OPPapers.com

Tv Shows And Real Life

TV Shows and Real Life


TV shows are probably the primary source of entertainment for the
average American. Most of them run from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. with reruns starting
at 5 p.m. We watch them because they give us something to do, a way to relax,
something to help pass the time. We all watch different shows, some people like
"Married...with Children", some are repulsed with it, but like to watch "Home
Improvement", what draws particular crowds to certain shows? How do these shows
portray the average American, or do they portray average Americans at all?
These are questions many writers have attempted to answer, at least one column
in almost every newspaper is dedicated to this topic. I think the people like
to see shows that portray them, or what they'd like to be.
"Married...with Children" runs on Fox 29 on Mondays at 8:30 p.m., it has
been on air for a long time, and has passed its 200th episode last season. The
main characters of the show is women's shoe salesman Al Bundy, his wife Peg,
dorky son Bud, and slutty daughter Kelly. Al loves to watch TV, bowl with his
buddies, drink and go to the "nudy bar". Marcie and Jefferson, are the Bundy's
neighbors and also take an active part in the show. Most shows consist of Al
going somewhere or doing something and everyone else making fun of him when he
fails miserably. Al is someone you can hardly call a father to his kids, he's
doesn't take care of them and he does absolutely nothing father-like for them or
with them. Al is constantly complaining about his marriage, he says that if he
was sober that night, none of this would have happened. He calls his children
accidents and the only good memory he has, is of him being a great high school
football player, which he would take to the next level had all his dreams not
been crushed by Peg. The only living thing Al really likes on the show is his
dog, Buck, to which he can relate as they are both dirty and nasty. Every show
it is the same kind of thing,...