Married... With Children

[StoneGold]

Great show?



Or greatest show ever?


I'm thinking the latter. Oh miss... you dropped your peas.

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[EZMOHR]

One of the 5 best TV shows ever. I can honestly say I've never seen a bad episode. Al Bundy is one of the greatest characters in TV history. Damn, I loved that show.

[StoneGold]

One of the 5 best TV shows ever. I can honestly say I've never seen a bad episode. Al Bundy is one of the greatest characters in TV history. Damn, I loved that show.
Oh, there were a bunch of lousy episodes. Mostly at the very beginning and very end. But the creamy middle, after Fox had stopped caring about making the show look like other sitcoms, but before they had milked the show for all the comedy it was worth, was pure genius. From around the time where Kelly grew boobies, to when Peg had to keep leaving the show to have miscarriages.

[Donald M.]

I can honestly say I've never seen a bad episode.

Then apparently you missed the episodes featuring Seven. He was like Cousin Oliver times ten. The way they wrote him out was sheer brilliance though.

Come to think of it, several of the episodes during the period when Peg and Marcy were both pregnant weren't that great either.

I've also heard bad things about the last couple of seasons.

The show was classic though. My favorites are the game show episode from season one, two part Supermarket episode and the one where Al introduces Bud to the nudie bar.

[EZMOHR]

Oh, there were a bunch of lousy episodes. Mostly at the very beginning and very end. But the creamy middle, after Fox had stopped caring about making the show look like other sitcoms, but before they had milked the show for all the comedy it was worth, was pure genius. From around the time where Kelly grew boobies, to when Peg had to keep leaving the show to have miscarriages.


Yeah, but just like pizza and sex...a bad Married with Children episode is still pretty good.


My favortie Married with Children episodes definetily begin during the last Steve episodes all the way until the last season. Those were great episodes.

[EZMOHR]

Then apparently you missed the episodes featuring Seven. He was like Cousin Oliver times ten. The way they wrote him out was sheer brilliance though.

Come to think of it, several of the episodes during the period when Peg and Marcy were both pregnant weren't that great either.

I've also heard bad things about the last couple of seasons.

The show was classic though. My favorites are the game show episode from season one, two part Supermarket episode and the one where Al introduces Bud to the nudie bar.

Dude, the 7 episodes were great in their shear horrible-ness. That made them great. And some of the pregnant ones were masterpieces...including Al Bundy: Shoe Dick. Who would not want to see Al Bundy in a crime noir.

[StoneGold]

Truth is, there were some pretty damn good Seven episodes. Like the pirate fantasy show. Or the one where they went to the park. Although it could be there was more Seven in the shows before they were edited down for syndication. But the pirate episode where Steve came back is still one of my favorite episodes of the show, with Marcy as the bewitching Cabin Boy-Girl.

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[EZMOHR]

Truth is, there were some pretty damn good Seven episodes. Like the pirate fantasy show. Or the one where they went to the park. Although it could be there was more Seven in the shows before they were edited down for syndication. But the pirate episode where Steve came back is still one of my favorite episodes of the show, with Marcy as the bewitching Cabin Boy-Girl.

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Great episode. Rubio the Cruel if I'm not mistaken. And I like the park episode. Don't they only have one Hot Dog to BBQ between them, and the other family is totally rich and have the dude parachuting in. Dude, some 7 episodes rock.

I think the best episode of Married with Children ever was the one where Al took Bud to the nudey bar. You know, where the male Bundy's kick ass.

[Chiasm]

Sitcoms aren't my thing but as far as sitcoms go, Married was one of the better.

[BigJayStudd]

I'll second the two part supermarket episodes for being the best. Even had Kelly bouncing up and down in a kiddie pool to give Al some "Jacuzzi action". I think it hit it's peak during the first two seasons that Jefferson joined the show.

Second favorite episode is with "Spare Tire".

[StoneGold]

Great episode. Rubio the Cruel if I'm not mistaken. And I like the park episode. Don't they only have one Hot Dog to BBQ between them, and the other family is totally rich and have the dude parachuting in. Dude, some 7 episodes rock.

I think the best episode of Married with Children ever was the one where Al took Bud to the nudey bar. You know, where the male Bundy's kick ass.
As far as Jiggly Room bits go, the best was when the Feminists closed it and turned it into a coffee bar with poetry. My eggs! My eggs!

But it had the best Nudie Bar rhyme:

Where a buck's enough to see their stuff, at the nudie bar.
Where the breasts may be fake but man do they shake, at the nudie bar.
Where you swear like a sailor, and wish you could nail her, at the nudie bar.
Where the cops are at the door, and there's a Kennedy on the floor, at the nudie bar!!!

[StoneGold]

For pure sex though, you can't beat Al dreaming about a pre-Baywatch Pamela Anderson and Becky Mullen, aka Sally the Farmer's Daughter from GLOW Wrestling, fighting over him. And I even have screencaps.

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[BigJayStudd]

For pure sex though, you can't beat Al dreaming about a pre-Baywatch Pamela Anderson and Becky Mullen, aka Sally the Farmer's Daughter from GLOW Wrestling, fighting over him. And I even have screencaps.

http://www.bundypics.com/501b/501_16.jpg
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Damn, Becky Mullen looks WAY hotter than Anderson there. But what did I expect...she's a GLOW girl. All of them were hot except the fat one with a shower cap and the tag team of Hollywood and Vine.

[Cash Lone]

I recall the last season having some real mean spirited episodes (which i found hilarious). I think my favorite episodes were anytime "N.O.M.A.A.M" was involved.

[StoneGold]

Damn, Becky Mullen looks WAY hotter than Anderson there. But what did I expect...she's a GLOW girl. All of them were hot except the fat one with a shower cap and the tag team of Hollywood and Vine.
They just reran the ep. The screencap doesn't do that teddy Pam was wearing justice. Seriously, held on with scotch tape and the prayers of censors.

[BigJayStudd]

They just reran the ep. The screencap doesn't do that teddy Pam was wearing justice. Seriously, held on with scotch tape and the prayers of censors.

I remember Vanna looking pretty damn hot in a nightie when she tried to buy Al from Peg.

[sgt.candy]

imo the best show of the 90's

[borateen]

I can honestly say I've never seen a bad episode.

And I can honestly say I never saw one I liked, although I didn't attempt to watch it that often. Just didn't appeal to me. I usually like to watch a show where SOMEONE has a redeaming quality in them.

[EZMOHR]

You know what other episode I just remembered that was great. The one were Al wants to buy the Mustang, and the punk kids parents buy it for that kid. Then doesn't Al just end up buying the Dodge back. I loved that episode.

[EZMOHR]

And I can honestly say I never saw one I liked, although I didn't attempt to watch it that often. Just didn't appeal to me. I usually like to watch a show where SOMEONE has a redeaming quality in them.


Griff and Bob Rooney had redeaming qualities. Oh wait..........

[StoneGold]

I remember Vanna looking pretty damn hot in a nightie when she tried to buy Al from Peg.
You mean this one?

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There were a lot of women who wore less on MWC than they did on their regular shows. Case in point, a Saved By the Bell-era Kelly Kapowski in a towel...

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Somewhere, someplace, Screech is crying...

[BigJayStudd]

You mean this one?

http://www.bundypics.com/726b/726_11.jpg



There were a lot of women who wore less on MWC than they did on their regular shows. Case in point, a Saved By the Bell-era Kelly Kapowski in a towel...

http://www.bundypics.com/418d/418_13.jpg


Somewhere, someplace, Screech is crying...

Is crying slang for "Masturbating furiously"?

[EZMOHR]

Is crying slang for "Masturbating furiously"?


Damn, I forgot how hot Thiessen was pre her coke-whore 1990's-2004 phase. I mean, wow.......

[EZMOHR]

Is crying slang for "Masturbating furiously"?


Damn, I forgot how hot Thiessen was pre her coke-whore 1990's-2004 phase. I mean, wow.......

[StoneGold]

Is crying slang for "Masturbating furiously"?
Which does lead to the question, when MWC was on, Kelly was older than I was. Now she's younger, and at some points underage. Is it wrong for me to be turned on by the same imagery that turned me on when I was 12?

[Tadhg]

I liked the show until they made Kelly so dumb she couldn't spell cat.

[Forefinger]

Great show?



Or greatest show ever?


I'm thinking the latter. Oh miss... you dropped your peas.

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That's one of the greatest moments in televison.

[StoneGold]

I liked the show until they made Kelly so dumb she couldn't spell cat.
Odd, that's when I found the show got good. It just so happens that's around the same time she grew a cup size. But it's also around the time the show went all gonzo.

Check it out, Kelly's metamorphosis in opening sequences.

http://www.bundyology.com/metam.html

[Mobbo]

Ironhead Haynes' Nine Commandments
1. It's okay to call hooters "knockers" and sometimes "snack trays."
2. It is wrong to be French.
3. It's okay to put all bad people in a giant meat grinder.
4. Lawyers: see rule three.
5. It is okay to drive a gas guzzler if it helps you get babes.
6. Everyone should car pool but me.
7. Bring back the word "stewardesses"
8. Synchronized Swimming is not a sport.
9. Mudwrestling is a sport.

[StoneGold]

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And keep in mind, she was 17 at the time.

[JCAll]

Which does lead to the question, when MWC was on, Kelly was older than I was. Now she's younger, and at some points underage. Is it wrong for me to be turned on by the same imagery that turned me on when I was 12?
You see, you need to get a receit when you masterbate.

[Apathy Boy]

Odd, that's when I found the show got good. It just so happens that's around the same time she grew a cup size. But it's also around the time the show went all gonzo.

Check it out, Kelly's metamorphosis in opening sequences.

http://www.bundyology.com/metam.htmlAh, judging by that link, the show started to go downhill in season eight.

Weird how the show was only hilarious when Kelly was insanely hot.

[Shellhead]

I loved this show, even the first season, but I gave up when Peg left the show. It was starting to get lame the season before she left, and after Peg was gone, the few episodes that I saw were just bad.

Still, there were so many good episodes that I will always have fond memories of this show. The pirate episode was great. The episode when Steve came back was fun. And that twisted Christmas episode with Sam Kinison was pretty good, too. Remember NO MA'AM? National Organization of Men Against Amazonian Mastery.

[HomerJay]

Weird how the show was only hilarious when Kelly was insanely hot.
I happened to be in high school during that exact period (Seasons 3 - 7). My body was an amusement park, and Kelly Bundy was the maybe the most oft-ridden roller coaster. Maybe this is why I still dig blondes.

[adamthered]

God, this thread has made me remember how much I loved Kelly Bundy when I was in 8th grade :D

This was one of those shows my parents (well mom) didn't want me watching when it first started so I would always sneak it. :cool: My wife hates it and I still love it to this day.

There are days when I start off a rant about my job (which isn't anywhere near related to this), "A fat woman rolled into the shoe store today..."

[Phil Clark]

And a sure sign that our society has taken a huge step backwards... most of the humor in MWC wouldn't make it past censors today, or they would be paying huge fines each and every week for indecency on TV. God I miss the 90's.

[sgt.candy]

anyone remember that episode where al's barber dies, and he goes crazy trying to find a new barber and grows long hair?

[Michael P]

I loved this show, even the first season, but I gave up when Peg left the show. It was starting to get lame the season before she left, and after Peg was gone, the few episodes that I saw were just bad.

She didn't leave, at least not permanently; Katey Sagal was on maternity leave. The ep where Peg finally comes back is a corker.

[StoneGold]

She didn't leave, at least not permanently; Katey Sagal was on maternity leave. The ep where Peg finally comes back is a corker.
It happened more than once though. At least twice. Once, she was just hanging out in Wanker County. The other, she was trying to track down her father around the world.

And then there was the time where they tried to incorporate her pregnancy into the show, and then she miscarriaged. That was kind of sad.

[davids]

A clsoe second farmer Bundy vs the rabbit. ;)

[Deathstroke]

I loved the show and was very sorry that it didn't even get the chance to do a decent final show.

Granted, it was always basically playing against stuff like that, but it would've been better than the BS ending they ended up getting from Fox.

[Forefinger]

anyone remember that episode where al's barber dies, and he goes crazy trying to find a new barber and grows long hair?
"He even curled my nose hair."

Al: "You want some sex tonight?"
Peg (looking at Al's fruity hair cut): "No thanks"

[sgt.candy]

"He even curled my nose hair."

Al: "You want some sex tonight?"
Peg (looking at Al's fruity hair cut): "No thanks"

then he walks up the steps with a giant band aid on his head

[Tages]

"Bud, I want you bad."
"What for?"

Ingenius show.

[StoneGold]

So you think I'm a loser? Just because I have a stinking job that I hate, a family that doesn't respect me, a whole city that curses the day I was born? Well, that may mean loser to you, but let me tell you something. Every morning when I wake up, I know it's not going to get any better until I go back to sleep again. So I get up, have my watered down Tang and still-frozen Pop Tart, get in my car with no upholstery, no gas and six more payments to fight traffic just for the privilege of putting cheap shoes on the cloven hooves of people like you. I'll never play football like I thought I would, I'll never know the touch of a beautiful woman, and I'll never again know the joy of driving without a bag on my head. But I'm not a loser. 'Cause despite it all, me and every other guy who'll never be what he wanted to be, are still out there, being what we don't wanna be, forty hours a week, for life. And the fact that I haven't put a gun to my mouth, you pudding of a woman, makes me a winner!

[Gaz]

Heh. My favorite episode was the one where Peg's old boyfriend shows up, and he has a tatoo of her name, but she dumped him, so he had to find another woman with the same name. Al goes to kick his ass out of jealousy but he can't do it when he sees her...

"Peg... the woman had no knees, Peg..."

That line still cracks me up... :D

[sgt.candy]

Heh. My favorite episode was the one where Peg's old boyfriend shows up, and he has a tatoo of her name, but she dumped him, so he had to find another woman with the same name. Al goes to kick his ass out of jealousy but he can't do it when he sees her...

"Peg... the woman had no knees, Peg..."

That line still cracks me up... :Dand how there was 2 women named peggy in polk high and one was obese and that guy married her.
and then his son was in love with kelly and got her name tattooed also. but then kelly dumped him and hinted that there was obese woman named kelly at her school

[Tien Long]

Loved Married with Children, most notably seasons the middle seasons. Got my mom hooked on that show too! Favorite Bundyisms:

The REAL Bundy Motto:

"Hooters, hooters, yum yum yum. Hooters, hooters, on a girl that's dumb."

Episode at the car wash:

Al: "Look Peg, CAR BRAS!
Peg: "Al, why would we ever need car bras?
Al: "Oh, they're not for the car Peg. They're for you mom, you see it even comes in her size, ASTROVAN!

One of the show's infamous Christmas episodes, where Al uses makeshift items he stole from "Ray's Bar" as gifts (paraphrasing, please forgive):

Al: "And for you Peg, this necklace!"
Peg: "Oh Al, it's beautiful...Al, why is there a "Ray" here?"
Al: Because you're my...RAY of sunshine!"
Peg: "Oh Al!"
Al: "Oh Ray!"

[The Blue Devil]

Married With Children deserves to be in the top five of the greatest TV shows ever.

[Nefarius]

Married With Children deserves to be in the top five of the greatest TV shows ever.
I agree.

LET'S ROCK!!!!!

[hugh45]

Whenever I watched the reruns,I'm surprise to see all the people that appeared on the show are famous now.Exp: Bill Maher,LeBlanc (sp?)

[hugh45]

And I can honestly say I never saw one I liked, although I didn't attempt to watch it that often. Just didn't appeal to me. I usually like to watch a show where SOMEONE has a redeaming quality in them.

To quote Al,"Let's Rock!" :evilsmile

[Wannabe]

I always loved the episode when Al and Peg split up. Some good ridiculous Al moments.

http://bundyworksit.ytmnd.com/

I also have a soft spot for the Christmas special with Sam Kinison.

[StoneGold]

I also have a soft spot for the Christmas special with Sam Kinison.
"It's a Bundyful Life." "Whoooooaaa Jablonsky!!!!"

[mgs]

And then there was the time where they tried to incorporate her pregnancy into the show, and then she miscarriaged. That was kind of sad.
the way I heard it, that was the reason for all those '7' episodes and such. something about the writers giving her a fiction child in accordance with her pregnancy, then losing her child, irl, and stuff.

[Michael P]

the way I heard it, that was the reason for all those '7' episodes and such. something about the writers giving her a fiction child in accordance with her pregnancy, then losing her child, irl, and stuff.
Nope, that happened after the pregnancy/miscarriage.

[DonC]

"Santa's chute doesn't seem to be opening. He's drifting off course..."


One of the funniest half-hours of television ever.

[Gargus]

I loved that show till towards the end it really lost alot of umph. Especially when marcie took over as producer or whatever. But can really tell the difference when they were full steam in the show and when it went to al flushing the toilet followed by the canned hoots and yells for its jokes and not much else between.

But man when that show was good it was great.

The episode where al had the mouse in the house and al tried to kill it was my favorite I think and the one where they had to spay buck was pretty damn funny to.

[StoneGold]

Nope, that happened after the pregnancy/miscarriage.
Inbetween them actually, IIRC. There was the first pregnancy they wrote into the show, the second one where she just went to Wanker County for a while, and then the third where she finally carried to full term, where they did the bit where she was chasing her father around the world. Katey Sagal had some horrible luck with pregnancies.

[Dennis K]

I can honestly say I've never seen a bad episode.


Yeah, I didn't watch it the last couple years it was on either.

[DMike]

My favorite was always the Labor Day backyard cookout episode where Peg knocked over Al's prized grill ashes and Kelly used the ashes of Marcy's dead aunt as a replacement. Between the reactions everyone had when they found out (except Marcy, of course) and the subplot of Al actually wanting to have sex with Peg so often that she was the one who didn't want sex afterwards, it's one of their perfect episodes, at least during the Steve years anyway.

[EZMOHR]

Yeah, I didn't watch it the last couple years it was on either.


I still liked those episodes. Sorry :o

[Dennis K]

I still liked those episodes. Sorry :o


And you seem so intelligent and reasonable in the sports threads... ;)

[EZMOHR]

And you seem so intelligent and reasonable in the sports threads... ;)


So wait, when did you become Smarty. :confused:

[estee]

So you think I'm a loser? Just because I have a stinking job that I hate, a family that doesn't respect me, a whole city that curses the day I was born? Well, that may mean loser to you, but let me tell you something. Every morning when I wake up, I know it's not going to get any better until I go back to sleep again. So I get up, have my watered down Tang and still-frozen Pop Tart, get in my car with no upholstery, no gas and six more payments to fight traffic just for the privilege of putting cheap shoes on the cloven hooves of people like you. I'll never play football like I thought I would, I'll never know the touch of a beautiful woman, and I'll never again know the joy of driving without a bag on my head. But I'm not a loser. 'Cause despite it all, me and every other guy who'll never be what he wanted to be, are still out there, being what we don't wanna be, forty hours a week, for life. And the fact that I haven't put a gun to my mouth, you pudding of a woman, makes me a winner!

This was funny when I first heard...not its ironic, cuz now I'm living it. :D

But this was a great show...the family were total sociopaths, but despite the hostility they still cared for each other and stuck by each other. They hated the world and visa versa, but not each other. One of the great dysfunctional families.

[StoneGold]

This was funny when I first heard...not its ironic, cuz now I'm living it. :D

But this was a great show...the family were total sociopaths, but despite the hostility they still cared for each other and stuck by each other. They hated the world and visa versa, but not each other. One of the great dysfunctional families.
You're wrong. And I know this, because on the E! True Hollywood Story on the show, some consultant FOX had hired in the early days said that as long as MWC showed that in the end, the family loves eachother, they might have a hit on their hands. And Moye told the guy that he was the reason television sucks.


They didn't like each other. It's just that the rest of the world hated them even more than they did, so they were their only allies. Where else were they going to go?

[Dennis K]

So wait, when did you become Smarty. :confused:


Ouch, that wasn't nice.

[EZMOHR]

Ouch, that wasn't nice.


Well, I've got these stats right here in front of me that proves Dennis K is Smarty Jones. :D

Nah all in good fun dude.

[Dennis K]

Well, I've got these stats right here in front of me that proves Dennis K is Smarty Jones. :D


That made me laugh out loud

[EZMOHR]

That made me laugh out loud


Well, I'm just keeping up with my "Third Grade" attacks on him. :D

[DMike]

Two of my other favorite episodes are on FX right now. The first one was the one where we first meet the Wanker relatives, including King Kong Bundy and the Singing Wanker Triplets. The second one was the controversial "Period Piece" (yes, that was the title of the episode) where The Bundys and the Rhoades-es go camping in a cabin, only to have Kelly, Peg, and Marcy have their cycles at the same time while all the forest animals crowd around the cabin because they can sense the women are in heat.

[Cash Lone]

Al: "who wants a Tang -wich"?
Kelly: "We only like it when Mom makes them, she pinches the ends of the bread together so the orange sand doesnt run out".

then, Al eats the sandwich but all the Tang falls into his lap :D

[stealthwise]

One of my favourite episodes is from the first season, when Al shoots the Darcy's dog while it's in the middle of a bowel movement.

I also loved the episode with Seven when they go to the public park and beat the crap out of yuppies.

And my favourite quotation that comes to mind: "These gummy bears appear to be doing it."

[Joe no Sleep]

There are some episodes that I didn't like:
1. Al's Circumcision (nuff said)
2. The pilot episodes for failed spin-offs (the one about the college radio station, the 'Friends' spoof, "Top of the Heap")
3. The seven episodes
4. The episodes where they wrote-in Katey Segal's pregnancy.
5. The episode where Peg takes birth control to prevent Al from winning an inheritance
6. The "lost" episode : Al and Peg's second honeymoon.