Unhappily Ever After 

A not-so-happy family is divided further when the father gets a schizophrenic disorder.

Creators:

Ron Leavitt, Arthur Silver

Stars:

Geoff Pierson, Kevin Connolly, Nikki Cox

3 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Geoff 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
Bobcat Goldthwait	...	Mr. Floppy / ... 100 episodes, 1995-1999
Stephanie Hodge	...	Jennie Malloy / ... 78 episodes, 1995-1998

Storyline

A slightly cleaner take-off of "Married with Children" with overstressed father Jack, whose life consists of a lousy job; a law-breaking, sex-starved wife; a skimpily dressing daughter with her eyes on an Ivy League school; an idiot son; and Mr Floppy, the epitome of Jack's raging schizophrenia, physically embodied in the form of a boozing, chain-smoking, perverse stuffed gray rabbit with whom Jack consults for advice in the rabbit's basement playpen, where Jack inevitably secludes himself.

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Plot Keywords:

rabbit | basement | stuffed toy | stuffed toy rabbit | sitcom | 

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Genres:

Comedy

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Did You Know?

Trivia

The show was sold into syndication for the 1999-2000 and the 2000-01 seasons, but was not re-offered due to lackluster clearance rates and low ratings.

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Quotes

Ryan Malloy: My mom and my dad are great. They have two kids. The End.

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Connections

Featured in MsMojo: Top 10 Shows that TOTALLY Ripped Off Better Ones (2018)

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Soundtracks

Hit the Road Jack
(1961)
Written by Percy Mayfield
Performed by Ray Charles and The Raelettes
Published by ABC-Paramount
Played in the opening excerpt montage of every episode

User Reviews

Similar to "Married With Children", but a few subtle diffs.

I'll admit, when I first started watching this show in 1995, I thought that this would be the new MWC once the old MWC went off the air. I mean, look at the similarities......the deadbeat, minimum-wage earning father; the wise-cracking, undersexed mother; a son who dreams of scoring but never does, and a totally hot daughter. There's a few differences, however:

1. The hot daughter is smarter than the boys. She's the straight-A student here. Of course, that doesn't stop her from wiggling around in the shortest skirts possible.

2. There's 2 sons. One combines the undersexed part of MWC's "Bud" character and the dumb part of MWC's "Kelly" character, the other is used primarily for comic relief.

3. Mr. Floppy. The talking bunny is Mr. Malloy's alter ego, and only he can talk to him. Of course, his family thinks he's crazy when he spends all that time in the basement.

4. Tiffany, the hot, short-skirted daughter, is a virgin. When I first heard this, I thought it was the biggest contradiction of the show. Here's a girl that looks this good, with all these guys drooling over her, and she's a VIRGIN? Oh please. As we all know, Kelly Bundy of MWC's favorite spot was the back seat of a car. We didn't see it on camera, but she was understood to be very promiscuous.

After the behind-the-scenes people seen who was watching the show, and who on the show they were watching, first the grandma was let go (after the first season!) and then Stephanie Hodge (who played the mother) was booted off the show. "Unhappily" was restructured around Nikki Cox's character, Tiffany. The show then became an exercise in watching Tiffany and her best friend glide across the screen in the shortest, skimpiest dresses allowed on TV-14 television. I thoroughly enjoyed watching this show, and when it went off the air I was pretty disappointed. The reruns are still around, and I really like watching those! I give this show a solid A.

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

11 January 1995 (USA)

Also Known As:

Unhappily Ever After

Filming Locations:

CBS Studio Center - 4024 Radford Avenue, Studio City, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Touchstone Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

30 min 30 min (100 episodes)

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1