 --> 00:30:09,835 were taken over by how long have you had it? 695 00:30:09,918 --> 00:30:12,126 Bianculli: They forced Cap. Kirk 696 00:30:12,210 --> 00:30:14,835 and Lieutenant Uhura to kiss. 697 00:30:18,251 --> 00:30:21,126 (laughter in the background) 698 00:30:22,668 --> 00:30:25,210 It was the first interracial kiss 699 00:30:25,043 --> 00:30:26,835 on television. 700 00:30:31,085 --> 00:30:32,793 Clark: NBC asked me if would do 701 00:30:32,876 --> 00:30:34,043 my own special 702 00:30:34,126 --> 00:30:36,210 and I have always adored Harry Belafonte. Clark: NBC asked me if would do 703 00:30:37,251 --> 00:30:39,835 We decided to do one duet called 704 00:30:39,918 --> 00:30:41,001 The Path of Glory. 705 00:30:41,085 --> 00:30:43,835 ♪ They will die for their country ♪ 706 00:30:43,918 --> 00:30:46,043 It's an anti-war song 707 00:30:46,126 --> 00:30:48,043 and we both felt very strongly about it 708 00:30:48,126 --> 00:30:50,168 and I just touched his arm. 709 00:30:52,126 --> 00:30:54,210 and we both felt Sponsor went crazy.t 710 00:30:54,293 --> 00:30:56,668 My star doesn't touch a black man's arm. 711 00:30:58,085 --> 00:31:01,168 Petula Clark says I'm not doing it over 712 00:31:01,251 --> 00:31:04,001 and it's my show and it's going in that way. 713 00:31:04,085 --> 00:31:05,793 And we weren't having any of that nonsense. 714 00:31:05,876 --> 00:31:08,210 No way. So it went out 715 00:31:08,043 --> 00:31:10,085 the way we wanted it to go out. 716 00:31:10,168 --> 00:31:12,043 I didn't really have any other problems with sponsors 717 00:31:12,126 --> 00:31:14,668 but that sort of gave me a taste of 718 00:31:14,751 --> 00:31:16,085 I didn't really have any otherwhat could happen.nsors 719 00:31:16,168 --> 00:31:21,085 ♪ A car that's moving fast and clean and strong. ♪ 720 00:31:21,168 --> 00:31:25,043 ♪ Get in a Plymouth seat. You can't go wrong. ♪ 721 00:31:25,126 --> 00:31:26,668 Gilligan: In the TV business, 722 00:31:26,751 --> 00:31:28,876 60's was probablyeat. about the last decade 723 00:31:28,960 --> 00:31:31,418 during which the sponsors had a really 724 00:31:31,501 --> 00:31:33,668 iron grip on content. 725 00:31:33,751 --> 00:31:36,876 Brought to you by Dash. 726 00:31:36,960 --> 00:31:39,043 Even if they tried to keep TV 727 00:31:39,126 --> 00:31:42,918 as white homogeneous, whole milk product 728 00:31:43,001 --> 00:31:46,460 the world found its way in. It could, it just had to. Even if they tried to keep TV 729 00:31:48,168 --> 00:31:49,335 What's the trouble, driver? as white homogeneous, whole milk product 730 00:31:51,251 --> 00:31:54,876 (gunshot) 731 00:31:54,960 --> 00:31:56,168 Don't you ever remember 732 00:31:56,251 --> 00:31:57,251 to bring a silencer? 733 00:31:57,335 --> 00:31:58,293 It ruins the line of my suit. 734 00:32:02,210 --> 00:32:04,043 With I Spy, Robert Culp and Bill Cosby 735 00:32:04,126 --> 00:32:07,126 were equals. Cosby is this pioneer 736 00:32:07,210 --> 00:32:10,293 Biancin terms of aSpy, black male lead in a drama. 737 00:32:10,376 --> 00:32:12,335 Rosenthal: He made race a none issue 738 00:32:12,418 --> 00:32:14,210 because he's undeniable. 739 00:32:14,293 --> 00:32:16,960 The winner is Bill Cosby in I Spy. 740 00:32:17,043 --> 00:32:20,626 (crowd cheering) 741 00:32:23,210 --> 00:32:25,918 The winner is Bill Cosby in I Spy. Bobby and I try and put forth 742 00:32:26,001 --> 00:32:29,335 an example of a way it should be 743 00:32:29,418 --> 00:32:31,168 racially in this country. 744 00:32:31,251 --> 00:32:32,918 an example of a way We need more people 745 00:32:33,001 --> 00:32:35,335 in this industry to put forth 746 00:32:35,418 --> 00:32:37,501 that message and let it be known 747 00:32:37,585 --> 00:32:39,710 to the bigots and the racist 748 00:32:39,793 --> 00:32:41,376 that they don't count. 749 00:32:41,460 --> 00:32:44,085 to the bigots anThank you.st 750 00:32:44,168 --> 00:32:46,126 Diahann Carroll: As television changed, 751 00:32:46,210 --> 00:32:48,168 to the bigots it was helping all Americans 752 00:32:48,251 --> 00:32:51,043 to understand that this is what America looks like. 753 00:32:52,376 --> 00:32:54,626 Frankly, you're not exactly 754 00:32:54,710 --> 00:32:56,543 -what I expected. -No? 755 00:32:56,626 --> 00:32:57,793 No, not from what I read here. 756 00:32:57,876 --> 00:32:59,001 Did you expect me to be 757 00:32:59,085 --> 00:33:00,793 older or younger? 758 00:33:03,085 --> 00:33:04,335 Carroll: Julia was going to be 759 00:33:04,418 --> 00:33:07,418 the first time at a black woman starred 760 00:33:07,501 --> 00:33:09,335 in her own television show. 761 00:33:09,418 --> 00:33:11,168 Had Mr. Colden told you? 762 00:33:11,251 --> 00:33:12,335 Tell me what? 763 00:33:12,418 --> 00:33:13,126 I'm colored. 764 00:33:13,210 --> 00:33:14,543 What color are you? 765 00:33:14,626 --> 00:33:18,043 She was a young black woman who had been educated. 766 00:33:18,126 --> 00:33:19,335 Raising her son alone. 767 00:33:19,418 --> 00:33:21,126 It had a universality that's 768 00:33:21,210 --> 00:33:24,251 just something new. 769 00:33:24,085 --> 00:33:26,543 And you'll keep out of mischief. 770 00:33:26,626 --> 00:33:30,210 -I'll just watch the old TV. -Good. 771 00:33:30,293 --> 00:33:31,585 In the 60s, America was 772 00:33:31,668 --> 00:33:33,251 exploding in a way that 773 00:33:33,085 --> 00:33:34,710 needed to be reflected on TV. 774 00:33:40,251 --> 00:33:41,376 Stand still. 775 00:33:41,460 --> 00:33:43,668 came back in the late '60s 776 00:33:43,751 --> 00:33:46,210 and Friday was now in a very different world 777 00:33:46,293 --> 00:33:48,835 than he had been in the black and white days 778 00:33:48,918 --> 00:33:51,043 and suddenly there were the damn dirty hippies.ld 779 00:33:51,126 --> 00:33:52,210 thanI'll makeeen in you a book. He's beenays 780 00:33:52,293 --> 00:33:53,460 andropping that acidere we've been hearing about.d 781 00:33:53,543 --> 00:33:55,251 Jack Webb would lecture aboutays 782 00:33:55,335 --> 00:33:58,085 the dangers of marijuana, smoking, and 783 00:33:58,168 --> 00:34:00,043 crazy drug culture. 784 00:34:00,126 --> 00:34:01,293 They're trying to deal with 785 00:34:01,376 --> 00:34:03,001 the counter culture but they don't understand it. 786 00:34:03,085 --> 00:34:05,460 So it's just basically they're stereotypes 787 00:34:05,543 --> 00:34:07,418 of what the hippies were like and it 788 00:34:07,501 --> 00:34:09,043 plays exactly like that. 789 00:34:09,126 --> 00:34:10,668 Keep your nose out of my purse. 790 00:34:10,751 --> 00:34:11,585 Keep yours out of the acid, 791 00:34:11,668 --> 00:34:13,085 Keep your nose out of next time I will. 792 00:34:21,085 --> 00:34:22,793 NBC presents 793 00:34:22,876 --> 00:34:25,168 Rowan and Martin's Laugh-in. 794 00:34:28,501 --> 00:34:30,501 (applauding) 795 00:34:30,585 --> 00:34:33,626 ♪ (60's music) ♪ 796 00:34:35,210 --> 00:34:36,501 Our country would be 797 00:34:36,585 --> 00:34:38,251 much better off with a strong leader. 798 00:34:38,335 --> 00:34:40,460 I know but Sinatra can't do everything. 799 00:34:40,543 --> 00:34:42,543 much better off with a(laughter)ader. 800 00:34:42,626 --> 00:34:44,293 Hanks: came along, 801 00:34:44,376 --> 00:34:46,293 we'd never seen anything that was kind of like 802 00:34:46,376 --> 00:34:49,543 grown ups acting goofy and hip that way, 803 00:34:49,626 --> 00:34:52,085 we'd never seen anything that was kind of like you know, and had girls dancing in bikinis 804 00:34:52,168 --> 00:34:54,710 that they had to joke walk. 805 00:34:54,793 --> 00:34:55,501 Who's in there with you? 806 00:34:55,585 --> 00:34:57,293 Cool Hand Luke. 807 00:34:57,376 --> 00:34:59,210 And there was nothing Who's but jokes.ith you? 808 00:34:59,293 --> 00:35:00,710 I was at the hospital. 809 00:35:00,793 --> 00:35:02,085 Anything serious? 810 00:35:02,168 --> 00:35:04,043 A black widow bit me. 811 00:35:04,126 --> 00:35:05,043 Well, it never would have happened 812 00:35:05,126 --> 00:35:06,751 if he had been a gentleman. 813 00:35:09,418 --> 00:35:10,710 Jug. 814 00:35:10,793 --> 00:35:12,793 We took it to the network and the network said 815 00:35:12,876 --> 00:35:14,210 "What the hell is this?" 816 00:35:14,043 --> 00:35:17,085 They said, "This makes no sense." I said, "Right." 817 00:35:17,168 --> 00:35:19,168 -Hi. -You too? 818 00:35:19,251 --> 00:35:20,001 Rosenthal: They acknowledged 819 00:35:20,085 --> 00:35:21,876 the hippie generation, 820 00:35:21,960 --> 00:35:25,543 yet the hosts were in tuxedos smoking cigarettes. 821 00:35:25,626 --> 00:35:27,168 They were still your parents. 822 00:35:27,251 --> 00:35:29,293 But the other people let loose on the show yet the hosts were in tuxedos smoking cigarettes. 823 00:35:29,376 --> 00:35:31,043 were this kind of young Vaudeville. 824 00:35:35,085 --> 00:35:37,043 It must be "Sock it to me" time! 825 00:35:39,835 --> 00:35:42,168 Hey, she socked it to herself. 826 00:35:42,251 --> 00:35:44,126 We knew that Sock It To Me 827 00:35:44,210 --> 00:35:47,168 didn't mean Sock It To Me, right? 828 00:35:47,251 --> 00:35:49,126 So we thought. 829 00:35:49,210 --> 00:35:50,210 Sock It To Me. 830 00:35:50,043 --> 00:35:51,043 Sock It To Me! 831 00:35:53,251 --> 00:35:56,126 Sock It To Me? 832 00:35:56,210 --> 00:35:58,585 It wasn't as subversive as it sounds. 833 00:35:58,668 --> 00:36:01,251 Yes, it was-- it was fun. 834 00:36:03,085 --> 00:36:04,668 It wasn't as subveSock It To Me?unds. 835 00:36:06,168 --> 00:36:08,085 It was the first time Presidential candidate 836 00:36:08,168 --> 00:36:10,043 had ever appeared on a comedy show 837 00:36:10,126 --> 00:36:12,626 and that, may have got 'em elected 838 00:36:12,710 --> 00:36:15,043 and I've had to live with that-- anyway. 839 00:36:15,126 --> 00:36:16,376 The family that watches 840 00:36:16,460 --> 00:36:18,210 together 841 00:36:18,043 --> 00:36:20,251 really needs to pray together. 842 00:36:20,085 --> 00:36:22,085 It just seems like it's happening right now 843 00:36:22,168 --> 00:36:23,210 and it's about right now 844 00:36:23,293 --> 00:36:25,251 that was greatest thing ever that there's a 845 00:36:25,085 --> 00:36:27,001 fusion of politics and comedyght now 846 00:36:27,085 --> 00:36:29,043 and everything else into one television show. 847 00:36:29,126 --> 00:36:30,626 fusion of politics andWhen we take over,now 848 00:36:30,710 --> 00:36:32,043 and eI'm going tose into olook out for you.w. 849 00:36:32,126 --> 00:36:35,085 The subjects that were verboten, 850 00:36:35,168 --> 00:36:37,251 we don't talk about these things. 851 00:36:37,085 --> 00:36:38,418 We're starting to come up 852 00:36:38,501 --> 00:36:40,793 in TV and because it was well executed, 853 00:36:40,876 --> 00:36:42,168 it changed everything. 854 00:36:42,251 --> 00:36:43,626 This is Smothers Brothers, it waComedy Hour,ted, 855 00:36:43,710 --> 00:36:45,793 Production 124 air, take one. 856 00:36:46,710 --> 00:36:50,126 (applause) 857 00:36:53,085 --> 00:36:54,251 Good evening 858 00:36:54,085 --> 00:36:55,210 and welcome to the Smothers Brothers Show. 859 00:36:55,293 --> 00:36:56,668 Harry Reasoner: If Rowan and Martin 860 00:36:56,751 --> 00:36:59,043 and the Smothers Brothers are the new stars 861 00:36:59,126 --> 00:37:00,251 of TV Comedy, 862 00:37:00,335 --> 00:37:02,168 it is the comedy itself 863 00:37:02,251 --> 00:37:03,668 rather than the comedians 864 00:37:03,751 --> 00:37:05,460 which is more often in the spotlight. 865 00:37:05,543 --> 00:37:08,043 These two programs have consciously tried 866 00:37:08,126 --> 00:37:09,085 to influence people which is more often in the spotlight. 867 00:37:09,168 --> 00:37:11,210 by comedy techniques to breakthrough 868 00:37:11,293 --> 00:37:14,043 the traditional song and skit routines. 869 00:37:14,126 --> 00:37:15,210 by comedy techniques to breakthrough And by subject matter, 870 00:37:15,293 --> 00:37:17,293 that is often on the cutting edge of what is new. 871 00:37:17,376 --> 00:37:18,710 Our government 872 00:37:18,793 --> 00:37:20,126 is asking us as citizens, good citizens 873 00:37:20,210 --> 00:37:23,210 to refrain from traveling to foreign lands. 874 00:37:25,376 --> 00:37:27,043 Okay, all you guys in Vietnam? 875 00:37:27,126 --> 00:37:29,710 Come on home. 876 00:37:29,793 --> 00:37:32,210 The times were changing so quickly 877 00:37:32,293 --> 00:37:33,251 Cin the 60s,. 878 00:37:33,335 --> 00:37:35,043 and we didn't change them... 879 00:37:35,126 --> 00:37:36,085 We just reflected them. Cin the 60s,. 880 00:37:36,168 --> 00:37:37,251 I can't hear you. 881 00:37:37,335 --> 00:37:38,085 We just reflected them. What are you doing? 882 00:37:38,168 --> 00:37:39,126 I'm getting ready 883 00:37:39,210 --> 00:37:40,876 We just reflected them. Wto go to college.? 884 00:37:40,960 --> 00:37:42,876 CBS gave the Smothers Brothers 885 00:37:42,960 --> 00:37:44,335 that show because they were 886 00:37:44,418 --> 00:37:46,335 clean-cut folk satirists. 887 00:37:46,418 --> 00:37:48,251 You know, they wore blazers, 888 00:37:48,335 --> 00:37:49,335 they could sing well, 889 00:37:49,418 --> 00:37:50,335 they were funny. 890 00:37:50,418 --> 00:37:51,960 Mom liked you best.l, 891 00:37:52,043 --> 00:37:53,335 You lower your voice. 892 00:37:53,418 --> 00:37:55,918 Mom liked you best. 893 00:37:56,001 --> 00:37:57,376 They told us Yowhat they thoughte. 894 00:37:57,460 --> 00:37:59,001 we could do and what we should do 895 00:37:59,085 --> 00:38:00,293 and it was totally wrong 896 00:38:00,376 --> 00:38:01,960 and Tommy came in saying, 897 00:38:02,043 --> 00:38:03,710 "I would like to show where we could be relevant." 898 00:38:03,793 --> 00:38:05,543 ♪ If you ever get a war without blood and gore, ♪ 899 00:38:05,626 --> 00:38:07,126 ♪ boy, I'll be thew ♪evant." 900 00:38:07,210 --> 00:38:10,126 ♪ But until then, ♪ 901 00:38:10,210 --> 00:38:14,126 ♪ I'm only 18, ♪ ♪ boy, I'll be thew ♪evant." 902 00:38:14,210 --> 00:38:16,335 ♪ and I always carry a purse ♪ 903 00:38:16,418 --> 00:38:17,251 People in the counterculture 904 00:38:17,335 --> 00:38:19,126 started making these shows 905 00:38:19,210 --> 00:38:20,751 and they don't want to play by the rules 906 00:38:20,835 --> 00:38:22,793 that other people did before then. 907 00:38:22,876 --> 00:38:24,585 and they don't want to play by the rules but who would expect this Smothers Brothers 908 00:38:24,668 --> 00:38:28,168 of all people to be the ones raising this much of a fuss. 909 00:38:28,251 --> 00:38:29,335 and they don't want to play by the rules but who would expect thisA good script.hers 910 00:38:31,876 --> 00:38:33,126 I held my breath every time 911 00:38:33,210 --> 00:38:34,376 they did the show because I knew it 912 00:38:34,460 --> 00:38:36,543 that the network people 913 00:38:36,626 --> 00:38:38,960 were befouling their 914 00:38:39,043 --> 00:38:41,168 trousers with fear. 915 00:38:41,251 --> 00:38:42,543 Nothing funny in this. 916 00:38:42,626 --> 00:38:44,960 Yeah, boys we're through censoring your show. 917 00:38:45,043 --> 00:38:48,001 (applause) 918 00:38:48,085 --> 00:38:49,751 They said the social subjects 919 00:38:49,835 --> 00:38:51,960 we touched on were not appropriate 920 00:38:52,043 --> 00:38:54,793 for the 9 o'clock safamily viewing hour.ts 921 00:38:54,876 --> 00:38:56,210 Stick 'em up! 922 00:38:56,293 --> 00:38:59,085 They came up with any excuse to make it difficult. 923 00:38:59,168 --> 00:39:00,418 And I came up with any excuse to push it. 924 00:39:00,501 --> 00:39:01,626 Yeah. 925 00:39:02,876 --> 00:39:05,793 ♪ CBS would like to give us notice ♪ 926 00:39:05,876 --> 00:39:09,418 ♪ and some of you don't like the things we've said, ♪ 927 00:39:09,501 --> 00:39:11,210 ♪ but we're still here. ♪ 928 00:39:11,043 --> 00:39:13,585 ♪ and some of you don't ♪ Oh yeah, we're still here. ♪ 929 00:39:13,668 --> 00:39:14,418 They were going to speakere. ♪ 930 00:39:14,501 --> 00:39:15,793 truth the power 931 00:39:15,876 --> 00:39:18,835 and they were not compromising. 932 00:39:21,251 --> 00:39:22,793 Do you have something important? 933 00:39:22,876 --> 00:39:24,835 Something very important to say 934 00:39:24,918 --> 00:39:26,251 on American television. 935 00:39:26,085 --> 00:39:27,376 You know, a lot of times we can't-- 936 00:39:27,460 --> 00:39:28,751 on American television. we don't have opportunities saying anything 937 00:39:28,835 --> 00:39:30,585 important because it's American television. 938 00:39:30,668 --> 00:39:32,418 Every time you say something 939 00:39:32,501 --> 00:39:34,293 and if you try to say something important, they... 940 00:39:34,376 --> 00:39:37,043 (applause) 941 00:39:37,126 --> 00:39:38,876 Well, whether you can say it or not, 942 00:39:38,960 --> 00:39:40,418 keep trying to say it. 943 00:39:40,501 --> 00:39:41,376 That's what's important, isn't it? 944 00:39:41,460 --> 00:39:42,876 Are you getting that? Yeah? 945 00:39:42,960 --> 00:39:44,043 There's no one in the world 946 00:39:44,126 --> 00:39:45,251 if anything is meaningful 947 00:39:45,335 --> 00:39:47,918 and truthful that you're not going to offend someone. 948 00:39:48,001 --> 00:39:50,085 You've got to be able to 949 00:39:50,168 --> 00:39:51,876 say what it is, 950 00:39:51,960 --> 00:39:54,835 say how it is and Ytake the consequence.to 951 00:39:54,918 --> 00:39:57,085 CBS announced today say what it is, 952 00:39:57,168 --> 00:39:58,918 Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour 953 00:39:59,001 --> 00:40:00,418 will not return in 954 00:40:00,501 --> 00:40:02,876 to the CBS Television Network next season. 955 00:40:02,960 --> 00:40:04,876 Network President Robert Wood said 956 00:40:04,960 --> 00:40:06,710 it became evident that the brothers, 957 00:40:06,793 --> 00:40:08,085 "Were unwilling 958 00:40:08,168 --> 00:40:10,668 to accept the criteria of taste 959 00:40:10,751 --> 00:40:13,501 established by CBS." 960 00:40:13,585 --> 00:40:15,876 CBS News efforts to reach the brothers for comment 961 00:40:15,960 --> 00:40:17,251 have been unsuccessful. 962 00:40:20,168 --> 00:40:22,710 I was angry but we never regretted it. 963 00:40:22,793 --> 00:40:24,293 We never did regret it. 964 00:40:25,001 --> 00:40:26,918 What do you think of television honestly? 965 00:40:27,001 --> 00:40:28,085 Do you think it's good? 966 00:40:28,168 --> 00:40:29,126 What do you think of television honestly? Yes, I do. 967 00:40:29,210 --> 00:40:30,668 I think, particularly for what it is 968 00:40:30,751 --> 00:40:33,085 for the amount of hours 969 00:40:33,168 --> 00:40:35,126 that it gives you for enjoyment. 970 00:40:35,210 --> 00:40:38,085 Either an education or for pure entertainment. 971 00:40:38,168 --> 00:40:40,126 that it gives you It's remarkably good. 972 00:40:40,210 --> 00:40:42,001 What television did Either an education or for pure entertainment. 973 00:40:42,085 --> 00:40:44,293 in the 60s was to show the American people that it gives you It's remarkably good. 974 00:40:44,376 --> 00:40:46,085 to the American people. 975 00:40:46,168 --> 00:40:48,543 in the 60s was to show the American people Until then,ou we did not truly know 976 00:40:48,626 --> 00:40:50,710 much about each other. 977 00:40:50,793 --> 00:40:52,210 We knew only what we had seen 978 00:40:52,043 --> 00:40:53,501 which is very little 979 00:40:53,585 --> 00:40:55,126 and what we had read which was even less. 980 00:40:55,210 --> 00:40:58,668 Few years ago, I thought it was the end of the world. 981 00:40:58,751 --> 00:41:00,126 No, it's just the beginning. 982 00:41:00,210 --> 00:41:02,085 I think people looked at television 983 00:41:02,168 --> 00:41:04,001 for answers maybe that the world is 984 00:41:04,085 --> 00:41:07,168 just confusing. It's going to be hell over the place. 985 00:41:07,251 --> 00:41:09,751 Maybe something on here will help. 986 00:41:09,835 --> 00:41:12,001 There was no denying in the shift and 987 00:41:12,085 --> 00:41:15,210 attitudes towards sex, towards race relations, 988 00:41:15,043 --> 00:41:16,793 There was no denying in the shift and towards politics. 989 00:41:16,876 --> 00:41:18,210 attitudes towards sex, towards race relations, It was all televised. 990 00:41:18,293 --> 00:41:19,751 That you will faithfully 991 00:41:19,835 --> 00:41:21,210 execute the office. 992 00:41:21,293 --> 00:41:23,001 And I will faithfully 993 00:41:23,085 --> 00:41:24,126 execute the office. 994 00:41:24,210 --> 00:41:25,168 Paul Newman: When it works And I will faithfully 995 00:41:25,251 --> 00:41:27,210 television conveys impressions 996 00:41:27,043 --> 00:41:29,001 and revokes memories. When it works And I will faithfully 997 00:41:29,085 --> 00:41:32,168 When it works well, television makes us feel. 998 00:41:32,251 --> 00:41:33,335 and revokes memories. When it works And Good morning.ully 999 00:41:33,418 --> 00:41:35,585 When it works well, television makes us feel. It's T-minus one hour, 1000 00:41:35,668 --> 00:41:39,126 and revokes memories. When it works 29 minutes and 53 seconds and countingully 1001 00:41:39,210 --> 00:41:43,168 Television created a sense of national unity around culture events. 1002 00:41:43,043 --> 00:41:44,376 Good, now we can see 1003 00:41:44,460 --> 00:41:45,835 Television created a sense you coming downround in the ladder now. 1004 00:41:45,918 --> 00:41:47,251 You could turn on a machinee 1005 00:41:47,085 --> 00:41:48,210 and be somewhere else. Television created a sense you coming downround in the ladder now. 1006 00:41:48,293 --> 00:41:51,251 -You're looking good here. -Phew, boy. 1007 00:41:51,085 --> 00:41:54,085 Television changed absolutely everything. 1008 00:41:55,126 --> 00:41:57,418 Beautiful view. Isn't that something? 1009 00:41:59,126 --> 00:42:01,960 ♪ (The Sixties theme, Composer Blake Neely) ♪