America Is A Country Of Excess.

We Did An Episode On Good Times Which Came Out Of A Newspaper Article About The Incidence Of Hypertension In Black Males Being Higher Than Whites, And Increasing. So We Did A Show In Which James, The Father On Good Times, Had Hypertension.

We Had A Judeo-christian Ethic Hanging Around A Couple Thousand Years That Didn't Help Erase Racism At All. So The Notion Of The Little Half-hour Comedy Changing Things Is Something I Think Is Silly.

The American People May Not Be The Best-educated, But They're Very Wise At Heart.

Originally, With All The Shows, We Went Looking For Belly Laughs.

The Establishment Uses That Rationale All The Time, And That's Why We Do What We Do. But Leadership Requires Some Understanding That You Can Say No. People Have Base Instincts, But The Transcendent Also Appeal To Them.