From Newsgroup: alt.tv.simpsons
In article <5c83e$49c4457e$a666684d$
14632@ALLTEL.NET>, Orson Wells as CitizenCain <
noemail@here.invalidd> wrote:
Is it something in the water or has the nuclear power from Mr. Burns irradiated their brain cells?
It's one of the standard American sit-com rules - the father is almost
always dumb, the mother more intelligent than him (not necessarily actually intelligent though), etc. It's the same in both animated shows (The Flintstones) and live-action shows (Rodney), as well as many shows where
they aren't married (Get Smart).
Of course, it's really based on the average American family, who are also
dumb as stumps. ;-)
(And in the case of The Simpsons, they also have the average 2.5 children)
The same rule often occurs in British comedy shows as well.
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