re: In the 80s and 90s Al Bundy and Homer Simpson were considered fat and poor

I don’t see how anyone viewed the fathers on Boy Meet World, Family Matters, Seventh Heaven, and the Cosby Show as bumbling idiots who the kids didn’t respect.

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I don’t see how anyone viewed the fathers on Boy Meet World, Family Matters, Seventh Heaven, and the Cosby Show as bumbling idiots who the kids didn’t respect.

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Or Uncle Phil, the rich lawyer and judge in the mansion.

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IMO, this was the start of the turn against the American white male.

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Jesus fricking Christ get the chip off your shoulder

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Jesus fricking Christ get the chip off your shoulder

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The turn away from American white males coincides with the gradual decline of our country. It should not be difficult to notice the trend.

Homer is a muthfrickin' hustler. The man has had more jobs than Courtney Love has had crabs. They include being an astronaut, hitman, majority shareholder in a major company, C suite denizen of a multi-national, a mayor, a garbage commissioner, NFL owner, chief of police, and oil field trash. The man is a low key OT baller, what new job have you done today?



Account Executive
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Actor
Army private (2 times)
Agent (3 times)
Fat Tony
Ambulance driver
Amateur-Division Professional Arm Wrestler
Asking man at products demonstration
Astronaut for NASA
Assassin
Attack-dog trainer for the Pitiless Pup Attack Dog School
Baby Proofer for his own baby proofing company
Bartender
Bass player
Beef Jerky Manufacturer
Blackjack dealer of Monty Burns Casino
Bodyguard of Mayor Quimby
Bootlegger
Bowling alley employee
Bounty Hunter
Boxer
Butler
Bum Wrestler
Candle maker of Ye Olde Candlemaker Shoppe
Car designer for Powell Motors
Caricaturist of open coffins
Carny
CEO of the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant
Chauffeur for Classy Joe's
Springfield Chief of Police
Child Caretaker of Uncle Homer's Daycare Center
Choreographer for the Super Bowl Halftime Show
Chiropractor
Coach for Bart's Little League American football team
Cook at a diner when fleeing from a Florida sheriff
Con artist/Grifter with son Bart
Conceptual artist
Convenience store night-clerk for the Kwik-E-Mart
Curling player
HomerDuffman
Detective
Drug Smuggler
Door-to-door knife salesman for Slash-Co.
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Deacon of the Church
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Executive of Globex Corporation, Cypress Creek
Executive Vice President of Power Plant
Farmer
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Food critic for The Springfield Shopper
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Greek Restaurant dishwasher
Greenhouse Manager
Grim Reaper
Guard of Springfield Juvenile Correctional Facility
Guard of Springfield Women's Prison
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Impotency Spokesman for Viag rogaine
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Internet Service Provider
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Mall Santa Claus
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Mayor of New Springfield
Mayoral candidate
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Springfield Monorail conductor
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Composed songs for Lisa Simpson's music career
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One Man Band
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Outsider Artist
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Owner of the Denver Broncos
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Mr. Burns' right-hand man.
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Assistant of Roz Davis
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Town crier
Traveling salesman of Simpson & Son Revitalizing Tonic
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Playing Poochie
Playing Angry Dad
Webmaster
Writer

I don't remember Al being considered fat. As a matter of fact one of his greatest joys in life was making fun of fatties.

I wouldn't say they were poor. Middle class. There's plenty of dumb ppl in middle class

Meh, many if not most of those were solid strong dads with a goofy streak to keep the “com” in sitcom. Wouldn’t have been as entertaining if they were some a-hole type dad.

Was Homer really considered poor?

Wasn’t there a whole episode of someone hating him because he was a fat lazy slob but still managed to have a good job, nice house, and Marge?

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Wasn’t Homer a nuclear power plant operator? Those guys make a decent living.

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Homer would be automated out of a job now… if they had ever allowed his nuclear facility to ever be built