Wait A Minute... Ed O'Neill Was Almost FIRED From 'Married with Children'?!

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[@watchforsmiles]

Wouldn't have been "Married With Children" without him!

[@ryangrissom1948]

Wouldn't have made it past the first season.

[@KingDizzleLTDinc.]

Just can’t see no one else playing Al Bundy except Ed O’Neil

[@johnnyfreeman1018]

No Ed.....NO SHOW.....He was the glue that held it together and made it hilarious......

[@cleetusvd072]

at least Diller can admit he was wrong Ed

[@AceOfTheWorld72]

What makes you say this?

[@brrrrrrrrino]

@@AceOfTheWorld72because Ed O’Neil IS Al Bundy. There’s no way the show would have done as well as it did had Al been played by someone else

[@Afrimusican]

11 years later though? Nah Diller was clearly a studio hack that couldn't recognize talent

[@opvikes7599]

The Goat of shows.

[@keithadams2368]

NO MAAM😂😂😂We need this group today

[@segagenesis7708]

When a driver’s side airbag was called a Mother-in-Law.

[@adam_sweeney]

Best show ever!!

[@PhantomFilmAustralia]

The funny thing is, they re-shot the pilot. In the original, Tina Caspary played the role of Kelly Bundy, while Hunter Carson played Bud. The original kids were fired for not lack of chemistry and understanding of the humor, and were swapped out for Christina Applegate and David Faustino for the pilot re-shoot.

[@johnlind8653]

Brilliant 👏

[@user-bq9oz4mm5v]

I suppose putting loads of money into something and having a actor who's got no track record I can understand diller but thank god they never got rid of Ed he was fantastic so funny and his facial expression 😂 lived it but at least diller apologized

[@robbieanderson184]

At least he owned up to it.

[@Kendell062]

A lot of people would never admit they were wrong, Married With Children must have made Fox a ton of money.

[@robertsullivan4773]

Oddly I never watched the show just a few episodes. I really have to see if it available somewhere.

[@scottowens8474]

Its one of those things where I guess there were plenty of more qualified candidates to play Al Bundy than Ed. But sitting here now , having watched that show throughout its entire 11 season run and looking back on it Ed became Al Bundy and I now couldnt see anyone else playing and becoming that character and making that show work.

[@garyamaral1648]

Probably the best "mistake" Fox ever made.

[@matthewghardy]

Hollywood is full of snakes

[@jonathandunseath741]

Al Bundy was the King.

[@Bra1966sil]

Four touchdowns, not in one season, but in one game 😂

[@vanillathunder3024]

“ he’s not funny”,,,
lol

[@dannelson5480]

They could not have done better.

[@tedmich]

Diller famously had his dead dog cloned in South Korea so he could have the "same dog" in all of his many mansions.