Family Royale

In Great Britain, I was hooked by a television show called The Royle Family. The show revolves around a family watching television together and the conversations that are had. Although their accents are Queen's English, I couldn't help recalling this show while sitting around the television yesterday watching Cynde's 1988 Michigan Band show. There were the Crandall/Isgar/Barnwells sitting around the boob tube post fried fish, clams, onions and potatoes, making comments in the tradition and with the honor of good family values. Quirky how universal the phenomenon is.