-The simpsons- Ridiculing Americans

-The Simpson's- The Simpson's have just achieved their 300th episode. If you watch the show with a religious intensity akin to The Pope and Catholicism like I do. A Simpson's script literally reads like this: set up, punch line, set up, punch line, set up, punch line. You can tell from watching the show it's literally one joke after another, which is much different from a live action sitcom that has more story development. Every …

…when Homer hears of last minute replacement "Santa's Little Helper" he's certain it's kismet and, against Bart's advice, places the bet. The mutt comes in last. All seems lost as Homer and Bart despondently search the empty racetrack parking lot for a winning ticket. The owner of "Santa's Little Helper," tired of him losing races, shoos him away--right into the arms of Homer. Bart begs to keep him, Homer consents, and the family is overjoyed.