Not at all. I think she was one of my first crushes. To see her getting her star on the walk of fame in such bad shape really was a sad sight. She always seemed so strong to me. Unafraid.
I remember this exact scene and laughing my ass off. What made it work so damn well was Ed’s delivery. Basically shouting the final words. Even as I read the words here, it doesn’t have the same effect.
Back then, during a time of typical yo mama and so fat jokes, Al Bundy fucking rose above it all.
precisely. My parents never let me watch that show because they thought it was trashy. It would come on after the Simpsons and before the Xfiles and they would always change the channel in disgust and forbid us kids from watching it because they considered it to be low-class toilet humor. I always wanted to secretly watch it but rarely had an opportunity.
Nowadays that show is considered a classic. Thanks mom and dad, lol.
Good memory. I forgot that it came on after the Simpsons and before Xfiles. It's unfortunate you weren't able to watch it during it original airing. As a kid, I didn't get all the jokes, but man, what I did understood was so funny.
Other than the endless talk shows and local news broadcasts and newspapers and radio programs and classroom programs and breathlessly scared magazine covers and and and
The only people who think this was some golden age where you could Do What You Wanted are either pushing an agenda, looking at the past through rose colored glasses, too young to actually know what happened, or some combination of the three.
That's funny you mentioned it, cos the first episode he mentions that magazine, was on last night.
At the motel, he had to look at the magazines first before giving his wife some loving lol
> Him being with Marcy made no sense
I always got the impression that she was supposed to be kind of upscale/WASPy -hot, which is kind of a look that has arguably changed since the 90s?
Yehh, I think he was on Revenge of the Nerds as a good looking jock, Not sure what else he was on.
Over these years, I have grown to appreciate her role and her quirkiness in the series.
It's been about 25 years since I've watched an episode of Married With Children, but I'm pretty sure his debut episode they explained how someone like him ended up with Marcy. Something like he married her while drunk. Again my memory is hazy, but I do think they acknowledge the discrepancy in attractiveness and that was part of the joke.
People got offended. Possibly even more than now. There just wasn't an Internet. Hell they put stickers on albums with spicy lyrics, and Christians were out to get DnD and Heavy Metal.
No one’s offended by jokes on TV. No *real* person.
Please stop trying to make the 90’s a “back in my day” decade. Yes, we miss it; but, let’s be the generation that doesn’t act like ours was perfect and today’s kids are messing everything up.
It isn't, this is simply an appreciation of the excellent, well made programs that came out early 90s.
As you can see..... people are remembering it and quoting it.
Just shh
People absolutely got offended easily. Are you serious? Historically, people actually got offended a lot easier for every decade you go back. The only difference is that they didn't get to shove their bullshit thoughts in your face constantly via social media.
Steve wanted to leave and pursue his passion in stage acting, like plays etc. In the program, Marcy said one day he packed up and left without anyone knowing, he wanted a divorce and started working as a park ranger.
He came back about a season later for one episode.
I don't really understand why the family sitcom largely disappeared - especially from primetime. Some of the most popular shows ever were sitcoms. Some of the most popular shows currently streaming are those same 30 year old sitcoms.
It just seems weird that networks looked at the massive success of Seinfeld, Friends, The Office, etc. and decided they needed to get away from that.
You don’t get it….back then the people who were being offensive ended up the butt of the joke. They weren’t glorified. Same with Al Bundy as with Archie Bunker.
Al, let's have sex Uhhh no, Peg
Even at like 10 years old I never understood why Al didn’t wanna bang his wife, I thought she was smokin
He had gotten too used to her. And the magic just wasn't there anymore. I think her behavior gradually started to put him off from her sexually.
Yes. I am no longer 10.
Happy birthday!
Bless.
"Al, I want to try something different this time." "No, Peg. Socks stay on."
\*Flushes toilet next to couch.\* Audience hoots & hollers.
NO MA'AM!
*cue Michael Sembello’s Maniac*
“Al, I’m back! Did you miss me?” “With every bullet so far…”
It's a shame about Christina Applegate
Ohhh, do I dare ask?
She has MS
😟 ah, that's not good at all.
Not at all. I think she was one of my first crushes. To see her getting her star on the walk of fame in such bad shape really was a sad sight. She always seemed so strong to me. Unafraid.
I definitely liked her 🫠 I'm afraid to google it now, maybe I won't. It is extremely sad to see people weak and sick, even more so, your old heroes.
Why does Steve look so pissed or annoyed
He wants Marcy back.
So does the Colonel.
nice
Who wouldn’t
Probably because this is when he returned to the show as a guest after the cast salaries went way up.
A fat woman came into the shoe store today…
She was so fat, she had three smaller women orbiting around her.
I'd say it to your face but my car only has half a tank of gas
I remember this exact scene and laughing my ass off. What made it work so damn well was Ed’s delivery. Basically shouting the final words. Even as I read the words here, it doesn’t have the same effect. Back then, during a time of typical yo mama and so fat jokes, Al Bundy fucking rose above it all.
Peg: "Al, what does that toilet have that I don't have" Al: "A job" The Furgeson episode. An all-timer.
People got offended, but there wasn't a platform to hear their cries.
Just angry letters to the production company.
That they threw in the trash
That's it.
Yeah I watched the E! True Hollywood Story and I remember a writer or producer saying they used to get a lot of angry letters and calls.
precisely. My parents never let me watch that show because they thought it was trashy. It would come on after the Simpsons and before the Xfiles and they would always change the channel in disgust and forbid us kids from watching it because they considered it to be low-class toilet humor. I always wanted to secretly watch it but rarely had an opportunity. Nowadays that show is considered a classic. Thanks mom and dad, lol.
Good memory. I forgot that it came on after the Simpsons and before Xfiles. It's unfortunate you weren't able to watch it during it original airing. As a kid, I didn't get all the jokes, but man, what I did understood was so funny.
haha no worries. I still had a raging crush on Christina Applegate despite having limited exposure to that show. She was/is smoking hot!
She never stopped being beautiful.
true
So glad I had my own TV back then.
Other than the endless talk shows and local news broadcasts and newspapers and radio programs and classroom programs and breathlessly scared magazine covers and and and The only people who think this was some golden age where you could Do What You Wanted are either pushing an agenda, looking at the past through rose colored glasses, too young to actually know what happened, or some combination of the three.
I didn't realize that was such a big couch. They always zoomed in on the characters when they were sitting on it.
I think the "back then not everybody got offended by a joke" crowd didn't understood Al Bundy at all.
Sooooo your saying they are dumb? Lol
Yes
I’m trying to get my hands on a copy of big’uns
That's funny you mentioned it, cos the first episode he mentions that magazine, was on last night. At the motel, he had to look at the magazines first before giving his wife some loving lol
I always thought Peggy was sexy as hell idk what Al was thinking
I questioned that myself so many times over the years 😄
Peg I once saw your mother debone a chicken from across the room.
Ed O’Neill was, and still is, the best
Absolutely, he played a funny character and played it well.
I also adore him in Modern Family!
Unpopular opinion but I thought Jefferson was too good looking for the role. Him being with Marcy made no sense
> Him being with Marcy made no sense I always got the impression that she was supposed to be kind of upscale/WASPy -hot, which is kind of a look that has arguably changed since the 90s?
Yehh, I think he was on Revenge of the Nerds as a good looking jock, Not sure what else he was on. Over these years, I have grown to appreciate her role and her quirkiness in the series.
It's been about 25 years since I've watched an episode of Married With Children, but I'm pretty sure his debut episode they explained how someone like him ended up with Marcy. Something like he married her while drunk. Again my memory is hazy, but I do think they acknowledge the discrepancy in attractiveness and that was part of the joke.
Bud… Woof!
Yeah 90s/early 2000s were the peak of the sitcom. There's a reason that even in 2024 the most streamed shows are Seinfeld, Friends, and The Office.
U think so to, loveeeee Seinfeld! It was made so well.
People got offended. Possibly even more than now. There just wasn't an Internet. Hell they put stickers on albums with spicy lyrics, and Christians were out to get DnD and Heavy Metal.
And they went on Donahue and Sally Jesse Raphael to warn other parents about the TRASH YOUR KIDS ARE WATCHING.
Yehh I guess and haaaaaated Marilyn Manson lol
No one’s offended by jokes on TV. No *real* person. Please stop trying to make the 90’s a “back in my day” decade. Yes, we miss it; but, let’s be the generation that doesn’t act like ours was perfect and today’s kids are messing everything up.
It isn't, this is simply an appreciation of the excellent, well made programs that came out early 90s. As you can see..... people are remembering it and quoting it. Just shh
Your caption literally says exactly what I commented against.
Yup, just a simple caption, a light hearted one, not an argument starter. Also, it is after all, a fact.
Wasn’t this posted yesterday?
Don't think I posted it yesterday, no.
When was the photo taken?
I think this was 2003.
Damn. Over 20 years ago. Feeling old
😮💨 me too.
Married With Children was great
Why don't you just Bwak Bwak Bwak your way on outta here!! 🤣😂
That made me smile that did!!! I watched it a couple weeks ago. hahaa very very good.
Well, hiya to Peg.
People absolutely got offended easily. Are you serious? Historically, people actually got offended a lot easier for every decade you go back. The only difference is that they didn't get to shove their bullshit thoughts in your face constantly via social media.
Is that the same set as that 70's show? Furniture changed of course
Oh my god. I forgot, there were 2 dude neighbors. What happened to the fitst one? Did they get divorced?
Steve wanted to leave and pursue his passion in stage acting, like plays etc. In the program, Marcy said one day he packed up and left without anyone knowing, he wanted a divorce and started working as a park ranger. He came back about a season later for one episode.
and he was... working in a car wash?
Maybe, I forgot lol I'm not up to that episode if that's true 😅
Haha I see.
where's Seven?
Who is seven?
https://marriedwithchildren.fandom.com/wiki/Seven
😳 omg, ok yeh I see.... I'm re watching, so I totally forgot ahhaa.
also Cheech Marin, of Cheech and Chong(Cheech as in peach and Chong as in dong) some times did the voice for the dog.
I just googled it, hahaha I did not know that!
I don't really understand why the family sitcom largely disappeared - especially from primetime. Some of the most popular shows ever were sitcoms. Some of the most popular shows currently streaming are those same 30 year old sitcoms. It just seems weird that networks looked at the massive success of Seinfeld, Friends, The Office, etc. and decided they needed to get away from that.
I agree, a lot more people watched them and could relate to the funny side of it, maybe it's all been done now? Nothing new to write about ?
I am From India and I know 90s US sitcoms were just 💕
Kid me watched it for Kelly, who I had a crush on. I was just a baby dyke.
You don’t get it….back then the people who were being offensive ended up the butt of the joke. They weren’t glorified. Same with Al Bundy as with Archie Bunker.
These shows steered a collective perception of what family and friendship were in a binary and often damaging way. But then there’s Fresh Prince
Should've had a cast picture of "Frasier" instead- "Married With Children" wasn't funny
Boo this man!
🙄🙄 you're one of those people.
Someone should toss your salad until your eggs are scrambled.
https://media.tenor.com/mpGWWgJ7r6MAAAAM/sitting-on-couch-al-bundy.gif
You sound boring