If you were to count the episodes on your hand, you’d run through your fingers 60 times. Homer would need 75 rounds. Such is life with four fingers. Other than the digit difference, the Simpsons may as well live down the street. Few families in television have been so unabashedly imperfect. And judging from the show’s longevity, plenty of Americans can accept such a flawed family.
The Simpsons always seem flat broke. To afford a therapy session, they had to pawn the TV. When Homer was kidnapped in Brazil, the family scrounged up their life savings for ransom – and fell short of $1,200. They watch TV. They bicker. They have run-ins with the law. They pick on each other. They try hard. Much like a real family. Read More >>>