In Praise Of Married With Children

I haven't, but I'd love to see them.

Agreed for the most part, thought I'm less a fan of the No Ma'am stuff, because a) it took Al away from the family too much, and that is where the heart of the show is (and also, Jefferson <<<<<< Steve), and b) that was around the point the show started running on fumes.

Bearse's behind-the-scenes involvement interests as me as well for a somewhat less definable reason: while the show was unquestionably, however cheerfully, trashy, its treatment of minorities granted them visibility without the pious condescension that was de rigueur at the time. I'm thinking of the episode where Peggy goes out dancing and starts regularly meeting up with a man who (unbeknownst to her) is actually gay. When the man's partner (played by Dan Castellaneta!) tracks down Al to let him know what's going on, the man ends up cooking Al a meal and watching football with him, at which point Al feels it necessary to track down and tell off his partner for going out every night (with Peg) when he has a wonderful man who loves to cook and watch football, i.e. - everything that Al would want in a partner, minus the "big 'uns." Yes, that is probably horribly retrograde in its own way, and yes, the episode does end with the punchline of Al breaking it to Peg that the man she thought wanted her "was a homo," but I kind of appreciate the show's lowbrow take on sexual politics compared to the "lets have a gay character to teach everyone about acceptance" mode that was the standard of the day.

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bit I always loved...

Mailman: Are you that NO MA'AM guy on the news?

Marcy: He's also Arnold the pig on Green Acres.

Mailman: All of these letters are from guys that support your cause.

Marcy: How would you know that?

Mailman: We open them.

it's literally the foundation of every sitcom ever

if the other weren't so funny they wouldn't be the other

I fucking hate this show so much

lol you're such a marcy

was this show the beginning of the "all zingers all the time" sitcom format? idk what before this really compares but there are definitely a lot of modern sitcoms that try (and fail) to replicate what this show did

Two and a Half Men, Big Bang Theory, Lorre shit is descended from this

or any of those CBS sitcoms I only ever know because of commercials during football

Remember seeing the father playing Popeye Doyle in something years ago.

Dutch

I've seen a few episodes of Two & a Half Men and I definitely think its the spiritual successor to this show, except its a lot less funny

eh i think one was a show when you were a kid and one wasn't

true but MWC does still make me laugh today

tbf the early seasons of 2.5 men (when the kid was still little) were kinda funny