I'm almost certain that without Married With Children there would have been no Malcolm in the Middle. We often compare Malcolm to The Simpsons, but for me the real connection is Married with Children.
@@petergriffin513 it took me a while to get it. It refers to an obese woman shoe customer being so large that he would need to drive to get around to her backside, but that his car wouldn't be able to make it because it only has a half a tank of gas. I had heard that line about 20 times before I understood it.
he did an interview about ten years ago or so where he said for a while after the show ended he did have a problem with people coming up to him and calling him Al because he thought he was going to be typecast for the rest of his career... to his credit he said he stopped reacting negatively to the attention after a while because he realized how lucky he was the character and show were such a success.
I do not think he is. He saw a lot of success on Modern Family. I think he has gotten his nut in life. Everyone loves him and it is really tough to get just one great show, and he has had two highly successful shows.
The one where his uncle died and Jefferson comes over, sits down beside him, and says “Sorry to hear about your uncle, Al …. do you wanna go have a beer?”, and Al replies “maybe later, after you’re gone.”
One of my favourite lines is when Marcie turns up at the door with a chicken on a plate, and Al says "I didn't know your were expecting" 🤣 absolute gold.
It’s surreal to hear Ed talk about married with children after all these years , wow ! Thank you sir for all the laughter, the Bundy’s hold a special place in my heart!
There are two great long format interviews with Ed you might want to check out. One with the archive of American Television (watch?v=Gp9Q7WQyLEg) and the other on Kevin Pollaks Chat Show (/watch?v=GGD83M4e0vc)
I grew up on Married...With Children and believe you me when I say I get accused by so many for being inappropriate and not nice, but those who grew up on that sitcom know I'm a kind person who is just channeling that sense of humor, and those who don't need to develop some social and emotional intelligence to interpret complex characters.
Ed O Neil needs to be more on the Rich Eisen show and talk about Married With Children because it is the funniest sitcom 🤣🤣🤣. Also I wish Ed would appear on First Take.
This is all very interesting, but let's not forget: In 1966, Al Bundy scored four touchdowns in a single game while playing for the Polk High School Panthers in the 1966 city championship game versus Andrew Johnson High School, including the game-winning touchdown in the final seconds against his old nemesis, Bubba "Spare Tire" Dixon.
You mean the one where Santa jumped out of the plane and his shoot didn't open and he landed in Al's back yard? If that's what your referring to that was a classic. That was one of the five top best with Steve Rhoads.
Al “4 Touchdowns in a single game” Bundy! Shoestore customer: “Well I have bad just about enough from you.” Al: “Well you wouldn’t say that if I came with fries and a medium drink.” 😅
Al Bundy is one of my heros. He and Willey Cyotee. Why? Because they both had unwaivering perserveance. My favorite episode of Married With Children is when he returned the long overdue library book. His line after the librarian called him a loser sums up the lives of many people. It went something like this. "Every morning I get up to a wife and kids who don't love me and get ready to go to job I hate and I know that right now is the best this day is going to be. Then I drive in traffic for an hour and spend 8 hours at that job I hate, then spend another hour in traffic to get back home to the wife and kids who don't love me. And for the shear fact that I have not put a gun in my mouth and pulled the trigger, makes me a winner."
Best line ever from Al Bundy and the greatest ever line is at the shoe store and that big woman says ( how dare you say that to my face and Al comes back with I'd say it behind your back but my car only has a half of a tank of gas ) still to me the funniest line ever in TV history 🤣🤣🤣🤣 number 2 of course is when Peggy came home and asked Al ( did you miss me Al with ever bullet so far Peg ) 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Yes! That "1/2 tank of gas" line is the funniest line of them all! I like to think that was Ed's favorite too, but he just didn't remember it when asked during this interview.
Only if it was filmed in the same format and resolution, but update the aspect ratio. I hate how modern remakes of shows look so clean and artificial. Every set looks like a set.
@@stevenobrien557 It would hinge on them all coming back to do it especially Kelly and Bud to have the kids, and then of course for it to still be as biting and as hilarious as it was and still is. Problem is no network would ever show it these days.
One of the things I have always appreciated about this program is the way the Bundys interact with each other. Despite their frequent disagreements and conflicts, they remain loyal to one another and are always willing to defend each other against outsiders.
I'm pretty sure Peg doesn't say that, it's Bud and Kelly who talk about "Toaster Shakins", you can find this scene on TH-cam. Or maybe you mean a different episode? I do remember this one, and it's also great: Al: "What's for dinner?" Peg: "Nothing." Al: "We had that last night. But you sure know how to make it."
When I move to Hollywood in February of 89 the biggest secret was you could walk down to Sunset Gower Studios stand in line to get tickets to see a Married with Children taping did that numerous times such fun Ed O'Neill Katey Sagal were awesome to watch
Grew up outside of Youngstown, Ohio. And even though the show was set in Chicago, Mr. O'Neill always made the show feel like it was one of us, two streets over. It was just the attitude, the delivery, the outlook NE Ohio had on a person's soul. Like, whatever you did, you'll never escape.
Al- “Who’s that riding into the sun? Who’s the man with the itchy gun? Who’s the Man who kills for fun? PSYCHO DAD! PSYCHO DAD! Psycho Dad! Psycho Dad!
For me the best line will always be when Al tries to tell Kelly she'll always be his baby girl and shows her a picture of her that he keeps in his wallet, Kelly says it's not her and Bud says "That's the picture that came with the wallet." Al responds "Hey, when I bought this wallet, I had a choice - a little boy or a little girl. I picked the little girl. She's symbolic." So Kelly screams "She's Chinese, Dad!" to which Al automatically replies *"That's what I was hoping you would be!"*... that made Kelly cry "Oh, Daddy... I'm sorry I'm not Chinese..." That entire scene is a comedic masterpiece but that one l8ne Al delivers, priceless.
Al insults fat woman in the shoe store........ Fat woman says "How DARE you say that to my face!" Al says: "Well I'd say it behind your back, but my car only has a half a tank of gas!!" One of the best sitcoms ever, and Ed made the whole show.
The you need a q-tip line is my favorite as well. However, my most favorite moment is the very last seconds of one of the episodes that I don't remember which season it was then, but I'll jump out of a plane without a parachute
Peg - Hi honey, did you miss me?
Al - With every bullet so far! 😂
💯
A classic
One of the best sitcom lines ever
I say this to the Mrs every so often
This is the line that always sticks with me. Great delivery, too.
"Pretty Woman make us buy beer....Ugly women make us drink beer" 😄 🤣
My friend and I crack up at that one every time. And we don't even drink beer, it was just funny
Can they do that? Sue on behalf of the ugly? I got four words for ya. Attorney General Janet Reno. LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Exactly
I liked Marcy's retort: "... and if you were any more of a pig, kids could put quarters in your back!"
Ha this is up there with my favorite...loved that show and still do!
Al Bundy is one of the greatest sitcom characters ever, period.
KING of all men
@@harkbelial 🫡🍻
I'm almost certain that without Married With Children there would have been no Malcolm in the Middle. We often compare Malcolm to The Simpsons, but for me the real connection is Married with Children.
That sitcom would be cancelled today but the obnoxious lefties, thank God we grew-up in the 80's!!!!!
@@AntonioBarsanio
At the time it was the christians' right-wingers how wanted to cancel the show.
"How dare you say that to my face!"
"Well, I'd say it behind your back, but my car's only got half a tank of GAS!" My favorite Al Bundy line 😂
Can you explain this line to me?
And?
@@petergriffin513 it took me a while to get it. It refers to an obese woman shoe customer being so large that he would need to drive to get around to her backside, but that his car wouldn't be able to make it because it only has a half a tank of gas.
I had heard that line about 20 times before I understood it.
Al to Marc how to improve her attractiveness.
''Shave back of your head, tattoo Cindy Crawford's face. Learn to walk backwards''
@@Banana_Split_Cream_Buns Ohh. lol. Now it makes sense. Thanks a lot for the explaination!
Love the fact that Ed owns Al Bundy, never tried to distance himself from the character.
Absolutely. So sick of people turning on their classic characters that made them famous.
that's true. I liked that
he did an interview about ten years ago or so where he said for a while after the show ended he did have a problem with people coming up to him and calling him Al because he thought he was going to be typecast for the rest of his career... to his credit he said he stopped reacting negatively to the attention after a while because he realized how lucky he was the character and show were such a success.
@@redomega24 he based his character on his real life uncle.
Very great point! He's a living legend
Marcy walks in holding a chicken. "I didn't know you were expecting" 😂😂😂😂
😂😂😂😂
In my opinion, Married with Children is THE BEST sitcom EVER! Love it For Ever! Ed was BORN for this role!
Exacto!!
Kelly - "Daddy beat him up."
Al - "Of course Pumpkin."
The movie theatre episode is my favorite episode. I could only hope to be a great father like Al when Kelly said that.
Fun fact: David Boreanaz (Buffy/Bones/Seal Team) played the guy Al beat up.
Peg - I kinda see myself in a Jaguar.
Al - Oh, if only we could find one that hungry.
Thats actually a good one
Hahaha….😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣….. 99 thumbs up….congrats to 100‼️
lol
"That bastard! Guys like that deserve what they get!"
"He's getting your wife!"
"Let the punishment fit the crime!" 😅
That's a great line
Fun fact: Pete was played by the voice of Homer Simpson
😂😂😂
"Let me get this straight......pardon the expression".
"You cook, work, and love sports? .... I love you!"
This gentleman is considered to be one of the biggest stars in TV history and still Ed O’Neil is CRIMINALLY underrated.
I do not think he is. He saw a lot of success on Modern Family. I think he has gotten his nut in life. Everyone loves him and it is really tough to get just one great show, and he has had two highly successful shows.
He is not under-rated ! That's why he is still working well into his 60s !!! He is super talented.
Being considered a legend isn't underrated.
Al Bundy we need him in 2024
This world needs him, truth!
The world needs more Al Bundy and less Ned Flanders
@@lylebaierlein419 Amen! Good one 🙏🤣
Agreee!
And Patrice O'Neal.
Must be something to that O'Neal name, regardless of spelling. Poking holes in hypocrisy and promoting fun over feelings.
“Marci, let me explain something to you in your language…cluck cluck, cluck cluck cluck cluck..” dead 💀 😂
The one where his uncle died and Jefferson comes over, sits down beside him, and says “Sorry to hear about your uncle, Al …. do you wanna go have a beer?”, and Al replies “maybe later, after you’re gone.”
Nerds, nerds, nerds, nerds!
I can listen to these Married with Children stories ALL DAY😂
I wish this video was a lot longer.
"Married with grandchildren" would be the bomb!
Not a bad idea.
I highly vouch for this. And as and old grandpa he is just grumpy by choice :D imagine.
I agree, but the Woke Police would never let it happen. They have killed comedy.
Unfortunately Kristina Applegate is dealing with severe MS.
@@82584 Christina*
One of my favourite lines is when Marcie turns up at the door with a chicken on a plate, and Al says "I didn't know your were expecting" 🤣 absolute gold.
It’s surreal to hear Ed talk about married with children after all these years , wow ! Thank you sir for all the laughter, the Bundy’s hold a special place in my heart!
There are two great long format interviews with Ed you might want to check out. One with the archive of American Television (watch?v=Gp9Q7WQyLEg) and the other on Kevin Pollaks Chat Show (/watch?v=GGD83M4e0vc)
Ed had started in 2 of the best comedy shows I've seen. Married with children, and Modern family. Al Bundy will forever be a legend.
I wonder if he knows how many fans he has around the world legend fucking legend
“Let’s Rock.”
"Bad To The Bone" starts playing.
Let's boogie..
Big Mama wants wrestle again......
“It’s hooter time”
Classic
“I never wanted to get married, I got married. I never wanted to have kids, I got two. What the hell happened to me!”
Please get counseling
He's quoting the show
Same here...😂😂
The episode with the supermarket competition is epic😂
that's 2 episodes
Marcy being ran over with the shopping carriage.
"Ahhh! I'm blind and smell like a summer rain!"
Peg-" Al, did u miss me?"
Al- "With every bullet so far." 😅
One of my most favourite shows as a kid . Man I loved married with children
“1,2,3,4 You’re gonna fall through the floor!”
from my favorite episode - "expired drivers licence, why cant a marriage licence do that"
"What's that toilet got that I don't got?"
"A JOB!!"
Yes! He remembered my favorite one! “You need a Q-Tip?!”
Yeah there are so many great one liners and 2 great stories.
I grew up on Married...With Children and believe you me when I say I get accused by so many for being inappropriate and not nice, but those who grew up on that sitcom know I'm a kind person who is just channeling that sense of humor, and those who don't need to develop some social and emotional intelligence to interpret complex characters.
Still the greatest show ever. Al Bundy is by far the best TV character.
Ed is a legend. Best show to ever exist.
Thank you Ed... can't put my appreciation into words when it comes to your participation in that show. Thank you
When Al's wearing glasses and sees Peg's picture for the first time and goes "What The Hell Is This" 😂😂
Al- who is this
Bud- uh dad that's mom
Al- all this is just too much
Ed O Neil needs to be more on the Rich Eisen show and talk about Married With Children because it is the funniest sitcom 🤣🤣🤣. Also I wish Ed would appear on First Take.
This is all very interesting, but let's not forget:
In 1966, Al Bundy scored four touchdowns in a single game while playing for the Polk High School Panthers in the 1966 city championship game versus Andrew Johnson High School, including the game-winning touchdown in the final seconds against his old nemesis, Bubba "Spare Tire" Dixon.
Peg - "Will you miss me,Al?"
Al - "Well, I can't until you leave!"
Their first Christmas episode is an all-time classic of dark humor.
You mean the one where Santa jumped out of the plane and his shoot didn't open and he landed in Al's back yard? If that's what your referring to that was a classic. That was one of the five top best with Steve Rhoads.
Love that episode one of absolute favourites! 😂😂😂
The Sam Kinnison episode was to absolutely criminal😅
@@sethwetzel974 Marcy : "Oh, my God, oh, my God"
Al : "will you keep her quiet?? We're trying to have a Christmas here!"
@@lsd8497 Thats a great one too!!!!! Thanks for reminding me!!!! LOL!!!!
"Some people don't find that funny", well those people are no friends of mine.
One of the best Shows OFALLTIME
Ed O Neil still has the voice of Al Bundy , everyone is laughing 🤣🤣🤣
WTF?? Of course he DOES, because that's HIS REAL VOICE
@@BAKER22-l4uha!!! I just said the same thing!
DERP!!!!
I always wanted a reboot of the show. Married with Grandchildren
Even if it was a made for TV movie .
Al “4 Touchdowns in a single game” Bundy!
Shoestore customer: “Well I have bad just about enough from you.”
Al: “Well you wouldn’t say that if I came with fries and a medium drink.” 😅
"You'll be hearing from my attorney!"
"Is that the law offices of Haagen and Daz?" 😅
Al: “You know, medium. The size between small and you.”
Al Bundy is one of my heros. He and Willey Cyotee. Why? Because they both had unwaivering perserveance. My favorite episode of Married With Children is when he returned the long overdue library book. His line after the librarian called him a loser sums up the lives of many people. It went something like this. "Every morning I get up to a wife and kids who don't love me and get ready to go to job I hate and I know that right now is the best this day is going to be. Then I drive in traffic for an hour and spend 8 hours at that job I hate, then spend another hour in traffic to get back home to the wife and kids who don't love me. And for the shear fact that I have not put a gun in my mouth and pulled the trigger, makes me a winner."
Peggy- "Al,do you know what I want?"
Al- "A chocolate couch?"
haha...well yeah...
Best line ever from Al Bundy and the greatest ever line is at the shoe store and that big woman says ( how dare you say that to my face and Al comes back with I'd say it behind your back but my car only has a half of a tank of gas ) still to me the funniest line ever in TV history 🤣🤣🤣🤣 number 2 of course is when Peggy came home and asked Al ( did you miss me Al with ever bullet so far Peg ) 🤣🤣🤣🤣
There were a million of them, I just can't recall at the moment. Some of his insults toward Marcy were the best!
Get counseling
@@johns7530 Marcy, you know it's a crime to impersonate the kid from Home Improvement.
@@johns7530 Kid - "I want a balloon..." Al - "You've already got one..."
Yes! That "1/2 tank of gas" line is the funniest line of them all! I like to think that was Ed's favorite too, but he just didn't remember it when asked during this interview.
Back in the day when people had real feelings and we could laugh at them and love them even more
Jefferson was so underrated making the show funnier with Marcy and Al talking crap to each other 😅
Still have my NO MA'AM shirt!
I don't normally want this but I would DEFINITELY watch a Married w/ Children 2.0, with him as a grandfather.
Only if it was filmed in the same format and resolution, but update the aspect ratio. I hate how modern remakes of shows look so clean and artificial. Every set looks like a set.
It would hinge on Marcy.
@@stevenobrien557 It would hinge on them all coming back to do it especially Kelly and Bud to have the kids, and then of course for it to still be as biting and as hilarious as it was and still is. Problem is no network would ever show it these days.
@draiguk Kelly and Bud are superfluous, their characters were teenagers. The most easiest to replace.
With a cop knocking at the door and a Kennedy on the floor.....at the Nudy Bar!!
Ironically, there is a lot of stuff you can learn from the wrong.
Such a fantastic show.
Amazing 😂😂😂 just pure gold!!
To me he is the best actor to ever be on TV and Al Bundy is a legend and will go down as a legend in American history
Bryan Cranston from breaking bad
One of the things I have always appreciated about this program is the way the Bundys interact with each other. Despite their frequent disagreements and conflicts, they remain loyal to one another and are always willing to defend each other against outsiders.
“Do you mind?!?!! I’m trying to get an all over tan!”
Al, “you’re asking an awful lot of the sun”😆
my favorite line was, "hey Peg, whats for dinner?" Peg tapped the toaster and said "Toaster Leavins"
"Nut n honey cereal?"
I'm pretty sure Peg doesn't say that, it's Bud and Kelly who talk about "Toaster Shakins", you can find this scene on TH-cam. Or maybe you mean a different episode?
I do remember this one, and it's also great:
Al: "What's for dinner?"
Peg: "Nothing."
Al: "We had that last night. But you sure know how to make it."
I prefer a Tangwich myself.
To this day still one of my favorite shows, still cracks me up everytime!😆
"It's wrong but it's funny" - the whole point of the show. 👍
When I move to Hollywood in February of 89 the biggest secret was you could walk down to Sunset Gower Studios stand in line to get tickets to see a Married with Children taping did that numerous times such fun Ed O'Neill Katey Sagal were awesome to watch
4 TOUCHDOWNS IN ONE GAME LADIES AND GENTLEMEN ! What a LEGEND!
My favorite clip is when Peg walks and goes "Hey Al, did you miss me?"
And Al goes, "With every bullet so far."
Oh my!!. I love him so much. I literally watch this show every day in 2024 and for the rest of my life❤
Best TV Comedy Show ever. Ed O'Neill is amazing
Easily
"Well if I wanted you to know I would be talking"
First episode, bombshell like this one. Oh dear, ive watched this show like 4 times.
Grew up outside of Youngstown, Ohio.
And even though the show was set in Chicago, Mr. O'Neill always made the show feel like it was one of us, two streets over.
It was just the attitude, the delivery, the outlook NE Ohio had on a person's soul.
Like, whatever you did, you'll never escape.
Peg: "Al rub my feet"
Al: "Peg I wouldn't rub that if a genie popped out of it"
The best sitcom ever made. Al bundy is legendary
God that is a legendary show !!!!! Couldn't be made in today's world !!!! Everyone should watch Al Bundy's greatest insults ! Go Polk High
Al Bundy was a great character, made even better by the way Ed O'Neil played him.
The Bundy's rule. Love and marriage. Al you will never be forgotten
Married with Children will always be one of the funniest shows to me XD
Everyone played their parts perfectly XD
Al- “Who’s that riding into the sun?
Who’s the man with the itchy gun?
Who’s the Man who kills for fun?
PSYCHO DAD! PSYCHO DAD! Psycho Dad! Psycho Dad!
I remember the q tip line from the episode. Had me rolling! 😂
For me the best line will always be when Al tries to tell Kelly she'll always be his baby girl and shows her a picture of her that he keeps in his wallet, Kelly says it's not her and Bud says "That's the picture that came with the wallet."
Al responds "Hey, when I bought this wallet, I had a choice - a little boy or a little girl. I picked the little girl. She's symbolic."
So Kelly screams "She's Chinese, Dad!" to which Al automatically replies *"That's what I was hoping you would be!"*... that made Kelly cry "Oh, Daddy... I'm sorry I'm not Chinese..."
That entire scene is a comedic masterpiece but that one l8ne Al delivers, priceless.
My favorite part of Al was as much as he seemingly hated his family, he was fiercely loyal to all of them
It's the generation that watched this show that loved it and still laughed today because we were raised to be tough
No were weren't. We were raised to be insensitive. Either way, makes the show funny AF.
@@someoneontheinternet3090 however you look at it we are the best generation 🤣
this was and still is one of the greatest sitcoms ever...
Al and the cast were just so magical.....
Fantastic writing and fantastic acting back in the day.
Ed is so down to earth always cracks me up. I bet he's never out of his Al Bundy character even at home with his family
Al's one liners are the best to this day
I actually learned something from this sitcom. I never got hitched! And I'm grateful for that!
Al insults fat woman in the shoe store........
Fat woman says "How DARE you say that to my face!"
Al says: "Well I'd say it behind your back, but my car only has a half a tank of gas!!"
One of the best sitcoms ever, and Ed made the whole show.
"And my Dodge quit running." A line said every day at least a million times.
A couple of my favorite lines: "Why go out for milk when you've got a cow at home" and "A man's home is his coffin"
He is actually approving any of Al's lines. So does every man.
Al pulls in the garage...
"No breaks, no breaks, no breaks!"
The one when Bud finding the girl: "Mom, Dad... This is Tiffany" and Al: "Welcome home Tiff..." 🤣🤣💗✨
Hollywood would mess up any kind of Married with Children reboot. Let it be a thing that happened in the 80s/90s and leave it alone.
Yes, a woke Al Bundy wouldn't work.
"What about me dad?"
"YOU NEED A Q-TIP!!!???" 🤣
“Anyway…… there was this stampede at the shoe store today…….”
I miss the fat jokes, nothing like it left
@@kapytanhookpeople are to sensitive.
That Qtip part is also one of my favourites. Love Married with Children. This and MASH were the best sitcoms ever
Don’t forget the Honeymooners .
Still the most memorable to me, was the episode that Al gets glasses and he looks at Peggy's photo.
I'm still watching the show...
The Married w/Children pulls off humor coyote/roadrunner style - brutal but no one gets hurt
The you need a q-tip line is my favorite as well. However, my most favorite moment is the very last seconds of one of the episodes that I don't remember which season it was then, but I'll jump out of a plane without a parachute
My favorite, link from the show, from a vague memory:
PEG: Al, what are you thinking?
Al: If I wanted you to know, I'd be talking.
Imagine being Him and watching old reruns of his show! That’s got to be some sort of feeling 😁
GREATEST. SITCOME.
I grew up with Al and he was and will always remain my FAVORITE TV character and Dad ❤
I love love love him!!