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Honey, I'm Home!: Breadwinners and Homemakers

Episode 2 of 6

Series about American comedy shows how sitcoms from I Love Lucy to Seinfeld reflect the ongoing changes at home and in the workplace.

Six-part series chronicling over 100 years of American comedy, introduced by Billy Crystal and narrated by Amy Sedaris.

The domestic comedy may be the most American of comedy concepts. The moment that Burns and Allen admitted to their radio audience that they were a married couple, a tradition of laughter on the home front began.

Groundbreaking television sitcoms like the Goldbergs, I Love Lucy, the Honeymooners, the Dick van Dyke Show, All in the Family, the Cosby Show, Roseanne, Seinfeld and the Simpsons reflect the ongoing changes at home and in the workplace. Sitcoms continue to be a consistently humorous barometer of American gender roles and attitudes toward racism and politics.

1 hour

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Billy Crystal
Producer Michael Kantor
Director Michael Kantor
Writer Michael Kantor

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