The Tv Guide 1956 describes “Father Knows Best” as a tv show that has gone against the stereotypical family tv show, where the father was described as a bumbling idiot. “Father Knows Best” was different since it created a father who was intelligent and sensible. The popularity of “Father Knows Best” being linked to the fact that most families can relative to this typical middle-class family. The one who brought about this new type of tv show was Robert Young, though he says no one person created “Father Knows Best”, as Gene Rodney, others and himself created the show back in 1949 where they were messing around with the idea about a family show that Robert Young would the star of. They could have made a show about a family on Mars, but they
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Al Bundy was asked by a coworker if he wanted to go to the basketball game with him since he had tickets, and being a big fan of the Bulls, a basketball team, he said yes. After getting home he said that he was going to the game, but his wife Peggy wouldn’t allow him to say that she invited the neighbors for dinner. When Al says no his going to the game Peggy brings up the fact that their bank account, house, and business is in both their name which alludes to divorce. Al decides to stay. They then scare the neighbors who are over their honeymoon phase and are starting to have love troubles. The gender roles in “Married with Children” shows that the male role is still of a breadwinner while the women’s role is a house maker. The family structure for the show is still a nuclear family with a heterogenous married coupled with 2 children and a dog. The authority still is with the parents, both in this show it seems that the father has lost most of his authority while the mother retains hers. The on the other hand children seem to be disobedient and lacked any form of manners, as Bud acts as if he is slashing his sisters throat. The theme of the episode says that marriage and having children sucks. Which seems reflective of the era as society slowly distance itself from patriarchy and the increasing divorce rates that are
Al Bundy was asked by a coworker if he wanted to go to the basketball game with him since he had tickets, and being a big fan of the Bulls, a basketball team, he said yes. After getting home he said that he was going to the game, but his wife Peggy wouldn’t allow him to say that she invited the neighbors for dinner. When Al says no his going to the game Peggy brings up the fact that their bank account, house, and business is in both their name which alludes to divorce. Al decides to stay. They then scare the neighbors who are over their honeymoon phase and are starting to have love troubles. The gender roles in “Married with Children” shows that the male role is still of a breadwinner while the women’s role is a house maker. The family structure for the show is still a nuclear family with a heterogenous married coupled with 2 children and a dog. The authority still is with the parents, both in this show it seems that the father has lost most of his authority while the mother retains hers. The on the other hand children seem to be disobedient and lacked any form of manners, as Bud acts as if he is slashing his sisters throat. The theme of the episode says that marriage and having children sucks. Which seems reflective of the era as society slowly distance itself from patriarchy and the increasing divorce rates that are