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In response to
"Simpsons is interesting. I think it had an impact on live action sitcoms. The whole schlubby dad doing crappy parenting (but with a heart of gold) -- nm"
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Amy
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Yeah, I keep wanting to say that the Homer/Marge dynamic was written as a parody of the existing dumb-dad/taking-care-of-everything-mom trend, but...
Posted by
Dr.Vermin (aka Dr.Vermin)
Feb 10 '11, 11:54
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Yeah, I think Simpsons preceded most of the notable examples of this. Home Improvement, Malcom in the Middle, Everybody Loves Raymond... only Married with Children might be the Simpsons-preceding example.
...and in that show, both parents were dumb, so...
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