The Simpsons shorts

Peter has poor work ethnics. He works at the “Happy-Go-Lucky” toy factory as a safety inspector, so there is isn’t much seriousness there. It is suggested he might suffer from mental retardation because of his short attention span, result on an IQ test, and impulsive actions such as attempted to fondle with his daughter. He is often lazy and wasteful. His character regularly goes to the bar with his friends and gets drunk. Stan Smith is very impulsive. In some…

Themes in family shows have changed drastically over the years. Themes have seemed to transfer from classic topics such as friendship troubles and simple family misunderstandings to family drama and complicated relationship issues, as well as contemporary and borderline controversial issues. Famous TV shows from the 19th century that featured families that dealt with classic TV sitcom topics were shows such as The Brady Bunch and Full House. Popular TV shows today that deal with edgier language…

The Effects of The Simpsons Sitcom on Humanity The Simpsons sitcom has been the longest running leading animated series with over twenty-seven seasons in 2015 and counting. Not only does The Simpsons have just about fifteen million fans in America, but the sitcom is also viewed by nearly sixty million people across the globe. Yet, The Simpsons did not start out with popularity and acceptance. With the first airing of The Simpsons in 1989 by the FOX network, the show was immediately criticized…

It is fascinating to find that things that apparently seem to be so different can be developed in such way that they sustain the same point of view. If we think about the career of a very tall, basketball player; people attraction to voyeurism; the career of a country music singer who beats records in discs’ selling, and the use of laugh tracks in comedy sitcom, it looks like there can not be a strong connection between them. Now if we consider that the public is looking for this basketball…

explores this “sour” taste of comedy through his extensive analysis of The Simpsons. He argues that the show, “does not promote anything,” in this case, traditional family values. By extension, Matheson arguably demotes hyper-irony and deems it to be essentially depraved, “because its humor works by putting forward positions in order to undercut them.” While, yes, Matheson acknowledges the satirical nature of The Simpsons, he fails to fully grasp the immensity of its role within the show.…

The journalist, Judith Martin, states “The greater the controversy, the more you need manners.” In other words, no matter a person’s position on someone’s beliefs, they should respect them regardless. Some people have a plethora of negative opinions of Family Guy, whereas others are huge fans. In Antonia Peacocke’s controversial essay, “Family Guy and Freud: Jokes and Their Relation to the Unconscious,” she portrays the belief that Family Guy is actually more logical and less ignorant, than…

One day in a town called St.Albert, Shane was working project in the garage. Cody walks into garage and said “hey Shane let's go on an adventure!” “Ugh fine” said Shane, Shane and cody walk into the living room where they see mark sitting on the couch watching football drinking a cold one. Mark sees pugsley pee on the carpet in the living room, Mark gets up and rubs pugsley nose into his pee and says “bad dog!” Bella, Snuggles, and Oscar watch angrily as pugsley gets his nose rub in pee. “Shane…

Peter Griffin: The Not So Typical Family Guy Pedophilia, mental disabilities, and terrorism are not usually the first thoughts that come to mind when a person contemplate comedy. Despite this fact, they are all subjects I have witnessed the well-known television show Family Guy poke fun at. This show represents a father, Peter Griffin, and his family and all of the ridiculous circumstances they put themselves in. While the majority of people do not find these subjects funny, they still find the…

The show Modern Family has been one of America’s most popular shows in recent memory and has provide us of the different types of families that there are across the world. The American family has changed drastically over time and many television shows have not portrayed that with today’s times. The television show Modern Family portrays a family in the present time and the different types of people that are in a family and how they come all together to be one. Modern Family displays three…

In my investigation, I have watched the shows Modern Family (2009- 2017) and the show The Brady Bunch (1969-1974) . Both shows are a perfect representation of how families looked like at their respective times. In addition, the shows also display how families deal with struggles and their day-to-day interactions amongst each other and society. This investigation helped me analyze how the idea of family has changed over time. Modern Family is a show about an American family that is very…