In a seemingly quiet and adorning neighborhood lies a house at 742 Evergreen Terrace. With canary yellow walls and a vibrantly colored pumpkin orange front door, and garage door, this house looks like just your average house. In the driveway lies a pink sedan with a oil stain under the car, and a cherry red station wagon that looks like it was bought somewhere in the 1970's. If you take a look at the mailbox you see the family name painted in black, Simpson.
What comes to ones mind when you hear the family name Simpson? For me and a lot of people out there the first thing you think of is the extremely popular television show The Simpsons, it is one of the most popular and longest running television shows in our time, and in this time of ever changing network schedules, with shows that don't even make it after their first airing. The Simpsons have not only lasted, but it has also become a staple of American life.
Who would have ever thought that a cartoon about a dysfunctional eccentric middle class family would go on to become a part of peoples lives the way that it has. The Simpsons is a television program that is enjoyed by both children and adults at the same time. It has captivated millions of fans and still continues to go strong even after fifteen years. But why is that? A lot of this is due to the fact that this show seems to be a mirror image of a middle class family in the United Sates. This show is one of the first shows that has aired on television that depicts the lives of many people in our middle class society today. They have characters in the show that most other television shows do not portray often, and if they do, they are not in the storylines abundantly like the way they are in this television series. These characters I am talking about are the ones that are alcoholics, single parents, the poor, and many more. .
For me, the reason that I've watched the show, and have been a dedicated fan since the beginning is because of this simple fact, it makes me feel normal at times when I don't.
