Damn right. Why would anyone feel guilty? The show was hilarious! One of my favorite shows growing up. Maybe because it's so politically incorrect today, people are afraid to like it.
Ive watched Married with Children on TV for years. It has aired on cable TV channels, non cable channels and now I can enjoy the show on DVD and Amazon video streaming. Eventhough I've watched the show for years I have not even come close to seeing every episode. I've seen a majority of the classic episodes from the 80's and early 90's though.
Marcy's house was next door, not across the street. We know this because several episodes showed that they shared a backyard fence -- the one where the ashes of Marcy's dead relative, who Steve hated, accidentally get put in Al's grill before he cooks the burgers for his 4th of July barbecue is just one example.
But on the other hand, there were several episodes where the Bundy's are inside their house looking out the little windows in the front door looking at the Rhoad's house that, because of the Bundy's garage, could only be seen if it was across the street.
But remember the Apple Branch episode which is directly next door and they were destroying each other's houses next door when the Darcy set up a toll booth in als driveway or I should say the Darcy's driveway according to the property line
Without a DOUBT my FAVOURITE Vlog so far on your new adventures!!!! THANK WOO!!!! I was singing the theme song the entire time.... I am going to get out my DVD's and binge watch this weekend. I have not watched since my spouse died, nearly a year ago. This was our favorite thing to watch together..... She was Al and I was Peggy... (but I cooked and cleaned lol)..... We even named our dumb cat, Kelly.... HEHEHE!!!! Many times during the last weeks of my spouse's life (she had breast cancer among other problems).... Married with Children was the only thing that made her laugh and forget. You can't possibly know what this vlog has meant to me. Sincerely Adam, thank you so, so much. (wipes the tears)... comment over.
Adam is so excited talking about the garage and everything. The actors were never at this house. This was all just exterior films. The garage, the shoe store, and the house were all shot on a soundstage in Culver City California.
BobvanKay nicely played!. it looks like an average working class neighborhood. up until the late 70s a retail job could provide salary, health insurance, and a stable living for a family.
BobvanKay nicely played!. it looks like an average working class neighborhood. up until the late 70s a retail job could provide salary, health insurance, and a stable living for a family.
I have been finding myself needing a cup of coffee by mid-afternoon. I always find once the time change comes it messes me up for a few days or about a week then I am fine. I always used to love Married With Children. I did not realize it was filmed in Chicago. How cool! So many great things happened there and it is so neat to learn of histories of towns and cities.
@@captain3186 so u were what, 13 when it went off the air. which means you were under 10 for 75% of the time it ran. prob didnt get too many of the jokes
@@garrison0532082 14 and I got plenty of the jokes but thanks for your concern. I wasn't sheltered like most kids today. I also didn't need movies like Porky's or Smokey & The Bandit explained to me either
@@garrison0532082 and Urban outdoors.... Get a clue, boys and girls alike digested this show as tiny children. It's effect can somewhat be seen in the massive population of angry porn addicted men, and the emotionally brused women who don't think it gets any better than what's in this stupid show. Thank God many of us are now able to see that real men are amazing and real women are wonderful. Even if you knew that as a kid, this show works to erode positive feelings.
As a former 55 yr resident of Chicago let me tell you 2 things: 1) Traffic most of the time DOES NOT move. 2) Chicago traffic is nothing next to LA......LA blows it away for busy ! Chicago is T-ball and LA is the majors.
Very enjoyable blog. I enjoyed Married With Children also. Al and Peg were something else. Loved your drone footage of the skyline of Chicago! Have a nice day.
Also, Adam, imagine what it's like to be watching TV INSIDE the actual Married with Children house when an episode of MWC come on! That must be totally mind blowing!!
have you ever tried to figure out the layout of that house? if that door is the front, that means the glass sliding door behind the couch is on the side of the house. they have another sliding door in the kitchen. Makes for an odd layout. I think there is another door I've seen them go out that would be on the same side as the fridge, is actually hidden by the fridge.
I used graph paper to draw the interior layout. It doesn't match the exterior. Looking at the house, face-on. Outside, the front door faces the street. Inside the house, the front door is on the right, but still on the same side of the car port. (The car port isn't brick, when shown close-up, either). Outside the house, the car port is on the right side of the house, facing towards the street. However, inside the house, the carport faces to the right, that would mean the door opened into Marcy's yard. Also, the back yard was oriented slightly differently in a couple of episodes. (I've been binge watching it, lately, so it's fresh in my memory.)
@Schaden Freud In the 70's and 80's it was $4 and hr and house's were still only 20 grand by 1990 before the boomers sold us out to the elite class and sent us all back into pre-American dark ages. We are being forced to accept noahide laws and soon we will lose property rights all together.
Great video man! Who else still watches or listens to Married with Children ? I know I do. Also, I believe the studio version of the home is the one with the window on the side.
This was my favorite show on TV at that time. I still enjoy watching the re-runs when I catch them from time to time. Big thumbs up for doing the Married With Children locations!
You can't go wrong starting the day with some Adam the Woo including drone footage from the majestic, a brief visit from Arnold, and all those memories of The Bundy's. Such a classic show. Awesome vlog today!
I loved all the work. . . . I will always love "Marriage with children". . .Al Bondy and Peggy and Kelly and Bob and Marcy and Steve and Jefferson. . . . I love you all . . . . They made my life very happy ❤❤❤
Did you see 'Vacation' the 2015 sequel to the National Lampoon vacation series? It wasn't as good as the originals,but they had gown up Rusty Griswold taking his family on a similar trip.The funny thing is that they had Christina Applegate playing his wife.Sadly she wasn't playing Kelly Bundy. I think they missed the comedic chance of a lifetime in not having Rusty grow up to Marry Kelly,and have Griswold/Bundy little devils. They even had Chevy Chase and the lady that played Ellen Griswold make guest appearances as the grandparents.Throw elderly Al and Peg into the equation,and it would have been perfect :P
richiefranklin76. Too bad they won't have another National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation with the original cast. That would be worth it. Clark & Ellen would be the grandparents this time.
@Hollyweeds Lol yep. If you ever do see the new Vacation movie just pretend Christina is playing Kelly. The kids in Vacation would be believable as Bundy offspring too. the older brother is an awkward,wimpy,loser that has trouble around women. Guess he's a lot like uncle Bud. :P And the little brother bullys the older brother,is a delinquent,and all around spawn of satan. Guess he takes more after his mama Kelly hehe.
@Roger Smith of Paradigm City I agree they really should do that,before Chevy Chase and the woman that plays his wife passes away. And of course don't forget cousin Eddy and the rest of the dysfunctional family.
The show was filmed on a sound stage. The house you visited was only used for the open credits or any scenes showing the outside front of house. that's why the interior shots are a completely different layout than the house from opening scenes looks Windows in different places, walk way to door, the garage things like that. the rhodes/darcys lived next door not across the street. love the video thanks for posting
Yeah, it was only filmed for exteriors. Like the aerial scene of Southfork Ranch on Dallas - that was just a scene of the ranch shown for the intro. The actual scenes filmed elsewhere. I've been to Southfork ranch that was then located in an unicorporated area of Plano, TX (since then annexed into the City of Parker) which is a Dallas suburb. My wife and I had our photo taken in front of the huge gate by a security guy in the guardshack back in 1981,
Also, even shots that featured closeups from outside facing the front door, would have been done with an onstage mockup of that portion of the exterior.... After all, they were not likely to fly actors out the actual house location just to film/tape them entering the house.... Even narrative dramas (for instance, 'Breaking Bad') use mockups when filming most closeup shots of the outside of the house..... Conditions of lighting and weather are so much easier to deal with, as is the avoidance of having to move equipment and personnel to and from the location, ..
Yeah, I remember a scene of Married With Children that was actually filmed outdoors, and was supposed to be in Wisconsin (the scene was a parody of the final scene of the movie Eight Men Out); but you could see mountains in the background, so that scene was probably filmed in Santa Clarita or Canyon Country
There is something about Chicago that fits Adam so well. I dunno why but I see him enjoying this city so much more if he could stay a while to enjoy an Italian beef and maybe attend a few shows. I can see him enjoying many of our random events of movies in the park and taking a water taxi through the middle of downtown.
And yes the wind in the city of Chicago is COOOLD!😱❄ My friend graduated from boot camp and the ceremony was being held in Chicago during the fall of 2004 and I was 16 years old at the time and my GOD that wind on my face hurt in was so painfully cold! Thinking about it makes me chiver
Grandpa Grumpy and me had wedding pictures taken in front of that fountain in 1983. We stayed at the old Congress Hotel overlooking the park. You should visit that big old cemetery with all the famous people of Chicago....very interesting stuff. Thanks for the memories today Adam!
A shoe salesman with two kids and a wife that didn't work wouldn't have been able to afford that house. The property taxes alone would be more than his salary and commissions.
Can you think of any American sitcom or TV show where people do NOT live in detached houses? True, in many cases they seem to take place in the burbs where probably most people have their own houses. But I also think it's more convenient for them to shoot.
Marcy made it very clear she was a republican, like the time she told a freezing Kelly & Bud that she couldn't help them because she was a republican. Her hardcore feminist activities were probably just to annoy Al. Speaking of Al, he might've been a misogynist who hated the french and the system but ultimately I doubt he would've been down with Trump's entire rhetoric. He was no Archie Bunker.
I'll never forget that show, because my boss introduced it to me. He said one day at work, "Have you heard of 'Married with Children'"? "No", I replied. "It just came out, but you should watch it. It's an almost exact representation of my life!!" So, the next week when a new episode came out, I did watch it. I went back to work utterly horrified, and felt sorry for my boss ever since. :-)
It was my father who introduced me to Married With Children. And it didn’t hurt that my father looked a lot like Al Bundy. Coincidence...I think not. 😛
What I always love in what you do is the way you can put the TVs/movie shots against the now! My life has literally changed!!! Especially when we're talking back to the future! You are the only one who has done the now! You are majestic!!
I was hoping you would spend a lil time I Indianapolis but I was stoked to see the Married with Children house to put it mildly, I loved that show too.
I loved this show! I still watch this show when I get up early in the morning and I mean early, Married with children show time starts at 5:00 AM in the morning Hahahah!!! Plus I thought the Roads lived next door? ?? Thank you Adam!
in some of the episodes where they were looking at the rhode's house they were looking straight across the street not next door to the right. to the left they would have needed to get out and walk past their garage.
ima die hard fan... i currently live in canada and also love to explore show scenes shooting locations. in some shows, they make it seem as if the location smaller or bigger than real life. I enjoy looking from camara angle and see what they change in order to give that filling. in some cases they do it so you don't see things surrounding the scene because it interferes with the shot (or steals attention away).
Really love these videos. Being very young when these shows came it. They feel like forever ago. But when you do the side by side shots. Its kinda cool to see how much has changed. But also stayed the same.
dude, I never noticed the window you said wasn't there so after I watched you I looked up the opening theme I saw what you were talking about. love your blog
The front porch was different also. When you walked out the front door, there was a half wall with bushes on top and you had to turn to the right to get out.
I've been sick for almost 2 months straight. Your videos really pick me up man, thank you. Also, I think that was a statue of St. Michael on the side of that building
Mike Minnick I used to live there. Not when they were filming, although my building is in the background in one of the scenes. I do have to say though the best time is to go on Feb. 2 as the town goes all out to celebrate the movie filming. The theater shows the movie for free all day long, they do their own groundhog prognostication, they do a guided walking tour of locations with someone who worked on the movie, all sorts of things.
2 to 3 hours are you on crack? it doesn't take that long even during rush hour. once you're past O'Hare it moves just fine and its only 47 miles away. And in case you come back with the response like the normal youtube viewer of knowing all i do the drive from Chicago every day 5 days week for the last 15 years
Yes, it does take that long, even more during rush hour. You're lying if you say you make that trip in less. I live 45 minutes from Woodstock and 1.5 hours from Chicago....using the tollway...unless you're doing about 120mph.
The last I heard it was 50 cents... anymore that in your pocket... you will be ARRESTED and CHARGED with DEALING DRUGS on the streets of CHICAGO.... lol😅😅😅😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣
I loved this Married with children is one of my all time favorite shows! There is actually a practical reason that the Darcy's lived next door rather than across the street. When they filmed in the studio the sets had to be built side by side they could not have been built across the road from each other as that was where the cameras were and possibly a studio audience.
@@robertpreston2220 Beefs used to be lots better. Still have great cheeseburgers tho. And some locations now have gyros. They are actually pretty good. Try the ones at DesPlaines and Roosevelt.
@@rds990 I was actually at that one in Forest Park this weekend as I was visiting people in that area and one of them gave me a Portillos gift card as they did not want it. SO I went to that location asked for extra gravy on the beef and they verified they did and when I got home the beef was bone dry! Fries were cold too
I have a current neighbor who lived in that neighborhood growing up during the show's popularity. The residents know full well that house is the Bundy house, and a lot of photos have been taken, a lot of stopped cars. It used to happen almost daily back in the day, according to him. Now, people just don't care too much.
I tend to believe your comment than to say that the whole show was shot at this location in this house. I think you can say that about all the tv shows. They just used this house for the intro to show that they lived in city of Chicago. According to Wikipedia: *The first two seasons of the series were videotaped at ABC Television Center in Hollywood. From season three to season eight, the show was taped at Sunset Gower Studios in Hollywood, and the remaining three seasons were taped at Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City. The series was produced by Embassy Communications during its first season and half of its second season and the remaining seasons by ELP Communications under the studio Columbia Pictures Television.*
Your right, and this knucklehead making the vid really thinks the show was entirely shot here. 😂😂😂 And most of the dumb commentators on here think the same , to the point of arguing which house was Marcy.
My favorite show. Even though that is the actual house it was only depicted in the intro, it was never used for the actual filming of the show itself. But all in all great video and memories. Thanks for that.
Christina Applegate made it clear she does not want to do a reunion show. Ed O' Neal said that since she doesn't want to do this he doesn't either. Listen to emmytvlegends.org interview with Ed.
Thankyou for that amazing piece - I loved that show MWC - Way back then - it was on @ 11oClock thursday night - as I recall ! - it was one of those shows in the UK it would start & stop ! - if something like a football match say - that would be shown instead ! - Then MWC it would start again -But it would miss episodes - We never got the full deal - But I loved the show I have followed the Actors through years since don't know much about the son - but ted took up martial arts his TV wife became a biker chick in another series + kelly the poor woman has had nothing but trouble through her life but proved also to be a fighter
I don't like the design of Soldier Field now. The older style is much better but I guess it was more economical to design it this way instead of building the add-on to fit the old style.
The sightlines for the fans are dramatically improved but at the end of the day it does look like a ufo landed in Soldier Field. Having watched games in both the old version and the new one I can say that once inside the new place is so much nicer than the old. From the bathrooms to the scoreboards everything is better.
Thomas Creamer It literally looks so weird how you can tell the difference between the old soldier field and the new soldier field. Inside I agree looks georgeous but I kind of like the old solider field in a way better for nostalgic purposes. And terrible architecture planning on the outside for the new soldier field. It looks like aliens invaded the old one.
I'm happy to see the current residents are taking good care of the Bundy's lawn too.
Neighbor: Hey Bundy, I had Steak tonight, what are you having!
Al: If I were the Mailman I'd be having your wife!
Lmao that episode just showed the other day on Pluto 👍
The Rhodes lived next door. They shared a fence. They even fueded over a property line
One of my favorite episodes lol
Ken Lompart yep homes classic!!!
I liked Jefferson, but I loved Steve because Al would corrupt him
Señor Lares hard to do with jefferson since he is ex cia🤫😜
In the episode where Steve and Marcy's house was taken, they lived across the street.
Married With Children is not a guilty pleasure... maybe the best show of the 80's?
I agree, it's not a guilty pleasure.
and 90s
hands down best show of 80's-90's then Seinfeld.
Damn right. Why would anyone feel guilty? The show was hilarious! One of my favorite shows growing up. Maybe because it's so politically incorrect today, people are afraid to like it.
Agreed. Best fuckin show ever!
Married with Children is definitely one of my favorite shows. This was pretty cool!
Ive watched Married with Children on TV for years. It has aired on cable TV channels, non cable channels and now I can enjoy the show on DVD and Amazon video streaming. Eventhough I've watched the show for years I have not even come close to seeing every episode. I've seen a majority of the classic episodes from the 80's and early 90's though.
Marcy's house was next door, not across the street. We know this because several episodes showed that they shared a backyard fence -- the one where the ashes of Marcy's dead relative, who Steve hated, accidentally get put in Al's grill before he cooks the burgers for his 4th of July barbecue is just one example.
Poor Aunt Toonie. Sitting over the mantel in her little urn.
But on the other hand, there were several episodes where the Bundy's are inside their house looking out the little windows in the front door looking at the Rhoad's house that, because of the Bundy's garage, could only be seen if it was across the street.
But remember the Apple Branch episode which is directly next door and they were destroying each other's houses next door when the Darcy set up a toll booth in als driveway or I should say the Darcy's driveway according to the property line
It was both. www.slipups.com/items/9382.html
I guess when she was with Steve, she was across the street and when she married Jefferson, she moved next door. lol
Great vlog Adam. Great show. Thanks for showing us that.
Without a DOUBT my FAVOURITE Vlog so far on your new adventures!!!! THANK WOO!!!! I was singing the theme song the entire time.... I am going to get out my DVD's and binge watch this weekend. I have not watched since my spouse died, nearly a year ago. This was our favorite thing to watch together..... She was Al and I was Peggy... (but I cooked and cleaned lol)..... We even named our dumb cat, Kelly.... HEHEHE!!!! Many times during the last weeks of my spouse's life (she had breast cancer among other problems).... Married with Children was the only thing that made her laugh and forget. You can't possibly know what this vlog has meant to me. Sincerely Adam, thank you so, so much. (wipes the tears)... comment over.
Really heartfelt comment and I really appreciate you sharing your memories. Thanks you LadyDragon
Hey LadyDragon, she will be watching with ya Hun x
flossybob
Yeah.... thanks for that :-)
LadyDragonsblood I'm soooooo sorry for your loss😢💔
God is right with you.. Jesus loves you!
Adam is so excited talking about the garage and everything. The actors were never at this house. This was all just exterior films. The garage, the shoe store, and the house were all shot on a soundstage in Culver City California.
For being a shoe salesman and *sole provider* /rimshot, Al Bundy has a damn nice house.
+markmnorcal insert (old economy Steve) meme
Lots of food stamps and welfare works every time !
BobvanKay nicely played!.
it looks like an average working class neighborhood. up until the late 70s a retail job could provide salary, health insurance, and a stable living for a family.
BobvanKay nicely played!.
it looks like an average working class neighborhood. up until the late 70s a retail job could provide salary, health insurance, and a stable living for a family.
BobvanKay I was thinking the same he has is own house
I have been finding myself needing a cup of coffee by mid-afternoon. I always find once the time change comes it messes me up for a few days or about a week then I am fine. I always used to love Married With Children. I did not realize it was filmed in Chicago. How cool! So many great things happened there and it is so neat to learn of histories of towns and cities.
Between this one and the Sandlot footage.. you're making a lot of 30 somethings extremely happy.
You'd have to be a 40 something there slick. Unless your mom let u watch MWC when u were 4? It's been 30 yrs alone since this show was on tv.
@@garrison0532082 I'm 36 and grew up watching this show. It ran from 87 to 97 Slick
@@captain3186 so u were what, 13 when it went off the air. which means you were under 10 for 75% of the time it ran. prob didnt get too many of the jokes
@@garrison0532082 14 and I got plenty of the jokes but thanks for your concern. I wasn't sheltered like most kids today. I also didn't need movies like Porky's or Smokey & The Bandit explained to me either
@@garrison0532082 and Urban outdoors.... Get a clue, boys and girls alike digested this show as tiny children. It's effect can somewhat be seen in the massive population of angry porn addicted men, and the emotionally brused women who don't think it gets any better than what's in this stupid show. Thank God many of us are now able to see that real men are amazing and real women are wonderful. Even if you knew that as a kid, this show works to erode positive feelings.
As a former 55 yr resident of Chicago let me tell you 2 things:
1) Traffic most of the time DOES NOT move.
2) Chicago traffic is nothing next to LA......LA blows it away for busy ! Chicago is T-ball and LA is the majors.
Great vlog! I haven't seen Married With Children in years. Makes me want to watch it!
Very enjoyable blog. I enjoyed Married With Children also. Al and Peg were something else. Loved your drone footage of the skyline of Chicago! Have a nice day.
It is an illusion. The outside shot is only a photo. Inside programming was filmed in studio not inside the home.
I love your videos
Also, Adam, imagine what it's like to be watching TV INSIDE the actual Married with Children house when an episode of MWC come on! That must be totally mind blowing!!
have you ever tried to figure out the layout of that house? if that door is the front, that means the glass sliding door behind the couch is on the side of the house. they have another sliding door in the kitchen. Makes for an odd layout. I think there is another door I've seen them go out that would be on the same side as the fridge, is actually hidden by the fridge.
I used graph paper to draw the interior layout. It doesn't match the exterior. Looking at the house, face-on. Outside, the front door faces the street. Inside the house, the front door is on the right, but still on the same side of the car port. (The car port isn't brick, when shown close-up, either).
Outside the house, the car port is on the right side of the house, facing towards the street. However, inside the house, the carport faces to the right, that would mean the door opened into Marcy's yard.
Also, the back yard was oriented slightly differently in a couple of episodes. (I've been binge watching it, lately, so it's fresh in my memory.)
Yeah, the inside was on a set. They showed it one episode when a TV producer got the idea from Kelly Bundy. Toaster Leavins.
Kelly Bills I thought it was toaster shakins?
That is totally awesome.
Thanks Adam! You should of knocked on the door and asked for Kelly....
HAHA!! That would of been freakin awesome!!
That would've been hilarious.
Damn, you beat me to it. I was gonna say it.
...on a Harley!....
Classic!
Many a late night spend watching Married with Children!! Thanks Adam
Thanks! Love you are back in Chicago again!
Coolest video! Had me smiling all the way to the end. Thanks so much for taking the time to make this documentary and history short.
That is a pretty nice house for a shoe salesman.
@Schaden Freud In the 70's and 80's it was $4 and hr and house's were still only 20 grand by 1990 before the boomers sold us out to the elite class and sent us all back into pre-American dark ages. We are being forced to accept noahide laws and soon we will lose property rights all together.
Great video man! Who else still watches or listens to Married with Children ? I know I do.
Also, I believe the studio version of the home is the one with the window on the side.
a lot of NoMaam meetings took place in that garage.....
... the show was made on a sound stage. I mean, now I’m questioning if you two believe the show was real.
This was my favorite show on TV at that time. I still enjoy watching the re-runs when I catch them from time to time. Big thumbs up for doing the Married With Children locations!
NO MA'AM meeting this saturday
@NY Devil we had chips and dip. It was great
@NY Devil 😂
Men Against Amazonian Masterhood
NO MA'AM meeting? Damn I wish I had been there
😅😅😅😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣
You can't go wrong starting the day with some Adam the Woo including drone footage from the majestic, a brief visit from Arnold, and all those memories of The Bundy's. Such a classic show. Awesome vlog today!
Dear adorable Adam,.....do you know that you have a wonderful voice?
Even without music, your tunes are great!
I am happy now, you cheer me up. ♥
Thank you for the Married with children throw back. I loved that show.
The fountain was only off because Al had just flushed his new, ill-designed toilet!
very true, ha !
Now THAT'S a MAN'S FLUSH...
the Ferguson lol
BAH WOOSH!!
The King of bowls, the Stradivarius of toilets and Al's said his Dad could play it like a violin.
Very happy to see you in Chicagoland. SOOOO much to do and see. Thank you for the filming locations, never knew some of those were around my hometown
Thanks so much for this Adam! I grew up with MWC.
Still one of my favorite shows today.
its a classic for sure
Hey Woo! Loved this one. thanks for showing me, i appreciate you xx
This is pretty cool...great job...you put alot of work into this...I hope it brings you tons more views
I loved all the work. . . . I will always love "Marriage with children". . .Al Bondy and Peggy and Kelly and Bob and Marcy and Steve and Jefferson. . . . I love you all . . . . They made my life very happy ❤❤❤
yea we had that shown here in the U.K and remember that theme tune very well .great blog Adam
one of the best, innovative shows ever that paved the way for so much of what's on today. great tribute!
It's fun to imagine the Griswalds and the Bundy's living in the same city.
Did you see 'Vacation' the 2015 sequel to the National Lampoon vacation series?
It wasn't as good as the originals,but they had gown up Rusty Griswold taking his family on a similar trip.The funny thing is that they had Christina Applegate playing his wife.Sadly she wasn't playing Kelly Bundy.
I think they missed the comedic chance of a lifetime in not having Rusty grow up to Marry Kelly,and have Griswold/Bundy little devils.
They even had Chevy Chase and the lady that played Ellen Griswold make guest appearances as the grandparents.Throw elderly Al and Peg into the equation,and it would have been perfect :P
OH man, I avoided that Vacation movie, I heard it was bad. I'm just going to imagine that crossover, what a missed opportunity!
richiefranklin76. Too bad they won't have another National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation with the original cast. That would be worth it. Clark & Ellen would be the grandparents this time.
@Hollyweeds
Lol yep.
If you ever do see the new Vacation movie just pretend Christina is playing Kelly.
The kids in Vacation would be believable as Bundy offspring too.
the older brother is an awkward,wimpy,loser that has trouble around women.
Guess he's a lot like uncle Bud. :P
And the little brother bullys the older brother,is a delinquent,and all around spawn of satan.
Guess he takes more after his mama Kelly hehe.
@Roger Smith of Paradigm City
I agree they really should do that,before Chevy Chase and the woman that plays his wife passes away.
And of course don't forget cousin Eddy and the rest of the dysfunctional family.
brightened up a miserable afternoon in Oldham UK thanks
The show was filmed on a sound stage. The house you visited was only used for the open credits or any scenes showing the outside front of house. that's why the interior shots are a completely different layout than the house from opening scenes looks Windows in different places, walk way to door, the garage things like that. the rhodes/darcys lived next door not across the street. love the video thanks for posting
Yeah, it was only filmed for exteriors. Like the aerial scene of Southfork Ranch on Dallas - that was just a scene of the ranch shown for the intro. The actual scenes filmed elsewhere. I've been to Southfork ranch that was then located in an unicorporated area of Plano, TX (since then annexed into the City of Parker) which is a Dallas suburb. My wife and I had our photo taken in front of the huge gate by a security guy in the guardshack back in 1981,
Just have to use your imagination, like the Bundys werent real at all but they are real if you want it to be.
Also, even shots that featured closeups from outside facing the front door, would have been done with an onstage mockup of that portion of the exterior.... After all, they were not likely to fly actors out the actual house location just to film/tape them entering the house.... Even narrative dramas (for instance, 'Breaking Bad') use mockups when filming most closeup shots of the outside of the house..... Conditions of lighting and weather are so much easier to deal with, as is the avoidance of having to move equipment and personnel to and from the location, ..
Paranormal Hood Live Radio you are very correct...the show was filmed at paramount studios in LA
Yeah, I remember a scene of Married With Children that was actually filmed outdoors, and was supposed to be in Wisconsin (the scene was a parody of the final scene of the movie Eight Men Out); but you could see mountains in the background, so that scene was probably filmed in Santa Clarita or Canyon Country
Great vlog! And to know that family truckster from Vacation is in the opening credit of Married With Children...very cool easter egg.
Chicago loves you Adam! Why not stay awhile? You're always welcome!
There is something about Chicago that fits Adam so well. I dunno why but I see him enjoying this city so much more if he could stay a while to enjoy an Italian beef and maybe attend a few shows. I can see him enjoying many of our random events of movies in the park and taking a water taxi through the middle of downtown.
I agree so much! There's something really great about Adam in Chicago.
yes! stop by superdog or gene & jude's or portillos! man. i'm hungry now.
I think the main reason he's back is to return the rental car used to visit his sister.
+Scarlett Whisperer ASMR no, it's quiet down. It was only at Trump tower downtown.
And yes the wind in the city of Chicago is COOOLD!😱❄ My friend graduated from boot camp and the ceremony was being held in Chicago during the fall of 2004 and I was 16 years old at the time and my GOD that wind on my face hurt in was so painfully cold! Thinking about it makes me chiver
Across the street? In one episode, Al and Jefferson are fighting over property lines next door. Hmm
This might be my favorite vlog since California days. Love Married with Children
Adam awesome memories from that show, wow thanks.
You rock! I'm sure that some family members have watched every episode and know word for word what there next line is
Put a dot of bright colored paint or nail polish on your sd card so if it happens again you can easily spot it 😊
Grandpa Grumpy and me had wedding pictures taken in front of that fountain in 1983. We stayed at the old Congress Hotel overlooking the park. You should visit that big old cemetery with all the famous people of Chicago....very interesting stuff. Thanks for the memories today Adam!
A shoe salesman with two kids and a wife that didn't work wouldn't have been able to afford that house. The property taxes alone would be more than his salary and commissions.
izhevsk1943 well you do remember Gary’s Sweat shop working kids made more than Al
That's what they do. I doubt a lifeguard would be able to afford a huge house on the canals in Venice Beach either. (Baywatch)
... well it was a fictional tv show.
What commissions!? 😂😂
Can you think of any American sitcom or TV show where people do NOT live in detached houses? True, in many cases they seem to take place in the burbs where probably most people have their own houses. But I also think it's more convenient for them to shoot.
Thanks Adam another fun and adventurous filled vlog!!! Thanks as always great stuff!!! Got my daily WOO fix, stay safe out there!!!!😀
Marcy Darcy would not be happy with the election but Al would
Marcy made it very clear she was a republican, like the time she told a freezing Kelly & Bud that she couldn't help them because she was a republican. Her hardcore feminist activities were probably just to annoy Al. Speaking of Al, he might've been a misogynist who hated the french and the system but ultimately I doubt he would've been down with Trump's entire rhetoric. He was no Archie Bunker.
I sit corrected
Keep in mind he endorsed Obama
Marcy started the show as a Republican, then became liberal after her divorce from Steve.
Al was apolitical. He hated all politicians.
Dude, that was awesome. Thanks for filming and sharing!
I'll never forget that show, because my boss introduced it to me. He said one day at work, "Have you heard of 'Married with Children'"? "No", I replied. "It just came out, but you should watch it. It's an almost exact representation of my life!!"
So, the next week when a new episode came out, I did watch it. I went back to work utterly horrified, and felt sorry for my boss ever since. :-)
was your boss a shoe salesman? HA HA
It was my father who introduced me to Married With Children. And it didn’t hurt that my father looked a lot like Al Bundy. Coincidence...I think not. 😛
What I always love in what you do is the way you can put the TVs/movie shots against the now! My life has literally changed!!! Especially when we're talking back to the future! You are the only one who has done the now! You are majestic!!
I was hoping you would spend a lil time I Indianapolis but I was stoked to see the Married with Children house to put it mildly, I loved that show too.
Married with Children was a great show. This was so cool 😁 Thanks for sharing!!
I loved this show! I still watch this show when I get up early in the morning and I mean early, Married with children show time starts at 5:00 AM in the morning Hahahah!!! Plus I thought the Roads lived next door? ??
Thank you Adam!
Natassha D tbs every morning from like 5am till 9:30 am I watch b4 work every morning haha, and I also thought the chicken and Steve lived next door
in some of the episodes where they were looking at the rhode's house they were looking straight across the street not next door to the right. to the left they would have needed to get out and walk past their garage.
in more than one episode, they fight over fence/tree/yard...
and i remember an episode where the sewage from the bundys house went next door to the Rhodes house
ima die hard fan... i currently live in canada and also love to explore show scenes shooting locations. in some shows, they make it seem as if the location smaller or bigger than real life. I enjoy looking from camara angle and see what they change in order to give that filling. in some cases they do it so you don't see things surrounding the scene because it interferes with the shot (or steals attention away).
So deliriously happy that you are back in Chicago. Love your vlogs.
"Hey man , don't Bundy that book"
you need to go up into sears tower
adamthewoo have you done the home alone movie since its in Chicago? Or the house is atleast
Al Bundy is my hero. I mean come on, 4 touchdowns in a single game?
adamthewoo How about some Ferris Buellers Day Off locations?
Not sure if you just mean the Chicago locations, but he did the actual Ferris Bueller home not too long ago. It's in LA.
Really love these videos. Being very young when these shows came it. They feel like forever ago. But when you do the side by side shots. Its kinda cool to see how much has changed. But also stayed the same.
dude, I never noticed the window you said wasn't there so after I watched you I looked up the opening theme I saw what you were talking about. love your blog
thanks Jody
The front porch was different also. When you walked out the front door, there was a half wall with bushes on top and you had to turn to the right to get out.
The front door area was the set in the studio, not the actual front door of the house.
another MASTERPIECE!!! thank you ADAM!!! keep up the great stuff!!
I've been sick for almost 2 months straight. Your videos really pick me up man, thank you. Also, I think that was a statue of St. Michael on the side of that building
Most excellent sleuth-work! I hope you will dig out more film locations. This is really cool.
you should've knocked on the door, and asked if Kelly's home, when they ask who's calling, you answer "Bugs"
i REALLY enjoyed this one ADAM. IM CURRENTLY WATCHING THE WHOLE SERIES ON DVD. ITS ALOT OF EPISODES AND BELLY LAUGHS!
Will you be heading out to Woodstock, IL to do the Groundhog Day locations? You're about 2-3 hours drive, depends on time of day and traffic.
FarfalleAlfredo so help me God he better be going there. I've been to both Woodstock and Punsutawney. and Woodstock is far superior
Mike Minnick I used to live there. Not when they were filming, although my building is in the background in one of the scenes. I do have to say though the best time is to go on Feb. 2 as the town goes all out to celebrate the movie filming. The theater shows the movie for free all day long, they do their own groundhog prognostication, they do a guided walking tour of locations with someone who worked on the movie, all sorts of things.
2 to 3 hours are you on crack? it doesn't take that long even during rush hour. once you're past O'Hare it moves just fine and its only 47 miles away. And in case you come back with the response like the normal youtube viewer of knowing all i do the drive from Chicago every day 5 days week for the last 15 years
Yes, it does take that long, even more during rush hour. You're lying if you say you make that trip in less. I live 45 minutes from Woodstock and 1.5 hours from Chicago....using the tollway...unless you're doing about 120mph.
I'm a huge married with children fan. This is a big treat for me
It’s been 11 years since I visited Chicago... anyone know the minimum amount of mug cash to carry? It was $15.
The last I heard it was 50 cents... anymore that in your pocket... you will be ARRESTED and CHARGED with DEALING DRUGS on the streets of CHICAGO.... lol😅😅😅😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣
Excellent Columnbo-like research skills Adam! : )
"chocolate cake, hooters?..chocolate cake, hooters?"........"Hey Jefferson....choco-hooters"😂
Hey Jefferson when is Marcy getting her feathers plucked
Choco cake choco cake eat so much you get a tummy ache
Hey, it's almost time for an episode of MWC to come on! Now, lemme see, uh...where'd I put my Channel Master 2000?
I think you might have something there.
I loved this Married with children is one of my all time favorite shows! There is actually a practical reason that the Darcy's lived next door rather than across the street. When they filmed in the studio the sets had to be built side by side they could not have been built across the road from each other as that was where the cameras were and possibly a studio audience.
Check out Portillo's while you're there. You won't be disappointed.
Not as good as it used to be
@@robertpreston2220 Exactly right. And Portillo's beefs are very "middle of the road" as far as many of the places. "It's OK".
@@rds990 Just ok is not good enough for what they charge
@@robertpreston2220 Beefs used to be lots better. Still have great cheeseburgers tho. And some locations now have gyros. They are actually pretty good. Try the ones at DesPlaines and Roosevelt.
@@rds990 I was actually at that one in Forest Park this weekend as I was visiting people in that area and one of them gave me a Portillos gift card as they did not want it. SO I went to that location asked for extra gravy on the beef and they verified they did and when I got home the beef was bone dry! Fries were cold too
I have a current neighbor who lived in that neighborhood growing up during the show's popularity. The residents know full well that house is the Bundy house, and a lot of photos have been taken, a lot of stopped cars. It used to happen almost daily back in the day, according to him. Now, people just don't care too much.
They didnt actually shoot any scenes in this house . It was just used in the intro. They shot everything in a Fake stage created room and door.
I tend to believe your comment than to say that the whole show was shot at this location in this house. I think you can say that about all the tv shows. They just used this house for the intro to show that they lived in city of Chicago. According to Wikipedia: *The first two seasons of the series were videotaped at ABC Television Center in Hollywood. From season three to season eight, the show was taped at Sunset Gower Studios in Hollywood, and the remaining three seasons were taped at Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City. The series was produced by Embassy Communications during its first season and half of its second season and the remaining seasons by ELP Communications under the studio Columbia Pictures Television.*
Your right, and this knucklehead making the vid really thinks the show was entirely shot here. 😂😂😂 And most of the dumb commentators on here think the same , to the point of arguing which house was Marcy.
HOME RUN !!!! .....ABSOLUTELY LOVED THIS VLOG !!!!
When Homer met Al. Al: "let me get this straight. pardon my expression."
Have to watch the intro of married with children now. Awesome stuff Adam
7:35 w serialu nie tylko było okna przy drzwiach, ale również nie było tam flagi
Thank you. I loved this show. I had no idea of the Vacation connection. You are a wealth of information.
2:15 That's so cool! Fun Vlog Mr. the Woo! Xo-K 💖
You blew my ****ing mind with the family truckster in the opening credits. Wooow!
God I loved Peggy
She was great on Sons Of Anarchy as Gemma Teller (the actress, not the character)
oh aL...
She was also a back up singer for Fleetwood Mac
Peggy walks like a T-rex.
Awesomeness!!!!! Adam I think uncle buck was filmed in Chicago as well,care to do locations on that?
Buy orange glitter nail polish and paint the SD card so you can easily spot it.
Awesome find. One of my favorite shows from back in the day
YEEEAAH BUNDY Well done Adam
My favorite show. Even though that is the actual house it was only depicted in the intro, it was never used for the actual filming of the show itself. But all in all great video and memories. Thanks for that.
Ah, Adam! That was my hometown, thanks for some memories. Yes, that is a big fountain.
Literally been watching every episode on Hulu right now , on season 6 ! Favorite sitcom probably ever. Brings back memories of the good old days
They should do a reunion show, Like they did with Full House!!!
Christina Applegate made it clear she does not want to do a reunion show. Ed O' Neal said that since she doesn't want to do this he doesn't either. Listen to emmytvlegends.org interview with Ed.
Adam, loved the drone shot of the intro, on point yet again!
Mr. Woo in Chi-Town. I love it!
Thanks for doing all that, it's really great seeing all that .
Welcome back to Chicago! 🚗🚗
Hahahaa! That parking timing was awesome! Awesome vlog. What else you have planned for chitown?
Hopefully nothing. Adam said he was going to be going different places and this is his second trip to Chicago lately...
Thankyou for that amazing piece - I loved that show MWC - Way back then - it was on @ 11oClock thursday night - as I recall ! - it was one of those shows in the UK it would start & stop ! - if something like a football match say - that would be shown instead ! - Then MWC it would start again -But it would miss episodes - We never got the full deal - But I loved the show
I have followed the Actors through years since don't know much about the son - but ted took up martial arts his TV wife became a biker chick in another series + kelly the poor woman has had nothing but trouble through her life but proved also to be a fighter
Thankyou once again Adam ! all the very best !
And… I loved MwC, wouldn’t miss it every Sunday.
I don't like the design of Soldier Field now. The older style is much better but I guess it was more economical to design it this way instead of building the add-on to fit the old style.
The sightlines for the fans are dramatically improved but at the end of the day it does look like a ufo landed in Soldier Field. Having watched games in both the old version and the new one I can say that once inside the new place is so much nicer than the old. From the bathrooms to the scoreboards everything is better.
Thomas Creamer It literally looks so weird how you can tell the difference between the old soldier field and the new soldier field. Inside I agree looks georgeous but I kind of like the old solider field in a way better for nostalgic purposes. And terrible architecture planning on the outside for the new soldier field. It looks like aliens invaded the old one.
It's Parthenon meets Klingnon!!!
I enjoyed Bundy family during my junior high on until show ended days. As an adult now this is super neat. Thank you Mr. TheDailyWoo