The Best Episodes of "Married With Children"
What are the funniest episodes of "Married... With Children"?
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- DirectorGerry CohenStarsEd O'NeillKatey SagalDavid GarrisonAl discovers a library book that was due in 1957. He must return it to the library and face up to his worst childhood fear: the librarian.#1 (tie) The best of Al Bundy.
- DirectorGerry CohenStarsEd O'NeillKatey SagalDavid GarrisonAl decides to open a shoe emergency hot-line with help from Steve in the form of a $50,000 loan. But typically, Al's get-rich-quick scheme backfires when nobody phones in. When Marcy gives Al a second $50,000 loan to repay the original loan, the Bundys and the Rhoades join together in a downward spiral of failure when Al instead sinks the second $50,000 into his failing shoe hot-line, which results in Steve losing his job at the bank, Marcy getting demoted, and Al ending up being the loser as always.#1 (tie) The best of Al Bundy.
- DirectorGerry CohenStarsEd O'NeillKatey SagalAmanda BearseBud's belief that his 40-year-old teacher is romantic interested in him is greeted by laughter from everyone. But another student smells the smoke and wants the fire for herself. Meanwhile, Peggy has a cold which prompts Al to keep his distance by going out every night to a Chuck-E-Cheese restaurant for some free pizza by crashing little kids birthdays parties. Can Bud keep two girls or will he suffer from a humiliating Bundy defeat?The last scene, with Al in Bud's classroom, is one of the funniest of the series.
- DirectorGerry CohenStarsEd O'NeillKatey SagalAmanda BearseAl is haunted by a tune on the radio he can hum but not name, and he gets no help from Peggy or the D'Arcy's. Al similarly haunts Kelly's new boyfriend, Vinnie Verducci, the son of his fellow lowlife friend, Charlie Verducci, when Al warns Vinnie to only look and not touch, which is not easy for Vinnie.Hmm Hmmm Him.
- DirectorGerry CohenStarsEd O'NeillKatey SagalAmanda BearseWhen Al can't pay his bill at the gas station, he is forced to don a uniform, complete with 'Habib' name tag and work at the station. He spends the day being hounded by motorists, as well as Peg and the kids.The quintessential "Married with Children" episode of the Jefferson D'Arcy (Ted McGinley) era.
- 1987–199722mTV-148.2 (551)TV EpisodeDirectorSam W. OrenderStarsEd O'NeillKatey SagalAmanda BearseTo check out their husbands claim of "totally innocent fun," Peggy, Marcy, and their friends accompany their husbands Al, Jefferson, Charlie, Ike, and Bob Rooney to the Jiggly Room strip club. Afraid of the ladies responses, Al and the group take them on a Thursday night where it's A-cup night so the men won't get excited by the small breasted dancers. Everything goes well at first, until the unexpected arrival of a huge breasted stripper named "Rocky Mountains." Meanwhile, Kelly lands a part in a weight loss commercial and must drink various un-drinkable protein shakes.During later seasons of "Married with Children," its consistency starts to wane... But like all of the greats, it remains dangerous right 'til the end, as this episode shows.
- DirectorGerry CohenStarsEd O'NeillKatey SagalDavid GarrisonThe Bundy's go out to a fancy restaurant to spend a great windfall, an inheritance check for $237 from a late uncle of Peggy's. But it becomes apparent that the fine dining in public is not a part of the dysfunctional Bundy lifestyle, which makes matters worse when Al forgets to bring his wallet.If you've never seen "Married with Children," and you're wondering whether or not you'll like it, this Steve Rhoades (David Garrison) era archetype of an episode will let you know.
- 1987–199723mTV-PG8.2 (797)TV EpisodeDirectorGerry CohenStarsEd O'NeillKatey SagalDavid GarrisonAfter Kelly gets in trouble at school, the only way she can get out of punishment if she joins the school's tap-dance club.Kelly Bundy tap dances her way into the world's imagination.
- DirectorGerry CohenStarsEd O'NeillKatey SagalAmanda BearseSteve returns to try and reclaim his estranged wife unaware that she has remarried to a younger man.Steve Rhoades (David Garrison) vs. Jefferson D'Arcy, (Ted McGinley) for the hand of Marcy.
- 1987–199723mTV-PG8.1 (684)TV EpisodeDirectorGerry CohenStarsEd O'NeillKatey SagalAmanda BearseAl is all excited when he's asked to speak at his high school reunion dance at Polk High. At the dance, while Al rambles on and on about the unhappily married man, Peggy finds herself being wooed by a teacher, Kelly trying to please two dates, and Bud plotting revenge against his date, Heather McCoy, who humiliated him years earlier by running his underwear up a flagpole.Bud Bundy will have his revenge on Saved by the Bell's Tiffany Amber Theissen, a la "Carrie."
- DirectorLinda DayStarsEd O'NeillKatey SagalDavid GarrisonThe Bundys' Christmas is rudely interrupted when a parachuting mall Santa crash-lands into their backyard, attracting the neighborhood kids.Deck the fence with one mall Santa, (fa la la.)
- 1987–199723mTV-PG8.1 (668)TV EpisodeDirectorGerry CohenStarsEd O'NeillKatey SagalAmanda BearseWhen a second floor aerobics studio, full of terribly overweight women, collapses into the shoe store, Al is laid off while the store is being repaired. Al then gets a night job as a security guard at his old high school, Polk High. This prompts his former high school rival, Spare Tire Dixon, to steal his prized trophy which leads to a brutal showdown.Requiem for "four touchdowns in a single game."
- 1987–199722mTV-PG7.7 (613)TV EpisodeDirectorGerry CohenStarsEd O'NeillKatey SagalAmanda BearsePeggy tries to earn her G.E.D. with Kelly in night school.High school, Bundy style.