Married... with Children
8.197%7.7
With a pay check that is lower than what the local beggar is earning, and with a wife and two children whose only interest is to rob him of his last cents, shoe-salesman Al Bundy is lucky if he can sit down in front of the TV with an ice-cold beer, or sneak out to the local Nudy bar every Tuesday night. Life isn't what it used to be when he was the star of the high-school football team, and when he scored four touch-downs in a single game.
Richard reviewed
October 18, 2025•
Saw this one on Dutch TV in the late '80s, early '90s.
As a teen, it felt like forbidden comedy: loud, crude and gloriously wrong.
Al Bundy, the shoe salesman with a dead-end job and a family that treats him like furniture.
Peggy’s laziness, Kelly’s airheadedness, Bud’s desperation, it was all exaggerated and that was the point.
The jokes were raunchy, the insults relentless and the laugh track never took a break.
It mocked everything: marriage, work, gender roles, even the audience.
Could this be made today? Not like this.
The show thrived on politically incorrect humor that would trigger a thousand think pieces now. But back then, it was cathartic chaos.
Richard reviewed
October 18, 2025•
Saw this one on Dutch TV in the late '80s, early '90s.
As a teen, it felt like forbidden comedy: loud, crude and gloriously wrong.
Al Bundy, the shoe salesman with a dead-end job and a family that treats him like furniture.
Peggy’s laziness, Kelly’s airheadedness, Bud’s desperation, it was all exaggerated and that was the point.
The jokes were raunchy, the insults relentless and the laugh track never took a break.
It mocked everything: marriage, work, gender roles, even the audience.
Could this be made today? Not like this.
The show thrived on politically incorrect humor that would trigger a thousand think pieces now. But back then, it was cathartic chaos.
