Probably one of the highlights of
American TV is the series "Married with Children" that stars Ed
O'Neil as the delightful yet politically incorrect Ed Bundy and
Katey Segal as Peg, the stereotyped lazy housewife who revolves
around sexual innuendo and one-liners to her husband about his
inability to please. They consider themselves the "normal" family
where the father works, the mother is the homemaker and they have
two children and a dog.
Christina Applegate also stars as
Kelly, their eldest daughter with David Faustino as Bud, their
youngest. Airing from 1987 to 1997, this is one of the longest
comedy series to run in the US and is an Emmy and Globe nominated
series that upon viewing this entire series, it's quite unbelievable
how much of the content was aired due to its political
incorrectness.
This may also be a blight upon how
society has changed to the extreme but Married with Children is a
true insight into a much more simpler time. The comedy is quite
risqué, clichéd and quite stereotypical at times but this is what
the magic of the series is all about and the relationships between
each family member.
Christina Applegate plays the dumb
blue-eyed blonde who happens to be in a different relationship each
day, whereas her brother Bud played by the entertaining David
Faustino is your classic young teenager who cannot "score" with
girls and is always the butt of the families joke.
Most episodes end with Al reluctantly
being led to the bedroom by Peg as he must perform the "deed" and
even seen so many time, it is still a pleasure to watch his sour
face as he is carted away.
The episodes however are quite diverse
and entertaining, whether it's the family going on a budget holiday
or an episode based on the family dog Buck who is about to neutered
for impregnating all the female dogs in the neighborhood, it's
classic comedy.
The series also features their
Neighbours Marcy (Amanda Bearse) and Steve (David Garrison) with
Marcy wearing the pants in that relationship, however Steve always
pretends it is the other way around until he gets caught. At the end
of the day, it's classic American TV that even though it's
considerably quite old in terms of television series, the comedy
dates rather well and I still enjoyed myself watching the entire
series, maybe a little more so as I now understand the innuendos
even better. With 13 episodes, there is little to complain about
this classic collection.
Episodes:
Poppy's by the Tree: Part 1
Poppy's by the Tree: Part 2
If I Were a Rich Man
Buck Can Do It
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun: Part 1
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun: Part 2
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Born to Walk
Alley of the Dolls
The Razor's Edge
How Do You Spell Revenge?
Earth Angel
You Better Watch Out
Guys and Dolls
Build a Better Mousetrap
Master the Possibilities
Peggy Loves Al - Yeah, Yeah, Yeah
The Great Escape
Im-Po-Dent
Just Married... with Children
Father Lode
All in the Family
