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We always welcome encouraging signs on the pop-culture front, and the new ABC series from Mike Judge, creator of Beavis and Butt-Head and King of the Hill, is one such sign.(The Week)(The Goode Family)(Brief article)

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We always welcome encouraging signs on the pop-culture front, and the new ABC series from Mike Judge, creator of Beavis and Butt-Head and King of the Hill, is one such sign. Called The Goode Family, the show lampoons an upper-class liberal household. The premiere featured obvious gags about organic food and racial sensitivity, but there were plenty of Judge's trademark subtler jokes, too: A briefly seen reusable grocery bag bears the moniker "An ...

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