How Al Bundy Became an Icon: A Married With Children Retrospective

A tour through all eleven seasons of this pivotal 90's sitcom. In spite of its enormous size, I had to cut over twenty-five minutes of content from this video, and that was down from a heavily edited script. There was so much to say about this series, and it was difficult limiting myself to only the most important parts.
Some aspects I would have loved to cover are Kelly's story arc from high school student to working woman. Or Bud's attempt to free himself from the life of a Bundy. Even Peggy's many adventures, often including her family, would have been worth touching on. I can't believe I didn't mention Peg's mother once in this whole video!
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[@leonardogoulart3245]

By today's standards, Al was quite successful. He had a nice home of his own, a hot wife who was faithful, raised two kids, had a reasonably good quality of life and a lot of fun, all this with a 40 hour a week undergraduate job. Most youngsters today would sell a kidney to have what Al Bundy had.

[@veerpatel9910]

Bro had no food 💀

[@xydoit2024]

I think this was the bottom line of the series. He was successful. I am in Israel. Here all he had when i was a child he was count pretty successful. Until the 2000 it was impossible to went to other countries with reasonable fee.

[@mechajay3358]

@@veerpatel9910 Because his wife can't and never cooked

[@Jakommo]

@@mechajay3358 that show was a comedy and sci-fi at the same time

[@fukkitful]

@@mechajay3358 Cant cook food you don't have. She would shop for clothes and eat out everyday. I never understood why he just didn't go shopping himself, since he works in a mall. ans store it in his car... But that would ruin the show.

[@ShahPhilLeotardo]

Al became an instant icon after that legendary game where he scored 4 touchdowns.

[@Justin-vr5zn]

not just any game... it was the 1965 City Championship (not sure on the year) against his arch rival at Andrew Johnson High School where they were down by 3 touchdowns. With a loss almost certain, the coach quit the game... But Al wasn't having that, and then went on to score a RECORD BREAKING FOUR back-to-back touchdowns (a still unbeaten record).. And who can forget, that on his 4th touchdown, Al faked a pass, ran to the right, and then flew 75 yards up the middle to win the game.

[@carlsaganlives5112]

Wait, what?!?!

[@erbgorre]

@@Justin-vr5zn i believe it was 1966. and lets not forget how he broke the tackle of "spare tire" dixon at the goal line to punch in that game winning 4th touchdown. a moment so legendary it has made it into the pool for final grand prize questions of any sports trivia show worth its salt inside the greater chicago metropolitan area. R.I.P. bubba smith

[@rickjames9039]

4 touchdowns in 1 game, bro

[@jamesd2282]

Polk High forever motherfuckers

[@nataschavisser573]

I love how the dog in the show did not do anything special. He was just existing as an ordinary dog. Best job ever

[@mullaoslo]

I love the show.. But buck was definetly the best part of it 😎

[@JackgarPrime]

Buck was basically a rug that could move around. He was great.

[@Pirategod23]

Midtoker Marius he did give commentary

[@chrisscully1817]

I was street interviewed by a FOX Station on What was the best show Fox ever produced. You know Damn well I replied... Married with Children

[@MrNoturaveragerednek]

Al Bundy was and is my hero, yes he was tempted by many gorgeous women but he always went home to Peggy, Luke Ventura was the exact opposite of Al but a friend from work who gets replaced by Al's best friend and black counterpart Griff, even though he's divorced, Marcy is the ultimate hypocrit, accusing Al of being a pig 🐷 when she herself is no better, and she divorce Steve and hooked up to Jefferson who was the male counterpart of Peg Except that he was also a scam artist so he wasn't completely lazy.

[@clarapilier]

There is an episode where Al's car gets stolen and he wants it back badly. He claims that there is something of immense value to him in the car. It turns out it is a portrait of his family.

[@nfrancis43]

That is the 200th episode

[@fakeparson8193]

Kelly: What is it Peg: oh you know, Big Uns Al: Its not Big Uns Peg! He opens the trunk, and pulls out a copy of big uns, the audience laughs, but then he opens the dirty magazine and there is actually a photo of his family when they were all very young. Kinda Touching.

[@ScrotieJohnson]

Fake Parson “for your emmy consideration”

[@tylsimys67]

So it got stolen with salami.

[@tbirddddd]

The car was actually lost at the car wash IIRC. It turned out they couldn't find it, because it looked different being finally clean.

[@TheRealHoodedGeek]

I'm surprised you didn't mention the episode where he's desperate to get into the trunk of his car to retrieve something important, but he won't tell his family what it is. At the end, when he finally gets it, it turns out to be a photo of his family

[@MathMan271]

THIS! 100%! I remember it because they made a big fanfare at the time about it being the 200th episode. It was a really great episode because it really drove home the fact that despite all the bickering and everything else wrong with the Bundy's lives, the most important thing to Al is still his family.

[@NoOne-qn2hv]

Why didn't he just pull down the backseat

[@KalinTheZola]

@@NoOne-qn2hv Maybe it's not a car that will let people do that? I don't know too much about cars in general let alone ones from the 80s and even then if he's poor he probably has an even older car than that so it might be one that doesn't let you do that.

[@MadScientist267]

The entire review was pretty lackluster. With a lot of bias against the writing and what not. Granted, as he mentioned, it's hard to condense that much show down into any reasonable length single video... I get that. Many of the picks leaned "anti show" in some way or another... As a portrayal of reality, every damn last one of the characters (probably even Buck lol) exist in the real world, the writing just put them all in the same frame, cranked them up to 11 for lots of entertaining distortion, and let it fall out of millions of picture tubes. It didn't stick around for 11 seasons because there was nothing better on... People loved a look at how much worse life could conceivably be, and better appreciated their own. And it was definitely anti-Al. So to think pivotal concepts like Al trying to get the picture out of the trunk should get any attention... You know, the parts that show who Al really is at the core... We should not be surprised they weren't included in this. That slot was taken by a tangent lesson about "sexual abuse" by dude that compiled this... Because yeah that was what we were *all* thinking about when we were watching it on the tube... 🙄🤦‍♂️ Sorry, rantish. This guy pisses me off.

[@KalinTheZola]

@@MadScientist267 Stop it. Get some help.

[@SJKlapecki]

I really love these videos, honestly. Sitcoms are so often treated as "low art," and thus discarded as being meaningful. Your videos are really good at looking at it and showing just how much meaning and thematic intention is behind a lot of them.

[@shawnmiller2515]

I watched this show religiously since it came out I was 26 at the time and in the Army, my fellow soldiers and I would gather in one of our fellow soldier's room because he was the only one who had a TV. It was obviously crowded in his little room, there was about 15 of us and it got pretty stuffy in there of course so we had to put a couple of fans in the room to get some air. But we just ignored our discomfort because we all had a great time just laughing our butts off. Some of us literally would just fall down laughing holing our sides and tears running down our faces. That was the only thing that made military life somewhat tollerable, it was hell waiting for the next episode to air. Those of us that wasn't pulling guard duty or Battalion staff duty etc. Where pretty depressed when we had to miss an episode. This sitcom helped us keep our sanity.

[@Kobolds_in_a_trenchcoat]

José is a very nice man and his English is coming along very well.

[@Pirategod23]

Cody Bryson not everyone should be able to comment

[@RealMephres]

@Cody Bryson what's this

[@ezframes]

19:26

[@RealMephres]

@Cody Bryson Tf you smoking

[@indigosunset70]

lmao good one.

[@bcubed72]

I always thought of Al as a loser, growing, up. When I got older, I realized: - Has a steady job - Has a wife that never quite cheats on him, and is way hotter than she's given credit for - Has a pretty (though not smart) daughter, and a smart (but not handsome) son...and both of them are _definitely_ his. - No divorce, and the closest he ever gets to cheating is the nudie bar - Manages to keep a roof over everyone's head and a "classic car" that (generally) gets him where he needs to go. As I hit middle age, I realize...ol' Al did okay for himself!

[@lp.shakur]

well but only if u see things with your 2020 goggles, bundy was in fact considered as a loser, but in those times, everyone could afford a house with only one or two jobs in the family and so on, for 2020 he did extremely well in his life, for the 70s or 80s? not so much... pretty sad if u think about it

[@troy2478]

@@lp.shakur Even in the 1980s a shoe salesman would never be able to own a house that big in Chicago. In today's money that house would be worth 6 or 7 hundred thousand in Chicago. In the late 80s it would have been a couple hundred thousand, when minimum wage was around $4 per hour.

[@bisexualmajima]

bruh they couldn't eat lmao

[@GorgeousMerc]

@@lp.shakur lol no, too expensive back then too, I remember watching the show and actually thinking he's doing well for himself considering he was actually able to provide for his family even as a kid in the 90s I thought that. It was cheaper excuses is b*******. Hell in California right now if you got like 10 20 grand saved up you can get yourself mortgage and house.

[@lp.shakur]

@@GorgeousMerc thats not true but whatever... to say its as easy today to get a house as it was back then, then you are simply lying, probably a avid fox news watcher because that are the idiotic arguments they bring... sad man

[@MadPanicGaming]

Something I always found relatable about the character of Al Bundy is that he can tolerate people not caring about him, but he can't tolerate people who think they know what's best for him.

[@mekudu-man3804]

like a teenager lol

[@cloudbloom]

I recognize you from Johnny's videos, your care packages are legendary👌

[@albundy7794]

That Xmas show where Santa plummets to his death in the Bundy's yard should be required studying for anyone interested in writing for tv. One of the sharpest, wittiest, most irreverent things ever to grace the small screen. Still makes me laugh 'til I cry.

[@werpu12]

I recently watched it with my kids, oh man we were all falling from the seats! Literally every one of us! That tells a lot for a show which is now 35 years old or so how many shows are there which are still as funny as when they came out, after 35 years, humor changes a lot! But there seems to be some kind of timlessnes regarding farce humor, Fawlty Towers is very similar also from the humor point of view in this regard!

[@palehorse24681]

Omg...best episode ever!

[@bridgetcooney5085]

In a different and slightly more conservative way, Married with Children was cathartic in the way Rosanne and Malcolm in the Middle were. Not to feel better than the Bundy's, but to see a family that looked a little more like mine than Full House, or 7th Heaven. I agree with your analysis, just that in the moment, while it aired, seeing a family struggle, fight, and stick together in a disfunctual way resonated with me.

[@rebeccasheley5762]

Agree. It's why I hated full house. It was waaayyyy too perfect and happy. It was like mocking, almost. I loved Rosanne (altho tbh it might be bc I'm a lil gay and didn't know at the time haha)

[@ChangedMyNameFinally69]

@@rebeccasheley5762 Too bad she became a Trumpanzee

[@ChangedMyNameFinally69]

@Ajax Aidy Who cares, he's a piece of shit?

[@ChangedMyNameFinally69]

@Ajax Aidy No they don't lol. Republicans aren't all the working class for one, two he mainly fucks them all over with destroying the environment, allowing corporations to do as they please and giving them tax breaks over the worker, surpressing worker's rights, cutting healthcare and welfare, continuing to spy on them, and throwing some of them into cages.

[@phantom8926]

@@ChangedMyNameFinally69 you are aware he turned the economy around and he also brought back more manufacturing jobs than any other presidents prior? Maybe you should look into that.

[@heartdragon2386]

Was that Terry woman the original Karen? "I was letting my kids watch entertain themselves, but they saw gay references! Do I have to start paying attention to my kids, or will you change everything to suit me?"

[@markfryer9880]

She was the parent and blamed Fox for her poor skills as a parent. Still, she did help to put MWC on the map and draw people in to see what the fuss was all about.

[@Oliviagarry69420]

I’m glad my mom just told me not to watch certain stuff and when me and my brother re-enacted that scene where curly was chocking on a pickle with a stick thing I accidentally hit his throat and my mom banned us from the 3 stooges for a few years! She acknowledges that she should have told us that they where just actors.........explained why they added how they did the slapstick in the 3 stooges movie....

[@thebigm4]

You know when I younger we different term then that we called them Gladys Kravitz so instead we would say another we have another Gladys Kravitz.

[@chaseroush6503]

She was the Alpha Karen. Karen Zero. The Karen's from which all other Karens have sprung.

[@markwilliams2620]

Terry Rakolta is the sister of Ronna Romney. Her family is old auto company money. She has lived in Bloomfield Hills, a very haughty suburb in metro Detroit, IIRC her entire life. You need serious money to live there. As such, the residents sense of self importance is skewed.

[@1199anonym1199]

Let's give a quick shout out to Christina Applegate.

[@trevorreznik9881]

I used to have the biggest crush on her.

[@philmastro]

Wait till Tyler's dad shows up to ruin the party

[@fakeparson8193]

man, she was so good at her delivery on this show Also it actually takes a really smart person to write a stupid person that well. Kelly was actually very clever but just comically mis informed and un knowledgeable, and would draw bizarre conclusions based on the information given. My favorite joke from her was where she wanted a car of her own, and she looked one up in the paper and saw a nice car for sale. "Look daddy, this guy is selling this brand new car, for only 40Ks! can you believe that? 40Ks! I guess he must run a sign business and needs the letters?" and so there was a b plot of Kelly going around, unironically cutting out the letter K from magazines and stuff it was fucking funny.

[@philmastro]

I guess the Hannibal reference was too obscure

[@h.szymanski]

* enthusiastic applause *

[@crashthecat]

Al was a real man. He was always faithful, loyal and defended his family. He dragged himself to a crap job every single day despite being chronically depressed but he never missed work and always provided. He did well by his family

[@TheGreatSalsaMan]

And his family ALWAYS took him for granted. Wife always spent his money on frivolous purchases and kids always expecting allowance money just because. Nobody can blame the man for being so downtrodden all the time…

[@TheHeavensFellen]

that was the early premise, then he became a degenerate, heck he was funny though

[@pauldurand4780]

Yup. Stuck it out more than the average twice divorced western world. A hero of the silent just keep plodding on majority.

[@pauldurand4780]

@@TheHeavensFellen he was always a degenerate, but kept his shit together..relatively ;)

[@TheHeavensFellen]

@@pauldurand4780 No, it was the guy Luke who was that, Al goes over to his house and hardly looks at the girl which Luke left for Al. He only slowly turned into that type.

[@albineigengrau3212]

The interesting thing about the show-within-a-show "Psycho Dad" is that it addresses the fact that Married With Children ended up attracting the very audience it was satirizing, when the creators of Psycho Dad cancel their own show because they realize how horrible their public is.

[@ILikedGooglePlus]

Woah

[@angrytheclown801]

But it also showed the exact opposite, the sensitive boi route that would most likely laugh at the blue collar family and not their antics isn't good either in that same episode where Psycho Dad ended itself with Al stopping the armed thug.

[@ryanrusch3976]

They did the same joke in Father Ted, you might see it as the writers vindicating the audience but I believe it to be more of a joke about the comical nature of the television show itself. More laughing at the absurd, no?

[@TheDJGrandPa]

I feel like it's more like Terrance and Phillip in South Park, the show making fun of the critique of the show.

[@kami3000]

Who's that riding in the sun? Who's the man with the itchy gun? Who's the man who kills for fun? Psycho Dad, Psycho Dad, Psycho Dad. He sleeps with a gun but he loves his son Killed his wife 'cos she weighed a ton. Psycho Dad, Psycho Dad, Psycho Dad. A little touched or so we're told Killed his wife 'cos she had a cold Might as well she was gettin' old Psycho Dad, Psycho Dad, Psycho Dad. He's quick with a gun And his job ain't done. Killed his wife by twenty-one, Psycho Dad! Who's that riding in the sleigh? Who's that firing along the way? Who's roughing up bums on Christmas day? Psycho Dad, Psycho Dad, Psycho Dad Who's the tall, dark stranger there. The one with the gun and the icy stare. The one with the scalp of his ex-wife's hair! Psycho Dad, Psycho Dad, Psycho Dad! Who's that riding across the plain? Who's lost count of the wives he's slain? Who's the man who's plumb insane? Psycho Dad, Psycho Dad, Psycho Dad He's a durn good pa, but he hates the law. He's likes to eat it raw, He's Psycho Dad!

[@TindraSan]

even with that gay joke in the earlier season, Al wasn't actually offended or tried to explain himself the way the other dude did, he just went "I could do better than that" and that just makes me smile

[@ddjsoyenby]

same it's kinda a cute twist on it.

[@YggdrasilAudio]

There's something very wholesome about that scene.

[@bigpulgalokes]

It’s surprisingly very progressive with lgbt themes

[@jeffreybogard2713]

Even Steve seemed more flustered than confused. Overall it came across as a lot more progressive about LGBT things than many shows did

[@Al3saMarie]

If you're interested and not already a subscriber check out Matt Baum's channel. His Culture Cruise looks at queer representation in popular culture throughout TV history. He devoted a whole video to this episode

[@Skios]

This was an awesome video. One thing I'd like to point out that as much as the Bundy dynamic was a commentary on the traditional sitcom family, it was also a direct refutation of the Reagan-era image of the American family. You had the hard working husband, who still didn't make enough to support his family or even earn their respect. You had the stay at home wife, who only stayed at home to watch TV. You had the daughter who jumped from boy to boy rather than look for her future husband. And the son, who was undeniably smart, but could never capitalize on his potential because of his preoccupation with sex and the general crab bucket mentality of his family. These were all direct contradictions of how Reagan-era politicians tried to sell the American dream.

[@mastercleanseNOTdiet]

Most underrated comment ^

[@andrewdock7288]

Today it would be seen as a attack on woke hollywood. A obession with genders. A obession with sexual orientations. A obession with race And a obession with anything non western civilization as better than America. Today in woke hollywood where a recent article shows the need for a Conservative movie studio or as Fox highlighted The Conservative Movie Studio being set up. It seems we need segrated television if the left can do it with their colleges in 2020 the right can have its own television company.

[@patriciapandacoon7162]

@@andrewdock7288 did somebody take your binkie? Poor baby!

[@doperagu8471]

@@andrewdock7288 aN** obsession

[@twonumber22]

@@andrewdock7288 Easy with the Fox news, sir.

[@raidenvakarian9362]

I'm Bulgarian, and I can confirm that Married with Children was UNGODLY popular (the fact that we had a restaurant chain called "Pizza Bundy" should speak volumes). However, I had no idea there was a Bulgarian remake up until this very video. I decided to watch it out of sheer morbid curiosity, and let's just say, I now know how 80s kids felt watching the Michael Bay TMNT movies.

[@MrXHCx]

I thank you for telling me about the pizza bundy

[@brianlarsen9952]

Have you tried Pizza Bundy? How is it?

[@raidenvakarian9362]

@@brianlarsen9952 It was alright. Not terrible, but I think it closed down a few years back and nobody really misses it. The one in my city is now a Pizza Hut lmao

[@JoeMama-rd1gu]

You know this show is good when even a 12 year old can like it. I still remember flipping through channels and coming across this show. As a kid who strictly watched cartoons never have I ever laughed so much watching a show. And the iconic sitting in couch with hand in pants. God Bless the Bundy’s

[@LikaLaruku]

At one point I recall watching this show back-to-back with the "Dinosaurs" series, the one made by Jim Henson's son.

[@Justin-vr5zn]

@@LikaLaruku omg I remember Dinosaurs! I have to find some episodes of that show, forgot all about it til you mentioned it.

[@yasminni485]

I also grew up watching this show at about the same age as you. I honestly can't believe our parents let us watch it. Then again, welcome to the 90s. We also watched Ren & Stimpy, for some reason.

[@miguelvelez7221]

​@@yasminni485And now all some people do is complain about "Woke" content and try to pedfke the most sanitized nonsense to kids to "protect them", just like the Tipper Gores of the 90's.

[@yasminni485]

@@miguelvelez7221 I am so glad I grew up in the 80s-90s. We didn't have this bs. These snowflakes "woke" idiots will destroy this planet.

[@noh-1386]

"Marcy Darcy?!" is one of the best moments in television. I was a little kid but even I thought that was amazingly hilarious. (my real initials are MMM so I got the Stan Lee/cartoon character thing too.) I also always hated that Ellen stole the public notion of being the first network star to come out because everybody knew Amanda Bearse had already earned that honor. Now that we all know Ellen is a legit psychopath, let's make Eric Andre Ellen and re-establish Amanda Bearse as network TV's first gay icon

[@Aster_Risk]

Anyone who really knows knows that Amanda Bearse is a gay icon.

[@ffejpsycho]

"Re-imagining" Geez!

[@hiyapal7719]

Your comment just proved Rakolta's point, in her complaint that *kids* were watching those shows. 🤣👍

[@funnyvalentinedidnothingwrong]

Eric Andre is too powerful to be chained down to daytime tv.

[@ratulxy]

So you're marcy marcy marcy?

[@ElectricheadPt1]

I’ve never really read it as Al or Peggy ACTUALLY not wanting to have sex with the other one. They just feel the psychological need to put up a fight due to their entire relationship being based on that kind of dysfunction. We also know from how they both speak about the other in certain instances that they both feel the other person is pretty good at it too. It’s a weird courtship thing between two adults who, despite all appearances, do love each other and find one another attractive, not actual non-consent. In 2022 we would probably just call it a kink but in 1987 not so much.

[@dqreps]

Exactly. And its a gag. Not REALLY non consensual. Not sure how he could really see it that way. Times have changed and not all for the better.

[@dmoneyonair]

THIS

[@jordashi]

@@dqreps I can see how he made that assumption, it's a perspective thing so for him he did not see the humor in the running gag. I think that's pretty fair sometimes things aren't for everyone.

[@yuin3320]

I remember hearing a bit from a newer standup comic talking about "negging" and the time a random woman was trying to hit on him by talking shit. I don't know how common that is, but it sounds like today Peg and Al with their _constant_ shit talking (basically just being the weird way they express themselves to each other) might be an ideal relationship for some folks today.

[@wdwmainline]

yes THANK YOU. it takes the DO I HAAAAVE TO to another level and even within the marriage is playful whining that ultimately is understood by both parties. having a close bond with another person would make this a bit clearer to people who misread this. I guess Jose doesnt realize how much he has in common with Rakolta.

[@Morgil27]

I remember Ted McGinley appeared in the finale of Batman: Brave and the Bold where he made a joke about how he always appears in shows late in their runs, and specifically mentions Married with Children.

[@SarahElisabethJoyal]

Back when the old jump the shark website didn't suck they had an entire page dedicated to him

[@tumadrexuxa]

He was in those nerds movies, he was a jock and then became a nerd

[@SarahElisabethJoyal]

@@tumadrexuxa I can't believe someone other than me has seen those movies (I've actually seen all 4 😂)

[@TMC1982Part2]

@@SarahElisabethJoyal Jefferson's arrival arguably coincided with Married...with Children going from being a very subversive show and a product of and riposte to Ronald Reagan's America to a farce. And as the writers began to run out of ideas, the show just got more and more cartoonish and bizarre.

[@MrGared22]

@@TMC1982Part2 It's kinda ironic that McGinley has this reputation that whatever show he appeared in soon gets cancelled when Married with Children still lasted quite a while after he joined in, but come to think of it, yeah, he was to the show what Dick Sargent was to Bewitched

[@mdh6977]

I will never forget the way Al saved us all when he scored 4 touchdowns in his senior year at Polk High...

[@tonzillaye]

Its amusing how much Katey Segal used the same voice style for Peggy and Leela

[@stephenmarco2927]

There’s even an episode of Futurama where Leela dresses like Peggy and you can really tell how similar the deliveries are

[@Clay3613]

I had such a crush on Peg.

[@timsickler5125]

@@Clay3613 I had such a crush on Leela

[@starlite04]

​@@stephenmarco2927Ha, yeah! That was so funny.

[@dylanmcartoonell1536]

"The audience is cheering for Al despite the fact that we're supposed to mock him for thinking this way!" Huh, I guess in that sense, Al Bundy was the original "You're missing the point by idolizing him" type protagonist!

[@turnipopolis]

Try Archie bunker for og

[@Tracymmo]

@@turnipopolis I've made the mistake of reading YT comments on All in the Family.

[@johncreel5048]

No. Not at all. We root for him because, despite his flaws, he does love his family and continuously shows loyalty to them. Al was real in ways no other character ever has been on TV. Even Archie Bunker, at the end of his run, had his moral lesson moments.

[@DrMurdercock]

@@johncreel5048 Al wasn't half as real as Dan Conner

[@thescarymanthatgoesbojangl9634]

Al Bundy walked so Tony Soprano could run

[@jerrybrownell3633]

Can we get a thumbs up for the great writers of this magnificent Series.

[@michaellandon1960]

Men watch it not for the satire, because they can relate to Al Bundy.

[@becausereasons5235]

@@michaellandon1960 I think you should give men more credit. It’s more nuanced then that

[@robertjosephkleist3761]

Better than that: we can give 'em a "Woah Bundy!"

[@razzle8140]

What I loved is that they left the REAL audience reactions IN THE FINAL CUT!!!! That never fucking happens

[@lexkanyima2195]

Why ?

[@ashenmoonclash]

They really didn't use a laugh track?

[@lexkanyima2195]

@@ashenmoonclash no

[@ThinkDifferentish]

These shows are filmed over days and weeks. This is not 1-take. Each scene is separate. The audience has no context. They are just told when to laugh and how to laugh. I consider all these laugh track shows to be manipulative and fake. This show did not use the same canned laugh track as everyone else, and was not as strict in making the laughter sound “proper”.

[@lexkanyima2195]

@@ThinkDifferentish wrong, Full House did use laugh tracks while MWC had unexpected audiences who cheer at everything.

[@SwaggerLikeUz]

Watching Married with Children. on Sunday nights was a De facto tradition. Absolutely my all-time favorite sitcom. 😂

[@lolasmom5816]

Peggy losing her real life baby was sad for the whole country. I think everyone grieved for her and her baby. I think it was the first pregnancy loss to be lived out in front of the public. The whole country supported her tho.

[@thefonzkiss]

And then she adopted Seven and after a month abandoned him somewhere and pretended he never existed.

[@averybell4273]

I remember this

[@Leo_Pard_A4]

​@@thefonzkisslike your parents did?

[@th-cc6ei]

Really the whole country? Nah

[@cocoaorange1]

Did the plot have Peggy have a miscarriage.

[@jeffmartin134]

Never in my almost 30 years on this pile of rocks we call home, did I think that I would be watching a documentary that is over an hour long on married with children

[@jennifermcgoldrick6323]

But you loved it :) me too

[@yourdedcat-qr7ln]

Got any weed

[@robt3305]

The most ironic the about Terry Rilkota complaint was that while attempting to attack the show as anti family, in reality her own statement was that she realized her children were watching the show, and later that the nerwork chose to air it before 9 pm. What this really means is the supposedly pro family complainer would have to be a mother and actually pay attention to what her children were doing, instead of using the tv as a babysitter !!

[@jeffbrown8861]

@Robt. Underrated comment. Last bit especially!!!!

[@moviemetalhead]

Not only that but her complaining about the show had the opposite effect and just drew more eyeballs to it, who wanted to see what the fuss was about.

[@TORLBC]

Even more fun to learn that -Terry Rakolta's husband, John, is DONALD TRUMP'S ambassador to the UAE (as of 2020) and is the uncle of the current Republican chairwoman Ronna (Romney) McDaniel -Ed O'Neill pulled off two dads in two different cultural climates and TV shows (Modern Family) -Michael G. Moye is Black (from watching this)

[@Chris47629]

And yet Trump supporters claim to be against censorship?

[@sholem_bond]

@@Chris47629 Conservatives: it's only censorship when it disagrees with us and our agenda.

[@thebigdawgj]

You're both confused. The Right wants to censor what you do (for example, they want to prevent you from being able to abort). The Left wants to censor what you say (for example, making a joke that someone who isn't gay might be gay is verboten).

[@Chris47629]

It’s still censorship plus the people against this show were mostly right wingers

[@ScrotieJohnson]

Ugh of course it becomes political, i believe censorship is bad, say what ever thing u want as long as it is not DOES NO incite crimes or violence. Comedy needs to be somewhat offensive, cant make fun of anyone. COMEDY is dead.

[@soniasomebody97]

POV: you're an AP US History student in the 2050s trying to gather information for your DBQ about 80s culture

[@rickymoen9482]

I hated the dbq

[@traceydouglasbell7900]

90's

[@jmo8391]

I was fortunate to experience this show when it started. Still love it to this day

[@IainDoc15]

I remember when I was about 7-8 I was really into Married with Children and now looking at the clips in the video I honestly have no idea why I was even allowed to watch it

[@itme999]

Same!! And I now totally understand why my mom didn't want to watch it with me. 🙄

[@donalny]

I'm the same age and my parents HATED this show at the time. there were times when she would run into the room to slam the "off" button on the TV. Now, she just handwaves it and thinks its all just dumb.

[@fakeparson8193]

i was also not allowed to watch it. thankfully, other friends did not have such rules at their houses

[@mullaoslo]

Because my dad loved the show as well :D this and the simpsons where about the only shows we would watch together at the time

[@razvanzamfir1545]

I was also watching this as a kid (maybe 10 yr old)... they were reruns and probably my first taste of "American culture". While I didn't think it was culturally relevant, I did find it extremely hilarious, though in retrospect I probably didn't get all the jokes (like Marcy at the dentist)

[@goober5713]

This show is still funny as hell today, and when it's on, I tune in.

[@otaddiction]

Notice if you watch other sitcoms of the time like The Cosby Show, Full House, Alf, etc. the laughter of the live studio audience whenever a joke is told sounds like they're laughing cuz they're suppose to find the bland sugarcoated humor funny. But with Married With Children and their crude on the edge sense of humor, the audience sounds like they're legitimately having a good time laughing at something they've never expected to hear on a television show before.

[@northcentralindianawx]

When they hoop n Hollar and yell. That's not cause the clap n laugh light was on.

[@kendallrivers1119]

Exactly! MWC was genuinely funny in a way that the audience had never seen at that time and in a way that we don't ever really see anymore now.

[@robertbroughton1443]

Let's face it, Al Bundy is so much more relatable to the common person, whereas shows like Cosby, Family ties, and Growing pains ever would be. Another Fox show from the early 2000's Titus, was just as funny, and enjoyable.

[@hgonz14]

The cast said sometimes they had to tell the audience to quiet down as it wasn't letting them complete the scenes.

[@DNorbs7]

The Home Improvement vid was so awesome. Super hyped for this. 👍 Edit: Just have to add that I had no idea one of the show's creators is black, they had women writers and directors, and didnt realize character's surnames related to pro wrestlers. I love all of these facts. 😄

[@jannetteberends8730]

What I special liked about the show was Al calling Kelly Pumpkin. And they always united, and became one, tuned to each other team, when they were targeted by an outsider. And they always win. They are so sweet in those moments

[@starlite04]

I loved how loyal they were to each other. Even as toxic as they are to each other, they still loved each other.

[@slashandbones13]

His "not putting a gun in my mouth" speech is truely one of my favirite television moments.

[@phileas007]

oh, then you'd really enjoy American beauty

[@benjamindover7399]

And then he took the sugar bowl.

[@alfredmartinez6166]

@@benjamindover7399 , he didn't just take the sugar bowl. He dumped the sugar in her gas tank.

[@camelopardalis84]

25:04 "This episode happened to catch the eye of Terry Rakolta, a housewife in Michigan. The story goes that she had been *letting her children have free reign of the television* when she realised they were watching this particular episode of "Married ... With Children"." Glad you introduced her that way. Edit: Correction of spelling of the woman's name and of the formatting of this comment.

[@camelopardalis84]

@Roh Hahn You don't say! Who could have seen *that* coming?!? Oh, the shock and surprise!

[@camelopardalis84]

@Roh Hahn Trump dodging the draft is actually the only thing about him I don't completely despise. Although, him dodging the draft of course didn't mean that the US had one person less to help them terrorize a faraway corner of the world.

[@lastrada52]

I didn't always agree with your commentary but no one else did this kind of a summation of the series. And you did. I am standing & applauding a job well done. Good for you, Jose. The effort is obvious. The series deserved it -- you delivered. I think it's funny & prophetic to realize that such a controversial program that challenged the PC culture was co-created by a Black writer/producer. I applaud him as well for the courage he had & the entertainment he envisioned.

[@alZiiHardstylez]

Watched the show every night when it was on with my mum and dad, I didn't catch every joke and reference but I have such fond memories of my parents always being in hysterics and it seemed to takeaway from the stresses of life for them. The Bundy's really did bring family together.

[@alZiiHardstylez]

Had to come back and forth to this video a few times though. The constant virtue signalling is tiring.

[@DanielSwartfiguer]

@@alZiiHardstylez boy, you said it. Pencil neck geek narrating is trying to make it out to be like something negative.

[@patrickorourke41]

That deserves a WOAH BUNDY!

[@thisguy8106]

"You've got a good man at home who any man would be proud to call his wife.. ... you've obviously gotten over the whole he's a man, thing." 😆 those lines get me every time.

[@CultOfJim]

18:20 but she WANTS it. That was a MAJOR plot point throughout the series with Peggy: she wants it 90% more than Al gives. To the point she breaks down and cooks, luring him to the bedroom with steaks and porkchops, before she questions whether her desires or laziness is greater (status quo meant the latter won). So, if Al charged in with a quick fix requiring zero effort (like wearing a wig), she's not going to complain.

[@ilahildasissac1943]

oh my goodness, Peg actually knew how to cook!

[@Sinistralx]

As a lad barely out of elementary school at the time, I found Peggy Bundy and her cheetah pants more exciting than Pam Anderson at the time…and could never understand why all wasn’t motorboats her into a coma every other hour since she wanted so much sex.

[@Shawnchapp]

This, i think this youtuber deliberately choices to ignore that fact that Peggy does indeed literally "begs for it" and "ask for it" and i do my literally with her own words.

[@francinemcloughlin6096]

I only just learned that Katey Sagal who played Peggy ALSO played Leela in Futurama And they even did an episode that was a full on “Married with Children” parody with Leela In a Peggy outfit Man both these shows were the best.

[@TheMrVengeance]

.. How did you not recognize that voice though.

[@francinemcloughlin6096]

TheMrVengeance I’m not very observant....

[@ILikedGooglePlus]

@@francinemcloughlin6096 Same

[@ChangedMyNameFinally69]

She's also married to the creator of Sons of Anarchy and played Charlie Hunam's mom in the show.

[@ThexDynastxQueen]

I didn't notice as a kid until my mom pointed it out by just hearing her voice. She legit went "AH PEG!!" like Al does as we watched the show even tho I wasn't supposed to as I was really young when it first aired. I can still remember when Fox would go literally off the air as it wasn't a big network yet so it had no money to stay on after like 12 or 1am, it's crazy how old it feels remembering that.

[@carlybowers-smith8088]

I loved this show because it was realistic and not sugarcoated and made me appreciate my family so much more. 😂

[@Octobris]

The pain in Marcy's voice when she says "Marcy Darcy" 😆

[@PapaBenjaminW]

This whole episode was clearly just a trojan horse for José to launch his rapping gig.

[@fonesrphunny7242]

On my first day in Elite Dangerous, I came across an NPC named "Al Bundy". Probably the most memorable positive moment I had in this game.

[@benderboyboy]

Wow. That Terry Rakolta woman is almost a caricature of a Karen.

[@sycastells1212]

She's a trailblazer. She walked so that Karen could run.

[@fakeparson8193]

she was fucking proto Karen. She was defeated by Gandalf and Galadriel before she could manifest. Chrono and his friends went back in time and killed her in her infancy after they witnessed the Karen-pocalypse.

[@EricLeafericson]

Back in the day she would have been called a Tipper Gore

[@ThexDynastxQueen]

She's still alive so every time she sees a Karen go off on some employee for nothing she probably says to herself _"I did that"_ in a overly congratulatory way.

[@aznluvr7]

She had real complaints but none of those jokes are particularly "mind warping". I imagine the battery joke, which was the most racy would have went right over the boy's heads (I wouldn't have understood until probably 14). The breasts being shown? If those boys didn't know that men like pretty women and would be speechless by a pretty woman showing her breasts, well mom needed to have a special talk with her boys!

[@wolfexer8250]

It aged better than i expected, that's for sure.

[@alZiiHardstylez]

Good writing eclipses age.

[@Eric99574]

Great breakdown. This show was my childhood. Thanks for the in depth retrospective

[@bbrbbr-on2gd]

My Head Canon is the series takes place in the Robocop universe. With the over the top emphasis on consumerism and insane shows within the show, like Psycho Dad.

[@elperrodelautumo7511]

Makes sense apparently

[@baronvonlimbourgh1716]

They both satire the same culture and politics. So they have the same feel to them in some ways.

[@Wyattporter]

There’s an alternate universe where this show accidentally causes a social revolt and No Ma’am becomes an armed militia

[@derwandschauer]

It's called 2021...;

[@DerAua]

And then they storm the capitol...

[@doyleperkins4916]

Funny as hell. I love your comment!

[@migueljonz3901]

What do you mean 'becomes'? We don... nevermind

[@Wyattporter]

@@damiantoth8577 only if they did TERFy things. I wouldn’t know, I haven’t watched the show.

[@oliviabrooking6736]

These comments need to remember that tons of offensive things still get aired and as long as it's actually done in a clever manner, nobody really tries to "cancel" them. Shows like it's always sunny, arrested development, and gilmore girls that are generally well received by the left all have humor that makes lgbtq part of the jokes and people generally don't mind. Granted, it's always sunny is satire but that just goes to show that if you can present this stuff in literally any context other than the joke just being "haha gay funny" then you don't get "canceled". It's literally just the laziness of punching down on groups that are always the butt of the joke just by existing that people take issue with.

[@Goomyx1492]

Exactly. I consider myself pretty moderate, although definitely left leaning in regards to the things that people care/talk most about and I love all the shows you mentioned. What's most annoying to me is the people that say stupid shit and very clearly are being 100% serious and then try to escape the backlash by saying "it was just a joke" "blame PC culture" etc. And maybe my biggest take on it - if you're gonna be offensive, at least be funny. That's why It's Always Sunny is so good. No matter where it goes or how offensive it is, it's always funny. When a lot of people try to tell their offensive jokes, they completely forget to actually be funny in the process. There's either no set-up or punchline for it. Offending just for offending's sake isn't inherently funny. There has to be some actual comedic element going into it.

[@fortunatecookie]

But but but but-! How am I, a 40 year old rich guy, supposed to survive in this world where I am required to put actual work and thought into my job??! How unfair! How unimaginable! Twitter is mad at me, and even though it hasn’t affected me in any perceivable way, I’m gonna victimize myself over it!

[@devonstart2758]

people certainly tried to "cancel" this show..

[@Ultamami]

cancelled

[@nikeneon3188]

[@whittlemybones]

I love this video! As a Russian kid i watched some Happy Together episodes and I knew it was a ripoff of some american show but this video made me very aware of the original. And I love both this series and the Russian adaptation because there are a lot of gags that only make sense to a Russian audience and that's precious. There's a statue to Gena Bukin (our Al Bundy) in Yekaterunburg (the city where the russian Bundys live). Thank you for this video, Jose!

[@AlexisMitchell87]

I *loved* this show as a kid and remember watching the series finale. I definitely identified with Kelly as a space cadet. Being on the spectrum often leaves me confused and taking things way too literally.

[@decem_sagittae]

What spectrum

[@delilasloan9311]

@@decem_sagittae autism spectrum

[@stskateboarding]

When people say im on spectrum they mean im entitled bitch with shitty behaviour and you should be ok with that

[@notNajimi]

@@decem_sagittae autism spectrum

[@decem_sagittae]

@@notNajimi what's that?

[@johnholmeswebb8162]

My entire family bonded over this show. This show was an event in my household.

[@waynerobinson2236]

Psycho-dad loved it. First I heard Katie lost a child, my heart sincerely goes out to her. That show was funny but like them all, everything was the same. Been there seen that. But on its way to peaking it was funny and an enjoyable experience. Thank you to all involved in the production 🙏 🙌 ❤️ 💙

[@monke5157]

"If its offense you can always change the channel" that's something that really needs to come back nowadays

[@phantom8926]

Offense is taken, not given.

[@kodiiayyeee256]

Nah too many cancel culture pussies nowadays...

[@markfryer9880]

@@kodiiayyeee256 And then eventually we are left with nothing good on TV except for the test pattern.

[@shihoblade]

@@markfryer9880 I mean if losers are stuck changing the channel then doesnt that means that there is actually tons of good things on?

[@artcamera5514]

I think we're too far gone as an audience. Just listen to how this Jose guy is editorializing about the show. He's bad mouthing most of the funny stuff and calling it offensive and uncomfortable. SMH

[@Hipoptrofobia]

Years ago i bought a NO MA'AM t-shirt from a second hand store. I had no idea what it meant or where it came from I'm just trans and closeted and thought it would be funny to wear a t-shirt that to me said i wasn't a ma'am. I always wondered what the t-shirt was referring and now i know

[@fakeparson8193]

great find, i would love a shirt like that, perfect for laundry day. right now my laundry day shirt says "sexy" in pink (its funny because im an overweight man)

[@VicM-xc9zb]

I want that shirt!!!!! :P

[@ryanrusch3976]

Hey, man as long as the pot of gold brought you to the rainbow no one will question how you got there or look down on you for going the wrong way.

[@mortarpadowan]

lmao this is such a great reply

[@Hipoptrofobia]

@Főfasírozó the shirt might have been an knock-off given that it was yellow and the graphics were black instead of the original white shirt with black, blue and red. The fact that it wasn't even official merch is even funnier since that means the show was popular enough to inspire knock off merch

[@mahada9546]

I think a reboot with Al and Peggy as grandparents would be a hit. With all the streaming platforms and the need for original content…. you think someone would make it happen.

[@genecide6869]

Wouldn't work today people are super sensitive

[@starlite04]

It might work. This show is a cult classic.

[@Mystninja]

I watch Modern family and keep thinking Jay is really Al. But in witness protection.

[@ddjsoyenby]

i think al finally abandonded his family and found gloria and the rest of the bundy's just never thought to look for him.

[@MichelleVisageOnlyFans]

That's funny!

[@clarapilier]

Kind of sad you didn't include the alien 👽 episode. Al's dirty socks were the fuel of their spaceship.

[@adamgreen7638]

I never missed an episode of this show when I was a kid. Absolutely loved it.

[@Dloccuzz]

Best show ever. I can honestly say that I watched from the first episode not missing one show through the the last.

[@patrickorourke41]

Al Bundy is an American icon!

[@moow950]

In the Netherlands we had 3 very successful movies and several TV seasons of an antisocial family, called the Flodder family, starting in 1986 (so around the same time as the Bundy’s). This family was actually far worse 😆

[@Puppy_Puppington]

AMERICA

[@mathieuvanleeuwen7127]

@@Puppy_Puppington a diff for sure

[@musatebi486]

God bless you man. I watched like an episode of them in Turkey on national tv, but did not know their names. I thought this is like more chaotic married with children.

[@juliamavroidi8601]

wasn't it more like Beverky Hillbillies, because the joke was that they moved into a rich neighborhood due to an ill thought out poitical initiative? (or was that just one of the movies?)

[@awandererfromys1680]

@@juliamavroidi8601 No, that's the basic premise. Both shows are anti-PC and satires of contemporary society but imho they're also fundamentally different. The Flodders never cared about societal norms to begin with and live happy carefree lives thanks to a welfare state dialed up to 11. The Bundy's receive no government support and Al is probably too proud for that anyway because despite everything he still holds on to the American Dream. He'd rather beg for his dead-end job than take those COMMIE HAND-OUTS PAID FOR WITH HIS HARD-EARNED TAXMONEY DARNIT! You can hear him say it lol! I don't know about the Beverly Hillbillies but the Flodders became somewhat unintentional folk heroes because the posh snobs were usually at the receiving end of their antics. They were dysfunctional but they weren't hypocrite NIMBYs with fake morals. I think that's part of the appeal of characters like the Bundy's and Flodders. They're unapologetically honest in who they are.

[@earledmondsjr789]

This is my favorite show they should have got a proper season finale

[@0Enigmatic0]

Hearing you rap is without a doubt the best way I've ever seen someone avoid a copyright claim. 10/10, looking forward to the Jose mix tape

[@0Enigmatic0]

Also I did not expect this show, of all things, have a decent take on gay marriage, in at least one episode. And huh, so this is what Leia was up to before she joined Planet Express.

[@lunabellsprout]

Here’s hoping this video helps me come to understand my deep and troubling attraction to Al Bundy 🍺😔 Edit: I’m starting to piece it together and I’m not happy about it lol thank you for sharing all your hard work tho José ♥️

[@EvilGuacamoleGaming]

This is a woeful tale told in one comment.

[@boborth6937]

Godspeed

[@b.parker1740]

@@EvilGuacamoleGaming Kind of reminds me of the time I realized that not every family normally watches and relates to Everybody Loves Raymond and the implications it had for my extended family's greater dynamic. And yeah, Jose should, after resting following this, look into that show, too. It probably could make for a good supplemental to this and the Home Improvement vid.

[@adeer87]

Bruce Parker YES! I used to watch Raymond so much

[@dammagrilla]

@@b.parker1740 the way you describe that sounds intriguing... I didn't really ever watch Raymond so I'd be interested in that

[@sorry987654321]

Man, this series is so misunderstood and undervalued. To me as a kid the early simpsons and married... with children were much more like my real family in which I grew up. I think it's important to show that there is more than just the perfect family - and even more important that even in those imperfect families there is still some love and affection for each other to be found. My favourite scene is where it's shown that Al has hidden a family photo under all his porn mags.

[@singuine1146]

I'm with you, man.

[@WarBadger]

There is no such thing as a perfect family, in my family we often drive each other mad, but still love each other.

[@CommodoreFan64]

Exactly this was part of why I love the show so much as a kid, as my family was far from perfect then, and now, and it was refreshing to see this on TV, instead of the usual Brady Bunch, Family Ties, Full House, etc.. where all their problems where usually trivial BS usually solved with a 2 minute talk inside of a 30 minute time frame.

[@marcinkapinski9537]

I remember that show was extremely popular in my country in the late 90-s. I loved it's over the top humor.

[@greekpapi]

I like the pirate episode when they say..."bring me my virgin".....and they bring up Bud.....

[@jamiebrewer4554]

LOL! That 'was' a great one!

[@John231984]

I haven't been at sea that long

[@consciousbeing1188]

I had no idea pirates were engaged in the virgin trade

[@Wired_User]

I remember seeing the reruns a few times and being super offended that Fox thought they could convince us the Bundys were poor. I have literally NEVER lived in a house my or my parents owned. The ONLY time I lived in a house was when my parents aged out of the projects thanks to a 5c raise and couldn’t afford to live in our trailer park anymore at non-subsidized rate so we had to move into my dads parents house. The idea that the Bundys are poor with their two story house is insane.

[@jordankeller4253]

To be fair, there are different levels of what poor is. The type of 'poor' the Bundy's seemed to have been was lower middle class, same as the (early) Simpsons who were also meant to be shown as financially strapped. It's also worth mentioning that back then, it was much to easier to support a family and a full sized house on a more limited income. To compare again to the Simpsons, in their earliest years their family and house were depicted as lower middle class. Compared to today's market and economy, Homer would have to be incredibly wealthy to support three kids, a stay-at-home wife, and a 2-story, 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom, basement home.

[@ResidentOfEvil81]

Well now we know why your wired and not wireless.

[@theboyisnotright6312]

Yep, but corporations not paying taxes and paying crap wages is good for the country😡

[@KingWiked187]

The cost of a house back in 1987, when the show started, were insanely lower than they are now, after the housing bust in 2008ish when housing shot up to insane prices

[@dqreps]

You can end up owning a house but still be dirt poor lmao.

[@josealmeida2842]

As a 14 year old when season four was on. One of the best TV lines for me was “God will you stop playing Nintendo up there for a minute?”

[@stephensupernor4481]

I grew up on this show. This is one of my all time favorite shows of all time. Hell I’m binge watching it on Hulu! Can I get a WHOA BUNDY?!?!??

[@zakrivera8977]

WOOOOOOOAH BUNDYYYYYY!!!!!!

[@TygrasKittenKori]

Just from seeing Al Bundy in the thumbnail of your video, the opening theme started playing in my head and I immediately started singing it out loud. I grew up watching Married With Children and it's still one of my top favorite sitcoms to watch. Two others being Roseanne, and Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.

[@camerondodge2070]

I'll always appreciate this show for showing the best classic thrash band to a larger audience.

[@dracandros]

i remember Anthrax tried eating Peg's home cooking: "it came out of the fridge, so why is it hot ?!"

[@lovasip]

I remember there was a Hungarian adaptation in 2006. It was a failure. Barely lasted a season. They wanted to keep the suburban setting, but in Hungary that is upper-middle class, not something you can finance as a sales assistant. In Hungary you cannot keep up a family from a single average income. So they made Al a shop owner, instead. So the whole loser thing was "lost in adaptation". Probably the biggest failure was the casting. Hungary is a "dub-nation", and the original run of the show had an excellent dubbing-cast, especially Al Bundy being voiced by Csuja Imre. And they kept non of the voice cast to actually play their part. It was like everyone had the wrong voice.

[@g2macs]

I don't think the anti-fat or misogynistic gags would prevent it from being rebroadcast, it's the old men whistling and whooping at a fifteen-year-old Christina Applegate.

[@darthkek1953]

Whilst pretending she's 14?

[@STLMTB]

It's in reruns now on cable. Still just as funny and enjoyable today.

[@daredrogers3884]

Honestly, I'm somewhat surpirsed that was even allowed to air in the first place.

[@xForbin99]

You mean when she was 15 in 1986? Before the show ever aired? Lol. The crowd didn't get really rowdy until later seasons

[@seanentrikin9263]

As someone else pointed out, she didn't become very "sexual" until she was 18. Which would've been season 3 I believe.

[@christopheroconnor81]

Still brilliant and belly-achingly funny to this day. Woah Bundy!

[@richardfeynman5560]

From the bottom of his heart, sometimes very well hidden, Al is a good man!

[@danx1216]

He is reaql and thus that makes him authentic and complete.

[@MildlyUpsetMax]

The German title actually was "Eine schrecklich nette Familie" (A awfully nice Family). So it's kinda like the Hungarian title, minus the Budapest part.

[@ShintarsVideos]

Eine schrecklich nette Familie was the German title of the dubbed version of Married with Children. Hilfe, meine Familie spinnt (plus the other titles listed) are national spin-offs that tried to localise the format (no, I didn't know that before this video either o_O)

[@MildlyUpsetMax]

Oh, really? I never even heard of that show up until now

[@EricLeafericson]

@@ShintarsVideos I think I saw one of those German adaptations. It was called Heil Honey: g.co/kgs/iuJ9a4 (I'm obviously joking, I just wanted people to know this existed, because it's insane)

[@zotharr]

The Budapest one is a similiar show, inspired by the original The original didnt had "Budapest" in it, but yea, it had the same title as you discribing :) EDIT: ok, I got to that part, now I see you were talking about the other versions

[@MrsSanguisa]

@@MildlyUpsetMax I never heard of it aswell but I looked it up and it was a 1 season version, 26 episodes by RTL in 1993 and it's horrible bad and thus canceled.

[@staytrue165]

Love how you really study these shows and relate it to then and now. A discussion regarding Martin and/or Living Single would be great as well.

[@handlesaresuperghey]

He's not relating to it he's trying to get brownie points with the other children that think it's fine to joke about white men and their faults but you can't joke about trannies, gays, Black, Asian, or any other demographic. Jose is farming cuck points here.

[@maineventmafia7181]

So he can say Martin was misogynistic to pam. I’ll pass. Living single is more his speed.

[@RadicalReviewer]

You should totally cover "All in the Family", Al and Archie both being reactionary conservative working class fathers.

[@MrKyltpzyxm]

I was wondering if anyone would mention the "Archie Bunker Effect." Carrol O'Connor was a die hard liberal and Archie was supposed to be an over the top satire. Someone so obviously wrong about everything that he should be mocked and shunned. But he was such a popular character that the message was lost to confirmation bias. Conservatives thought he was the hero. Liberals thought he was the villain. Now that I think about it, I'm reminded of Poe's Law. It's impossible to tell if someone is satirizing an extreme viewpoint or actually believes it. (Last tangent I promise.) Why so many science advocates refuse to debate creationists. People watching default to their preexisting biases and by giving an extreme viewpoint a wider audience you risk elevating their narrative to be an opinion of equal value. Sorry for rambling.

[@SaintSteven67]

@@MrKyltpzyxm also, Ed ONeil is a Democrat as well. Still, many Conservatives thought Al was their hero.

[@ScrotieJohnson]

MrKltpzyxm Another interesting fact is that carol o Connor was extremely well educated, went to oxford i believe.

[@kendallrivers1119]

@@SaintSteven67 Yet Ed also said his humor is similar to Al's so there's that lol. Ironically it's the more extreme left(and I'm not talking left leaning democrat types) that would try to get this show cancelled now rather than the extreme conservative right. Times have changed lol.

[@kendallrivers1119]

@@MrKyltpzyxm The thing though is that Al isn't a bigot like Archie is but both are similar because i believe Al is a descendant of Archie Bunker like most of the flawed but lovable tv characters we've had since All in the family: George Jefferson, Fred Sanford, Al Bundy, Eric Cartman, Mike Baxter etc. and many more all derived from Bunker.

[@clarapilier]

loved, loved, loved this video. As problematic as it is, I loved Married With Children. It's my trash. I'm not proud of it, but it is what it is. I was younger and I didn't have much of the understanding that I have now. Now do Malcolm In The Middle.

[@abethepunk]

@Redresseny Tangwhich!

[@laboon344]

@Redresseny that's the thing I've realized with older shows and movies they are enjoyable even if they are bad they have something that saves them like hilarious bad lines or hilarious bad acting for example Samurai Cop very low budget movie but the bad acting and bad lines saved it

[@clarapilier]

@Lon Hixson how so? I think I saw what you mean. If it is that, I fixed it. If not, please point it out. Thanks.

[@kendallrivers1119]

Well that "trash" is still popular today because it's hilariously funny with GREAT actors playing iconic and hilarious characters. If you can't appreciate that then I feel sorry for you.

[@Mclovinit8171]

It honestly blows my mind how many iconic and famous people were on this show as guest stars. This show was really one of a kind, there will never be another like it or even close. One of the best sitcoms ever imo

[@andreiradu1945]

The way the writers managed to make 99% of episodes to be very entertaining, has to be studied for the future. And you did a very good job with this video 💪

[@vectorm4]

Al appears on screen and several minutes of audience cheering ensues.

[@TheEnoEtile]

I feel like this project was done in part to justify binging the series.

[@gabriellebundy961]

This show haunted my parents. Thankfully most people my age don't make the connection. 😂

[@parker469a]

Somebody reads Bundy and (insert Jojo reference) tenor.com/view/nani-jojo-wow-jjba-what-gif-14598498

[@ChangedMyNameFinally69]

I mean, the Bundy's aren't the worst Bundy you can be mistaken for

[@dannyspelman1468]

Gabrielle Bundy: "This show haunted my parents." The ghost of Ted Bundy: "Hold my crowbar!"

[@ChangedMyNameFinally69]

@@dannyspelman1468 Ted Bundy or the Joker?

[@dannyspelman1468]

@@ChangedMyNameFinally69 Um, no. Ted Bundy the serial killer who used to lure people to his car and hit them with a crowbar.

[@thefanofeverything5039]

I also liked that Jefferson Darcy was revealed to be a secret agent for some reason in the show.

[@starlite04]

I questioned if that was his real name after I saw that episode.

[@phangkuanhoong7967]

you know, that's a huge house for a supposedly "poor" family living on a shoe salesman's salary. XD but seriously, fascinating video! thanks for the deep dive.

[@TheMrVengeance]

There's an interesting reason for that. It's the same reason why the group of people in Friends have _massive_ apartments in NYC. It's because it's incredibly hard to film a show in a more realistically sized cramped apartment/house. You need room for lights, TV cameras, sound equipment, the whole crew etc.

[@phangkuanhoong7967]

@@TheMrVengeance awesome stuff! thanks for the insight :)

[@MrBazBake]

@@TheMrVengeance So I read this book on class, can't remember the name, and they had a section on a working class set designer in Hollywood, and it's maybe even a bit more insidious than that sometimes. So she dressed up the house the way she grew up and the director looks around and says, "Why does this place look so poor!? Get rid of this crap." She's almost on the verge of tears but she goes back and dresses it up and what she took away from it is that the people making these shows/movies have no idea what working class lifestyles are actually like. The writers might have insight, but once it goes into production you have to deal with inherited wealth, nepotism, and millionaire paychecks reimagining a version of the world that conforms to their assumptions.

[@TheMrVengeance]

@@MrBazBake - That's a lot of assumptions based on a single anecdote from a book you can't even remember.

[@UnveiledAngel]

Wasn't it mentioned on some point in-show that they have a morgage-but the house was so bad that the bank didn't want it back. They'd still take it but they didn't actually want it.

[@tyronechillifoot5573]

I'M A JERK AND EVERYBODY LOVES ME

[@grichard4398]

Simply awesome how you grabbed the topic👍 I spent many years of my life living like Al Bundy, doing a job I hate, earning low wages, ripped off by my family, receiving more insults than love. It was good to know I wasn't alone.

[@fabianroberntz3545]

This show still used to air on Swedish tv just a couple years ago during day time. I never loved it but it was perfect for lazy watching when sick

[@baronvonlimbourgh1716]

It still gets reruns on dutch daytime tv now on chanels that only do reruns. The kind of chanels that are number 176 on your cable box lol.

[@gbeagle417]

Who cares what the hell they said. Jeez Louise. It was 30years ago and a damn TV show. Married with children was amazing! And halarious!