There has been "The Donna Reed Show," "Ozzie and Harriet," "Father Knows Best," "Leave It to Beaver," "The Brady Bunch," "The Cosby Show," and more recently, the wildly popular "The Simpsons."

School principals in Ohio and California condemn Bart Simpson as "a poor role model" -- bristle-headed little charmer that he is. Then there's prissy Lisa, blob of a baby Maggie, and poor old Homer and Marge. Here is the family Americana, warts and all.

In one episode Marge drags everyone to Sunday School hoping to "get a little goodness into them." The teacher is trying to teach the children about heaven.

"Will my dog, Fluffy, go to heaven?" one child asks.

"No, heaven's for people," she tells the disappointed children.

Bart persists, "What if my leg gets gangrene and has to be amputated?

Will…