Ok, here is my favorite quote from the obituary on AP:
The show's success, according to its creator, Sherwood Schwartz, was rooted in the fact that people of entirely different backgrounds were thrown together each week in a comedic setting.LOL Hey, I loved the show, but let's not get carried away, Sherwood.
"I knew that by assembling seven different people and forcing them to live together, the show would have great philosophical implications," Schwartz said.