And of course Marc Cherry heightens it and makes it hilarious. But theres so many universal themes in the show, and he made it so funny. We knew he was onto something if he could keep it up and, thankfully, he did. – James Denton
To put down an ideogram of a table so that people will recognize it as a table is not the work of a painter, but to sense it for a moment as a magic carpet with a leg hanging down at each corner is the beginning of a painters imagination. – Frank Auerbach