usual day start point place wisconsinbr br first all red tyrannical father forman family wwii veteran sits kitchen table reads newspaper overjoyed wife kitty serves breakfast comes skinny son eric sits table well father starts daily yelling usually involving placing foot erics behind insert reason here promiscuous angelfaced sister laurie home comes along red stops yelling kindly talks her making eric feel left familybr br once daily painful ritual over eric rushes basement friends already hanging out get see them becomes obvious eric redhead tomboy girlfriend nextdoor neighbor childhood friend donna pinciotti sanest people around meet steven hyde conspiracy theorist hates disco really care whats around long funny watch michael kelso kind guy thinks get life looks carrots grow trees jackie burkhardt one thinks prettiest girl around spoiled kid rich father and course cheerleader fez naive oversexed foreigner loves candy cant keep secret first simply hang out gossiping making fun kelso sit circle let real fun begin going something theyll regret laterbr br meanwhile red goes meets donnas weirdo parents bob midge hes rude mind think hes joking somewhere around leo aging hippie whos constantly confused makes word plays without even noticingbr br did imagine seemingly peaceful neighborhood awesome characters course seem clichd show takes clich new level throw wicked story lines sitcom offer sit enjoy one best tv shows ever one never two times thing is compared sitcoms cute funny purely hysterical get hooked let show let go bite hook and man see sitcom genre whole new prospective