This show is an entertaining show because it never pretended to be anything but low brow hit in the gut humor. Early on it was there to help the FOX network fill space. From there it developed into something of a cult viewing.
The characters were well drawn and a lot of the humor came from throwing them together. Al Bundy became a cultural anti-hero. Peg, his wife, became a totally defined modern something that was there to aggravate Al. Bud Bundy became the most frustrated teen age son that ever existed because even when he did score it would somehow back fire. Christina Applegate(Kelly) is the eye candy daughter who would look good but who could be the kind of Satan that she would cross up everything.
Then there was Buck, the wonder dog who at times draws major laughs out of the most bizarre things happening around them. The neighbors headed by Ted McGinley & Amanda Bearse (Marcey & Jefferson) would manage a relationship with the ultimate dysfunctional family. This show pushed the adult humor border almost as often as The Simpsons but with wackier results.
There are times that the jokes hit the target and times they miss the target. The thing is to get great humor you have to throw things against the wall and see what sticks. With the Bundys, you throw up on the wall and the floor opens up & swallows your children. That is what Married With Children is really all about.
The characters were well drawn and a lot of the humor came from throwing them together. Al Bundy became a cultural anti-hero. Peg, his wife, became a totally defined modern something that was there to aggravate Al. Bud Bundy became the most frustrated teen age son that ever existed because even when he did score it would somehow back fire. Christina Applegate(Kelly) is the eye candy daughter who would look good but who could be the kind of Satan that she would cross up everything.
Then there was Buck, the wonder dog who at times draws major laughs out of the most bizarre things happening around them. The neighbors headed by Ted McGinley & Amanda Bearse (Marcey & Jefferson) would manage a relationship with the ultimate dysfunctional family. This show pushed the adult humor border almost as often as The Simpsons but with wackier results.
There are times that the jokes hit the target and times they miss the target. The thing is to get great humor you have to throw things against the wall and see what sticks. With the Bundys, you throw up on the wall and the floor opens up & swallows your children. That is what Married With Children is really all about.