Thorogood cut his debut album titled Better Than the Rest in 1974, and released it that same year. In 1976 he recorded his second album, the eponymous George Thorogood & The Destroyers with his band, The Destroyers (sometimes also known as The Delaware Destroyers or simply GT and D) and issued the album in 1977. Thorogood released his next album titled Move It On Over in 1978 with The Destroyers, which included the hit "Move It On Over". "Please Set A Date" and "Who Do You Love" both followed in 1979. Before devoting himself exclusively to music, Thorogood played semi-pro baseball. In the late 1970s, Thorogood played on a team in Delaware in the Roberto Clemente League which was created in 1976. He was the second baseman and was chosen rookie of the year in the league. Soon after this achievement, The Destroyers forced him to quit playing the sport. In the 1970s, George and the band were based in Boston.
George and the Delaware Destroyers were friends with Jimmy Thackery and the Nighthawks. While touring in the 1970s, the Destroyers and the Nighthawks happened to be playing shows in Georgetown (DC) at venues across the street from each other. The Destroyers were engaged at The Cellar Door, the Nighthawks at Desperados. At midnight, by prior arrangement, while both bands played the same song ("Madison Blues") in the same key (E), George and Jimmy left their clubs, met in the middle of M street, exchanged guitar cables and went on to play with the opposing band.
George and the Destroyers are also notable for undertaking a rigorous touring schedule after appearing throughout the Rolling Stones tour in 1981. After two shows in Boulder, Colorado, George and his band flew to Hawaii and played for only one night. The next night they appeared in Alaska for one show. The following day the band flew to Washington State, met their roadies who had their Checker car and a truck, and continued a one show per state tour for all fifty states in exactly fifty nights. In addition, they played Washington, DC on the same day that they performed a show in Maryland.
During the 1980s and 1990s, Thorogood recorded some of his most well known works. "Bad to the Bone" was used frequently in television and the big screen. Several appearances include Terminator 2: Judgment Day, the comedy Problem Child, John Carpenter's Christine, and during many episodes of the television sitcom Married with Children. This track also was used during the intro to the movie "Major Payne". The same song is also featured in the game Rock 'n Roll Racing. It is also played during football pregame festivities at Mississippi State University. Quincy Jones once said to Thorogood, "The three things important in a record is the tune, tune, and the tune".
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Jimmy Van Heusen
Christened Edward Chester Babcock in Syracuse, New York, he began writing music while at high school, and renamed himself at age 15, to use as his on-air name during a local radio show.
Studying at Cazenovia Seminary and Syracuse University, he became friends with Jerry Arlen, the younger brother of Harold Arlen. With the elder Arlen's help, Van Heusen wrote songs for the Cotton Club revue, including "Harlem Hospitality."
He then became a staff pianist for some of the Tin Pan Alley publishers, and wrote "It's the Dreamer in Me" (1938) with lyrics by Tommy Dorsey.
Collaborating with lyricist Eddie DeLange, on songs such as "Heaven Can Wait", "So Help Me", and "Darn That Dream", his work became more prolific, writing over 60 songs in 1940 alone. It was in 1940 that he teamed up with the lyricist Johnny Burke. Burke and Van Heusen moved to Hollywood writing for stage musicals and films throughout the '40s and early '50s, winning an Academy Award for Best Original Song for "Swinging on a Star" (1944). Their songs were also featured in A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1949).
He also worked as a part time test pilot for Lockheed Corporation in World War II.
Van Heusen then teamed up with lyricist Sammy Cahn. Their three Academy Awards for Best Song were won for "All the Way" (1957) from The Joker Is Wild, "High Hopes" (1959) from A Hole in the Head and "Call Me Irresponsible" (1963) (lyrics by Sammy Cahn) from Papa's Delicate Condition. Their songs were also featured in Rear Window (1954), and Ocean's Eleven (1960).
Cahn and Van Heusen also wrote "Love and Marriage" (1955), "To Love and Be Loved", "Come Fly With Me", "Only the Lonely", and "Come Dance With Me" with many of their compositions being the title songs for Frank Sinatra's albums of the late 50's.
Van Heusen wrote a musical in 1965 entitled Skyscraper, and the 1966 musical Walking Happy. He became an inductee of the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1971.
Van Heusen retired in the late 1970s, and died in Rancho Mirage, California in 1990, at the age of 77.
Studying at Cazenovia Seminary and Syracuse University, he became friends with Jerry Arlen, the younger brother of Harold Arlen. With the elder Arlen's help, Van Heusen wrote songs for the Cotton Club revue, including "Harlem Hospitality."
He then became a staff pianist for some of the Tin Pan Alley publishers, and wrote "It's the Dreamer in Me" (1938) with lyrics by Tommy Dorsey.
Collaborating with lyricist Eddie DeLange, on songs such as "Heaven Can Wait", "So Help Me", and "Darn That Dream", his work became more prolific, writing over 60 songs in 1940 alone. It was in 1940 that he teamed up with the lyricist Johnny Burke. Burke and Van Heusen moved to Hollywood writing for stage musicals and films throughout the '40s and early '50s, winning an Academy Award for Best Original Song for "Swinging on a Star" (1944). Their songs were also featured in A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1949).
He also worked as a part time test pilot for Lockheed Corporation in World War II.
Van Heusen then teamed up with lyricist Sammy Cahn. Their three Academy Awards for Best Song were won for "All the Way" (1957) from The Joker Is Wild, "High Hopes" (1959) from A Hole in the Head and "Call Me Irresponsible" (1963) (lyrics by Sammy Cahn) from Papa's Delicate Condition. Their songs were also featured in Rear Window (1954), and Ocean's Eleven (1960).
Cahn and Van Heusen also wrote "Love and Marriage" (1955), "To Love and Be Loved", "Come Fly With Me", "Only the Lonely", and "Come Dance With Me" with many of their compositions being the title songs for Frank Sinatra's albums of the late 50's.
Van Heusen wrote a musical in 1965 entitled Skyscraper, and the 1966 musical Walking Happy. He became an inductee of the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1971.
Van Heusen retired in the late 1970s, and died in Rancho Mirage, California in 1990, at the age of 77.
Sammy Cahn
Cahn was born Samuel Cohen in the Lower East Side of New York City, the only son (he had four sisters) of Jewish immigrants from Poland. He was married twice: first to vocalist and former Goldwyn girl Gloria Delson in 1945, with whom he had two children, and later to Virginia Basile in 1970. He changed his last name from Cohen to Kahn to avoid confusion with comic and MGM actor Sammy Cohen and again from Kahn to Cahn to avoid confusion with lyricist Gus Kahn.
Much of Sammy Cahn's early work was written in partnership with Saul Chaplin. Billed simply as "Cahn and Chaplin" (in the manner of "Rodgers and Hart"), they composed witty special material for Warner Brothers' musical short subjects, filmed at Warners' Vitaphone studio in Brooklyn, New York.
Cahn described the beginnings of his career thusly:
Lyric writing has always been a thrilling adventure for me, and something I've done with the kind of ease that only comes with joy! From the beginning the fates have conspired to help my career. Lou Levy, the eminent music publisher, lived around the corner and we met the day I was leaving my first music publisher's office. This led to a partnership that has lasted many years. Lou and I wrote "Rhythm is Our Business," material for Jimmy Lunceford's orchestra, which became my first ASCAP copyright. I'd been churning out "special lyrics" for special occasions for years and this helped facilitate my tremendous speed with lyric writing. Many might have written these lyrics better—but none faster! Glen Gray and Tommy Dorsey became regular customers and through Tommy came the enduring and perhaps most satisfying relationship of my lyric writing career – Frank Sinatra.
Cahn became a member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1972. He later took over the presidency of that organization from his friend Johnny Mercer when Mercer became ill.
Sammy Cahn died in 1993 at the age of 79 in Los Angeles, California. He was interred in the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery.
In 1993, taking up the sentiments expressed in the song, "High Hopes," the Cahn estate established the "High Hopes Fund" at the Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston. The former Joslin patient and songwriter's goal was to provide hope and encouragement to kids with diabetes while supporting research into the causes of the disease.
Much of Sammy Cahn's early work was written in partnership with Saul Chaplin. Billed simply as "Cahn and Chaplin" (in the manner of "Rodgers and Hart"), they composed witty special material for Warner Brothers' musical short subjects, filmed at Warners' Vitaphone studio in Brooklyn, New York.
Cahn described the beginnings of his career thusly:
Lyric writing has always been a thrilling adventure for me, and something I've done with the kind of ease that only comes with joy! From the beginning the fates have conspired to help my career. Lou Levy, the eminent music publisher, lived around the corner and we met the day I was leaving my first music publisher's office. This led to a partnership that has lasted many years. Lou and I wrote "Rhythm is Our Business," material for Jimmy Lunceford's orchestra, which became my first ASCAP copyright. I'd been churning out "special lyrics" for special occasions for years and this helped facilitate my tremendous speed with lyric writing. Many might have written these lyrics better—but none faster! Glen Gray and Tommy Dorsey became regular customers and through Tommy came the enduring and perhaps most satisfying relationship of my lyric writing career – Frank Sinatra.
Cahn became a member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1972. He later took over the presidency of that organization from his friend Johnny Mercer when Mercer became ill.
Sammy Cahn died in 1993 at the age of 79 in Los Angeles, California. He was interred in the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery.
In 1993, taking up the sentiments expressed in the song, "High Hopes," the Cahn estate established the "High Hopes Fund" at the Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston. The former Joslin patient and songwriter's goal was to provide hope and encouragement to kids with diabetes while supporting research into the causes of the disease.
Soundtrack
# "Love & Marriage"
Music by Sammy Cahn and Jimmy Van Heusen
Lyrics by Sammy Cahn and Jimmy Van Heusen
Performed by Frank Sinatra
# "Bad To The Bone"
Performed by George Thorogood & The Destroyers
Episode: "Hot off the Grill" (1989) (ep. #4.1)}
Music by Sammy Cahn and Jimmy Van Heusen
Lyrics by Sammy Cahn and Jimmy Van Heusen
Performed by Frank Sinatra
# "Bad To The Bone"
Performed by George Thorogood & The Destroyers
Episode: "Hot off the Grill" (1989) (ep. #4.1)}
Michael G. Moye
Michael G. Moye (born August 11, 1954) is an American television writer. He has written for shows such as The Jeffersons, Diff'rent Strokes, Good Times, Silver Spoons, and 227. He and Ron Leavitt were the creators of the hit American television sitcom Married... with Children. He even made cameo appearances in some episodes.
Ron Leavitt
Ron Leavitt is the co-creator (with Michael G. Moye) of the famous American T.V. show Married With Children. The show's 262 episodes over 11 seasons make it the second-longest-lasting sitcom on the FOX network.
He is good friends with Larry David.
He is good friends with Larry David.
Series Writing credits
Ron Leavitt (121 episodes, 1987-1994)
Michael G. Moye (121 episodes, 1987-1994)
Ellen L. Fogle (17 episodes, 1987-1993)
Katherine Green (13 episodes, 1987-1994)
Stacie Lipp (13 episodes, 1990-1993)
Richard Gurman (10 episodes, 1987-1993)
Kevin Curran (10 episodes, 1990-1993)
Sandy Sprung (9 episodes, 1987-1990)
Marcy Vosburgh (9 episodes, 1987-1990)
Larry Jacobson (8 episodes, 1991-1993)
Ralph Farquhar (7 episodes, 1987-1993)
Arthur Silver (7 episodes, 1989-1993)
Gabrielle Topping (5 episodes, 1989-1992)
Fran Kaufer (3 episodes, 1995-1996)
Russell Marcus (3 episodes, 1996-1997)
Al Aidekman (2 episodes, 1989-1992)
Joel Valentincic (2 episodes, 1993-1995)
Kim Weiskopf (2 episodes, 1993)
Wayne Kline (2 episodes, 1994)
Pamela Eells (2 episodes, 1997)
Steve Bing (1 episode, 1989)
Lisa Rosenthal (1 episode, 1989)
Paul Diamond (1 episode, 1990)
John D. Brancato (1 episode, 1991)
Glenn Eichler (1 episode, 1991)
Peter Gaffney (1 episode, 1991)
Chip Johannessen (1 episode, 1991)
Bill Prady (1 episode, 1991)
Calvin Brown Jr. (1 episode, 1992)
Steve Crider (1 episode, 1992)
Brad Yuen (1 episode, 1993)
Michael G. Moye (121 episodes, 1987-1994)
Ellen L. Fogle (17 episodes, 1987-1993)
Katherine Green (13 episodes, 1987-1994)
Stacie Lipp (13 episodes, 1990-1993)
Richard Gurman (10 episodes, 1987-1993)
Kevin Curran (10 episodes, 1990-1993)
Sandy Sprung (9 episodes, 1987-1990)
Marcy Vosburgh (9 episodes, 1987-1990)
Larry Jacobson (8 episodes, 1991-1993)
Ralph Farquhar (7 episodes, 1987-1993)
Arthur Silver (7 episodes, 1989-1993)
Gabrielle Topping (5 episodes, 1989-1992)
Fran Kaufer (3 episodes, 1995-1996)
Russell Marcus (3 episodes, 1996-1997)
Al Aidekman (2 episodes, 1989-1992)
Joel Valentincic (2 episodes, 1993-1995)
Kim Weiskopf (2 episodes, 1993)
Wayne Kline (2 episodes, 1994)
Pamela Eells (2 episodes, 1997)
Steve Bing (1 episode, 1989)
Lisa Rosenthal (1 episode, 1989)
Paul Diamond (1 episode, 1990)
John D. Brancato (1 episode, 1991)
Glenn Eichler (1 episode, 1991)
Peter Gaffney (1 episode, 1991)
Chip Johannessen (1 episode, 1991)
Bill Prady (1 episode, 1991)
Calvin Brown Jr. (1 episode, 1992)
Steve Crider (1 episode, 1992)
Brad Yuen (1 episode, 1993)
Gerry Cohen
Gerry Cohen, a lawyer for the North Carolina General Assembly's legislative drafting division, is a former member of the Chapel Hill Board of Aldermen (now the Chapel Hill Town Council). Cohen was elected in 1973 on the strength of an upsurge in youth voting brought about in part by the war in Vietnam and the ratification of the Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution. He was a law student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill at the time. Cohen was a significant political figure in Chapel Hill throughout the 1970s, helping to establish the town's public transportation system, Chapel Hill Transit.
Series Directed by
Gerry Cohen (110 episodes, 1987-1994)
Linda Day (33 episodes, 1987-1991)
Amanda Bearse (30 episodes, 1991-1997)
Tony Singletary (10 episodes, 1990-1993)
Sam W. Orender (6 episodes, 1993-1996)
Richard Cottrell (unknown episodes)
Katherine Green (unknown episodes)
Brian Levant (unknown episodes)
Mark K. Samuels (unknown episodes)
Arlando Smith (unknown episodes)
Linda Day (33 episodes, 1987-1991)
Amanda Bearse (30 episodes, 1991-1997)
Tony Singletary (10 episodes, 1990-1993)
Sam W. Orender (6 episodes, 1993-1996)
Richard Cottrell (unknown episodes)
Katherine Green (unknown episodes)
Brian Levant (unknown episodes)
Mark K. Samuels (unknown episodes)
Arlando Smith (unknown episodes)
Garner Returning To Series TV on '8 Simple Rules'
Forty-six years after he debuted in Maverick, which might be considered television's first Western sitcom, and 29 years after he first appeared in The Rockford Files, James Garner, 75, will be returning to series TV to play the father of Katey Sagal's character in at least four episodes of 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter, according to published reports. The ABC sitcom is set to resume production on Monday following the sudden death of star John Ritter in September, and to return to the air in November. Garner also appeared last year in the shortlived series First Monday and was the voice of God in the 2000 series, God, the Devil and Bob.
Arkin To Take Over Ritter's Role?
Adam Arkin, one of the stars of Chicago Hope and most recently seen as a regular on the shortlived Baby Bob, has been cast in the final three episodes of this season's ABC comedy 8 Simple Rules, as Katey Sagal's new romantic interest, TV Guide Online reported Monday. Spurring speculation that he may become the late John Ritter's replacement on the show, the publication indicated that Arkin is due to return to the show next season.
Affleck Flashed Applegate
Actress Christina Applegate still can't believe Ben Affleck deliberately displayed his genitals to her while shooting a movie scene. The 33-year-old was working with the eccentric heart-throb on Surviving Christmas last year, when she saw more of him than she expected. She says, "They were doing a shot of a briefcase and Ben put his stuff on the case. It was gross." And Applegate is not the first Hollywood star to witness his racy humor, director Kevin Smith had to endure Affleck's favorite prank - resting his scrotum on the back of the movie maker's neck during breaks on the set of movie flop Jersey Girl.
Applegate & Husband To Split
Hollywood is reeling from another shock split - Christina Applegate's actor husband Jonathon Schaech has filed for divorce. In the papers, filed yesterday in Los Angeles Superior Court and obtained by entertainment news website TMZ.com, the actor cites irreconcilable differences as the reason for the split. The That Thing You Do star wed Applegate in October 2001. He has reportedly hired top divorce lawyer Laura Wasser to fight for him in court. The divorce is a tough blow for The Sweetest Thing star Applegate, who has been apart from Schaech for much of 2005, starring in Broadway, New York, hit musical Sweet Charity.
Applegate Falls for Fisherman
Actress Christina Applegate is nursing her broken heart with a reported toyboy - a former Alaskan fisherman. The Sweetest Thing star has fallen for 24-year-old Lee Grivas after meeting him while she was starring in Broadway, New York musical Sweet Charity, according to American magazine In Touch. The actress split from husband Johnathan Schaech earlier this month.
'Dragnet' Is Dumped
ABC has canceled the second season of L.A. Dragnet, starring Ed O'Neill after airing just five episodes featuring new characters and cosmetic changes, including the "L.A." initials affixed to the title. The Saturday-night series had sunk to nearly the bottom of the weekly ratings list. The network said that five other completed episodes of the series (the original Dragnet was created by the late Jack Webb more than 50 years ago) will air at some later date. Meanwhile, in another powerful reminder that sex appeal may be overrated when it comes to attracting viewers, The WB halted production of its new Tarzan series, which featured the buff Calvin Klein underwear model Travis Fimmel in the title role. Also on Thursday, NBC said that, beginning Dec. 4, it plans to return Good Morning, Miami to the 9:30 p.m. spot on Thursdays that it occupied last season. The network said that it will also rearrange its Tuesday lineup, where it will introduce a new sitcom starring Saturday Night Live performer Tracy Morgan as the owner of an auto-repair shop.
Other awards
@ Kids' Choice Awards, USA
( 1995 )
Nominated
/* Blimp Award */
> Favorite Animal Star
· Buck
@ TV Land Awards
( 2004 )
Nominated
/* TV Land Award */
> Favorite Teen Dream - Female
· Christina Applegate
( 1995 )
Nominated
/* Blimp Award */
> Favorite Animal Star
· Buck
@ TV Land Awards
( 2004 )
Nominated
/* TV Land Award */
> Favorite Teen Dream - Female
· Christina Applegate
Young Artist Awards
( 1997 )
Nominated
/* Young Artist Award */
> Best Performance in a TV Comedy - Guest Starring Young Performer
· Miles Marsico
1994
Nominated
/* Young Artist Award */
> Best Actor Under Ten in a Television Series or Show
· Shane Sweet
1993
Nominated
/* Young Artist Award */
> Outstanding Actor Under Ten in a Television Series
· Shane Sweet
> Outstanding Young Comedian in a Television Series
· David Faustino
1992
Nominated
/* Young Artist Award */
> Outstanding Young Comedian in a Television Series
· David Faustino
1991
Nominated
/* Young Artist Award */
> Outstanding Young Comedian in a Television Series
· David Faustino
1990
Nominated
/* Young Artist Award */
> Best Young Actor Starring in a Television Series
· David Faustino
1989
Won
/* Young Artist Award */
> Best Young Actress - Starring in a Television Comedy Series
· Christina Applegate
Nominated
/* Young Artist Award */
> Best Young Actor - Starring in a Television Comedy Series
· David Faustino
1988
Nominated
/* Young Artist Award */
> Best Young Actor Starring in a New Television Comedy Series
· David Faustino
> Best Young Actress Starring in a New Television Comedy Series
· Christina Applegate
> The Most Promising New Fall Television Series
Nominated
/* Young Artist Award */
> Best Performance in a TV Comedy - Guest Starring Young Performer
· Miles Marsico
1994
Nominated
/* Young Artist Award */
> Best Actor Under Ten in a Television Series or Show
· Shane Sweet
1993
Nominated
/* Young Artist Award */
> Outstanding Actor Under Ten in a Television Series
· Shane Sweet
> Outstanding Young Comedian in a Television Series
· David Faustino
1992
Nominated
/* Young Artist Award */
> Outstanding Young Comedian in a Television Series
· David Faustino
1991
Nominated
/* Young Artist Award */
> Outstanding Young Comedian in a Television Series
· David Faustino
1990
Nominated
/* Young Artist Award */
> Best Young Actor Starring in a Television Series
· David Faustino
1989
Won
/* Young Artist Award */
> Best Young Actress - Starring in a Television Comedy Series
· Christina Applegate
Nominated
/* Young Artist Award */
> Best Young Actor - Starring in a Television Comedy Series
· David Faustino
1988
Nominated
/* Young Artist Award */
> Best Young Actor Starring in a New Television Comedy Series
· David Faustino
> Best Young Actress Starring in a New Television Comedy Series
· Christina Applegate
> The Most Promising New Fall Television Series
Golden Globes, USA
( 1994 )
Nominated
/* Golden Globe */
> Best Performance by an Actress in a TV-Series - Comedy/Musical
· Katey Sagal
1993
Nominated
/* Golden Globe */
> Best Performance by an Actor in a TV-Series - Comedy/Musical
· Ed O'Neill
> Best Performance by an Actress in a TV-Series - Comedy/Musical
· Katey Sagal
1992
Nominated
/* Golden Globe */
> Best Performance by an Actor in a TV-Series - Comedy/Musical
· Ed O'Neill
> Best Performance by an Actress in a TV-Series - Comedy/Musical
· Katey Sagal
1991
Nominated
/* Golden Globe */
> Best Performance by an Actress in a TV-Series - Comedy/Musical
· Katey Sagal
> Best TV-Series - Comedy/Musical
Nominated
/* Golden Globe */
> Best Performance by an Actress in a TV-Series - Comedy/Musical
· Katey Sagal
1993
Nominated
/* Golden Globe */
> Best Performance by an Actor in a TV-Series - Comedy/Musical
· Ed O'Neill
> Best Performance by an Actress in a TV-Series - Comedy/Musical
· Katey Sagal
1992
Nominated
/* Golden Globe */
> Best Performance by an Actor in a TV-Series - Comedy/Musical
· Ed O'Neill
> Best Performance by an Actress in a TV-Series - Comedy/Musical
· Katey Sagal
1991
Nominated
/* Golden Globe */
> Best Performance by an Actress in a TV-Series - Comedy/Musical
· Katey Sagal
> Best TV-Series - Comedy/Musical
Emmy Awards
( 1994 )
Nominated
/* Emmy */
> Outstanding Individual Achievement in Costuming for a Series
· Marti M. Squyres
1991
Nominated
/* Emmy */
> Outstanding Achievement in Costuming for a Series
· Marti M. Squyres
1990
Nominated
/* Emmy */
> Outstanding Achievement in Costuming for a Series
· Marti Masamitsu
> Outstanding Editing for a Series - Multi-Camera Production
· Larry Harris
1989
Nominated
/* Emmy */
> Outstanding Editing for a Series - Multi-Camera Production
· Larry Harris
1988
Nominated
/* Emmy */
> Outstanding Lighting Direction (Electronic) for a Comedy Series
· Ted Polmanski
1987
Nominated
/* Emmy */
> Outstanding Lighting Direction (Electronic) for a Series
· Mark Buxbaum
Nominated
/* Emmy */
> Outstanding Individual Achievement in Costuming for a Series
· Marti M. Squyres
1991
Nominated
/* Emmy */
> Outstanding Achievement in Costuming for a Series
· Marti M. Squyres
1990
Nominated
/* Emmy */
> Outstanding Achievement in Costuming for a Series
· Marti Masamitsu
> Outstanding Editing for a Series - Multi-Camera Production
· Larry Harris
1989
Nominated
/* Emmy */
> Outstanding Editing for a Series - Multi-Camera Production
· Larry Harris
1988
Nominated
/* Emmy */
> Outstanding Lighting Direction (Electronic) for a Comedy Series
· Ted Polmanski
1987
Nominated
/* Emmy */
> Outstanding Lighting Direction (Electronic) for a Series
· Mark Buxbaum
ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards
( 1996 )
Won
/* ASCAP Award */
> Top TV Series
· Jonathan Wolff
1995
Won
/* ASCAP Award */
> Top TV Series
· Jonathan Wolff
@ Aftonbladet TV Prize, Sweden
( 1994 )
Won
/* TV Prize */
> Best Foreign TV Program (Bästa utländska program)
@ Casting Society of America, USA
( 1987 )
Nominated
/* Artios */
> Best Casting for TV, Comedy Episodic
· Marc Hirschfeld
Won
/* ASCAP Award */
> Top TV Series
· Jonathan Wolff
1995
Won
/* ASCAP Award */
> Top TV Series
· Jonathan Wolff
@ Aftonbladet TV Prize, Sweden
( 1994 )
Won
/* TV Prize */
> Best Foreign TV Program (Bästa utländska program)
@ Casting Society of America, USA
( 1987 )
Nominated
/* Artios */
> Best Casting for TV, Comedy Episodic
· Marc Hirschfeld
One Charge Dropped Against 'Married...With Children' Star
Former Married... With Children star David Faustino has seen one charge against him dropped, although he still faces a misdemeanor charge of marijuana possession.
The 33-year-old actor, who played Bud Bundy in the 1990s comedy, will not be charged with disorderly intoxication because his arrest earlier this month was deemed sufficient punishment, a spokeswoman for the State Attorney's Office said on Tuesday.
He was arrested in New Smyrna Beach, Florida in the early hours of May 12 on suspicion of disorderly intoxication and police allegedly found a small amount of marijuana on his person.
Faustino faces up to a year in jail if found guilty of drug possession. His trial is scheduled for July and he has pleaded not guilty.
'Married With Children' Star Weds for a Third Time
Former Married With Children star Katey Sagal hopes three is the key after marrying her screenwriter fiance at the weekend. The actress married The Shield writer Kurt Sutter at the couple's Los Feliz, Los Angeles, home on Saturday. It's Sagal's third marriage. She has a daughter and a son from a previous marriage. The actress, who received four Golden Globe nominations for her role as Peg Bundy, currently stars on ABC sitcom 8 Simple Rules opposite David Spade and James Garner.
Ancier Resurfaces at BBC
Garth Ancier, who, as Fox's programming chief when the network was launched in 1987, introduced such shows as Married ... With Children and The Simpsons, and later went on to head programming for the now defunct WB network, has been named the BBC's president of U.S. operations. Among his responsibilities will be overseeing the BBC America cable channel and the BBC's production unit in Los Angeles, which developed ABC's hit Dancing With the Stars.
Faustino Arrested for Pot Possession
Former Married... With Children star David Faustino has been arrested in Florida on suspicion of drug possession and disorderly intoxication. The 33-year-old actor, who played Bundy son Bud on the 1990s comedy, was arrested in New Smyrna Beach in the early hours of Saturday morning after police found him arguing in the street with his ex-wife Andrea. Police tell the Orlando Sentinel newspaper that the couple admitted they have been drinking and upon searching Faustino, they allegedly found a gram of marijuana in his pocket. Faustino was released from Volusia County Branch Jail later on Saturday.
'Rules' Star Sagal Gets 'Lost'
Katey Sagal will guest-star on an episode of "Lost" early this season, but her role for the moment is as cryptic as the meaning of Hurley's numbers.
The former "8 Simple Rules" star will be playing a character named Helen in the third episode this season, scheduled for Wednesday, Oct. 5. It seems more likely that she would appear in the show's flashback scenes; higher-profile guest stars were primarily used that way in "Lost's" first season.
It also appears that the flashback for the episode, titled "Orientation," will concern Locke (Terry O'Quinn). Kevin Tighe ("Murder One"), who appeared last season as Locke's father, Cooper, will reprise his role.
Beyond that, ABC is offering only the broadest of hints about the episode, saying Jack (Matthew Fox), Kate (Evangeline Lilly) and Locke "learn more secrets about the hatch." The show's producers have said episode three contains a fairly major revelation about what's inside the hatch. Elsewhere, Michael (Harold Perrineau), Sawyer (Josh Holloway) and Jin (Daniel Dae Kim) face a new challenge after escaping the raft.
Sagal, who played Cate Hennessy on "8 Simple Rules" for three seasons, most recently appeared in the ABC Family movie "Campus Confidential." The one-time "Futurama" and "Married ... with Children" star also had an unbilled cameo on "The Shield" earlier this year.
A Divorce for 'Married' Star Applegate
"Married ... with Children" star Christina Applegate will become single again. Applegate and Schaech co-starred in the CBS movie "Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas" based on the weepy novel by James Patterson. Schaech has starred in the TV movie "Judas," as a pop singer in "That Thing You Do!" and the upcoming, highly anticipated "Road House" sequel
Her husband, actor Johnathon Schaech, has filed for divorce on Monday, Dec. 5 in Los Angeles Superior Court. The papers cite irreconcilable differences, several news outlets report.
Applegate, 35, met Schaech, 36, through director Gregg Araki, who directed Schaech in 1995's "Doom Generation." The couple got hitched in October 2001 in Palm Springs. They have no children together.
Applegate, best known as airhead Kelly Bundy on FOX lowbrow sitcom "Married ... with Children," also starred in her own sitcom "Jesse" on NBC for a couple years.
Her big screen credits include "Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead," "Jane Austen's Mafia," "The Sweetest Thing," "Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy" and "Surviving Christmas."
In March, she broke her foot in one of the opening numbers of "Sweet Charity." Although the production was then scheduled to shut down, she pleaded to continue, and after a brief replacement, she made her Broadway debut in the musical in May. She won a Theatre World Award for her performance, in addition to a Tony and Drama Desk Award nomination.
Married ... With Children's David Faustino Divorcing
David Faustino wants to be unmarried without children.
Citing the standard irreconcilable differences, the 32-year-old star of Married ... With Children filed for divorce from his wife of three years, actress Andrea Elmer Faustino, 31, according to court papers.
The couple, who have no children, separated last May. Faustino is seeking not to pay spousal support, according to the papers filed Tuesday in Los Angeles.
After meeting at a spiritual center in Los Angeles, the couple dated for five years before marrying at the last minute on Jan. 24, 2004, in the Little White Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas.
Citing the standard irreconcilable differences, the 32-year-old star of Married ... With Children filed for divorce from his wife of three years, actress Andrea Elmer Faustino, 31, according to court papers.
The couple, who have no children, separated last May. Faustino is seeking not to pay spousal support, according to the papers filed Tuesday in Los Angeles.
After meeting at a spiritual center in Los Angeles, the couple dated for five years before marrying at the last minute on Jan. 24, 2004, in the Little White Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas.
Ted Mcginley
A guest appearance as Peg Bundy's (Katey Sagal) fantasy husband led to McGinley's casting as Marcy's husband on "Married...With Children."
McGinley is well-known to television viewers as Roger in "Happy Days." He also played ship's photographer/purser Ace in "Love Boat," was Clay in the prime time serial "Dynasty" and starred in the telefilm "Linda," opposite Virginia Madsen.
He has starred in the USA movie, "Tales You Win, Heads You're Dead" with Corbin Bernson, and in the miniseries "Wild Justice," for Tribune Television, co-starring Roy Scheider.
Among his many feature film credits, he has appeared in "Young Doctors In Love," "Revenge of the Nerds," "Physical Evidence" and "Wayne's World II" (with his Married co-star Ed O'Neilll).
On stage, McGinley has performed "6 Rms Riv Vu," for Tiffany's Attic/Kansas Theatre and appeared in Burt Reynolds' Dinner Theatre production of "I'm Not Rappaport," where he met his wife, actress Gigi Rice.
A native Californian, McGinley is an avid runner and resides with his wife and son in Los Angeles.
Amanda Bearse
A native of Orlando, Florida, Ms. Bearse was raised in Winter Park, Florida and Atlanta, Georgia. Introduced to acting through school and community theater programs, she eventually moved to New York to pursue a professional acting career.
Ms. Bearse was known to millions of television viewers as Amanda Cousins from the daytime drama "All My Children." She has also appeared in the television film "First Affair" and the ABC series "Hotel."
Her feature film credits include "Protocol," with Goldie Hawn, and "Fright Night," with Chris Sarandon and Roddy McDowall. She also appeared with Vanna White in the telefilm "Goddess of Love" for NBC.
On stage, she has performed in off-Broadway productions of "St. Joan," "Wilderness" and "This Property Is Condemned." Ms. Bearse studied acting with Sanford Meisner in New York and directing at the American Film Institute and the University of Southern California in Los Angeles.Ms. Bearse is the first member of the cast to direct episodes of "Married…With Children." She has also directed other television shows including "The Crew" and "Simon."
Ms. Bearse and her daughter, Zoe, reside in Los Angeles and spend their time together swimming and playing with a menagerie of pets.
David Faustino
In addition to acting, Faustino was an unsuccessful rap artist under the pseudonym D L'il. His sole commercial release was in a track on the 1992 album Balistyx, named after the night club which he owns. His rap career was spoofed on Married... with Children as Bud's failed attempt to score by being a rapper called "Grandmaster B" which was heavily made fun of as the characters couldn't ever get the name right calling him names like: Grandfather B, Blabnabber D, & Hatnapper B.
Faustino appeared in the 2002 celebrity/reality television special Celebrity Boot Camp (a shortened version of the Boot Camp series for b-list celebrities). In 2001, he appeared in the low-budget film Killer Bud produced by Aglet Productions.
He is in the process of filming for the movie RoboDoc in which he will star as the character Jason Dockery. Faustino has most recently (April 2007) been featured in an American McDonald's commercial introducing the 'Dollar Menunaires'.
Faustino appeared in the 2002 celebrity/reality television special Celebrity Boot Camp (a shortened version of the Boot Camp series for b-list celebrities). In 2001, he appeared in the low-budget film Killer Bud produced by Aglet Productions.
He is in the process of filming for the movie RoboDoc in which he will star as the character Jason Dockery. Faustino has most recently (April 2007) been featured in an American McDonald's commercial introducing the 'Dollar Menunaires'.
Christina Applegate
Applegate quit school at age 17 to pursue acting. From 1987 to 1997, she played Kelly Bundy on Married... with Children. From 1998 to 2000, she starred in her own sitcom, Jesse, on NBC. In 2002 she co-starred with Cameron Diaz, on the comic movie The Sweetest Thing, playing the role of Courtney Rockcliffe, Diaz's best friend.
Applegate was one of the founding members of the Pussycat Dolls, which debuted at the Viper Room on Sunset Strip, Los Angeles in 1995. Applegate emceed for the Dolls when they moved to The Roxy in 2002.
While playing the title role in a revival of Sweet Charity, she broke her foot, and it was announced that the musical would close during previews. She persuaded the producers to rescind their decision, and on April 18, 2005, she made her Broadway debut. Sweet Charity ended its Broadway run on December 31, 2005. She also guest-starred on two episodes of Friends, one in the ninth season, and one in the tenth, titled "The One with Rachel's Other Sister" and "The One Where Rachel's Sister Babysits" respectively (in 2002 and 2003) as Amy Green, Rachel's (Jennifer Aniston) youngest sister. She won an Emmy for her performance in "The One with Rachel's Other Sister". In 2006, she appeared in an advertising campaign for Hanes title "Look who we've got our Hanes on now". The campaign started in 2005 but she, Jennifer Love Hewitt, and Kevin Bacon were added to the ads in 2006.
In 2006, Applegate appeared in Jessica Simpson's music video "A Public Affair", alongside Eva Longoria, Ryan Seacrest and Christina Milian. Applegate is set to star in the 2007 comedy pilot for ABC, Samantha Who?. Jean Smart, Jennifer Esposito, and Melissa McCarthy are set to co-star in the comedy about a 30-year-old psychiatrist who, after a hit-and-run accident, develops amnesia and has to rediscover her life, her relationships and herself.
Applegate was one of the founding members of the Pussycat Dolls, which debuted at the Viper Room on Sunset Strip, Los Angeles in 1995. Applegate emceed for the Dolls when they moved to The Roxy in 2002.
While playing the title role in a revival of Sweet Charity, she broke her foot, and it was announced that the musical would close during previews. She persuaded the producers to rescind their decision, and on April 18, 2005, she made her Broadway debut. Sweet Charity ended its Broadway run on December 31, 2005. She also guest-starred on two episodes of Friends, one in the ninth season, and one in the tenth, titled "The One with Rachel's Other Sister" and "The One Where Rachel's Sister Babysits" respectively (in 2002 and 2003) as Amy Green, Rachel's (Jennifer Aniston) youngest sister. She won an Emmy for her performance in "The One with Rachel's Other Sister". In 2006, she appeared in an advertising campaign for Hanes title "Look who we've got our Hanes on now". The campaign started in 2005 but she, Jennifer Love Hewitt, and Kevin Bacon were added to the ads in 2006.
In 2006, Applegate appeared in Jessica Simpson's music video "A Public Affair", alongside Eva Longoria, Ryan Seacrest and Christina Milian. Applegate is set to star in the 2007 comedy pilot for ABC, Samantha Who?. Jean Smart, Jennifer Esposito, and Melissa McCarthy are set to co-star in the comedy about a 30-year-old psychiatrist who, after a hit-and-run accident, develops amnesia and has to rediscover her life, her relationships and herself.
Katey Sagal
Sagal began her career working the Hollywood circuit. She appeared in several television films between 1971 and 1975, including a small role as a receptionist in the Columbo film Candidate for Crime (directed by her father) and in 1973 working as a backing vocalist for various singers, including Bob Dylan, Gene Simmons and Tanya Tucker. During this time she was also a member of the rock group The Group With No Name. She also sang backup for Bette Midler, who hired her for her 1979 tour as one of The Harlettes.
Sagal returned to television in 1985 in the television series Mary starring Mary Tyler Moore. This led to her being cast as Peg Bundy on the American sitcom Married... with Children (1987–1997). She portrayed the lower-class, unhappy, sex-craving wife of shoe salesman Al Bundy. Originally her character was written with the appearance of a modern housewife, but it was Sagal's idea for her character to take on the 1960s image because she wanted to parody the 1960s housewife. During her audition for the role, Sagal brought her own red bouffant wig and with the producers' approval, the look transitioned into the show. Peggy Bundy wore a large red bouffant wig, capris-length leggings with a large belt, and high slip-on heels, which were all fashion styles from the '60s. Sagal's career focused almost entirely on this series for its ten-year run (although she also appeared in several television movies). Sagal briefly revisited her role of Peg in Futurama, when the sitcom was parodied in the episode "A Bicyclops Built For Two". Sagal also appeared as Helen in ABC's hit show Lost on occasion as friend and lover of John Locke.
After the end of Married... with Children, several more television films followed for Sagal, and she was also a featured voice on the children's cartoon Recess. In 1999, Matt Groening cast her as Turanga Leela in his science-fiction cartoon comedy Futurama. The show developed a cult following, but was canceled after five seasons. The revival of Futurama was announced in 2006; Sagal has stated plans to return as Leela in the four DVD movies which will later be rebroadcast as 16 episodes on Comedy Central in 2008.
Sagal also guest starred as Edna Hyde, Steven Hyde's mother, in three episodes of That '70s Show: Punk Chick (1999), Prom Night (1999), and The Career Day (1999). She starred in the short-lived NBC sitcom Tucker in 2000. Sagal was also cast in the Disney Channel movie "Smart House", playing a computerized maid that suddenly gets a mind of its own. She wore the same wig for the role as she did for Married...with Children.
Sagal was cast as the wife of John Ritter in the sitcom 8 Simple Rules For Dating My Teenage Daughter in 2002. Following Ritter's death, Sagal was given the difficult task of carrying most of the show (with a little help from new cast members David Spade and James Garner). Ritter completed only three episodes of the second season of 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter with Sagal introducing each episode. The show was cancelled in 2005 after its third season.
In 2005 she made two guest appearances on Lost and one guest appearance on CBS's Ghost Whisperer. She hosted The Search For The Funniest Mom In America 2 and she currently has a recurring role as a guest star on Boston Legal.
In 2007 she had a role in the season finale of The Winner as Glen Abbot's former, and Josh's current, teacher, with whom Glen has his first sexual experience.
Sagal returned to television in 1985 in the television series Mary starring Mary Tyler Moore. This led to her being cast as Peg Bundy on the American sitcom Married... with Children (1987–1997). She portrayed the lower-class, unhappy, sex-craving wife of shoe salesman Al Bundy. Originally her character was written with the appearance of a modern housewife, but it was Sagal's idea for her character to take on the 1960s image because she wanted to parody the 1960s housewife. During her audition for the role, Sagal brought her own red bouffant wig and with the producers' approval, the look transitioned into the show. Peggy Bundy wore a large red bouffant wig, capris-length leggings with a large belt, and high slip-on heels, which were all fashion styles from the '60s. Sagal's career focused almost entirely on this series for its ten-year run (although she also appeared in several television movies). Sagal briefly revisited her role of Peg in Futurama, when the sitcom was parodied in the episode "A Bicyclops Built For Two". Sagal also appeared as Helen in ABC's hit show Lost on occasion as friend and lover of John Locke.
After the end of Married... with Children, several more television films followed for Sagal, and she was also a featured voice on the children's cartoon Recess. In 1999, Matt Groening cast her as Turanga Leela in his science-fiction cartoon comedy Futurama. The show developed a cult following, but was canceled after five seasons. The revival of Futurama was announced in 2006; Sagal has stated plans to return as Leela in the four DVD movies which will later be rebroadcast as 16 episodes on Comedy Central in 2008.
Sagal also guest starred as Edna Hyde, Steven Hyde's mother, in three episodes of That '70s Show: Punk Chick (1999), Prom Night (1999), and The Career Day (1999). She starred in the short-lived NBC sitcom Tucker in 2000. Sagal was also cast in the Disney Channel movie "Smart House", playing a computerized maid that suddenly gets a mind of its own. She wore the same wig for the role as she did for Married...with Children.
Sagal was cast as the wife of John Ritter in the sitcom 8 Simple Rules For Dating My Teenage Daughter in 2002. Following Ritter's death, Sagal was given the difficult task of carrying most of the show (with a little help from new cast members David Spade and James Garner). Ritter completed only three episodes of the second season of 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter with Sagal introducing each episode. The show was cancelled in 2005 after its third season.
In 2005 she made two guest appearances on Lost and one guest appearance on CBS's Ghost Whisperer. She hosted The Search For The Funniest Mom In America 2 and she currently has a recurring role as a guest star on Boston Legal.
In 2007 she had a role in the season finale of The Winner as Glen Abbot's former, and Josh's current, teacher, with whom Glen has his first sexual experience.
Ed O'Neil
O'Neill played Lenny in a stage production of John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men at the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He appeared in several movies, including The Bone Collector, Little Giants, and Dutch. He also starred as Sgt. Joe Friday on Dick Wolf's remake of Jack Webb's classic TV crime series Dragnet. The series was short-lived, cancelled by ABC in its second season. His film debut was in John Boorman's Deliverance as a deputy. However, O'Neill is most known for playing the lead role of Al Bundy in Married… with Children, a long-running American sitcom about a dysfunctional family living in Chicago. It was the first-ever primetime television series to air on the FOX Network as a midseason replacement, debuting on April 5, 1987 and concluding June 9, 1997. The series was created by Michael G. Moye and Ron Leavitt. O'Neill had short cameos in Wayne's World and its sequel, reprising the menacing character he played during the Wayne's World sketch on Saturday Night Live. He also appeared as Relish the Troll King in The 10th Kingdom. He also made a cameo on the sitcom 8 Simple Rules where he played Katey Sagal's old boyfriend. O'Neill went on to appear as a recurring character on NBC's The West Wing, playing Gov. Eric Baker (D-PA). Baker, a strong candidate for the Democratic Presidential Nomination, assumed the office of the Vice Presidency under Matt Santos at the end of the series. O'Neill currently appears in ads for AOL's online video service. His most recent role was Bill on HBO's John From Cincinnati; the series was created by David Milch, who also created the critically-acclaimed HBO series Deadwood.
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The Bundy Family
Married… with Children is a popular American sitcom about a dysfunctional family living in Chicago that lasted 11 seasons over a span of 10 years. It was the first-ever prime time television series to air on the FOX network, debuting on April 5, 1987, and airing its final first-run broadcast on June 9, 1997. The series was created by Michael G. Moye and Ron Leavitt. The show featured various racy topics which garnered the fledgling FOX network a standing among the Big Three Television Networks (i.e., ABC, NBC and CBS).
The show's 259 episodes over 11 seasons make it the second-longest-lasting sitcom on the FOX network (second only to The Simpsons). The show's theme song is "Love and Marriage" by Frank Sinatra.
Synopsis
The show follows the lives of Al Bundy, a once-glorious high school football player turned hard-luck salesman of women's shoes, his wife, Peggy, a tartish, uneducated housewife known for her large red bouffant hairdo, 1960s clothes and funny walk due to always wearing high heels, and their two children: Kelly, their attractive, promiscuous, dim-witted daughter, and Bud, their unpopular and girl-crazy but intelligent son (as the only Bundy who ever attended college). Their neighbors are the upwardly mobile Steve and Marcy Rhoades. (Marcy later marries second husband Jefferson D'Arcy.) Most storylines involve a scheming Al being foiled by his cartoonish dim wit and bad luck. His rivalry and loathing of Marcy also play a significant role in most episodes.
Characters
Al Bundy
The head of the Bundy family, Al (Ed O'Neill) is doomed to fail in all aspirations because of the 'Bundy curse'. Once a promising fullback for fictional Polk High School (his proudest moment in life was running for four touchdowns in a single game), he was on his way to college on a scholarship until he impregnated his girlfriend, married her, broke his leg, and ended up a shoe salesman at Gary's Shoes in the New Market Mall. Al often spends time attempting to recapture his glory days but is usually undermined in spectacular fashion by bad luck and poor judgment. He considers his family to be the cause of his failures, and his resentment of them (and fear of having sex with his wife) provides much of the show's humor. However, Al is still devoted to them, given that he protectively beats up Kelly's boyfriends, once threatened a male stripper that "if my wife loses anything down your pants, so will you," once gave his entire paycheck to Bud to enjoy his eighteenth birthday at the nudie bar, and holds down a lousy job to put food on the table. Despite his yearning for "the touch of a beautiful woman," he always passes on those rare temptations, once explaining, "I actually kinda like my family." He frequents "nudie bars" and strip joints with his friends. The only thing that seems to consistently put him in the mood for his wife is watching her do manual labor, which virtually never happens. It is mentioned in a Season 5 episode, aired in 1990, that Al is 43, which means his age pays homage to his real-life self, Ed O'Neill, who was also 43 at the time. Al has extremely severe foot odor, prefers the escapism of television and bowling over his dysfunctional family and life of drudgery and starvation (as Peg refuses to cook, she claims that she is allergic to fire, despite the fact that she smokes.), and is often seen in his trademark couch-potato pose — seated on the sofa with one hand stuck under the waistband of his pants. The foot odor is not his only health problem, for once in 1983 he had a bad case of dandruff. He also has terrible teeth, as noted in the episode "Tooth or Consequences" where his extremely poor dental hygiene (green, black, bleeding and loose teeth amongst them) leads to a trip to the dentist with typical bad luck results.
Al's favorite television series, the fictional Psycho Dad, was a source of joy and entertainment that Al seemingly at times wanted to emulate. He would hum the words to the theme song and pretend to "shoot" his fictional gun while watching the show. Much like Al's family, "Psycho Dad" was tormented by his family and was stated to kill his wife and get revenge on his children in the opening credits and during various fictional "airings" of the episode though no video was ever shown. His other joys were Westerns, often John Wayne films, most notably "Hondo" where Peg's family ruined his recording of the movie by taping over it with a song dedicated to Peg. He has also referenced "Shane" where the Wanker clan ruined his enjoyment of that movie.
Al also has his "faithful" Dodge that invariably had bad brakes, no brakes, constant break-downs and numerous other problems associated with its age. At the time of the fourth season at least, Al was still paying it off, despite it being over 20 years old and by the eighth season, had passed one million miles.
The producers originally wanted to cast comedian Sam Kinison as Al Bundy. However, they ultimately chose not to, due to the profaneness of Kinison's comedy routines. Kinison would later play Al's guardian angel in the episode "It's a Bundyful Life", spoofing Frank Capra's It's a Wonderful Life. The producers also considered Michael Richards for the role.
Peggy Bundy
Margaret "Peggy" Bundy (Katey Sagal) is Al's very lazy high school drop-out housewife. She refuses to cook or to clean the house, and prefers shopping for new clothes to washing them and does not even think of having a job. During the day, she likes to watch all the daytime talk shows, sitting on the beloved family couch and eating tons of bonbons (without getting fat, amazingly enough). Her favorite TV shows are Oprah and The Phil Donahue Show, but also enjoys watching the Home Shopping Network. Peggy is a red-head with the bouffant hairdo and usually wears 1960s-styled fashion with tight pants and stiletto heels, which makes her walk in a unique way.
Despite her inappropriate behavior, she generally appeals to men, including Al whenever she does work. Like Al, she would never cheat on her partner -- but unlike Al, enjoys marital sex. She frequents strip joints with male dancers, causing some of them to establish the "Bundy rule" -- where women can no longer go into the back rooms to meet the dancers. Her maiden name is Wanker, and her family hails from the fictitious rural Wanker County, Wisconsin, where "As Einstein put it, everyone's relative." At Peg and Al's high school reunion one rival muttered "Peg, Peggy Wanker don't bother to thank her." What is never made clear is how she managed to go to high school with Al when her parents apparently never left Wanker County. During Season 6, Katey Sagal got pregnant in real-life so it was written into the show. Sadly, Katey delivered a stillborn child so in true 'Dallas' fashion, the writers made the whole storyline into one of Al's nightmares. Katey was pregnant again twice in the series' run, but instead of writing her pregnancies into the show, the producers either used camera shots from above the stomach or wrote episodes without the character of Peggy.
The producers originally wanted Roseanne Barr to play Peggy Bundy, but she declined and the producers cast Katey Sagal.
Kelly Bundy
Kelly (Christina Applegate) is the oldest child in the Bundy family, born in approximately 1972 or 1973 on November 27 or sometime before February 19 as noted in "Peggy Turns 300," where Kelly says her birthday is in February but erroneously refers to herself as an "Aquarium" instead of Aquarius. "Pumpkin," as Al often calls her, is a promiscuous bimbo and stereotypical "dumb blonde." She may have inherited her behavior from her mother, known as "The Big Easy" in high school. Peg has attempted to convey some of her other "values" to Kelly, most notably advice on how to avoid working.
During the series' run, Kelly got progressively more stupid. Intially, she was not the stereotypical dumb blonde bimbo she eventually becomes known for being. In one episode, a flashback to Kelly's childhood reveals her to once be a prodigious reader until she banged her head during a road trip, instantly changing her personality to prefer focusing on her "shiny, shiny shoes." The show hints to her amazing intrinsic intellectual ability, which only exhibits itself on those rare occasions when she is not preoccupied with her social standing or the opposite sex. For instance, she can predict the next number drawn on a roulette wheel, but only after letting her mind go blank. When properly motivated, she is able to solve complex mathematical equations, such as her calculation of the trajectory to shoot garbage bags into the D'Arcys' yard from a self-built catapult. It has been demonstrated that she can absorb a limited amount of information very well, but will forget something that she learned in the past once her limit is reached. She is also known to display excellent hand-eye coordination when playing pool or performing archery.
Kelly's comedic function tends to include blatant displays of naïvete and ignorance, with the typical response by the family of willfully allowing her to remain ignorant. Bud in particular likes to sow misconceptions in her mind. For example, she asks Bud to help her with her book report on Robinson Crusoe but ends up reviewing Gilligan's Island instead. Her family is surprised to learn that she earned her high school diploma in 1990 -- but when she receives her diploma through the mail after finishing summer school, she asks her mother to read it to her. She then worked as a model and waitress. She had become a bottle-blonde at an early age at her mother's encouragement after a boy at school liked a natural blonde more than Kelly. (Years afterward, neither can remember their own natural hair-color). She is obsessed with boys, hair bleach and the telephone. Kelly was not allowed to have sleepovers or birthday parties from age eight to age sixteen, thanks to an experience she had at age eight, where "the judge wanted to trial [her] as an adult!"
Though she often pokes fun at her younger brother Bud for being an underdeveloped, pubescent horndog, she usually seems to be proud of him whenever he manages to get an attractive date. On at least one occasion, she has also avenged Bud by humiliating a girl that humiliated him. For a short time, Bud is her official agent, entitled to 80% of her earnings. Kelly is very fond of her pets, even when unable to sufficiently care for them. Buck, the family dog, was generally considered to be hers, and she was the most upset when he died. However, when Buck was to be neutered, Al (not wanting to have Buck fixed) says "Buck is Bud's dog and we have to get Bud's permission." But Peg asks Bud if it is ok to neuter "his" dog, Bud does not seem to care and simply says "sure".
Her favorite comic strip is Garfield. Her less-than-stellar reading skills led to many comedic situations in which she would read the Garfield comic aloud, mispronouncing lasagne as "luh-SAG-nee." She also watches cartoons such as Looney Tunes under the impression that it is a nature show.
The show, and specifically Christina Applegate's character, is referenced in the movie Donnie Darko.
Bud Bundy
Budrick Franklin "Bud" Bundy (David Faustino) is the second child, born around 1974. He was named after Al's favorite beer, Budweiser. The first word Bud spoke was "hooters." He believes himself to be attractive, sexy and smooth, but often is typically caught in sexually humiliating scenarios. He is also shorter in stature than his sister, and a lot shorter than his mother. He does not appear to know how to impress women upon meeting them and is often rejected. It is unclear when he actually lost his virginity, as it was depicted that he may have bedded women as far back as age 14, but in the fourth season it is mentioned that he is still a virgin. Later in the series, he manages to have one-night-stands, including one with his cousin's fiancee, played by Joey Lauren Adams. He tries to get girls with the help of various alter-egos, including street rapper 'Grandmaster B' -- a persona often ridiculed by his family with the epithets 'Bed-wetter B', 'Cross-Dresser B', 'Grandma B', 'Grand bastard', 'Grand Marshall B', "Buderace", etc. (Interestingly, David Faustino has actually been featured in a few rap albums in real life, and manages a nightclub.) Another alter-ego is 'Cool Bud', Bud's sexual, suave side with which he eventually 'merges', prompting him to become more 'cool'. Bud has been known to fail at romance, as those attracted to him are often undesirable (such as fat hotel guests, dowdy college librarians, and male hotel workers). Bud also takes an interest in Marcy; when Steve leaves her, he actively pursues her. After playing a trick on Kelly to prove her stupidity, Kelly proves not to be so foolish by making Bud and Mrs Rhoades falsely believe they spent the night together. (Bud asks Marcy, "You are on the pill right?" In response, Marcy looks nervous).
Out of the Bundys, Bud seems to be the most ashamed of the family as he often pretends to not know them. He is also arguably the most academically intelligent. He ridicules Kelly as a promiscuous dimwit, and although he quite frequently uses her ignorance to his benefit, he occasionally feels obliged to defend her when others exploit her foolishness -- but he is known to scheme against his own family. He makes honor roll throughout high school, and gets himself through college (and even earns scholarship money which his family spends without his consent). During his college years, Bud is portrayed as the leader in his social circle (most of whom are stereotypical "losers"), as he appears to be the only one with the least bit of self-confidence. He is also Kelly's agent, receiving 80% of everything she makes.
Although he is occasionally bullied and beaten by bigger men, Bud has inherited his father's talents for fistfighting, once teaming up with Al to singlehandedly beat up an entire gang of teenage punks while helping Peg's father find a bear from Wanker County on the loose in Chicago. In two episodes, he has also assisted his fellow Bundys when they brawl with another family -- Al beats up the father, Peg beats up the mother, Kelly beats up the daughter and Bud beats up the son. On his eighteenth birthday, Bud also helped Al at a strip club brawl.
Buck
Buck (voiceover by writer Kevin Curran; on special episodes Buck is voiced by Cheech Marin) is the family dog. He is often "heard" by the audience through voiceovers that tell what is on his mind. He is just as disgusted with the family as the others. Peggy dotes on him, sometimes even cooking for him. Though extremely lazy, Buck has a huge, insatible sexual appetite, having at one point impregnating all the female dogs in the neighborhood. He died at one point in the series to allow the ten-year-old Briard that portrayed him to retire, although he was immediately reincarnated as Lucky.
Lucky
A character whose voiceovers were performed by writer Kevin Curran, Lucky is the spaniel that the family gets after Buck dies. He is the reincarnation of Buck, but no one in the family ever realizes this. In the episode "Lez Be Friends", the Bundy kids have difficulty entertaining a depressed Lucky; it is revealed that Lucky is gay, with a leather-clad pit bull as a companion.
Seven
Seven-year-old Seven (Shane Sweet) is adopted by the Bundy family after being abandoned by his own parents, cousins of Peggy from Wanker County (Linda Blair, Bob Goldthwait). True to the Bundy name, he quickly proves himself to be manipulative, conniving, and good in a fist fight. Although the character was intended to generate fresh storylines, the show's writers ultimately found it difficult to work the boy into the show’s adult-themed scripts. The character was abruptly dropped to the delight of the viewers. (A poll showed that more than 80% of the viewers did not like that character). His final appearance was in the episode "Peggy And The Pirates" where Peggy sends him off to bed so that she can make love to Al. The character was never to be mentioned again, except for three occasions in Season 8. one in which his face appears on the side of a milk carton over the words, “Have you seen me?” Another instance is when Marcy and Jefferson comes over to inform the family that Seven has been staying with them, and has learned to chant "Kill the Bundys" with the neighborhood. In episode 0823 ("Kelly knows Something"), when Al is teaching sports trivia to Kelly we see numerous (many essential) facts leaving her brain as she is learning. A picture of Seven flows out of her brain, indicating that she will no longer remember him. During Seven's time on the show the title was changed to "Married... With More Children." See also: Jumping the Shark.
Peggy's mother
Heard only in frightening voiceovers by Kathleen Freeman and ground-shaking gags (making her an unseen character), she lives with the Bundys in later seasons. There are vague and comical references to her gigantic weight. This woman is mostly the victim of Al's abrasive, behind-the-back, and hatred-filled insults. She was set to be played by Divine, who died before production. She works a phone sex line under the moniker "Butter."
Peggy's father
Ephraim Wanker, Peggy's father, was played by Tim Conway, appearing occasionally in the last three seasons. It is implied that he was drunk and held a shotgun to Al's head at Al's and Peggy's wedding. (He calls Peggy by her true name "Margaret"). Unlike many other sitcoms, where the father-in-law usually disapproves of the husband having married his daughter, Peg's father approves of Al so much so that he held a gun to Al's head to force him to follow through on the marriage Al had drunkenly proposed to Peg, although Ephraim implied in "The Joke's on Al" that the gun wasn't loaded at the time.
The head of the Bundy family, Al (Ed O'Neill) is doomed to fail in all aspirations because of the 'Bundy curse'. Once a promising fullback for fictional Polk High School (his proudest moment in life was running for four touchdowns in a single game), he was on his way to college on a scholarship until he impregnated his girlfriend, married her, broke his leg, and ended up a shoe salesman at Gary's Shoes in the New Market Mall. Al often spends time attempting to recapture his glory days but is usually undermined in spectacular fashion by bad luck and poor judgment. He considers his family to be the cause of his failures, and his resentment of them (and fear of having sex with his wife) provides much of the show's humor. However, Al is still devoted to them, given that he protectively beats up Kelly's boyfriends, once threatened a male stripper that "if my wife loses anything down your pants, so will you," once gave his entire paycheck to Bud to enjoy his eighteenth birthday at the nudie bar, and holds down a lousy job to put food on the table. Despite his yearning for "the touch of a beautiful woman," he always passes on those rare temptations, once explaining, "I actually kinda like my family." He frequents "nudie bars" and strip joints with his friends. The only thing that seems to consistently put him in the mood for his wife is watching her do manual labor, which virtually never happens. It is mentioned in a Season 5 episode, aired in 1990, that Al is 43, which means his age pays homage to his real-life self, Ed O'Neill, who was also 43 at the time. Al has extremely severe foot odor, prefers the escapism of television and bowling over his dysfunctional family and life of drudgery and starvation (as Peg refuses to cook, she claims that she is allergic to fire, despite the fact that she smokes.), and is often seen in his trademark couch-potato pose — seated on the sofa with one hand stuck under the waistband of his pants. The foot odor is not his only health problem, for once in 1983 he had a bad case of dandruff. He also has terrible teeth, as noted in the episode "Tooth or Consequences" where his extremely poor dental hygiene (green, black, bleeding and loose teeth amongst them) leads to a trip to the dentist with typical bad luck results.
Al's favorite television series, the fictional Psycho Dad, was a source of joy and entertainment that Al seemingly at times wanted to emulate. He would hum the words to the theme song and pretend to "shoot" his fictional gun while watching the show. Much like Al's family, "Psycho Dad" was tormented by his family and was stated to kill his wife and get revenge on his children in the opening credits and during various fictional "airings" of the episode though no video was ever shown. His other joys were Westerns, often John Wayne films, most notably "Hondo" where Peg's family ruined his recording of the movie by taping over it with a song dedicated to Peg. He has also referenced "Shane" where the Wanker clan ruined his enjoyment of that movie.
Al also has his "faithful" Dodge that invariably had bad brakes, no brakes, constant break-downs and numerous other problems associated with its age. At the time of the fourth season at least, Al was still paying it off, despite it being over 20 years old and by the eighth season, had passed one million miles.
The producers originally wanted to cast comedian Sam Kinison as Al Bundy. However, they ultimately chose not to, due to the profaneness of Kinison's comedy routines. Kinison would later play Al's guardian angel in the episode "It's a Bundyful Life", spoofing Frank Capra's It's a Wonderful Life. The producers also considered Michael Richards for the role.
Peggy Bundy
Margaret "Peggy" Bundy (Katey Sagal) is Al's very lazy high school drop-out housewife. She refuses to cook or to clean the house, and prefers shopping for new clothes to washing them and does not even think of having a job. During the day, she likes to watch all the daytime talk shows, sitting on the beloved family couch and eating tons of bonbons (without getting fat, amazingly enough). Her favorite TV shows are Oprah and The Phil Donahue Show, but also enjoys watching the Home Shopping Network. Peggy is a red-head with the bouffant hairdo and usually wears 1960s-styled fashion with tight pants and stiletto heels, which makes her walk in a unique way.
Despite her inappropriate behavior, she generally appeals to men, including Al whenever she does work. Like Al, she would never cheat on her partner -- but unlike Al, enjoys marital sex. She frequents strip joints with male dancers, causing some of them to establish the "Bundy rule" -- where women can no longer go into the back rooms to meet the dancers. Her maiden name is Wanker, and her family hails from the fictitious rural Wanker County, Wisconsin, where "As Einstein put it, everyone's relative." At Peg and Al's high school reunion one rival muttered "Peg, Peggy Wanker don't bother to thank her." What is never made clear is how she managed to go to high school with Al when her parents apparently never left Wanker County. During Season 6, Katey Sagal got pregnant in real-life so it was written into the show. Sadly, Katey delivered a stillborn child so in true 'Dallas' fashion, the writers made the whole storyline into one of Al's nightmares. Katey was pregnant again twice in the series' run, but instead of writing her pregnancies into the show, the producers either used camera shots from above the stomach or wrote episodes without the character of Peggy.
The producers originally wanted Roseanne Barr to play Peggy Bundy, but she declined and the producers cast Katey Sagal.
Kelly Bundy
Kelly (Christina Applegate) is the oldest child in the Bundy family, born in approximately 1972 or 1973 on November 27 or sometime before February 19 as noted in "Peggy Turns 300," where Kelly says her birthday is in February but erroneously refers to herself as an "Aquarium" instead of Aquarius. "Pumpkin," as Al often calls her, is a promiscuous bimbo and stereotypical "dumb blonde." She may have inherited her behavior from her mother, known as "The Big Easy" in high school. Peg has attempted to convey some of her other "values" to Kelly, most notably advice on how to avoid working.
During the series' run, Kelly got progressively more stupid. Intially, she was not the stereotypical dumb blonde bimbo she eventually becomes known for being. In one episode, a flashback to Kelly's childhood reveals her to once be a prodigious reader until she banged her head during a road trip, instantly changing her personality to prefer focusing on her "shiny, shiny shoes." The show hints to her amazing intrinsic intellectual ability, which only exhibits itself on those rare occasions when she is not preoccupied with her social standing or the opposite sex. For instance, she can predict the next number drawn on a roulette wheel, but only after letting her mind go blank. When properly motivated, she is able to solve complex mathematical equations, such as her calculation of the trajectory to shoot garbage bags into the D'Arcys' yard from a self-built catapult. It has been demonstrated that she can absorb a limited amount of information very well, but will forget something that she learned in the past once her limit is reached. She is also known to display excellent hand-eye coordination when playing pool or performing archery.
Kelly's comedic function tends to include blatant displays of naïvete and ignorance, with the typical response by the family of willfully allowing her to remain ignorant. Bud in particular likes to sow misconceptions in her mind. For example, she asks Bud to help her with her book report on Robinson Crusoe but ends up reviewing Gilligan's Island instead. Her family is surprised to learn that she earned her high school diploma in 1990 -- but when she receives her diploma through the mail after finishing summer school, she asks her mother to read it to her. She then worked as a model and waitress. She had become a bottle-blonde at an early age at her mother's encouragement after a boy at school liked a natural blonde more than Kelly. (Years afterward, neither can remember their own natural hair-color). She is obsessed with boys, hair bleach and the telephone. Kelly was not allowed to have sleepovers or birthday parties from age eight to age sixteen, thanks to an experience she had at age eight, where "the judge wanted to trial [her] as an adult!"
Though she often pokes fun at her younger brother Bud for being an underdeveloped, pubescent horndog, she usually seems to be proud of him whenever he manages to get an attractive date. On at least one occasion, she has also avenged Bud by humiliating a girl that humiliated him. For a short time, Bud is her official agent, entitled to 80% of her earnings. Kelly is very fond of her pets, even when unable to sufficiently care for them. Buck, the family dog, was generally considered to be hers, and she was the most upset when he died. However, when Buck was to be neutered, Al (not wanting to have Buck fixed) says "Buck is Bud's dog and we have to get Bud's permission." But Peg asks Bud if it is ok to neuter "his" dog, Bud does not seem to care and simply says "sure".
Her favorite comic strip is Garfield. Her less-than-stellar reading skills led to many comedic situations in which she would read the Garfield comic aloud, mispronouncing lasagne as "luh-SAG-nee." She also watches cartoons such as Looney Tunes under the impression that it is a nature show.
The show, and specifically Christina Applegate's character, is referenced in the movie Donnie Darko.
Bud Bundy
Budrick Franklin "Bud" Bundy (David Faustino) is the second child, born around 1974. He was named after Al's favorite beer, Budweiser. The first word Bud spoke was "hooters." He believes himself to be attractive, sexy and smooth, but often is typically caught in sexually humiliating scenarios. He is also shorter in stature than his sister, and a lot shorter than his mother. He does not appear to know how to impress women upon meeting them and is often rejected. It is unclear when he actually lost his virginity, as it was depicted that he may have bedded women as far back as age 14, but in the fourth season it is mentioned that he is still a virgin. Later in the series, he manages to have one-night-stands, including one with his cousin's fiancee, played by Joey Lauren Adams. He tries to get girls with the help of various alter-egos, including street rapper 'Grandmaster B' -- a persona often ridiculed by his family with the epithets 'Bed-wetter B', 'Cross-Dresser B', 'Grandma B', 'Grand bastard', 'Grand Marshall B', "Buderace", etc. (Interestingly, David Faustino has actually been featured in a few rap albums in real life, and manages a nightclub.) Another alter-ego is 'Cool Bud', Bud's sexual, suave side with which he eventually 'merges', prompting him to become more 'cool'. Bud has been known to fail at romance, as those attracted to him are often undesirable (such as fat hotel guests, dowdy college librarians, and male hotel workers). Bud also takes an interest in Marcy; when Steve leaves her, he actively pursues her. After playing a trick on Kelly to prove her stupidity, Kelly proves not to be so foolish by making Bud and Mrs Rhoades falsely believe they spent the night together. (Bud asks Marcy, "You are on the pill right?" In response, Marcy looks nervous).
Out of the Bundys, Bud seems to be the most ashamed of the family as he often pretends to not know them. He is also arguably the most academically intelligent. He ridicules Kelly as a promiscuous dimwit, and although he quite frequently uses her ignorance to his benefit, he occasionally feels obliged to defend her when others exploit her foolishness -- but he is known to scheme against his own family. He makes honor roll throughout high school, and gets himself through college (and even earns scholarship money which his family spends without his consent). During his college years, Bud is portrayed as the leader in his social circle (most of whom are stereotypical "losers"), as he appears to be the only one with the least bit of self-confidence. He is also Kelly's agent, receiving 80% of everything she makes.
Although he is occasionally bullied and beaten by bigger men, Bud has inherited his father's talents for fistfighting, once teaming up with Al to singlehandedly beat up an entire gang of teenage punks while helping Peg's father find a bear from Wanker County on the loose in Chicago. In two episodes, he has also assisted his fellow Bundys when they brawl with another family -- Al beats up the father, Peg beats up the mother, Kelly beats up the daughter and Bud beats up the son. On his eighteenth birthday, Bud also helped Al at a strip club brawl.
Buck
Buck (voiceover by writer Kevin Curran; on special episodes Buck is voiced by Cheech Marin) is the family dog. He is often "heard" by the audience through voiceovers that tell what is on his mind. He is just as disgusted with the family as the others. Peggy dotes on him, sometimes even cooking for him. Though extremely lazy, Buck has a huge, insatible sexual appetite, having at one point impregnating all the female dogs in the neighborhood. He died at one point in the series to allow the ten-year-old Briard that portrayed him to retire, although he was immediately reincarnated as Lucky.
Lucky
A character whose voiceovers were performed by writer Kevin Curran, Lucky is the spaniel that the family gets after Buck dies. He is the reincarnation of Buck, but no one in the family ever realizes this. In the episode "Lez Be Friends", the Bundy kids have difficulty entertaining a depressed Lucky; it is revealed that Lucky is gay, with a leather-clad pit bull as a companion.
Seven
Seven-year-old Seven (Shane Sweet) is adopted by the Bundy family after being abandoned by his own parents, cousins of Peggy from Wanker County (Linda Blair, Bob Goldthwait). True to the Bundy name, he quickly proves himself to be manipulative, conniving, and good in a fist fight. Although the character was intended to generate fresh storylines, the show's writers ultimately found it difficult to work the boy into the show’s adult-themed scripts. The character was abruptly dropped to the delight of the viewers. (A poll showed that more than 80% of the viewers did not like that character). His final appearance was in the episode "Peggy And The Pirates" where Peggy sends him off to bed so that she can make love to Al. The character was never to be mentioned again, except for three occasions in Season 8. one in which his face appears on the side of a milk carton over the words, “Have you seen me?” Another instance is when Marcy and Jefferson comes over to inform the family that Seven has been staying with them, and has learned to chant "Kill the Bundys" with the neighborhood. In episode 0823 ("Kelly knows Something"), when Al is teaching sports trivia to Kelly we see numerous (many essential) facts leaving her brain as she is learning. A picture of Seven flows out of her brain, indicating that she will no longer remember him. During Seven's time on the show the title was changed to "Married... With More Children." See also: Jumping the Shark.
Peggy's mother
Heard only in frightening voiceovers by Kathleen Freeman and ground-shaking gags (making her an unseen character), she lives with the Bundys in later seasons. There are vague and comical references to her gigantic weight. This woman is mostly the victim of Al's abrasive, behind-the-back, and hatred-filled insults. She was set to be played by Divine, who died before production. She works a phone sex line under the moniker "Butter."
Peggy's father
Ephraim Wanker, Peggy's father, was played by Tim Conway, appearing occasionally in the last three seasons. It is implied that he was drunk and held a shotgun to Al's head at Al's and Peggy's wedding. (He calls Peggy by her true name "Margaret"). Unlike many other sitcoms, where the father-in-law usually disapproves of the husband having married his daughter, Peg's father approves of Al so much so that he held a gun to Al's head to force him to follow through on the marriage Al had drunkenly proposed to Peg, although Ephraim implied in "The Joke's on Al" that the gun wasn't loaded at the time.
Bundy Family' s neighbors
Marcy D'Arcy
Marcy D'Arcy (Marcy Rhoades from Episodes 0101-0512, played by Amanda Bearse) is Peggy's best friend, Al's nemesis, and the family's next-door neighbor. Though she considers herself to be better than the Bundy family, Marcy often sinks to their level. She originally worked as a loan officer at the city bank (in a higher position than her husband Steve), and then as the manager of the Kyoto National Bank since the second season. But for a brief time, she was demoted to drive-up window teller as punishment for approving a loan Al could not repay. She wins back her old job after frugging on her boss's desk for 20 minutes, clad only in a slip, while the other drive-up window tellers toss quarters at her.
Initially, Marcy was a sweet, wholesome newlywed, but years of living next to the Bundys apparently warped her into a character almost as outrageous as the Bundys. She contemptuously bickers with Al, and revels at his misery. Marcy seems to have a disturbing dark side and enjoys sharing her past memories with Peg, but often tends to get lost in them. At various points in the series she is identified as Republican who looks down on the lower class Bundy clan, but at other times she is portrayed as a man-hating radical feminist and environmentalist. Al's most frequent targets are Marcy's tiny chest and her chickenlike stance when annoyed.
One of the running gags in the series has Marcy often mistaken for a young boy; when she reminisces about her first training bra, Al asks "How old were you then - twenty-five?!". Her cousin Mandy (also played by real-life lesbian Bearse) is a lesbian. Despite wanting to appear prudish, Marcy is shown to be a very sexual person, and it is revealed to have a rather sordid sexual history, such as the "Little Bo Peep and the Cop" game.
Although Marcy and Al are usually adversaries, they often unite in common causes such as when Steve loses his job and later when Jefferson comes into the series. Their teamwork is attributable to the fact that they are both breadwinners, giving them occasional moments of mutual understanding.
Steve Rhoades
Steven "Steve" Bartholomew Rhoades (David Garrison) is Marcy's first husband. He is a banker who seems unfazed by his lower position than Marcy at the city bank. (When Marcy moves up to a high position at another bank, he gets her former job). Steve initially condescends to the Bundys but eventually becomes more like them, and generally turns to Al for male bonding. Marcy was initially attracted to him because of his self-centered materialism.
Steve seemed to be a fairly demure and buttoned-down character, compared to his wife and the Bundys, although he did show a dark side. As a banker, Steve took sadistic pleasure in humiliating people who bullied him in high school by making his former tormentors (many of whom were stuck in poor, dead-end jobs similar to Al's) grovel for bank loans, which he flatly refused. Steve also got his job as Dean of Bud's college by blackmailing the man who employed him as a chauffeur.
Steve was written out of the show in the middle of the fourth season; Garrison had decided he no longer wanted to be tied down to a weekly television series, preferring to avoid being typecast in one role, and to devote more time to his first love: stage acting. He reached an agreement with FOX to buy out the remainder of his contract. In the final episode shot (though confusingly, not the final episode aired) in which he was a regular character, Steve is disenchanted with his and Marcy's yuppie lifestyle and is increasingly interested in becoming an outdoorsman (a real-life interest of Garrison's). He then disappears, with the explanation that he left Marcy to become a forest ranger at Yosemite National Park. Prior to disappearing, his last job was as a "pooper scooper" at an exotic pet shop. In later seasons, Garrison would reprise the Steve Rhoades character on four occasions, returning to guest star in individual episodes (with Steve having pursued other careers in the meantime), as he eventually returns to professional life to become the Dean of Bud's college. This episode was to be the pilot of a spin-off series that never happened.
Jefferson D'Arcy
Jefferson Milhouse D'Arcy (Ted McGinley) is Marcy's second husband (age unknown but younger than Steve Rhoades), a prettyboy who marries her for money. Self-centered and lazy, he is a male equivalent of Peggy. Marcy met Jefferson (a bartender) at his workplace after a bankers' convention, where she got drunk and found herself married to him the next morning; she was horrified to find out that her name was now Marcy D'Arcy. He is the closest friend of Al and often angers Marcy when bonding with him; unlike Steve Rhoades, who was more of a foil or straight man to Al, Jefferson tends to be very encouraging and attuned to Al's behavior. Marcy constantly bosses around Jefferson to keep him in check. However, behind her back, Jefferson often insults Marcy and ignores her orders. When Marcy's favorite squirrel Zippy dies, Jefferson tells her that he would give it a proper burial, only to punt it out of his sight when Marcy turns around.
Jefferson is a member of "NO MA'AM" along with Al, wearing the trademark T-shirt, but he always keeps a clean "YES MA'AM" T-shirt on underneath, which he quickly reveals if Marcy is about to bust one of NO MA'AM's activities. He seems very afraid of provoking his wife's anger, and his fear is justified-in one episode after he angered Marcy, she kicked him in the behind so hard he had to go to the hospital to get her boot removed from his nether regions.
Marcy constantly hounds Jefferson to get a job. However, on the rare occasions when he actually gets one (working at the shoe store, being cast as an actor in a commercial, working as an aerobics instructor) he usually ends up working with beautiful women, which prompts a jealous Marcy to make him quit and return to his de facto job as her gigolo. This tendency runs in the D'Arcy family, as Jefferson's father also worked as a gigolo and his mother worked as an exotic dancer before she was eaten by her snake at an airport.
He is easily the most financially scheming character of the show -- even more than the Bundys. Often, when Al stumbles into a unique lucrative opportunity, Jefferson typically persuades Al to take advantage of it. When Al was robbed in his shoe store, Jefferson convinced him to sue the mall while feigning psychological trauma. When Al discovered hidden shoes that he stocked away in the 1970s, Jefferson convinced him to use the shoes as a new gimmick for the store by taking advantage of the old trend's popularity. When discovering Al's boss Gary was using illegal sweatshops to manufacture the shoes, Jefferson assists Al in a search for incriminating evidence. When Bud was involved in a romantic relationship with the (surprising to the characters, female) Gary (played by Janet Carroll), Jefferson convinced Al to permit the relationship so Al can milk Gary out for her money through his son. After discovering that they were in possession of private pictures of Shannon Tweed in sexually provocative manners, Jefferson convinced Al to sell it to the media. During a rare time in which Al is struck with good luck, Jefferson persuades him into a high-stakes poker game with a group of criminals. Jefferson also convinced Al to go home to have sex with his wife so Al could win a radio contest cash prize.
Ted McGinley had appeared previously as Peggy's husband, Mr. Norman Jablonski, in the second part of "It's a Bundyful Life", where Al's guardian angel (Sam Kinison) shows Al what his family would have become if he was never born. The episode lightly parodies Capra's It's a Wonderful Life.
Amber
Amber (Juliet Tablak) is Marcy's niece. Amber's mother sent her to Marcy to get her out of her bad L.A. neighborhood. Bud keeps on trying to bed her, but succeeds only once (0904) — and that may have been a dream, as his fantasies about her became a central issue in the later episode 0923. After season nine, Amber disappears without explanation. Like most females on the sitcom, she is typically repulsed by his objectifying views of females. However, she does appear to demonstrate an attraction to Bud (remarking to Kelly in private that she thinks he is cute), and freely kisses him as a way of saying goodbye.
Marcy D'Arcy (Marcy Rhoades from Episodes 0101-0512, played by Amanda Bearse) is Peggy's best friend, Al's nemesis, and the family's next-door neighbor. Though she considers herself to be better than the Bundy family, Marcy often sinks to their level. She originally worked as a loan officer at the city bank (in a higher position than her husband Steve), and then as the manager of the Kyoto National Bank since the second season. But for a brief time, she was demoted to drive-up window teller as punishment for approving a loan Al could not repay. She wins back her old job after frugging on her boss's desk for 20 minutes, clad only in a slip, while the other drive-up window tellers toss quarters at her.
Initially, Marcy was a sweet, wholesome newlywed, but years of living next to the Bundys apparently warped her into a character almost as outrageous as the Bundys. She contemptuously bickers with Al, and revels at his misery. Marcy seems to have a disturbing dark side and enjoys sharing her past memories with Peg, but often tends to get lost in them. At various points in the series she is identified as Republican who looks down on the lower class Bundy clan, but at other times she is portrayed as a man-hating radical feminist and environmentalist. Al's most frequent targets are Marcy's tiny chest and her chickenlike stance when annoyed.
One of the running gags in the series has Marcy often mistaken for a young boy; when she reminisces about her first training bra, Al asks "How old were you then - twenty-five?!". Her cousin Mandy (also played by real-life lesbian Bearse) is a lesbian. Despite wanting to appear prudish, Marcy is shown to be a very sexual person, and it is revealed to have a rather sordid sexual history, such as the "Little Bo Peep and the Cop" game.
Although Marcy and Al are usually adversaries, they often unite in common causes such as when Steve loses his job and later when Jefferson comes into the series. Their teamwork is attributable to the fact that they are both breadwinners, giving them occasional moments of mutual understanding.
Steve Rhoades
Steven "Steve" Bartholomew Rhoades (David Garrison) is Marcy's first husband. He is a banker who seems unfazed by his lower position than Marcy at the city bank. (When Marcy moves up to a high position at another bank, he gets her former job). Steve initially condescends to the Bundys but eventually becomes more like them, and generally turns to Al for male bonding. Marcy was initially attracted to him because of his self-centered materialism.
Steve seemed to be a fairly demure and buttoned-down character, compared to his wife and the Bundys, although he did show a dark side. As a banker, Steve took sadistic pleasure in humiliating people who bullied him in high school by making his former tormentors (many of whom were stuck in poor, dead-end jobs similar to Al's) grovel for bank loans, which he flatly refused. Steve also got his job as Dean of Bud's college by blackmailing the man who employed him as a chauffeur.
Steve was written out of the show in the middle of the fourth season; Garrison had decided he no longer wanted to be tied down to a weekly television series, preferring to avoid being typecast in one role, and to devote more time to his first love: stage acting. He reached an agreement with FOX to buy out the remainder of his contract. In the final episode shot (though confusingly, not the final episode aired) in which he was a regular character, Steve is disenchanted with his and Marcy's yuppie lifestyle and is increasingly interested in becoming an outdoorsman (a real-life interest of Garrison's). He then disappears, with the explanation that he left Marcy to become a forest ranger at Yosemite National Park. Prior to disappearing, his last job was as a "pooper scooper" at an exotic pet shop. In later seasons, Garrison would reprise the Steve Rhoades character on four occasions, returning to guest star in individual episodes (with Steve having pursued other careers in the meantime), as he eventually returns to professional life to become the Dean of Bud's college. This episode was to be the pilot of a spin-off series that never happened.
Jefferson D'Arcy
Jefferson Milhouse D'Arcy (Ted McGinley) is Marcy's second husband (age unknown but younger than Steve Rhoades), a prettyboy who marries her for money. Self-centered and lazy, he is a male equivalent of Peggy. Marcy met Jefferson (a bartender) at his workplace after a bankers' convention, where she got drunk and found herself married to him the next morning; she was horrified to find out that her name was now Marcy D'Arcy. He is the closest friend of Al and often angers Marcy when bonding with him; unlike Steve Rhoades, who was more of a foil or straight man to Al, Jefferson tends to be very encouraging and attuned to Al's behavior. Marcy constantly bosses around Jefferson to keep him in check. However, behind her back, Jefferson often insults Marcy and ignores her orders. When Marcy's favorite squirrel Zippy dies, Jefferson tells her that he would give it a proper burial, only to punt it out of his sight when Marcy turns around.
Jefferson is a member of "NO MA'AM" along with Al, wearing the trademark T-shirt, but he always keeps a clean "YES MA'AM" T-shirt on underneath, which he quickly reveals if Marcy is about to bust one of NO MA'AM's activities. He seems very afraid of provoking his wife's anger, and his fear is justified-in one episode after he angered Marcy, she kicked him in the behind so hard he had to go to the hospital to get her boot removed from his nether regions.
Marcy constantly hounds Jefferson to get a job. However, on the rare occasions when he actually gets one (working at the shoe store, being cast as an actor in a commercial, working as an aerobics instructor) he usually ends up working with beautiful women, which prompts a jealous Marcy to make him quit and return to his de facto job as her gigolo. This tendency runs in the D'Arcy family, as Jefferson's father also worked as a gigolo and his mother worked as an exotic dancer before she was eaten by her snake at an airport.
He is easily the most financially scheming character of the show -- even more than the Bundys. Often, when Al stumbles into a unique lucrative opportunity, Jefferson typically persuades Al to take advantage of it. When Al was robbed in his shoe store, Jefferson convinced him to sue the mall while feigning psychological trauma. When Al discovered hidden shoes that he stocked away in the 1970s, Jefferson convinced him to use the shoes as a new gimmick for the store by taking advantage of the old trend's popularity. When discovering Al's boss Gary was using illegal sweatshops to manufacture the shoes, Jefferson assists Al in a search for incriminating evidence. When Bud was involved in a romantic relationship with the (surprising to the characters, female) Gary (played by Janet Carroll), Jefferson convinced Al to permit the relationship so Al can milk Gary out for her money through his son. After discovering that they were in possession of private pictures of Shannon Tweed in sexually provocative manners, Jefferson convinced Al to sell it to the media. During a rare time in which Al is struck with good luck, Jefferson persuades him into a high-stakes poker game with a group of criminals. Jefferson also convinced Al to go home to have sex with his wife so Al could win a radio contest cash prize.
Ted McGinley had appeared previously as Peggy's husband, Mr. Norman Jablonski, in the second part of "It's a Bundyful Life", where Al's guardian angel (Sam Kinison) shows Al what his family would have become if he was never born. The episode lightly parodies Capra's It's a Wonderful Life.
Amber
Amber (Juliet Tablak) is Marcy's niece. Amber's mother sent her to Marcy to get her out of her bad L.A. neighborhood. Bud keeps on trying to bed her, but succeeds only once (0904) — and that may have been a dream, as his fantasies about her became a central issue in the later episode 0923. After season nine, Amber disappears without explanation. Like most females on the sitcom, she is typically repulsed by his objectifying views of females. However, she does appear to demonstrate an attraction to Bud (remarking to Kelly in private that she thinks he is cute), and freely kisses him as a way of saying goodbye.
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