"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 dim-witted and promiscuous.

Plot Keywords:

Shoe Salesman | Teen | Sitcom | Neighbor | Dysfunctional Family

Awards:

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

Cast

Ed O'Neill	...	Al Bundy / ... (261 episodes, 1987-1997)
Katey Sagal	...	Peggy Bundy / ... (261 episodes, 1987-1997)
Amanda Bearse	...	Marcy D'Arcy / ... (261 episodes, 1987-1997)
David Faustino	...	Bud Bundy / ... (260 episodes, 1987-1997)
Christina Applegate	...	Kelly Bundy / ... (259 episodes, 1987-1997)
Buck	...	Buck the Dog / ... (187 episodes, 1987-1995)
Ted McGinley	...	Jefferson D'Arcy / ... (168 episodes, 1989-1997)

Series Directed by
Gerry Cohen		(159 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)
Bill Brown		(2 episodes, 1995)
Mark K. Samuels		(2 episodes, 1997)

Series Writing credits
Ron Leavitt		(261 episodes, 1987-1997)
Michael G. Moye		(261 episodes, 1987-1997)
Ellen L. Fogle		(22 episodes, 1987-1993)
Stacie Lipp		(20 episodes, 1990-1996)
Katherine Green		(18 episodes, 1987-1995)
Richard Gurman		(17 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)
Ilunga Adell		(2 episodes, 1992-1994)
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)
Dan O'Keefe		(2 episodes, 1995-1996)
Paul Wales		(2 episodes, 1995)
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 (178 episodes, 1987-1995)
Ron Leavitt	....	executive producer (157 episodes, 1987-1993)
Katherine Green	....	co-executive producer / supervising producer / ... (143 episodes, 1987-1995)
Barbara Cramer	....	associate producer / producer / ... (130 episodes, 1987-1992)
John Maxwell Anderson	....	producer (129 episodes, 1987-1997)
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)
Ellen L. Fogle	....	co-executive producer / producer / ... (100 episodes, 1989-1993)
Arthur Silver	....	co-executive producer / supervising producer / ... (78 episodes, 1989-1993)
Kevin Curran	....	supervising producer / producer (76 episodes, 1990-1993)
Kim Weiskopf	....	executive producer / co-executive producer / ... (75 episodes, 1993-1996)
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)
Ralph Farquhar	....	supervising producer / producer (26 episodes, 1990-1992)
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)
Calvin Brown Jr.	....	consulting producer (20 episodes, 1995-1996)
Jim Herzfeld	....	consulting producer (7 episodes, 1995)
Bob Campbell	....	producer (2 episodes, 1995)
Ron Scalera	....	producer (2 episodes, 1995)
Michael Z. Gordon	....	producer (unknown episodes)

Series Original Music by
Jonathan Wolff		(53 episodes, 1992-1997)
Michael Andreas		(11 episodes, 1992-1993)
Mike Finnigan		(2 episodes, 1995)
Jay Gruska		(2 episodes, 1995)

Series Cinematography by
Thomas W. Markle		(129 episodes, 1988-1996)
Dan Kuleto		(24 episodes, 1996-1997)

Series Film Editing by
Larry Harris		(172 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)
Tom Stock-Hendel		(2 episodes, 1995)
Patrick Williams		(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		(10 episodes, 1987)

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

Series Art Direction by
Richard Improta		(117 episodes, 1989-1997)
Bernard Vyzga		(56 episodes, 1987-1989)

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

Series Costume Design by
Marti Masamitsu		(131 episodes, 1987-1992)
Marti M. Squyres		(96 episodes, 1989-1997)

Series Makeup Department
Dottie McQuown	....	hair stylist (177 episodes, 1987-1997)
Nina Kent	....	makeup artist (77 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 (70 episodes, 1988-1991)
Deborah Curtan	....	production supervisor / production consultant (38 episodes, 1989-1991)
Ken Stump	....	in charge of production / executive in charge of production (35 episodes, 1987-1988)
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)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Richard Steir	....	associate director (9 episodes, 1988-1990)
Gerry Cohen	....	associate director (5 episodes, 1987-1988)
Bob Priest	....	associate director (4 episodes, 1994-1996)
Kitty Rourke	....	associate director (2 episodes, 1990-1991)
Sam W. Orender	....	associate director (2 episodes, 1990)

Series Art Department
Michael Semon	....	property master / props (243 episodes, 1987-1997)
Eric Yount	....	stand-by carpenter (198 episodes, 1987-1995)
Bob Clack	....	construction coordinator (115 episodes, 1988-1993)
Jim Yarmer	....	assistant art director / assistant to art director (49 episodes, 1991-1995)
Artie Contreras	....	scenic artist (48 episodes, 1987-1989)
Alex Fuller	....	assistant art director (34 episodes, 1995-1997)
John A. Gomez	....	leadman (18 episodes, 1987-1988)
Heather Ross	....	assistant art director (12 episodes, 1995-1997)
Chris Clark	....	set dresser (5 episodes, 1997)
Robert S. Cardenas Jr.	....	property master (2 episodes, 1987-1991)
Jon Lee	....	graphic artist / graphics (2 episodes, 1995)

Series Sound Department
John Bickelhaupt	....	sound re-recording mixer / sound re-recordist / ... (141 episodes, 1988-1997)
Roy Pahlman	....	sound re-recording mixer / sound re-recordist (141 episodes, 1991-1997)
J. Mark King	....	audio / sound (128 episodes, 1988-1997)
Marti D. Humphrey	....	sound re-recordist / sound re-recording mixer / ... (69 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)
Laura King	....	sound mixer / audio / ... (35 episodes, 1993-1997)
Craig Porter	....	sound re-recording mixer / re-recording (19 episodes, 1987-1988)
Tamara Johnson	....	sound re-recording mixer / re-recording (18 episodes, 1987)
Blaine Stewart	....	sound re-recording mixer / re-recording (17 episodes, 1987-1988)
Carroll Pratt	....	sound re-recording mixer / re-recording (16 episodes, 1987-1988)
Art Morgenstern	....	sound / audio (15 episodes, 1987-1988)
Nick Kleissas	....	sound / audio / ... (11 episodes, 1987)
Randy Faustino	....	audio (8 episodes, 1996-1997)
Carol Gambino Hagen	....	audio (5 episodes, 1995-1996)
Jerry Barber	....	sound (2 episodes, 1987)
Gene Larson	....	sound (2 episodes, 1987)
John H. Gilman	....	audio (2 episodes, 1993-1994)
Carolyn Bowden	....	audio (2 episodes, 1995)
Andy Harper	....	audio mixer / sound mixer (2 episodes, 1995)

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

Series Stunts
John Ashker	....	stunts (5 episodes, 1993-1996)
Jay Caputo	....	stunt double: David Faustino (3 episodes, 1995-1997)
Khristian Lupo	....	stunts (3 episodes, 1996-1997)
Julie Michaels	....	stunt performer (2 episodes, 1994-1995)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Gary Stark	....	best boy electric / best boy set lighting (124 episodes, 1990-1995)
Jenna Abrahamson-Minardi	....	lighting technician (70 episodes, 1994-1997)
Dennis Turner	....	camera operator (68 episodes, 1991-1997)
Mike Culp	....	camera operator (57 episodes, 1991-1996)
Jim Lunsford	....	camera operator (47 episodes, 1993-1997)
Bettina Mylenek	....	camera operator (26 episodes, 1991-1994)
Steve Casaly	....	camera operator (26 episodes, 1993-1997)
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)
Carlos M. Torres	....	lighting technician (12 episodes, 1990-1991)
Thomas W. Markle	....	lighting director (11 episodes, 1987-1988)
Debbie Baird	....	lighting director (8 episodes, 1987-1988)
Jillayne Pautsch	....	camera operator (8 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)
Bob Erbeck	....	camera operator (2 episodes, 1991-1993)
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 (70 episodes, 1988-1991)
Steven Craig	....	casting associate (32 episodes, 1990-1992)
Stephen Kolzak	....	executive in charge of casting (23 episodes, 1987)
Tim Flack	....	executive in charge of casting (10 episodes, 1987-1988)
Stacy Wise	....	casting associate (5 episodes, 1997)

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

Series Music Department
Sammy Cahn	....	composer: theme music / theme song: words and music (112 episodes, 1987-1993)
Jimmy Van Heusen	....	composer: theme music / theme song: words and music / ... (93 episodes, 1987-1993)
Michael Andreas	....	music supervisor (72 episodes, 1988-1993)
Don Great	....	music supervisor / musical director (25 episodes, 1987)

Series Other crew
Sam W. Orender	....	associate director / technical director (195 episodes, 1988-1997)
Richard Draney	....	stage manager / associate director (177 episodes, 1987-1997)
Kitty Rourke	....	production associate / production assistant / ... (173 episodes, 1987-1997)
Stephanie Scott	....	stage manager (163 episodes, 1987-1997)
R. Ruddell Weatherwax	....	assistant dog trainer (127 episodes, 1987-1996)
Steven Ritt	....	dog trainer (118 episodes, 1987-1997)
Susan Jang	....	production coordinator / production consultant (102 episodes, 1987-1991)
Carl Studebaker	....	production coordinator / production staff / ... (100 episodes, 1990-1997)
Bert L. Cook	....	production staff / production team (87 episodes, 1990-1997)
Rochelle E. Staten	....	production staff / production team (76 episodes, 1990-1995)
Ed Cervantes	....	production consultant (67 episodes, 1987-1990)
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)
Garry Bowren	....	production staff (53 episodes, 1992-1997)
Gabrielle Topping	....	production staff / production team (52 episodes, 1990-1993)
Ellen L. Fogle	....	story editor / executive 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)
Deborah Curtan	....	production consultant / production supervised by / ... (44 episodes, 1987-1990)
Ruthie Piper Hardee	....	production staff / production team (40 episodes, 1990-1992)
Helen Pai	....	production staff (40 episodes, 1991-1995)
Donald R. Beck	....	production staff (38 episodes, 1992-1995)
Tom Conkright	....	technical director (33 episodes, 1989-1992)
Peter S. Alexander	....	production staff / script coordinator (31 episodes, 1995-1997)
Gerry Cohen	....	associate director (30 episodes, 1987-1989)
Richard Steir	....	associate director (29 episodes, 1987-1990)
Sal Baldomar	....	stage manager (27 episodes, 1988-1997)
Linda Ota	....	production staff / production team / ... (26 episodes, 1990-1991)
Jeanie Bradley	....	production consultant (25 episodes, 1990-1991)
Jim Ralston	....	technical director (24 episodes, 1987-1988)
R. Anne Bacchus	....	production staff / production team (24 episodes, 1990-1991)
Zuzana Cernik	....	production assistant (24 episodes, 1996-1997)
Kevin Curran	....	story editor (23 episodes, 1989-1990)
Tony Neely	....	production services coordinator (22 episodes, 1987-1988)
Christy Latusek	....	production staff (21 episodes, 1995-1997)
Larry Jacobson	....	executive story editor / story editor (19 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)
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 (11 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 (8 episodes, 1991-1992)
Stacie Lipp	....	story editor (8 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)
Martina Moody	....	production staff / production team (6 episodes, 1991)
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)
Michael J. 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)
Geoff Calnan	....	creative consultant (2 episodes, 1995)
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)
James Maura	....	in memory of (1 episode, 1994)
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)

Runtime:

22 min (262 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Australia:PG | Singapore:PG | Argentina:Atp | Finland:K-3 (DVD) (2003) | Netherlands:6 (DVD rating) | Australia:M (some episodes) | Singapore:NC-16 (season 5) | USA:TV-PG | UK:12

Filming Locations:

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

Company:

Embassy Television

Trivia:

Bud's birthday is January 22, 1974.

Quotes:

Al:What was I thinking when I said "I do"? I'd already had sex with her; I didn't need that again.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Jane White Is Sick & Twisted (2002)

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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