Married... with Children 

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.

Creators:

Ron Leavitt, Michael G. Moye

Stars:

Ed O'Neill, Christina Applegate, Katey Sagal

Nominated for 7 Golden Globes. Another 6 wins & 22 nominations.

Cast

Complete series cast summary:
Ed O'Neill	...	Al Bundy / ... 262 episodes, 1987-1997
Katey Sagal	...	Peggy Bundy / ... 262 episodes, 1987-1997
Amanda Bearse	...	Marcy D'Arcy / ... 262 episodes, 1987-1997
David Faustino	...	Bud Bundy / ... 262 episodes, 1987-1997
Christina Applegate	...	Kelly Bundy / ... 261 episodes, 1987-1997
Buck	...	Buck the Dog / ... 191 episodes, 1987-1995
Ted McGinley	...	Jefferson D'Arcy / ... 170 episodes, 1989-1997

Storyline

Al Bundy is an unsuccessful middle aged shoe salesman with a miserable life and an equally dysfunctional family. He has a very attractive but lazy wife named Peggy who constantly nags him to death while throwing the little money he earns away on herself. He also has a very promiscuous teen aged daughter named Kelly who makes up in attractiveness what she lacks in IQ points, and a not so attractive but bright teen aged son named Bud who seems to think he is a ladies man. To add to Al's misery is his yuppie next door neighbors Marcy and Steve. Marcy and Steve eventually split up with Marcy keeping the house next door to the Bundys and Steve moving away to be a forest ranger. Later Marcy gets remarried to a gigolo named Jefferson who is the male version of Peggy. The sitcom revolves around Al's never ending attempts to better his life which always leads him right back to where he started.

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Plot Keywords:

domestic comedy | black comedy | dark comedy | parody | farce | 

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Taglines:

Domestic bliss was never like this!

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Genres:

Comedy

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Details

Official Sites:

Hulu Promo

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

5 April 1987 (USA)

Also Known As:

Not the Cosbys

Filming Locations:

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

Company Credits

Production Co:

Embassy Television, ELP Communications, Columbia Pictures Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

22 min (262 episodes)

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Al's favorite reading material is a Playboy-type magazine called "Big 'Uns". At different points in the series, Griff, Al's African-American sidekick at the store, can be seen reading a similar magazine in the series called "Black Big 'Uns", and during a scene in Cuba, "Fidel Castro" can be seen reading another similar magazine called "Cub 'Uns" (a play on the word "Cubans").

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Quotes

Al: Women should have three breasts - two in front and one in the back for dancing.

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Crazy Credits

Since the show's original theme song "Love and Marriage" has been removed from all Region 1 DVD releases of the series, the songwriting credit is generally removed from the DVD versions of these episodes. However, the credit erroneously remains in a few episodes.

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Alternate Versions

Due to music licensing issues, the opening theme song "Love and Marriage" sung by Frank Sinatra is omitted from episodes released by Sony in North America beginning with the third season onward. A generic instrumental piece of music replaces it. In 2013, Mill Creek Entertainment acquired the DVD rights from Sony and beginning with season three, "Love and Marriage" has been restored to the opening and closing.

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Connections

Version of A Guerra dos Pintos (1999)

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Soundtracks

Love & Marriage
Music by Sammy Cahn and Jimmy Van Heusen
Lyrics by Sammy Cahn and Jimmy Van Heusen
Performed by Frank Sinatra
Arranged and Conducted by Nelson Riddle

User Reviews

I dare you not to fall on the floor laughing--at least once.

OK, what's to say about this underappreciated masterpiece of a sitcom that hasn't already been said? Ed O'Neill IS Al Bundy in a way that most of us aren't even ourselves in our own lives. The series wore out its welcome long before its end, but its prime years were incredible. I enjoy my life so much more knowing that I could be Al Bundy, but I'm not!