Marge doesn't have a job

so, whaddayathink?

Here's a family with 3 kids and only the husband works. In Plainsville USA, is it possible these days to raise 3 kids and only the husband works? I'm curious what you think because of my own personal drama.

Someone close to me said that the women's lib movement of the 70's was great except guess what happened? The merchandisers convinced us that BOTH the husband AND the wife HAVE to work now, so we can get cable, cell-phones, two cars, a 52-inch widescreen tv, internet, computer, etc.

Without all those "luxuries", you think it's manageable? House payments and 3 kids and only the husband working?

Plonk me if this has been discussed to death; please reply if you find this an interesting topic.

20-2222

I want to know how many email accounts Xino Kiner has.

Aaron Space Museum

:( I'm not Xino, and I'm sad that I asked a question that would be in the Xino category. but just wait for my next post !!!!!

20-2222

"Kiner-22" wrote in message news:[email]...

Maybe a Nuclear Safety Technician's salary is quite good.....

The family seems to be low income and be able to afford luxuries, at the very same time. Which of course is typical of tv families. It likely works very well for a series, since they don't have to appear poor, yet they can also have episodes that deal with lack of money.

The trick about Homer's job, beside the fact that he seems to be absent a lot of the time, is that likely it is a good paying job, but since he is so inept at it, there is a cloaking of the fact that he is a trained professional (or should be for that job). Again, it allows for better story lines.

And surely Marge stays at home because that works best. Let's not forget that she has had jobs (real estate, working at the power plant, cop, even barkeep), and again if she was tied to a job they couldn't use these stories. Besides, if she had to work, she couldn't get into various activities with the rest of the family, which is what the show is about.

Michael

On 7 Feb 2005 03:26:10 GMT, [email] (Michael Black) wrote:

Also remember that the show is forever stuck in 1989.

That can't really be said. After all, we do see references to things that have happened since then, one thing that comes immediately to mind is the popularity of the internet.

What is stuck is the ages of the characters. They've not aged one bit since the show started.

Michael

On 7 Feb 2005 05:08:50 GMT, [email] (Michael Black) wrote:

If Marge permanently got a job it would change the show from its original formula.

Maybe it would make it more interesting, since you can only go so far in coming with good ideas for an idiot like Homer. Matt Groening said so himself.

That's "Noo Kew Lur". But, ixnay on the echnician-tay.

Cartoons don't have to make sense, they're just stupid drawings that give you a cheap laugh.

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I think that they explained this in the DVD commentary for "Dog of Death". The Simpsons' financial situation does seem to vary with each episode. The earlier episodes(like Dog of Death) typically had them being short on money(which I find to be more realistic). OTOH, there are some episodes where Homer seems to have a bottomless wallet.

"paul.spooner3" wrote in message news:cu8cn1$fkm$[email]...

ah yah, it's like on the soap operas where nobody goes to work for days and days.

However, a friend of mine is adamant that anyone planning on moving to the USA from another country be forced to watch 48 hours straight of the Simpsons, because it, to him, is an accurate reflection of American values.

When the Simpsons first started, they were promoted as the "family of the 90's" and I"m just ineterested in the fact that in America, now, it seems that both parents have to work to survive, yet this is not reflected on the Simpsons.

Obviously on the Flinstones Wilma didn't have a job because in the 50's culture, American women didn't need one to supplement the family income.

(On Family Ties, didn't both the parents work?)

Are you sure about that? I thought it was simply that each day took months of our time to cover, so they'd rarely be at work.

At one point, someone was keeping track of the "Passions" days, and it went months before the day actually changed.

Michael

He collects pay at the Nuclear Plant, though he doesn't go in, and he makes a fortune doing odd jobs, like promoting "The Tension And The Spark.'

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that's because she's quit every job she's ever had, cop, pretzel vender, church counselor, professional gambler...

Didn't she get pushed from some of those?

The mob wanted her out of the pretzel business.

She gave bad advice as a church counselor, and if she hadn't quite, she might have been fired.

Michael

i might have been quoting from 5F03...