re: Would Al Bundy be considered a Racist and Sexist and homophobe today?

Yes.

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They are tough. They can handle it.

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And they really didn't get along all that well on the set.

One, two, three, four, you’re going to fall through the floor.

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Lol, Married with Children would last 2 episodes before the cancels got to it.

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They tried to cancel it when it first came out and the attention actually boosted viewership

How an activist named Terry Rakolta tried—and failed—to convince Middle America to stop watching “Married … With Children.” She might have saved Fox.

The voice of Homer Simpson.

Al Bundy is the man!

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If you are remembering Al Bundy as the relatable, "stand-in for the audience" protagonist of that show, then you are misremembering that show. He was meant to be a ridiculous id who would do, say, and think things you never would. A caricature

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I don't think Al was ever meant to be a "stand-in for the audience", but i think you're selling his character a bit short also. He was a caricature, but of the guy everybody knows who peaked in high school. No one on that show was meant as an audience stand in. They were all irredeemable in their own way.

His relatability is 100% tied to him saying and at times doing things people wish they could.

Ed O'Neil and Amanda bearse didn't like each other in real life.


“I remember one instance where she was getting married to the more female... a lovely girl by the way, and the invitations went out and I didn't get one, and neither did David Faustino.

“[She said] ’This was a very tough call, but I just feel that you would find it amusing that me and Becky would come in tuxedos in a church and walk down the aisle, and you and David would be snickering and finding it funny.’ I said, ‘Amanda, what is funny about two women in tuxedos, walking down to church?’ I started laughing and she said, ‘See!’ And I said, ‘Well, you know why? Because it is fricking funny and I'm not going to be the only one that doesn't think so.’ But it was funny. She had a little white tux and, to me, it was funny. But in other words, she may not have been wrong in excluding me.

“Another time we got in a big fight over something stupid in the makeup room. And she said something about you're a bully or something, and I said, ‘Well, you're miserable.’ It was just bad... In front of everybody, by the way. And then I said, ‘You're not very bright, is your problem.’ And she was bright, but in a way she wasn't because I said look... She said, ‘I’m not bright?’ And I could just see her gearing up, like ‘I’m smarter than you.’

“And I said ‘No, because I'll tell you why. I have a button I could push. That button says ‘Get rid of Amanda Bearse.’ You don't have a button that says get rid of it Ed O'Neill. Your button doesn't work. Mine works.’ Now, this was a mean thing to say: I never was going to push that button, but it was true. I could go to them and say ‘I can't work with her. I go or she does.’ Who goes? So that was kind of bad.”


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M...WC is one of the most underrated shows ever. It's insanely funny, and even holds up really well today. Sure, most of the jokes and dialogue wouldn't fly if they were made today, but that's because the world is pussified now. But man, I catch it in reruns on WGN every now and then and it cracks me up constantly.

I also think most people nowadays don't realize that this show made Fox as a legit network, and that it ran for 11 seasons. That's a crazy good run for a sitcom.

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pretty much called Marcy a lesbian every episode.

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To be fair, Amanda Bearse did consume more carpet than the scrap floors of Dalton.