The Matysiaks family mirror many events from contemporary Polish history; however despite being created during the times of People's Republic of Poland it was not communist propaganda mouthpiece—one of the reasons that may explain the show's popularity. Created in December 1956, soon after the events of the Polish October, in the first episode of 1956, the family members were donating to a charity "for Hungarians". Not a single family member has ever joined the Polish United Workers' Party. The show had to deal with censorship; for example, the censors forbade to mention a church marriage in the 1970s. The show was also stopped for half a year during martial law in Poland in 1981.