You can't get a contemporary story about what is going on inside government, and how society sees itself, on American TV.

In those days, the early 1980s, TV and film were interchangeable.

The future of American film lies on television.

You get racism crossing the street; it's in the very fabric of American society.

Make no mistake about it, my friends - Republicans, the American people are never going to forget that it was you who shut down the government of the people.

NASCAR and the Daytona 500 are about as American as you can get.