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To understand humanity is
to understand the sweet, lovely,
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wonderful foolishness
of the human condition.
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The best comedy comes
from your living experience.
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Every comic sees the world
through a prism
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that the average person
doesn see through.
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All we do is point out
the obvious, really,
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and then twist it somewhere.
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I just can believe
the way people are.
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What is it with humanity?
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What kind of a world
do we live in?
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Anderson:
You’re not alone, ultimately.
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I think that’s what
the comic’s saying.
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Reality is the fodder for comedy
because it’s what we have.
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So where else can we find comedy
if not in real life?
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David:
As opposed to what, fake life?
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You know.
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Life is real.
Yeah, we got that.
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♪
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First, a philosophical question.
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Have you ever noticed
when you’re driving
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that anyone who’s driving
slower than you is an idiot?
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[ Laughter, applause ]
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And anyone driving faster
than you is a maniac!
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You see a million things
a day in your life,
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and they all go
on the back burner
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of your six‐burner Wolf,
ridiculously priced mind.
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A comedian comes out and brings
it to the front burner.
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I don like
other people’s showers.
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There’s always a problem
with temperature adjustment.
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There’s always a little hair
stuck on the wall.
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[ Laughter ]
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And you want to get rid of it,
but you don want to touch it.
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I don know how it got up
that high in the first place.
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Real life is funny
because it’s relatable, period.
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That’s it.
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And people are at home
watching something relatable,
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that will make them laugh
because they go,
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"Oh, that happened to me, too."
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Remember when you were a kid
and you’d go on vacation?
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You’d be, like, "Why is dad
always in a bad mood?"
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[ Laughter ]
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Now I understand.
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Don! No!
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Hyah!
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[ Laughs ]
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Is this Grandma?
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Yeah, she’s still alive.
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David: Why is the family
a good place to look for humor?
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Was that it?
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Where else ‐‐
Where else is it?
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Maybe you should ask Santa
for a new family?
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I don want a new family.
I don want any family.
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Families suck.
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Do you ever notice
where you trip on something,
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when you’re walking,
and you go, "What was that?"
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Well, that was your family.
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Would you forget
the paper?
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Anderson:
They put their foot out.
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Just don get
so ahead of yourself.
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Anybody got them mothers
that would hit you with a shoe?
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I had a mother that would
throw a shoe at you
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at the drop of a dime
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and fuck you up
wherever she was aiming.
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[ Imitates gunshot ]
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[ Applause ]
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[ Whistles theme from "The Good,
the Bad and the Ugly" ]
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I don want to give you
the wrong impression of my dad.
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He never hit us.
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He carried a gun.
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[ Laughter ]
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He never shot us.
He just ‐‐
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[ Imitates gun cocking ]
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[ Laughter ]
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When I started,
I just did fat jokes.
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I didn know
other families had that
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insanity that I grew up with.
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"Oh, yeah, Mom told me
to tell you today.
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You’re adopted."
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[ Laughter ]
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"You’re ruining
this whole family."
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Rosenthal:
That’s why we laugh.
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That’s why the family sitcom
has always prevailed.
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Oh, I could just crawl
into a hole and die!
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That’s the second hole
she’s crawled into in two days.
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Rosenthal: In the ’50s, you get
these sitcoms that, frankly,
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aren really trying
to be that funny.
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Boy, nobody can
make pancakes like Mom.
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Nobody can eat
’em like Pop.
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These shows are presented
by soap sellers, car sellers.
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They wanted their product
to be nice, with no sharp edges,
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so they couldn
be that daring.
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Very sort of white‐bread
portrayals of family
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were what the public wanted
to see at that time,
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but in the ’70s,
all of that changed.
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♪ And you knew
who you were then ♪
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The comedy grew out
of transgression.
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Shows like "All in the Family"
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showed a different side
of that nuclear family.
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Do you realize
how many boring things
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I gotta do in a single day
that drive me crazy?
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I gotta get up.
I gotta brush my teeth.
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I have to shave,
and I hate to shave.
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There are mornings
when I stand there,
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debating with that mirror,
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should I shave,
or should I cut my throat?
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But I shave.
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You know, it’s too bad
you always lose that argument.
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What was it about
"All in the Family"
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that was so different
from the things
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that had come before?
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I wasn aware at the time
there was anything different.
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I was writing out
of my own experience.
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I grew up with a father
much like Archie Bunker
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who insisted that I was
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the laziest white kid
he ever met.
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You are a meathead.
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What did you call me?
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A meathead ‐‐
dead from the neck up.
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Meat. Head.
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Norman Lear blows the lid off
what a family sitcom is.
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Oh, Archie!
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Out of the way, Edith.
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We were writing
about what we knew,
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what was happening
our families ‐‐
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up the street, down the street,
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across the street
from each other,
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and that’s how we got
to the real problems.
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I think it’s time we had
a brother‐to‐brother talk.
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Or to put it delicately,
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a talk about the birds
and the bees.
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Well, I have to study
right now.
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I’ll teach you about sex
some other time, okay?
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Norman Lear gave you
"All in the Family."
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He gave you "Good Times."
He gave you "The Jeffersons."
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He gave you different
looks of what real,
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niched versions
of the American family
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were in different segments
of this country.
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Well, he married into one
of them mixed‐up families.
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What do you mean,
mixed‐up?
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Zebra city.
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He’s white.
She’s black.
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The kids
are medium‐rare.
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It was basically
all flawed characters,
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but that was what
was good about it.
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People could relate
to the fact
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that these were not perfect
human beings, far from it.
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You could draw
a line right there.
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That’s where
it started to change,
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and that paved the way
for everything that came after.
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I’m going to get married
when I’m 23.
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23.
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And I’ll have
a husband named Bud.
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Husband named Bud?
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Bud what?
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Bud Huxtable.
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"The Cosby Show," in the ’80s,
normalizes the black experience
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in a way that was
super important.
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That felt more like my family
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than when I heard what the myth
of the black family was.
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How do you expect to get into
college with grades like this?
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‐No problem.
‐Huh?
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See, I’m not going
to college.
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Damn right.
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We had "Cosby Show,"
"Family Ties."
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We had the Seavers.
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And those families were saying
we’re all basically the same.
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Kohen: It was a more
conservative era,
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and so you had these
upper‐middle‐class households
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who don worry
about money,
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are able to, like, balance
their careers and their kids,
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and then in comes "Roseanne."
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I’m sorry.
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What do you want me to do,
throw myself off a bridge?
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Yeah, and take your brother
and sister with you.
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Are you ever sorry
we got married?
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Every second of my life.
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Cryer:
We’re used to a certain amount
of slickness in our sitcoms,
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but "Roseanne"
got rid of all of that,
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mostly because she was
never that kind of performer.
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This was not "The Cosby Show."
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They were letting it all hang
out and letting it be funny.
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You’re being
totally unfair
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just ’cause I don want to eat
your stinkin’ beans!
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Wrong.
I am being totally unfair
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because that is my job!
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Now, you sit down and have
a nice dinner with your family.
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‐I hate you.
‐Hey!
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I say disown her.
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I wanted to do a show
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that was about real people,
that wasn about,
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"Honey, bathroom bowl
needs cleaning."
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I wanted to do a show that was,
like, just the joy
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and the horror of, like, life.
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Every person from a family
recognizes all that stuff.
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Human beings are
a huge pain in the ass.
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How any of them get along
with any others of them...
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Knock it off!
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...they really don, actually.
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Sometimes, I just ‐‐
I don know what to do.
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Sometimes I just want
to smack you!
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Cryer:
You’re stuck with your family.
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There’s nothing
you can do about them,
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and you put up with stuff
from your family
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that you wouldn put up
with from anybody else.
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What do you mean,
he don eat no meat?
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Oh, that’s okay.
That’s okay.
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I make lamb.
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Come.
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Anything that you find
horrifying as a kid,
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just write it down
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because when you’re older,
you can make money off it.
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You used to scream all night,
we didn feed you.
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You turned out fine.
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I didn turn out fine!
I’m a fat comedian with OCD.
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I get up in front of strangers
and talk about my dick.
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This is not good parenting.
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[ Laughter, applause ]
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[ Alarm ringing ]
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I feel like I was
just here a minute ago.
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I know what you mean,
but you’ll get used to it.
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Everybody does,
eventually.
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The workplace is something
we all have to endure
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in some way or another.
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I gotta get out of here.
I think I’m gonna lose it.
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Uh‐oh.
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Sounds like somebody’s
got a case of the Mondays.
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[ Chuckles ]
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You can go to work on a TV show,
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you can go to work
in an insurance office,
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you’re still gonna
have a boss,
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you’re gonna have
a pain‐in‐the‐ass worker,
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you got somebody maybe
you’re attracted to,
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and you gotta deal with that.
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So, this is a human experience
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that transcends all generations.
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[ Laughs ]
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Comedy’s about
an imbalance in power.
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Everybody who’s ever had a job
realizes it’s a power imbalance
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the minute that they get there.
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I’m the new vice president
of East Coast Television
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and Microwave Oven Programming.
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That sounds like you
program microwave ovens.
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I like you.
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You have the boldness
of a much younger woman.
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So, you go to work,
and your boss is an asshole.
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If you write a joke about him,
and everyone laughs at him...
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‐Is that decaf?
‐No, no, it’s regular.
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Markoe:
...suddenly, you go from being
his victim to being his captor.
249
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The joke is refiguring
the scales of justice.
250
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When you were dismissing
some of the staff,
251
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did you intend
to fire me, too?
252
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Especially me.
253
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I wanted to check.
254
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I’m very sorry
I troubled you,
255
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you little runt!
256
00:11:21,915 --> 00:11:24,275
Early sitcoms were
just about home life,
257
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and I used to make the joke
all the time,
258
00:11:25,985 --> 00:11:27,345
in "Ozzie and Harriet,"
259
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you know, what did Ozzie do
for a living?
260
00:11:29,322 --> 00:11:31,222
And then Van Dyke
was the first time
261
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you saw his home life
and his work life.
262
00:11:33,893 --> 00:11:35,233
Oh, is that
the comedy spot?
263
00:11:35,228 --> 00:11:36,958
No, bubble‐head,
this is a comedy spot.
264
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‐Rob!
‐Buddy.
265
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‐Sally.
‐Mel.
266
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‐Rob!
‐Sally!
267
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Buddy!
268
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Go ahead, Curly, it’s your turn.
Say, "Rob."
269
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Rob!
270
00:11:47,240 --> 00:11:49,310
Oh, wonderful, wonderful.
271
00:11:50,743 --> 00:11:52,883
Somebody asked me to do
a situation comedy
272
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after I finished being
on the "Show of Shows"
273
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because situation comedies
weren very good.
274
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They didn mirror life.
275
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I asked myself,
what piece of ground
276
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do I stand on that
nobody else stands on?
277
00:12:02,922 --> 00:12:04,762
Well, I worked
as an actor/writer
278
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on a variety show,
279
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and I write about
what happens at home.
280
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And at home, I talk about
what goes on at the office.
281
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Are you doing this because
you’re afraid of Alan?
282
00:12:14,867 --> 00:12:17,537
No, I’m doing it because
I respect Alan Brady.
283
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A man of his caliber
has great firing power.
284
00:12:20,340 --> 00:12:21,610
Oh, geez.
285
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Rosenthal: It was a hybrid
of family life/work life,
286
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and you cared about them
like a family
287
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because you saw them
together every day.
288
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They were a family.
289
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Afternoon, everybody.
290
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Norm! Norm!
Norm! Norm!
291
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Hey, Mr. Peterson,
292
00:12:33,987 --> 00:12:35,287
there’s a cold one
waiting for you.
293
00:12:35,288 --> 00:12:38,558
I know.
And if she calls, I’m not here.
294
00:12:38,558 --> 00:12:42,328
Charles: On TV, family short
of transcends blood.
295
00:12:42,328 --> 00:12:44,858
You recognize
that family system,
296
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that family dynamic even
if it’s not biological.
297
00:12:47,934 --> 00:12:50,644
Sure, things didn
go your way.
298
00:12:50,637 --> 00:12:52,197
Sure, we’re
a little disappointed,
299
00:12:52,205 --> 00:12:53,505
but we’ll get over it.
300
00:12:53,506 --> 00:12:56,406
What’s important here
is that you tried
301
00:12:56,409 --> 00:12:57,779
to do the wrong thing.
302
00:12:59,812 --> 00:13:01,212
Hey, that’s right.
I did, didn I?
303
00:13:01,214 --> 00:13:03,524
‐Sammy! Sammy!
‐Sammy! Sammy!
304
00:13:04,817 --> 00:13:07,247
You have certain
archetypes in the bar,
305
00:13:07,253 --> 00:13:10,693
in the office, in the workplace,
in the taxi company.
306
00:13:10,690 --> 00:13:12,690
They’re there because
they are real
307
00:13:12,692 --> 00:13:14,232
and they’re honest
and they’re true
308
00:13:14,227 --> 00:13:15,997
and we all recognize them.
309
00:13:15,995 --> 00:13:17,525
I don deserve this.
310
00:13:17,530 --> 00:13:21,300
You know? God damn it,
I don, but you do.
311
00:13:21,301 --> 00:13:25,001
Because you are all losers!
312
00:13:25,004 --> 00:13:27,774
Every motherfucking
one of you.
313
00:13:27,774 --> 00:13:28,744
Loser.
314
00:13:28,741 --> 00:13:31,211
Loser!
315
00:13:31,210 --> 00:13:32,750
Rosenthal:
The worst word you can hear
316
00:13:32,745 --> 00:13:34,375
when you’re trying
to make a comedy
317
00:13:34,380 --> 00:13:37,580
is "likable" from the suits.
318
00:13:37,583 --> 00:13:40,723
It’s not believable
if everybody’s likable.
319
00:13:40,720 --> 00:13:41,720
We’re not!
320
00:13:41,721 --> 00:13:42,761
What’s happened
to the old idea
321
00:13:42,755 --> 00:13:44,115
of doing something
for your fellow man,
322
00:13:44,123 --> 00:13:45,293
of service?
323
00:13:45,291 --> 00:13:46,631
‐I mean, today, people just ‐‐
‐Mr. Fawlty!
324
00:13:46,626 --> 00:13:48,386
Yes, I’m coming, I’m coming!
Wait a moment!
325
00:13:48,394 --> 00:13:50,504
Rosenthal:
There’s no comedy in likable.
326
00:13:50,496 --> 00:13:51,856
I always go to Louie De Palma
327
00:13:51,864 --> 00:13:53,474
on "Taxi,"
played by Danny DeVito.
328
00:13:53,466 --> 00:13:54,966
[ Telephone rings ]
Sunshine Cab!
329
00:13:56,169 --> 00:13:59,309
Hey, crazy lady,
gimme a break here!
330
00:13:59,305 --> 00:14:01,505
It’s Ma.
331
00:14:01,507 --> 00:14:06,147
This was a troll ‐‐ mean,
said the worst possible things.
332
00:14:06,145 --> 00:14:07,605
Is that likable? No.
333
00:14:07,613 --> 00:14:08,883
Is it lovable? Yes.
334
00:14:08,881 --> 00:14:10,951
Why? He’s really funny.
335
00:14:10,950 --> 00:14:13,890
This guy does the best
Ali G impersonation.
336
00:14:13,886 --> 00:14:14,716
I ‐‐
337
00:14:14,721 --> 00:14:15,991
I can.
You do it.
338
00:14:15,988 --> 00:14:17,118
Go on.
339
00:14:17,123 --> 00:14:18,593
I‐I don.
I think you mean someone else.
340
00:14:18,591 --> 00:14:19,631
Oh! Sorry.
341
00:14:19,625 --> 00:14:21,325
No, it’s not you.
It’s the other one.
342
00:14:21,327 --> 00:14:23,597
The other ‐‐
The other what?
343
00:14:23,596 --> 00:14:24,496
Um...
344
00:14:24,497 --> 00:14:25,457
Paki?
345
00:14:25,465 --> 00:14:28,675
Ah, that’s racist.
346
00:14:31,070 --> 00:14:32,670
I think the thing that
made "The Office"
347
00:14:32,672 --> 00:14:34,342
successful with Ricky Gervais
348
00:14:34,340 --> 00:14:38,810
was the realism was more
relationship‐oriented
349
00:14:38,811 --> 00:14:42,311
and commented on
the mundaneness of situations
350
00:14:42,315 --> 00:14:43,545
that we all find ourselves in.
351
00:14:43,549 --> 00:14:46,349
If I have to work with him
for another day,
352
00:14:46,352 --> 00:14:49,592
I’m just ‐‐ I will ‐‐
I will slit my throat.
353
00:14:49,589 --> 00:14:51,259
You won do it
like that, though.
354
00:14:51,257 --> 00:14:53,127
You get the knife in
behind the windpipe,
355
00:14:53,126 --> 00:14:54,956
pull it down,
like that.
356
00:14:57,563 --> 00:14:59,273
Or I could just apply
for another job.
357
00:14:59,265 --> 00:15:02,495
The jokes or the stories or
the emotion isn from the work.
358
00:15:02,502 --> 00:15:04,302
It’s from the people
who work together.
359
00:15:04,303 --> 00:15:06,473
All right.
Where to first?
360
00:15:06,472 --> 00:15:08,372
Your mother’s butt.
361
00:15:08,374 --> 00:15:10,384
[ Laughter ]
362
00:15:10,376 --> 00:15:14,506
All you need to relate
is the human connection,
363
00:15:14,514 --> 00:15:15,884
the believability
364
00:15:15,882 --> 00:15:18,382
that these people
live together,
365
00:15:18,384 --> 00:15:19,954
know each other,
love each other.
366
00:15:19,952 --> 00:15:22,352
And it’s that love
underneath that allows
367
00:15:22,355 --> 00:15:23,985
for all kinds of behavior.
368
00:15:23,990 --> 00:15:26,330
[ Blowing raspberry ]
369
00:15:31,164 --> 00:15:33,634
I, um ‐‐
I can argue with this.
370
00:15:41,607 --> 00:15:45,107
"Puberty usually begins
between the ages of 11 and 14,
371
00:15:45,111 --> 00:15:47,651
when profound
hormonal changes occur.
372
00:15:47,647 --> 00:15:49,047
The onset of these changes
373
00:15:49,048 --> 00:15:50,578
is the function
of a small gland
374
00:15:50,583 --> 00:15:51,983
called the pituitary.
375
00:15:51,984 --> 00:15:55,124
This gland sends chemical
signals throughout the body,
376
00:15:55,121 --> 00:15:57,391
most notably resulting
in height increase
377
00:15:57,390 --> 00:15:59,390
and hair growth
in the genital area.
378
00:15:59,392 --> 00:16:00,532
[ Stifled laughter ]
379
00:16:00,526 --> 00:16:02,756
Hey! Hey! Knock it off.
380
00:16:02,762 --> 00:16:04,732
Think this is funny?
381
00:16:04,730 --> 00:16:06,370
Just try me.
382
00:16:06,365 --> 00:16:07,565
Okay.
383
00:16:07,567 --> 00:16:09,567
People love
coming‐of‐age comedy
384
00:16:09,569 --> 00:16:14,709
because it’s innocence
to not innocence, you know?
385
00:16:14,707 --> 00:16:16,307
Obstacles to growing up,
386
00:16:16,309 --> 00:16:19,209
obstacles to maturing
are always really hilarious
387
00:16:19,212 --> 00:16:22,612
because most of the time
things did not go well.
388
00:16:22,615 --> 00:16:24,615
You don know how to deal
with the emotions of it,
389
00:16:24,617 --> 00:16:26,047
the physical aspects of it,
390
00:16:26,052 --> 00:16:28,852
and so it’s just gonna be
very embarrassing.
391
00:16:28,855 --> 00:16:30,815
Fred, she’s gotten
her boobies.
392
00:16:30,823 --> 00:16:32,193
Oh! [ Laughs ]
393
00:16:32,191 --> 00:16:34,831
I’d better go get
my magnifying glass.
394
00:16:34,827 --> 00:16:37,297
Beatts:
When I was in high school
and my mother said to me,
395
00:16:37,296 --> 00:16:39,696
"Some day you’ll look back
on all this and laugh."
396
00:16:39,699 --> 00:16:41,699
I didn realize it would
take like 20 years.
397
00:16:41,701 --> 00:16:44,841
But ultimately, she was right.
398
00:16:44,837 --> 00:16:47,707
My two front teeth
didn fall out
399
00:16:47,707 --> 00:16:52,237
until I was in fifth grade.
400
00:16:52,245 --> 00:16:56,075
Which is late.
401
00:16:56,082 --> 00:16:59,552
And that same week,
I got my period.
402
00:17:02,321 --> 00:17:04,391
Which is early.
403
00:17:04,390 --> 00:17:06,060
Any stage of life,
404
00:17:06,058 --> 00:17:09,458
if you tell a story honestly,
it can be funny.
405
00:17:09,462 --> 00:17:10,662
That’s what people
connect with.
406
00:17:10,663 --> 00:17:12,563
Everybody’s been 12 years old.
407
00:17:12,565 --> 00:17:14,865
Everybody knows
what that feels like.
408
00:17:14,867 --> 00:17:16,497
Were you typical?
409
00:17:16,502 --> 00:17:18,772
Yeah, I was typical
of a ‐‐
410
00:17:18,771 --> 00:17:22,211
of a, I guess a young,
budding future pervert.
411
00:17:22,208 --> 00:17:25,078
[ Boys "Ah" ]
412
00:17:25,077 --> 00:17:26,377
Ever been sitting around
413
00:17:26,379 --> 00:17:28,109
when you was young, man,
and just sitting in class,
414
00:17:28,114 --> 00:17:30,784
and your dick get hard
for nothing?
415
00:17:30,783 --> 00:17:31,953
You’ll be just sitting there,
and your dick say,
416
00:17:31,951 --> 00:17:33,951
"Hey, what’s going on in here?"
417
00:17:33,953 --> 00:17:35,593
[ Laughter ]
418
00:17:35,588 --> 00:17:37,088
That’s when your teacher said,
419
00:17:37,089 --> 00:17:39,929
"Mr. Murphy, want to come work
out this problem on the board?"
420
00:17:39,926 --> 00:17:41,826
We’re just trying to figure out
how to be humans,
421
00:17:41,827 --> 00:17:43,657
and your body’s changing.
422
00:17:43,663 --> 00:17:45,403
And you’re becoming aware
of how it’s changing,
423
00:17:45,398 --> 00:17:48,628
and sex is just this crazy,
mysterious thing.
424
00:17:48,634 --> 00:17:52,644
Jim?
425
00:17:52,638 --> 00:17:54,338
Well, we’ll just
tell your mother
426
00:17:54,340 --> 00:17:56,340
that we ate it all.
427
00:17:56,342 --> 00:17:58,742
Beatts: Let’s face it, all
of these unpleasant subjects,
428
00:17:58,744 --> 00:18:02,154
one way of dealing
with them is humor.
429
00:18:02,148 --> 00:18:06,448
I can believe this.
They fucking forgot my birthday.
430
00:18:07,853 --> 00:18:10,993
Apatow: John Hughes captured
many different eras of life,
431
00:18:10,990 --> 00:18:13,630
but he was one
of the great storytellers
432
00:18:13,626 --> 00:18:15,926
about being
a high school student.
433
00:18:15,928 --> 00:18:17,958
Cryer:
He took his teenage characters
434
00:18:17,964 --> 00:18:20,004
incredibly seriously ‐‐
all of them.
435
00:18:19,999 --> 00:18:21,769
I loathe the bus.
436
00:18:21,767 --> 00:18:25,537
"Sixteen Candles"
was a revelation to me as a kid
437
00:18:25,538 --> 00:18:27,908
because I thought,
"Oh, I’m Anthony Michael Hall.
438
00:18:27,907 --> 00:18:29,267
That’s who I am."
439
00:18:30,309 --> 00:18:32,639
[ Gasps ]
440
00:18:32,645 --> 00:18:35,345
All right.
441
00:18:35,348 --> 00:18:37,218
I knew you’d come around.
442
00:18:37,216 --> 00:18:39,346
Hall: It epitomizes
what it’s like to be 15, 14,
443
00:18:39,352 --> 00:18:40,592
you know, a freshman.
444
00:18:40,586 --> 00:18:43,156
You know, he’s anxious to be
at the senior parties,
445
00:18:43,155 --> 00:18:45,655
anxious to be
with this girl, you know.
446
00:18:45,658 --> 00:18:49,598
Smith: That guy, who’s normally
made fun of in other movies,
447
00:18:49,595 --> 00:18:50,955
is a hero in this movie.
448
00:18:50,963 --> 00:18:53,373
Farmer Ted is, you know,
you could argue,
449
00:18:53,366 --> 00:18:55,566
the lead of that flick
for a lot of us.
450
00:18:59,905 --> 00:19:01,305
Very nice.
451
00:19:01,307 --> 00:19:03,937
We’re five minutes and ‐‐
452
00:19:03,943 --> 00:19:05,813
I’m at a loss.
453
00:19:05,811 --> 00:19:06,811
[ Cans clatter ]
454
00:19:06,812 --> 00:19:08,452
Prior to John Hughes,
455
00:19:08,447 --> 00:19:10,247
most of the comedies
weren aimed at us.
456
00:19:10,249 --> 00:19:12,119
The teenager to us
in the movies
457
00:19:12,118 --> 00:19:14,288
was Olivia Newton‐John
and John Travolta.
458
00:19:14,286 --> 00:19:16,716
These kids, when they were
in high school looked like,
459
00:19:16,722 --> 00:19:18,162
you know, my parents.
460
00:19:18,157 --> 00:19:20,027
It was kind of like he woke up
one day and was like,
461
00:19:20,026 --> 00:19:22,026
"This is an entirely
underserved audience here.
462
00:19:22,028 --> 00:19:24,128
Let’s make movies about them,
for them, on their level,
463
00:19:24,130 --> 00:19:25,160
talking the way they talk,
464
00:19:25,164 --> 00:19:27,074
using actors
that look their age."
465
00:19:27,066 --> 00:19:28,666
Hughes:
I think one of the mistakes
466
00:19:28,668 --> 00:19:31,838
that is commonly made
in Hollywood teenage pictures
467
00:19:31,837 --> 00:19:34,367
is that they’re going
for the bucks,
468
00:19:34,373 --> 00:19:35,813
and they’re not going
for the heart.
469
00:19:35,808 --> 00:19:37,078
I think he’s very honest,
470
00:19:37,076 --> 00:19:38,976
and that he doesn try
to show us
471
00:19:38,978 --> 00:19:40,478
for something that we’re not.
472
00:19:40,479 --> 00:19:43,819
He took the simplest
of canvasses
473
00:19:43,816 --> 00:19:45,816
and ones we were
all familiar with.
474
00:19:45,818 --> 00:19:47,388
‐Bueller?
‐Growing up...
475
00:19:47,386 --> 00:19:49,816
‐Bueller.
‐...staying home from school,
476
00:19:49,822 --> 00:19:52,722
the sneaky stuff
we like to pull off.
477
00:19:52,725 --> 00:19:54,525
Ferris:
Life moves pretty fast.
478
00:19:54,527 --> 00:19:56,927
You don stop
and look around once in a while,
479
00:19:56,929 --> 00:19:57,899
you could miss it.
480
00:19:57,897 --> 00:19:59,257
O’Rourk: John was obsessed
481
00:19:59,265 --> 00:20:03,395
with sort of the middle‐American
outlook on life.
482
00:20:03,402 --> 00:20:06,742
There is no clearer expression
of John’s affection
483
00:20:06,739 --> 00:20:09,269
for what is a flawed society,
but he loves it.
484
00:20:09,275 --> 00:20:11,035
Vernon:
All right, that’s it.
485
00:20:11,043 --> 00:20:13,453
I’m gonna be right
outside those doors.
486
00:20:13,446 --> 00:20:15,106
The next time
I have to come in here,
487
00:20:15,114 --> 00:20:16,754
I’m cracking skulls.
488
00:20:16,749 --> 00:20:20,319
He celebrated the normalcy
in all of us.
489
00:20:20,319 --> 00:20:23,159
He made it bigger.
He made the attention an event.
490
00:20:23,155 --> 00:20:25,985
‐He made oddballs okay.
‐[ Whimpers ]
491
00:20:25,991 --> 00:20:27,531
And we’re all pretty bizarre.
492
00:20:27,526 --> 00:20:29,426
Some of us are just better
at hiding it, that’s all.
493
00:20:29,428 --> 00:20:31,458
[ Sighs ]
494
00:20:31,464 --> 00:20:32,864
Oh, God.
495
00:20:32,865 --> 00:20:34,765
Because he has cracked the code
496
00:20:34,767 --> 00:20:38,167
with the teen audience,
others that followed realized,
497
00:20:38,170 --> 00:20:39,810
"Oh, you don have
to talk down to ’em,
498
00:20:39,805 --> 00:20:41,865
you can talk up to ’em,
or talk right at their level."
499
00:20:41,874 --> 00:20:45,144
Man, I hate high school.
500
00:20:45,144 --> 00:20:46,354
Apatow:
On "Freaks and Geeks,"
501
00:20:46,345 --> 00:20:48,605
what was important
to everybody at the show
502
00:20:48,614 --> 00:20:49,654
was that it realistic.
503
00:20:49,648 --> 00:20:50,718
Oh, my God!
504
00:20:50,716 --> 00:20:53,686
Man: All right, come on, guys,
let’s go!
505
00:20:53,686 --> 00:20:55,216
Would somebody
please tell me
506
00:20:55,221 --> 00:20:58,661
what’s supposed to be
fun about this?
507
00:20:58,657 --> 00:21:01,987
Sacks:
Paul Feig wrote characters
that were more authentic.
508
00:21:01,994 --> 00:21:04,004
He really,
more than anyone else,
509
00:21:03,996 --> 00:21:06,266
to me, understands,
510
00:21:06,265 --> 00:21:08,825
really, what it was like
and hasn forgotten
511
00:21:08,834 --> 00:21:11,104
what it was like
to feel like an outcast.
512
00:21:11,103 --> 00:21:13,413
Boys: [ Coughing ]
Homo.
513
00:21:13,405 --> 00:21:14,935
Hey, hey, hey!
514
00:21:14,940 --> 00:21:18,180
Now ‐‐ Now, if Sam wearing
something different to express
515
00:21:18,177 --> 00:21:21,407
his individuality
makes him a homo,
516
00:21:21,413 --> 00:21:22,953
well, then, I guess
517
00:21:22,948 --> 00:21:26,588
we should all be proud
to be homos.
518
00:21:26,585 --> 00:21:28,015
Now, you go ahead, Sam.
519
00:21:28,020 --> 00:21:29,450
Paul had this idea
520
00:21:29,455 --> 00:21:31,085
that he wanted to see
a high school show
521
00:21:31,090 --> 00:21:33,560
about the kids
no one ever talked about.
522
00:21:33,559 --> 00:21:35,059
You’re dead, Weir.
523
00:21:35,060 --> 00:21:37,000
That was very different
for network television.
524
00:21:36,996 --> 00:21:38,956
What seemed bizarre to them ‐‐
525
00:21:38,964 --> 00:21:41,334
Why did they fail
all the time?
526
00:21:41,333 --> 00:21:43,743
And we just thought,
because you fail all the time.
527
00:21:43,736 --> 00:21:45,296
It was that simple.
528
00:21:45,304 --> 00:21:47,214
I guess we live
on the same floor.
529
00:21:47,206 --> 00:21:49,406
If you live
on this floor.
530
00:21:49,408 --> 00:21:52,878
I don know
where you live. I ‐‐
531
00:21:52,878 --> 00:21:54,978
Cryer:
What I love about Judd Apatow
532
00:21:54,980 --> 00:21:58,620
is that he took the smartness
of the John Hughes
533
00:21:58,617 --> 00:22:01,247
but let the kids be a little
less articulate about it.
534
00:22:01,253 --> 00:22:02,593
They’re a little more lost.
535
00:22:02,588 --> 00:22:05,358
They’re not quite
as sure of themselves.
536
00:22:05,357 --> 00:22:06,587
Evan: It’s just not fair
537
00:22:06,592 --> 00:22:08,062
that they get to flaunt
that stuff, you know,
538
00:22:08,060 --> 00:22:10,460
when like, I have to hide
every erection I get.
539
00:22:10,462 --> 00:22:12,202
I mean, just imagine if girls
weren weirded out
540
00:22:12,198 --> 00:22:13,768
by our boners
and stuff and just,
541
00:22:13,766 --> 00:22:15,326
like, wanted to see them.
542
00:22:15,334 --> 00:22:18,144
I mean, that’s the world
I want to one day live in.
543
00:22:18,137 --> 00:22:22,137
No matter how much we try
to add new viewpoints to it,
544
00:22:22,141 --> 00:22:26,881
we’re still the same people
reacting to the same change,
545
00:22:26,879 --> 00:22:29,879
and there’s something
really startling about that.
546
00:22:29,882 --> 00:22:31,222
Boop, boop, boop.
547
00:22:31,217 --> 00:22:33,917
If you get to the heart of it,
beyond all the funny,
548
00:22:33,919 --> 00:22:35,749
and find out
there’s a ticking, living,
549
00:22:35,754 --> 00:22:38,164
breathing heart there
that you can identify with,
550
00:22:38,157 --> 00:22:41,427
you’ve got the audience.
551
00:22:41,427 --> 00:22:42,757
I love you.
552
00:22:42,761 --> 00:22:44,101
I love you.
553
00:22:53,606 --> 00:22:56,036
Women know what men want.
Men know what men want.
554
00:22:56,041 --> 00:22:57,281
What do we want?
555
00:22:57,276 --> 00:22:59,276
We want women.
That’s it.
556
00:22:59,278 --> 00:23:02,108
[ Laughter ]
557
00:23:02,114 --> 00:23:05,154
It’s the only thing we know
for sure, it really is.
558
00:23:05,150 --> 00:23:06,820
We want women.
How do we get them?
559
00:23:06,819 --> 00:23:08,449
Oh, we don know about that.
We don know.
560
00:23:08,454 --> 00:23:10,824
The reason relationships
are such a fertile area
561
00:23:10,823 --> 00:23:12,963
for comedy is
because what’s ‐‐
562
00:23:12,958 --> 00:23:14,758
what do you look for in life
563
00:23:14,760 --> 00:23:16,900
anything more than love,
except maybe money?
564
00:23:16,896 --> 00:23:18,496
And money’s just
so not funny.
565
00:23:18,497 --> 00:23:20,897
How man women’s purses
are about five pounds heavier
566
00:23:20,900 --> 00:23:22,800
in case you do sleep elsewhere
this evening?
567
00:23:22,801 --> 00:23:24,841
[ Laughter ]
568
00:23:24,837 --> 00:23:26,937
You guys may think
we’re being spontaneous,
569
00:23:26,939 --> 00:23:29,039
but women have to pack
for these events, boy.
570
00:23:29,041 --> 00:23:30,481
[ Applause ]
571
00:23:30,476 --> 00:23:33,076
Whether you’re in a very
insanely committed relationship,
572
00:23:33,078 --> 00:23:35,508
or you’ve been dating somebody
for a couple of days,
573
00:23:35,514 --> 00:23:37,554
you can recognize
the ridiculousness
574
00:23:37,549 --> 00:23:38,619
of this situation.
575
00:23:38,617 --> 00:23:40,387
Like, we go through
an awful lot...
576
00:23:40,386 --> 00:23:42,316
[ Screams ]
577
00:23:42,321 --> 00:23:44,061
...you know, just to get naked
with people.
578
00:23:44,056 --> 00:23:47,186
The only time I get hit on
is last call at the bar.
579
00:23:47,192 --> 00:23:48,762
What a weird time
of night, right?
580
00:23:48,761 --> 00:23:50,261
The lights go on,
581
00:23:50,262 --> 00:23:53,202
it just feels real rapey
all of a sudden.
582
00:23:53,198 --> 00:23:55,068
You see some dude
in a full blackout
583
00:23:55,067 --> 00:23:57,037
just walking at me
like a zombie,
584
00:23:57,036 --> 00:23:59,166
just pointing at his own dick,
like, "Here."
585
00:23:59,171 --> 00:24:00,841
[ Laughter ]
586
00:24:00,839 --> 00:24:02,339
I’m like,
"I’ll get us a cab."
587
00:24:02,341 --> 00:24:04,811
[ Laughter ]
588
00:24:04,810 --> 00:24:06,380
Romance is a great
source for comedy
589
00:24:06,378 --> 00:24:08,008
because everybody wants it.
590
00:24:08,013 --> 00:24:11,383
Also, romance gives people
instant vulnerability.
591
00:24:11,383 --> 00:24:13,253
It’s a situation where
stakes are really high,
592
00:24:13,252 --> 00:24:15,052
and whenever the stakes
are really high,
593
00:24:15,054 --> 00:24:16,764
funny shit’s gonna happen.
594
00:24:16,755 --> 00:24:18,155
Did you want to see
some brochures?
595
00:24:20,626 --> 00:24:21,956
Ooh!
596
00:24:23,996 --> 00:24:25,896
This is so awkward.
I really want you to leave,
597
00:24:25,898 --> 00:24:28,168
but I don know how to say it
without sounding like a dick.
598
00:24:28,167 --> 00:24:29,467
Oh.
599
00:24:29,468 --> 00:24:32,568
The idea that
human beings couple up,
600
00:24:32,571 --> 00:24:35,141
you know, for good,
it’s ridiculous.
601
00:24:35,140 --> 00:24:36,780
Imagine if marriage
didn exist.
602
00:24:36,775 --> 00:24:39,005
You’re a guy, and you ask
a woman to get married.
603
00:24:39,011 --> 00:24:41,351
You’d be like,
"Hey, so, you know,
604
00:24:41,347 --> 00:24:42,607
we’ve been hanging out
together all the time,
605
00:24:42,614 --> 00:24:44,354
spending a lot of time
together and everything."
606
00:24:44,350 --> 00:24:45,580
"Yeah, yeah, I know."
607
00:24:45,584 --> 00:24:48,694
"I want to keep
doing that till you’re dead."
608
00:24:48,687 --> 00:24:50,757
Smith:
It doesn really make sense.
609
00:24:50,756 --> 00:24:53,456
Because of that,
it’s rife with comedy.
610
00:24:53,459 --> 00:24:55,159
That takes courage
to go on a date,
611
00:24:55,160 --> 00:24:56,600
for both sides.
612
00:24:56,595 --> 00:24:58,125
Two very different
kinds of courage.
613
00:24:58,130 --> 00:25:00,530
The male courage,
traditionally speaking,
614
00:25:00,532 --> 00:25:02,602
is that he decided to ask.
615
00:25:02,601 --> 00:25:04,741
He went up to a random woman
who he has no idea
616
00:25:04,737 --> 00:25:06,097
if she’s gonna like him or not,
617
00:25:06,105 --> 00:25:08,265
and he walked up to her,
terrified.
618
00:25:08,273 --> 00:25:09,343
Everything in your body’s
telling you,
619
00:25:09,341 --> 00:25:10,941
"Just go the fuck home
and jerk off.
620
00:25:10,943 --> 00:25:12,343
Don do this."
621
00:25:12,344 --> 00:25:14,914
It’s a hilarious subject
because it’s awkward,
622
00:25:14,913 --> 00:25:17,653
and it makes you feel great
or makes you feel terrible.
623
00:25:17,649 --> 00:25:19,619
Are you breaking up
with me?
624
00:25:21,920 --> 00:25:24,290
You know, I can believe
I even thought of getting
625
00:25:24,289 --> 00:25:25,389
back together with you.
626
00:25:25,391 --> 00:25:27,261
We are so over.
627
00:25:27,259 --> 00:25:30,499
[ Fake sobbing ]
Fine by me!
628
00:25:30,496 --> 00:25:31,926
Boosler:
If I had a terrible breakup,
629
00:25:31,930 --> 00:25:33,900
I would just come and wail
about the breakup,
630
00:25:33,899 --> 00:25:36,199
and I think because it was
so real and honest,
631
00:25:36,201 --> 00:25:37,971
it related to people.
632
00:25:39,705 --> 00:25:41,435
Chupack: It’s actually really
comforting to realize
633
00:25:41,440 --> 00:25:44,210
that something that is just
truly troubling in your life
634
00:25:44,209 --> 00:25:46,549
could be great
fodder for comedy.
635
00:25:46,545 --> 00:25:47,775
Annie:
Now, those were the days
636
00:25:47,780 --> 00:25:50,780
when people knew
how to be in love.
637
00:25:50,783 --> 00:25:51,923
You’re a basket case.
638
00:25:51,917 --> 00:25:53,047
They knew it.
639
00:25:53,052 --> 00:25:55,522
Time, distance,
nothing could separate them
640
00:25:55,521 --> 00:25:57,921
because they knew
it was right,
641
00:25:57,923 --> 00:25:59,393
it was real, it was ‐‐
642
00:25:59,391 --> 00:26:01,231
A movie.
643
00:26:01,226 --> 00:26:03,296
That’s your problem.
You don want to be in love.
644
00:26:03,295 --> 00:26:05,495
You want to be in love
in a movie.
645
00:26:05,497 --> 00:26:07,667
We have a love‐hate relationship
with romantic comedies
646
00:26:07,666 --> 00:26:09,296
because it sets these ideals
647
00:26:09,301 --> 00:26:11,801
that you could never reach,
but love is so relatable,
648
00:26:11,804 --> 00:26:14,744
you immediately empathize
with one of the people,
649
00:26:14,740 --> 00:26:16,640
and you feel like
you’re falling in love.
650
00:26:16,642 --> 00:26:19,542
Did you put that
breakfast burrito on my desk?
651
00:26:19,545 --> 00:26:21,545
I just thought
you might be hungry.
652
00:26:21,547 --> 00:26:24,077
That’s why I love you.
653
00:26:24,083 --> 00:26:25,153
I love you, too.
654
00:26:26,618 --> 00:26:28,188
Oh.
655
00:26:28,187 --> 00:26:29,717
Yeah.
656
00:26:29,721 --> 00:26:30,891
Yeah, you’re right,
I needed that.
657
00:26:30,889 --> 00:26:33,289
The cliché about
romantic comedies
658
00:26:33,292 --> 00:26:36,032
is it’s boy meets girl,
boy gets girl,
659
00:26:36,028 --> 00:26:38,758
boy loses girl,
boy gets girl back.
660
00:26:38,764 --> 00:26:40,834
There’s no new stories,
in that respect.
661
00:26:40,833 --> 00:26:43,643
It’s just, what’s your take
on the old story?
662
00:26:43,635 --> 00:26:45,135
Alvy?
663
00:26:45,137 --> 00:26:46,467
Let’s face it.
664
00:26:46,472 --> 00:26:50,312
You know, I don think
our relationship is working.
665
00:26:50,309 --> 00:26:51,379
I know.
666
00:26:51,376 --> 00:26:53,236
A relationship, I think,
is like a shark.
667
00:26:53,245 --> 00:26:56,875
You know, it has to constantly
move forward, or it dies.
668
00:26:56,882 --> 00:27:00,852
And I think what we got
on our hands is a dead shark.
669
00:27:00,853 --> 00:27:03,693
Weide:
"Annie Hall" was a game changer.
670
00:27:03,689 --> 00:27:07,529
Woody said, "I want to do
a real film about real people,
671
00:27:07,526 --> 00:27:08,956
where you could care
about the characters
672
00:27:08,961 --> 00:27:10,631
and be somewhat
emotionally invested."
673
00:27:10,629 --> 00:27:12,599
I think we better call
this relationship quits.
674
00:27:12,598 --> 00:27:14,428
That’s fine, that’s fine,
that’s great.
675
00:27:14,433 --> 00:27:15,803
Well, I don know
what I did wrong.
676
00:27:15,801 --> 00:27:16,941
I mean,
I can believe this.
677
00:27:16,935 --> 00:27:18,295
Somewhere,
she cooled off to me.
678
00:27:18,303 --> 00:27:19,703
Is ‐‐ Is it something
that I did?
679
00:27:19,705 --> 00:27:22,205
Never something you do.
That’s how people are.
680
00:27:22,207 --> 00:27:23,267
Love fades.
681
00:27:23,275 --> 00:27:24,335
Love fades?
682
00:27:24,343 --> 00:27:26,313
God, that’s
a depressing thought.
683
00:27:26,311 --> 00:27:27,681
Weide:
There’s no, you know,
684
00:27:27,679 --> 00:27:29,979
happy ending with
a neat bow tie at the end.
685
00:27:29,982 --> 00:27:31,682
But ironically, "Annie Hall"
686
00:27:31,683 --> 00:27:33,853
became one of
the funniest movies ever.
687
00:27:33,852 --> 00:27:38,022
It changed so much about
the way people thought of,
688
00:27:38,023 --> 00:27:39,963
you know, romantic comedies.
689
00:27:39,958 --> 00:27:42,858
One of the summer’s
surprise hit movies stars
690
00:27:42,861 --> 00:27:44,131
Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan.
691
00:27:44,129 --> 00:27:45,929
It’s called
"When Harry met Sally."
692
00:27:45,931 --> 00:27:47,471
Men and women
can be friends
693
00:27:47,466 --> 00:27:50,036
because the sex part
always gets in the way.
694
00:27:52,471 --> 00:27:53,971
That’s not true.
695
00:27:53,972 --> 00:27:56,882
I have a number of men friends,
and there is no sex involved.
696
00:27:56,875 --> 00:27:58,305
‐No, you don.
‐Yes, I do.
697
00:27:58,310 --> 00:27:59,740
‐No, you don.
‐Yes, I do.
698
00:27:59,745 --> 00:28:00,805
You only think you do.
699
00:28:00,812 --> 00:28:01,882
You’re saying
I’m having sex
700
00:28:01,880 --> 00:28:03,420
with these men
without my knowledge?
701
00:28:03,415 --> 00:28:05,975
No, what I’m saying is they
all want to have sex with you.
702
00:28:05,984 --> 00:28:08,454
Man: Nora Ephron wrote
"When Harry Met Sally,"
703
00:28:08,453 --> 00:28:09,793
and she got a lot of help
704
00:28:09,788 --> 00:28:13,118
from Reiner creating
the neurotic main character.
705
00:28:13,125 --> 00:28:15,585
That’s because he was
based on Rob Reiner.
706
00:28:15,594 --> 00:28:17,364
"When Harry Met Sally"
was, you know,
707
00:28:17,362 --> 00:28:18,902
it was an extension
708
00:28:18,897 --> 00:28:21,627
of what I had been
through as a single person,
709
00:28:21,633 --> 00:28:23,033
having been married
for 10 years
710
00:28:23,035 --> 00:28:24,865
and then being single
for 10 years.
711
00:28:24,870 --> 00:28:28,440
It was the experiences I had
with trying to get with women
712
00:28:28,440 --> 00:28:30,780
and, you know,
the confusion of,
713
00:28:30,776 --> 00:28:32,336
can you be friends with a woman?
714
00:28:32,344 --> 00:28:34,214
If you have sex,
does it ruin the friendship?
715
00:28:34,213 --> 00:28:35,583
Why can we get past this?
716
00:28:35,581 --> 00:28:37,781
I mean, are we gonna
carry this thing around forever?
717
00:28:37,783 --> 00:28:39,853
Forever?
It just happened.
718
00:28:39,851 --> 00:28:42,691
It happened
three weeks ago.
719
00:28:42,688 --> 00:28:46,618
You know how a year to a person
is like seven years to a dog?
720
00:28:46,625 --> 00:28:50,555
Yes.
721
00:28:50,562 --> 00:28:54,132
Is one of us supposed
to be a dog in this scenario?
722
00:28:54,132 --> 00:28:56,702
Rob Reiner’s collaboration
with Nora Ephron,
723
00:28:56,702 --> 00:28:59,102
they very much both
worked together
724
00:28:59,104 --> 00:29:01,544
to have an equal female
and male perspective.
725
00:29:01,540 --> 00:29:02,910
There are a lot
of desperate women
726
00:29:02,908 --> 00:29:03,938
out there looking
for love.
727
00:29:03,942 --> 00:29:05,882
Especially
over a certain age.
728
00:29:05,877 --> 00:29:07,377
You know, it’s easier
to get killed by a terrorist
729
00:29:07,379 --> 00:29:09,049
than it is to get married
over the age of 40.
730
00:29:09,047 --> 00:29:11,117
That is not true.
That statistic is not true.
731
00:29:11,116 --> 00:29:13,046
That’s right.
It’s not true,
732
00:29:13,051 --> 00:29:14,251
But it feels true.
733
00:29:14,253 --> 00:29:16,293
Cryer: Even a romantic comedy
where you know
734
00:29:16,288 --> 00:29:17,518
what’s gonna happen,
735
00:29:17,522 --> 00:29:20,022
there’s still something
satisfying about it.
736
00:29:20,025 --> 00:29:24,295
I don know why, but there’s
still something that works.
737
00:29:24,296 --> 00:29:27,226
I mean, that’s why they use
the formula over and over.
738
00:29:27,232 --> 00:29:28,672
Boosler:
I mean, love is the bottom line,
739
00:29:28,667 --> 00:29:31,537
and there are so many billions
of ways to be with somebody.
740
00:29:31,536 --> 00:29:32,896
It’s never finished.
741
00:29:32,904 --> 00:29:35,614
Relationship material
is never finished.
742
00:29:35,607 --> 00:29:38,337
Frankly, I wish
I just had someone
743
00:29:38,343 --> 00:29:41,313
I really cared about
that I could hold.
744
00:29:41,313 --> 00:29:43,753
But I don have
that person, so...
745
00:29:43,749 --> 00:29:46,649
I’m just gonna jerk off
and go to bed.
746
00:29:46,652 --> 00:29:47,952
[ Laughter, applause ]
747
00:29:55,494 --> 00:29:56,964
Aren people stupid?
748
00:29:56,962 --> 00:29:57,932
[ Laughter ]
749
00:29:57,929 --> 00:29:59,559
Not us, it’s the others.
750
00:29:59,564 --> 00:30:00,774
You ever notice ‐‐
751
00:30:00,766 --> 00:30:02,896
‐Have you noticed ‐‐
‐What is it with ‐‐
752
00:30:02,901 --> 00:30:04,301
Why are hemorrhoids
called hemorrhoids,
753
00:30:04,303 --> 00:30:06,403
and asteroids called asteroids?
754
00:30:06,405 --> 00:30:08,565
Wouldn it make more sense
if it was the other way around?
755
00:30:08,573 --> 00:30:12,443
[ Laughter ]
756
00:30:12,444 --> 00:30:14,284
But then if that was true,
you wouldn be a proctologist.
757
00:30:14,279 --> 00:30:16,819
You’d be an astronaut.
758
00:30:16,815 --> 00:30:18,575
David: There’s so many things
that are distasteful
759
00:30:18,583 --> 00:30:19,923
in life and stupid.
760
00:30:19,918 --> 00:30:24,018
There are these rules
that everybody has to follow.
761
00:30:24,022 --> 00:30:27,532
It’s tedious,
so they deserve lampooning.
762
00:30:27,526 --> 00:30:28,556
This was an awful morning.
763
00:30:28,560 --> 00:30:29,660
Like, I get up this morning,
764
00:30:29,661 --> 00:30:32,431
I put my maxi pad
on adhesive side up.
765
00:30:32,431 --> 00:30:35,871
[ Laughter ]
766
00:30:35,867 --> 00:30:38,697
Oh, come on, you’ve done it.
767
00:30:38,704 --> 00:30:41,774
Leifer: There is so much comedy
in the little details of life.
768
00:30:41,773 --> 00:30:44,683
It’s just taking
a magnifying glass
769
00:30:44,676 --> 00:30:46,906
and throwing it out
to the audience.
770
00:30:46,912 --> 00:30:48,712
Well, that’s sort of my job,
to think about stuff
771
00:30:48,714 --> 00:30:51,884
that a lot of us are too busy
for most of the time.
772
00:30:51,883 --> 00:30:53,183
Little things
that occur to us.
773
00:30:53,185 --> 00:30:54,985
We have universal ground,
you know.
774
00:30:54,986 --> 00:30:56,316
Like, did you ever ‐‐
775
00:30:56,321 --> 00:30:58,261
did you ever belch
and almost puke?
776
00:30:58,256 --> 00:31:00,726
[ Laughter ]
777
00:31:00,726 --> 00:31:02,186
Charles:
We think that we’re alone,
778
00:31:02,194 --> 00:31:03,904
and then a comedian steps
onstage and says,
779
00:31:03,895 --> 00:31:06,555
"Have you ever noticed ‐‐"
Kaboom, it explodes.
780
00:31:06,565 --> 00:31:08,465
In that moment,
we all connect,
781
00:31:08,467 --> 00:31:10,437
which is an amazing
charge, really.
782
00:31:10,435 --> 00:31:12,595
It’s kind of an adrenaline rush
783
00:31:12,604 --> 00:31:14,674
to connect on
that kind of a level.
784
00:31:14,673 --> 00:31:16,173
We have to fight
these battles.
785
00:31:16,174 --> 00:31:18,614
We’re all alone in the bathroom.
786
00:31:18,610 --> 00:31:20,080
Alone!
787
00:31:20,078 --> 00:31:21,578
Whatever goes wrong,
you have to handle it.
788
00:31:21,580 --> 00:31:23,580
Did you ever flush
a toilet in a big party,
789
00:31:23,582 --> 00:31:25,482
and the water starts coming up?
790
00:31:25,484 --> 00:31:26,724
[ Laughter ]
791
00:31:26,718 --> 00:31:28,088
This is the most
frightening moment
792
00:31:28,086 --> 00:31:30,086
in the life of a human being.
793
00:31:30,088 --> 00:31:32,188
Anderson: It’s an illumination
on something
794
00:31:32,190 --> 00:31:33,830
that was right in front of you.
795
00:31:33,825 --> 00:31:36,085
It was right there, but yet,
when they bring it up ‐‐
796
00:31:36,094 --> 00:31:38,334
It’s the way they shine
the light on it.
797
00:31:38,330 --> 00:31:39,930
What ‐‐ What are we doing?
798
00:31:39,931 --> 00:31:41,901
What in God’s name
are we doing?
799
00:31:41,900 --> 00:31:42,900
What?
800
00:31:42,901 --> 00:31:45,401
What ‐‐ What kind of
lives are these?
801
00:31:45,404 --> 00:31:47,044
We’re like children.
We’re not men.
802
00:31:47,038 --> 00:31:48,738
No, we’re not.
We’re not men.
803
00:31:48,740 --> 00:31:50,280
[ Laughter ]
804
00:31:50,275 --> 00:31:51,975
We’re pathetic,
you know that?
805
00:31:51,977 --> 00:31:53,677
Yeah, like I don know
that I’m pathetic.
806
00:31:53,678 --> 00:31:55,748
"Seinfeld," you know,
initially was,
807
00:31:55,747 --> 00:31:57,647
they called it
the show about nothing.
808
00:31:57,649 --> 00:31:59,519
I mean, obviously,
it was not about nothing,
809
00:31:59,518 --> 00:32:00,888
but that’s what they called it.
810
00:32:00,886 --> 00:32:04,716
The initial idea was Larry David
and Jerry had an idea
811
00:32:04,723 --> 00:32:08,863
about just two guys hanging out
and talking about stuff.
812
00:32:08,860 --> 00:32:09,860
Listen to this.
813
00:32:09,861 --> 00:32:11,001
Marcy comes over,
814
00:32:10,996 --> 00:32:12,426
and she tells me
that her ex‐boyfriend
815
00:32:12,431 --> 00:32:14,671
was over late last night,
and yada, yada, yada,
816
00:32:14,666 --> 00:32:16,826
I’m really tired today."
817
00:32:18,870 --> 00:32:20,640
What do you think
she was tired from?
818
00:32:20,639 --> 00:32:23,569
Well, obviously,
the "yada, yada."
819
00:32:23,575 --> 00:32:27,245
Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld,
those two minds together,
820
00:32:27,245 --> 00:32:29,745
you know, that’s just
comedy dynamite.
821
00:32:29,748 --> 00:32:31,018
What do you think did it?
822
00:32:31,016 --> 00:32:33,886
Can you take a step back
and say, "This made this show"?
823
00:32:33,885 --> 00:32:37,515
I think it was the style
of the writing was fresh,
824
00:32:37,522 --> 00:32:40,392
and I think it was
the strength of the cast.
825
00:32:40,392 --> 00:32:42,332
The cast is
very, very strong,
826
00:32:42,327 --> 00:32:44,697
and the writing had
a different sound to it.
827
00:32:44,696 --> 00:32:46,556
The conversation
sounded different
828
00:32:46,565 --> 00:32:48,095
than the other sitcoms
that you see.
829
00:32:48,099 --> 00:32:49,829
So, you think
you’re spongeworthy?
830
00:32:49,835 --> 00:32:51,395
Yes, I think
I’m spongeworthy.
831
00:32:51,403 --> 00:32:53,203
I think
I’m very spongeworthy.
832
00:32:53,205 --> 00:32:54,235
I’m out there, Jerry,
833
00:32:54,239 --> 00:32:56,769
and I’m lovin’
every minute of it!
834
00:32:56,775 --> 00:33:00,845
The ideas were
seemingly insignificant,
835
00:33:00,846 --> 00:33:03,576
where the comedy came from.
836
00:33:03,582 --> 00:33:06,122
Usually small, quirky,
idiotic things.
837
00:33:06,117 --> 00:33:07,947
[ Laughs ]
838
00:33:07,953 --> 00:33:11,363
Weide: Larry always carried this
little notepad in his pocket.
839
00:33:11,356 --> 00:33:12,816
Whenever something would
happen that he thought
840
00:33:12,824 --> 00:33:14,264
would make a good idea,
you know,
841
00:33:14,259 --> 00:33:16,089
he’d write it down,
842
00:33:16,094 --> 00:33:17,904
and eventually,
it would wind up in a show.
843
00:33:17,896 --> 00:33:19,296
You mean shrinkage?
844
00:33:19,297 --> 00:33:21,927
Yes!
845
00:33:21,933 --> 00:33:23,843
Significant shrinkage.
846
00:33:23,835 --> 00:33:25,195
David: It’s a little thing
that I might notice
847
00:33:25,203 --> 00:33:27,313
that I could expound on.
848
00:33:27,305 --> 00:33:28,965
Expound on or expand on?
849
00:33:28,974 --> 00:33:30,814
Expand on.
850
00:33:30,809 --> 00:33:31,779
Both.
851
00:33:31,776 --> 00:33:33,846
Both, expound and expand, yeah.
852
00:33:33,845 --> 00:33:35,575
I got it.
Oh, no, no, no,
I’d like to pay for mine.
853
00:33:35,580 --> 00:33:37,420
Now, Julie, Julie,
don insult me.
854
00:33:37,415 --> 00:33:39,175
What difference does it
make who pays for lunch?
855
00:33:39,184 --> 00:33:40,494
It’s totally meaningless.
856
00:33:40,485 --> 00:33:41,685
Okay.
Thanks, George.
857
00:33:41,686 --> 00:33:43,016
Here’s your
big salad to go.
858
00:33:43,021 --> 00:33:44,691
Oh, thank you.
859
00:33:44,689 --> 00:33:47,629
I remember I was editing
an episode with Larry,
860
00:33:47,626 --> 00:33:49,456
and we took a break for dinner,
861
00:33:49,461 --> 00:33:51,731
and he turned to the editor
and he said,
862
00:33:51,730 --> 00:33:53,000
"Carol and I are gonna
get a bite.
863
00:33:52,998 --> 00:33:54,428
Would you like something
from the restaurant?"
864
00:33:54,432 --> 00:33:57,342
And she said, "Yeah, will you
bring me back a big salad?"
865
00:33:57,335 --> 00:33:59,035
And when we got back
to the editing room,
866
00:33:59,037 --> 00:34:02,337
I took the salad,
and I gave it to Janet.
867
00:34:02,340 --> 00:34:03,570
Thank you, Julie.
868
00:34:03,575 --> 00:34:04,905
Oh, you’re very welcome.
869
00:34:04,910 --> 00:34:06,510
And then, like,
two months later,
870
00:34:06,511 --> 00:34:09,111
there’s an episode that is
written called "The Big Salad."
871
00:34:09,114 --> 00:34:11,124
She just took credit
for my salad.
872
00:34:11,116 --> 00:34:12,116
[ Chuckles, snorts ]
873
00:34:12,117 --> 00:34:13,477
‐That’s not right.
‐No, it isn.
874
00:34:13,485 --> 00:34:15,245
I mean, I’m the one
that bought it.
Yes, you did.
875
00:34:15,253 --> 00:34:16,823
Don you think she should
have said something?
876
00:34:16,821 --> 00:34:18,261
‐She could have.
‐Oh, I know.
877
00:34:18,256 --> 00:34:21,586
It’s, like, "Hmm, I wonder
where that came from."
878
00:34:21,593 --> 00:34:25,263
Oh, right, that was me.
Perfect.
879
00:34:25,263 --> 00:34:28,003
Weide: A lot of Larry’s humor
is based on the difficulty
880
00:34:27,999 --> 00:34:30,539
of just being out
in the world.
881
00:34:30,535 --> 00:34:31,535
Smile.
882
00:34:31,536 --> 00:34:32,996
And everything is a land mine
883
00:34:33,004 --> 00:34:34,514
waiting for you to step on it.
884
00:34:34,506 --> 00:34:36,366
Hey, mind your business.
How about that?
885
00:34:36,374 --> 00:34:38,214
Hayes:
We all think that shit,
886
00:34:38,209 --> 00:34:40,339
but Larry just points
it out, you know?
887
00:34:40,345 --> 00:34:42,005
It’s so great.
888
00:34:42,013 --> 00:34:43,213
it’s just material.
889
00:34:43,214 --> 00:34:45,884
I know, but really,
look at these pants.
890
00:34:45,884 --> 00:34:47,524
I’ve seen pants
bunch up before, yes.
891
00:34:47,519 --> 00:34:50,019
I have never seen a bunch‐up
like this in my life.
892
00:34:50,021 --> 00:34:52,721
I have.
This is like a five‐inch
bunch‐up I got here.
893
00:34:52,724 --> 00:34:55,264
"Curb Your Enthusiasm"
is brilliant.
894
00:34:55,260 --> 00:34:59,330
Larry took the essence
of himself, of Larry David.
895
00:34:59,331 --> 00:35:02,871
I mean, it’s not exactly Larry,
but it’s pretty damn close,
896
00:35:02,867 --> 00:35:04,567
and when you get close
to the bone,
897
00:35:04,569 --> 00:35:07,639
the audience can somehow
feel that that’s real.
898
00:35:07,639 --> 00:35:09,709
Get me off
the speakerphone, please!
899
00:35:09,708 --> 00:35:12,208
Jeff: Hold on.
Now you’re off the speakerphone.
900
00:35:12,210 --> 00:35:13,540
What’s the matter
with you?
901
00:35:13,545 --> 00:35:15,245
I thought I was having
a private conversation.
902
00:35:15,246 --> 00:35:17,216
I didn know anybody else
was in your car.
903
00:35:17,215 --> 00:35:18,645
I think with "Curb,"
904
00:35:18,650 --> 00:35:23,220
Larry gets to be
the full completion of himself.
905
00:35:23,221 --> 00:35:25,291
David: It was the person
I’d like to be,
906
00:35:25,290 --> 00:35:27,590
but social mores prevent me
907
00:35:27,592 --> 00:35:29,592
from being that way
all the time.
908
00:35:29,594 --> 00:35:31,434
[ Tires squeal, horn honks ]
909
00:35:31,429 --> 00:35:32,359
Hey!
910
00:35:32,364 --> 00:35:33,364
I’ll call ‐‐
I’ll call you back.
911
00:35:33,365 --> 00:35:34,665
What ‐‐ What the hell
are you doing?
912
00:35:34,666 --> 00:35:35,966
What the fuck
are you doing?
913
00:35:35,967 --> 00:35:37,597
What am I doing?
What are you doing?
914
00:35:37,602 --> 00:35:40,172
We decided that we should
walk this line
915
00:35:40,171 --> 00:35:42,441
where people watching it
wouldn quite be certain
916
00:35:42,440 --> 00:35:45,640
if it was really a documentary
or if it was embellished,
917
00:35:45,644 --> 00:35:48,414
but to play it as close
to real as possible.
918
00:35:48,413 --> 00:35:51,083
And sure enough, there were
people who thought it was real.
919
00:35:51,082 --> 00:35:53,752
When you walk through my door,
you play by my rules.
920
00:35:53,752 --> 00:35:56,122
You take off
your fucking shoes!
921
00:35:56,121 --> 00:35:57,991
My feet have a tendency
922
00:35:57,989 --> 00:35:59,919
to get a little chilly
when I take my ‐‐
923
00:35:59,924 --> 00:36:01,394
He’s a psychotic.
Get him out of the house.
924
00:36:01,393 --> 00:36:02,263
Get out!
925
00:36:02,260 --> 00:36:03,630
David: I had no idea that,
926
00:36:03,628 --> 00:36:05,198
until the show was on the air,
927
00:36:05,196 --> 00:36:07,366
that anybody would ever
have to leave the room
928
00:36:07,365 --> 00:36:09,025
because they couldn
bear to watch a scene
929
00:36:09,034 --> 00:36:13,574
because they were cringing as
to what was about to take place.
930
00:36:13,571 --> 00:36:15,511
I kind of liked it, yeah.
931
00:36:15,507 --> 00:36:17,137
Thank you for fixing
Judy’s hair.
932
00:36:17,142 --> 00:36:19,182
Oh, you’re welcome.
933
00:36:23,381 --> 00:36:24,381
Mommy! Mommy!
934
00:36:24,382 --> 00:36:25,952
That bald man’s
in the bathroom,
935
00:36:25,950 --> 00:36:28,450
and there’s something hard
in his pants!
936
00:36:28,453 --> 00:36:30,123
[ People groaning, murmuring ]
937
00:36:30,121 --> 00:36:33,661
Man: Kick his ass!
938
00:36:33,658 --> 00:36:35,528
Man: Pervert!
939
00:36:35,527 --> 00:36:36,987
Woman: Let’s get him!
940
00:36:50,408 --> 00:36:52,138
It always seems like
such a shame
941
00:36:52,143 --> 00:36:53,813
to just dump this
in the trash.
942
00:36:53,812 --> 00:36:55,452
Maybe birds would like
to make nests with it
943
00:36:55,447 --> 00:36:56,707
or, I don know,
maybe you boys
944
00:36:56,715 --> 00:36:59,145
could use it
for school projects.
945
00:36:59,150 --> 00:37:01,590
[ Blows ]
Arms up.
946
00:37:01,586 --> 00:37:02,986
Cryer:
People love family comedies.
947
00:37:02,987 --> 00:37:04,317
Dude.
948
00:37:04,322 --> 00:37:07,362
And now it seems like
the family comedies they want
949
00:37:07,358 --> 00:37:10,088
are, how strange can this
family possibly be?
950
00:37:10,095 --> 00:37:12,495
And now I’m expected to climb
back on top of Kitty
951
00:37:12,497 --> 00:37:14,097
and do my thing again.
952
00:37:14,099 --> 00:37:15,869
I mean, this family runs
into problems,
953
00:37:15,867 --> 00:37:17,867
it’s, "Oh, let’s have Gob
[bleep] our way out of it."
What is wrong with you?
954
00:37:17,869 --> 00:37:19,339
‐What is the matter with you?
‐Hey, come on.
955
00:37:19,337 --> 00:37:20,567
Rosenthal:
There’s a lot more variety
956
00:37:20,572 --> 00:37:22,942
in families represented
on television today
957
00:37:22,941 --> 00:37:25,941
because it’s represented
in real life.
958
00:37:25,944 --> 00:37:27,954
‐Okay, you’re ‐‐
‐He’s our son.
959
00:37:27,946 --> 00:37:29,846
‐And my grandson.
‐I’m his daughter.
960
00:37:29,848 --> 00:37:32,118
‐So, you’re ‐‐
‐His uncle.
961
00:37:32,117 --> 00:37:34,247
Cryer: I have to believe that,
for kids of today,
962
00:37:34,252 --> 00:37:35,792
seeing that families can come
963
00:37:35,787 --> 00:37:37,787
in all kinds of weird
permutations
964
00:37:37,789 --> 00:37:39,259
has to be pretty great.
965
00:37:39,257 --> 00:37:40,887
What the hell is that?
966
00:37:40,892 --> 00:37:42,692
I had Andre do it
while we were gone.
967
00:37:42,694 --> 00:37:44,664
We’re floating above her,
always there to protect her.
968
00:37:44,662 --> 00:37:46,662
Okay, well, that’s reassuring,
right, Lily?
969
00:37:46,664 --> 00:37:48,504
Yes, we tore you away
from everything you know,
970
00:37:48,500 --> 00:37:50,000
but don worry,
things are normal here.
971
00:37:50,001 --> 00:37:51,741
Your fathers are
floating fairies.
972
00:37:51,736 --> 00:37:55,606
A show such as "Modern Family"
or "Will & Grace" before that
973
00:37:55,607 --> 00:37:57,877
really sped up
the conversation
974
00:37:57,876 --> 00:38:00,906
about gay marriage
and people’s tolerance.
975
00:38:00,912 --> 00:38:02,252
Huge news!
976
00:38:02,247 --> 00:38:03,577
I have met ‐‐ are you ready
for this? ‐‐ Mr. Right.
977
00:38:03,581 --> 00:38:04,851
Well, Mr. Right Now, anyway.
Ba‐dum‐bum.
978
00:38:04,849 --> 00:38:05,949
Good night, folks.
I’m here all week. Jack 2000!
979
00:38:05,950 --> 00:38:07,220
He works over
at the Jumpin’ Java ‐‐
980
00:38:07,218 --> 00:38:09,118
you know the coffee shop
on 72nd ‐‐ and his name is Paul.
981
00:38:09,120 --> 00:38:10,990
He is cute
with a capital "Q."
982
00:38:10,989 --> 00:38:12,559
Seeing people
you don normally get
983
00:38:12,557 --> 00:38:14,387
to see makes you realize,
984
00:38:14,392 --> 00:38:17,432
oh, you should love them as
much as you love anybody else.
985
00:38:17,428 --> 00:38:18,998
That’s the finger.
986
00:38:18,997 --> 00:38:20,497
Work in progress.
987
00:38:20,498 --> 00:38:22,498
We’re trying to actually say
988
00:38:22,500 --> 00:38:24,800
that my family’s
different than yours.
989
00:38:24,803 --> 00:38:26,303
You know, but if you
look close enough,
990
00:38:26,304 --> 00:38:28,474
you might see some things
that your family is, too.
991
00:38:28,473 --> 00:38:29,443
‐Hey!
‐Hm?
992
00:38:29,440 --> 00:38:31,010
Why don the boys
go with you?
993
00:38:31,009 --> 00:38:32,239
‐Yeah!
‐Oh, no, no, not you.
994
00:38:32,243 --> 00:38:33,783
You’re way too precious to me.
995
00:38:33,778 --> 00:38:36,148
Good. Because Junior
is the bad black person
996
00:38:36,147 --> 00:38:37,247
who needs educating,
997
00:38:37,248 --> 00:38:38,518
but after we get home,
998
00:38:38,516 --> 00:38:40,546
he’ll be a bona fide
Black Panther.
999
00:38:40,552 --> 00:38:43,752
Actually, Dr. King had problems
with the Black Panthers.
1000
00:38:43,755 --> 00:38:45,915
Do you know who the Black
Panthers had a problem with?
1001
00:38:45,924 --> 00:38:48,464
I think television has a history
1002
00:38:48,459 --> 00:38:50,129
of helping us figure out
how to deal
1003
00:38:50,128 --> 00:38:52,458
with some very difficult
discussions
1004
00:38:52,463 --> 00:38:53,903
or changes in our time.
1005
00:38:53,898 --> 00:38:56,098
Listen, can we just close up
shop here a little bit?
1006
00:38:56,100 --> 00:38:57,400
The knees.
1007
00:38:57,402 --> 00:38:59,802
Your male privilege
is leaking all over the place.
1008
00:38:59,804 --> 00:39:04,084
The fearlessness of comedians
bringing up subject matter
1009
00:39:04,075 --> 00:39:05,635
that we’re afraid to talk about
1010
00:39:05,643 --> 00:39:08,683
is a wonderful conduit
to starting a conversation.
1011
00:39:08,680 --> 00:39:11,920
First off,
up and owning it.
1012
00:39:11,916 --> 00:39:12,976
Yeah.
1013
00:39:12,984 --> 00:39:14,654
I don wanna freak you out,
1014
00:39:14,652 --> 00:39:20,962
but I think that I may be
the voice of my generation.
1015
00:39:20,959 --> 00:39:25,729
Or at least a voice
of a generation.
1016
00:39:25,730 --> 00:39:27,930
There’s a number
of amazingly great,
1017
00:39:27,932 --> 00:39:30,842
unique‐voiced shows
that are on TV right now.
1018
00:39:30,835 --> 00:39:34,435
They are standing apart
from the wave of stuff
1019
00:39:34,439 --> 00:39:36,209
that’s being thrown
at us all the time.
1020
00:39:36,207 --> 00:39:39,277
The guy said this was
their best selling thing,
1021
00:39:39,277 --> 00:39:40,377
by far, okay?
1022
00:39:40,378 --> 00:39:42,048
I’m just trying
to improve our sex lives.
1023
00:39:42,046 --> 00:39:43,446
Okay, well,
here’s an idea.
1024
00:39:43,448 --> 00:39:44,918
How about you stop
rubbing your eye
1025
00:39:44,916 --> 00:39:46,816
every time you shove
your junk in me?
What?
1026
00:39:46,818 --> 00:39:49,388
Yeah, you’re
always like...
1027
00:39:49,754 --> 00:39:52,564
It’s distracting.
1028
00:39:52,557 --> 00:39:55,687
Now we’re in this weird world
where there’s a demand
1029
00:39:55,693 --> 00:39:57,133
that people take chances.
1030
00:39:57,128 --> 00:39:59,528
No one wants
generic stuff anymore.
1031
00:39:59,530 --> 00:40:04,400
I like Mama’s better
because she makes good food.
1032
00:40:04,402 --> 00:40:07,942
And I love her more,
so I like being there more.
1033
00:40:10,375 --> 00:40:11,735
Okay.
All right, baby.
1034
00:40:11,743 --> 00:40:13,713
Louis C. K.,
he’s tapped into things
1035
00:40:13,711 --> 00:40:15,481
that most people
don tap into.
1036
00:40:15,480 --> 00:40:17,420
He’s able to take
that sensibility
1037
00:40:17,415 --> 00:40:19,745
that he uses
so effectively onstage
1038
00:40:19,751 --> 00:40:22,691
and find a forum
to dramatize it.
1039
00:40:22,687 --> 00:40:24,017
All right,
go get on your PJs.
1040
00:40:24,022 --> 00:40:25,922
‐Bye, Daddy.
‐Okay, baby.
1041
00:40:25,924 --> 00:40:28,064
The more realistic
comedy gets,
1042
00:40:28,059 --> 00:40:30,959
the more drama is in them,
because real life
1043
00:40:30,962 --> 00:40:33,732
is not just drama
all the time,
1044
00:40:33,731 --> 00:40:35,301
and it’s not just funny
all the time.
1045
00:40:35,300 --> 00:40:36,770
Why do you say
such hurtful things?
1046
00:40:36,768 --> 00:40:38,598
Because it’s the only way
to get your attention.
1047
00:40:38,603 --> 00:40:40,173
That’s why I have
a rage problem.
1048
00:40:40,171 --> 00:40:42,711
Oh, shut up,
all of you!
1049
00:40:42,707 --> 00:40:45,337
Can I talk?
Is it my turn yet?
1050
00:40:45,343 --> 00:40:47,783
I’ve waited 45 years
to talk!
1051
00:40:47,779 --> 00:40:49,279
I screwed up my life!
1052
00:40:49,280 --> 00:40:51,880
I lost the best shitty job
I could find!
1053
00:40:51,883 --> 00:40:53,153
I’m mentally doomed!
1054
00:40:53,151 --> 00:40:55,621
Look at all of you!
It’s all your fault!
1055
00:40:55,620 --> 00:40:57,050
You’re all disasters!
1056
00:40:57,055 --> 00:40:59,195
I don want to be
in this family anymore!
1057
00:41:01,259 --> 00:41:03,089
[ Groans ]
1058
00:41:03,094 --> 00:41:05,034
Wah, wah, wah.
What a baby.
1059
00:41:05,029 --> 00:41:06,159
What’s great about comedy
1060
00:41:06,164 --> 00:41:09,134
is that comedy can exist
unless it’s true.
1061
00:41:09,133 --> 00:41:12,743
You don laugh unless you know
there’s an inherent truth to it.
1062
00:41:12,737 --> 00:41:14,307
Oh, my God.
1063
00:41:14,305 --> 00:41:16,265
I keep forgetting what
a freak show this family
1064
00:41:16,274 --> 00:41:19,284
is until somebody new comes in
and looks at us like that.
1065
00:41:21,879 --> 00:41:24,719
We all are human and fallible,
1066
00:41:24,716 --> 00:41:26,976
and we’re crazy,
and we have foibles,
1067
00:41:26,985 --> 00:41:28,915
and we’re all in it together.
1068
00:41:28,920 --> 00:41:30,120
Lear:
There’s nothing more interesting
1069
00:41:30,121 --> 00:41:32,491
than the foolishness
of the human condition.
1070
00:41:32,490 --> 00:41:35,160
It takes the comedian
to find the moment
1071
00:41:35,159 --> 00:41:37,529
that helps people
laugh at themselves.
1072
00:41:37,528 --> 00:41:41,128
If you’re lucky in life,
you will have seen it,
1073
00:41:41,132 --> 00:41:42,632
done it, eaten it,
1074
00:41:42,633 --> 00:41:44,473
fucked it, you know,
all of it.
1075
00:41:44,469 --> 00:41:45,699
[ Sneezes ]
1076
00:41:45,703 --> 00:41:48,513
And now you can relive it
through storytelling
1077
00:41:48,506 --> 00:41:51,306
and from somebody’s point
of view all over again.
1078
00:41:51,309 --> 00:41:53,439
Life is not that
complicated.
1079
00:41:53,444 --> 00:41:55,414
You get up, you go to work,
you eat three meals,
1080
00:41:55,413 --> 00:41:57,353
you take one good shit,
and you go back to bed.
1081
00:41:57,348 --> 00:41:58,578
[ Laughter ]
1082
00:41:58,583 --> 00:42:00,083
What’s the fuckin’ mystery?
1083
00:42:00,084 --> 00:42:02,194
[ Cheers and applause ]
1084
00:42:05,323 --> 00:42:08,193
Man: When you see these things,
do you keep track of them?
1085
00:42:08,192 --> 00:42:09,492
‐I’m interested.
‐I do.
1086
00:42:09,494 --> 00:42:11,434
I write them down
on a small pad.
1087
00:42:11,429 --> 00:42:16,069
Once I lost a pad, and it was ‐‐
1088
00:42:16,067 --> 00:42:18,667
it was the worst
experience of my life.
1089
00:42:18,669 --> 00:42:20,139
And you can
never get them back
1090
00:42:20,138 --> 00:42:23,968
because these incidents
where you get the thoughts,
1091
00:42:23,975 --> 00:42:25,635
it’s ‐‐ it’s very specific.
1092
00:42:25,643 --> 00:42:28,883
It never happens again.
It only happens that one time.
1093
00:42:28,880 --> 00:42:31,080
All those ideas ‐‐ gone.
They’re still gone.
1094
00:42:31,082 --> 00:42:33,752
I’ve never thought of one
of those things again.
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