…and still going today. It’s still the structure of almost every white family sitcom. Everybody Loves Raymond, King Of Queens, Family Guy, The Simpsons, and on and on. Granted some of them (the cartoons in particular) are specifically treating that trope ironically, however that subtlety is lost on much of the audience and thus the trope’s reinforcement continues.
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