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Seasons:
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 full episode list
Release Date:
5 April 1987 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy more
Tagline:
Domestic bliss was never like this!
Plot:
Al Bundy is a misanthropic women's shoe salesman with a miserable life. He hates his job, his wife is lazy, his son is dysfunctional (especially with women), and his daughter is dimwitted and promiscuous. full summary
Awards:
Nominated for 7 Golden Globes. Another 6 wins & 21 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(48 articles)
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User Comments:
Hilarious!! We all have some Bundy in us!! more (144 total)

Cast

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Ed O'Neill ... Al Bundy / ... (261 episodes, 1987-1997)

David Faustino ... Bud Bundy / ... (260 episodes, 1987-1997)

Christina Applegate ... Kelly Bundy / ... (259 episodes, 1987-1997)

Katey Sagal ... Peggy Bundy / ... (251 episodes, 1987-1997)
Amanda Bearse ... Marcy D'Arcy / ... (246 episodes, 1987-1997)
Ted McGinley ... Jefferson D'Arcy / ... (166 episodes, 1989-1997)
Buck ... Buck the Dog / ... (166 episodes, 1987-1995)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Married... with Children (USA) (promotional title)
Not the Cosbys (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
22 min (262 episodes)
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Colour:
Colour
Sound Mix:
Stereo
Certification:
Finland:K-3 (DVD) (2003) | Netherlands:6 (DVD rating) | Australia:M (some episodes) | Singapore:NC-16 (season 5) | USA:TV-PG | Australia:PG | Singapore:PG | Argentina:Atp

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Trivia:
Makes references to Ed O'Neill's film, Dutch (1991). It's mentioned in the first part of "The England Show" when Al is on the plane. In the episode where Al and Peggy go to the video store to rent a movie, a poster for the film is covering Ed's eyes. more
Goofs:
Continuity: The number on the front of their house changes from 9764 to 9674 in some episodes. Their 'official' address is 9764 Jeopardy Lane, as seen on the address label when sending clothing from the UK, in the 'England Show' episode. more
Quotes:
Kelly: Don't be so hard on yourself, Bud. I bet there are plenty of cool guys who sit home on Friday night watching 'Star Trek' reruns hoping to catch a glimpse of Klingon cleavage.
Bud: Let the record show that I was licking the screen in an attempt to clean it.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in "20 to 1: TV Couples (#8.11)" (2009) more
Soundtrack:
Love & Marriage more

FAQ

What happened when Marcy and Peg were both pregnant?
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38 out of 45 people found the following comment useful.
Hilarious!! We all have some Bundy in us!!, 23 July 2004
8/10
Author: Thomas Jolliffe (supertom-3) from Marlow, England

This long running American sitcom has a strange kind of following and appeal. The show has a kind of knowing badness and is intentionally cheesy and politically incorrect. The actors perform their lines with a knowing wink at the audience, as if to say 'yes we know this crude, rude, and lude'. The audiences at the recordings consist of primarily hillbillies who woof, howl and screech in delight at as much as Al flushing the toilet. It is infectious.

The cast and characters are good. Ed O'Neil is superb as Al Bundy. He makes the show as popular as it is. The facial expressions that he pulls and his delivery are hilarious. Whatever Al says or does, makes me laugh. Then there is his wife Peggy Bundy, the curviest woman alive and a hell of a milf. It's another strange mystery of the show that all of a sudden in season 2, Peggy turned into the delightfully huge chested wife from hell audiences loved. It was a jarring change, sudden in your face jubblies. Katey Sagal is excellent as Peggy and she delivers the lines brilliantly. She can screech well too and every time she cries out 'AL!' and he flinches we know why. Then there are the kids. Every young Americans dream woman in the early 90's, Christina Applegate who gets a deserved howl of male appreciation when she enters each episode. Then Bud Bundy the young loser who despite being the only Bundy with brains has no luck with the ladies, despite thinking he is god's gift.

Basically this show revolves around sexism, innuendo and machismo. You see all the jokes coming a mile off. They have long running gags that never manage to get tired, such as Peggy's constant jibes about Al's sexual prowess. This is funny. It's love it or hate it but I love it.

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