Mona Simpson

The television show I chose to assess is Dennis the Menace. I watched the pilot episode titled “Dennis Goes to the Movies” that aired on October 4th, 1959. The episode follows the Mitchell family but focuses on their young son, Dennis. He is a troublesome and curious child that always seems to make the wrong choices while having good intentions. He is constantly messing with his next-door neighbor, Mr. Wilson as well as always giving his parents something to worry about. Although everyone around

One of the most famous yet vulgar cartoon shows Comedy Central is known for is South Park. Anyone can recognize the predictable cry of, “O my God! They killed Kenny!” or them seeing the infamous Mr. Hanky, the dancing and talking Christmas poo. This cartoon has four main characters that speak like crude adults but in bodies of eight year-old fourth grade boys who live in South Park, Colorado. This leaves the door open for any age of viewers, although there is a strong following with younger viewers

Sterling Malory Archer is the main character in FX’s cartoon series Archer. Archer’s personality is mainly shaped around his childhood. He is a smooth, insensitive, borderline narcissistic, spy that works for his mother. Archer was a lonely a child and didn’t get a lot of attention from his mom, and he didn’t know who his father was till later on in the show. Karen Horney’s view on personality shows best for an assessment for Archer. I will be assessing Archer’s personality using a psychodynamic

Evolution of Family Sitcoms “Blood is thicker than water.” A saying commonly heralded by family members in order to reaffirm the importance of family unity. These words spoke loudly to the entertainment industry as they were trying to create new content for television. Situational comedies were quite popular, but there was a lack of relation to family audiences. The most logical step was to combine the two. Since then, the family sitcom is becoming the yearly ritual for television pilots. Furthermore

Blart from Paul Blart: Mall Cop. He mostly stays at home and does lovable manchild things like start his own pho truck, go to Billy Joel concerts, and stumble his way through fathering three children of varying interest. There's a mom, Donna, played by Erinn Hayes, who is way out of Kevin's league and works overtime to support her husband's boredom. MORE FROM TV 'South Park' Takes on Christopher Columbus Hammond Describes Losing His Trump Gig on SNL Tim Allen on Why His Show Was Canceled Or at

One example of a “traditional” family depicted on television is Lois and Peter Griffin from Family Guy. Lois is a stay at home wife while Peter works at the Quahog Brewery. Although the show focuses on the family’s dysfunctionality it does portray how the traditional family works. A lot of the time Lois is shown taking care of Stewie (the baby) and doing housework such as cooking. Peter is almost never shown taking care of the baby or doing any housework. Some of the benefits they receive from this

So, after securing roles in films such as Analyze This and Marci X in 2003, Kudrow's return to television as a producer, writer and actress was welcomed. Appropriately titled The Comeback was, in reality, correspondent to Kudrow's life at the time. It told a story about a star of a sitcom who had taken a dive in ratings and was trying to make a comeback. Kudrow plays this character named Valerie Cherish (Valarie is Kudrow's middle name) in a new comedy that mocks her previous giddy roles. Valarie

The House of Ducks: The Perception of Southern Culture in Duck Dynasty and Tyler Perry’s House of Payne In order to explore the representation of “Southern” culture in television, I am comparing and contrasting two popular television shows: Duck Dynasty and Tyler Perry’s House of Payne. Both shows attempt of portraying Southern families and their beliefs, traditions, pastimes and everyday obstacles. Although House of Payne is a sitcom and Duck Dynasty is a reality television show, the two television

The tv show Modern Family and I made an immediate connection a few years ago. I was hooked after the first episode after being able to directly relate it to my family. My moms side of the family through a divorce and second marriage many years ago built quite a complicated family tree very similar to the Pritchetts and Dunphys. Aside from my smaller family with my two sisters and I, acting as the braniac, the awkward younger sibling, and typical teenager my grandpa has remarried to a young woman

Moral Learning in Animated Television: Examples from “The Simpsons,” “King of the Hill,” and “South Park” Animated shows such as “The Simpsons,” “King of the Hill,” and “South Park” integrate social criticism with moral values. This integration might seem to be contradictory, since much of the social criticism in these shows mocks self-righteous traditional values as supported by conservative Christians. However, the paradox of these shows is that they are capable of critiquing conservative hypocrisy