"Married with Children" (1987) TV series 1987-1997

Creators:

Ron Leavitt
Michael G. Moye
(more)

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11

Release Date:

5 April 1987 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

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.

Plot Keywords:

Shoe Salesman | Shoe Store | Married With Children | Promiscuous Daughter | Dumb Blonde

Awards:

Nominated for 7 Golden Globes. Another 6 wins & 21 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Mon. Nov. 23	4:00 AM	TBS	The Stepford Peg	#11.10
Mon. Nov. 23	4:30 AM	TBS	Children of the Corns	#11.2

Cast

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)

Series Directed by
Gerry Cohen		(157 episodes, 1987-1997)
Linda Day		(33 episodes, 1987-1991)
Amanda Bearse		(31 episodes, 1991-1997)
Sam W. Orender		(18 episodes, 1993-1997)
Tony Singletary		(10 episodes, 1990-1993)
Mark K. Samuels		(2 episodes, 1997)

Series Writing credits
Ron Leavitt		(257 episodes, 1987-1997)
Michael G. Moye		(257 episodes, 1987-1997)
Ellen L. Fogle		(22 episodes, 1987-1993)
Stacie Lipp		(19 episodes, 1990-1996)
Katherine Green		(18 episodes, 1987-1995)
Richard Gurman		(16 episodes, 1987-1996)
Sandy Sprung		(14 episodes, 1987-1990)
Marcy Vosburgh		(14 episodes, 1987-1990)
Kevin Curran		(11 episodes, 1990-1993)
Larry Jacobson		(11 episodes, 1991-1995)
Ralph Farquhar		(10 episodes, 1987-1993)
Russell Marcus		(9 episodes, 1995-1997)
Kim Weiskopf		(8 episodes, 1993-1996)
Al Aidekman		(7 episodes, 1989-1995)
Arthur Silver		(7 episodes, 1989-1993)
Gabrielle Topping		(5 episodes, 1989-1992)
Calvin Brown Jr.		(4 episodes, 1992-1996)
Garry Bowren		(4 episodes, 1994-1996)
Laurie Lee-Goss		(4 episodes, 1994-1996)
David Castro		(4 episodes, 1994-1995)
Eric Abrams		(4 episodes, 1996-1997)
Matthew Berry		(4 episodes, 1996-1997)
Vince Cheung		(4 episodes, 1996-1997)
Ben Montanio		(4 episodes, 1996-1997)
Valerie Ahern		(4 episodes, 1997)
Christian McLaughlin		(4 episodes, 1997)
Mindy Morgenstern		(3 episodes, 1987-1997)
Dvora Inwood		(3 episodes, 1995-1996)
Fran Kaufer		(3 episodes, 1995-1996)
Steve Faber		(3 episodes, 1996-1997)
Bob Fisher		(3 episodes, 1996-1997)
Tracy Gamble		(2 episodes, 1987)
Richard Vaczy		(2 episodes, 1987)
J. Stanford Parker		(2 episodes, 1988-1995)
Carl Studebaker		(2 episodes, 1988-1994)
Cindy Begel		(2 episodes, 1989-1994)
Jeanne Baruch		(2 episodes, 1989)
Jeanne Romano		(2 episodes, 1989)
Diane Burroughs		(2 episodes, 1990-1992)
Joey Gutierrez		(2 episodes, 1990-1992)
Joel Valentincic		(2 episodes, 1993-1995)
Scott Zimbler		(2 episodes, 1993-1995)
Donald R. Beck		(2 episodes, 1994-1995)
Wayne Kline		(2 episodes, 1994)
Nancy Neufeld Callaway		(2 episodes, 1994)
Daniel O'Keefe		(2 episodes, 1995-1996)
Todd Newman		(2 episodes, 1996-1997)
Pamela Eells		(2 episodes, 1997)
Terry Maloney Haley		(2 episodes, 1997)

Series Produced by
Michael G. Moye	....	executive producer (175 episodes, 1987-1995)
Ron Leavitt	....	executive producer (154 episodes, 1987-1993)
Katherine Green	....	co-executive producer / executive producer / ... (140 episodes, 1987-1995)
John Maxwell Anderson	....	producer (129 episodes, 1987-1997)
Barbara Cramer	....	associate producer / producer / ... (127 episodes, 1987-1992)
Ellen L. Fogle	....	co-executive producer / producer / ... (122 episodes, 1988-1993)
Richard Gurman	....	executive producer / supervising producer / ... (114 episodes, 1987-1997)
Stacie Lipp	....	co-executive producer / co-producer / ... (101 episodes, 1992-1996)
Michael Greenspon	....	co-producer / associate producer (100 episodes, 1987-1997)
Arthur Silver	....	co-executive producer / supervising producer / ... (78 episodes, 1989-1993)
Kim Weiskopf	....	executive producer / co-executive producer / ... (75 episodes, 1993-1996)
Kevin Curran	....	supervising producer / producer (73 episodes, 1990-1993)
Sandy Sprung	....	producer (64 episodes, 1987-1990)
Marcy Vosburgh	....	producer (64 episodes, 1987-1990)
Russell Marcus	....	supervising producer / co-executive producer (50 episodes, 1995-1997)
Larry Jacobson	....	co-producer / producer (48 episodes, 1993-1995)
David Castro	....	co-producer (25 episodes, 1994-1997)
Vince Cheung	....	co-executive producer (24 episodes, 1996-1997)
Pamela Eells	....	executive producer (24 episodes, 1996-1997)
Ben Montanio	....	co-executive producer (24 episodes, 1996-1997)
Ralph Farquhar	....	supervising producer / producer (23 episodes, 1990-1992)
Calvin Brown Jr.	....	consulting producer (20 episodes, 1995-1996)
Jim Herzfeld	....	consulting producer (7 episodes, 1995)
Michael Z. Gordon	....	producer (unknown episodes)

Series Original Music by
Jonathan Wolff		(53 episodes, 1992-1997)
Michael Andreas		(11 episodes, 1992-1993)

Series Cinematography by
Thomas W. Markle		(125 episodes, 1988-1996)
Dan Kuleto		(24 episodes, 1996-1997)

Series Film Editing by
Larry Harris		(168 episodes, 1987-1997)
Leland Gray		(10 episodes, 1987-1988)
Lee Gray		(10 episodes, 1996-1997)
Andy Schubert		(5 episodes, 1989-1991)
Ron Menzies		(3 episodes, 1989)
Roger Ames Berger		(2 episodes, 1987)
Richard Kaufman		(2 episodes, 1987)
Ron Boder		(2 episodes, 1988)
Tim Clark		(2 episodes, 1989-1993)
Mark C. Bonn		(2 episodes, 1995)

Series Casting by
Tammara Billik		(145 episodes, 1987-1993)
Vicki Rosenberg		(25 episodes, 1993-1995)
Rick Millikan		(25 episodes, 1995-1997)
Steven Craig		(12 episodes, 1992-1993)
Teri Tunder		(12 episodes, 1994-1995)
Greg Orson		(11 episodes, 1993-1994)
Marc Hirschfeld		(9 episodes, 1987)

Series Production Design by
Don Roberts		(82 episodes, 1987-1991)

Series Art Direction by
Richard Improta		(113 episodes, 1989-1997)
Bernard Vyzga		(56 episodes, 1987-1989)

Series Set Decoration by
Laura Richarz		(1 episode, 1987)

Series Costume Design by
Marti M. Squyres		(93 episodes, 1989-1997)
Marti Masamitsu		(2 episodes, 1989-1990)

Series Makeup Department
Dottie McQuown	....	hair stylist (173 episodes, 1987-1997)
Nina Kent	....	makeup artist (73 episodes, 1988-1992)
Kathy Rogers-Jay	....	makeup artist (48 episodes, 1990-1997)
Sue Forrest Chambers	....	makeup artist (35 episodes, 1987-1988)
Patricia Bunch	....	makeup artist (12 episodes, 1992-1993)
David Abbott	....	makeup artist (10 episodes, 1993)

Series Production Management
Fran McConnell	....	production supervisor (79 episodes, 1987-1990)
Ed Lammi	....	executive in charge of production (67 episodes, 1988-1991)
Deborah Curtan	....	production supervisor / production consultant (37 episodes, 1989-1991)
Bob Piatak	....	unit manager (22 episodes, 1987-1988)
Steve McIntire	....	unit manager / production manager (11 episodes, 1987)
Ed Cervantes	....	executive in charge of production (unknown episodes, 1987-1990)
Andrew Susskind	....	production supervisor (unknown episodes)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Bob Priest	....	associate director (4 episodes, 1994-1996)
Sam W. Orender	....	associate director (2 episodes, 1990)

Series Art Department
Michael Semon	....	property master / props (243 episodes, 1987-1997)
Bob Clack	....	construction coordinator (122 episodes, 1988-1993)
Artie Contreras	....	scenic artist (57 episodes, 1987-1989)
Jim Yarmer	....	assistant art director / assistant to art director (48 episodes, 1991-1995)
Alex Fuller	....	assistant art director (34 episodes, 1995-1997)
John A. Gomez	....	leadman (22 episodes, 1987-1988)
Heather Ross	....	assistant art director (12 episodes, 1995-1997)
Robert S. Cardenas Jr.	....	property master (2 episodes, 1987-1991)

Series Sound Department
Roy Pahlman	....	sound re-recording mixer / sound re-recordist (141 episodes, 1991-1997)
John Bickelhaupt	....	sound re-recording mixer / sound re-recordist (137 episodes, 1988-1997)
J. Mark King	....	audio / sound (124 episodes, 1988-1997)
Marti D. Humphrey	....	sound re-recording mixer / sound re-recordist (66 episodes, 1988-1991)
Alan Zema	....	audio / sound (52 episodes, 1993-1997)
Scott I. Glickman	....	sound (51 episodes, 1993-1997)
Laura Osborn	....	sound / audio (35 episodes, 1990-1997)
Craig Porter	....	sound re-recording mixer (19 episodes, 1987-1988)
Tamara Johnson	....	sound re-recording mixer (18 episodes, 1987)
Blaine Stewart	....	sound re-recording mixer (17 episodes, 1987-1988)
Carroll Pratt	....	sound re-recording mixer (16 episodes, 1987-1988)
Art Morgenstern	....	sound (15 episodes, 1987-1988)
Nick Kleissas	....	sound / sound re-recording mixer (11 episodes, 1987)
Randy Faustino	....	audio (8 episodes, 1996-1997)
Carol Gambino Hagen	....	audio (5 episodes, 1995-1996)
Jan Hoag	....	sound (4 episodes, 1988)
Jerry Barber	....	sound (2 episodes, 1987)
Gene Larson	....	sound (2 episodes, 1987)
John H. Gilman	....	audio (2 episodes, 1993-1994)
Laura King	....	audio / sound (2 episodes, 1993)
Carolyn Bowden	....	audio (2 episodes, 1995)

Series Special Effects by
Erich Martin Hicks	....	special effects technician (16 episodes, 1994-1997)

Series Visual Effects by
Joe White	....	visual effects (4 episodes, 1991-1994)

Series Stunts
Julie Michaels	....	stunt performer (2 episodes, 1994-1995)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Gary Stark	....	best boy electric / best boy set lighting (125 episodes, 1990-1995)
Jenna Abrahamson-Minardi	....	lighting technician (70 episodes, 1994-1997)
Dennis Turner	....	camera operator (68 episodes, 1991-1997)
Mike Culp	....	camera operator (56 episodes, 1991-1996)
Jim Lunsford	....	camera operator (47 episodes, 1993-1997)
Steve Casaly	....	camera operator (26 episodes, 1993-1997)
Bettina Mylenek	....	camera operator (25 episodes, 1992-1994)
Howard Nugent	....	gaffer (24 episodes, 1996-1997)
Bettina Levesque	....	camera operator (22 episodes, 1994-1997)
Mark Lacamera	....	camera operator (17 episodes, 1991-1993)
Vance Brandon	....	camera operator (13 episodes, 1993-1995)
Mark Buxbaum	....	lighting technician / lighting director (12 episodes, 1987)
Thomas W. Markle	....	lighting director (11 episodes, 1987-1988)
Debbie Baird	....	lighting director (8 episodes, 1987-1988)
Jillayne Pautsch	....	camera operator (7 episodes, 1991-1992)
Guy Wishart	....	lighting director (5 episodes, 1987)
Mark J. Levin	....	lighting director (4 episodes, 1987-1988)
Jeff Barnes	....	camera operator (3 episodes, 1992-1995)
Ray Liu	....	camera operator (3 episodes, 1993-1996)
Ali Vossough	....	camera utility (3 episodes, 1995)
Donald A. Morgan	....	lighting director (2 episodes, 1987)
Randy Baer	....	camera operator (2 episodes, 1992-1995)
Tom Conkright	....	camera operator (2 episodes, 1992-1994)
Martin Brown	....	camera operator (2 episodes, 1993-1997)
Dave Owen	....	camera operator (2 episodes, 1993-1994)
Richard Pitpit	....	camera operator (2 episodes, 1995-1997)

Series Casting Department
Rick Jacobs	....	executive in charge of casting (67 episodes, 1988-1991)
Steven Craig	....	casting associate (28 episodes, 1990-1992)
Stephen Kolzak	....	executive in charge of casting (22 episodes, 1987)
Tim Flack	....	executive in charge of casting (10 episodes, 1987-1988)
Stacy Wise	....	casting associate (5 episodes, 1997)

Series Costume and Wardrobe Department
Marti Masamitsu	....	wardrobe / costumes / ... (82 episodes, 1987-1992)

Series Editorial Department
Larry Harris	....	editor: video tape (2 episodes, 1989)

Series Music Department
Sammy Cahn	....	composer: theme music / theme song: words and music (111 episodes, 1987-1993)
Jimmy Van Heusen	....	composer: theme music / theme song: words and music / ... (92 episodes, 1987-1993)
Michael Andreas	....	music supervisor (57 episodes, 1989-1993)
Don Great	....	music supervisor / musical director (25 episodes, 1987)
Michael T. Andreas	....	music supervisor (6 episodes, 1990-1991)

Series Other crew
Sam W. Orender	....	associate director / technical director (192 episodes, 1988-1997)
Richard Draney	....	stage manager / associate director (173 episodes, 1987-1997)
Kitty Rourke	....	production associate / production assistant / ... (169 episodes, 1987-1997)
Stephanie Scott	....	stage manager (159 episodes, 1987-1997)
R. Ruddell Weatherwax	....	assistant dog trainer (135 episodes, 1987-1996)
Steven Ritt	....	dog trainer (114 episodes, 1987-1997)
Susan Jang	....	production coordinator / production consultant (99 episodes, 1987-1991)
Carl Studebaker	....	production coordinator / production staff / ... (99 episodes, 1990-1997)
Bert L. Cook	....	production staff / production team (83 episodes, 1990-1997)
Rochelle E. Staten	....	production staff / production team (72 episodes, 1990-1995)
Robert A. Bowen	....	technical director (64 episodes, 1992-1997)
Carson Smith	....	production staff / production coordinator (56 episodes, 1992-1997)
Ralph Farquhar	....	story editor / creative consultant / ... (53 episodes, 1987-1995)
Eduardo Cervántes	....	production consultant (53 episodes, 1987-1990)
Garry Bowren	....	production staff (53 episodes, 1992-1997)
Ellen L. Fogle	....	story editor / script consultant / ... (51 episodes, 1987-1989)
Richard Gurman	....	creative consultant (51 episodes, 1988-1994)
Fran Kaufer	....	production staff (51 episodes, 1992-1996)
Michael G. Moye	....	creative consultant / executive creative consultant (51 episodes, 1992-1996)
Gabrielle Topping	....	production staff / production team (48 episodes, 1990-1993)
Deborah Curtan	....	production consultant / production supervised by / ... (42 episodes, 1987-1990)
Helen Pai	....	production staff (40 episodes, 1991-1995)
Donald R. Beck	....	production staff (38 episodes, 1992-1995)
Richard Steir	....	associate director (37 episodes, 1987-1990)
Ken Stump	....	executive in charge (35 episodes, 1987-1988)
Ruthie Piper Hardee	....	production staff / production team (35 episodes, 1990-1992)
Gerry Cohen	....	associate director (32 episodes, 1987-1989)
Peter S. Alexander	....	production staff / script coordinator (31 episodes, 1995-1997)
Tom Conkright	....	technical director (29 episodes, 1989-1992)
Sal Baldomar	....	stage manager (27 episodes, 1988-1997)
Linda Ota	....	production staff / production team / ... (26 episodes, 1990-1991)
Jim Ralston	....	technical director (24 episodes, 1987-1988)
Zuzana Cernik	....	production assistant / production staff (24 episodes, 1996-1997)
Kevin Curran	....	story editor (23 episodes, 1989-1990)
Tony Neely	....	production services coordinator (22 episodes, 1987-1988)
Jeanie Bradley	....	production consultant (22 episodes, 1990-1991)
R. Anne Bacchus	....	production staff / production team (21 episodes, 1990-1991)
Carmen Herrera	....	production staff / production team (21 episodes, 1990-1991)
Christy Latusek	....	production staff (21 episodes, 1995-1997)
Larry Jacobson	....	executive story editor / story editor (18 episodes, 1991-1993)
Horace Scott	....	technical manager (17 episodes, 1987-1988)
Sandy Sprung	....	story editor / executive story editor (16 episodes, 1987)
Marcy Vosburgh	....	story editor / executive story editor (16 episodes, 1987)
Tim Davis	....	production coordinator / production staff (15 episodes, 1994-1996)
Ed Cervantes	....	production consultant (14 episodes, 1989-1990)
Michelle Burrage	....	production services coordinator (13 episodes, 1987)
David Castro	....	creative consultant (12 episodes, 1993-1994)
Nancy Neufeld Callaway	....	story editor (12 episodes, 1993-1994)
Russell Marcus	....	creative consultant (12 episodes, 1994-1995)
Eric Abrams	....	story editor (12 episodes, 1996-1997)
Valerie Ahern	....	story editor (12 episodes, 1996-1997)
Matthew Berry	....	story editor (12 episodes, 1996-1997)
Alan Eisenstock	....	creative consultant (12 episodes, 1996-1997)
Steve Faber	....	executive story editor (12 episodes, 1996-1997)
Bob Fisher	....	executive story editor (12 episodes, 1996-1997)
Cyndi Hogle	....	production staff (12 episodes, 1996-1997)
Christian McLaughlin	....	story editor (12 episodes, 1996-1997)
Larry Mintz	....	creative consultant (12 episodes, 1996-1997)
Brandon Wainwright	....	production staff (12 episodes, 1996-1997)
Rey Vincenty	....	stage manager (11 episodes, 1988-1996)
Niles Goodsite	....	stage manager (11 episodes, 1988-1994)
P. Sharon	....	production staff (10 episodes, 1991-1992)
Nina Berry	....	production staff (10 episodes, 1996-1997)
Gary Ramirez	....	stage manager (9 episodes, 1987-1988)
Alison Taylor	....	story editor (9 episodes, 1994-1995)
Tug Rencher	....	technical manager / technical director (8 episodes, 1987)
Darryl Hasen	....	stage manager (8 episodes, 1989-1992)
Paul Markoe	....	stage manager (8 episodes, 1990-1994)
Wendy Wotherspoon	....	production staff / production team (8 episodes, 1990)
Holly Hester	....	production staff (7 episodes, 1991-1992)
Stacie Lipp	....	story editor (7 episodes, 1991-1992)
Nancy Cohen	....	associate director (7 episodes, 1995-1997)
Stu Goldman	....	stage manager (7 episodes, 1995-1996)
Fred D'Aguilar	....	technical director (6 episodes, 1987)
Katherine Green	....	creative consultant (6 episodes, 1992-1993)
Gloria Velasquez	....	production staff (6 episodes, 1997)
Theo Jones	....	technical manager (5 episodes, 1987-1988)
Bob Chic	....	stage manager (5 episodes, 1996-1997)
Lincoln Harrison	....	technical manager (4 episodes, 1987)
Deborah Mccarthy	....	production staff / production team (4 episodes, 1990)
Deborah McCarthy	....	production staff (4 episodes, 1990)
Arthur Silver	....	creative consultant (3 episodes, 1989)
Todd Fischer	....	production assistant (3 episodes, 1991-1992)
Martina Moody	....	production staff / production team (3 episodes, 1991)
Michael Shea	....	stage manager (3 episodes, 1993-1996)
Paul Paolasso	....	stage manager (3 episodes, 1993-1995)
Bob Priest	....	associate director (3 episodes, 1994-1996)
Noel Newman	....	technical director (2 episodes, 1987-1988)
Peter Filsinger	....	technical director / script consultant (2 episodes, 1988-1989)
Ellen Endo-Dizon	....	production executive (unknown episodes)
Bob Fisher	....	executive story editor (unknown episodes)
Kim Giancaterino	....	electronic graphic artist / title designer: end credits (unknown episodes)
Sylvia Lewis	....	choreographer (unknown episodes)
Hector Tinoco	....	production assistant (unknown episodes)

Series Thanks
Divine	....	dedicated to the memory of (1 episode, 1988)
Buck	....	dedicated to: Buck who Begins a Well Earned Retirement (1 episode, 1995)

Production Companies

• Embassy Television (1987-1988)
• ELP Communications (1988-1997)
• Columbia Pictures Television (1988-1997)

Distributors

• Fox Network (1987-1997) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• CanWest Global Communications (1987-1997) (Canada) (TV)
• Columbia TriStar Domestic Television (2001) (worldwide) (TV) (syndication)
• Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (2004-2005) (Germany) (DVD)
• Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (2004) (Netherlands) (DVD) (seasons 1 and 2)
• Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (2005) (Netherlands) (DVD) (season 3)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (1994) (USA) (VHS)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (2003) (USA) (DVD) (season 1)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (2004) (USA) (DVD) (season 2)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (2005) (USA) (DVD) (season 3)
• Poén! (2008-) (Hungary) (TV) (re-release)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2005-) (Germany) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2005) (Netherlands) (DVD) (season 4)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2006) (Netherlands) (DVD) (seasons 5-7)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2007) (Netherlands) (DVD) (seasons 8-11)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2005) (USA) (DVD) (season 4)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2006) (USA) (DVD) (season 5 and 6)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2007) (USA) (DVD) (season 7)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2008) (USA) (DVD) (seasons 8 and 9)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2009) (USA) (DVD) (season 10)
• Sony Pictures Television (2002-) (worldwide) (TV) (syndication)
• Sorozat (2008-) (Hungary) (TV) (re-release)
• Universal Pictures Finland Oy (2003) (Finland) (DVD)

Other Companies

• ShowBiz Enterprises  draperies

Also Known As:

Married... with Children (USA) (promotional title)
Not the Cosbys (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

22 min (262 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

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

Filming Locations:

ABC Television Center - 4151 Prospect Avenue, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Embassy Television

Trivia:

Peggy's birthday is April 12.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: In the episode, "You Better Shop Around", Al rolls a turkey on the ground to knock Jefferson and Marcy down. Jefferson's harness is visible.

Quotes:

Al: Where the beer gives you gas, but the Bundys kick ass... the nudie bar.

Movie Connections:

Remade as "Casado con hijos" (2006)

Soundtrack:

Love & Marriage

Mankind's Finest Achievement

"Married...with Children" is the greatest show of all-time. No family before, during or after the Bundys will ever compare to America's first family. The Huxtables? Don't make me laugh. The Simpsons? Get a life. The Osbournes? Are you retarded, because if you like "The Osbournes," I think that you are.

Al (Ed O'Neill), Peg (Katey Sagal), Kelly (Christina Applegate), Bud (David Faustino) and Buck form the only television family that matters. Extra kudos to neighbors Steve (David Garrison), Marcy (Amanda Bearse) and the damn funny Jefferson D'Arcy (Ted McGinley) for helping expose the Bundys for who they really were: every American family. The were dysfunctional and absolutely hated one another, but they were as close as any family could be and when it came down to it, they were there for each other.

The introduction of No Ma'am, the National Organization of Men Against Amazonian Masterhood, only added to the insanity. Bob Rooney (E.E. Bell), Ike (Tom McCleister) and the incomparable Griff (Harold Sylvester) were excellent additions to an already perfect show.

"Married...with Children" obviously influenced a generation of awful rip-offs such as "Malcolm in the Middle," "Grounded for Life," "Roseanne," "Home Improvement" and so on and so forth, but no one can deny it as man's greatest achievement. Many sitcoms come close, shows such as "The Kids in the Hall," "MADtv," "Cheers," "Diff'rent Strokes," "Seinfeld," "King of the Hill," "The Wonder Years," "The Larry Sanders Show," "The Adventures of Pete & Pete," "South Park," "Maury" (yes, I mean the talk show) and "ALF," but in the end, the all pale in comparison.

It is doubtful that all eleven season of the hit series will be released on DVD, but "The Most Outrageous Episodes Volumes 1 & 2" are already available. They contain classics such as "No Chicken, No Check," "I'll See You in Court," "Raingirl" and "If Al Had a Hammer," which is my personal favorite.

To quote Eric Cartman, "'Married...with Children' kicks @$$!"

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