I used to think Married with Children was hilarious. Until I got married and had children. I realize now it was actually a public service announcement.
as a young man I pitied that man. as an adult I envy him. huge house,cool neighbors, classic car, hot wife that always wants to have sex, good looking kids, stable job, has a family life as well as an active social life.... man what a life, what a legend!
My favorite speech from Al has to be: Al: See, healthy people are like dinosaurs, their not fit to survive. Jim's body couldn't handle the burgers, and bon bons, and pastry suckins like real Americans. You see Peg we, are the truly strong. Peg: You really think so Al? Al: Absolutely. Al: See that cockroach there? Peg: That one? Al: No, that one.... Well any one of them. You don't see them carrying off a can of wheat germ do you? Kelly: 'Gurm' dad. Al: Thank you pumpkin. So Peg let's all follow the example of our friend the cockroach; They where here before man, and they'll be here after man. You know why? They eat crap. And I say; Anything that's good enough for the cockroach is good enough for my family.
What I like about this show: Al showed he could be charming Peg showed she could be a good housewife Bud showed he could get the girl Kelly showed she could be smart Marcy showed she could be sexy Steve showed he could have a backbone Jefferson showed he could get a job And Buck showed he could be obedient
And WE could find some other sitcom to watch and relate to. But we choose not too... why... because we like to show Al how happy we are at how unhappy he is.
It really hurt to see that show come to an end. Without a doubt, it was the funniest show EVER. There will never be a show that would even come close. To say that Ed O'Neill was perfect for that role is an under statement. He was beyond perfect and beyond a Hero.
One major truth in this one: "I'm married with children." Ed O'Neill definitely WAS Married with children, without him the show wouldn't have been nearly as funny.
I miss older comedies, when writing was seen as jokes. Even though they would receive hate mail, they didn't give in & pander to those who were offended.
Yea… comedy has always pandered to an audience, you just happened to be in that audience back then. There’s also so many genres of comedy that blanketing them with “old” and “new” is beyond barbaric, lol.
They were constantly battling standards. Your perception isn't accurate. The religious right was as anti-free speech as the new left. People just forget
I'm watching MWCh from the beginning. At the end of 3rd season I can't imagine anything better than Al's monologue from episode with librarian (it caused tears in my eyes): "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 want to be forty hours a week for life. And the fact that I haven't put a gun in my mouth, you pudding of a woman, makes me a winner."
I feel some connection with this man. I had a life once. Then, when I was 18, everything changed and I got acquainted with the bottom of the pit. Slowly, through a lot of shit, life was recovering, I had children, a job, a place of my own. Then at the age of 30 another breakdown befallen me. At 30 you don't have the same time to get over yourself and rebuild your life. If you have kids, it's even worse, because you drag them down with you. So, to prevent that, I had to send them away with their mother. As they're better off away from me. And that's how you go from a man standing on his pride to an alcoholic bum. Al Bundy is an inspiration to me..
As a married man for many years, it's pretty liberating not having to slick back my hair, put on cologne or swishy clothes or waste time in shitty clubs anymore. It's just a bar of regular soap, a stick of regular deodorant, regular toothpaste and the same-ass haircut for the last 20 years. I've aged into the man I was meant to me and with a good woman still with me by the grace of God I'm lovin' every minute if it...and we both love Al Bundy 😂😂😂
Al messing around under the hood of the Dodge. Bud: "Do you even know what your doing in there?" Al: "Now Bud, your starting to sound alot like your mother."
Once upon a time, a Prince asked a beautiful Princess, "Will you marry me?" The Princess said, "No!!!" And the Prince lived happily ever after and rode motorcycles and dated skinny long-legged full-breasted women and hunted and fished and raced cars and went to naked bars and dated ladies half his age and drank whiskey, beer and Captain Morgan and never heard bitching and never paid child support or alimony and dated cheerleaders and kept his house and ate spam and potato chips and beans and blew enormous farts and never got cheated on while he was at work and all his friends and family thought he was cool as hell and he had tons of money in the bank and left the toilet seat up. The End
Glad you liked it. Here is a real life example from non other than Mick Jagger www.thejournal.ie/jerry-hall-first-marriage-bali-mick-jagger-2543524-Jan2016/
+Big R I also like "Every man's fantasy, to be kept by a woman whose skirt is as short of the lifespan of the man that she chooses". The episodes of the 1st 6 years are filled with hilarious unique quotes.
My favorite Bundy quote is considerably longer but includes a similar statement in it Al made at the end of his Christmas poem "Twas the night before christmas, and all trough the house, no food was a-stirring, not even a mouse... Stockings were hung around dad's neck like a tie, along with a note that said "presents or die"... Children were plotting, all night in their beds", while the wife's constant whining was splitting his head... But daddy had money, this year in the bank, then the bank closed up early, now dad's in the tank... All of a sudden, Santa appeared, a sneer on his face, booze in his beard! "Santa" i said, you do so much for others, do something for me... "Bundy" he said, you only sell shoes, your son is a sneak thief, your daughter a flooze... "HO HO" said Santa, should i mention your wife? Hair like an A-bomb, nails like a knife! As he climbed up the chimney, that fat piece of dung, he mooned me two times, even stuck out his tongue I heard him exclaim, as he broke wind with glee, you are *Married with Children*..... and you'll never be free."
Best scene I remember from the show was when it opens with Al on the sofa making a sandwich. With toothpaste. The studio audience is clearly freaking out and you here one guy go "No Al NO!" He doesn't eat it because Peg interrupts him. "Ahh Peg what is it? I was about to eat lunch and fight cavities at the same time!"
My fave Al Bundy line Marcy: why must you always be so negative? Al Bundy:WHY DID YOU CROSS THE ROAD?? .HAHA I always loved the lines directed at Marcy. Lmfao
According to Wikipedia Ed O'neill was actually an undrafted free agent with the Pittsburgh Steelers, but he got cut in training camp. So after pro-football didn't work out for him he became a substitute social studies teacher while trying to get into acting. Interesting life.
"How dare you say that to my face!" "We'll I'd say it behind your back, but my car only has half a tank of gas!" First time I heard that I didn't stop laughing until the show was over.
@@dcavalli9 Was it worth the time and effort? Are you able to use it, or has it given you better job options? Just curious. Well done in getting an advanced degree.
@@drServitis It was brutal at times, but I did do some of the best work of my life (at least up to that point). It was a new experience, and I got away from home for a while. (I commuted to my college.) Job-wise, the M.A. helped in some cases, but had no effect in others. These days, I'm hoping to make a transition to being a mechanic. More money. But, yes, I'm glad I did it. Above all, I was happy after 20 years to be finally done with school (starting with nursery school).
@@dcavalli9 Sorry for all the questions. Just came across your comment that sparked an interest. In the university I went to they offered a master's in public administration and a master's in political science in the same department. You said your master's is in 'politics'. Do you know how that would differ from the MA in political science? Again, just curious. Hope your switch to being a mechanic pays off for you. You must be a good student to get through everything you've pursued in education.
my fav quote: 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 want to be forty hours a week for life. And the fact that I haven't put a gun in my mouth, you pudding of a woman, makes me a winner.
I'd vote for this. What's funny is that when it was a new show, the OLD people were offended. Now that the show is old, the YOUNG people would be offended.
I would say NO to bringing back the show because them disgusting liberals already fucked up Roseanne and she is innocent by the way because they're the racist hypocrites themselves with more racist jokes and I rather have them stay away from Married with Children. Blah! Blah! Blah! TRUMP IS THE BEST PRESIDENT too for revealing liberals true selves
*sigh* If Rick and Morty can be on air, a live action recreation of Family Matters is shown on a major network, and SNL regularly does racy things for a live show (which is under the 2nd most SWJ-motivated network, after The CW), then this show would be fine. It’s like people forget that Its Always Sunny on Philadelphia is a show, smh.
@@motodog242 You'd be surprised how many rules, laws and regulations the FCC gave us just to get our series past them today. And if they sent us notes we had to explain why certain elements are important. "Why does that coral look like penis's?" "Because that type of coral looks like that in Nature."
I like the bathroom episode where she turns the bathroom pink. You tells her change it back Peg and of course she doesn't and he goes in there and unleashes a massive dump, while all the people from her decorating class were in there
I watched almost every episode during its original run. I had the benefit of all of Al Bundy's wisdom. And yet, still, I went and married a red head. What was I thinking?!?! Oh, right. As Al would say "I left high-school, lost the will to live and here I am..."
The episode where they went to Dumpwater FL. and were being stalked by the serial killer. Al says "Please, don't kill me. Let me go home where I die just a little every day."
You completely missed the point. All those things he mentioned aside from socks, brushing and what not. He said were for attracting. He's married and has kids. Why does he need to do any of that when he already has a wife who thinks he's attractive regardless. Of course he'll still brush and what not. Personal hygiene and all. But he already has his partner. He doesn't need to try so hard to attract her.
He had a line in one show about how women should have a third boob. When his neighbor Steve asked him where he would put it, Al replied: "On her back ... for dancing."
I'm 32, and i'm beginning to realize nothing I do matters anymore.My time in the sun has come and gone, I'm slowly................... but surely turning into Al Bundy.
See that's what I love about Al. Even though he's annoyed by his family, deep down he really does love them. Something other shows like Family Guy constantly fail at because every character in that show is unlikable beyond relief.
SURE, I CAN RELATE WITH AL....AND I REALLY LIKE FAMILY GUY AS WELL...THE WIFE TOLD ME THAT I DIDN'T KNOW THE MEANING OF THE WORD MARRIAGE....i TOLD HER IT WAS NOT A WORD, IT IS A SENTENCE.....
