This layered writing allowed the show to be a "gateway drug" for comedy. For a child in the 90s, it was the funny blue-haired lawyer; for a teenager, the critique of consumerism; for an adult, the existential dread of a marriage held together by duct tape and donuts.

: Some critics argue the comics occasionally surpass the show's later seasons by taking creative risks, such as experimental crossovers or "what-if" scenarios.

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