Students of contemporary pop culture might get a kick out this article in the UK Guardian. Best of all are the comments below the line.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2010/mar/05/television-cliches-united-states
analepsis
“So as to give them courage we must teach people to be shocked by themselves.”
analepsis 
Great article. However I think they left out the one about all homeless people having a working television in their shopping carts.