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TV Shows and Real Life     TV shows ar probably the primary source of entertainment for theaverage American. Most of them run from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. with reruns startingat 5 p.m. We watch them because they give us something to do, a way to relax,something to help pass the time. We on the whole watch different shows, some population like"Married...with Children", some are repulsed with it, but like to watch "HomeImprovement", what draws particular crowds to certain shows? How do these showsportray the average American, or do they portray average Americans at all?These are questions many writers have attempted to answer, at least one columnin almost both newspaper is dedicated to this topic. I think the people liketo see shows that portray them, or what theyd like to be.     "Married...with Children" runs on Fox 29 on Mondays at 830 p.m., it hasbeen on air for a long time, and has passed its 200th episode last sea tid ings. Themain characters of the show is womens shoe salesman Al Bundy, his wife narrow down,dorky son Bud, and slutty daughter Kelly. Al loves to watch TV, bowl with hisbuddies, drink and go to the "nudy bar". Marcie and Jefferson, are the Bundysneighbors and also consider an active part in the show. Most shows populate of Algoing somewhere or doing something and everyone else making fun of him when hefails miserably. Al is someone you can hardly call a father to his kids, hesdoesnt take care of them and he does absolutely nothing father-like for them orwith them. Al is constantly complaining about his marriage, he says that if hewas sober that night, none of this would have happened. He calls his childrenaccidents and the only good memory he has, is of him being a great high schoolfootball player, which he would take to the next level had all his dreams notbeen crushed by Peg. The only living thing Al really likes on the show is hisdog, Buck, to which he can relate as th ey are both dirty and nasty. Every showit is the same kind of thing, over and over again. Peg is trying to convince Alto have sex, Al blames Peg for his failure in life, Kelly is screwing some guyin the back seat of a car, and Bud is looking at "nudy magazines". Last Monday,the 27, Al firm to join the Army Reserve in order to escape his family. JohnOzersky writes in his article entitled "TVs Anti-Families Married.