. >> and the tracy ullman show. >> it was a sketch show. different. >> i got to have those candy bars. >> you better not be thinking of stealing those candy bars. >> that's it! >> the simpsons would never have come along had it not been for the tracy ullman show. >> ultimately, crime hurts the criminal. >> that is not true, mom, i got a free ride home. didn't i? >> fox was thrilled that it was different. they said, sure, be experimental, do whatever you want. we're just happy to have a show on the air. >> i'm home! >> married with children was the first big hit in that way that said, if all of the rest of television is going this way, we're going that way. >> bud, kelly, you want to come down and help me in the kitchen? >> that should buy us about ten minutes. seven more than we'll need. >> the title of "married with children" on the script was not "the cosby show." great. how fun. >> the bundys were like a purposeful reaction to the perfection of the huxtables, because you had this wonderful perfect black family and this horrible miserable