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Title:The TV Chatter Notes Conference
Notice:Welcome to TV Chatter :-)
Moderator:PASTA::PIERCE
Created:Wed Dec 16 1992
Last Modified:Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:498
Total number of notes:5416

342.0. "Married with Children" by SWAM1::MEUSE_DA () Tue Feb 07 1995 08:35

    
    
    
    
    
    Last night they had the 200th episode 1 hour special. Pretty good
    show, but I've seen all so it's was rerun for me.
    
    Anybody know what year this long running comedy started. Was it
    1986, I missed that point?
    
    
    Dave
    
    
    
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342.1NETRIX::michaudChristina ApplegateTue Feb 07 1995 08:5816
> Last night they had the 200th episode 1 hour special. Pretty good
> show, but I've seen all so it's was rerun for me.

	Me thinks you fell asleep within the first 1/2 hour.  Unlike
	most 100th/200th type episodes, it wasn't a just collection of
	clips from previous shows.  In this case the 1st 1/2 hour was,
	but the 2nd 1/2 hour was the actual "200th episode" (ie. a brand
	new episode).

> Anybody know what year this long running comedy started. Was it
> 1986, I missed that point?

	The first year they showed when they started showing clips was 1987
	so I'm guessing that was the first year the show ran.  Ed O'Neil
	was briefly interviewed and mentioned that MWC was the 1st FOX
	show, so it would also be whatever year FOX went on the air....
342.2the Dodge is red.SWAM1::MEUSE_DATue Feb 07 1995 09:247
    
    Thx.
    
    And Ed O'Neil thought it would only last 6 shows.
    
    Dave
    
342.3Still funny!STAR::SROBERTSONWed Apr 05 1995 04:223
    And it's still one of the funniest shows on the air...Oh Al...
    
    Sandra
342.4is Married still on the air? hmmm, thanksDZIGN::BIBEAULTMon Nov 04 1996 15:381
342.5Saturday night?STAR::AWARNERTue Nov 05 1996 15:053
342.6thanks, but not on Sat anymore. I think the plug was pulledDZIGN::BIBEAULTWed Nov 06 1996 16:462
342.711/10 from 7:00 - 8:00 ESTTLE::INGRAMoopsThu Nov 07 1996 19:336
342.8JULIET::CORDES_JAEight Tigers on My CouchMon Nov 11 1996 18:274
342.9Goodbye Al and familySWAM1::MEUSE_DAWed Apr 23 1997 21:1010
    
    After 11 years, the last show of this series will be shown in 
      May.
    
    Not as funny as it used to be, but has provided a lot of laughs
    over the years.
    
    
     
    
342.10Farewell BundysEVMS::chiles.zko.dec.com::dkoskoDavid KoskoThu Apr 24 1997 14:006
I'll certainly add another appreciative farewell.  The show has had its ups 
and downs, but over the years it has been one of the most consistently funny 
programs on TV.  Eleven years!  That's quite an accomplishment.

cheers,
dave
342.11MRPTH1::16.34.80.132::slablabounty@mail.dec.comWed May 21 1997 19:165
Has the last episode already aired?

Was it any good?  And does anybody near MRO have it on tape?

342.12summary of end episodeUFP::BOBBJanet Bobb dtn:339-5755Thu May 22 1997 22:4149
    The last episode aired a few weeks ago.  quick summary after formfeed
    I'll preface by saying I usually don't watch this show, but have caught
    an occassional late-night rerun of previous season episodes, so I'm not
    up on current happenings.
    
    Generally ok episode. I haven't been a big fan, so don't know how it
    rates with others.  There were no good-byes or on-camera/after the fact
    scenes. Considering how long it's been on, I thought that odd. 
    
    
    
    spoilers of end episode
    
    
    Kelly's boyfriend gets out of jail and proposes marriage. Give's kelly
    a big ring - peg and Kelly remark over what a wonderful cubic zurconium
    (SP?) it is when the female next door neighbor  figures out it's real
    and several carats. In the meantime Al  objects until he finds out the
    guy is the heir to a wealthy family (I forget what they do - but cheese
    or some other type of food).  Wedding is planned. during the bridal
    shower kelly gets a variety of gifts (kitchen stuff) and has no idea
    what they are. A large colender ends up one her head when she figures
    it a hat.  Then one night before the wedding, Al and friends are out at
    a strip joint and run into the fiance, with a variety of strippers
    hanging off him.  Al gives him grief for being there before the wedding
    and when the kid points out that Al's there, Al's comeback is something
    to the affect that he's been married for xxx years and has earned the
    right.  Sends fiance away.
    
    At the wedding, Bud asks the family if they have any daughters - yes -
    he figures he'll marry well too, but then meets the daughter, shorter
    than him, weighing quite a bit more and ready to lasso and hogtie him.
    The rest of the episode has him trying to hide from her with various
    pieces of his clothing torn off. Wedding is about to start when the
    groom while inside the house alone with the next door neighbor makes a
    pass at her. She fends him off, goes outside, sits with her husband (is
    he still her husband) tells him, he tells someone else, etc. It passes
    down the line of guest until peg/al hear. Al stops the wedding. kelly
    is upset until the groom admits he made a pass and why should getting
    married make any difference. Find out his folks also agree with this
    and that he's been married at least 2 maybe 3 times before this. Al
    makes a speech about even though marriage is awful (and his usual
    complaints) but Bundy's still with it,no matter how awful and painful
    it is. And his little girl deserves better.  Wedding called off. Fiance
    and family leave. Bud weighs whether the money is worth the sister,
    decides no. Kelly is comforted first by family but then by all her "ex"
    boyfriends who've shown up at the wedding, making up most of the
    "bride's" side of the aisle (weeping).