Ed O'Neil is in my opinion one of the greatest facial actors to ever grace media... sometimes he doesn't need dialog, he can say it all with an expression... his body language is exceptional as well...
Correct on this with him... I liked that about him as well.. Another Awesome Actor who is good with Facial Expressions in their acting is Jensen Ackles.
there's one episode in season 6-7 (I think 7 but its been years) where Bud is going to college and Al/Peg think the bank made a 25k error and take all of Bud's cash. There's a moment when they first think they got the cash, where peg tells al to act normal, and he just slumps over and looks miserable. amazing body acting
In the episode where Al wants to watch the last episode of Psycho Dad one of the kids asks why the show was cancelled, Al replied along the lines of "Some woman in Michigan got offended and wrote a letter". The activist that started the controversy was from Michigan, it was a direct jab at her.
Actually, protests DID have one effect - some groups found Psycho Dad (which was going to be an ongoing gag) so offensive that the producers removed it. Given the actual show was never shown (only the dialogue and Al describing it), I didn't see it any more offensive than other gags.
It was Peas In A Pod. A show Kelly auditioned for but didn't get, she then told the producers all about her family and they used her family as the peas family. Al loved it but everyone else was upset because they were making fun of everyone. Al confronted the producer who offered him $500 a month while the show was on if he would leave. Al agreed against everyone's wishes and the show was a hit until the Michigan woman complained and got it canceled. Marcy was the one who told them.
Always felt MWC and In Living Color had more or less TV cult followings, and along with Cheers, would have been the funniest shows of the 90s, had Seinfeld and Friends not gained the global audience that they did in the latter half of decade.
I’m glad that the main characters got along well. They had great chemistry in camera and the show made a lot of great memories for me! We all felt like we scored 4 touchdowns in a single game at Polk High!
as a kid I could not wait for a married with children episode, I just called it Al bundy....later in life i bought the dvd boxsets. I am 38 now and it is still my favorite show ever
That DSW was a temporary popup overflow location. The spot was also the location of the Hollywood Galaxy theater as seen in many movies such as Buffy: the Vampire Slayer. Other notable stars at the same location are some of the cast of Star Trek TOS, Debbie Reynolds, and Walt Disney. The front of that theater was one of the first areas to get the double row of stars on the sidewalk and caught a number of high profiles TV stars in the 90's and early 2000's. In fact they even opened a television museum on the spot because of it with life sized scenes from the shows using actual props and items along with wax replicas of the actors. So at the time a very high profile spot. Now the theater, museum, etc are all gone. I got to take part in a few of the star ceremonies due to my position at the theater back then including DeForest Kelly and James Dohann.
My grandmother loved this show & particularly Al Bundy. She would grimace & laugh & say “He’s just so dirty. He looks like he smells…”. She loved him! She was also a huge fan of Rodney Dangerfield for the exact same reason 😂❤️
Great video, Minty! One of my all time favourites! I also particularly liked Ed O'Neill as the near psychopathic manager Glen, the manager of 'Stan Mikita's Donuts' in Wayne's World!
"Casados con hijos" in Argentina was one of the few american sitcoms that was well receive. It became very succesful and we still have re runs of the show.
Even here in Europe, Married with Children was w great show. Best years in high school :) Later in Poland there was another Spinoff, based on this show titled "Świat według Kiepskich" :) but based on Polish reality
I actually got to be in the live audience during the taping of a few episodes. The tickets were free, but you had to get in the line really early or you didn't make it in! The one I remember most being there was the one where they were at a funeral home and were shown a TMNT coffin! ⚰️🐢
So many television series get cancelled because the quality was slowly dropping to the point where it was unwatchable. It was obvious that this show, that only got better with each season, came to a close because you can't have a show about a family where the children are in their 30s. A show like this can really only last a decade before it has to come to an end. I still have the complete series on DVD and have watched it through multiple times.
Minty, I was hoping you'd mention Linda Sobek, the model who actually got the role of Kelly but was murdered before she started the role. Anyway, just thought I'd mention it. Great video still but if you do a recap on thus one it would warrant mentioning.
Btw; King Kong Bundy appeared in 2 episodes that I can remember. He played Peggy's uncle. I had to look up the name of the other episode; flight of the bumblebee. And married with children kinda brought back without the name title but with a subtle twist through the show modern family. If you look Ed Oneils family; it's literally Al Bundy if he did marry a hot woman and is rich. Both shows had a daughter, a son, and then later in the series a 3rd child.
To tell the truth, I did not start watching until the episode where Al goes to a pilots apartment and meets a blond stewardess, then rushed home and has Peggy put on a blond wig and go up starts. I was in the Marines and it was on in the Recreation room, the room went wild as Al drags Peggy upstairs, I had to watch other episodes to get what was going on.
The whole controversy increasing the show's popularity is spot on. I don't remember watching it until around 1990 when the bible banger got all butthurt. After that, it was a family routine to gather in the living room to watch Married With Children. And yes, I too had a crush on Christina Applegate, Minty. You were not alone, my friend. Not by a long shot.
You might want to do a sequel to this cause you missed things like steve being replaced, the new dog, the new kid, and that Katy Segal had a miscarrige
Ed mentioned in an interview that he & fausto would find it comical to be at a gay wedding & he agreed with Marcy that they'd both crack up & not take it seriously hence no invite
As a young kid, the show was funny and...different. As an adult with a wife,son and daughter, it has become a reality for me and so many other men. That show was a message.
Because my dad watched it, teenage me watched this show every night growing up, and it was funny. I recently found it again (one of the streaming services, don't remember which one) and watched it for nostalgia, and died laughing. Age defiantly puts a new perspective on it
When I was a kid the only thing my father and I could agree on was that we both wanted to sit down and watch Married With Children. When I first started watching that show I didn't get all the jokes but my father did. Just watching my father busting a gut laughing so hard made the show worth it for me and then as I got older I started laughing as hard as him.
That comment brought up a lot of memories with my father as well sounds exactly like my experience, watching the show with my father, but we had a small advantage. My father, somehow found the exact same couch that Al Bundy sat on, I remember he was driving by a garage sale and he spotted it and hit the brakes and backed up and immediately bought it . We dubbed it THE BUNDY COUCH and soon sat on it while watching married with children together.
One of my favorite episodes is season 3 episode 4 "The Camping Show" where they all go to a cabin in the woods and Peggy, Marcy and Kelly all get their periods at the same time. It was interesting watch the show change over the years. The first 3 seasons or so, they felt more like an authentic family for the most part. Al and Peggy admitted on occasion that they loved each other, and so did Kelly and Bud. In later seasons they became even more antagonistic towards each other, but one thing that didnt change was that if someone messed with one member of the family the others were quick to join in to defend them.
I think they all admitted that. In Ed's Emmy legends interview he talks about the first three seasons as the hallmark of the show. I remember watching the first season and when they talk about the antagonism, about six of the shows ended with them about to have sex. Thats more sex than ALL the 'family' shows ever did. Apparantly once you have kids your sex life is over. I wonder if thats partly why people stopped having kids:)
Hey German here. I recorded every episode on VHS when I was a kid. I even took all 15 tapes and took a second tape recorder to record all episodes to other casettes without the comercials. Took me a whole weekend. I was addictet to that show and wore suit jackets like Bud did in later seasons when I was like 11 back in elementary shool. The german dub was pretty good but it was a total different expirience when I re wached as an adult while living in Vegas. good times
Im not kidding when i say this but when i feel down i think about the sky diving episode were al has this laugh when ask if he needs a minute or advice or something like that and his laugh was hilarious to me as a kid and even more so after getting into relationships that was garbage. ruclips.net/video/l8sgodmn3IQ/видео.html that and i really felt a brother hood between Al and darsy and his coworker that was there without the cameras showing. Ive been fantasizing about getting "No mamn" shirts made as of lately in this hypothetical world i find myself in.
Great video! Thank you! My wife and I recently binge-watched this show all the way through on streaming. It took quite a while, but doing so helped us realise that: 1) there were a lot more running gags than either of us remebered; 2) the writing was WAY more clever and prescient than it's usually given credit for; and 3) the detractors can say what they want -- this is one of the best TV shows of all time, a sublime mix of excellent writing, marvellous comedic acting, perfect character studies, relatable situations, pointed social commentary, and over-the-top silliness.
@@Beedo_Sookcool No problem! Reading these comments is so fulfilling! This show was always a guilty pleasure of mine, heavy on the _guilty._ Glad to find so many others who appreciate it, too!
@@EndPoliticalCorruption I find that the absolute best comedy is thoroughly appreciated as "speaking to people like us" . . . by the people it's actually making fun of, and who don't really get the joke, because it's on them. Either that, or its point is completely missed by its critics, even though it's saying the exact same thing the critics are saying themselves, only ironically. 😉
I remember watching this show on Sundays between the Simpsons and X-Files. AL was the man. Jefferson was cool. The Bundys Go To England episodes were my favorite.
My fav episodes too! I remember it was in two parts. And yes X files played on the same night. I believe also Tales from the Crypt or atleast in my region maybe that was reruns.
That was a hilarious episode. Although Steve and Jefferson actually do meet twice throughout the show, not including the pirate episode. First was the season 6 episode "The egg and I", where Steve returns being on the run from the feds after stealing a rare egg from the park he was rangering. The second one was the season 9 episode "Get the Dodge outta Hell" where they lose the Dodge at a gas station where Marcy made Jefferson work.
Love this show. The 2nd season Christmas episode where Santa crashes into the backyard is probably my favorite and in my playlist of favorite Christmas movies and TV shows/specials every December. Other favorite episodes are the Labor Day barbeque, when Al meets aliens, the overdue library book, when Al becomes obsessed with the song Anna, and others.
My favorite was when there was a blizzard and Kelly & Bud won a radio contest to have Anthrax play a concert in their living room. They all ate the "mystery meat" from the freezer and Marcy started tripping. I also liked the one where Marcy got married when she was drunk and woke up to find out her new name was Marcy Darcy.
I love the idea of sending the activist flowers for every renewal for a new season! That gives the phrase, "kill them with kindness," new meaning. 🤣💐 I bet that even now, the activist's face turns beet red whenever she sees the Married... with Children reruns and the words "Married... with Children" can't be spoken in her house. 😂
Fun fact: the character of Al Bundy is basically Ed O’Neill’s uncle. Or he’s based on his uncle The producers liked O’Neill’s portrayal of Al Bundy because it was unique amongst other actors who auditioned. Whenever other actors auditioned they played Al Bundy as an “angry character.” But O’Neill played him with a “yeah, whatever” attitude so to speak so that’s how he got the role
@@chrism3784 people say that they could never broadcast a show like this nowadays, yeah well back then it was still offensive because at that time it was only “good wholesome family” sitcoms
They were able to keep costs low during first three seasons mainly due to the fact that Bundy's living room and Al's store were virtually the only sets used as literaly 99% of scenes in the early seasons happened in Bundy's living room and the store. It wasn't until later seasons that they started doing more on location shoots and moving outside of Bundy's house and Al's work much more.
I used to watch _Married… with Children_ all the time and I loved it! But I didn’t realize that Sam Kinison was considered for the part of Al Bundy I do, however, remember the _Anti-It’s A Wonderful Life_ episode in which Kinison appeared as Al’s Guardian Angel. _It’s A Bundyful Life_ was a Season 4 two-parter and is one of my absolute favorites! RIP, Sam Kinison.
This show was a part of my childhood and is still a part of my adulthood. Talk about a show that was more realistic than most that aired at the time. It allowed me to laugh at the toxicity of my family life because I could see how these characters were reflected in my own family. Al was quite an inspiration, down on his luck, underappreciated, yet still got up in the morning everyday and was a provider. Just like in that speech he gave his childhood librarian. Of course he also got away with things we wish we could have like beating up Kelly's sleaze boyfriends and enacting vigilante justice. This show would never be made again in this day and age where humor is practically gone, people are made of glass, and self entitlement runs rampant. I will always treasure this show and it's humor. Long live the Bundys and the man himself AL.
So true,this show couldn't be made today,a product of it's time.That lone female detractor is minor compared to what MWC would get today. LOL.GREAT tv show.
@Bluebirdfalling I was greatful I was able to watch this, THE SIMPSONS, and IN LIVING COLOR during those primte time blocks. Despite how my family is they didn't censor much of what we watched. Probably because they knew they were worse lol. I'm glad they didn't because as a kid I loved the humor. As an adult I see the relatability and when I feel like Al sometimes myself, I can watch and enjoy and maybe even feel a bit inspired too.
Was the first show where we could finally stop trying to compare ourselves to the families and feeling inadequate. Though even the Bundy's had a leg up on me, I was the lone kid in my class with divorced parents in 87. Bigger house than me, too. Thank God my dad didn't sell women's shoes for a living though, so mom was able to give us more than toaster leaving's for breakfast. Mom was about as good a cook as Peggy though. Lol sorry mom I love ya but you don't have any family recipes I'll be passing down.
I don't know why everyone thinks this show was so "edgey for the time". Go watch "3's Company", the Ropers are practically Al and Peg. I like MWC but this whole rebel status it gets is overblown.
That lovely theme song. I have it stuck in my head to this day. Along with the Neverending Story song and the Mentos Jingle. All those spin-offs in different countries are great. I had no idea it was such an international hit.
Ed O'Neil was Al Bundy. Nobody could do it like he can. He is a legendary iconic figure. You always think of him as Al when he appears on screeen as someone else. They chose well.
(thanks Herm Ask, #6 at 7:50 ) It's called the Streisand Effect when you try to stop something but only succeed in making a "problem" worse. Sending flowers to the "Karen" who tried to stop the show flowers is poetry. I'm so glad the "do-gooders" got a pie to the face. Bravo.
And the whole Hogwarts Legacy proves that the Karens are incapable of learning their lesson. Just like communists they think if they give it one more shot, it'll work this time!
I’m surprised it’s not called the Tipper Gore effect. When her and her group tried to censor all “explicit” music and ended up, making the albums with parental advisory stickers on them a lot more money.
Thank you for doing this! Al Bundy and his family and his shenanigans were a vital part of my childhood! And don't forget the song Love and marriage oh man the minute you hear it you know exactly what it is! Good stuff Minty!!!!!!
Argentinean here. "Casados con hijos" (Married with Children) was HUGE here and well loved, to the point of the characters participating in recent commercials. The actors are some of the most iconic Argentinian actors, and the one playing the dad, Guillermo Francella, receiving an Oscar for best foreign movie for El Secreto de dos Ojos. And the actors playing the kids are real life siblings, which was perfect.
Ed and Amanda had a falling out, because of Amanda's sexuality. He wasn't invited to the wedding, because she was afraid Ed would make fun of the fact that Amanda and her wife were both going to wear suits and ties. She revealed this in an interview a couple of years ago.
It had nothing to do with her sexuality, it was because she was a pain in the back door. And when asked about not being invited to her wedding, he said of course I would’ve laughed, to women getting married and tuxedos? That’s hilarious. (That’s a paraphrase, not a direct quote)
The falling out supposedly started (or culminated) when TV Guide was shooting a cover and there was a rule that only a specific number of ppl could be featured and Ed supposedly didn't fight for her nor even tried. That was the story according to him, anyway.
In the 90s, my Dad and I would watch this show every week. One of the ways we bonded. This and The Simpsons is still my fav shows. Now it's so dope to watch this with my son. Thank you for this one Minty!!
Didn’t watch the show often, but of the few episodes I did watch my favorite one was the one where Kelly gets into a boxing match to fight a rival for an acting role. The two favorite parts were when Kelly’s rival says can I steal your brother, and Bud is more than happy to have that happen to him. And when the rival accidentally punches Bud during the fight and Kelly says no one hits my brother unless they date him first.
Aloha Minty, I am so happy you did a look at "Married with Children" because that WAS one of the best comedies about the family EVER. I remember how they had a back and forth with "Roseanne" especially when one won an Emmy or something? "Different Strokes" and "Family Ties" were great but MWC was the first show, of any kind really, to show life without the rose tinted cosy editing of reality. And it foreshadowed the grittiness and willingness to show a more truthful vision of life in drama, comedy and other genres. Plus, the writers kind of revealed what the future would be: politically correct dumbing down of comedy and what writers are allowed to do in a world where the networks are scared of offending ANYONE. Which is the world we live in now. David
I absolutely adored this show as a kid. I don't know how it would hold up in this day and age with "Cancel Culture" being a pain in the neck but this show was great. Also, I personally wouldn't mind a Married... With Grand children.
The thing I think a lot of people missed at the time was Al- as often as he bitched about his obligations as a husband and a father- did actually love Peg. And maybe… just possibly his sexually repressed son and dimwitted daughter, too! 😂 During the show’s ten year run, Al was presented with multiple opportunities to cheat on Peg, but he never did. I’m not sure the distinction would have worked were it not for that infinitesimal, electronically-microscopically tiny sliver of moral fiber.
@@samcro6268 Glad to see I'm not the only one who enjoyed the irony of MWC being on LOGO. Though I canceled cable a few years ago and grabbed the entire series from Best Buy for $18. It's also on Pluto TV, though not until really late at night. It's on the Classic TV families channel.
Great episode Minty, however I was a little disappointed that you didn’t included a section for cameos, like Katey Sagal who also voiced Leela in Futurama acted as Peggy in the episode “A Bicyclops Built For two” - I honestly don’t know if there’s more out there, but there’s got to be with such iconic show 😃
I remember Christina Applegate had a show Jessie and had Bud on the episode(Ed O'Neil showed up on set, I think it was with that episode, and surprised her but I don't think he ever actually was on the show).
Man I love Married… With Children it is the greatest sitcom of all time. I have every episode. I have the Box Set my favorite episode is the one called Labor Day. Also the one where all the guys are trying to put up the Satellite up on the roof and they keep falling off and the wives are in the house taking bets on who is going to fall off next.
Peak episode Minty! One of the top greatest sitcoms of all time without a doubt. People need to realize that edgy and raunchy “for its time” means that it would cause triggered mass meltdowns today.
The way Al used to poke fun at fat women would definitely cause a Woke uproar today! This show existed when people could laugh, and not take offense to everything.
@@thumperjdm before people all had smartphones to complain about every little thing in a place where other Karens can hear it. Before, they just went home and whioned to their families. lol
One of the best shows ever. I still watch it today. One of the few shows where a main character is replaced and is still as funny/funnier with the new guy. Steve was great but so was Jefferson. I am glad though that it did survive the 1st season and grew into what it became. Had they continued with the early Al in season 1, I don't think it would have continued for much longer. some favorite moments just of the top of my head. "Bleen", "law office of Haagen and Daz" and "when you turn a satisfactory shade of blue, you go moo and I'll let go".
@@ri067953 He is actually caring and says I love you to Peggy. A totally different Al than the 1 we know and love in later seasons. I usually skip season 1 eps 1 through 5-6 maybe.
I made it a point to watch this series every Sunday night at 9pm, right after the Simpsons and...umm, I forget what other show. I still remember the feeling I had at the time, the depressing feeling that school was the next day BUT still had something to look forward to before bed, the final remaining joys of the weekend. I even have a few home video recordings of said Sundays. Just me being a goof using the video camera, recording nothing while Married with Children was on in the background. Good times...
Ed O'Neil is in my opinion one of the greatest facial actors to ever grace media... sometimes he doesn't need dialog, he can say it all with an expression... his body language is exceptional as well...
You basically said you'd easily let Eddy aka Allan Bundinskee GIFT you with a facial!! That's HOT AF!!
I got 7.7in not 2 shabby for a "white boy" 😅😅😊
He was Great !
Loved him in Dutch.
Correct on this with him... I liked that about him as well.. Another Awesome Actor who is good with Facial Expressions in their acting is Jensen Ackles.
there's one episode in season 6-7 (I think 7 but its been years) where Bud is going to college and Al/Peg think the bank made a 25k error and take all of Bud's cash. There's a moment when they first think they got the cash, where peg tells al to act normal, and he just slumps over and looks miserable. amazing body acting
In the episode where Al wants to watch the last episode of Psycho Dad one of the kids asks why the show was cancelled, Al replied along the lines of "Some woman in Michigan got offended and wrote a letter". The activist that started the controversy was from Michigan, it was a direct jab at her.
I thought it was the show Peas in a Pod 🤔. That show that plagiarized the Bundy's and Darcys.
@@edwinbarrera2 yes you more right
Actually, protests DID have one effect - some groups found Psycho Dad (which was going to be an ongoing gag) so offensive that the producers removed it. Given the actual show was never shown (only the dialogue and Al describing it), I didn't see it any more offensive than other gags.
@@edwinbarrera2 they referenced her a few times I don’t remember that particular episode but definitely could of been in there
It was Peas In A Pod. A show Kelly auditioned for but didn't get, she then told the producers all about her family and they used her family as the peas family. Al loved it but everyone else was upset because they were making fun of everyone. Al confronted the producer who offered him $500 a month while the show was on if he would leave. Al agreed against everyone's wishes and the show was a hit until the Michigan woman complained and got it canceled. Marcy was the one who told them.
MWC and In Living Color changed the whole world back then. Good times.
Always felt MWC and In Living Color had more or less TV cult followings, and along with Cheers, would have been the funniest shows of the 90s, had Seinfeld and Friends not gained the global audience that they did in the latter half of decade.
Living Color was so great, also introduced us to the Wayens brothers AND JLo!
@@butterfacemcgillicutty it's wild how different she looked back then.
@@butterfacemcgillicutty and Jim Carrey.
Dude the simpsons, mwc, and in living color was the best hour and a half of t.v. period
One of the funniest shows ever. Al: "peg when I married you I actually heard god laughing" 😂 lol
I’m glad that the main characters got along well. They had great chemistry in camera and the show made a lot of great memories for me! We all felt like we scored 4 touchdowns in a single game at Polk High!
Al, Darcy , and cliff from the shoe store where the friendships i wanted as an adult.
as a kid I could not wait for a married with children episode, I just called it Al bundy....later in life i bought the dvd boxsets. I am 38 now and it is still my favorite show ever
I was born and raised in Chicago and it was cool that the show had references of Chicago that a Chicago native would appreciate
Peg: you miss me Al? Al: with every bullet so far! classic😂
This show is a GD classic... Would be on the Mount Rushmore of 80s/90s comedies
That DSW was a temporary popup overflow location.
The spot was also the location of the Hollywood Galaxy theater as seen in many movies such as Buffy: the Vampire Slayer.
Other notable stars at the same location are some of the cast of Star Trek TOS, Debbie Reynolds, and Walt Disney.
The front of that theater was one of the first areas to get the double row of stars on the sidewalk and caught a number of high profiles TV stars in the 90's and early 2000's.
In fact they even opened a television museum on the spot because of it with life sized scenes from the shows using actual props and items along with wax replicas of the actors.
So at the time a very high profile spot.
Now the theater, museum, etc are all gone.
I got to take part in a few of the star ceremonies due to my position at the theater back then including DeForest Kelly and James Dohann.
My grandmother loved this show & particularly Al Bundy. She would grimace & laugh & say “He’s just so dirty. He looks like he smells…”. She loved him! She was also a huge fan of Rodney Dangerfield for the exact same reason 😂❤️
Yeah, I imagined he smelled too. Especially, with sticking his hand down his pants. 😂
@@truth_hunter 😂😂😂
I'm old enough to have watched them when they first aired. Great show and great times.
That episode of Futurama where Ed O'neil cameos Al = Absolute masterpiece!
Ahhh you have inspired me to watch my complete box set.... oh the joy 😊
Great video, Minty! One of my all time favourites!
I also particularly liked Ed O'Neill as the near psychopathic manager Glen, the manager of 'Stan Mikita's Donuts' in Wayne's World!
Married with Childern is one of the best sitcom shows ever made.
I wish stars would treat activists like that nowadays instead of joining them.
Sadly, most stars these days are activists too
"Casados con hijos" in Argentina was one of the few american sitcoms that was well receive. It became very succesful and we still have re runs of the show.
Even here in Europe, Married with Children was w great show. Best years in high school :) Later in Poland there was another Spinoff, based on this show titled "Świat według Kiepskich" :) but based on Polish reality
One of my all time favorite sitcoms. Currently trying to find a network which plays re-runs.
The griswold tie in is awesome!
I watched this show from season 1 to 11 I particularly most of the episodes it was one of the funniest raunchiest and craziest in 90s show television
I actually got to be in the live audience during the taping of a few episodes. The tickets were free, but you had to get in the line really early or you didn't make it in!
The one I remember most being there was the one where they were at a funeral home and were shown a TMNT coffin! ⚰️🐢
Take the bits in between points where you're talking to the camera out of the video and this would be much better.
I still remember the village ppl episode. Gold
So many television series get cancelled because the quality was slowly dropping to the point where it was unwatchable. It was obvious that this show, that only got better with each season, came to a close because you can't have a show about a family where the children are in their 30s. A show like this can really only last a decade before it has to come to an end. I still have the complete series on DVD and have watched it through multiple times.
One of my all time favorites. As a kid I actually had to sneak to watch it😆
Minty, I was hoping you'd mention Linda Sobek, the model who actually got the role of Kelly but was murdered before she started the role. Anyway, just thought I'd mention it. Great video still but if you do a recap on thus one it would warrant mentioning.
Best line from the show: "Al Bundy, Inventor of the 7 day underwear."
This was one of my favorite shows 🤣💯💯
Btw; King Kong Bundy appeared in 2 episodes that I can remember. He played Peggy's uncle. I had to look up the name of the other episode; flight of the bumblebee.
And married with children kinda brought back without the name title but with a subtle twist through the show modern family. If you look Ed Oneils family; it's literally Al Bundy if he did marry a hot woman and is rich. Both shows had a daughter, a son, and then later in the series a 3rd child.
To tell the truth, I did not start watching until the episode where Al goes to a pilots apartment and meets a blond stewardess, then rushed home and has Peggy put on a blond wig and go up starts. I was in the Marines and it was on in the Recreation room, the room went wild as Al drags Peggy upstairs, I had to watch other episodes to get what was going on.
I've thought to myself 100 times that car looked like the one in Vacation.
The whole controversy increasing the show's popularity is spot on. I don't remember watching it until around 1990 when the bible banger got all butthurt. After that, it was a family routine to gather in the living room to watch Married With Children.
And yes, I too had a crush on Christina Applegate, Minty. You were not alone, my friend. Not by a long shot.
Same thing happened to George Reeves, test audiences pointed out he was superman, it was a movie about WWII.
This show could never air today, to many people will be crying about their feelings being hurt.
I loved Married with Children! I still see it on TV and what he it from time to time. And Christina Applegate is still hot!
It baffled and intrigued me to find out Ed O’Neill is an experienced black belt in jiujitsu.
I would have loved to hear about the Anthrax episode.
You might want to do a sequel to this cause you missed things like steve being replaced, the new dog, the new kid, and that Katy Segal had a miscarrige
Bundy is a legend ❤
Ed mentioned in an interview that he & fausto would find it comical to be at a gay wedding & he agreed with Marcy that they'd both crack up & not take it seriously hence no invite
The older I get the more I relate to Al Bundy! 😆
At the nudey bar
Is there any way to access the overseas versions? I'd love to even see clips of these shows. 🫠
As a young kid, the show was funny and...different. As an adult with a wife,son and daughter, it has become a reality for me and so many other men. That show was a message.
@Donnie Delvecchio lol...already done.
Because my dad watched it, teenage me watched this show every night growing up, and it was funny. I recently found it again (one of the streaming services, don't remember which one) and watched it for nostalgia, and died laughing. Age defiantly puts a new perspective on it
@Donnie Delvecchio separate house
This is exactly how I feel about the scene where Clark loses his shit in National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation.
Funny as a kid, relatable as an adult!
As a adult, I am a real life Al bundy now
When I was a kid the only thing my father and I could agree on was that we both wanted to sit down and watch Married With Children. When I first started watching that show I didn't get all the jokes but my father did. Just watching my father busting a gut laughing so hard made the show worth it for me and then as I got older I started laughing as hard as him.
I watched this show religiously with my father when I was a kid as well. We also watched the reunion special together as well.
My dad also was the one who got me into Married with Children! 😀
That comment brought up a lot of memories with my father as well sounds exactly like my experience, watching the show with my father, but we had a small advantage. My father, somehow found the exact same couch that Al Bundy sat on, I remember he was driving by a garage sale and he spotted it and hit the brakes and backed up and immediately bought it . We dubbed it THE BUNDY COUCH and soon sat on it while watching married with children together.
@@collinxmajor awesome!
This is all SO relatable.
The most realistic sitcom of its time.
That would have been Roseanne
Though I like MWC much much more
Let's not forget All in the Family!
Even king kong bundy was on the
Show.
@@LABOUMDECADANCE ALL.
One of my favorite episodes is season 3 episode 4 "The Camping Show" where they all go to a cabin in the woods and Peggy, Marcy and Kelly all get their periods at the same time.
It was interesting watch the show change over the years. The first 3 seasons or so, they felt more like an authentic family for the most part. Al and Peggy admitted on occasion that they loved each other, and so did Kelly and Bud.
In later seasons they became even more antagonistic towards each other, but one thing that didnt change was that if someone messed with one member of the family the others were quick to join in to defend them.
I think they all admitted that. In Ed's Emmy legends interview he talks about the first three seasons as the hallmark of the show. I remember watching the first season and when they talk about the antagonism, about six of the shows ended with them about to have sex. Thats more sex than ALL the 'family' shows ever did. Apparantly once you have kids your sex life is over. I wonder if thats partly why people stopped having kids:)
I remember an episode , Bud beat the shit out of a guy for calling his sister a slut.
The original name of that episode was "A Period Piece." They had to change it because apparently it went a little too far.
@@hitmanmonaghan6633 I think he gave him the measles, and the guy was played by Corey Feldman.
@@mikearchibald744I like all the seasons but personally 1 to 4 are my favorite.
Greatest sitcom of all time IMO......even at a young age I loved it
I loved this show as a kid and I love it even more as an adult. Al Bundy is one of the greatest TV characters of All Time!
_"I'm sorry, ma'am but, this shoe is only rated for 2,000 pounds."_
Hey German here. I recorded every episode on VHS when I was a kid. I even took all 15 tapes and took a second tape recorder to record all episodes to other casettes without the comercials. Took me a whole weekend. I was addictet to that show and wore suit jackets like Bud did in later seasons when I was like 11 back in elementary shool. The german dub was pretty good but it was a total different expirience when I re wached as an adult while living in Vegas. good times
Im not kidding when i say this but when i feel down i think about the sky diving episode were al has this laugh when ask if he needs a minute or advice or something like that and his laugh was hilarious to me as a kid and even more so after getting into relationships that was garbage. ruclips.net/video/l8sgodmn3IQ/видео.html that and i really felt a brother hood between Al and darsy and his coworker that was there without the cameras showing. Ive been fantasizing about getting "No mamn" shirts made as of lately in this hypothetical world i find myself in.
Hmm mmm himmm
@@jayronimo5667 awesome
We need more Als today.
We have Al Roker on NBC
One of the Greatest TV shows ever.. Couldn't wait for Sunday nights. In Living Color then Married With Children.. Life was great back then!!
Ed O'Neill's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame being in front of a shoe store is a riot
Cartoon version should’ve already been done long ago
Great video! Thank you!
My wife and I recently binge-watched this show all the way through on streaming. It took quite a while, but doing so helped us realise that:
1) there were a lot more running gags than either of us remebered;
2) the writing was WAY more clever and prescient than it's usually given credit for; and
3) the detractors can say what they want -- this is one of the best TV shows of all time, a sublime mix of excellent writing, marvellous comedic acting, perfect character studies, relatable situations, pointed social commentary, and over-the-top silliness.
This is more insightful than most, if not all, reviews at the time.
@@EndPoliticalCorruption Thank you!
@@Beedo_Sookcool No problem! Reading these comments is so fulfilling! This show was always a guilty pleasure of mine, heavy on the _guilty._ Glad to find so many others who appreciate it, too!
@@EndPoliticalCorruption I find that the absolute best comedy is thoroughly appreciated as "speaking to people like us" . . . by the people it's actually making fun of, and who don't really get the joke, because it's on them.
Either that, or its point is completely missed by its critics, even though it's saying the exact same thing the critics are saying themselves, only ironically. 😉
I NEED SHOES!
I remember watching this show on Sundays between the Simpsons and X-Files. AL was the man. Jefferson was cool. The Bundys Go To England episodes were my favorite.
My fav episodes too! I remember it was in two parts. And yes X files played on the same night. I believe also Tales from the Crypt or atleast in my region maybe that was reruns.
I was always too much of a little bitch to watch X-Files as a child (that theme song just gave me nightmares) so MWC was more my speed then lol.
Yip married with x files, love it
Great times.
Al in hell was my favourite 😀
I laughed so loud. I woke up my two year old when you said that they mailed that Karen flowers every time the show got renewed. That’s incredible.
Married with children was my favorite sitcom series I ever seen sinne I was a child.
Same here
I still watch the Reruns and still LMFAO! A classic comedy sitcom. They just don’t write them like this anymore.
One of my favourite US sitcoms! "Four touchdowns in a single game!"
Agreed. I cannot fathom how bad it would have been with Sam & Roseann.
They would have killed each other
The Pirate Captain Courage episode was cool because Jefferson and Steve met briefly. A gem amongst the "Seven" episodes.
I remember that episode as a kid. Even i said..wow they met eachother
Marcy, as "Cabin Boy/Girl": "Here, let me prove to you that I am a girl!" [Rips open blouse, presumably to reveal breasts]
Jefferson: [Stares] "How?"
That was a hilarious episode. Although Steve and Jefferson actually do meet twice throughout the show, not including the pirate episode.
First was the season 6 episode "The egg and I", where Steve returns being on the run from the feds after stealing a rare egg from the park he was rangering.
The second one was the season 9 episode "Get the Dodge outta Hell" where they lose the Dodge at a gas station where Marcy made Jefferson work.
Mad respect for Katey Sagal in Sons of Anarchy.
More for her voicing Leela in Futurama. I watched all of SoA bit looking back now it was terrible.
What about 8 rules for dating my teenage daughter? Anyone?
The only one who managed to detach herself from the show
Love this show. The 2nd season Christmas episode where Santa crashes into the backyard is probably my favorite and in my playlist of favorite Christmas movies and TV shows/specials every December. Other favorite episodes are the Labor Day barbeque, when Al meets aliens, the overdue library book, when Al becomes obsessed with the song Anna, and others.
"hmm hmm him"
"Santa's chute doesn't seem to be opening."
My favorite was when there was a blizzard and Kelly & Bud won a radio contest to have Anthrax play a concert in their living room. They all ate the "mystery meat" from the freezer and Marcy started tripping. I also liked the one where Marcy got married when she was drunk and woke up to find out her new name was Marcy Darcy.
I think that was the first episode I had seen and I remember thinking "WTF". I loved it, I still do!
@@TheRaven078 “ A lot of people think the name of that song is ‘Go with Him’…. but it’s not!!
I love the idea of sending the activist flowers for every renewal for a new season! That gives the phrase, "kill them with kindness," new meaning. 🤣💐
I bet that even now, the activist's face turns beet red whenever she sees the Married... with Children reruns and the words "Married... with Children" can't be spoken in her house. 😂
It's not kindness, though. It's sticking it to them in their home and rubbing it in. Kind of an Al Bundy thing to do, admittedly.
@David M Well regardless you can say that the cast of Married with Children are savages.
Married... With Children is still very very very funny today and Ed O' Neill is brilliant as Al Bundy. 🤣👍
Fun fact: the character of Al Bundy is basically Ed O’Neill’s uncle. Or he’s based on his uncle
The producers liked O’Neill’s portrayal of Al Bundy because it was unique amongst other actors who auditioned. Whenever other actors auditioned they played Al Bundy as an “angry character.” But O’Neill played him with a “yeah, whatever” attitude so to speak so that’s how he got the role
much of the show is still relevant today
I love the picture of him getting his star with Katey and Sofia. Damn that guy lives a charmed life.
@@chrism3784 people say that they could never broadcast a show like this nowadays, yeah well back then it was still offensive because at that time it was only “good wholesome family” sitcoms
They were able to keep costs low during first three seasons mainly due to the fact that Bundy's living room and Al's store were virtually the only sets used as literaly 99% of scenes in the early seasons happened in Bundy's living room and the store. It wasn't until later seasons that they started doing more on location shoots and moving outside of Bundy's house and Al's work much more.
Two years ago I purchased the complete DVD series
for about $40.00.
Love the nostalgia!
After watching this episode on MWC,I just ordered the complete dvd set too.Ready for a nostalgic ride and laughter.
I got the set as a gift for Christmas years ago and still have every disc!
Am tossing up whether to track down a DVD box set, or see if it gets streamed over next year or so; anybody know for sure either way?
@@thedys70 Hulu has it.
@@thedys70 It's on peacock right now.
I used to watch _Married… with Children_ all the time and I loved it! But I didn’t realize that Sam Kinison was considered for the part of Al Bundy
I do, however, remember the _Anti-It’s A Wonderful Life_ episode in which Kinison appeared as Al’s Guardian Angel.
_It’s A Bundyful Life_ was a Season 4 two-parter and is one of my absolute favorites! RIP, Sam Kinison.
Peg Bundy was not only a basis of Roseanne Barr, Roseanne was asked to cast as Peg Bundy who declined.
Think we all had a crush on Kelly mate
My grandmother loved this show. She was in her 70s when it first aired. She was a very prudish woman and still thought it was hilarious.
This show was a part of my childhood and is still a part of my adulthood. Talk about a show that was more realistic than most that aired at the time. It allowed me to laugh at the toxicity of my family life because I could see how these characters were reflected in my own family. Al was quite an inspiration, down on his luck, underappreciated, yet still got up in the morning everyday and was a provider. Just like in that speech he gave his childhood librarian. Of course he also got away with things we wish we could have like beating up Kelly's sleaze boyfriends and enacting vigilante justice.
This show would never be made again in this day and age where humor is practically gone, people are made of glass, and self entitlement runs rampant. I will always treasure this show and it's humor. Long live the Bundys and the man himself AL.
So true,this show couldn't be made today,a product of it's time.That lone female detractor is minor compared to what MWC would get today. LOL.GREAT tv show.
@Bluebirdfalling I was greatful I was able to watch this, THE SIMPSONS, and IN LIVING COLOR during those primte time blocks. Despite how my family is they didn't censor much of what we watched. Probably because they knew they were worse lol. I'm glad they didn't because as a kid I loved the humor. As an adult I see the relatability and when I feel like Al sometimes myself, I can watch and enjoy and maybe even feel a bit inspired too.
Was the first show where we could finally stop trying to compare ourselves to the families and feeling inadequate. Though even the Bundy's had a leg up on me, I was the lone kid in my class with divorced parents in 87. Bigger house than me, too. Thank God my dad didn't sell women's shoes for a living though, so mom was able to give us more than toaster leaving's for breakfast. Mom was about as good a cook as Peggy though. Lol sorry mom I love ya but you don't have any family recipes I'll be passing down.
I don't know why everyone thinks this show was so "edgey for the time". Go watch "3's Company", the Ropers are practically Al and Peg. I like MWC but this whole rebel status it gets is overblown.
Daddy beat him up, of course pumpkin.
That lovely theme song. I have it stuck in my head to this day. Along with the Neverending Story song and the Mentos Jingle. All those spin-offs in different countries are great. I had no idea it was such an international hit.
“Love and marriage ! Love and marriage “
Ed O'Neil was Al Bundy. Nobody could do it like he can. He is a legendary iconic figure. You always think of him as Al when he appears on screeen as someone else. They chose well.
Facts the hand in the pants thing 😂 he did that shit
One of the greatest sitcoms EVER!!!
(thanks Herm Ask, #6 at 7:50 ) It's called the Streisand Effect when you try to stop something but only succeed in making a "problem" worse. Sending flowers to the "Karen" who tried to stop the show flowers is poetry. I'm so glad the "do-gooders" got a pie to the face. Bravo.
And the whole Hogwarts Legacy proves that the Karens are incapable of learning their lesson. Just like communists they think if they give it one more shot, it'll work this time!
I’m surprised it’s not called the Tipper Gore effect. When her and her group tried to censor all “explicit” music and ended up, making the albums with parental advisory stickers on them a lot more money.
#6 at 7:50
The best show of the late 80s, early 90s! Heck, maybe one of the best shows ever, in my opinion. Al Bundy is iconic and will always be the man 🤘
Best sitcom ever. Ed O'Neil is a legend.
The Argentine version finished ten years ago and still been a national icon to us and now they come back in a theatre play WE LOVE THEM!
Dude thats so awesome
Thank you for doing this! Al Bundy and his family and his shenanigans were a vital part of my childhood! And don't forget the song Love and marriage oh man the minute you hear it you know exactly what it is! Good stuff Minty!!!!!!
I find it easy to believe that the Griswold's and the Bundy's exist in the same universe.
Then many years later Christina Applegate would marry into the Griswold family.
The best show ever 💯 Al is the G.O.A.T
Argentinean here. "Casados con hijos" (Married with Children) was HUGE here and well loved, to the point of the characters participating in recent commercials. The actors are some of the most iconic Argentinian actors, and the one playing the dad, Guillermo Francella, receiving an Oscar for best foreign movie for El Secreto de dos Ojos. And the actors playing the kids are real life siblings, which was perfect.
Ed and Amanda had a falling out, because of Amanda's sexuality. He wasn't invited to the wedding, because she was afraid Ed would make fun of the fact that Amanda and her wife were both going to wear suits and ties. She revealed this in an interview a couple of years ago.
It had nothing to do with her sexuality, it was because she was a pain in the back door. And when asked about not being invited to her wedding, he said of course I would’ve laughed, to women getting married and tuxedos? That’s hilarious. (That’s a paraphrase, not a direct quote)
@@spankynater4242 Correct. She was hard to work with on set and they became bitter with each other.
@@chriskay1449 Al told her that he had a button that he could push that would get rid of her, and she had no such button.
The falling out supposedly started (or culminated) when TV Guide was shooting a cover and there was a rule that only a specific number of ppl could be featured and Ed supposedly didn't fight for her nor even tried. That was the story according to him, anyway.
I have seen every single episode and still watch them at least once a week in one way or another
In the 90s, my Dad and I would watch this show every week. One of the ways we bonded. This and The Simpsons is still my fav shows. Now it's so dope to watch this with my son. Thank you for this one Minty!!
Even ET was talking about the
Controversy of this show years ago.
Ed look like a wrinkled prune now.
Who thought Katey was a man at first?
Growing up watching Benny Hill as a child, and Growing up as a "70's" kid, watching this show made me laugh so hard my stomach hurt!
Didn’t watch the show often, but of the few episodes I did watch my favorite one was the one where Kelly gets into a boxing match to fight a rival for an acting role. The two favorite parts were when Kelly’s rival says can I steal your brother, and Bud is more than happy to have that happen to him. And when the rival accidentally punches Bud during the fight and Kelly says no one hits my brother unless they date him first.
The actress that played her rival would later play Eric Foreman's sister in that 70's show.
Favorite sitcom of all time ❤️❤️❤️
Peg says "Hi, honey! Did you miss me?
Al says "With every bullet, so far."
🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣
1987. My Freshman year. I played a lot of NES at that time. I remember watching Married with Children sometimes. Funny show.
My favorite show in world history period.
Aloha Minty, I am so happy you did a look at "Married with Children" because that WAS one of the best comedies about the family EVER. I remember how they had a back and forth with "Roseanne" especially when one won an Emmy or something?
"Different Strokes" and "Family Ties" were great but MWC was the first show, of any kind really, to show life without the rose tinted cosy editing of reality. And it foreshadowed the grittiness and willingness to show a more truthful vision of life in drama, comedy and other genres.
Plus, the writers kind of revealed what the future would be: politically correct dumbing down of comedy and what writers are allowed to do in a world where the networks are scared of offending ANYONE.
Which is the world we live in now.
David
And now Kathy Najimy is on "The Conners".
That show would never made today
To this day the greatest sitcom ever . I still watch it when it's on every now and then . It's as funny now as it ever was .
I absolutely adored this show as a kid. I don't know how it would hold up in this day and age with "Cancel Culture" being a pain in the neck but this show was great. Also, I personally wouldn't mind a Married... With Grand children.
They're bringing it back in cartoon form with all the original cast.
Supposedly.
I've noticed the only network I know of that shows it regularly is LOGO . offensive must be ok if a cast member happens to be gay
The thing I think a lot of people missed at the time was Al- as often as he bitched about his obligations as a husband and a father- did actually love Peg. And maybe… just possibly his sexually repressed son and dimwitted daughter, too! 😂
During the show’s ten year run, Al was presented with multiple opportunities to cheat on Peg, but he never did. I’m not sure the distinction would have worked were it not for that infinitesimal, electronically-microscopically tiny sliver of moral fiber.
That married with grandchildren sounds like a great idea. Also, I would have loved to have seen a Psycho Dad spinoff.
@@samcro6268 Glad to see I'm not the only one who enjoyed the irony of MWC being on LOGO.
Though I canceled cable a few years ago and grabbed the entire series from Best Buy for $18.
It's also on Pluto TV, though not until really late at night. It's on the Classic TV families channel.
Best. Theme. Song. Ever.
Proof that Fox actually had good television, once.
Loved growing up watching this show. I’m looking forward to seeing what you say we might not know
Saw the episodes when they came out and I still watch the repeats when I find them! The show is TIMELESS!! It will always be funny and entertaining.
Great episode Minty, however I was a little disappointed that you didn’t included a section for cameos, like Katey Sagal who also voiced Leela in Futurama acted as Peggy in the episode “A Bicyclops Built For two” - I honestly don’t know if there’s more out there, but there’s got to be with such iconic show 😃
I remember Christina Applegate had a show Jessie and had Bud on the episode(Ed O'Neil showed up on set, I think it was with that episode, and surprised her but I don't think he ever actually was on the show).
Ned Flanders was punished by God when he saw a clip of MWC and laughed
Man I love Married… With Children it is the greatest sitcom of all time. I have every episode. I have the Box Set my favorite episode is the one called Labor Day. Also the one where all the guys are trying to put up the Satellite up on the roof and they keep falling off and the wives are in the house taking bets on who is going to fall off next.
Peak episode Minty! One of the top greatest sitcoms of all time without a doubt. People need to realize that edgy and raunchy “for its time” means that it would cause triggered mass meltdowns today.
"Peak"?
yep. I just wish people would learn to change the channel. I hate reality TV but dont go around trying to get it cancelled, I just dont watch.
The way Al used to poke fun at fat women would definitely cause a Woke uproar today!
This show existed when people could laugh, and not take offense to everything.
@@thumperjdm before people all had smartphones to complain about every little thing in a place where other Karens can hear it. Before, they just went home and whioned to their families. lol
Which is why it should be re-broadcast as often as possible!
One of the best shows ever. I still watch it today. One of the few shows where a main character is replaced and is still as funny/funnier with the new guy. Steve was great but so was Jefferson.
I am glad though that it did survive the 1st season and grew into what it became. Had they continued with the early Al in season 1, I don't think it would have continued for much longer.
some favorite moments just of the top of my head. "Bleen", "law office of Haagen and Daz" and "when you turn a satisfactory shade of blue, you go moo and I'll let go".
I guess I dont remember much about the first season. What was different about AL in that season compared to the following seasons?
"Is that a mixture of 'blue' and 'green'?"
Kelly: "No, of 'blood' and 'spleen'."
@@ri067953 He is actually caring and says I love you to Peggy. A totally different Al than the 1 we know and love in later seasons. I usually skip season 1 eps 1 through 5-6 maybe.
How about Jefferson & Marcy
play-acting as Al & Peg?
I made it a point to watch this series every Sunday night at 9pm, right after the Simpsons and...umm, I forget what other show. I still remember the feeling I had at the time, the depressing feeling that school was the next day BUT still had something to look forward to before bed, the final remaining joys of the weekend. I even have a few home video recordings of said Sundays. Just me being a goof using the video camera, recording nothing while Married with Children was on in the background.
Good times...