"Married with Children" Poppy's by the Tree: Part 1 (1987)

Director:

Linda Day

Writers:

Ron Leavitt (creator)
Ron Leavitt (writer)
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TV Series:

"Married with Children" (1987)

Original Air Date:

27 September 1987 (Season 2, Episode 1)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

The Bundys take a vacation to near-beautiful Dumpwater, Florida and stay in a cut-rate motel where an ax murderer that hates tourists...

Plot Keywords:

Florida | Some Scenes In Black And White | Complaining | Betting Pool | Tied To Chair

Cast

Ed O'Neill	...	Al Bundy
Katey Sagal	...	Peggy Bundy
David Garrison	...	Steve Rhoades
Amanda Bearse	...	Marcy Rhoades
Christina Applegate	...	Kelly Bundy
David Faustino	...	Bud Bundy
Gary Grubbs	...	Delbert
Richard Paul	...	The Sheriff
Charlie Dell	...	Roy
Ian Patrick Williams	...	Beany
Becky Phelps	...	Gloria
Kim Morgan Greene	...	Becky
Dan Gauthier	...	Kelly's Boyfriend
Sandy Sprung	...	Dottie
Bill Marcus	...	Harold
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Buck	...	Buck the Dog (uncredited)

Directed by
Linda Day

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Ron Leavitt		creator
Ron Leavitt		writer
Michael G. Moye		creator
Michael G. Moye		writer

Produced by
Barbara Cramer	....	producer (as Barbara Blachut Cramer)
Katherine Green	....	producer
Richard Gurman	....	producer
Ron Leavitt	....	executive producer
Michael G. Moye	....	executive producer

Film Editing by
Larry Harris

Production Design by
Don Roberts

Art Direction by
Bernard Vyzga

Costume Design by
Marti Masamitsu

Makeup Department
Sue Forrest Chambers	....	makeup artist
Dottie McQuown	....	hair stylist

Production Management
Fran McConnell	....	production supervisor
Bob Piatak	....	unit manager
Ken Stump	....	in charge of production

Art Department
John A. Gomez	....	leadman
Michael Semon	....	props
Artie Contreras	....	scenic artist (uncredited)
Eric Yount	....	stand-by carpenter (uncredited)

Sound Department
Tamara Johnson	....	sound re-recording mixer
Art Morgenstern	....	sound
Craig Porter	....	sound re-recording mixer

Camera and Electrical Department
Donald A. Morgan	....	lighting director
Guy Wishart	....	lighting director

Music Department
Sammy Cahn	....	composer: theme music
Don Great	....	music supervisor
Jimmy Van Heusen	....	composer: theme music

Other crew
Ed Cervantes	....	production consultant (as Eduardo Cervantes)
Gerry Cohen	....	associate director
Fred D'Aguilar	....	technical director
Richard Draney	....	stage manager
Ellen L. Fogle	....	story editor
Susan Jang	....	production coordinator
Tony Neely	....	production services coordinator
Kitty Rourke	....	production assistant
Horace Scott	....	technical manager
Stephanie Scott	....	stage manager
Sandy Sprung	....	executive story editor
Marcy Vosburgh	....	executive story editor
R. Ruddell Weatherwax	....	assistant dog trainer (uncredited)

Distributors

• Columbia TriStar Home Video (2004) (USA) (DVD)

Other Companies

• ABC Television Center  videotaped at
• Liberman/Hirschfeld Casting  casting

Runtime:

23 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color | Black and White (one scene)

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:TV-PG

Filming Locations:

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

Quotes:

[at the dining room]
Al Bundy:Well, we were gonna go for a walk, but we heard on the radio it might rain.
Al Bundy:[to Roy] Hey, Goob. That radio upstairs stinks. I'm paying eight dollars American, so get one of the guys out of the pigpen and let's get that thing workin', huh?
Al Bundy:[to the kids] Hey, who wants some down-home cookin'?
Al Bundy:[to Beany] Hey, Elmo. Vittles for the family.

Movie Connections:

References "Sesame Street" (1969)

Soundtrack:

Ode To Billie Joe

You guessed it with the Bundy's it's the classic vacation from hell!

This "MWC" classic episode from Season 2 in September of 1987 is one that long stands in memory as it's comical and crazy and it's a two part story. Aside from the funny feel with the Bundy's this story tries in some way to mock "Psycho" and "The Shining" for the fact it deals with an ax murderer in a hotel! The Bundys never one for the norm try to take a family vacation and you bet it certainly will not be paradise, and it must be something that can be purchased on the salary of a shoe salesman like Al(Ed O'Neill). Of all the places picked in America it's a place called Dumpwater, Florida! And when the gang arrives the folks in this little small town are unlike any other as it's just a clan of country southern dim witted rednecks who like to be curious and worship Andy Griffith! Yet this town also has a bad secret dating back to 1967, and the Bundy's will soon find this out! A treat was also seeing the sexy southern character actress Kim Morgan Greene with a small part as a waitress. Overall classic episode of the Bundy's that's well remembered.