"Unhappily Ever After" (1995) TV series 1995-1999

User Rating:

6.9/10   

Creators:

Ron Leavitt
Arthur Silver

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5

Release Date:

11 January 1995 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

Married with Children takeoff with the twist of a schizophrenic father.

Plot Keywords:

Rabbit | TV Show | Imaginary Friend | Breaking The Fourth Wall

Awards:

3 nominations

Cast

Geoffrey Pierson	...	Jack Malloy (100 episodes, 1995-1999)
Kevin Connolly	...	Ryan Malloy / ... (100 episodes, 1995-1999)
Nikki Cox	...	Tiffany Malloy / ... (100 episodes, 1995-1999)
Justin Berfield	...	Ross Malloy (100 episodes, 1995-1999)
Bob Goldthwait	...	Mr. Floppy (100 episodes, 1995-1999)
Stephanie Hodge	...	Jennie Malloy (69 episodes, 1995-1998)

Also Known As:

"Unhappily..."

Runtime:

30 min | 30 min (100 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Company:

Touchstone Television

Trivia:

Kevin Connolly co-starred in _Sub Down_ (1997) as a petty officer aboard a US Navy submarine. Before the boat leaves port, he gives his girlfriend a very serious goodbye kiss -the girlfriend is 'Nikki Cox'.

Quotes:

[there is a note on the fridge]
Tiffany Malloy: Hey, Ryan, what does that thing say?
Ryan Malloy: [looks back at the fridge] Arr! Arr! I'm a refrigerator, I'm big and cold!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Saturday Night Live: Jennifer Lopez (#26.11)" (2001)

Perhaps a Guilty Pleasure

Frankly Unhappily Ever After can be considered a guilty pleasure. The show esstentially played out on a trashy level (i.e. in terms of its seemingly inane storytelling) and perhaps the acting had a tendecy of being relatively amateurish. Unhappily Ever After tried to coast as far as it could in terms of references to popular culture and to a certain degree the show benefited from it. Perhaps that was the only thing the show had to fall back on but the references managed to come out on a frequent basis and were fairly interesting never the less. Perhaps Unhappily Ever After can considerably be labled as "low-rent satire." You're viewing something that's can be juvenile on a frequent basis but at the same time will make a fun out of numerous things in popular culture.