Day: January 25, 2011

“‘Cosby’s First Law of Intergenerational Perversity: No matter what you tell your child to do, he will always do the opposite.’  Huh?” – Homer Simpson “Don’t you get it, you gotta use reverse psychology.” – Homer’s Brain “That sounds too complicated.” – Homer Simpson “Okay, don’t use reverse psychology.” – Homer’s Brain “Alright, I will!” – Homer Simpson A few months ago, I wrote a post about how you couldn’t really understand where Season 1 was coming from without some grasp of 1980s American television, particularly the enormous number of cookie cutter family sitcoms.  The Simpsons, especially in Season 1,…