One of my favorite episodes was the one in which Homer grew hair. That was a very unique episode, since there was a gay secretary, but that wasn't even the issue of the show-the issue was Homer's image changing because he had hair.
I was sued by a woman who claimed that she became pregnant because she watched me on television and I bent her contraceptive coil.
The industrial revolution has tended to produce everywhere great urban masses that seem to be increasingly careless of ethical standards.