... thing that the show has been criticised for. They live in a small town called Springfield. There are many similarities between the Simpsons family and a traditional sitcom family, however they are far from being an ideal family. The Simpsons have been called a 'dysfunctional' family, for not sticking to the familiar family traits that other sitcom families do, for example, the Cosby show or the Walton's. The show's executive producer, Mike Scully, said 'critics have blamed the Simpsons for being dysfunctional family but they forgot the part that they are still a family and a lot of other families don't survive marriages.' They have been called dysfunctional as the Simpsons are not always happy, they always seem to have money problems, Homer is a lazy father and Bart is always naughty. However to me the Simpsons show a more true-to-life family one that all people of any age can relate ...

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